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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

New episode! @brianabrams.bsky.social returns to discuss the controversial PREDATOR 2, which had to be recut 20 times to avoid being the first movie to get the new NC-17 rating. A crass and cruel sequel that has its defenders (including @jessehawken.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Japanese Chirashi poster for PREDATOR 2 (Stephen Hopkins, 1990)

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

On the new @junkfilterpod.bsky.social, part 3 of the Prefab Sprout retrospective; the critic @briceezell.bsky.social is my special guest for a deep dive into their third album "From Langley Park to Memphis", the one that Sproutpilled me. (links in next post) youtu.be/hPXqQojE8TQ?...

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Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls 1988 French TV

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Part 3 of the Prefab Sprout series will be about “From Langley Park to Memphis”: their biggest hit, and certainly an influence on the evolution of Japanese City Pop in the nineties. Out in a few days! youtu.be/GrBy90CUXAw

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Prefab Sprout - Nightingales (12" Version)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Got my Spotify Wrapped stats today and I’ll take this opportunity to thank my listeners, patrons and guests for all your love and support. More shows to come in 2026! And you can support the pod directly for a mere $5 a month at Patreon.com/junkfilter

Junk Filter is a top ten podcast for 342 listeners

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Junk Filter has listeners in 43 countries - top 5: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Recording a show tonight about yet another banger by a director who has never really missed. Out in a few days!

Bob (Leonardo Di Caprio) being hugged by his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti) at the dinner table in One Battle After Another (PT Anderson, 2025)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Prefab Sprout invented Vaporwave in 1988... The next episode of the Sproutseries will be about their forward-thinking pop album "From Langley Park to Memphis" youtu.be/CGKU4v5Wa9I?...

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Prefab Sprout - Knock On Wood

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The best band you may not have ever listened to: it's time to improve your life! Preview: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j... Support the show directly and gain access to this episode and dozens of exclusive shows! A mere $5.00 a month! www.patreon.com/posts/225-pr...

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The Prefab Sprout series continues with a deep dive into their second album, 1985's "Steve McQueen" with special guest Vanity Fair's Erin Vanderhoof (@vanderhoofy.bsky.social)! A wonderful conversation about one of the greatest pop albums ever recorded; an episode designed to Sproutpill you! (1/2)

Publicity photo for Prefab Sprout's 1985 album "Steve McQueen" (aka "Two Wheels Good" in North America): Neil Conti, Martin McAloon, Wendy Smith and Paddy McAloon

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Of the many topics discussed on the upcoming deep dive into Prefab Sprout’s “Steve McQueen” is their massive popularity in Italy (including being invited to perform at the Sanremo music festival in 1986!) Out in a couple of days! youtu.be/ZBpqa5sN5ME

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Prefab Sprout - Appetite - Live at Sanremo Music Festival 1986

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Out in a few days. Part 3 will be about “From Langley Park to Memphis”, in December youtu.be/JfSDnAYzdf8

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paddy mcaloon - nightingales

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Part 2 of the podcast’s Prefab Sprout miniseries concerns 1985’s “Steve McQueen” which turned 40 this summer, one of the greatest pop records of the decade and which still sounds fresh. youtu.be/H7sd8aV11rc

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Prefab Sprout - Bonny (Live in Munich 1985)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The Prefab Sprout miniseries is underway! On episode 1, we start at the beginning: Rob Stammitti @wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social discusses their early singles and their challenging debut “Swoon”, a post-punk spin on Bacharach and Broadway no one was expecting in 1984 www.patreon.com/posts/221-pr...

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A few songs on their debut are about Paddy McAloon rinsing his competitors in the UK music scene, this is what I mean about declaration of intent, “playing for blood as grandmasters should”. But it ain’t bragging if you can back it up! youtu.be/EBAwaV86xQ0

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

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!

Cover of the first single by Prefab Sprout “Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)” (1982)

Album cover for Prefab Sprout’s 1984 debut LP “Swoon”

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

They wrote a song called “Goodbye Lucille #1” that never mentions Lucille, and when it was released as a single for “Steve McQueen” the label made them call it “Johnny Johnny”. Instrumental version so you can behold how tight this band was. youtu.be/KuKzoO3roc0

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Prefab Sprout - Johnny Johnny (1985) (Instrumental)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

One of the dozens of great songs that will be discussed over the series, their first single youtu.be/7MKy5bAEG6g

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Prefab Sprout - Lions In My Own Garden (Live in Munich 1985)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This fall on the podcast: a special miniseries on Prefab Sprout, one of the best bands of all time who aren’t talked about nearly enough. youtu.be/7wLY1occ4nk

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Prefab Sprout – Appetite (Sanremo 1986 - 2a serata - stereo)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Joe Cross filming his announcement of his candidacy for mayor via social media - screens within screens throughout Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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! open.spotify.com/episode/247E...

The crew of the USS Churchill entering the mysterious alien spaceship hiding in Halley's Comet in LIFEFORCE (Tobe Hooper, 1985)

The cute-as-hell Martians from QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (Roy Ward Baker, 1967)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Coming soon to the podcast: released at the almost exact midpoint of the 1980s, Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE still rocks 40 years later.

Detail from an alternate poster for LIFEFORCE (Tobe Hooper, 1985)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Next month on the podcast: Lordy Lordy, look who’s 40

The great poster for LIFEFORCE with a huge eyeball looking down on the Earth “In the blink of an eye, the terror begins”

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

On the new premium episode of @junkfilterpod.bsky.social returning guest @adamjackson95.bsky.social and I went to see A WORKING MAN. We discuss the joys of Jason Statham working with director David Ayer with their latest, and last year's THE BEEKEEPER! Preview: open.spotify.com/episode/7EGK...

Jason Statham from the poster for A WORKING MAN (David Ayer, 2025)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Poster art for THE CONVERSATION (Coppola, 1974) showing Gene Hackman as wiretapper Harry Caul listening to elements of the conspiracy he’s been hired to record for mysterious reasons

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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.

Gary Bond drinking a pint while getting a classic Australian dirty look from Chips Rafferty in WAKE IN FRIGHT (Ted Kotcheff, 1971)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

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. Preview: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

A shot in John Ford's THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955) showing rows and rows of West Point cadets in a cathedral. Ford innovated the then-new CinemaScope format to favor the Z-Axis (the depth of the image) as opposed to the height and width of a shot.

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

A Robert Landau photo of a billboard on the sunset strip for LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, October 1977

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Later this month on the podcast... a conversation about THE CONVERSATION

Gene Hackman as Harry Caul setting up survelliance equipment in a hotel bathroom in THE CONVERSATION (Coppola, 1974)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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?🇧🇷💥🏆 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Fernanda Torres and her mother Fernanda Montenegro, the first and second Brazilian actors to be Oscar nominated for their work. Montenegro got robbed for Central Station in 1998… will justice be served tonight?

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

British quad poster for NAKED LUNCH (Cronenberg, 1991)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Coming soon to the podcast: a two-parter about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and IN THE CUT

Richard Gere and Diane Keaton having a drink in LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (Richard Brooks, 1977)

Mark Ruffalo and Meg Ryan having a drink in IN THE CUT (Jane Campion, 2003)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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. Preview: open.spotify.com/episode/7MQt...

Chris Hemsworth as a blackhat hacker named Hathaway walking on the tarmac towards his plane in BLACKHAT (Michael Mann, 2015)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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.

Deep focus Cinemascope frame of a church full of West Point cadets in THE LONG GRAY LINE (Ford, 1955)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Trailer for I'M STILL HERE, which will be the subject of an upcoming episode of the podcast; highly recommended youtu.be/gDunV808Yf4?...

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I'M STILL HERE | Official Trailer (2025)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Coming soon to the podcast... a show about CENTRAL STATION and I'M STILL HERE, two heartbreakers from Walter Salles. Hoping the success of the latter film brings more attention to the former, an arthouse hit in 1998 that feels neglected now... youtu.be/RK0K3l-R-9w?...

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Central do Brasil (1998) - Trailer (VOSTFR)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Spooky trailer for LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (Richard Brooks, 1977) - bad vibes, so strange that this movie was a box office hit youtu.be/ApptvXTANNA

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Looking For Mr. Goodbar 35mm Theatrical Trailer

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

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

British Quad poster for Looking For Mr. Goodbar (Richard Brooks, 1977)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan in PROOF OF LIFE (Taylor Hackford, 2000)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Eric Bana as Avner in MUNICH (Spielberg, 2005)

Rod Steiger and Steven Bauer as Avner in SWORD OF GIDEON (Michael Anderson, 1986)

Peter Sarsgaard as Roone Arledge in the ABC Sports control room at the 1972 Munich Olympics in SEPTEMBER 5 (Fehlbaum, 2024)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Michael Lonsdale and Eric Bana in a field of flowers in the exact mid-point sequence in MUNICH (Spielberg, 2005)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Coming soon to the podcast... the long-awaited, much-demanded BLACKHAT episode (it's 10 years old now, can you believe it?)

Chris Hemsworth in silhouette bathed in the LED and neon light of Hong Kong in Blackhat (Mann, 2015)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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!

Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan in PROOF OF LIFE (Hackford, 2000)

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Junk Filter Podcast @junkfilterpod.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

Gerard Butler as Big Nick and O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Donnie behind the wheel of a getaway Porsche in DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA (Christian Gudegast, 2025)

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