Episode 86: 1981 with Josh Lewis
A podcast about the great movie years.
Film critic and podcaster Josh Lewis explores the “sleaze canon” on his “Sleazoids” podcast, and he joins us to discuss the very sleazy year of 1981, from the gore of The Beyond to the paranoia of Blow Out to the surprising depth of MS. 45.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Blow Out is streaming on Amazon Prime, the Criterion Channel, Tubi, PlutoTV, and several other services; it also has a bang-up Criterion 4K. (And here's Josh's Patreon episode on the movie.) Thief is streaming on the Criterion Channel, Hoopla, MGM+, Tubi, PlutoTV, and several other services; it also has an excellent Criterion Blu-ray. (There’s also a Patreon episode for this one!)
The Beyond is streaming on Peacock, Kanopy, Tubi, Crackle, and several other services; you can hear the Patreon episode here. Ms .45 is streaming on Peacock, Kanopy, Hoopla, FreeVee, and several other services, and yes, there’s a Patreon episode for this one too!
And Excalibur is available for digital rental or purchase, and the Patreon episode for that one is here.
If you’d like to hear Jason’s appearances on “Sleazoids,” you can hear those here and here.
You can follow Josh on Letterboxd and Twitter, and you can hear old episodes of “Sleazoids,” grab merch, support and so on at their website. You can follow Jason on Blusky, Instagram, and Letterboxd - where you'll find his lists of all the movies on every episode of the show (including this one). And he just announced the publication date for the James Gandolfini biography we’ve mentioned on the show - you can pre-order it from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can follow Mike on Instagram, Blusky and Twitter/X/whatever.
Last but not least, if you’d like to make a little donation to support us and the show, you can do that at Ko-fi!