Episodes
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Hard Out: Cinephiliacs - PRINCE OF DARKNESS + MOONWALKERS
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
The second leg of John Carpenter's unofficial "Apocalypse Trilogy" PRINCE OF DARKNESS is Chris' pick for this episode of Hard Out: Cinephiliacs, along with Jay's selection of Antoine Bardou-Jacquet's Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint-starring MOONWALKERS, a fun, subversive, psychedelic conspiracy-fueled absurdist caper flick that seems destined for cult status. If you wanna watch before consuming this, Moonwalkers is streaming at no additional charge on Amazon Prime, Vudu, Tubi, and Pluto TV and Prince of Darkness can be rented from pretty much anywhere you rent digital films.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (w/ guest Scott Keiner)
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Believe it or not, the fantastical BABE: PIG IN THE CITY is the "favorite" movie of screenwriter, director, creative producer and former VP of the sadly now-defunct, sensational viral video factory Super Deluxe Scott Keiner (like many, Scott has a hell of a time choosing a "favorite" flick, but counts this George Miller gem among his favorites). Thanks so much to turning us onto this one, Scott... it truly is, as advertised, "criminally underrated!"
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - THE BASKETBALL DIARIES (w/ guest Alex Sterling)
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Young Leonardo DiCaprio scorched the screen in THE BASKETBALL DIARIES, the harrowing, drug-fueled 1995 biopic of famed New York poet, musician, author, and artist Jim Carroll directed by Scott Kalvert—which just so happens to be the favorite movie of our buddy and fan of the show Alex Sterling, who had a couple cocktails and hit Jay up about doing this episode... which we were stoked to do because we *LOVE* this film (and the fact that it gave us a chance to tell our "Marky Mark" story, which we forgot to get to in our episode covering The Departed with Dan Benamor)!
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Hard Out: Cinephiliacs - LAST TANGO IN PARIS + ZARDOZ
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Featuring a towering performance by icon Marlon Brando, Bernardo Bertolucci's unfortunately rapey masterpiece LAST TANGO IN PARIS (poor Maria Schneider 😢) is up for discussion in this episode of Hard Out: Cinephiliacs, alongside John Boorman's WTF-inducing sci-fi tripfest ZARDOZ (poor Sean Connery's speedo). It's an early-70's extravaganza!
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Hard Out: Cinephiliacs - PLAYING FOR KEEPS and LIFE ITSELF
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
The Harvey and Bob Weinstein-directed 80's hodgepodge disaster PLAYING FOR KEEPS and Steve James' touching documentary tribute to Roger Ebert LIFE ITSELF are up to bat in this installment of Hard Out: Cinephiliacs, which inspired us to wax philosophical over not only Harvey's inhumanity but counterpoint Ebert's humanity.
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - BLADE RUNNER (w/ guest Zoje Stage)
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece BLADE RUNNER is the all-time favorite film of bestselling novelist Zoje Stage, author of acclaimed books Baby Teeth, Wonderland, and the upcoming (Aug 17th!) Getaway! We chop it up over her love of this film but also jump into her past as a filmmaker and screenwriter, the transition to prose, publishing triumphs and pitfalls, #metoo and the Patriarchy, cancel culture and more. Amazing conversation with an amazing storyteller.
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - THE DEPARTED (w/ guest Dan Benamor)
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Martin Scorsese's Best Picture Academy Award-winning THE DEPARTED is the all-time favorite flick of Hollywood development exec-turned-screenwriter and host of the *fantastic* kindred spirit podcast "Movies I Love That No One Talks About" Dan Benamor. Featuring an amazing all-in, paranoia-fueled performance by Leonardo DiCaprio and stellar work by Matt Damon, Vera Farmiga, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Ray Winstone, and of course the incomparable Jack Nicholson chewing up a killer Oscar-winning script by Bill Monahan, this flick gets better and better with each viewing!
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Hard Out: Cinephiliacs - SANTA WITH MUSCLES + A WAR
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
In what might constitute our most absurd, "what-in-the-everloving-FUCK WERE THEY THINKING??" double feature mash-up review yet, it's the Hulk Hogan holiday hot mess SANTA WITH MUSCLES paired with the deeply involving, understated, incredible A WAR by Danish master filmmaker Tobias Lindholm (see also his startlingly good A Hijacking if you want a tale like Captain Phillips without all the Hollywood bullshit).
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - THE LAST DRAGON (w/ guest Michael J. Kospiah)
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
We weren't planning to drop this for a couple more days but since we just found out TODAY is the **36th anniversary of THE LAST DRAGON** we had no choice but to release it! Screenwriter Michael J. Kospiah (of The Suicide Theory and the newly released RAGE—which is getting very good reviews and is currently available to rent or buy on all major digital platforms) stopped by to talk about this 80's-as-fuck gem, his all-time favorite flick... but he ran into an on-their-way-to-being-shitfaced Chris and Jay (we'd just finished recording with Kristy Lowrey, where the bourbon and beer were flowing).
Apologies Mike, haven't listened back but hopefully we let you get some words in edgewise! Think it was the 2 hours you hung around after the buzzer where we really deteriorated though, hahaha! Come back any time!
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - HELL OR HIGH WATER (w/ guest Kristy Lowrey)
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
David Mackenzie kept it real in directing the Taylor Sheridan-scripted HELL OR HIGH WATER (starring a world-weary Chris Pine, tragic bad seed Ben Foster, and nobody-better Jeff Bridges)—and in doing so crafted the favorite movie of super cool veteran TV Writer Kristy Lowrey (Into the Badlands, 12 Monkeys, 911: Lonestar, Absentia, and now CBS' FBI). She stopped by to talk about it and the biz.