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Jan. 7, 2024

Big Trouble In Little China (with Haji Outlaw)

Greetings! In the season four finale of Stamper Cinema we return to the world of John Carpenter, with the 1986 cult-classic BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Long time listeners will remember we previously covered three other Carpenter titles back in sea...

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Dec. 29, 2023

Stranger Than Fiction (with Michael Stangeland)

Greetings in our season 4 penultimate episode, we take a look at the 2006 indie comedy/drama hybrid STRANGER THAN FICTION, starring Will Ferrell, directed by Marc Forster and written by Zach Helm.  Joining us for this deep dive conversation is auth...

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Dec. 23, 2023

Home Alone (with Brandon Kriske)

Greetings and happy holidays from Stamper Cinema. This podcast was originally recorded in December of 2022, but due to my home being flooded last year I decided to table this episode for Christmas of 2023. But fret not, because just as Home Alone is...

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Dec. 19, 2023

Empire Records (with Josh Trimberger)

Greetings! In this episode of Stamper Cinema we turn the clocks back to 1995 and discuss the cult classic EMPIRE RECORDS. Empire Records is a comedic / coming-of-age story about a group of record store employees over the course of a single day and t...

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Dec. 6, 2023

The Killing (with author and filmmaker Tyler Schwanke)

Greetings! In this episode of Stamper Cinema we take a trip back to 1956 to discuss the Stanley Kubrick (yes, that Stanley Kubrick) heist flick THE KILLING. The Killing is the story of career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) attempting one las...

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Oct. 31, 2023

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (with Ryan Winter)

Greetings! In this special Halloween edition of Stamper Cinema we discuss all things from BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, the highly stylized interpretation by legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Joining us for the conversation is all-around amazing du...

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Oct. 27, 2023

Coraline (with The Fangirl)

Greetings! In this episode we tackle the 2009 stop-motion animated masterpiece CORALINE, directed by Henry Selick and based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. Joining us in discussing this highly successful, yet very-much cult classic is YouTube's The F...

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Oct. 13, 2023

Discussing Mike Flanagan + Hill House and Bly Manor (with Lale Davidson)

Happy Friday the 13th in October all! Keeping on brand, in this episode, we cover two incredible ghost stories from filmmaker MIKE FLANAGAN (The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor). Joining the podcast today to help us do it is aut...

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Oct. 9, 2023

What About Bob? (With Jenna Saunders)

Greetings! In this episode we discuss the 1991 Frank Oz comedy WHAT ABOUT BOB? A film that so perfectly (and hilariously) explores the relationship between a mentally unstable patient and his egotistical psychotherapist.  Joining in on the discussi...

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Oct. 3, 2023

The Truman Show (with Heroek)

Greetings! In this episode we break down one of the most iconic films of the past 30 years, THE TRUMAN SHOW (starring Jim Carrey). Joining the podcast to help navigate through this Peter Weir masterpiece is HEROEK (artist, music producer and host o...

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