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Cruising the Movies

Cruising the Movies

Cruising the Movies

Cruising the Movies is a new monthly podcast and screening series at IFC Center in New York from the creators of Ask Any Buddy. In each episode, Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd take a look at a different film from the fringes of queer cinema history. Through interviews, archival sources, and conversations with filmmakers, critics, and historians, this podcast and screening series will uncover how cinema is inextricable from queer history at large.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Cruising the Movies episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Cruising the Movies for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Cruising the Movies episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Cruising the Movies - Episode 21: PAT ROCCO DARES (1969)
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04/23/21 • 60 min

In June 1968, Los Angeles’ Park Theatre held the world’s first gay film festival. Mixed in the usual works by figures like Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Milligan was a new name: Pat Rocco. Though he’d only started making films that year, Rocco would quickly become the vanguard of a new, openly-gay film movement and a crucial figure in the history of gay liberation.

This week on the show, we’re taking a look at Rocco’s fourth theatrical film program, PAT ROCCO DARES. Consisting of a number of cinematic ‘dares’ and firsts — including, most famously, a nude ballet shot on the Hollywood Freeway — DARES found Rocco testing and pushing the limits of what could be seen on the screen and done in public.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 36: Jack Deveau's FIRE ISLAND FEVER (1979)
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02/04/22 • 67 min

Somewhere between RASHOMON and a telenovela, Jack Deveau’s FIRE ISLAND FEVER does what many of us wish we could at this time of year: launch from mid-winter chills to summertime splendor. Featuring a supporting cast of New York gay entertainment grand dames, FIRE ISLAND FEVER takes us to the scandals of Cherry Grove, as well as the men who came to the seaside village to find themselves. Our story not only follows the travails of tumultuous couple and beach house renters Ron and Rick, but also the temporary lovers they take up out of spite along the way—as well as a third roommate who may or may not have had an acid-induced romantic experience with a portrait he imagined into being.

While maybe not one of Hand In Hand’s best-known features, FIRE ISLAND FEVER offers a comedic and engrossing glimpse at a true gay getaway. (And, at the very least, it’s worth comparing the bustling, zeitgeist-y, cliquish portrayal of Fire Island that Deveau provides in this film to the outdoorsy, nearly pastoral depiction Wakefield Poole offered just a few years prior!) In this episode, we discuss this film’s place within Hand In Hand’s trilogy tribute to Fire Island, consider the obscure film knowledge and campy wordplay peppered in throughout, and wonder whether the movie’s truly mind-boggling amount of plot also covered up for some performance fatigue. We also appreciate AAB staple and genuine thespian Garry Hunt, theorize about the film’s confusing marketing campaign, and remember another classic director’s Fire Island series.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 14: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s JUICE (1985)
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01/15/21 • 56 min

We begin a new year of the podcast with Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s 1985 film, JUICE. Bressan’s final adult film (and penultimate feature), JUICE is a sweet movie about 48 cruisey, humpy hours in New York City marked with a deadline. Michael Christopher plays Jim, a photographer who's about to lose his job at New York's hottest gay magazine if he can't find new faces by the end of the weekend. Will his photos make the grade? And what about the angelic runner he keeps eying in Central Park?

In this episode we discuss the perils of working in the print industry, Bressan’s relocation to the East Coast, and the never-ending struggle between respectable art and pornography. We also break down what is quite possibly one of the most absurd editing montages in the history of the genre.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 5: Joe Gage's HANDsome (1981)
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09/04/20 • 73 min

On the fifth episode of the ASK ANY BUDDY podcast, we're focusing on the movie that's "exactly what you think it is"... Joe Gage's sleazy, 1981 classic HANDsome. Inspired by raunchy phone sex fantasies and Gage's own move to the East Coast, HANDsome is a cross-country trek that's also unintentionally the first safer sex film.

Over the course of this episode we will draw from an on-set journal describing the film's production and plenty of other fun anecdotes from Gage and the film's stars.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 20: Steve Scott's PERFORMANCE (1981)
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04/09/21 • 54 min

This week on the show we’re taking it to the stage with “the all-male hit of 1981,” Steve Scott’s PERFORMANCE. Featuring a bevy of West Coast superstars and up-and-comers, PERFORMANCE follows the planning and production of an all-male burlesk extravaganza, culminating with Nick Rodgers’ unforgettable (and absurd) KISS strip routine.

Over the course of the episode, we’ll dig into America’s strange obsession with male strippers, the backstories of each of the performers, and the unexpected things you find on VHS tapes.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 18: Fred Halsted's L.A. PLAYS ITSELF (1972)
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03/12/21 • 93 min

This week on the podcast, we’re finally taking a look at the film that set the gay world on fire: Fred Halsted’s L.A. PLAYS ITSELF. Described by its creator as a sort of ‘confessional yin-and-yang,’ the film’s highly controversial emphasis on sadomasochism and ambivalent tone drew as much condemnation as it did applause, making Halsted a legitimate gay icon virtually overnight.

Over the course of our discussion we’ll dive into Halsted’s backstory, the role that astrology had in the film’s production, and its incendiary New York premiere.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 29: Jerry Douglas's BOTH WAYS (1975)
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08/20/21 • 64 min

This week on the podcast, we’re exposing ‘the eternal triangle of bi-sexuality’ and all the trials and tribulations that come with trying to have it... BOTH WAYS, directed by Jerry Douglas and released in 1975. Future disco queen Andrea True and Douglas regular Gerald Grant star in this sensitive drama (or is it a comedy?) as a married couple whose loving relationship is torn apart by the husband’s inability to choose between his wife and the blond bodybuilder he’s been seeing on the side. Who will he wind up with, and who will be hurt?

Over the course of this episode, we’ll discuss Jerry Douglas’s earlier successes in the theatre world and the film’s many connections to his breakthrough play, TUBSTRIP; bisexuality in adult film; and whether or not the film might’ve worked better as a play.

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It's a Fistmas miracle! As a special stocking stuffer for you, we have an interview with Adam Baran, filmmaker and founder of the long-running New York sex party, NYC Inferno.

Over the course of our discussion, we'll be talking about Adam's first encounters with NEW YORK CITY INFERNO (Episode 12), the ways he's been able to evoke the film's era while avoiding nostalgia, and maintaining community in the age of COVID.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 13: Jack Deveau's ROUGH TRADES (1977)
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12/25/20 • 53 min

Merry Fistmas! On our last episode of 2020, we'll be exploring a film about shafts and the working class, Jack Deveau's 'blue collar blue movie,' ROUGH TRADES. A deliberate attempt by Hand in Hand Films to scale back production costs, ROUGH TRADES is a simple story about one music producer and a whole lot of handymen.

Over the course of our discussion, we'll dig into Hand in Hand's disastrous attempt at expanding into France, the film's farcical tone, and the eternal question of just how much of a grocery order can possibly go up one telephone repairman's ass.

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Cruising the Movies - Episode 44: A New Chapter...

Episode 44: A New Chapter...

Cruising the Movies

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04/19/24 • 15 min

We know it's been a while since you last heard from us, so we wanted to let you know about our new project. It's a spiritual successor to ASK ANY BUDDY called Cruising the Movies: a monthly podcast and film screening series at IFC Center in New York City exploring the fringes of queer cinema history. As with ASK ANY BUDDY, each episode will provide a deeper dive into the history, production, and impact of these films and feature interviews, archival sources, and conversations with filmmakers, critics, and historians. Our first episode and screening will feature Bruce LaBruce's NO SKIN OFF MY ASS and Henry Hanson's BROS BEFORE. The episode will be on this same feed next week, with the screening occuring Monday, April 29th at 7pm. Tickets now on sale at ifccenter.com.

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How many episodes does Cruising the Movies have?

Cruising the Movies currently has 53 episodes available.

What topics does Cruising the Movies cover?

The podcast is about Film History, Podcasts and Tv & Film.

What is the most popular episode on Cruising the Movies?

The episode title 'Episode 21: PAT ROCCO DARES (1969)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Cruising the Movies?

The average episode length on Cruising the Movies is 70 minutes.

How often are episodes of Cruising the Movies released?

Episodes of Cruising the Movies are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of Cruising the Movies?

The first episode of Cruising the Movies was released on Jul 16, 2020.

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