Episodes
Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Inglourious Basterds and Over the Edge. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (0:00-33:33)--What's On Your Mind (33:41-47:12)
Published 11/15/24
Published 11/15/24
This month we're taking a break from Eastwood directorial features to talk about some horror movies. This week we're getting into The Seventh Victim, directed by Mark Robson and produced by Val Lewton. During What's On Your Mind we talk about Red Rooms and Natural Enemies. The Seventh Victim (0:00-29:24)--What's On Your Mind (29:42-36:10)
Published 10/31/24
This month we're taking a break from Eastwood directorial features to talk about some horror movies. This week we're getting into Toshiharu Ikeda's Evil Dead Trap. During What's On Your Mind we discuss John Carpenter's Christine and Larry Cohen's It's Alive. Evil Dead Trap (0:00-30:07)--What's On Your Mind (30:25-40:17)
Published 10/18/24
This month we're taking a break from Eastwood double features and getting into some horror movies. We're starting off with a Malpaso picture, Tightrope (directed by "Richard Tuggle"). During What's On Your Mind, we discuss James Ellroy and Out of the Blue. Tightrope (0:00-28:59)--What's On Your Mind (29:00-39:09)
Published 10/11/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we have Eastwood's Absolute Power and Mamet's Spartan. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Megalopolis and The Sopranos. Absolute Power (0:00-28:19)--What's On Your Mind (28:30-41:00)Spartan (41:14-58:46)
Published 10/04/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's The Bridges of Madison County and Tsui Hark's Green Snake. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Saint Jack and Jacques Rozier. The Bridges of Madison County (0:00-37:41)--What's On Your Mind (37:53-46:40)Green Snake (46:44-1:11:23)
Published 09/13/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's A Perfect World and Dennis Dugan's Big Daddy. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Noah Buschel and Fall Guy (Kinji Fukasaku). A Perfect World (0:00-31:23)--What's On Your Mind (31:33-36:35)Big Daddy (35:50-1:03:01)
Published 08/23/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we have Eastwood's Unforgiven and Akira Kurosawa's Ran. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Cutter's Way, Animal Collective, and Entourage. This is a big one. Unforgiven (0:00-40:35)--What's On Your Mind (40:50-51:04)Ran (51:21-1:18:07)
Published 07/12/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we have Eastwood's The Rookie and Jacques Deray's The Outside Man. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about the end of HBO's Girls (spoiler heavy) and whether box office should matter at all. The Rookie (0:00-31:29)--What's On Your Mind (31:46-43:00)The Outside Man (43:16-1:05:56)
Published 06/14/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart and Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry. During What's On Your Mind, we get into Evil Does Not Exist and, of course, Entourage. White Hunter, Black Heart (0:00-37:00)-- What's On Your Mind? (37:11-47:20)Deconstructing Harry (47:27-1:09:15)
Published 05/17/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. We were sick this week, but we couldn't miss the chance to talk about Eastwood's Bird and Oliver Stone's The Doors. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss some recent releases and Jake's new interest in Entourage. Bird (0:00-33:43)-- What's On Your Mind (33:56-41:30)The Doors (41:44-1:11:03)
Published 05/03/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Heartbreak Ridge and Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day and Gastr del Sol. Heartbreak Ridge (0:00-26:28)--What's On Your Mind (26:47-34:48)Hacksaw Ridge (34:57-1:01:13)
Published 04/19/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Pale Rider and Delmer Daves's The Hanging Tree. During What's On Your Mind we talk about Thomas Pynchon, Lena Dunham's Girls, and Dune 2. We end the episode with a round of Clint Trivia.  Pale Rider (0:00-25:38) --What's On Your Mind (25:50-45:49) The Hanging Tree (46:01-1:02:56)
Published 03/22/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Sudden Impact and James B. Harris's Cop. During What's On Your Mind, we talk Satantango, Good Time, and The Curse.  Sudden Impact (0:00-40:03) --What's On Your Mind (40:21-56:14) Cop (56:24-1:21:34)
Published 02/16/24
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're joined by Eddie Averill of Extended Clip to talk about Eastwood's Honkytonk Man and Vincente Minnelli's Lust for Life. During What's On Your Mind, we go tv mode and discuss Breaking Bad and True Detective.  Honkytonk Man (0:00-40:08) --What's On Your Mind (40:15-47:23) Lust for Life (47:36-1:16:11) Intro music by Ethan Taylor & Preston Keepfer Cover art by Sydney Taylor
Published 01/19/24
Jake and Ethan talk through their best first watches of 2023. We're talking Ozu, Eustache, James L. Brooks, Alan Rudolph, and many more.  We'll be back with more Eastwood episodes soon.  Jake's categories:  - Repeat Offenders (6:50) - I Was Not Familiar With Your Game (30:00) - L'enfant Terrible (48:30) Ethan's Categories: - Bad and/or Difficult Men (17:40) - Alan Rudolph (40:50) - Bombass Debuts (1:04:30)
Published 01/10/24
Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Firefox and Rob Cohen's Stealth, two movies about very special planes. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about May December, Reds, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and The Holdovers.  Firefox (0:00-23:20) --What's On Your Mind (23:31-40:00) Stealth (40:21-1:15:05) --Clint Trivia (1:15:06-1:18:20)
Published 12/08/23
Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Bronco Billy and John Cassavetes's The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, two films about directors and dreamers. In What's On Your Mind, we talk about Priscilla, The Killer, and Bret Easton Ellis's The Shards. We end the podcast with a new segment from Jake: Clint Eastwood Trivia.  Bronco Billy (0:00-27:45) --What's On Your Mind? (28:15-43:30) The Killing of a Chinese...
Published 11/17/23
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're joined by Matt Farley of Motern Media to talk about Eastwood's The Gauntlet and Elliot Silverstein's The Car. During What's On Your Mind, we talk to Matt about watching and making movies outside of the Hollywood system, working with friends and family, and Motern's upcoming sequel, Heard She Got Murdered.  The Gauntlet (0:00-34:30) --What's On Your Mind? (34:40-43:22) The...
Published 11/03/23
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're discussing Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales and John Ford's Wagon Master, two movies about community formation in the American west. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss some John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper classics, Dawson's Creek, and Bret Easton Ellis.  The Outlaw Josey Wales (0:00-39:41) --What's On Your Mind? (39:56-53:57) Wagon Master (54:11-1:24:21) Intro music:...
Published 10/20/23
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's The Eiger Sanction and Wim Wenders's The American Friend, two movies about art, assassinations, and American icons in Europe. We discuss Wim Wenders and Blake Edwards during What's On Your Mind and end our episode with a brand new segment: top five Dennis Hopper performances. Can The Eiger Sanction fit into our auteurist vision of Clint Eastwood? Is...
Published 10/06/23
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Breezy and Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza.  During "What's On Your Mind" we discuss Vincente Minnelli's Tea & Sympathy and Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.  Breezy (0:00-26:12) --What's On Your Mind (26:18-32:32) Licorice Pizza (32:53-1:30:58) **Note: the review referenced in the Licorice Pizza segment is by Letterboxd user...
Published 09/22/23
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's High Plains Drifter and Robert Harmon's The Hitcher, two movies where supernatural figures haunt the west. We end with a brief discussion of Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinema and John Woo's Hard Target.  High Plains Drifter (0:00-38:40) The Hitcher (38:55-1:17:08) --What's On Your Mind? (1:17:08-1:22:04) Intro music: Ethan Taylor and Preston...
Published 09/08/23
Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood.  This week we're talking about Eastwood's directorial debut and Roman Polanski's The Tenant, two movies where the directors both cast themselves as the lead and explore their very weird views of women.  Play Misty for Me (0:00-25:51) The Tenant (26:07-54:44)  Intro music by Ethan Taylor & Preston Keepfer
Published 08/25/23