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This week, dear listeners, we set Melissa loose on early Hitchcock films! Why? Because she’s seen them all, and can tell you which ones are the best of the Master of Suspense’s early years. If you would like to drink along with us, we recommend Esprit Barville Cotes du Rhone wine, which has those little hat-like … Continue reading The post Episode 56: Mutter Mutter Mutter KNIFE appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week’s episode, dear listeners, is the second half of our John Carpenter discussion! And, of course, returning from last week is Master of Carpentry, Noel Thingvall! As you can probably tell from our diction during this episode, Melissa and Windy had a whole litany of drinks coursing through their veins while recording. If you … Continue reading The post Episode 55: Neon Escalators and Things: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you the first half of an epic podcasting session about horror director John Carpenter! And joining us for our discussion is John Carpenter expert and returning Pleasure Dome guest, Noel Thingvall! If you get thirsty while listening to our discussion of Carpenter’s early career, we recommend Fox Barrel Pear Cider. Or, … Continue reading The post Episode 54: Neon Escalators and Things: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we talk about art vs. entertainment! Do movies fall on a scale between the two, or is it all just a Venn diagram of awesome? We drink a lot of wine and try to find out! Speaking of drinking, if you would like to join us in our wine-haze, we recommend Foghead … Continue reading The post Episode 53: Bad Art! No Cookie! appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Grab your razors, dear listeners, because this week, we go in depth about screen and video versions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! And to join us for our analysis, we grabbed two people who had never, ever seen any version of Sweeney Todd before: David Justin and Barb Lind! If you would … Continue reading The post Episode 52: Goth Baking appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, bring out your jazz hands, because we talk about BOB FOSSE! Well, mostly Windy talks about Bob Fosse. But that’s alright, because Melissa suggested the topic because she knew she could be lazy for an episode while Windy expounded upon the greatness of Bob Fosse. If you would like to drink … Continue reading The post Episode 51: Gloss Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

In today’s very special episode, dear listeners, we celebrate our first year of podcasting with an episode all about XANADU! That’s right, friends, it’s all leg-warmers and ribbons and magical Olivia Newton John today! And for this grand event, we called up some fellow Xana-fans and former guests, namely Gordon Smuder (of the Puppet Forge and Transylvania … Continue reading The post Episode 50: Rock You Like a Muse appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Get out your glitter and your androgyny, dear listeners, because this week we bring you an episode all about the films of DAVID BOWIE! And for this episode full of fabulous, we are joined by erudite author, mixologist, podcaster, and man-about-town, Pat Harrigan! If you would like to drink along with us, we recommend Cocobon … Continue reading The post Episode 49: You’ll Be in a Box and I’ll Be Happy appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you part 2 of our Robert Aldrich extravaganza! Once again, we are joined by Aldrich super-expert, fellow podcaster Noel Thingvall. Join us as we finish drinking an excellent bottle of wine, finish talking about an excellent director, and cap the whole thing by talking about Care Bears. Show notes … Continue reading The post Episode 48: Tanks, Bazookas, and the Great Whatsit: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Happy New Year, dear listeners! Today, we herald 2015 with the first half of a two-episode pairing about director Robert Aldrich! Even better than that, we are joined by podcaster extraordinaire Noel Thingvall, who has seen nearly every Aldrich film and has so many things to teach us. The wine for this episode was provided by devoted listener … Continue reading The post Episode 47: Tanks, Bazookas, and the Great Whatsit: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Happy holidays, dear listeners! Our gift to you this year is an extra-long and exuberant episode about our experiences at Butt-Numb-a-Thon 2014! We are also pleased to welcome back our guest star, awesome artist and fellow BNATer Meghan Murphy! If you would like to drink along, we suggest a delicious milkshake made with (512) Pecan … Continue reading The post Episode 46: Let’s Punch Each Other and Become Friends appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This is our 45th episode, which means it is time for our third Off Topic extravaganza! If you’re a longtime listener, you already know what this means, but in case you’re new to the Pleasure Dome, here’s what’s going on: Our episodes are heavily edited, because we record drunk and edit sober. Most of what … Continue reading The post Episode 45: Time Is a Beard appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Oh wow, listeners. This week, we bring you the drunkest drunk we’ve ever drunked. Author and storyteller Rob Callahan returns to join us for an episode about philosophy movies, which is absolutely the sort of brainy episode you want to embark upon after killing three bottles of wine before even starting to record. Seriously. We recorded … Continue reading The post Episode 44: If You Can’t Feel Your Nose, Is It Still There? appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, we talk about a fine selection of book-to-movie adaptations! And yes, dear listeners, even though this episode runs extra long, not all of it is about The Lord of the Rings. If you would like to drink along while we get down with our literary selves, we suggest a bottle of Foghead Red … Continue reading The post Episode 43: Ri-cray-culous appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we talk about HOLIDAY MOVIES! And before you run away screaming, we assure you that we will only be talking about holiday movies that don’t get enough love during the holidays. If all this holiday talk makes you want to drink along, we suggest Yellowtail Cabernet Sauvignon, which gets the job done … Continue reading The post Episode 42: A Yertle of Turtlenecks appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Good afternoon, dear listeners! This week’s episode is our long-awaited movie trade marathon! For this episode, Windy and Melissa spent an entire weekend watching movies, recording bits of podcast between films.That’s why this episode is super-duper sized (even though it’s not as super-duper sized as it was originally supposed to be, due to a microphone … Continue reading The post Episode 41: Flower Arranging for Goons appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, Sharon Stiteler (aka Birdchick) joins us again for an episode about Mel Brooks movies! We chat about his filmography, his collaborators, and, of course, My Favorite Year. If you would like to drink along with us, we suggest Jameson Irish Whiskey, which steered us reliably into silliness by the end of … Continue reading The post Episode 40: Better Living Through Jameson appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we are joined by Rob Callahan and Chris Bowlsby for an episode about game movies! Movies about video games, movies about board games, movies that feature games heavily… all are fodder for this episode! Or, rather, we intended to cover such a broad swath, but we somehow managed to never really escape … Continue reading The post Episode 39: Nerd Police, I Need Backup. appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

In this week’s episode, dear listeners, we are joined once again by Matt Kessen for a discussion of Planet of the Apes! Matt Kessen, as you may recall, is the gentleman behind Reverend Matt’s Monster Science, and he is also a complete and total Planet of the Apes nerd. If you would like to drink … Continue reading The post Episode 38: I’ve Got No Quarrel with a Bomb appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we have an episode all about ghost movies! Haunted houses, poltergeists, and children in peril… it’s all here! If you would like to enjoy some spirits with your spirits, we suggest you join us in drinking Fog Head Cabernet, because is fog is creepy and ghostly. If we sound like we’re recording … Continue reading The post Episode 37: Your Crazypants Are on Fire appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.