Broken VCR
Two middle-aged cinephiles discuss one film a week.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 96 minutes
- Episodes
- 202
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#162 Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Larry Clark's 1998 drug-addled crime drama, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the feud between James Woods and Larry Clark, usage of the word "fuck", Vincent Kar…
#161 Best Seller (1987)
John Flynn's 1987 hitman/cop buddy thriller, BEST SELLER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk writer Larry Cohen's problem with the film and him being the "King of the Plot Hole", Brian De…
#160 Videodrome (1983)
David Cronenberg's 1983 provocative techno-surrealist body horror, VIDEODROME, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the inception of the original concept, Rick Baker's Special FX, James Woo…
BONUS #159: Nosferatu (2024)
Robert Egger's 2024 gothic vampire horror, NOSFERATU, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the incredible style & tone, Eggers' pacing issues, that daylight ending, the nature of remakes, a…
#158 The Boost (1988)
Harold Becker's 1988 cocaine melodrama, THE BOOST, is our feature presentation this week. We talk James Woods all-in performance, the musical score & melodrama, the 80s style, Sean Young & James Wood…
#157 200 Cigarettes (1999)
Risa Bramon Garcia's 1999 New Year's Eve 80s Lower East Side comedy, 200 CIGARETTES, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the huge ensemble cast, the screenplay issues, Elvis Costello…
#156 Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
John R. Cherry III's 1988 Christmas comedy, ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the brilliance of Jim Varney, the defunct Ernest scripts that were never made,…
#155 The Ref (1994)
Ted Demme's 1994 Christmas hostage comedy, THE REF, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about Denis Leary's partnership with Ted Demme, the tone of the film, Kevin Spacey, and much more! W…
#154 Metropolitan (1990)
#153 North Dallas Forty (1979)
#152 Three Days of the Condor (1975)
#151 The Parallax View (1974)
#150 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
John Frankenheimer's 1962 brainwashing conspiracy thriller, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is our feature presentation this week. We talk JFK's approval to do the film and the foreshadowing of his assassin…
#149 The Contender (2000)
#148 Carrie (1976)
#147 Messiah of Evil (1974)
#146 Phantasm (1979)
#145 Inferno (1980)
Dario Argento's 1980 supernatural occult nightmare, INFERNO, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Mario Bava's heavy involvement in the film, mood vs story, Argento's style, "The Three Moth…
#144 Death Proof (2007)
#143 Maniac Cop (1988)
William Lustig's 1988 cartoonish killer cop slasher, MANIAC COP, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Larry Cohen's screenplay, Bruce Campbell & Tom Atkins, the film's lack of identity, …