Naz talks about being madly in love with the streaming service he had been waiting for since it was first announced by the Criterion Collection. He also recommends a book and crazy Japanese film, talks about his big gripe with Howard Hawkes "Red River" and his Thanksgiving spaghetti western binge which included the Williams Shatner starring masterpiece "White Comanche" in which the captain himself plays a duel role of twins in which one is a Comanche Indian and the other a cowboy. He also talks about John Ford seeming like the cranky old man in "From Dusk Til' Dawn".
Episode #118: A Very Red Holiday Special with the lovely and amazing Shannon Williams! /
After an unplanned break from the podcast, we return for a holiday episode taped in a cabin in the snow. The lovely and amazing Shannon Williams stops by to share some holiday cheer and eat some vegan treats and talk about life as a full time working actress, being on the set of "Ted 2" among others, and why giving is the best feeling in the world. Also, in light of the recent election of Donald Trump, the ban on political talk has been lifted. When the president elect has been in the 1992 masterpiece "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York" and even had a guest spot on "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air", politics and cinematic entertainment truly do meet and must be discussed on some level.
Episode #117: HORRORTHON 2016 /
Naz recaps his experience at the Aero theater's annual Horrorthon. He was able to see "The Blob", "Devil Fetus" and "The Entity" before the creeping ghost of sleep snuck up on him.
Episode #116: Rick Darge Returns to talk about premiering "Zen Dog" at the Raindance Film Festival /
Rick Darge returns to the podcast to talk about the experience of premiering his film "Zen Dog" at the Raindance film festival in London. It is a truly inspiring talk about the first of many more destinations of his four year labor of love. Since Rick was last on the podcast (he was on Episode #5, it is highly recommended you go back and listen to that before this) his film had finally reached the eyes of an audience, in Europe no less. Rick talks about the overall festival experience, getting an award at the closing ceremonies and what's next for Rick Moonbeam Darge.
Episode #115: Alex and Naz talk about "The Descent" "Alien" and "Midnight Cowboy" while smoking weed /
Alex Rogers joins the podcast to discuss, in the spirit of the Halloween season, the films “The Descent”, “Alien” and his favorite Oscar winning film (because the Oscars are horrific, in keeping with the season) “Midnight Cowboy”. The conversation, fueled by a marijuana joint of some Honey OG and some bong rips of Platinum Pineapple procured from Alex’s place of business, a medical marijuana dispensary where Naz gets his weed, hits on some pretty groovy topics. Alex, who is a brilliant mind when it comes to movies is an all new contributor to the podcast and Naz and him look forward to many, many more conversations on cinema with the aid of God’s green goodness. For the sake of nicknames and because the man can do some pretty stellar impressions of actors and other public figures, Alex is “Inter-dimensional Alex”. Enjoy, smoke em’ if you got em’ cause this conversation is quite the trip.
Episode #114: Jason and Naz talk about "Volcano High" /
Jason and Naz discuss the 2001 Mtv movie "Volcano High" featuring the voice talents of such hip hop stars as Snoop Dog, Andre 3000, Method Man, and Lil Jon, among others. However before the main conversation, some talk about "Shin Godzilla" and the two's thoughts on the new Power Rangers trailer.
Episode #113: Naz recommends Ken Russel's "The Devils" /
In our first official episode of the Halloween season, Naz recommends Ken Russel's "The Devils", which is a truly insane (and hard to find unless you have a good internet connection) film which Naz discovered through a list of the top 100 horror films of all time. Another film recommended is Kathryn Bigelow's "Near Dark", and all in all, Naz wishes everyone a safe and fun holiday season.
Episode #112: Jesse and Naz review "The Magnificent Seven" /
Jesse Sanchez returns to the podcast to review the film "The Magnificent Seven", directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington. Wonder what Jesse and Naz thought? Tune in to find out!
Episode #111: Director of Photography Lucas Lee Graham has a conversation with Naz /
Lucas Lee Graham is a director of photography and friend of Naz who lensed "Escape From Tomorrow" (the notorious film which was shot at Disneyland in secret) and "Suburban Gothic". Lucas talks about attending AFI, some of the logistics of shooting a film in secret in Disneyland, and shooting "Suburban Gothic", a new favorite of Naz from the director of another favorite of Naz called "Excision". The two also discuss another notorious film, a short film made at AFI which Lucas was cinematographer on called "The 8th Samurai". They also talked about working on "Little Blue Pill", the film in which the two met. Lucas also helps Naz with his tinder game.
Episode #110: Naz talks about watching "Twilight" /
In our tenth episode, Naz talks about watching the film "Twilight", he mistakenly refers to Robert Pattinson as "James Patterson" and discusses his feelings towards the characters. Other films brought up are "Trouble Everyday", "Blacula" and "Ed Wood".
Episode #109: Naz talks about horror films and why he loves them /
Though Halloween is still more than a month away, Naz got bit by the horror bug and decided to quickly give a few thoughts on his favorite genre. Movies discussed in this episode include The Evil Dead franchise, The Untouchables, The Boys Next Door, The Decline of Western Civilization, West Side Story, Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, Peewee's Big Adventure, Creepshow, Suspiria, Martyrs, Ichi The Killer, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Audition, Deliverance, A Clockwork Orange, Detective Cook and Ashby, and The Green Inferno.
Episode #108: Jason Linere White and Naz talk about "The Big Hit" /
In the eighth episode of the podcast, Jason returns to discuss the film "The Big Hit" starring Mark Wahlberg and Lou Diamond Phillips and makes a declaration of the films cult status. Other films mentioned over the course of the conversation include: The Matrix, Young Guns, The Happening, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Avatar The Last Airbender, Marvel Movies, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Rambo 2 and 3, La Bamba, Return To Paradise, Kids, Seventh Heaven, Pulp Fiction, Detective Cook and Ashby, Takashi Miike's episode of Masters of Horror called Imprint, The Disciple, Crime Story, Police Story, A movie they couldn't name starring Johnny Knoxville and Jackie Chan which turned out to be Skiptrace, Drunken Master, Legend of Drunken Master, Rumble In The Bronx, Transformers, Charlie Chaplin films, The Star Wars franchise, Game Of Thrones, Conan The Destroyer, Hard Boiled, The Killer, Big Trouble Little China, The film within the film in The Big Hit called Taste the Golden Spray, Teen Wolf, Godzilla Resurgence and The Upcoming Power Rangers Movie.
Episode #107: Jesse Sanchez and Naz review the film "Green Room" /
Jesse Sanchez, a filmmaker and devoted soldier for the cinema (thus making him a man of strong opinions) stops by to review with Naz, much like the late greats Siskel and Ebert, the film "Green Room" from 2015, directed by Jeremy Saulnier. The film, about a punk rock group that is trapped in the green room of a skinhead club after witnessing a murder perpetrated by a vicious gang of neo-nazis lead by Patrick Stewart, left Jesse with several strong opinions, which are explored at length in the podcast. The hot button issues the film brings up leads to an avalanche of thoughts on areas as diverse as punk rock and race in cinema and society in general and a few thoughts on the late, sweet seeming Anton Yelchin. Also, Jesse explains the real history of the Academy Awards and talks about his feature that he is writing and directing called "Koreatown".
Episode #106: Naz performs a bold experiment leading to a mystery phone guest /
For a change of pace, in this bonus episode, Naz performs a bold experiment on the podcast to amazing results, leading to a mystery guest, tune in to find out who!
Episode #105: Rick Darge talks about making his film "Zen Dog" /
Rick Darge and Naz have been friends for 7 years, he stops by to talk about his experience making his feature film Zen Dog, the making of which involved taking an entire cast and crew on a bus from San Francisco to New York on a beyond tight budget. They spoke about the making of the film, the film itself, the involvement of philosopher Alan Watts, and then at some point the two smoked a bowl, leading to talk of Reptilians, why drugs are good, the illuminati, Bill Cosby's involvement with the film "Sweet Sweetback's Badass song" and the film about the making of it called "Badasssss", the time Rick made an entire feature film in his teens and the panic he felt when the film could not be rendered fully on the night of the premiere, the fact that Naz is afraid of love, and Rick's strong recommendation of the Netflix show "Stranger Things."
Episode #104: Jason and Naz talk about "Five Elements Ninjas" /
Jason Linere White is a voice artist extraordinaire and long time friend of Naz, together they discuss one of Jason's favorite kick flick kung fu chop sockey old school Shaw Brothers films "Five Elements Ninjas AKA Chinese Super Ninjas", directed by Chang Cheh. They also talk a little about "Suicide Squad" and the whole thing with The Rock calling out Vin Diesel over some drama going down on the "Fast and Furious" set, amongst other things movie related.
Episode #103: Naz shares his thoughts on the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey" /
Naz talks about the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey" and talks about this one time he visited a dominatrix.
Episode #102: Naz shares his thoughts on "Batman V. Superman" /
In the second test episode, Naz shares his thoughts on "Batman V. Superman" and gets to talking about making the world a better place like in Star Trek because it is horrible at the moment.
Episode #101: Naz talks about the movie "The Perfect Guy" /
In this very first episode of The Naz Red podcast, Naz describes the film "The Perfect Guy" which leads him to reveal that he has never had an adult relationship.