Episodes

  • Episode 6: A Dark Song (2016) and The Big Sleep (1946)
    Jul 12 2026

    Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Liam Gavin's occult horror A Dark Song from 2016, and Howard Hawks' adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel The Big Sleep from 1946.

    Timestamps:

    00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

    6:10: Discussion of A Dark Song

    31:51: Discussion of The Big Sleep

    54:16: Double feature challenge

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Episode 5: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
    Jul 7 2026

    Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Woody Allen's comedy-drama Hannah and Her Sisters from 1986, and Shunya Ito's women-in-prison exploitation classic Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion from 1972. We had some audio issues with this recording, which we hope won't cause too many issues for listeners.

    Timestamps:

    00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

    5:53: Discussion of Hannah and Her Sisters

    31:17: Discussion of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    47:05: Double feature challenge

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    52 mins
  • Episode 4: Dellamorte Dellamore (1994) and The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    Jun 28 2026

    Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Michele Soavi's delerious horror masterpiece Dellamorte Dellamore (AKA Cemetery Man) from 1994, and George Cukor's classic screwball comedy The Philadelphia Story from 1940.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 3: Paths of Glory (1957) and Strike Commando (1987)
    Jun 21 2026

    Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills. In this episode we discuss Stanley Kubrick's anti-war classic Paths of Glory from 1957, and Bruno Mattei's Strike Commando from 1987.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 2: Halloween (1978) and Late Spring (1949)
    Jun 14 2026

    Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills. In this episode, cinephile Matt and genre fan Rob discuss John Carpenter's Halloween from 1978, and Yasujirō Ozu's Late Spring from 1949. We try to figure out what we each see in the films, and discuss how they might work together as an awkward double bill.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 1: Before Sunset (2004) and The Beyond (1981)
    Jun 7 2026

    Welcome to the first episode of Awakward Double Bills. In this episode, cinephile Matt and genre fan Rob discuss Richard Linklater's Before Sunset from 2004, and Lucio Fulci's The Beyond from 1981. We try to figure out what we each see in the films, and discuss how they might work together as an awkward double bill.

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    1 hr and 24 mins