Frank and Dr. Crain are back with a soft reboot of our Abel Ferrara Auteur series. This time we’re doing it right and starting off with Abel Ferrara’s short films: Nicky’s Film, The Hold Up, and Could This Be Love which are available and both s

For Your Ears Only: Quantum of Solace

May 10th, 2021 1h 3m

We’re pleased to bring you our latest discussion in our For You Ears Only series featuring Frank and Tom. This time, we’re joined with special guest playwright and actor Jeremy Kareken to discuss Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond in 20

Podcast: Actor’s Spotlight with Harry Northup

Apr 12th, 2021 1h 25m

We are honored to present our latest conversation in our Actor’s Spotlight series. With this episode, Frank and Raymond Benson have a conversation with poet and actor Harry Northup who is living film history. Harry was featured in Martin Scorse

For Your Ears Only: Martin Campbell’s CASINO ROYALE

Mar 22nd, 2021 1h 13m

Welcome everyone to a very special episode of Podcasting Them Softly’s For Your Ears Only series. Today we are going to discuss Martin Campbell’s return to the Bond franchise with CASINO ROYALE. Released in 2006 this was Daniel Craig’s debut as

For Your Ears Only: DIE ANOTHER DAY

Mar 8th, 2021 1h 8m

Join Frank, Mac and the esteemed Tom Zielinski as they discuss Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as 007 in Lee Tamahori’s DIE ANOTHER DAY. The film also features Halle Berry, Judi Dench, Toby Stephens, Will Yun Lee, Michael Madsen, John Cleese, and

3 for 3: Sean Connery

Feb 15th, 2021 1h 16m

Join Frank, Tom, and the esteemed Mac McSharry as we bring Podcasting Them Softly’s For Your Ears Only and 3 for 3 full circle! We discuss three “undercard” films of Sean Connery’s at length, discuss his contribution to film, along with some of

3 for 3: John Carpenter

Dec 28th, 2020 57m 33s

We’re pleased to bring you our next installment of 3 for 3, this time discussing the works of John Carpenter. Carpenter is one of our favorite filmmakers who is responsible for many classics ranging from HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BIG TRO

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY: Michael Apted’s THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

Dec 21st, 2020 1h 6m

We welcome author and James Bond connoisseur Deborah Lipp to join in our discussion of the 19th 007 picture in the EON series THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, as well as the latest edition of her highly regarded book, “The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book.

For Your Ears Only: Roger Spottiswoode’s TOMORROW NEVER DIES

Nov 30th, 2020 1h 4m

Join Frank, Tom, and Mac with special guest Perrin Spychala as they discuss Pierce Brosnan’s second outing as 007 in Roger Spottiswoode’s TOMORROW NEVER DIES. Released in 1997, the film also features a terrific ensemble composed of Jonathan Pry

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY: Martin Campbell’s GOLDENEYE

Sep 14th, 2020 52m 38s

Tom and Frank are back with special guest Mac McSharry to discuss Martin Campbell’s GoldenEye, which was Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as 007. Also discussed is the pop culture effect the film had on home video as well as video games along with

Podcast: Lee Marvin 3 for 3.

Aug 17th, 2020 49m 48s

Lee Marvin is the topic of discussion for this installment of 3 for 3 with Frank Mengarelli, Tom Zielinski, and Mac McSharry. Marvin was well known for his early collaborations with John Ford, his steely persona in POINT BLANK, THE DIRTY DOZEN,

Actor’s Spotlight with Joshua Burge, Vol. I

Jul 27th, 2020 40m 18s

We’re pleased to bring you the first volume of our chat with the remarkable actor Joshua Burge. Josh dives deep in the first installment of our extensive interview, talking about his beginnings as an actor, to his relationship with filmmaker an

For Your Ears Only: John Glen’s LICENCE TO KILL

Jun 29th, 2020 1h

Frank Mengarelli and Podcasting Them Softly’s James Bond resident, Tom Zielinski are joined with returning guests film journalist Paul Sparrow-Clarke and novelist and film historian Raymond Benson to discuss John Glen and Timothy Dalton’s final

“LET THE GIRL GO!” (PART 2): Remembering King of the Kickboxers with SHERRIE ROSE by Kent Hill

May 9th, 2020 41m 18s

The whole story of how I came to love King of the Kickboxers is something I am still working on. But what will say here dear reader is that I have of late been afforded greater insight into the making of the movie than I had ever hoped to obtai

“Have you ever heard of Ninjutsu, sir?”: An Interview with Sam Firstenberg by Kent Hill

May 8th, 2020 46m 38s

The heart of the die-hard, ninja movie addict in me skipped a beat when I received word that I would be sitting down for a chat with the Godfather of the genre, Sam Firstenberg. Marco Siedelmann & Sam have compiled what I feel is a kind of sple

The movie Hollywood doesn’t want you to see by Kent Hill

May 8th, 2020

Controversy sells right; the more shocking, obscene, the more worthy of the front page? Yet, when it comes to movies, people, it seems, are well defined in relation to their tastes. There are those with high-brows, that believe a spoonful of Ma

The Return of Director Richard Stanley: A Conversation on Color & Cage with Kent Hill

Apr 10th, 2020

Right off the bat, I really wanted to give you a cool video interview. But, sadly, the bandwidth was being powered by a couple of mice on tiny treadmills. Everything looked fine. Skype said it was recording, the image was good.Skip ahe

Arthur Penn’s NIGHT MOVES

Apr 5th, 2020 4m 13s

70s cinema was at its absolute best when it birthed softly nihilistic, introspective films where the protagonist lived within moral ambiguity and hard shades of grey – wherein this picture, Gene Hackman gives his finest, most low-key performa

3 for 3: Tim Burton

Mar 30th, 2020 1h 5m

https://podcastingthemsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/tim-burton-podcast.mp3Frank and Tom are joined with former guest, and now recurring co-host, Mac McSharry to discuss three Tim Burton films. Burton is very well known, directing over ni

For Your Ears Only: John Glen’s A VIEW TO A KILL

Mar 9th, 2020

https://podcastingthemsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/a-view-to-a-kill.mp3Frank and Tom are back to discuss Roger Moore’s final outing as James Bond in John Glen’s A VIEW TO A KILL which features one of the best Bond themes by Duran Duran,

*shirt not included by Kent Hill

Dec 18th, 2019

https://podcastingthemsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/matthias-news.mp3In 1986 Matthias Hues came to Hollywood without a shirt . . . or, little more than the shirt on his back. And it is without a shirt that he has built a career that con

Paul Hirsch is here, the Force is with him by Kent Hill

Dec 18th, 2019

https://podcastingthemsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/paul-star-wars.mp3It is impossible to convey to those who weren’t there when STAR WARS was new – what it used to be like. For the third time since my existence began, I find myself fac

The Unsung Hero by Kent Hill

Dec 18th, 2019

It is always a delight indeed to sit down with the director of one of my favorite movies. Steve Carver (Big Bad Mama, Lone Wolf McQuade), acclaimed filmmaker and photographic artist extraordinaire has given us all, not only great cinema, but

Where are the clowns? by Kent Hill

Dec 18th, 2019

https://podcastingthemsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/clown.mp3It is that time of the year when we look to feel magical. The Christmas spirit lifts us up out of the murk that we have been grinding through all year long and . . . in the mid

Actor’s Spotlight with Stephanie Kurtzuba

Dec 2nd, 2019

https://podcastingthemsoftly.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/stef-kurtzuba.mp3We are completely honored to bring you our chat with actress Stephanie Kurtzuba. Stef recently stars alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel in