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The Important Cinema Club#432 - Hollis Frampton: StructuralistWe discuss the work of experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton.
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#79- The Ultimate 80s Action Film Comic, Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T.We discuss Ben Marra's hyper-violent and hyper sexual Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T., discuss Marvel's TRANSFORMERS, Mike makes another summer vow, and Justin continues with his Spider-Man Clone Saga Summer. Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/. If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend!Follow us on Instagram at @theveryfinecomicbookpodcast, and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.comMail us things c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, CanadaThanks for listening! Keep reading com2025-06-191h 08
The Important Cinema Club#431 - Howie Mandel: The Tears of a ClownWe discuss the work of comedian, actor and racconteur Howie Mandel, with a focus on HOWIE MANDEL'S NORTH AMERICAN WATUSI TOUR, A FINE MESS, WALK LIKE A MAN, and LITTLE MONSTERS.
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The Important Cinema Club#430 - Hal Needham: The Hollywood StuntmanWe discuss the directorial of Hal Needham, with a focus on SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, HOOPER, CANNOBALL RUN, and RAD.
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#78 - Martian Mahunter's Biggest Fans?We are loving ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER, so we decided to check out TWO of his mini-series: The J. M. DeMatteis scriped MARTIAN MANHUNTER and... Another one... That we'd rather not say. ----Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend!Follow us on Instagram at @theveryfinecomicbookpodcast, and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.comMail us things c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, CanadaThanks for listening! Keep r2025-06-1354 min
The Important Cinema Club#429 - The Undiscovered Depths of V-CinemaWe discuss Japan's V-Cinema, a term created by Toei to indicate a film was direct to video, that morphed into the blanket label used for anything that didn't have a theatrical release ub Japan. They've got violence! Sex! Young Filmmakers getting their start! Old Veterans Making a Buck! V-Cinema has it all and we talk about it's undiscovered depths on this new episode.
Check out Tom Mes' important articles on V-Cinema starting here: http://www.midnighteye.com/features/the-v-cinema-notebook-part-1/
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#77 - DC vs. Marvel and the Amalgam Comics universe!The epic crossover they said was impossible! In 1996, both DC and Marvel Comics collaborated on a blockbuster summer event that saw the two universes clash and temporarily merge into one hybrid mashup -- the Amalgam Universe! THRILL to the exploits of The Dark Claw, Super-Soldier, Doctor Strangefate, X-Patrol, and more!---Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend!Follow us on Instagram at @theveryfinecomicbookpodcast, and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.comMai2025-06-041h 04
The Important Cinema Club#428 - Jacques Rivette: The Bad Boy of the French New WaveWe discuss the work of Jacques Rivette, one of the core French New Wave Directors, and his films PARIS BELONGS TO US, CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING, LA BELLE NOISEUSE, and VA SAVOIR.
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The Important Cinema Club#427 - Old Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau Were Huge Comedy Stars in The 90sWe discuss the work Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau did together: GRUMPY OLD MEN, THE ODD COUPLE 2, THE FRONT PAGE, BUDDY BUDDY.
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The Important Cinema Club#426 - Martha Coolidge is Totally RadicalWe discuss the work of Writer/Director Martha Cooldige and her work on NOT A PRETTY PICTURE, VALLEY GIRL and REAL GENIUS.
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The Important Cinema Club#425 - Are You Ready To Laugh?: Stand Up Comedy At The MoviesWe discuss Eddie Murphy's RAW, MONTY PYTON AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, Andrew Dice Clay's DICE RULES and Robin William's LIVE ON BROADWAY.
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#76 - Ryan North's Adventure TimeIt's ADVENTURE TIME! We grab our friends [really just each other] and head to distant lands to enjoy the first few arcs of the Adventure Time comic book series, written by Canada's Own Ryan North! His entire 35-issue run is now available in the "Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 1" from Oni Press!Closing song "Pendleton Ward Is Talented Excellent" by Matt Farley AKA Papa Razzi and the Photogs, from the album "I Feel Compelled to Make Good Music Songs": https://open.spotify.com/album/4vYE6EYPdtAAOOUwKQmg1Y----Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/...2025-04-231h 10
The Important Cinema Club#424 - Ingmar Bergman Hated His CriticsWe return to Ingmar Bergman by discussing three of his so-called "Bad Filsm": ALL THESE WOMEN, THE TOUCH, and FACE TO FACE.
Check out Matt Farley LIVE in London, England this week by seeing all of the movies Ben Nash is screening all over town:
DON'T LET THE RIVERBEAST GET YOU (April 18, 2025): https://www.riocinema.org.uk/movie/dont-let-the-riverbeast-get-you/
MAGIC SPOT (April 19, 2025): https://wegottickets.com/event/652079
LOCAL LEGENDS (April 19,2025): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motern-media-madness-local-legends-introduction-by-matt-farley-tickets-1305731039689?aff=oddtdtcreator
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The Important Cinema Club#423 - Ventriloquists on The Big ScreenIt doesn't matter if they can see their lips moving! We discuss real-life ventriloquists on the big screen, which include Edgar Bergen, Paul Winchell and... Uh... Yea, basically those two. Charlie McCarthy, Knucklehead Smiff and Jerry Mahoney are all discussed at length. Did you know Charlie had multiple movies where he's treated like a real person who is very horny? Tune in and learn!
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The Important Cinema Club#422 - Joe Gage's Overwhelming Desire (with Conner Habib)We discuss the work of Writer/Director Joe Gage (aka Tim Kincaid), a legendary gay hardcore filmmaker, with special guest Conner Habib - who acted in some of Gage's late period oeuvre.
We discuss Gage's Working Man Trilogy, what makes his films special, and what it's like to work on a Gage set.
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The Important Cinema Club#421 - Jia Zhangke Wants To Let You Know Time Crushes Us AllWe discuss the work of Writer/Director Jia Zhangke and focus on his films PLATFORM and ASH IS THE PUREST OF WHITE.
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The Important Cinema Club#420 - Paul Donovan Won't Give InWe discuss the work of Canadian Writer/Director Paul Donovan, and his ecclectic career of films that include SIEGE, LEXX, PAINT CANS and THE SQUASMISH FIVE.
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The Important Cinema Club#419 - Sam Raimi's Spider-ManWe dicsuss Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#75 - Jack Of Hearts!!! <3 <3 <3Who is Jack Of Hearts??I'll do you one better: WHY is Jack Of Hearts?!??Jack's popped in and out of Marvel stories over the past few decades, but has never quite gotten the spotlight he's deserved -- UNTIL NOW. FINALLY, here it is, as teased way back in episode 1 -- a deep-dive into one of Mike's all-time favorite Marvel characters, Jack Hart AKA the Jack Of Hearts, as created by the legendary Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen in the pages of "Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu", and most-recently appearing in the awesome...2025-02-251h 29
The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#74 - Deep Cuts𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘠𝘓𝘌 𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘚 & 𝘑𝘖𝘌 𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘙𝘒 (𝘙𝘈𝘋𝘐𝘈𝘕𝘛 𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘓𝘓-𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙 𝘊𝘈𝘚𝘛 𝘖𝘍 𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘚 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘐𝘟 𝘋𝘖𝘜𝘉𝘓𝘌-𝘓𝘌𝘕𝘎𝘛𝘏 𝘐𝘚𝘚𝘜𝘌𝘚 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻!
DEEP CUTS was the final trade paperback that both Justin + Mike bought at the end the calendar year. Now available in a collected edition from Image Comics, this eras-spanning epic is, in our opinion, one of the greatest comics released in 2024. Buy it! Read it! Hear it! Teach it in schools!
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#73 - KlausHo ho ho! In this year's very merry Christmas episode of The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, we look at the Santa Claus origin story KLAUS by writer Grant Morrison and artist Dan Mora! Originally published as a 7-issue miniseries through BOOM Studios, Klaus later returned in four oversized one-shots titled "The Witch of Winter", "The Crisis in Xmasville", "The Crying Snowman", and "The Life and Times of Joe Christmas". The entire run is now collected in THE COMPLETE KLAUS Deluxe Edition hardcover!Have a safe and happy holiday season, everyone! Thanks for giving us your ear-time...2024-12-2357 min
The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#72 - Hobtown Mystery Stories volume 1: The Case of the Missing MenMysteries, murder, and missing men abound in the fictional maritime community of Hobtown, Nova Scotia! Welcome to HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES VOLUME 1: THE CASE OF THE MISSING MEN by Kris Bertin & Alexander Forbes, available now from Oni Press in a newly-colored edition by Jason Fischer-Kouhi. Highly recommended for fans of Twin Peaks and Locke & Key, Mike in this episode called HMSv1 "the greatest new-to-me thing I've read all year."
https://www.onipress.com/titles/project-one-f5w4d-233sh-b4xjt-w86p5-mdgml-h9cb9-rwa6z-rewyp-s5bdg-8kp4s
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#71 - FaustIn this episode we brave the Xtremely graphic world of late-80s outlaw comic FAUST by Tim Vigil and David Quinn!
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#70 - Hellboyit's Mike Mignola's HELLBOY!
Happy Halloween, everybody!
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#69 - Super Mario Bros.' Valiant ComicsBefore launching the Valiant Universe with the likes of Turok Dinosaur Hunter, Magnus Robot Fighter, Harbinger, and more, Jim Shooter's Valiant Comics published a handful of Nintendo-licensed comics in 1990-91 based on Mario, Zelda, Game Boy, and Captain N. Is there enough discussion-worthy content within those issues to justify/fill an 82-minute episode? Nope! -- but 1990s game nostalgia / game-adaptation discussions abound!
This episode exists to celebrate one of Justin's other podcasts -- the BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST -- hitting 200 episodes, and devoting an hours-long special subscriber episode to reviewing the new mega boxset of the 1993 Super...2024-10-241h 21
The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#68 - DeadpoolHe's the merc with the mouth, and makes piles of money for Disney Corp with every quip and quote and catchphrase! But, what IS a Deadpool?? WHY is a Deadpool??? We attempt to answer these world-shattering questions, and may never know the real answers.
Also featuring a look at the deliriously wonky "Deadpool Kills" trilogy -- a "Killogy", if you will -- by one of Mike's favorite comic writers, Cullen Bunn! Find out more about his incredible body of work at https://www.cullenbunn.com/
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#67 - Spy Island: A Bermuda Triangle MysteryIn this episode we take a cruise to SPY ISLAND by way of writer Chelsea Cain, designer Lia Miternique, artist Elise McCall, and colorist Rachelle Rosenberg! This 1970s-y tiki-tinged colorsplosion of assassins, cryptids, and cocktails feels to us like a thematic followup to Cain's awesome MOCKINGBIRD series for Marvel, also discussed here!
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#66 - The RocketeerThe Rocketeer blasted onto the scene in 1982, created by writer/artist Dave Stevens as an homage to pulp-serial heroes of the 1930s! Despite producing only a handful of issues of The Rocketeer's adventures, the character and Stevens' work were an inspiration to readers and peers alike, and led to the cult-classic 1991 film by director Joe Johnston. Dave Stevens passed-away in 2008 due to complications with leukemia, but his body of work lives on in THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES, available in trade paperback from IDW Publishing.
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#65 - Birds of MaineLong after the demise of humankind, birds roam freely around the moon complete with fruitful trees, sophisticated fungal networks, and an enviable socialist order. Take flight to this post-apocalyptic bird utopia by Toronto's Michael DeForge, published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2022!
https://www.michael-deforge.com/
https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/birds-maine/
CLOSING SONG: "I'm Like A Bird" by The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan, from the album "The People Love This Guy Because He Makes Great Songs Like These Ones" -- https://open.spotify.com/album/7s7CYxww70bjmCUG103f1W?si=rTBqCuWASgWzyPwF0iDglA
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#64 - Batman: The Court Of OwlsHOW have we not yet discussed Batman in the year and half of this podcast?!?? This era-defining story THE COURT OF OWLS from 2011 by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo was a phenomenal benchmark for the character, creators, readers, and lore as a whole, delving into the history of Gotham itself and setting the stage for an incredible years-long run by the same creative team.
As we asked in the episode - what's YOUR favorite standalone Batman arc that's NOT an origin-story? Let us know!
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#63 - This One SummerOriginally published in 2014, the incredibly acclaimed THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki is a coming of age story about two teenage friends, Rose and Windy, during a summer in a small beach town they both frequent with their families annually.
Have a safe and happy summer, everyone!
ARTICLE: "Using Graphic Novels in Education: This One Summer" by the CBLDF [Comic Book Legal Defense Fund] -- https://cbldf.org/2015/02/using-graphic-novels-in-education-this-one-summer/
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#62 - Witch Hat AtelierIn this episode, a spell is cast on us by WITCH HAT ATELIER [ とんがり帽子のアトリエ ], the magical manga series by Kamome Shirahama [ 白浜 鴎 ] published by Kodansha and currently up to 13 volumes as of this recording! In 2020, the series won the Harvey Award for the Best Manga category as well as the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.
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The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast#61 - The Giant Pile Of Manga Justin Bought In Japan!Justin's back from his trip to Japan with a massive pile of manga, many of which have never been translated/localized!
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VintertainmentWine and...Movies - Speed Racer (2008) with Justin DeclouxSend us a message and we always repsond!For the full UNCUT version of this episode - 20 additional minutes! - plus bonus content, interactive chats, polls, and more, join us at:https://wineand.substack.com1st episode! Canadian filmmaker and podcaster extraordinaire, Justin Decloux (Impossible Horror, Teddy Bomb), joins us for an epic chat about the 2008 feature film SPEED RACER, directed by The Wachowski Sisters.We cover the sisters' history leading up to the production of the film, plus our respective personal histories with the movie...2024-05-221h 18