Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026OUT NOW! William Mendoza from @menonfilm.bsky.social joins to discuss a man of the Dark variety. He's lucky he jumped in where he did; while the last Darkman tertiary tome left us cold, The Gods of Hell is a rollicking return to form for author Randall Boyll! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45 042
Reposted by John CribbsQuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's a meeting of Monumental Movie Minds on The Pink Smoke as @moviekessler.bsky.social and @davidlambertart.bsky.social join @thelastmachine.bsky.social to discuss Kieth Merrill's adaptation of the Blaine M. Yorgason and Breton G. Yorgason novel 'Windwalker'! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp 169 WindwalkerPodcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · September 7 · 2h 56m 063
Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026@thelastmachine.bsky.social made an incredible game for our Darkman episode, and now you can play it yourself! Each image is from a MAD Magazine parody, and each offers three possible points. - What is the film being spoofed? - Was that film novelized? - What was the title of the MAD parody? 241
Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Coming up on Authorized! Starting later this week, @thelastmachine.bsky.social will join us for a deep dive into the dark. We'll cover the Darkman novelization and that author's four additional tie-in novels, plus bonus episodes for the sequel films and video game. Behold the schedule! 063
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Loved your story by the way, although I would have loved to see the Durant-headed gorilla! 100
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It made me wonder if they were handing out some kind of synopsis to DM media writers with story elements they wanted to see in a sequel. Otherwise, I guess Boyll was helping himself to things from your comic, although again the context is very different. 100
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Thank you for replying! That's fascinating, because one of the DARKMAN spin-off novels by Randall Boyll uses those same plot devices - Metropolitan Club and a Witchfinder serial killer named 'Lowell' burning women alive - but both in different contexts than your story. 100
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026@kurtbusiek.bsky.social Hello sir, I just read your Darkman series from the 90's and had a question: were certain things like the Witchfinder killer and the Metropolitan Club your invention, or were you provided specific plot elements from Marvel that they wanted included in the story? 110
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Apparently Eleanor decided that if they adapted this into a movie she'd be played by Mary Stuart Masterson. 110
Reposted by John CribbsWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Sam Peckinpah considered Charles Neider's The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones the best Western novel ever written. Listen to me speak at length about the novel & Peckinpah's own screenplay adaptation with @thelastmachine.bsky.social on The Pink Smoke podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6fSi...open.spotify.comEp 166 The Authentic Death of Hendry JonesThe Pink Smoke podcast · Episode 0164
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Appreciated all the LORD LOVE A DUCK love on this ep. 000
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Overbye GOATed for the CRUISING joke in this ep. (And nice catch by Matt pointing out the Powers Boothe connection.) 010
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Who wrote the BLAST FROM THE PAST novelization? 000
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026This Thursday at Nighthawk Cinema in Prospect Park: KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT DOLLS hosted by Kate Wilkinson & Kevin Maher! A murderer's row of great guests! I'll be there talking about a movie I love. (Not CHINESE ROULETTE, but that's a good one too.) nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/movies/kgo-dolls/ 030
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones We got @davidlambertart.bsky.social back to talk about one of the most underrated Western novels, its influence on Sam Peckinpah and Western cinema. Artwork by Tony Stella. m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-66-the-authentic-death-of 0135
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Always amuses me to remember that my Michael Caine-signed GET CARTER dvd is just sitting unceremoniously among my shelves. 060
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Hope to find a lot of Mojo Nixon talk on this ep. 010
Reposted by John CribbsQuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026On The Pink Smoke, writer/director Jim McBride and author @jfkenney.bsky.social join @thelastmachine.bsky.social to discuss the book JIM MCBRIDE'S LOST SCREENPLAYS OF THE 1970s, why those scripts were never produced, and what filmmaking was like in the 1970s! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comThe Pink Smoke podcastArts Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · A podcast on cinema & literature, from Action Jackson to Zeder. 032
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026It's his worst. But as someone who ardently defends GHOSTS OF MARS as "not his worst" I appreciate a quixotic call for reassessment. 000
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Very rough news, but encouraging that it was diagnosed and your treatment can start immediately. Can't imagine I'd display such a positive attitude in the same situation, you're the absolute Man. 010
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Terrible news. But amazing that you got him on the show. 010
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026We lost one of our Stars of Tomorrrow, @bobfreelander.bsky.social. 140
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Very sad to hear of the far-too-early passing of Corey Parker, who I love for both BIG MAN ON CAMPUS and HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE but marked his legacy in my heart as Mädchen Amick's leading man in I'M DANGEROUS TONIGHT. 180
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Whatever happens tonight, just want to express my supreme appreciation for the miracle that is #TheLastDriveIn. We were largely Joe Bob-less for 18 years, limited to bootlegs of old shows, his audio commentaries and odd appearance here & there. To get 8 more years of him has been amazing. 1394
Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 26/02/2026OUT NOW! An author we don't like. A game we can't play. A novelization that's... surprisingly tolerable if we grade on a curve. But with @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @thelastmachine.bsky.social joining to discuss Shadowkeep, the conversation earns an A+ easily. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45 073
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Waking up tomorrow and realizing there won't be any more Frederick Wiseman films is going to be soul-crushing. 050
Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 29/12/2025As 2026 dawns, so will our season of video game novelizations! Featuring @ethanalter.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @philathans.bsky.social, @adamvole.com, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @thelastmachine.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @rockmarooned.bsky.social, @alexwolinetz.com, and more! 1104
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Gifted the Gonzo print to my sister a few years ago, she moves it from her office to their main living room every December. Really signals the start of the holidays! 120
Reposted by John CribbsQuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025You love Larry Cohen, so you MUST listen to @thelastmachine.bsky.social's interview with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of Cohen's newly published memoirs and an unreleased Cohen screenplay! Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social on THE PINK SMOKE! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp 161 I Killed Bette Davis by Larry CohenPodcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 12/02/2025 · 1h 56m 1116
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 02/12/2025THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social! m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen 0167
Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 01/12/2025OUT NOW! @thelastmachine.bsky.social joins to discuss Speed Zone, theoretically a third entry in the Cannonball Run series. Can three SCTV alumni save a film with no story or jokes? Why do we keep doing this? We think it had something to do with something called Carquake? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45 041
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Just so happens, on this day of Tom Stoppard's departure, sorting through old crap, I found an ancient program from when I co-directed and co-starred in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD in high school. I still mumble "consistency is all I ask..." to myself every once in a while. 020
Reposted by John CribbsQuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Join intrepid heroes @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social and @jonjame.bsky.social as they entire The Pink Smoke cinematic inferno with @thelastmachine.bsky.social and @moviekessler.bsky.social! What movies will be saved and what will burn for all eternity? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...podcasts.apple.comFiVE FROM THE FiRE / Episode 11: Becky D'Anna and Jon LaubingerPodcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 11/04/2025 · 1h 10m 086
Reposted by John CribbsWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 08/11/2025If you want to hear me talk about Warlock, listen to The Pink Smoke's episode on "Wyatt Earp movies without Wyatt Earp" with @thelastmachine.bsky.social & Chris Funderburg. We also cover 40 Guns, Law and Order (1932), Dodge City & a helluva lot more: open.spotify.com/episode/4e9c...open.spotify.comEp. 153 Earp Adjacent Westerns 153
Reposted by John CribbsQuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025GIVE US THE GOOBERS! The release of 'Gemlins' in 1984 unleashed a horde of lil' party monster imitators. On The Pink Smoke, brave space bounty hunters @thelastmachine.bsky.social and Chris Funderburg round up the Gremlins Rip-Offs! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp 159 Gremlins Rip-OffsPodcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 10/31/2025 · 2h 40m 044
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/five-from-the-fire-episode-11-becky-danna-and-jon-laubinger 020
John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST Five from the Fire John Carpenter Ronny Yu Luchino Visconti Hilary Birmingham Robert Zemeckis If you could save 5 movies from these directors, which would you pick? We tasked @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social and Jon Laubinger of the #DirectorsTakePodcast to make the hard choice! 294
Reposted by John CribbsAuthorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 03/11/2025OUT NOW! @thelastmachine.bsky.social joins as we continue our quest to watch everything even tangentially related to Carquake (aka Cannonball), whether it has been novelized or not. Will diminished expectations benefit the sequel to a movie we mostly didn't love? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45 162
Reposted by John CribbsQuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Legendary Scholar of the West @davidlambertart.bsky.social joins Chris Funderburg and @thelastmachine.bsky.social on The Pink Smoke to discuss the myth of Jeremiah Johnson, the novels that inspired the titular film, and the brilliant John Milius script! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp 158 Crow Killer /Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 10/20/2025 · 2h 25m 021
