The Important Cinema Club

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#105 - Gordon Parks Is So Much More Than Just The Guy That Directed Shaft Feb 14, 2018

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We discuss the directorial work of Gordon Parks, with an emphasis on The Learning Tree (1969) and Shaft (1971), and his incredible career as a photographer/musician/writer/renaissance man. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discuss Straight to Video Canuxploitation Gold. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

#104 - Harold Lloyd Must Always Win Feb 07, 2018

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We discuss the third genius of Silent Comedy and his films Safety Last, The Freshman and Speedy. Plus, a long conversation about Lloyd's final picture: The Preston Sturges' directed/Howard Hughes produced talkie The Sins of Harold Diddlebock. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discuss Groundhog Day and the career of Bill Murray. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

#103 - Paul Thomas Anderson Wants You To Laugh Jan 31, 2018

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We discuss the evolution of Paul Thomas Anderson's style and talk HARD EIGHT, BOOGIE NIGHTS, MAGNOLIA, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE, INHERENT VICE and everything else along the way. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discuss our 1998 Movie Memories (with a lot of Godzilla) WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

#102 - Jane Campion is in Control Jan 23, 2018

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We discuss the Palme D'or winning director of THE PIANO, HOLY SMOKE and IN THE CUT. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discuss OLDBOY and the evolution of our cinematic morals. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

#101 - The Best Films of 2017 Jan 17, 2018

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The title says it all. We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discuss the best film related stuff we liked (and hated this year) books, dissappointments and crazy action movies. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

#100 - The Jackie Chan Spectacular Jan 08, 2018

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Finally, the time has come to discuss Jackie Chan. We talk about Jackie Chan's start at the Peking Opera School, his time toiling under the thumb of Lo Wei, his rise to prominence with DRUNKEN MASTER, his attempts at breaking into Hollywood with BATTLE CREEK BRAWL and THE PROTECTOR, his work with with Sammo Hung on films like HEART OF DRAGON, his artistic year as a director with films like MIRACLE, the outliner films like CITY HUNTER, his Hollywood adventures like THE TUXEDO and finally, his turn into a Chinese propagandist with pictures like CHINESE ZODIAC. We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discussed the Jackie Chan pictures FANTASY MISSION FORCE and ISLAND OF FIRE - two films that Jackie was forced to make to pay back the help he had gotten from actor/producer/triad leader Jimmy Wang-Yu. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

#99 - KnowhuteIMean: The Life And Times Of Ernest P. Worrell Dec 24, 2017

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We discuss the career of everyone's favorite rubber faced comedian - Jim Varney. From the highs of Ernest Goes Jail to the lows of Ernest Goes to Africa - it's all here! We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we talk The Last Jedi. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

#98 - The "Best" Christmas Films In The History of Christmas Dec 19, 2017

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The Important Cinema Club welcome special guests Mathew Kumar (Co-Host of The Loose Cannons Podcast) and Emily Miling (Producer and Composer of Impossible Horror) to discuss our favorite (and not-so favorite) Christmas films. We talk Jingle All The Way, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Ernest Saves Christmas and Scrooged. Do the films hold up? Were we wrong to love them as children? Will Santa give stuff coal down our stockings? We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we talk Christmas Film Turkeys with special guest Mathew Kumar (THE LOOSE CANNONS PODCAST) and discuss Santa Claus (1959), Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and a Christmas film Mathew hates most of all. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

#97 - Don't Go Taking Johnnie To For Granted Dec 13, 2017

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We tackle the work of Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To and discuss his journeyman roots that evolved into his distinct cinematic style and the future of passionate film artist in the Mainland Chinese machine. Featuring, bullets, gangsters and a handful of romantic musical numbers.

#96 - Living Large on Poverty Row With Orson Welles, The Bowery Boys and Roy Rogers Dec 07, 2017

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We visit the magical time of the Poverty Row studios with a discussion of Hitler's Madman, The Scar, Macbeth, The Golden Stallion and The Ghost Chasers. For more information on the retrospective visit: newsite.theroyal.to/movies We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we talk about the splatter martial arts classic THE STORY OF RICKY and the disreputable 'CAT III' genre from Hong Kong that gave us such gonzo classics as NAKED KILLER, THE SEVENTH CURSE, and SEX & ZEN. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

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