@junkfilterpod.bsky.social
Junk Filter: A culture podcast for our Extremely Online times. Film, music, politics and jokes. Hosted by Jesse Hawken.
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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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”
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!
02.10.2025 13:29 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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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One of the dozens of great songs that will be discussed over the series, their first single
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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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Joe Cross filming his announcement of his candidacy for mayor via social media - screens within screens throughout Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON
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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No immediate plans to do so!
29.08.2025 17:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0![Yvonne Elliman -- If I Can´t Have You [[ Official Video ]] HD](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jebko67yf6nsdqtp534fpa64/bafkreievbm6pq7oxjher6ahuwl64r4rqs33uvtc2cd5rqbezazwat6klte@jpeg)
Patrons of the pod have a little bonus treat waiting for them on the Patreon feed.....
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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)
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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Detail from an alternate poster for LIFEFORCE (Tobe Hooper, 1985)
Coming soon to the podcast: released at the almost exact midpoint of the 1980s, Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE still rocks 40 years later.
10.06.2025 15:03 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
The great poster for LIFEFORCE with a huge eyeball looking down on the Earth “In the blink of an eye, the terror begins”
Next month on the podcast: Lordy Lordy, look who’s 40
22.05.2025 17:30 — 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 9
Jason Statham from the poster for A WORKING MAN (David Ayer, 2025)
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!
Preview: open.spotify.com/episode/7EGK...
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
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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Gary Bond drinking a pint while getting a classic Australian dirty look from Chips Rafferty in WAKE IN FRIGHT (Ted Kotcheff, 1971)
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.
28.03.2025 14:57 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 2
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.
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.
Preview: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
![The Conversation (1974) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jebko67yf6nsdqtp534fpa64/bafkreieztwmimlkjniczt4vhonu23ekmoyodukio2sisoru724jitaqtvy@jpeg)
Later this month on the podcast...
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A Robert Landau photo of a billboard on the sunset strip for LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, October 1977
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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Gene Hackman as Harry Caul setting up survelliance equipment in a hotel bathroom in THE CONVERSATION (Coppola, 1974)
Later this month on the podcast... a conversation about THE CONVERSATION
04.03.2025 03:23 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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?
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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British quad poster for NAKED LUNCH (Cronenberg, 1991)
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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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)
Coming soon to the podcast: a two-parter about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and IN THE CUT
22.02.2025 17:13 — 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Chris Hemsworth as a blackhat hacker named Hathaway walking on the tarmac towards his plane in BLACKHAT (Michael Mann, 2015)
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.
Preview: open.spotify.com/episode/7MQt...
Deep focus Cinemascope frame of a church full of West Point cadets in THE LONG GRAY LINE (Ford, 1955)
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.
20.02.2025 21:23 — 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3
Trailer for I'M STILL HERE, which will be the subject of an upcoming episode of the podcast; highly recommended
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Coming soon to the podcast... a show about CENTRAL STATION and I'M STILL HERE, two heartbreakers from Walter Salles. Hoping the success of the latter film brings more attention to the former, an arthouse hit in 1998 that feels neglected now...
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Spooky trailer for LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (Richard Brooks, 1977) - bad vibes, so strange that this movie was a box office hit youtu.be/ApptvXTANNA
11.02.2025 15:57 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
British Quad poster for Looking For Mr. Goodbar (Richard Brooks, 1977)
Later this month on the podcast: a show about one of the bleakest movies of the seventies, a box office hit that was hard to see for decades because of the soundtrack's music rights. But now it's back in circulation... LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR
11.02.2025 14:29 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Tell us what you think! (we did it @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social!)
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Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan in PROOF OF LIFE (Taylor Hackford, 2000)
On the 200th (!) episode, @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social returns for a show about PROOF OF LIFE with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan, an early Tony Gilroy screenplay that points the way towards MICHAEL CLAYTON, and a fine example of the joys of the 5-Star 3-Star Movie.
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Eric Bana as Avner in MUNICH (Spielberg, 2005)
Rod Steiger and Steven Bauer as Avner in SWORD OF GIDEON (Michael Anderson, 1986)
Peter Sarsgaard as Roone Arledge in the ABC Sports control room at the 1972 Munich Olympics in SEPTEMBER 5 (Fehlbaum, 2024)
Part 2 is on the Patreon feed: more about MUNICH, contrasted with the 1986 Canadian TV movie SWORD OF GIDEON (based on the same source material), the documentary ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER and the new German docudrama SEPTEMBER 5 with Peter Sarsgaard!
Here's a preview:
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