This week’s guest, Dani Duarte, joined Host Alec Rodriguez for a 35mm screening of THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — part of the rep film series HISPANIC HORROR! On this episode they’re chatting about Hispanic folk horror, their gateways to magical realism, their love for Guillermo del Toro, and a deep dive into revisiting his 2001 masterpiece.  This episode is a direct response to Episode #22 with Kat Rodriguez — the Programmer for HISPANIC HORROR and the Content Editor at Nitehawk Cinema! 🎞️Films in...

Brooklyn-based writer Brittany Troye is on the show this week to help Host Alec Rodriguez share their reactions to the movies they saw at The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. This year, TWO rep sidebars were programmed at the festival: FEAR IN FOCUS [SPAIN] and VAMPIRES. The movies discussed in this episode are THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972) and THE ADDICTION (1995). ✨Follow Brittany  on Instagram ✨Follow The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival  on Instagram Support Marquee Mixtape by...

This episode’s guest is SAMM DEIGHAN. She is a film historian, author, programmer, hosts the podcast EROS + MASSACRE, and has contributed to the special features of over 200 Blu-ray releases. She just launched her new film book, Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960–1990.  ✨Follow Samm on Instagram and Patreon 📚Get a digital or physical copy of REVOLUTION IN 35MM 🎟Get tickets to BLOODY FRIDAY (1972) at Nitehawk Cinema...

Today’s guest, INA E., joined Host Alec Rodriguez on a couple of trips to the Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn for the WEIRD WEDNESDAY series back in September. Programmed by LIZ PURCHELL — who was our guest on episode #20 See what Liz has programmed for Weird Wednesday in the rest of October and November by planning your visit to the Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn! Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice.  Follow Marquee Mixtape on...

Joann Syrek joined Host Alec Rodriguez on their journey through Shusuke Kaneko’s 1990’s GAMERA TRILOGY and they’re reporting on their experience discovering these kaiju gems at the community-driven and voluntter-ran SPECTACLE microcinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Theses movies were programmed by Steve MacFarlane and he was the guest on episode #21 of the show.  Check out Steve’s current rep series at BAM — The Baffler Presents: Facing the Future!  Plan your next visit to SPECTACLE for...

Nitehawk Cinema 35mm Projectionist MCKEGG COLLINS is this episode’s guest and he’ll be handling the 35mm midnight rep screening for THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE at THE BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL!  We’re chatting about his new-ish career as a film projectionist, what we love about the BK Horror Film Fest past and present, and all things movies, horror, and film projection!  Check out the rep offerings at the festival’s sidebar FEAR IN FOCUS: SPAIN— Vampyres (1974) Dracula: Spanish...

This week’s guest is the Tony award-winning Founder of THE SINFONIETTA — an all-women and majority WOC Orchestra renowned for reimagining the music of popular culture in a symphonic setting — MACY SCHMIDT. They’re bringing Disney/Pixar’s Coco in Concert LIVE TO FILM to Town Hall on Dia de los Muertos (Nov 1) and joining them is NYC’s first and only all-women and GRAMMY-winning Mariachi group, FLOR DE TOLOACHE!  Listen to her and Host Alec Rodriguez discuss the journey she and the Sinfonietta...

A vital characteristic of Nitehawk Cinema isn’t just the movie you’re going there to watch — it’s everything leading up to showtime: THE PRE-SHOW. That includes carefully curated clips, music videos, interview sound bites, custom-made trailers, and other media artifacts that are relevant to the screening audiences are seated for. We’re so thrilled to welcome the person responsible for all this, Nitehawk Cinema’s Content Editor KAT RODRIGUEZ. She’s also the programmer behind this month’s film...

2024 is the 70th anniversary of Godzilla and we’re continuing to give the Kaiju genre its flowers by covering the GAMERA TRILOGY (1995-1999) screening at SPECTACLE all month long in September. This week’s guest is STEVE MACFARLANE — the Spectacle film programmer who is also giving an in-person introduction to GODZILLA 1985 on 9/18 at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn for their WEIRD WEDNESDAY series. Get tickets to the Gamera Trilogy at Spectacle HERE Get tickets to GODZILLA 1985 at...

Our next guest is LIZ PURCHELL — she’s the film programmer behind the ongoing monthly rep series WEIRD WEDNESDAY at Alamo Drafthouse’s Downtown Brooklyn location! In September she’s programming all 35mm screenings of Corey Yuen’s SO CLOSE (2002), Larry Cohen’s BONE (1972), GODZILLA 1985, and Roger Corman’s THE TRIP (1967). Tap in to learn all about Liz’s extraordinary work as a queer film historian including her expertise as a film restorationist, archivist, home video producer/curator, and...

ANDREW ABREU visits the pod to help Host Alec Rodriguez share his reactions to SPECTACLE EVERY DAY: MEXICAN POPULAR CINEMA — the 22-film retrospective on Mexico Cinema’s Golden Age which ended its run last week at the Film at Lincoln Center. 🎞️The films from this retrospective can be found on THIS Letterboxd list! Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice. Follow Marquee Mixtape on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Substack⁠, and ⁠BlueSky⁠.  Credits: Produced by Alec...

Meet Tomoko Takedani Sater — the interpreter at JAPAN CUTS responsible for connecting NY audiences with the Japanese filmmakers that gave live introductions and post-screening Q&As at the film festival! ✨Follow Tomoko on Twitter and learn more about her services at her website ✨Follow Japan Society Film on Instagram and Twitter Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice. Follow Marquee Mixtape on Instagram, Substack, and BlueSky. Credits:...

JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM 2024 came to a stirring close with a screening of SHIN GODZILLA: ORTHOCHROMATIC at Japan Society in NYC! On this episode Host Alec Rodriguez shares his reactions to the film festival’s repertory offerings and he’s joined by a new guest — LORI NAVARRO! ICYMI: Japan Society Film Programmer ⁠ALEXANDER FEE⁠ returned to the show in episode #016 to highlight the Classics Slate at JAPAN CUTS this year. 🎞️Films in this program include:⁠ August in Water...

The guests on this episode are Cecilia Barrionuevo and Tyler Wilson — the programmers behind SPECTACLE EVERY DAY: MEXICAN POPULAR CINEMA — the 22-film retrospective on the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema screening at FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER from July 26-Aug 8. 🎞️Films in this retrospective can be found on THIS Letterboxd list! 🎟️Get tix ⁠HERE ⁠ 🌟Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice. Follow Marquee Mixtape on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Substack⁠, and...

Film programmer ALEXANDER FEE returns to the show to hype up the 17th edition of JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM 2024 at Japan Society in NYC. We highlight the festival's repertory offerings in the Classics Slate: 🎞️Films in this program include: August in Water (1995) Moving (1993) Mermaid Legend (1984) Shin Godzilla: Orthochromatic (2023) 🎟️Get tix HERE ✨Follow Alexander on Twitter ✨Follow Japan Society Film on Twitter and Instagram Support Marquee Mixtape by...

DAN LAM returns to the show to share his anecdotes, observations and reactions to The Roxy Cinema, Spectacle, and the rep film series PRIMATE VISION with Host Alec Rodriguez! Check out the previous episode of the show for Alec's interview with NICO PEDRERO-SETZER, the film critic and curator behind PRIMATE VISION! 🎞️The film series includes: THE SON OF KONG ALTERED STATES HUMAN NATURE DUNSTON CHECKS IN DOCTOR OF DOOM NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES THE LANCELOT LINK: SECRET...

Apes have been dominating the silver screen with recent first run releases such as MONKEY MAN [https://letterboxd.com/film/monkey-man/], SASQUATCH SUNSET [https://letterboxd.com/film/sasquatch-sunset/], GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE [https://letterboxd.com/film/godzilla-kong-the-new-empire/], and KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [https://letterboxd.com/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/]. Naturally, this inspired programmer Steve McFarlane...

Kijun Lee visits the show this week! He is the founder of Next2Silence Productions [https://www.next2silence.com/] and the concert producer for the specially curated double feature at Town Hall [https://thetownhall.org/]: BYEONG WOO LEE Guitar Concert + BONG JOON HO'S MOTHER [https://letterboxd.com/film/mother-2009/] LIVE A one night only event in NYC at Town Hall on Saturday April 20 at 7PM. Get your tickets HERE [https://thetownhall.org/event/bong-joon-ho-mother-live]! Town Hall is a...

#BONGHIVE activate! Town Hall [http://thetownhall.org/event/bong-joon-ho-mother-live]'s artistic director Melay Araya joins Alec to discuss what her job entails when producing the one night only event to celebrate the innovative Korean Guitarist and Film Composer Byeong Woo Lee [https://letterboxd.com/composer/lee-byung-woo/]. Town Hall presents a specially curated double feature that includes a BYEONG WOO LEE GUITAR CONCERT and a film screening with live score accompaniment to BONG...

Angeline Quintilla [https://letterboxd.com/anjlean/] has been watching first run and repertory films with me for over a decade. She also happens to be my partner in life! On this episode of the show we're reacting to the rep film series at IFC Center [https://letterboxd.com/ifccenter/] — SHADOWS OF CHANGE: Women & Horror in 2014 [https://letterboxd.com/ifccenter/list/shadows-of-change-women-horror-in-2014/] — programmed by Caryn Coleman [https://letterboxd.com/caryncoleman/] and presented...

Caryn Coleman is the founder and executive director of THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE [https://www.futureoffilmisfemale.com/] — the non-profit org supporting women and non-binary filmmakers in all stages of production with a focus on getting their shorts and features on the silver screen. She is a film programmer who screens contemporary and repertory films in NYC, LA, ATL, and Portland, Oregon. She is also the former Director of Programming at Nitehawk Cinema...

Filmmaker DAN LAM joins the show to share his reactions to the Museum of the Moving Image [https://letterboxd.com/movingimagenyc/]'s rep film series WELCOME TO THE MACHINE [https://movingimage.org/series/welcome-to-the-machine/] which acts as a companion to David Levine's holographic film DISSOLUTION [https://movingimage.org/event/dissolution/] that was on display at the museum for the last several months. WELCOME TO THE MACHINE is programmed by David Levine...

Joining the show this week are Sonia Epstein and David Levine, the programmers behind Welcome to the Machine [https://movingimage.org/series/welcome-to-the-machine/] — the rep film series presented by Science on Screen [https://movingimage.org/series/science-on-screen-2021/] at the Museum of the Moving Image [https://movingimage.org/].  Welcome to the Machine features a selection of films that depict digital devices entrapping humans, and it coincides with the exhibition of artist David...

This week joining the show is Nitehawk Cinema [https://nitehawkcinema.com/]'s Director of Programming, Cristina Cacioppo! We're talking about the Robert De Niro deep cuts she programmed for the $10 Late Round series Bobby B-Sides [https://letterboxd.com/nitehawkcinema/list/bobbys-world-the-selected-works-of-robert/detail/] in conjunction with the Bobby's World rep film series that screened all through January 2024. We also learn about Cristina's 20+ years of programming in NYC, a closer look...