500 Films: A Journey Through Genre Cinema

A councilman becomes too brash
In Las Playas he make a splash,
At the end of the day,
As James and Carl say,
This is the last year we throw trash.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season two is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Emilio Estevez, Seriously – Paula Span (1985, The Washington Post)
• Brat: An ‘80s Story – Andrew McCarthy (2021, Simon & Schuster)
• Men At Work: AFI Catalog (1990)
• Met At Work: A Labor Of Laughter – Kevin Thomas (1990, Los Angeles Times)

In the Bronx, never take it easy,
For a thriller that’s really breezy,
One thing about Boyd,
Don’t get him annoyed,
New York has never looked so sleazy.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season two is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s (1979, Gary Weis)
• Psychotic Reactions, NYC Style – Glenn Kenney (2025, Night Of The Juggler 4KUHD Restoration)
• “Another Goddamn New York Day”: Night Of The Juggler’s Street Map Of The Vigilante Genre – Travis Woods (2025, Night Of The Juggler 4KUHD Restoration)
• Turning Up The Heat With William P. McGivern – Barry Forshaw (2025, Night Of The Juggler 4KUHD Restoration)
• Fear City (NYC Urbanism)
• In a Cult Bronx Film, Hints of Hip-Hop – Andrew Borgia (2010, The New York Times)

The man takes a drive out of Sydney,
But then pulled a gun on them did he,
They live off the land,
Find water in sand,
With help from an Aborigine.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season two is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• 1971: The Films From Cinema’s Greatest Year – Robert Sellers (2023, The History Press) 
• Native Features: Indigenous Films From Around The World – Houston Wood (2008, Continuum)
• Cast Mates – Sam Twyford-Moore (2023, NewSouth Publishing)
• Gulpilil – Derek Rielly (2019, Macmillan)
• Walkabout (review) – Roger Ebert (1997, rogerebert.com)
• Walkabout (review) – Roger Ebert (1998, criterion.com)

Mothers with no one between their thighs,
Gave birth to an alien surprise,
The town was conned, 
Their hair is blonde,
Just never look them straight in the eyes. 

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season two is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Return Of The Cuckoos – Mark Burman (2003, The Guardian)
• Logical Fantasy: The Many Worlds Of John Wyndham – Edited by David Dyte (2024, Subterranean Press)

The thing is a plant in disguise, 
Who sabotages their supplies, 
By the next morning, 
Send out a warning,
Keep looking, keep watching the skies.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season two is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Astounding – Alec Nevala-Lee (2018, HarperCollins)
• The Encyclopedia Of Science-Fiction: Astounding Science-Fiction (2024, website)
• Christian Nyby: Profile – Bruce Eder (2013, The New York Times)
• The Thing From Another World – George E. Turner (2020, American Cinematographer)
• Dimitri Tiomkin: The Thing From Another World / Take The High Ground! (Film Score Monthly, 2005)
• The Films Of John Carpenter – John Kenneth Muir (2000, McFarland)

For Christmas Eve, John McClane’s advice
Is to steer clear of the snow and ice,
Come to think of it,
How can the same shit,
Happen to the same guy twice?

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season one is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Bruce Willis: The Unauthorised Biography – John Parker (1997, Virgin Books)
• The Last Action Heroes – Nick De Simlyen (2023, Crown)

The Torrance clan will become tighter,
Though what Wendy sees will fright her,
Checking up on Jack,
A slow walk back,
At what she finds on his typewriter.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season one is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Stanley Kubrick: A Biography – John Baxter (1997, HarperCollins)
• It Don’t Worry Me: Nashville, Jaws, Star Wars And Beyond – Ryan Gilbey (2003, Faber And Faber)
• Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker – David Mikics (2020, Yale University Press)
• Stanley Kubrick, Director: A Visual Analysis – Alexander Walker, Sybil Taylor, Ulrich Ruchti (1999, W.W. Norton & Company)
• Kubrick – Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams (2024, Faber & Faber)
• The Joker’s Wild: The Biography Of Jack Nicholson – John Parker (1991, Anaya Publishers)
• Jack’s Life: A Biography Of Jack Nicholson – Patrick McGilligan (1994, W.W. Norton & Company)
• Stephen King: A Complete Exploration Of His Work, Life And Influences – Bev Vincent (2022, Epic Ink)
• Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location (2024, Paul King)
• Making ‘The Shining’ (1980, Vivian Kubrick)
• Lee Unkrich Presents The Shining (2023, Lee Unkrich)
• Barry Lyndon: The Full Story Of The Famous F/0.7 Lenses – Neil Osman

McCabe’s arrival opens doors,
As he checks out the local stores,
Miller arrives,
And changes their lives,
The one thing this town needs is whores.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season one is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• It Don’t Worry Me: Nashville, Jaws, Star Wars And Beyond – Ryan Gilbey (2003, Faber & Faber)
• 1971: 100 Films From Cinema’s Greatest Year – Robert Sellers (2023, The History Press)
• Robert Altman: Hollywood Survivor – Daniel O’Brien (1995, B.T. Batsford Ltd.)
• Warren Beatty: A Private Man – Suzanne Finstad (2005, Harmony Books)
• Robert Altman: Jumping Off The Cliff – Patrick McGilligan (1989, St. Martin’s Press)

Over Norman mother has power,
His love for Marion will flower,
There’s quite a smell,
Behind the motel,
After she stepped in the shower.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season one is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Alfred Hitchcock: A Life In Darkness & Light – Patrick McGilligan (2003, Wiley)
• The Moment Of Psycho – David Thomson (2009, Basic Books)
• Hitchcock – François Truffaut (1984, Simon & Schuster)
• Necrophiles – Katherine Ramsland (web article)
• Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho – Stephen Rebello (1990, St. Martin’s Griffin)
• The Camera Lies: Acting For Hitchcock – Dan Callahan (2020, Oxford University Press) 
• There Really Was A Hollywood: An Autobiography – Janet Leigh (1984, Doubleday & Company)

Relationships will become muddy,
In Eve, Margo’s found a new buddy,
Up there on stage,
You can’t hide your age,
So never trust your understudy.

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500 FILMS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GENRE CINEMA is a new podcast taking a spoiler-filled behind-the-scenes look at movies from the 1950s to the 1990s. Season one is now available. Come along on the journey!

🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/500-films-a-journey-through-genre-cinema/id1809685360

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0n3RHHUyqkLMC4IXbMzV1o?si=J-9aKeoJSimHQfHwCcHOXg

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Further Reading

• Competing With Idiots: Herman And Joe Mankiewicz, A Dual Portrait – Nick Davis (2021, Borzoi)
• The Brothers Mankiewicz – Sydney Ladensohn Stern (2019, The University Press Of Mississippi)