Slack and Slash
Join sagacious cinema meshugganah Marty Schwartz and uber-groovy movie goober Scott Sharplin as they concoct spurious links throughout filmdom and brazenly pioneer new ways of looking at pictures in motion.
All his greatest roles, from Bee to Zit. SNL: The Best of John Belushi (1975-1979) at 3:39 National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) at 32:36 The Blues Brothers (1980) at 51:54 Neighbors (1981) at 1:12:32 Continuity at 1:31:38, Lightning at 1:42:10 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Was Sydney Pollack a director or an actor? Scott and Marty hedge their bets, with a second installment that focuses on Syd on screen. This episode might include the longest we talk about a single movie... and it ain't Tootsie! Anyway, bring it on! The following items are heretofore brought on: War Hunt (1962, Dir. Denis Sanders) at 3:04 Tootsie (1982, Dir. Sydney Pollack) at 15:14 Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Dir. Stanley Kubrick) at 34:34 Michael Clayton (2007, Dir. Tony Gilroy) at 1:00:14 Continuity Boulevard (1:21:09) and Lightning Round (1:29:52) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Sydney Pollack; he made movies, didn't he? If you need to ask, it's time to join Scott and Marty on another outing in the omniverse. In this episode, we shoot (the breeze about) four of Pollack's directing efforts. To wit: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) at 3:05 The Yakuza (1974) at 20:21 Sabrina (1995) at 34:00 The Interpreter (2005) at 47:01 Continuity Boulevard at 1:04:08 Lightning Round at 1:15:26 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
OUR 150th EPISODE! In which Marty and Scott circle back to the podcast's earliest episodes, revealing cinematic truths that will make you question everything you know about the omniverse! (Unless, like us, you know nothing about the omniverse... in which case, I dunno... just tune in!) In this egregious episode: Revisiting Batman Returns and Cuckoo's Nest (5:11) Goin' to Goin' South (7:44) Living (Johnny) Dangerously (24:30) Crossing the Eighth Dimension with Buckaroo Banzai (40:19) Several episodes ofTaxi, and similar fare (1:00:05) Continuity Boulevard (1:19:12) Lightning Round (1:36:17) Credit Cookie (2:08:28) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
In which Marty and Scott discuss: the longest films in the omniverse; the paucity of movies starring bulldogs; and how to solve a problem like Jeffrey Jones. Oh, and also, the late great Catherine O. We get serious (like A Serious Man? Like Yahoo Serious) about: Wyatt Earp (1994. Dir. Lawrence Kasdan) at 2:14 Best in Show (2000, Dir. Christopher Guest) at 20:35 Away We Go (2009, Dir. Sam Mendes) at 37:01 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024, Dir. Tim Burton) at 50:52 Continuity Boulevard at 1:14:05 Lightning Round at 1:22:29 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
If SCTV stood for anything, it stood for "Spectacular Catherine Television." But did you know that Moira Rose also appeared in films, ranging from colossal blockbusters to purported Canadian tax dodges? Marty and Scott begin to recount Catherine O'Hara's cinematic odyssey. Skip to the movies you've seen! We all know you do it. Nothing Personal (1980, Dir. George Bloomfield) at 3:31 After Hours (1985, Dir. Martin Scorsese) at 18:39 Home Alone (1990, Dir. Chris Columbus) at 36:41 Dick Tracy (1990, Dir. Warren Beatty) at 51:59 Continuity Boulevard at 1:11:05 Lightning Round at 1:23:04 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Cis flick fans stan trans cinema! Scott and Marty puzzle, nitpick, and gush over four transgressive, transcendant, transformative films from around the world. You'll hear the podcast glow at this key moments: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994, Dir. Stephan Elliott) at 2:40 Breakfast on Pluto (2005, Dir. Neil Jordan) at 20:53 Tangerine (2015, Dir. Sean Baker) at 32:46 I Saw the TV Glow (2024, Dir. Jane Schoenbrun) at 46:17 Also: Continuity Boulevard (1:08:37) and Lightning Round (1:15:07) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Scott and Marty boldly go where no cishet podcasting duo have gone before: into the bizarre and radical history of trans cinema! Join us for some early international films that aren't really about trans people, yet have been embraced by LGBT+ film fans and scholars. Will we do them justice? Well... "Nobody's perfect." Eggs cracked in this episode include: The Dybbuk (1937, Dir. Michael Waszynski) at 3:36 Some Like It Hot (1959, Dir. Billy Wilder) at 17:15 Funeral Parade of Roses (1969, Dir. Toshio Matsumoto) at 32:21 A Year With 13 Moons (1978, Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder) at 45:57 Also: Continuity Boulevard (1:00:25) and the Lightning Round (1:11:55)! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
It's a red letter episode for TVDx3! It's not because this is the ep when Schanke learns what it means to be a Dad. And it's not because Columbo inadvertently prevents a war (or something). Tune in to hear the truth, forsooth! Columbo S5E2 "A Case of Immunity" at 1:52 Moonlighting S3E7 "Atomic Shakespeare" at 15:30 Forever Knight S2E10 "Father's Day" at 32:49 Continuity Boulevard at 45:57 The Lightning Round at 50:05 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
There's never been another character actor like Kumar Pullana (1918-2013). Glimpsed briefly in the revolutionary jungles of Mexico, he burst forth decades later from the brain of Wes Anderson, juggling, tumbling, and stabbing folks left and right. Join Marty and Scott for a star-studded tour of the Kumar Cluster! Romance & Cigarettes (2005, Dir. John Turturro) at 4:01 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Dir. Wes Anderson) at 16:59 The Terminal (2004, Dir. Steven Spielberg) at 36:21 Another Earth (2011, Dir. Mike Cahill) at 51:07 Plus! Continuity Boulevard (at 1:07:58) and Lightning Round (at 1:17:18) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Janet Leigh murders the glass ceiling... Moonlighting takes a spin on the dance floor... and Nick Knight flashes back just when he's needed most! Evaluated this ep: Columbo S5E1 "Forgotten Lady" at 2:00 Moonlighting S3E6 "Big Man on Mulberry Street" at 16:41 Forever Knight S2E9 "Undue Process" at 26:51 Continuity Boulevard at 38:12 Lightning Round at 44:03 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
In the concluding episode of their Robert Redford duology, Scott and Marty spend a disproportionate amount of time snickering over a suggestive bit of production design in a 40-year-old movie. THAT'S the Cinematic Omniverse advantage! Also, we praise and bury four of RR's standout performances, as follows: Legal Eagles (1986, Dir. Ivan Reitman) at 1:41 Sneakers (1992, Dir. Phil Alden Robinson) at 16:31 All is Lost (2013, Dir. J.C. Chandor) at 31:24 The Old Man and the Gun (2018, Dir. David Lowery) at 43:29 Continuity Boulevard (59:02) The Lightning Round (1:06:02) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Cinema's most famous twinkly blue eyes become constellations in the omniverse, as Scott and Marty slam into Robert Redford's filmography like a Wonderboy home-runner slamming into a clock. Follow Bob through these criminally good films: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, Dir. George Roy Hill) at 3:16 The Natural (1984, Dir. Barry Levinson) at 19:15 Inside Daisy Clover (1965, Dir. Robert Mulligan) at 34:52 Three Days of the Condor (1975, Dir. Sydney Pollack) at 48:11 Plus Continuity Boulevard (1:02:28) and the Lightning Round (1:12:47)! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Columbo vs. Dracula! The Cuckoo's Nest comes (back) to Moonlighting! Detective Knight writes a cheque to the Church of Scientology! All of these astonishing things kinda happen this week... on the TV Dick Triptych! Skip ahead if you like: Columbo S4E6 "A Deadly State of Mind" at 1:52 Moonlighting S3E5 "All Creatures Great... And Not So Great" at 13:05 Forever Knight S2E8 "Faithful Followers" at 25:29 Continuity Boulevard (37:00) and the Lightning Round (43:43) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Just when you thought you heard of ALL the best non-existent bands, Scott & Marty return with a bonus Mock Rock episode... for the grrrrrrls! If you're happy and you know it, jump to these timestamps: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, Dir. Russ Meyer) at 2:33 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982, Dir. Lou Adler) at 17:54 Josie and the Pussycats (2001, Dir. Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan ) at 36:34 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001, Dir. John Cameron Mitchell) at 51:47 Plus Continuity Boulevard (1:06:28) and the Lightning Round (1:14:16) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Does anybody remember laughter? Marty and Scott do, as they watch FOUR MORE real movies about the fake rises and faux falls of bunk bands! It's all happening! More specifically, here's when it's all happening: That Thing You Do (1996, Dir. Tom Hanks) at 2:27 Almost Famous (2000, Dir. Cameron Crowe) at 16:34 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, Dir. Jake Kasdan) at 33:33 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016, Dir. Akiva Shaffer and Jorma Taccone) at 46:56 Continuity Boulevard kicks in at 57:56 Wait till 1:05:19 and you'll hear that sweet sweet Lightning Round Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
1, 2, 3, 4, hit it! Cinematic Omniverse returns with a series of real episodes about real movies about fake bands. What makes one nonexistent rock group soar above all the other nonexistent rock groups? Is it the volume? The violence? Or maybe just... the trousers? Smell these gloves, and find out: The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (1978) at 3:21 This is Spinal Tap (1984) at 21:41 The Commitments (1991) at 38:57 Hard Core Logo (1996) at 54:37 On the B-Side: Continuity Boulevard (1:11:23) and the Lightning Round (1:20:59) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
Nick and Mabel reunite! Herbert Viola moves into the Blue Moon -- and into our hearts! And Forever Knight shatters the serial killer glass ceiling at last! Episodes encapsulated: Columbo S4E5 "Playback" at 3:18 Moonlighting S3E4 "Yours, Very Deadly" at 18:26 Forever Knight S2E7 "Hunted" at 32:15 Continuity Boulevard at 44:05 and Lightning Round at 54:24 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
One of the all-time great crowd-pleasing Hollywood directors, Howard "The Tropinator" Hawks gave us classics in nearly every genre. Scott and Marty tackle four of them. Also featuring: our first feline guest host; an intimate peek at Marty's Spotify playlists; and the return of Bogie and Bacall, after, what, seven episodes?? Welcome back, Steve & Slim! My Timestamps, My Pony, and Me: Scarface (1935) at 4:46 Bringing Up Baby (1938) at 18:37 The Big Sleep (1946) at 31:09 Rio Bravo (1959) at 42:56 Plus Continuity Boulevard (58:37) and the Lightning Round (1:07:08)! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com
It's one of our most controversial episodes ever! Marty and Scott, who usually agree on pretty much everything, duke it out over two of tonight's three detective-laden offerings... but find common ground by dunking on the third. What the f**k am I talking about? Answers can be found here: Columbo S4E4 "Troubled Waters" at 1:46 Moonlighting S3E3 "Symphony in Knocked Flat" at 15:21 Forever Knight S2E6 "Capital Offense" at 26:54 Continuity Boulevard at 41:07 Lightning Round at 45:36 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com