Cinema Shame
@cinemashame.bsky.social
Only the Penitent Moviewatcher Will Pass. Cinephilia for remorseful cinephiliacs by @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social, @houseofglib.bsky.social, and @krismyers.bsky.social. Confess your shame. Podcasting on iTunes/Spotify/etc.
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8 years ago, I did a whole series of "Sad Grown-Up Kevin McCallister" tweets and no one else liked them but I still think they rank among the best things I've ever written.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
8 years ago, I did a whole series of "Sad Grown-Up Kevin McCallister" tweets and no one else liked them but I still think they rank among the best things I've ever written.
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I didn't mention it in this @cinemashame.bsky.social episode we just released but apparently near the end of the Broadway run of PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, Woody Allen was replaced by Bob Denver and now all I can think of is how different the film would have been with Gilligan opposite Keaton.
Cinema Shame: The Diane Keatdown
On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Insta...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I didn't mention it in this @cinemashame.bsky.social episode we just released but apparently near the end of the Broadway run of PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, Woody Allen was replaced by Bob Denver and now all I can think of is how different the film would have been with Gilligan opposite Keaton.
Our new episode is up! For it @houseofglib.bsky.social made @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social watch one of the worst movies they've ever sat through for the podcast, all so Allan could honour the death of one of his favourite performers. We each grieve in our own ways.
Cinema Shame: The Diane Keatdown
On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Insta...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our new episode is up! For it @houseofglib.bsky.social made @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social watch one of the worst movies they've ever sat through for the podcast, all so Allan could honour the death of one of his favourite performers. We each grieve in our own ways.
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Up today is our belated tribute episode to Diane Keaton where, to quote @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social's intro, I spend the entire 77 minutes "fangirling" over one of my on-screen crushes. Also, we talk about TOWN & COUNTRY which is terrible. Really terrible.
Cinema Shame: The Diane Keatdown
On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Insta...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Up today is our belated tribute episode to Diane Keaton where, to quote @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social's intro, I spend the entire 77 minutes "fangirling" over one of my on-screen crushes. Also, we talk about TOWN & COUNTRY which is terrible. Really terrible.
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Now if someone cast Deutch as Seberg in a movie about the making of PAINT YOUR WAGON, I would take a day off work to be there for the opening day matinee.
Reading about NOUVELLE VAGUE begs the question, "Will Allan watch a biopic about a filmmaker he dislikes making a movie he's never enjoyed just because he wants to see if Zoey Deutch can pull-off Jean Seberg?"
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Now if someone cast Deutch as Seberg in a movie about the making of PAINT YOUR WAGON, I would take a day off work to be there for the opening day matinee.
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**NEW** @cinemashame.bsky.social podcast out today.
@houseofglib.bsky.social made me watch a bunch of his favorite North American slasher movies and talk about them on the PODCAST OF HORRORS 7: SLASHER TRIPLE FEATURE.
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@houseofglib.bsky.social made me watch a bunch of his favorite North American slasher movies and talk about them on the PODCAST OF HORRORS 7: SLASHER TRIPLE FEATURE.
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Podcast of Horrors 7: Slasher Triple Feature
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 10/30/2025 · 1h 6m
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October 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
**NEW** @cinemashame.bsky.social podcast out today.
@houseofglib.bsky.social made me watch a bunch of his favorite North American slasher movies and talk about them on the PODCAST OF HORRORS 7: SLASHER TRIPLE FEATURE.
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@houseofglib.bsky.social made me watch a bunch of his favorite North American slasher movies and talk about them on the PODCAST OF HORRORS 7: SLASHER TRIPLE FEATURE.
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Next week we'll celebrate Halloween by talking about a bunch of slasher movies. And then our next episode after that will be devoted to one of @houseofglib.bsky.social's earliest comedy crushes.
a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen
ALT: a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen
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October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Next week we'll celebrate Halloween by talking about a bunch of slasher movies. And then our next episode after that will be devoted to one of @houseofglib.bsky.social's earliest comedy crushes.
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GEORGE LAZENBY!
Now that I've got your attention, here's the first in a series of episodes where James and I explore the 6 films in the Bond franchise that I have thus far never seen. (The other five all star Rachel Weisz's husband.)
Now that I've got your attention, here's the first in a series of episodes where James and I explore the 6 films in the Bond franchise that I have thus far never seen. (The other five all star Rachel Weisz's husband.)
Cinema Shame: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Allan watches ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) for the first time, dragging James back into #Bond_age_ podcasting. They discuss the film's unfortunate reception and ultimate rediscovery, the ant...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
GEORGE LAZENBY!
Now that I've got your attention, here's the first in a series of episodes where James and I explore the 6 films in the Bond franchise that I have thus far never seen. (The other five all star Rachel Weisz's husband.)
Now that I've got your attention, here's the first in a series of episodes where James and I explore the 6 films in the Bond franchise that I have thus far never seen. (The other five all star Rachel Weisz's husband.)
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A new episode of @cinemashame.bsky.social drops this afternoon — but while you’re waiting, catch up on our last mega-sode, in which we talk about THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. #Barbie #WonderBoys #NYTBestFilmsofthe21stCentury podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The New York Times Best Films of the 21st Century
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 09/30/2025 · 1h 47m
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October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A new episode of @cinemashame.bsky.social drops this afternoon — but while you’re waiting, catch up on our last mega-sode, in which we talk about THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. #Barbie #WonderBoys #NYTBestFilmsofthe21stCentury podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
In our upcoming Halloween episode, slasher-lover @houseofglib.bsky.social is making slasher-hater @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social watch 3 of his fave examples of one of horror's most divisive genres.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In our upcoming Halloween episode, slasher-lover @houseofglib.bsky.social is making slasher-hater @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social watch 3 of his fave examples of one of horror's most divisive genres.
Two serious men come together to talk robots, surveillance, fixers, the lives of others and portraits of fiery women in this episode based on the NYT's recent Best Films of the 21st Century list. Trigger Warning for fans of OLDBOY, PARASITE, BRIDESMAIDS, BLACK PANTHER and SPOTLIGHT.
Cinema Shame: The New York Times Best Films of the 21st Century
James and Allan dissect the New York Times' Best Films of the 21st Century list. They talk about what the list got right, what it got wrong, and then fix a few of their own blind spots. If you like to...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Two serious men come together to talk robots, surveillance, fixers, the lives of others and portraits of fiery women in this episode based on the NYT's recent Best Films of the 21st Century list. Trigger Warning for fans of OLDBOY, PARASITE, BRIDESMAIDS, BLACK PANTHER and SPOTLIGHT.
In this week's episode we use Gene Saks' CACTUS FLOWER and Dennis Dugan's JUST GO WITH IT to explore the phenomenon where Hollywood tries to convince us that no one can tell how hot an objective knockout is cuz glasses (or other stuff).
Cinema Shame: A Short History of Girls With Glasses: Cactus Flower (1969) / Just Go With It (2011)
Another Allan and James hangout episode in which an offhand skeet from James results in the duo watching JUST GO WITH IT (2011) and CACTUS FLOWER (1969) before reciting Dorothy Parker's famous quip an...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In this week's episode we use Gene Saks' CACTUS FLOWER and Dennis Dugan's JUST GO WITH IT to explore the phenomenon where Hollywood tries to convince us that no one can tell how hot an objective knockout is cuz glasses (or other stuff).
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In one of the Superman movies we discuss in this week's episode of Cinema Shame, Superman protects a group of foreigners from the wrath of a bigoted enraged mob who refuse to accept reality or listen to anything that doesn't align with their prejudices. And it's the one from 1951!
Cinema Shame: Superman (2025) / Superman & The Mole-Men (1951)
Allan and James hang out and talk Superman (2025), Superman & The Mole-Men (1951), James Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, and sincerity in cinema to determine, once and for all, which Superman owns the tit...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In one of the Superman movies we discuss in this week's episode of Cinema Shame, Superman protects a group of foreigners from the wrath of a bigoted enraged mob who refuse to accept reality or listen to anything that doesn't align with their prejudices. And it's the one from 1951!
Join us for a rare bit of relevance as we talk about James Gunn's SUPERMAN and the first live action Superman feature film, SUPERMAN & THE MOLE-MEN. Both are woke AF but can you guess which one makes Allan tear up as he talks about it?
Cinema Shame: Superman (2025) / Superman & The Mole-Men (1951)
Allan and James hang out and talk Superman (2025), Superman & The Mole-Men (1951), James Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, and sincerity in cinema to determine, once and for all, which Superman owns the tit...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us for a rare bit of relevance as we talk about James Gunn's SUPERMAN and the first live action Superman feature film, SUPERMAN & THE MOLE-MEN. Both are woke AF but can you guess which one makes Allan tear up as he talks about it?
In our upcoming episode we risk relevance when we compare the newest iteration of a classic superhero franchise to its first feature length live action release (no, not that one, the other one). In the meantime you might want to revisit the time @kungfuarcade.com made us watch a really bad movie.
Cinema Shame: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) / Chuck Dowling
"Bad" movie aficionado Chuck Dowling () soars into the Shamequarters to first-time watch Cannon Films' SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE! Can James and Allan survive this threat to humankind? Tune in t...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In our upcoming episode we risk relevance when we compare the newest iteration of a classic superhero franchise to its first feature length live action release (no, not that one, the other one). In the meantime you might want to revisit the time @kungfuarcade.com made us watch a really bad movie.
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This was a good time! I never miss a chance to talk this one up.
The @cinemashame.bsky.social was lucky enough to nab @jasondashbailey.com for a guest spot on the pod to talk about Armando Iannucci’s IN THE LOOP (2009), James Gandolfini, Steve Coogan’s wall (it might fall on mum), and symphonies of vulgarity. Subscribe & listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
In the Loop (2009) w/ Jason Bailey
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 08/13/2025 · 1h 11m
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August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This was a good time! I never miss a chance to talk this one up.
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The @cinemashame.bsky.social was lucky enough to nab @jasondashbailey.com for a guest spot on the pod to talk about Armando Iannucci’s IN THE LOOP (2009), James Gandolfini, Steve Coogan’s wall (it might fall on mum), and symphonies of vulgarity. Subscribe & listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
In the Loop (2009) w/ Jason Bailey
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 08/13/2025 · 1h 11m
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August 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The @cinemashame.bsky.social was lucky enough to nab @jasondashbailey.com for a guest spot on the pod to talk about Armando Iannucci’s IN THE LOOP (2009), James Gandolfini, Steve Coogan’s wall (it might fall on mum), and symphonies of vulgarity. Subscribe & listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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We're thrilled at @cinemashame.bsky.social to have @jasondashbailey.com join us to talk James Gandolfini and the sublimely hilarious pre-VEEP political comedy, IN THE LOOP. Includes special "authors talking about their audiobook narrators" content!
Cinema Shame: In the Loop (2009) w/ Jason Bailey
Jason Bailey, writer and author of Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, stops by the Shamequarters to leak the PWIT PIP and Allan first-time watches Armando Iannucci's IN THE LOOP (2009). ...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We're thrilled at @cinemashame.bsky.social to have @jasondashbailey.com join us to talk James Gandolfini and the sublimely hilarious pre-VEEP political comedy, IN THE LOOP. Includes special "authors talking about their audiobook narrators" content!
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The official policy of @cinemashame.bsky.social is to refer to anyone who has ever appeared with us as "friend of the show" even if we know that "friend of the show" probably wouldn't accept our Facebook friend request.
August 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The official policy of @cinemashame.bsky.social is to refer to anyone who has ever appeared with us as "friend of the show" even if we know that "friend of the show" probably wouldn't accept our Facebook friend request.
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There's still time to check out my 2nd solo @cinemashame.bsky.social episode about what happened the first time I watched a very bad wrestling movie from the 80s before it stays exactly where it is, always available for your earholes whenever you want it.
Cinema Shame: Cinema Solo: No Holds Barred (1989)
Allan's second Cinema Solo questions the appeal of Hulkamania and looks at the folly and appeal of Hogan's 1989 star vehicle NO HOLDS BARRED. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaSha...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There's still time to check out my 2nd solo @cinemashame.bsky.social episode about what happened the first time I watched a very bad wrestling movie from the 80s before it stays exactly where it is, always available for your earholes whenever you want it.
Hey! @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social and @houseofglib.bsky.social are working on an upcoming episode dedicated to movies that try to convince us an objectively gorgeous woman is too plain for men to be interested in them. What are your fave examples of this weird phenomenon?
July 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hey! @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social and @houseofglib.bsky.social are working on an upcoming episode dedicated to movies that try to convince us an objectively gorgeous woman is too plain for men to be interested in them. What are your fave examples of this weird phenomenon?
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Watching NO HOLDS BARRED reminded me both of the transgressive films of Lloyd Kaufman and Norman Apstein's ICE CREAM MAN, a very confused film made by a porn director who lost all sense of what was appropriate for a mainstream exploitation film after years making some of the most bizarre XXX videos.
If you've got a half hour to kill, why not listen to my 2nd @cinemashame.bsky.social solo episode? In it, I discuss what happens when you watch a movie and realize it's mostly deliberately shitty instead of accidentally shitty. No positive Hulkster references GUARANTEED!
Cinema Shame: Cinema Solo: No Holds Barred (1989)
Allan's second Cinema Solo questions the appeal of Hulkamania and looks at the folly and appeal of Hogan's 1989 star vehicle NO HOLDS BARRED. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaSha...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Watching NO HOLDS BARRED reminded me both of the transgressive films of Lloyd Kaufman and Norman Apstein's ICE CREAM MAN, a very confused film made by a porn director who lost all sense of what was appropriate for a mainstream exploitation film after years making some of the most bizarre XXX videos.
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Just in time to celebrate the death of Hulk Hogan, here's my second solo episode of @cinemashame.bsky.social where I talk for half an hour about the first time I watched NO HOLDS BARRED. Do I manage to fit a reference to porn into it? Yes! But it's the how that makes it interesting.
Cinema Shame: Cinema Solo: No Holds Barred (1989)
Allan's second Cinema Solo questions the appeal of Hulkamania and looks at the folly and appeal of Hogan's 1989 star vehicle NO HOLDS BARRED. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaSha...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just in time to celebrate the death of Hulk Hogan, here's my second solo episode of @cinemashame.bsky.social where I talk for half an hour about the first time I watched NO HOLDS BARRED. Do I manage to fit a reference to porn into it? Yes! But it's the how that makes it interesting.
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One of my fave first time watches for our 1964 Shamedown episode was Connie Francis' LOOKING FOR LOVE, her second to last movie. I thought she made for a very sweet and sexy comic lead and I've been on the hunt for the OST ever since. #RIP
Cinema Shame: 1964 Shamedown (feat. Marnie)
In between discussing Mustang blindess and singing bars from "Booty Juice," James and Allan discuss Hitchcock's MARNIE, THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES, FAIL SAFE, KITTEN WITH A WHIP, THE TRAIN,...
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July 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One of my fave first time watches for our 1964 Shamedown episode was Connie Francis' LOOKING FOR LOVE, her second to last movie. I thought she made for a very sweet and sexy comic lead and I've been on the hunt for the OST ever since. #RIP
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Today's your chance to hear what I get right about THE SUBSTANCE and what @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social gets wrong about THE SUBSTANCE, while @clairebrarian.bsky.social struggles mightily to keep the peace (and also saying a lot of very smart things)!
The Substance (2024) w/ Claire Sewell
Podcast Episode · Cinema Shame · 07/16/2025 · 1h 21m
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July 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today's your chance to hear what I get right about THE SUBSTANCE and what @jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social gets wrong about THE SUBSTANCE, while @clairebrarian.bsky.social struggles mightily to keep the peace (and also saying a lot of very smart things)!