Mellow, spoiler-heavy discussions exploring an absurd physical media collection
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
This week, Shana and j. continue celebration of the spooky season with discussion of 2001's Takashi Miike yakuza splatter epic Ichi the Killer (0:00-1:26:16) as well as William Friedkin's monolith of Satanic horror, 1973's The Exorcist (continuing to 2:35:21), followed as always by additional discussion of all the other movies we've watched in the past week, and choose our movies for next week.
A scheduling error led to this episode going up very late, apologies.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
The Spooky Stacks continue with our October horror crawl in a quadruple bill! In part one (0:00-2:08:43) we discuss both Friday the 13th 3D (1982, directed by Steve Miner) and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, directed by Joseph Zito) and in part two, we talk about Mandy (2018, directed by Panos Cosmatos, continuing to 2:55:10) and Final Destination 3 (2006, directed by James Wong, running to 3:31:49), finally concluding as we usually do with discussion of additional movies watched during the past week and our picks for next week's episode.
The live list of The Spooky Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
After an unexpectedly long absence, Shana and j. are back to open The Spooky Stacks for this October. This week, we cover key slasher canon with Friday the 13th Pt II (directed by Steve Miner, 1981, discussion running 0:00-1:31:30), followed by some arthouse surrealism with Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy (2010, running 1:31:30-3:04:34, also featuring shorter discussion of 3 Park Chan-Wook films (Thirst, The Handmaiden, and Decision to Leave), and concluding as always with The Watched Stacks, extra long edition covering all of the October watches up to this point.
The live list of The Spooky Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are in the midst of a two week break, once Shana's internet access is properly back up and running, so too will we be
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-j.
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. are talking some religion and politics (and aliens!), starting with Luis Buñuel's 1969 surrealist treatise on heresies and anathema, The Milky Way (running 0:00-1:25:35), followed by Piotr Szulkin's 1981 political satire War of the Worlds: The Next Century (1:25:36-2:27:50) and a little bit on John Coats' eerie 1977 UFO drama Foes (2:27:50-2:46:36), concluding as usual with capsule reviews of other physical media we've watched, leading into our picks for next week's episode.
The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. are discussing the 1957 French noir Speaking of Murder (directed by Gilles Grangier, running 0:00-1:05:43), followed by some loose conversation about the next four films in the From Hollywood to Heaven box set of films by the Ormond family, encompassing Forty Acre Feud, The Girl From Tobacco Row, The Exotic Ones, and If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do (all directed by Ron Ormond, running 1:05:43-2:17:25), concluding as we usually do with some mini-reviews of the other movies we've watched on physical media in the previous week, and choosing our features for next week. We were plagued by technical difficulties this week, hopefully they do not show through too much.
The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
This week, Shana and j. continue our coverage of the Battles Without Honor and Humanity / Yakuza Papers saga with part two, Hiroshima Death Match (aka Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, 1973, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, running 0:00-1:21:02), followed by the 2019 Lao time travel / psychological horror film The Long Walk (directed by Mattie Do, 1:21:02-2:31:39). As usual, we conclude with discussion of all the other physical media we've watched in the previous week and decide what to watch next in our third part, plus bonus JANDEK CORNER.
The live list of The Stacks can be found at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. discuss the thorny 1957 Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott western Decision at Sundown (0:00-1:09:37) as well as two exceptional 1924 Buster Keaton silent features, Sherlock Jr and The Navigator (1:09:38-2:11:53), concluding as always with some mini-reviews of the other physical media we've watched in the past week, and decide what we're going to cover next.
The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. continue coverage of the films of Andy Sidaris with his James Bond-riffing 1988 action / spy / sexploitation flick Picasso Trigger (0:00-1:13:31), then a major change of pace for our second feature, Piotr Szulkin's 1980 Polish dystopian / existential sci-fi Golem (1:13:32-2:27:10), finally concluding in part 3 with a whole bunch of capsule reviews and decision-making on what we'll be covering next week.
The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. cover the first entry in the Stray Cat Rock series of Japanese youth violence gang movies, 1970's Delinquent Girl Boss (0:00-1:06:02), followed by Rene Cardona Jr's 1985 post-Indiana Jones exploitation jungle adventure Treasure of the Amazon (1:06:03-2:01:59), concluding as usual with some mini-reviews of all the other physical media we've watched in the previous week and decision-making on what we're covering next week.
The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/