Director's Club

I sneakily convinced Patrick to appear on a bonus episode by intrusively calling him up in the middle of the night -- in which we do a brief "what we watched" segment and more.  First and foremost, a…

Expressing love for music is often very difficult to put into words.  And some of the most powerful songs that have changed my life may not even have lyrics. Rachel Grimes is responsible for many of …

Bill Ackerman returns to talk about the underrated Paul Schrader who most folks cite as the screenwriter of such films as TAXI DRIVER & RAGING BULL.  Maybe one day down the road, we'll do a writer's …

Happy Labor Day weekend!  Here's a special surprise. To close out a productive day off, I put together a hodgepodge of treats for you including an interview with the head of the Department of Parks a…

Canadian podcaster Corey Pierce joins me to deconstruct the art of comedy by not only focusing on the films of director David Wain, but by going down a list of our favorite lowbrow comedies.  We digr…

Hard to know how to review QUEEN OF EARTH myself without rambling on and on (what a shock) but at least I got to spend 15 minutes with the filmmaker to get a better sense of what he was going for.  S…

The great Kurt Halfyard and Andrew James of the RowThree Cinecast return for another wonderful and lengthy sequel episode on one of our favorite filmmakers / Renaissance man Steven Soderbergh.  This …

One of my all-time favorite bands is Low.  They've been around for over 20 years, and I first heard them back in 2001 for the record Things We Lost In The Fire.  Now they are about to release their 1…

Patrick fulfills yet another promise to a Kickstarter contributor, and a familar one at that. Mr. Bill Ackerman asked Patrick to reconsider some movies from past episodes that he claims to have disli…

It wasn't easy filling an entire episode with a filmmaker whom we've only gotten to see two movies from thus far.  But that didn't stop my enthusiasm to talk about Alex Ross Perry with someone that i…

1985 celebrates my 30th anniversary as a movie freak.  BACK TO THE FUTURE was the movie I saw when I was seven years old that pretty much changed my life forever.  It got me hooked on going to the mo…

I've had some wonderful guests in the past, but this one is particularly near and dear to me for reasons which I cover in this episode. Power pop legend Matthew Sweet talks with me about a number of …

Me and Patrick tackle the big questions regarding why we bother to talk about movies at all and slip into a little processing of our own about the nature of movie-viewing and the importance of the "r…

Director's Club as you know it is back, kind of.  As indicated in the recently posted Pop Culture Club debut, I mentioned that every now and again, directors will still be focused on from time to tim…

I'm sure you are very confused right about now, but don't fret.  Director's Club isn't going away, just becoming sporadic.  Patrick will be back with another bonus episode soon enough too.  As for me…

The first of a few bonus episodes from Patrick (before his departure) as promised!  This one comes courtesy of a listener request from Sean.  This discussion also features previous guest Regina talki…

Hello friends, Jim here.  Welcome to Clip Show Redux.  Well yes, this was technically supposed to be a part of episode 100 -- much like the last episode we did on favorite movies -- but that's okay s…

Is this it?  Is this the end of Director’s Club?  That’s the question on everybody’s mind, and we sorta answer it right at the top.  The show could be going away for awhile, but maybe not.  Or maybe …

Is this it?  Is this the end of Director's Club?  That's the question on everybody's mind, and we sorta answer it right at the top.  The show could be going away for awhile, but maybe not.  Or maybe …

The great Nat Almirall joins us to talk about a true legend, director of such classics as THE MALTESE FALCON and THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE.  The one and only John Huston is discussed at length…