Episodit
-
Pia Zadora welcomed me to her gorgeous Las Vegas home to discuss her legendary life and career. We talk The Lonely Lady, owning a plane with your name on it, the Golden Globes scandal, her marriage to Meshulam Riklis, working with John Waters on Hairspray, dealing with depression, psychoanalysis, Celebrity Wife Swap, Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, Piaâs Place & Piatinis, perseverance, touring with Frank Sinatra, NAKED GUN 33 1/3, handling haters, Jermaine Jackson, working with Talullah Bankhead and more.
â MORE PIAâ
Support this show and receive exclusive content by joining the â Craig & Friends Patreonâ
-
Legendary filmmaker Alex Cox (Repo Man, Straight To Hell, Walker, Tombstone Rashomon etc) has a new film in the works, a film you can help make a reality by participating via Kickstarter. Click the link, snatch up the fabulous rewards available and thank Alex for decades of wonderful films.Alex & I discuss his collaborations with Joe Strummer, REPO MAN, studio politics, STRAIGHT TO HELL, Sam Peckinpah, Chateau Marmont, William Friedkinâs SORCERER, miserable encounters with Hunter S. Thompson and much much more.
Alexâs KICKSTARTER
Subscribe to the Craig & Friends YooToob channel
Get your Craig & Friends T-Shirts
Join The Craig & Friends Patreon
Clip from BREAKFAST WITH HUNTER courtesy of Wayne Ewing
-
Puuttuva jakso?
-
Director, bon-vivant and raconteur Marc MacNamara joins me to talk directing gay corn, working with Falcon Nakedsword, co-hosting Discretion Advised (with our friend John Hill), getting kicked out of Mickyâs, Fame Games On Fire Island, Thom Moulton, Cherry Grove, pop culture, Real Housewives, the legend of Willy Nilly and a whole lot more.
Get Your Craig & Friends Movie Club shirts!
Listen to Discretion Advised
Discretion Advised On YooToob
Marc on Instagram
Craig & Friends
Join The Craig & Friends Patreon
Instagram
Twitter
-
We continue our marathon discussion of Michael Mannâs MANHUNTER. We talk the danger of the distorted lens, the self and shadow self, how Mannâs obsession with the smallest details enriches the bigger picture, Willam Friedkinâs near casting as Hannibal, Mann's impeccable song & score selections, digital vs. film, Mann's Chicago origins & extensive work in television & The Keep.
We also address (nearly all) of your Listener Comments & Questions. Our apologies to those we didnât get to, send us further comments and corrections for a supplemental addendum which will feature the missing contributions. Organizational difficulties thwarted our best intentions.
Get Your Craig & Friends Movie Club shirts!
Subscribe to Craig & Friends on YouTube
Follow â Gala Avaryâ â & â â Rich Johnson â on the socials
Listen to The Gala Show
This show brought to you by â Craig & Friends on Patreonâ
Sign up, support the show and get set for special exclusives
-
The one and only Salina EsTitties joins me for a lively chat about growing up in the Castro, gay uncles, bringing Mexican-American culture to the stage, chems*x and the way out, RuPaulâs Drag Race, representation, keepinâ on the hustle, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Kenny Ortega, Survivor and much much more.
Get Your Craig & Friends Movie Club T-Shirts
Check EstTitties hott new track PAPI
Instagram & Twitter & TikTok
YouTube
Craig & Friends
Instagram & Twitter & TikTok
Craig & Friends YouTube - subscribe now
This show us brought to you by the Craig & Friends Patreon Sign up now
-
Michael Mann's 1986 classic MANHUNTER gets the full Movie Club treatment. So full, it had to be split into 2 parts.
Gala Avary & Rich Johnson join me for a an in-depth investigation of the first film adaptation of a Hannibal Lector fable (Lecktor in this film), Michael Mann's masterful color-coding, Alex Cox's dismissive and rather confused summary of the film, Miami Vice, William Petersen, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan's terrifying Francis Dolarhyde, the birth of forensics in crime stories and so much more. Plus: movies, cinema AND film.
Stay tuned for Part Two
Get Your Craig & Friends Movie Club T-Shirts!
This show brought to you by Craig & Friends on Patreon
Subscribe to â Craig & Friends on YouTubeâ
Follow â â Gala Avaryâ â â & â â â Rich Johnson â â on the socials
Listen to â The Gala Show
Sign up, support the show and get set for special exclusives
-
Adult performer & producer, pegging enthusiast & pioneer Michael Vegas joins me to talk Altoid roulette, filmmaking, color-coding, overcoming internalized shame, Taser golf, meeting the love of his love (creative & life partner Siouxsie Q) in a uniquely specific, Robert Greene & The 48 Laws Of Power, Ada & I making a cameo in Michael & Siouxsieâs upcoming passion project The Bottom Floor, realistic & rigorous approaches to maintaining happiness, overcoming a near-fatal motorcycle accident so much more.
More Michael Vegas
Instagram
Siouxsie Q
Instagram
Follow Craig & Friends
Instagram
Twitter
TikTok
Subscribe on YouTube
This series is brought to you by â â â https://www.patreon.com/CraigAndFriendsâ â â Head on over and see which tier suits you, support the show and get exclusive content
-
Released in 1990 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES was a blockbuster smash. No one burned with the fever of Turtle Power more than my guest, Tom Schwartz (Vanderpump Rules). Get a nice cheese pizza, stay out of the sewer and enjoy our chat about this cultural phenomenon.
This series is brought to you by â â â https://www.patreon.com/CraigAndFriendsâ â â
Head on over and see which tier suits you, support the show and get exclusive content.
Follow the show on Instagram & Twitter
Tom Schwartz on Instagram
Pump Rules Podcast Instagram
Pump Rules Podcast Spotify & Apple Podcasts
-
Musical pioneer Chaz Jankel welcomed me to his home to discuss his legendary musical career - from his days with Ian Dury & The Blockheads (co-writing Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Sex & Drugs & RockâNâRoll and more) through his wildly influential solo career, his later foray into film scoring and that time Quincy Jones covered one of his songs. We also get deep into societyâs conventions, lifeâs rhythms, Elkhart Tolle, the illusion of control, energy balances, exotic cheeses and the importance of never squandering the light.
This series is brought to you by â â https://www.patreon.com/CraigAndFriendsâ â Head on over and see which tier suits you, support the show and get exclusive content
Listen to Chaz's music
-
Craig, special guest co-host Katya & Sapphira continue their chat and talk going vegan, discovering opera, straight tone, vibratoânâviagra, Miss DâAmerica, resting diva face, doing the thing you need to be doing and MORE!
This series is brought to you by â https://www.patreon.com/CraigAndFriendsâ
-
Originally posted in the salad days of the pandemic (August 2020), this Encore Presentation is in honor of our beloved Sapphira CristĂĄl gooping and gagging the world on Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Craig & special guest co-host Katya welcome Sapphira Cristal via satellite to talk perfect pitch, homeless schooldays, sorority sister saves, carbonara complications, putinâ it out your mouth, dagger dick, proper preparation, P-town drama, rotten rumors, Perestroika, growing up in Houston, Videodrome DiscothĂšque, opera lust, fair wages, and MORE!
This series is brought to you by â https://www.patreon.com/CraigAndFriendsâ
-
Our girl for all seasons Eureka O'Hara joins me to talk the mirth, magic and mayhem of the undercover feminist cult classic GREASE 2! We get into what a T-Bird could mean these days, the majesty of Michelle Pfeiffer, shooting dance numbers before the songs are ready, the chaotic grandiosity of producer & impresario Allan Carr, the impact of RSO & Robert Stigwood on our culture, fan theories about Grease's Sandy (and our own theories about Frenchie), John Travolta, Maxwell Caulfield's brief moment of Hollywood Heat, Cool Rider and much much more.
Support this show & get hott bonus content at the Craig & Friends Patreon
For more EUREKA
Craig & Friends Instagram & Twitter
-
Nashvilleâs pre-eminent film critic, connoisseur & Prince devotee Jason Shawhan returns to Movie Club as we talk Princeâs 2nd film UNDER THE CHERRY MOON. We get into Princeâs ever-practical wardrobe choices, Jerome Bentonâs woefully short film career, the rather progressive queerness of the film, âMartin Scorseseâs Pee Weeâs Big Adventureâ, Wendy & Lisa, The Linn LM-1 drum machine, Princeâs proteges, Michael Ballhaus, smuggling pimento cheese across state lines, why this is Princeâs finest film, Morris Day & The Time, the sheer awfulness of Graffiti Bridge, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Siskel & Ebert missing the point and our own mistakes of believing received wisdom on this film - thus avoiding it - in younger days.
Join the â Craig & Friends Patreonâ
For more Jason Shawhan:
â â â https://x.com/jshawhan?s=21&t=2TXy7cSLOHZN-Ef4khov0Aâ â â
â â â http://rebirthoftheflesh.blogspot.com/â â â
Jason & Sam Inglis host â FEARLESS PRETENDERâ - The Only Podcast That Provides Extensive Analysis of Every-Single Film & Television Show Featuring Jennifer Jason-Leigh.
Hear my guest spot on the episode devoted to the bizarro Rodney Dangerfield classic â EASY MONEYâ
-
My dear friends Mike Chapman & Maddy Paterson join me to talk writing and producing decades of hits like âBallroom Blitzâ, âHey Mickeyâ âSimply The Bestâ and much more, Michael Des Barres, producing Agnetha from ABBA, Suzi Quatro, pairing Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne, the trouble with Sharon Osbourne, working with mentor Micky Most, Dreamland Records, The Knack, telling the truth, producing Blondie, mentoring others, the psychology of record production, Rodney Bingenheimer, singing on Australian radio as a child, Le Dome, the majesty of Hull, finding love at Fortress, and so much more â€ïž
Join the Craig & Friends Patreon to support the show and receive Hott bonus content
Craig & Friends
Instagram
Twitter
-
The Muppet Movie, Phantom Of The Paradise, Bugsy Malone, A Star Is Born, âYou And Me Against The Worldâ, Smokey & The Bandit...what singular magical element do these cultural touchstones have in common? The legendary, inspirational & hilarious singer, songwriter, actor, author, recovery advocate/counselor AND President of ASCAP known as PAUL WILLIAMS. Yes, one of my all-time heroes joins me for a truly special episode full of love and laughter that is sure to lift your spirits, heart & mind as much as it did (and still does) mine.
Join the Craig & Friends Patreon to support the show and receive Hott bonus content
If you or a loved on is in need of help with drugs and/or alcohol: SAMHSA
For More Paul:
Official Website
Instagram
Twitter
Craig & Friends
Instagram
Twitter
-
This candid chat with legendary compser, co-creator of Hedwig & The Angry Inch and all-around terrific person known as Stephen Trask continues, picking up where we left off: the difficulties of coming out during the Reagan era, the extremes of youthful idealism, protest & arrests, Don Hill's and the dream of a better nightlife future coming true with Squeezebox!, meeting John Cameron Mitchell, Cheater, Leonardo the heartthrob, special slices, CBGB blizzards & more.
Join the Craig & Friends Patreon to get bonus content while supporting the show.
Stephen On Instagram
Stephen On Twitter
-
Nashville's pre-eminent film critic, curator & connoisseur Jason Shawhan returns for EATING RAOUL. We talk Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, The Roger Corman Expanded Universe, Robert Beltran, swingers, wine-snobs, bad musical theater, the lurking terror of The Beach Boys, SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS and much more.
Join the Craig & Friends Patreon
For more Jason Shawhan:
â â https://x.com/jshawhan?s=21&t=2TXy7cSLOHZN-Ef4khov0Aâ â
â â http://rebirthoftheflesh.blogspot.com/â â
Jason & Sam Inglis host FEARLESS PRETENDER- The Only Podcast That Provides Extensive Analysis of Every-Single Film & Television Show Featuring Jennifer Jason-Leigh.
Hear my guest spot on the episode devoted to the bizarro Rodney Dangerfield classic EASY MONEY
-
Stephen joins me to talk scoring films, replacing Randy Newman, taking Hedwig & The Angry Inch from stage to screen, studio sabotage, leading the house band at the legendary SqueezeBox! party, negative pickups, falling in love with punk & piano lessons, the terror of coming to terms with being queer in the early 80s, hitting big at Sundance and much more. Taped in late 2020 but unreleased âtil now due to a freshly resolved technical issue. Part 2 out next week.
Stephen On Instagram
Craig & Friends Instagram
Join the Craig & Friends Patreon page to support this show and get Hott Hott bonus material
-
For this merry Movie Club Monday, an encore presentation of the very first Movie Club episode. Taped in 2018 with my former co-host Katya, this is a gleeful exploration into the magic and mystery of Brian De Palma's oft-misunderstood masterpiece BODY DOUBLE
Sign up to The Craig & Friends Patreon to support the show and get hott bonus content.
-
The gorgeous & hilarious scientist of drag known as JUDY returns to discuss our membership in the Bipolar gang, my fairly recent diagnosis, vacation rashes, massage vibes, biblical floods, intentional consumption, calm candy moments, cognitive behavioral therapy, loving partners, Gordon Lightfootâs guiding light, British food VS American food, the rumination rhumba and more.
Get yer Judy merch HERE
Judy On Instagram
Join the Craig & Friends Patreon - support the show and get hott bonus content
- Näytä enemmän
