On this week’s show, a sleepy Zom and a sleepy Loaf stumble through a couple films about men reaching their breaking points with society. Almost a “Not Quite Falling Down” double feature.

The first film we cover is a Japanese film from 1983 called Mosquito on the 10th Floor. A policeman who has taken to the bottle and to forcing himself on ladies around him.

Then we cover a boisterous Peter Boyle in 1970’s Joe about a blue collar racist and a wealthy man who may have more in common than it first seems.

Music this week:
Al Green – Tired of Being Alone
Eddie and the Hot Rods – Beginning Of The End
Elf Power – The Cracks

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On this week’s episode we are exploring a relationships with older folks double feature.

First we discuss a pick from Maurice of Love That Album – 1992’s In The Soup starring Seymour Cassell as an eccentric gambling criminal, and Steve Buscemi as a struggling screenwriter looking for his first big break.

Then we cover a film considered a classic by some, 1971’s Harold and Maude starring Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon.

RIP MCA
and screw you redneck NC voters

Music this week:
Beastie Boys – Pass the Mic
Bob Dylan – He Was  A Friend Of Mine
Cat Stevens – If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach – Such Unlikely Lovers

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This week we poke at the seedy underside of 70s/80s Los Angeles and go searching for some sleazy killers.

First we review a bounty hunter story with a leather-clad madman called Bare Knuckles.

Then we dive into a film The Gentlemen’s Guide to Midnite Cinema reviewed nearly 3 years ago, Ramrod and all, and that is Vice Squad.

Music this week:
X – Los Angeles
Wings Hauser – Neon Slime
Beck – Hollywood Freaks

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This week on the show we are traveling to southeast Asia for an Indonesian and Thai double feature with guys from small villages travelling to the big city and finding themselves over their heads.

The first is 2009’s Merantau, a story about a young guy on a spiritual(?) journey to Jakarta only to find himself in the middle of a human trafficking ring.

The we cover a crazy 2003 film from crazy Tony Jaa – Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior… another film with a small village guy in over his head in the big city, this time with our hero travelling to retrieve a sacred, historic village element.

Get ready for kicks, knees, and elbows galore!

Music this week:
Talking Heads – Born Under Punches
Dean Martin  – Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man

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For the episode of Silva & Gold this week, Allan of the Arctic requested we cover a leathery film about questioning one’s sexuality, so we decided to make it a double feature as we are prone to do.

First we discuss the 1964 film directed by Sidney J. Furie called The Leather Boys.

Then we talk at length about a film we were worried about having too little to say at first. Ever wanted to see Franco Nero draw a chalk dick on the wall? Then Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1982 film Querelle is for you. Nono wants to play dice….

Music this week:
Queen – Somebody To Love
Nazareth – Love Hurts
Judas Priest – Raw Deal

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This week we decided to pay homage to another magnificent bastard and cover a couple films starring Chow Yun-Fat!

First we dive headfirst with two pistols in hand into an earlier John Woo film, A Better Tomorrow from 1986. Neither of us has seen it, and both of us have issues with a Woo staple The Killer, that most people adore. What will happen with this??

Then we cover a film from 1987 directed by Ringo Lam called Prison On Fire. How will it hold up to American prison films?

Thank you all you magnificent miners!

Music this week:
AC/DC – This House is On Fire
The Kinks – This Time Tomorrow
Archers of Loaf – Fat

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We moved to a simpler time this week and shifted our focus to mid-century America, a time of fast cars and awesome music, and…. high school kids getting into shit?

The first film we cover is Mischief from 1985. Say what you will about this film, but at the very least you can see a gloriously nekkid Kelly Preston!

Next we cover a film that Loaf was embarrassed to say he had never seen… 1973’s American Graffiti. Pre-Star Wars Lucas!

Hope you enjoy this nostalgia fueled episode.

Music this week:
Dion – The Wanderer
The Platters – The Great Pretender
Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions

and lots more that Loaf just felt like playin in the background!

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Welcome one and all to an episode that did its best to kill the spirits of Loaf and Zom. Zom even found himself self-medicating beforehand. Cinemasochist Justin from the Freakin’ Awesome Network picked two doozies for us this week.

First we review a film with two of Zom’s all time most hated actors: Reese Witherspoon and particularly Mark Wahlberg. That film is 1996’s Fear. Zom’s documentary of his viewing of this film could have been called Anger.

Next we tackle a film that Loaf hated back in the day but had high hopes for again after learning more about Paul Verhoeven since then… Showgirls from 1995!

Enjoy! er…. enjoy?

Music this week:
Sick of it All – World Full of Hate
Buzzcocks – Boredom
Motorhead – Don’t Waste Your Time

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This week on Ye Olde Silva & Gold we cover a couple films about men adjusting to life after prison. They are quite different, but share some definite common themes.

First we talk about a probably underseen Richard Farnsworth film from 1982 called The Grey Fox, a biopic that has Farnsworth playing The Gentlemen Bandit Bill Miner who has just been released from a 33 year prison term in 1903 only to discover a far different society.

Next we jump into another probably underseen film from 1978 starring Dustin Hoffman in a rare tough guy role as Max Dembo in Straight Time. Busey, M. Emmitt Walsh, Cathy Bates, Harry Dean Stanton… this one’s chock full of fun.

Music this week:
Iron Maiden – The Prisoner
Melvins – Set Me Straight
The Cramps – Jailhouse Rock

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Silva&Gold&Loaf&Zom brings you a little of the sleazy this week with some Mexican exploitation… IT’S MEXPLOITATION MADNESS!

First we review a 1990 film about Nazi punk Communist bikers and a couple geriatric law enforcement officials played by the legendary (in Mexico) Almada brothers!! Los Demonios del Desierto!

Next we tackle a particularly sleazy direct-to-video recommended by Large William from The Gentlemen’s Guide to Midnite Cinema called La Cumbia Asesina. Women, and anyone of taste for that matter, beware!

Music this week:
Queens of the Stone Age – Mexicola
Beck – Que Onda Guero
Calexico – Guero Canelo

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