Episode 33: The Bourne Accountant

Damon v Affleck: Super Assassins!

The Soapbox Office makes its triumphant return after a brief hiatus and with it comes another Faults in the Vaults in which Mitch & Josh choose to forget all about The Bourne Identity (2002) in order to crunch the numbers in favor of The Accountant (2016).

A case is made for digital preservation with an archive of videos from pre-YouTube Internet sensation, Andy Milonakis in This Week in Torrents. The Soapbox Rant takes a stance against the fair-weather fans of Ben Affleck.

Josh goes Slipping Through the Tracks to present a gateway to Americana and this country's bluegrass roots with the soundtrack to The Coen Brothers' comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).

Also in this episode, more praise for our wonderful sponsor, Raleigh Soapery, stories a plenty about rubbing elbows with Hollywood elite, and revelations that Mitch & Josh are both on the spectrum.

Episode 32: Raising Lebowski

Coen Bros Comedy!

This week, Mitch celebrates a birthday and flaunts his veto power in Faults in the Vaults with a pair of Coen Brother comedies. The Big Lebowski (1998) is marked zero in order to reap the rewards of Raising Arizona (1987).

Josh once again educates about Open Matte formats and highlights a version of Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls that leaves nothing to the imagination for This Week in Torrents. The Soapbox Rant makes a triumphant return as the guys rally against the comedy crutch of the R-rating.

Mitch goes Slipping Through the Tracks to spotlight the glam-drenched soundtrack to Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine (1998), featuring great originals and covers by some of music's top creative minds, such as Brian Eno, Thom Yorke & Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead, Thurston Moore & Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, and more!

Also in this episode, more praise for our wonderful sponsor, Raleigh Soapery, stories about interacting with the real life inspiration for The Dude, and progress updates on a recent music video project.

Episode 24: Hearts of Burden, Dreams of Darkness

Chaotic Filmmaking Docs!

This week, Faults in the Vaults heads deep into the jungles and the depths of the human psyche in order to analyze a pair of documentaries on the chaotic nature of filmmaking. Specifically, we're taking a look at Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (a 1991 document of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now) and Burden of Dreams (a 1982 document of Werner Herzog's Fitzcaraldo).

Elsewhere in the episode, Mitch shakes open The Mailbag once more to read aloud some fan follow-ups to a previous episode (Ep.22: Heavy Rock & Rule). In This Week in Torrents, Josh picks a PBS broadcast of American Masters featuring George Lucas and his associates discussing his work in the field of filmmaking.

It's Josh's turn to go Slipping Through the Tracks as he tells the story behind the great Bernard Herrmann's unused score for Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966). Also, Josh explains the show's absence and recaps this month's SDCC while Mitch explains his fear of coyotes. Plus, Herzog impressions!!!

Episode 15: Outsiders Rumble

Focus on Ford Coppola!

This week, Faults in the Vaults brings two troubled youth pictures head to head, both being back to back productions directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by S.E. Hinton. We're talking of course about The Outsiders and Rumble Fish from 1983!

The Mailbag was bursting with backlogged listener emails, so Mitch & Josh dive in to field questions about the dark cinematic offerings and pretend to have their moment in the Actors Studio spotlight. For This Week in Torrents, Josh digs up an old episode (5/20/81) of the Carson era Tonight Show featuring the late, great George Carlin and Richard Pryor.

Josh & Mitch shake a finger at those who attempt to dole out special privilege and attempt to scrub away those unfortunate celebrity transgressions of the past in this week's The Soapbox Rant. For his turn at Slipping Through the Tracks, Mitch chooses to highlight a Philip Glass score from the otherwise forgettable serial killer thriller that was 2004's Taking Lives.

And in Total Recast, the guys pick from the cast of The Outsiders and ponder some What If... casting alternatives that could have rewritten cinema history!

Episode 8: Rocky Horror of the Paradise

Rock Musical Misfits!

We bring you a Science Fiction/Double Feature in this week's Faults in the Vault. As madness takes its toll and we argue the merits of 1975's midnight movie classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in order to Sing Sing the praises of Brian De Palma's under-appreciated rock opera, Phantom of the Paradise, released in 1974.

Mitch talks about his upcoming pilgrimage home to the Garden State and Josh shares some exciting movie news regarding his better half.

We scrape the very bottom of the Mailbag and Dr. Josh gets a little too personal for our listeners.

For This Week in Torrents, Josh reads aloud from the Necronomicon, specifically the Extended Cut of 2013's Evil Dead remake.

The guys rail against the home video release practice of "double dipping" as part of this week's The Soapbox Rant.

And a new segment is introduced, Slipping Through the Tracks, to highlight the great soundtracks and scores released over the years that might have been missed.

Episode 6: Drinking & Drive-In's- Little Cigars

Tiny People, Big Movie!

There's a format shake up this week as a new monthly segment is unveiled, in which Josh & Mitch mix up some specialty themed cocktails, sit back, and take a look at a forgotten, overlooked, and unpolished gem from the heyday of exploitation cinema.

The guys talk about their Oscars viewing experience, which took place in between the commercial breaks of an Anaheim Ducks game.

Since it never has, and never will be released on home video, Josh picks the Lenny Bruce doc, Swear To Tell the Truth, for This Week in Torrents.

Drink Recipes

Snapchat has Josh & Mitch railing against the current state of media sharing and viral success in this week's Soapbox Rant.

And finally, for their first outing, Josh & Mitch walk you through the small wonder that is Chris Christenberry's Little Cigars (1973), the seedy noir tinged Snow and the Seven Dwarfs riff from American International Pictures that truly must be seen to be believed!

 

Episode 1: The Lost Boys Hunger

Vehement Vampires!

Greetings, and welcome to the inaugural episode of our new podcast!

The Soapbox Office is the aural manifestation of fiery and righteous indignation for cinephiles, film fans and movie goers of all walks of life. Each week, filmmakers Mitch Cleaver and Dr. Josh Roush serve as your ushers of the entertainment world, championing underappreciated cinematic gems of yesteryear, as well as sharing news of the day and their own tales of life from the fringes of Hollyweird.

Each episode we take the spotlight away from films we deem undeserving to highlight some seemingly forgotten gems of the silver screen. This week, we're talking vamps! We stake Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987) and give new life to Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983).

All theme songs are made by Cameron Mosavian and are taken from the score to Josh and Mitch's film The Mission!