Episodes

  • Brain Melt Episode Two: Deep Franchise Surprises
    Jun 3 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome to Brain Melt! A foster home for outsider art and the movies that make us fall in love with film. The theme for episode two is movies deep into an established franchise that come out of nowhere and blow us away.

    We watch Producer Pierre David's Scanner Cop II: The Showdown and visionary director John Hyams' Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Listen as we dissect the wiggles, the scanpires, and JCVD in a sneaky surreliast masterpiece. We match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    The surprisngly thoughtful and insightful interview with Scott Adkins and Director John Hyams
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwUHcVfsqQ&t=365s

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

    A Someone's Favorite Production Podcast
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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Brain Melt Episode One: Doris Wishman and J.P. Simon
    Apr 21 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome! This podcast was birthed from a Letterboxd list that Bill created to map his journey through the wild and unpredictable world of outsider cinema. Movies that take big creative swings, on any budget, and often represent the true voice of an auteur who fought to keep their vision in place.

    In episode one we watch Doris Wishman's Night to Dismember and J.P. Simon's Pieces. Two true auteurs to kick off Brain Melt, both highly influential in their own way. We match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

    A Someone's Favorite Production Podcast
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Brain Melt Episode Zero
    Apr 10 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome! This podcast was birthed from a Letterboxd list that Bill created to map his journey through the wild and unpredictable world of outsider cinema. Movies that take big creative swings, on any budget, and often represent the true voice of an auteur who fought to keep their vision in place.

    In episode zero we provide the origin of the idea as well as a sneak preview for the two movies we'll cover in Episode 1. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/


    A Someone's Favorite Production Podcast
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    23 mins