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.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
In this episode, the gang tries to do too many things at once (as usual): shoplift food from the boutique grocery store where they've been holed up, exfiltrate said grocery store without detection (despite Scrutinizer Zac having already alerted mall security), avoid their doppelgangers, *and* conclude their conclave examining Richard Linklater's 2006 feature adapting Philip K. Dick's 1977 novel "A Scanner Darkly." Sounds like a lot for one episode, and it kind of is... But we're certain you folks will love this one because the post-summary analysis is absolutely dynamite this episode. As usual, Cinquisitor Ethan has too much to say -- especially about Dick.
Merry Freakin' Christmas, ya filthy animals.
Written, produced, and performed by:
Andrea Palladino
Ethan Ireland
Daniel Scribner
Andy Slack
Zacharia Berks
and Hope Bravo
Sound design & editing by Ethan Ireland
Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Incidental music and sound effects courtesy of Epidemic Sound
This is a work of fiction. Any persons, places, brands, or other identities appearing in this audioplay, living, dead, or otherwise, are either a product of the authors' (wild) imaginations or are used in a fictitious manner, or both. This is also a work of parody and/or satire and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of actual fact.
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Cinquisitor Ethan presents a Field Report examining the 1936 film "REEFER MADNESS," which despite its kitsch nature and obvious fakery is still a dread source of CINEMANIA, as it initiated a very real moral panic that has reverberated to the present day.
Written by Ethan Ireland and Andy Slack
Performed by Ethan Ireland
Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and/or satire, and should not be construed as making actual statements or allegations of fact.
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
The conclave examining Richard Linklater's 2006 film "A Scanner Darkly" continues, and the gang's woes multiply as they get the munchies while hiding out in the employee break room of the overpriced boutique grocery that infests the Mysterious Mall of Misery.
Written by Andrea Palladino
Performed by Andrea Palladino, Ethan Ireland, Daniel Scribner, Andy Slack, Hope Bravo, and Zacharia Berks
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Incidental music and sound courtesy of Epidemic Sound
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and/or satire and should not be construed as making actual statements or allegations of fact. Unless otherwise stated, all celebrity voices are imitations.
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Verifier Andy presents a Profile in Cinemania on the history of an animation technique known as "rotoscoping," which dominated feature-length animation in the 20th and early 21st centuries, but is now being rendered obsolete.
Written and performed by Andy Slack
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Additional music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and/or satire and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of actual fact.
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Professor Andrea leads the gang in a conclave analyzing Richard Linklater's 2006 film "A Scanner Darkly." Unexpected psychonautics and overpriced groceries abound!
Written by Andrea Palladino
Performed by Andrea Palladino, Ethan Ireland, Daniel Scribner, Andy Slack, Hope Bravo, and Zacharia Berks
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio
Incidental music and sound courtesy of Epidemic Sound
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and/or satire and should not be construed as making actual statements or allegations of fact. Unless otherwise stated, all celebrity voices are imitations.
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
In preparation for our next conclave, we replay our profile on beloved paranoid sci-fi author Philip K. Dick. Strap in, 'cause it's a bumpy ride.
Written and performed by Ethan Ireland
All celebrity voices have been impersonated.
Music by Meteor at meteormusic.bandcamp.com
Tracks: "City Lights" and "Escape the Fate."
Legal notice: this is a work of parody and/or satire, and should not be construed as making statements or allegations of actual fact.
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Profligator Daniel viscerally probes the genre of rampage films and in so doing, gives an overview of some contemporary examples which contain mind-buggering amounts of CINEMANIA. Listen with care...
Written by Daniel Scribner
Performed by Daniel Scribner and Ethan Ireland
Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics
Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio and Meteor at meteormusic.bandcamp.com
Tracks used: "Anytime, Baby!" (Meteor); and "Broken," "Rampage," "Collider" & "Last Light" (White Bat Audio)
This is a work of parody and/or satire and as such, should not be construed as making actual statements or allegations of fact.
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Cinquisitor Ethan and Profligator Daniel present a Profile on this generation's Purveyor of Weird Performances, Sam Rockwell.
Written by Daniel Scribner
Performed by Ethan Ireland and Daniel Scribner
Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of parody and/or satire, and as such 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.