021. The Devils

12/06/19 • 49 min

Hell will no hold no surprises for you after listening to our episode about the 1971 film The Devils, directed by Ken Russell. Repeatedly censored and often out of print, The Devils is a searing and phantasmagorical look at early modern witchcraft trials, demonic possessions, church-state power and the depths of human viciousness. Fascinating, outrageous and offensive to many, The Devils is not a film easily forgotten.
Note: As this film is based on real events that happened in France in the early 1600s, we will be discussing the plot in full and getting into what might be considered spoilers.

Music is by Free Rap Beats.

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Topics for this episode include The Devils (available on streaming).

Music is by Free Rap Beats.

Find us on Twitter at @armyofcrime and @dustin44444 and on the web at armyofcrime.com.

Topics for this episode include The Devils (available on streaming).

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020. Coraline + Flight of the Raven

This episode we look at Other Mothers and other types of dangerous characters. From witch haunted American woods to the Nazi controlled streets of Paris, nothing is what it seems in Coraline and Flight of the Raven. Coraline is a stop motion animation film adapted from a Neil Gaiman novella and directed by Henry Selick. Flight of the Raven is a beautifully illustrated story of La Résistance written and drawn by French comics creator Jean Pierre Gibrat. Talking cats! Fast talking cat burglars! Jumping circus mice!

Music is by Free Rap Beats.

Find us on Twitter at @armyofcrime and @dustin44444 and on the web at armyofcrime.com.

Topics for this episode include Coraline, (available on streaming or disc), Flight of the Raven by Jean-Pierre Gibrat (available in print), Anomalisa, directed by streaming or disc ), and Kubo and the Two Strings directed by Travis Knight (available on disc).

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022. Unsane + Dr. Doom and Dr. Strange

Hell is other people. Hell is also ourselves. It is also, I suppose, a magical realm where evil creatures and the like live. This episode we examine the Steven Soderbergh joint Unsane, which is possibly about an insane person, corrupt institutions, and how awful people can be for twisted reasons. Then, we take a journey through the Roger Stern written and Mike Mignola drawn Marvel story Dr. Strange and Doctor Doom, which involves a titanic team up of gnarly neophyte necromancers into a mystic maelstrom against Mephisto.

Music is by Free Rap Beats.

Find us on Twitter at @armyofcrime and @dustin44444 and on the web at armyofcrime.com.

Topics for this episode include Unsane (available on streaming), Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom, available in print or digital, and The Limey, available on disc.