Craig & Friends

Abel Ferrara’s 1984 NYC sleaze gem FEAR CITY gets the Movie Club treatment, with a side order of TEQUILA & BONETT - a show that just might change everyone’s life. The brilliant and charming film essayist, cinema professor & connoisseur Rich Johnson returns to join me in celebrating all things Abel Ferrara, the charisma of Jack Scalia, magic of Melanie Griffith, triumph of Tom Beringer and brilliance of Billy Dee Williams in a film about a stripper agency whose clients are being hunted by a serial killer. In short, a wholesome romp that somehow hasn’t yet popped up on the Hallmark Channel.

Watch the film for free on Amazon or get the recent deluxe reissue on 101 featuring Rich’s definitive essay AND both cuts of the film

Dive into Rich’s amazing archive of brilliant Companion Pieces, video essays, interviews and more 
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Filmmaker, archivist, podcaster and cinema connoisseur Nicholas McCarthy joins me to discuss his fabulous & moving 6-part docu-podcast, The Vanity Project. In it, we follow him along his decades-long quest to solve the mystery of Student Confidential, a film that was financed, written, directed, scored, edited by and starring the elusive Richard Horian. Who was he? Who is he? What was he like to work with? Where the hell IS he?  And does anyone know where the original film elements are?
We also get into the deep magic & influence of UHF channels in the 80s, cult films culture, Cop & 1/2 and much much more.
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Richard & Linus O’Brien join me to talk Strange Journey - The Story Of Rocky Horror! 
Directed by Linus, this is the definitive documentary on the origins, legacy and impact of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
We get deep into Richard’s life, his journey from gender dysphoria to gender euphoria, Tim Curry, Shock Treatment, sexual and social liberation, Richard Hartley, the tyranny of repression, his relationship with Linus, Hair, swinging London, Jean & Chrissie Shrimpton, T. Zee, Jim Sharman, mental health, Paul Nicholas, Rocky Horror Shows His Heels, Revenge Of The Old Queen, shadow casts, Jessica Harper at the commissary, Christopher Lee & the Captain Invincible situation, President Farley Flavors, Disaster! and much much more. 
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Dear friends and favorite guests Mike & Maddy Chapman and Michael & Britta Des Barres join me at Mike & Maddy's London home a few days after Mike & Maddy's magical wedding and we talk about Mike & Michael's collaborations, Live Aid, the life and death of rock'n'roll, Los Angeles, royal chapels, King Charles' podcast, making hits and much more.

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LA Times Film Critic, Co-Host of UNSPOOLED, author & basketball connoisseur Amy Nicholson joins me to discuss William Friedkin’s 1994 basketball classic BLUE CHIPS. Starring Nick Nolte, Shaquille O’Neal, J.T. Walsh & Alfrie Woodard, written by Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump) and stacked with real-life basketball legends (Bobby Knight, Penny Hardaway, Bob Cousy and more) BLUE CHIPS reeks of authenticity while examining the ethical complexities and financial realities of college sports.
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