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Junk Filter Podcast
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Junk Filter: A culture podcast for our Extremely Online times. Film, music, politics and jokes. Hosted by Jesse Hawken.
The wheels are turning on the Prefab Sprout miniseries on the podcast: Part 1 will be about their origins, key early singles and their ambitious 1984 debut / declaration of intent “Swoon”. Recording next week!
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The latest episode is a deep dive into Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON with special guest, the film writer Del Winters (@absolutereality.blog). A spoiler-heavy discussion of a great, disturbing film.

Watch the movie first, then listen to us grapple with it!

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August 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On the latest episode, Meg Shields (@theworstnun.bsky.social) returns to discuss Tobe Hooper's LIFEFORCE, a high-budget, overstimulated tribute to Hammer sci-fi horror, in particular 1967's QUATERMASS AND THE PIT!

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June 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Coming soon to the podcast: released at the almost exact midpoint of the 1980s, Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE still rocks 40 years later.
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Next month on the podcast: Lordy Lordy, look who’s 40
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On the new episode, @seantcollins.com and Julia Gfrörer (@thorazos.bsky.social) are my special guests to bid a fond farewell to Gene Hackman and to discuss in detail one of our favourite films, Francis Ford Coppola’s THE CONVERSATION.

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April 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just booked a guest for an episode in April about one of the greatest Australian films, directed by a Canadian: WAKE IN FRIGHT, which has just gotten a restoration, a film that infuriated the nation who didn’t like the mirror the movie held to their faces.
March 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On the new Premium episode, the writer and film programmer @chriscassingham.bsky.social returns for a look at John Ford's 1955 comedy/tragedy THE LONG GRAY LINE and Ford's innovative use of the Z-Axis (the depth of the image) for a CinemaScope frame.
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March 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Two new episodes of the pod are out! On the public feed, @jmritchey.bsky.social and I talk about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, finally available on bluray after decades of music licensing issues; a thorny film long overdue for reappraisal.

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March 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Later this month on the podcast... a conversation about THE CONVERSATION
March 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
On the new episode, @guslanzetta.bsky.social returns from São Paulo to discuss 2 films by Walter Salles: CENTRAL STATION starring Fernanda Montenegro & I’M STILL HERE starring her daughter Fernanda Torres, both Oscar nominees for their work.
Is it coming home?🇧🇷💥🏆
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March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New episode! The author @violetlucca.bsky.social returns to the show to talk about her new monograph "David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials" and the GOAT's 1991 version of William S. Burroughs' NAKED LUNCH. Exterminate all rational thought & smash that play button!
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February 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Coming soon to the podcast: a two-parter about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and IN THE CUT
February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
On the new premium episode, James Slaymaker, author of "Time is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann" returns for a look at BLACKHAT 10 years later, with a discussion of the superior Director's Cut which directly addresses the flaws of the theatrical version.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Coming soon to the podcast: John Ford's only film shot in Cinemascope, 1955's THE LONG GRAY LINE, and his innovative use of the Z-Axis (depth) in shot composition.
February 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Later this month on the podcast: a show about one of the bleakest movies of the seventies, a box office hit that was hard to see for decades because of the soundtrack's music rights. But now it's back in circulation... LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
On the 200th (!) episode, @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social returns for a show about PROOF OF LIFE with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan, an early Tony Gilroy screenplay that points the way towards MICHAEL CLAYTON, and a fine example of the joys of the 5-Star 3-Star Movie.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Part 2 is on the Patreon feed: more about MUNICH, contrasted with the 1986 Canadian TV movie SWORD OF GIDEON (based on the same source material), the documentary ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER and the new German docudrama SEPTEMBER 5 with Peter Sarsgaard!
Here's a preview:
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February 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
New episode(s)! @coreyatad.com is my returning guest for a look at Steven Spielberg's MUNICH, his most overlooked masterpiece. Part one is a public episode, about the craftsmanship and the film's clear-eyed view of the futility of state-sanctioned violence.
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February 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Coming soon to the podcast... the long-awaited, much-demanded BLACKHAT episode (it's 10 years old now, can you believe it?)
February 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Recording an episode today about an early Tony Gilroy script that is kind of like Casablanca meets Michael Clayton.... a dry run for the future of his career: PROOF OF LIFE... coming soon to the pod!
January 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
On the new episode, Jake Serwin and Ian Rhine from the left politics and film show Pod Casty For Me return for another show about Gerard Butler, this time focusing on the two DEN OF THIEVES films and the expanding world of Big Nick O’Brien.

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January 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
On the new episode, the great @stolendans.bsky.social returns for a show about A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan from his arrival on the scene to his break with the folk music “establishment”. Here’s a preview, consider becoming a patron of the pod
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January 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Coming soon to the podcast: how has it been 10 years since BLACKHAT was released? More Mannpilling, in a couple of weeks
January 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The first episode of the year is all about the latest (and final) film in Sony’s “Spider-Man Movies Without Spider-Man in Them Cinematic Universe”, KRAVEN THE HUNTER, with returning guest @adambyadamjackson.bsky.social! Plus a rundown of 2024’s comic book movies!

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January 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM