The Gauntlet

Kochaj albo rzuc aka Love it or Leave it aka Big Deal (1977) / Roll Bounce (2005) This week we end as we began by returning to the windy city as we crash the Polish diaspora with Kargul and Pawlak and hit the roller disco with Bow Wow

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The Bandwagon (1953) / Baron Blood (1972) This week we’re checking our blind spots as we dance with Fred Astaire and resurrect the dead with Mario Bava

Night of the Demon (1957) / Race With the Devil (1975) This week we’re on the run from evil as we try to lift a cryptic curse with Jacques Tourneur and outrun some deep fried devil worshipers with Jack Starrett

Rise and Shine (1941) / Jim the World’s Greatest (1976) This week we’re grinding it out on the goal line as we try to make the grade in Alan Dwan’s collegiate comedy and go beyond the gridiron in Don Coscarelli and Craig Mitchell’s teenage melodrama

The Whole Shootin’ Match (1978) / Ratboy (1986) This week we’re working towards a theory of Porch Cinema™ as we kick back some Lone Stars with Eagle Pennell and try to make it in Hollywood with Sondra Locke

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) / The Great Satan (2018) This week we’re celebrating The Cut as we take aim at power with the minimalist deadpan of Roy Andersson and the maximalist montage of Everything is Terrible!

Invasion (1969) / Sur (1988) This week we’re going down to Buenos Aires as we defend the city with Hugo Santiago’s army of shadows and tango through the terrible past with Fernando Solanas

Electra, My Love (1974) / Fool for Love (1985) This week we’re putting plays on screen as we stage a mythic rebellion with Miklós Jancsó and crash out at a desert motel with Robert Altman and Sam Shepard

Nightmare at Noon (1988) / American Hunter (1989) This week we’re taking the chopper as we battle zombies and the EPA with Nico Mastorakis and try not to get blown up hunting for top secret microfilm with Arizal