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PCP Horrorthon 2026 Oct 12, 2026

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In this episode, Brian and Elric are joined by their regular October guest: Mr. Patrick Bromely from FThis Movie! This year, the gents are back to program their own six-movie Horror marathons very much in the style of the New Beverly's Annual Horror Shows. In fact, this year's New Beverly Horror Show and its lineup is discussed at the top of the episode. Enjoy the picks and let us know if you watch any and dig them!

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New Beverly Calendar: October 2026 Sep 23, 2026

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This October the New Beverly proudly presents a host of horrific rarities, festive frights, international classics, and spine-tingling delights! We showcase the Los Angeles 35mm debut of one of the year's best films for a special weeklong engagement, pay tribute to filmmaker Chuck Russell, screen a silent masterpiece with live musical accompaniment, highlight the restored version of Who Killed Teddy Bear?, plus midnights, matinees, and more! Brian, Elric and Phil talk about it all!

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Bonus Ep - Film Discoveries Sampler Sep 15, 2026

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For this episode, Brian has cut together some clips from the Pure Cinema Patreon exclusive show Film Discoveries to give a sampling of the kind of discussions that can be heard via the PCP Patreon if you subscribe at $5 / month. Brian is currently unemployed and Elric's employment situation is shifting very soon as well so now is a better time than ever to support the podcast via Patreon if you enjoy it! Thanks so so much!

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Violence Sampler! Sep 08, 2026

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In this episode, Elric has come up with a fun sampler idea for he and Brian to work with. For this Violence Sampler, there are five Categories for the films picked: 1. Hack/Slash 2. Shoot 3. Explode 4. Fists 5. Wild

Each Film was chosen to slot into one of these classifications and it was blast to put the lists together. Enjoy!

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Grand National Pictures (w/ Quentin Tarantino) Sep 01, 2026

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Elric and Brian are joined for this very special episode by returning guest Quentin Tarantino to talk about the Poverty Row Studio Grand National Pictures and the series that Quentin has planned for the Video Archives Cinema Club (inside the Vista Theater) for the month of September and beyond!

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New Beverly Calendar: September 2026 Aug 27, 2026

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This September the New Beverly proudly presents a full slate of film projected in 35mm, spanning from silent classics to one of the year's most critically lauded hits, with double features showcasing Gena Rowlands, Humphrey Bogart, Godzilla and more. We spotlight the pioneering work of Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, highlight a host of family film favorites, and celebrate the triumphant return of our Friday Matinee series! Elric, Brian and Phil are here to talk about all of it!

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Bonus EP: Film Discoveries with K.J. Relth-Miller Aug 18, 2026

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Over on our Patreon, we do a show called 'Film Discoveries' where we talk to friends of the podcast about some of their favorite first-time watches in the last year or so. As a bonus, we offer this episode of Film Discoveries free to everyone and we hope it may pique your interest in checking out the rest of the Film Discoveries catalog (we release one or two new episodes every month) over at patreon.com/purecinemapod

Our guest for this very special bonus is K.J. Relth-Miller, director of Film Programs at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Check out all things Academy Museum here: https://www.academymuseum.org/

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Bonus Ep: Interview with BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL director David Kittredge Aug 11, 2026

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For this Bonus Interview episode, Brian talks to filmmaker David Kittredge about his excellent new documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL - which examines the tumultuous making of the film EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC in gret detail. While the movie focuses on that production and its many issues, it also serves as a lovely career retrospective for John Boorman as well. In addiotion to talking about how his doc came about, Kittredge also indulges us and offers pairings for five of his favorites from Boorman's amazing filmography.

BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL is being distributed by in North America by Yellow Veil Pictures and has some limited theatrical dates set for late August but will be expanding into more theaters on September 4th. In the meantime, there will be a screening of the movie at The Aero Theater in Santa Monica in conjunction with the American Cinematheque on Tuesday August 18th at 7:30PM. You can buy tickets here: https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/boorman-and-the-devil-08-18-2026/

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This month's episode of Pure Cinema is brought to you by - DIABOLIKDVD: https://diabolikdvd.com/

This episode is sponsored by MUBI! Get 30 days of great cinema free at https://mubi.com/purecinema (and we'd love it if you would give them a try!)

Brian's Directed By shirts can be found here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/filmmakershirts

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Decades Anniversary Sampler Aug 04, 2026

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For this episode, Elric and Brian look back at movies from several years which are celebrating anniversaries: 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016 - each picking one movie from these years.

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This month's episode of Pure Cinema is brought to you by - DIABOLIKDVD: https://diabolikdvd.com/

This episode is sponsored by MUBI! Get 30 days of great cinema free at https://mubi.com/purecinema (and we'd love it if you would give them a try!)

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New Beverly Calendar: August 2026 Jul 27, 2026

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August at the New Beverly features dark comedies with Danny Devito, buddy movies, a big Scorsese anniversary, a new Eli Roth movie, classic screwball, dirty cops, early Hitchcock and much much more! Our returning guest this month is John Moret from the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis who is always fun to talk movies with! Enjoy!

Check out all things New Beverly here: https://thenewbev.com/

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