The Video Archives Podcast

Sonny Came Home

You’ll be singing “Sonny” after today’s episode of the Video Archives Podcast! Quentin and Roger finally cover their first Sergio Corbucc...

114 - Sonny & Jed / Mister Scarface / American Nitro

Quentin & Roger get the sun in their eyes as they watch Sergio Corbucci’s chaotic, mud-soaked Sonny & Jed. After a brief discussion of Corbucci’s life and cinematic influence, they’ll get into what makes Corbucci’s villains unique, the skill of his camera operators, and Telly Savalas’ role in the film. This movie is the reason the West was called wild!

Next, in Fernando di Leo’s Mister Scarface, a mob loan collector hatches a plan to steal millions from Video Archivesfavorite Jack Palance....

Sonny Came Home

You’ll be singing “Sonny” after today’s episode of the Video Archives Podcast! Quentin and Roger finally cover their first Sergio Corbucc...

113.5 - Video Vault: Haunted Honeymoon

Today we’re prying open the Video Vault for a discussion of Gene Wilder’s spook-show sendup Haunted Honeymoon!Quentin, Roger & Gala talk about Wilder’s old-fashioned sensibilities, the joys of seeing a classic radio play performed live, and where the film starts to fall apart. Plus: more from Gala’s interview with Roger on the history of Video Archives.

Busting Makes Me Feel Good

Get ready to get busted by the Video Archives Podcast! Quentin, Roger & Gala embed themselves with Elliott Gould and Robert Blake in LAPD’s Vice...

113 - Busting / Little Darlings / Julia

Quentin & Roger join LAPD’s Vice Squad with Peter Hyams’ Busting! Starring Elliott Gould & Robert Blake, these two LA vice cops find themselves up against corrupt superiors when they try to bring a crime boss to justice. The duo discuss where Busting fits into Hyams’ career, how the film walks the line, and how the action sequences predate 80s Hong Kong cinema.

Next up, the bet is on in Little Darlings. Two fifteen year old girls from different walks of life compete to see who can lose thei...

Podcast For Me Billy

Gala finally gets the chance to watch a proper version of Cry For Me Billy on today’s Video Archives After Show! She talks to Quentin and Roger abou...

112.5 - Revisiting Cry For Me Billy

Gala’s VHS copy of Cry For Me Billy finally arrived! In today’s After Show, she talks to Roger & Quentin about the powerful impression Xochitl makes with almost no dialogue, and what makes this series of small vignettes so compelling. Plus, thoughts on the landscapes of Rage, and how The Loved One’s reel change translated to other mediums.

Rage Against the VHS Machine

Don’t get mad, get even on the Video Archives Podcast! George C. Scott declares war on a corrupt system in 1972’s accurately named Rage, and Quent...

112 - Rage / The Loved One / Cry For Me Billy

They called it an accident; he called it a murder. Join Roger & Quentin as they’re filled with rage after watching George C. Scott’s Rage. The duo talks about what happens when the class system fails, Scott’s connection to Kubrick, and what a main will do when he has nothing left to lose.

Next, the motion picture with something to offend everyone - at least, in 1965. Tony Richardson’s The Loved One is a blistering black comedy that pulls no punches with its portrayal of the mortuary business in Hollywood. Roger & Quenti...

Spending Time With the In-Laws

The benefits of listening to this week’s Video Archives After Show are terrific! We’re opening up the Video Vault, as Quentin & Roger cha...

111.5 - Video Vault: The In-Laws

On today’s After Show, we open up the Video Vault for a brief discussion of Arthur Hiller’s The In-Laws, how Peter Falk became a superstar, and the funniest spit take in cinema history. Plus, we have part 3 of Roger’s interview with Gala; this week, they’re talking about Roger’s favorite customers, lessons he learned working at the store, and the slow decline of the Video Archives store.

Better Holmes and Gardens

Everything’s elementary on today’s episode of The Video Archives Podcast! Jacqueline Coley from Rotten Tomatoes joins Quentin and Roger to discuss...

111 - The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes / The Light At The Edge Of The World / Hostages (with Jacqueline Coley)

Jacqueline Coley (awards editor for Rotten Tomatoes) joins Roger & Quentin as they unlock the secrets of Billy Wilder’s The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes! Holmes & Watson take on the strange case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished, leading them on a journey of ballerinas, canaries, and even the Loch Ness Monster. Join the trio as they discuss Jacqueline’s love for Wilder, Watson’s role in the film, and what this movie meant for Wilder’s career and the wider scope of cinema.

Next, we trav...

Spawn of Counter Talk

It’s a new After Show day, as The Video Archives Podcast returns to discussing Lipstick, The One And Only and (Spawn Of The) Slithis! This bree...

110.5 - Revisiting Lipstick And More

Quentin, Roger & Gala continue last week’s conversation on Lipstick with an appraisal of Chris Sarandon’s career! They also get personal remembering their friend Scott Magill, appreciate the many colorful characters of Slithis, and ask what exactly makes a “classic” movie.

Putting On Lipstick

Never trust an experimental musician on today’s triple-feature episode of The Video Archives Podcast! Quentin, Roger & Gala take on Lamont Johns...

110 - Lipstick / The One And Only / Slithis

Quentin and Roger enter the world of fashion with Lamont Johnson’s revenge-a-matic Lipstick! A fashion model is raped by her sister’s music teacher - after she takes him to court, she finds that she’ll have to take justice into her own hands. We’ll discuss the genius of casting real-life sisters Margaux and Mariel Hemingway, as well as the intensity a score can bring to a film.

Next, we jump into the ring with Carl Reiner’s Henry Winkler vehicle The One And Only. Andy Schmidt is a larger-than-life college st...

The Star 80 Conversation Continues

Whether you call them “movies” or “films,” today’s Video Archives Podcast After Show has something for you! (Personally I tend to jump back and forth bet...

109.5 - More On Star 80

Today on the After Show, we’ve got even more insights from Quentin, Roger & Gala’s discussion of Star 80. They discuss the Chippendales documentary that shed further light on Paul Snider, and whether it was the right choice to use a stand-in for Peter Bogdanovich in the film. Before that, however, it’s the next part of Gala’s sit-down with Roger, all about the early days of Video Archives and how Roger met Quentin.

Star 80's Star Turn

Pack your bags and get ready to fly from Vancouver to Hollywood, as the Video Archives Podcast tackles Bob Fosse’s true-crime shocker Star 80! ...

109 - Star 80

This week, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary discuss one film and one film alone: Bob Fosse’s Star 80. In 1980, Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her boyfriend Paul Snider. Three years later, Star 80 was released, a sensational retelling of Stratten’s story that hit too close to home for some. Roger and Quentin have a serious, personal discussion on differentiating fact from fiction, a tour-de-force performance from Eric Roberts, and how Dorothy Stratten touch...

I Survived Eli Roth's Bar Mitzvah

October has come and gone, and it’s time to wrap up the Video Archives Podcast series on American Giallo. But it’s not over yet - Eli Roth is...

108.5 - Wrapping Up American Giallo

Eli Roth returns to the After Show to wrap up our month of American Giallo! He talks to Gala and Roger about the VHS tape he got as a bar mitzvah present, and the festival where he met Roger. Plus, Quentin, Roger & Eli discuss films that almost but don’t quite qualify as "American giallos."

Alice, Sweet Alice in Gialloland

You’ve all been good little Catholic girls patiently waiting for American Giallo Pt. 2 - today it arrives in a yellow raincoat holding a butche...

108 - American Giallo Pt. 2: Alice, Sweet Alice / Happy Birthday To Me (with Eli Roth)

Quentin, Roger and Eli Roth continue their exploration of American Giallo with one of Eli’s favorite films, 1976’s Alice, Sweet Alice. When Alice’s sister Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions turn towards Alice - but could a 12-year-old girl really be the killer? The group talks about the role that religion plays in giallo, how director Alfred Sole pulled off a period piece on a budget, and how the identity of the villain is just too good to spoil.

Wrapping things up in a bow, let’s al...

Checking Your Pulsions

The American Giallo theme continues all month on the Video Archives Podcast, and this week our guest customer Eli Roth stops by the After Show for a b...

107.5 - More American Giallo

Eli Roth joins the After Show for a bonus sit-down with Roger & Gala! He talks about growing up in Massachusetts, his first video store memories, and how he met Quentin. Plus, more moments from last week’s discussion, including their favorite De Palma films and John Carpenter’s original “Eyes” script.

American Giallo Shots

The doors are open at the Video Archives Podcast, and for the first time, we have a customer! Eli Roth, director of Hostel and Cabin Fever and one of the Inglourious Basterds, joins Quentin and Roger for a two part Video Archives event, all about American giallo films. This week we’re releasing the first half of this discussion, where the crew slice open Brian De Palma’s Dressed To Kill, then take a close look at the movie that got Irvin Kershner the Empire Strikes Back gig, Eyes Of Laura Mars! I’ve got VHS boxes, some further reading ...

107 - American Giallo Pt. 1: Dressed To Kill / Eyes Of Laura Mars (with Eli Roth)

Quentin, Roger and guest customer Eli Roth (director of Hostel and Cabin Fever) kick off our first themed series: American Giallo! After outlining their thoughts on the genre, they start with Brian De Palma’s Dressed To Kill. A mysterious tall blonde woman wearing sunglasses murders a psychiatrist’s patient, and now she’s after the prostitute who witnessed it. Quentin, Roger and Eli talk about how the villainous Bobbi affected them, discuss the controversy surrounding the film, and reveal how th...