Episode 24: Bone Tomahawk (2015) THE CONSERVATIVE FANTASIES OF S. CRAIG ZAHLER
We celebrate our 1 year pod-iversary by beginning a new series of conservative films, specifically the violent fantasies of S. Craig Zahler. We begin with Zahler's directorial debut Bone Tomahawk, a western-horror starring Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, and Patrick Wilson. Zahler has a stylish eye and works well in genre conventions, but what lies beneath this horror western is a lot of tired tropes painting native tribes as inhuman. And we start tracking the different types of Manly Men in the Zahler-verse. Discussion also includes: Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON; under-appreciated mensch David Arquette; Traditional vs. Revisionist westerns and; some of our favorite moments from our first year of podcasting!
Episode 10: Terror on the prairie (2022) - RRFC Goes to Benny-wOOD
Hal and Craig reconvene to discuss TERROR ON THE PRAIRIE, the third and (so far) final narrative film produced by conservative darling and full-time adult man Ben Shapiro and his merry gang of bigots over at the Daily Wire. Discussions also include:
Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas' political sugar daddy with a weird Hitler obsession;
The shootings of Ralph Yarl and Kaylin Gillis;
MLB Baseball and the recent rule changes;
Craig's performance in an awful short film nearly 20 years ago, with a VERY tenuous connection to the world of the Daily Wire