Meet The Fellowship of the Lens'd Palm
A list of the members of our Conclave.
The Cinemania Society Podcast
Herein are chronicled the judgements of this not-so-secret society as its members scrutinize, criticize, analyze, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema history.
Listen on:
Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
Professor Andrea presents a Profile in Cinemania on a scion of one of Hollywood's most illustrious acting dynasties, Bridget Fonda.
Written and performed by Andrea Palladino & Daniel Scribner
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Tracks used: "Laguna" and "Lost Cassette"
Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of fact.
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
While The Cinemania Society begins its campaign of strongly-worded missives directed at their doppelgängers, it also continues its scrutiny of the 1990 film "Frankenstein Unbound," Roger Corman's final directorial oeuvre starring John Hurt, Raul Julia, and Bridget Fonda.
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Sound design & editing by Ethan Ireland
Art by Andy Slack Comics
This audio play is a work of parody and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of fact.
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Our first Season 3 Profile in Cinemania is on the pride of Puerto Rico, Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay, better known as Raul Julia. Best known to Millennials as the cinematic representation of either The Addams Family's Gomez Addams or Street Fighter's M. Bison, Raul Julia's acting career saw him on stage and screens big and small.
Written and performed by Andy Slack
Production and Sound Design by Ethan Ireland
Music by Meteor at meteormusic.bandcamp.com
Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics
Legal notice: this is a work of parody and should not be construed as making allegations or statements of fact.
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Finally, the wait is over -- NEW EPISODE AHOY!
Season 3 kicks off when The Cinemania Society returns to find that that the only constant in the universe is indeed change and in their attempt to return home, they learn that one can never go home again. Their reaction is, predictably, to hold a Conclave to get a handle on it. Verifier Andy chooses to scrutinize the 1990 film "Frankenstein Unbound," Roger Corman's final directorial oeuvre starring John Hurt, Raul Julia, and Bridget Fonda.
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Sound design & editing by Ethan Ireland
Art by Andy Slack Comics
This audio play is a work of parody and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of fact.
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
In this prelude to Season 3, the Cinemania High Council faces an unexpected reckoning...
Written by Daniel Scribner
Production & Sound Design by Andy Slack
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Sound FX and incidental music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Before we get on with Season 3, we're taking a final dip into the Memory Hole for one of our better Profiles in Cinemania, this time on everyone's favorite typecast space wizard. New material drops next week!
Written by Ethan Ireland, Andy Slack, and Andrea Palladino
Performed by Ethan Ireland
Production and sound design by Ethan Ireland
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics
Legal notice: this is a work of parody and should not be construed as making allegations or statements of fact.
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Since it pains us that so much of our Season 1 has been memory-holed, we thought you folks would enjoy this Profile we did on the late (late late late late) Sir John Hurt.
Hang in there, new material is coming! Big things are afoot!
(You'll find this profile has a lot to do with the pending 1st Conclave of Season 3)
Written by Ethan Ireland
Performed by Alessa Luz Martinez as Andre Martinez
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Legal notice: This is a work of parody.
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of fact.
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
So, so much of our early work has disappeared from the internet. If you're GenX or a Millennial, and you grew up with home video, it's a good chance you heard music performed by Vangelis, master of synthesized scores. Here's our memorial take on the guy.Hang in there, new stuff is coming.Written by Ethan Ireland & Andy Slack
Performed by Andre Luc Martinez & Zacharia Berks
Mixed & Mastered by Ethan Ireland
Music track: "Heart of Night" and "Alien Ruins" courtesy of Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of fact.
Cinquisitor Ethan,
Keeper of the Lenses
Brother Ethan is an award-winning filmmaker who has more than 20 years professional work in film & television production. He has worked on more than a dozen feature films, and has directed & produced several of his own projects: documentary features and short films. He is best recognized for the work he did on four seasons on the hit YouTube comedy series Smosh.
A self-styled intellectual, Cinquisitor Ethan has put many thousands of hours studying cinema apocrypha for interesting tidbits, and combing through the history for cinema for sources of CINEMANIA in order to study the devastating effects of this condition.
CINEMANIA Manifestations: The disorder in Cinquisitor Ethan can be fairly easy to observe. Although he is purportedly a native of California, when CINEMANIA begins to take hold in Cinquisitor Ethan, his accent becomes increasingly elaborate. He will shift into a Midatlantic accent, and even into an RP accent depending on the severity of the episode he is suffering. This can happen multiple times in a given conclave.
Verifier Andy,
Master Illuminator
Perhaps our most mysterious member, Brother Andy lurks somewhere in darkest Albion, magically honing his skills in comedy and illustration to a razor's edge.
Brother Andy's internet comics, including The Wisdom of Leto II and its sequel, FremCops, have achieved notoriety from their appearances in various Facebook shitposting groups such as Dune Sietchposting, Star Trek Shitposting, and others. He has these and numerous other self-published sci-fi & fantasy comics available on at andyslackcomics.com, and for sale on Ko-Fi.
In case you're wondering, no, he is not really Jack Black, so don't ask.
Scrutinizer Zacharia,
Guardian of the Door
A veteran of theater production, Brother Zacharia graduated from film school at California State University, Monterey Bay along with Brother Ethan, who has been his decades-long accomplice in the commission of cinematic crimes.
Brother Zacharia is a third-generation artist, descended from a line of visual artists, and has put much study into the causes and effects of CINEMANIA.
Profligator Daniel,
Possessor of the Word
Hailing from New Jersey, Brother Daniel writes for theater, literature, and cinema esoterica. He is somewhat of an expert on Troma Films, and was trained in writing short fiction by Harlon Ellison.
Profligator Daniel is the primary caregiver of Brother Clark-Nova, who is an unholy amalgamation of equal parts cockroach, manual typewriter, and portions of human anatomy best left unseen.
Arbiter Alessa,
Voice from the Outer World
Our youngest member, Arbiter Alessa attended film school in Los Angeles after producing a feature film of her own while still in high school. She has experience working professionally on features and shorts, and is a working voice actor for several notable anime series including Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.
Arbiter Alessa recently went on an extended vacation to Altair IV, where she encountered an atomic super-robot similar to (and more importantly, legally distinct from) Robby the Robot. After taking her new plastic pal on an interstellar pub-crawl, she returned to the Strip Mall of the Damned with the machine in tow, where she has since conducted several experiments on it (including the downloading of the entire internet into the robot's databanks).
Professor Andrea,
Scholar of San Francisco
Professor Andrea holds multiple degrees in film, Spanish, and music; and has taught all three. She has a deep knowledge of film history, and a history of work in film production, including on films with Cinquisitor Ethan.
Auntie Hope,
Keeper of the Books
Hope is a relative newcomer to the Society, and to the field of CINEMANIA as a whole. She granted herself membership status and a title after the Society were responsible for unleashing a horde of cannibalistic humanoid underground mutant people (C.H.U.M.P.s) that destroyed her family-friendly occult bookstore, The Laughing Tome. She intends to be as underfoot as possible until her store is repaired.