@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?
Coming 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!
@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?
Sam 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...
Ep 166 The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones
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This 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/
THE 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
Always amuses me to remember that my Michael Caine-signed GET CARTER dvd is just sitting unceremoniously among my shelves.
On 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...
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Very 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.
John Cribbs@thelastmachine.bsky.social · 6mo agoWhatever 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.
Whatever 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.
OUT 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
Waking up tomorrow and realizing there won't be any more Frederick Wiseman films is going to be soul-crushing.
As 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!
You 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...
Ep 161 I Killed Bette Davis by Larry Cohen
Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 12/02/2025 · 1h 56m
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THE 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
OUT 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
Just 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.
Join 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...
FiVE FROM THE FiRE / Episode 11: Becky D'Anna and Jon Laubinger
Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 11/04/2025 · 1h 10m
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If 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...
Ep. 153 Earp Adjacent Westerns
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GIVE 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...
Ep 159 Gremlins Rip-Offs
Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 10/31/2025 · 2h 40m
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THE 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!
OUT 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
Legendary 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...
Ep 158 Crow Killer /
Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 10/20/2025 · 2h 25m
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On The Pink Smoke, the brilliant Chris Funderburg and @thelastmachine.bsky.social discuss the ARTHUR films, their pop culture legacy, and how a modern audience might view them today! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ep 157 Arthur and Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 10/06/2025 · 1h 47m
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This was my first feature film as writer/director, released back in 2008, a horror inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and 70s British horrors like Frightmare and Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly, about a murderous family who live in a house at the end of a Heathrow Airport runway.
John Cribbs@thelastmachine.bsky.social · 11mo agoFellow used bookstore explorer @scsheil.bsky.social will appreciate how awesome it is that I found this at a used shop in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Fellow used bookstore explorer @scsheil.bsky.social will appreciate how awesome it is that I found this at a used shop in Poughkeepsie, NY.
I had the honor of joining the one-and-only @thelastmachine.bsky.social to record a commentary for the 1981 James Bond film FOR YOUR EYES ONLY! Combat skiing! Monastery assaults! A surfeit of pistachios! Available only on The Pink Smoke's Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/for-yo...
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I join Matt on the Time Enough Podcast to discuss the 1962 film REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, where it stands in Rod Serling's writing oeuvre, and if there is any fate for a veteran boxer that is not poverty and physical degradation... timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/req...
Time Enough Podcast: A Twilight Zone Podcast | Requiem for a Heavyweight (w/ John Arminio)
Ever wonder what happens after you punch Anthony Quinn too many times in the head? Perhaps Jack Palance if you're a fan of television?You'll find John doing his spiritualist/leftist take on film a...
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