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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 1d

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 1d

The Prefab Sprout miniseries is underway!
On episode 1, we start at the beginning: Rob Stammitti @wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social discusses their early singles and their challenging debut “Swoon”, a post-punk spin on Bacharach and Broadway no one was expecting in 1984
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221: Prefab Sprout: Swoon (with Rob Stammitti) | Jesse Hawken

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 12d

A few songs on their debut are about Paddy McAloon rinsing his competitors in the UK music scene, this is what I mean about declaration of intent, “playing for blood as grandmasters should”. But it ain’t bragging if you can back it up!

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 12d

The wheels are turning on the Prefab Sprout miniseries on the podcast: Part 1 will be about their origins, key early singles and their ambitious 1984 debut / declaration of intent “Swoon”. Recording next week!

Cover of the first single by Prefab Sprout “Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)” (1982)

Album cover for Prefab Sprout’s 1984 debut LP “Swoon”

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 26d

They wrote a song called “Goodbye Lucille #1” that never mentions Lucille, and when it was released as a single for “Steve McQueen” the label made them call it “Johnny Johnny”. Instrumental version so you can behold how tight this band was.

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Prefab Sprout - Johnny Johnny (1985) (Instrumental)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Sep 11

One of the dozens of great songs that will be discussed over the series, their first single

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Prefab Sprout - Lions In My Own Garden (Live in Munich 1985)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Sep 11

This fall on the podcast: a special miniseries on Prefab Sprout, one of the best bands of all time who aren’t talked about nearly enough.

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Prefab Sprout – Appetite (Sanremo 1986 - 2a serata - stereo)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Aug 29

The latest episode is a deep dive into Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON with special guest, the film writer Del Winters (@absolutereality.blog). A spoiler-heavy discussion of a great, disturbing film.

Watch the movie first, then listen to us grapple with it!

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Joe Cross filming his announcement of his candidacy for mayor via social media - screens within screens throughout Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Aug 29

No immediate plans to do so!

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Jun 26

Patrons of the pod have a little bonus treat waiting for them on the Patreon feed.....

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Yvonne Elliman -- If I Can´t Have You [[ Official Video ]] HD

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Jun 21

On the latest episode, Meg Shields (@theworstnun.bsky.social) returns to discuss Tobe Hooper's LIFEFORCE, a high-budget, overstimulated tribute to Hammer sci-fi horror, in particular 1967's QUATERMASS AND THE PIT!

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The crew of the USS Churchill entering the mysterious alien spaceship hiding in Halley's Comet in LIFEFORCE (Tobe Hooper, 1985)

The cute-as-hell Martians from QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (Roy Ward Baker, 1967)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Jun 10

Coming soon to the podcast: released at the almost exact midpoint of the 1980s, Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE still rocks 40 years later.

Detail from an alternate poster for LIFEFORCE (Tobe Hooper, 1985)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · May 22

Next month on the podcast: Lordy Lordy, look who’s 40

The great poster for LIFEFORCE with a huge eyeball looking down on the Earth “In the blink of an eye, the terror begins”

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · Apr 16

On the new premium episode of @junkfilterpod.bsky.social
returning guest @adamjackson95.bsky.social and I went to see A WORKING MAN. We discuss the joys of Jason Statham working with director David Ayer with their latest, and last year's THE BEEKEEPER!
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Jason Statham from the poster for A WORKING MAN (David Ayer, 2025)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Apr 2

On the new episode, @seantcollins.com and Julia Gfrörer (@thorazos.bsky.social) are my special guests to bid a fond farewell to Gene Hackman and to discuss in detail one of our favourite films, Francis Ford Coppola’s THE CONVERSATION.

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Poster art for THE CONVERSATION (Coppola, 1974) showing Gene Hackman as wiretapper Harry Caul listening to elements of the conspiracy he’s been hired to record for mysterious reasons

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Mar 28

Just booked a guest for an episode in April about one of the greatest Australian films, directed by a Canadian: WAKE IN FRIGHT, which has just gotten a restoration, a film that infuriated the nation who didn’t like the mirror the movie held to their faces.

Gary Bond drinking a pint while getting a classic Australian dirty look from Chips Rafferty in WAKE IN FRIGHT (Ted Kotcheff, 1971)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Mar 22

On the new Premium episode, the writer and film programmer @chriscassingham.bsky.social returns for a look at John Ford's 1955 comedy/tragedy THE LONG GRAY LINE and Ford's innovative use of the Z-Axis (the depth of the image) for a CinemaScope frame.
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A shot in John Ford's THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955) showing rows and rows of West Point cadets in a cathedral. Ford innovated the then-new CinemaScope format to favor the Z-Axis (the depth of the image) as opposed to the height and width of a shot.

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Mar 7

Later this month on the podcast...

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The Conversation (1974) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Mar 4

Two new episodes of the pod are out! On the public feed, @jmritchey.bsky.social and I talk about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, finally available on bluray after decades of music licensing issues; a thorny film long overdue for reappraisal.

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A Robert Landau photo of a billboard on the sunset strip for LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, October 1977

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Mar 4

Later this month on the podcast... a conversation about THE CONVERSATION

Gene Hackman as Harry Caul setting up survelliance equipment in a hotel bathroom in THE CONVERSATION (Coppola, 1974)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Mar 2

On the new episode, @guslanzetta.bsky.social returns from São Paulo to discuss 2 films by Walter Salles: CENTRAL STATION starring Fernanda Montenegro & I’M STILL HERE starring her daughter Fernanda Torres, both Oscar nominees for their work.
Is it coming home?🇧🇷💥🏆
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Fernanda Torres and her mother Fernanda Montenegro, the first and second Brazilian actors to be Oscar nominated for their work. Montenegro got robbed for Central Station in 1998… will justice be served tonight?

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Feb 27

New episode! The author @violetlucca.bsky.social returns to the show to talk about her new monograph "David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials" and the GOAT's 1991 version of William S. Burroughs' NAKED LUNCH. Exterminate all rational thought & smash that play button!
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British quad poster for NAKED LUNCH (Cronenberg, 1991)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Feb 22

Coming soon to the podcast: a two-parter about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and IN THE CUT

Richard Gere and Diane Keaton having a drink in LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (Richard Brooks, 1977)

Mark Ruffalo and Meg Ryan having a drink in IN THE CUT (Jane Campion, 2003)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Feb 21

On the new premium episode, James Slaymaker, author of "Time is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann" returns for a look at BLACKHAT 10 years later, with a discussion of the superior Director's Cut which directly addresses the flaws of the theatrical version.
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Chris Hemsworth as a blackhat hacker named Hathaway walking on the tarmac towards his plane in BLACKHAT (Michael Mann, 2015)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · Feb 20

Coming soon to the podcast: John Ford's only film shot in Cinemascope, 1955's THE LONG GRAY LINE, and his innovative use of the Z-Axis (depth) in shot composition.

Deep focus Cinemascope frame of a church full of West Point cadets in THE LONG GRAY LINE (Ford, 1955)

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