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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Episodes
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
***NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY TWO WEEKS***
The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema.
In the first part of our fourth conclave, the Society takes a deep dive into the landmark 1956 sci-fi epic, "Forbidden Planet."
In this episode:
Pointless bickering. Pointless!
A new member is welcomed to the conclave
Deep, deep Shakespearian analysis
The 1950's US Navy...IN SPACE!
Return of the Ass-Talking Cockroach Typewriter
A ship full of Captain Kirks (or is it "Captains Kirk?")
Tempting testosterone-fueled space wolves with unspeakable feminine wiles
A greased-up Methuselah with a fist full of cough sweets
Weird open-mouthed 1950's kissing
Jonesing for bug powder
Robbie the Booze-Bot
Clark-Nova gets the shoe treatment
Brother Methuselah gets lippy
Robbie has a divide-by-zero error
A post-credits Easter Egg!
FEATURING:
Ethan Ireland, formerly of Smosh (seasons 2009-2012)
Andre Luc Martinez, of Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.
Andy Slack, comic artist / internet comedian of Dune Sietchposting & Star Trek Shitposting
Zacharia Berks, of Dead Tone and Space Pope Egregious 1
Andrea Palladino, Scholar of San Francisco & veteran film crew member
…and Special Guest Tim Russ!
Trigger warnings include misogyny, abuse of consent, gaslighting, emotional abuse, animal abuse, alcohol abuse, and implied support for eugenics.
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
The Cinemania Society has discovered a cache of VHS cassettes that contain dossiers on individuals suspected of being causative agents of CINEMANIA. We play a tape for our listeners that covers disgraced American ex-politician and legislative moralist William "Will" H. Hays, the creator & enforcer of the Motion Picture Production Code (a/k/a "The Hays Code"), which placed stringent moral standards on content appearing in American films between 1934 and 1968.
Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Ethan Ireland
Music Track: "Black Rainbows," courtesy of Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
Legal notice: This is a work of parody.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
**NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY TWO WEEKS***
The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema.
In our third conclave, the Society takes a deep dive into Jerzy Skolimowski's psychosexual drama from 1978, "The Shout." We conclude by interviewing The Trash Shaman, a real-life student of the occult who has had experiences with people escaping cults, and charismatic con-men of the type Alan Bates portrays in the film.
In this episode:
Bangin' gongs and getttin' it on
An insane asylum cricket match
Criminal underuse of Tim Curry
Criminal overuse of peacocks
A true-but-not-true story-within-a-story
Thirsty for Carol Drinkwater
Prog Rock John Hurt
1970s ASMR Videos
Bicycle sabotage
Shoe-buckle magic
A home-invasion masochist
Why you should never trust a man who drinks with both hands
Survivor stories from the Great Migraine Epidemic of the 1970s
Hacking a Courtesy Feedback Loop
David Lynch's favorite actor
Extreme dramatic physicality and intense eye contact
Shoe-based stone exorcisms
An impromptu Monty Python sketch
John Broadbent in nothing but a jockstrap and cow dung
Yet another endorsement for Luxury Gay Space Communism
Andy is confounded and later wounded sexually
Zacharia is baffled and irritated
Daniel is intrigued and annoyed
Andre revels in weirdness
The Dickens Syndrome
Ethan enjoys it way, way too much and thinks way, way too deeply
An analysis of a Classic Lovecraft Trope
Psychological domination and gaslighting (in the movie!)
Food for people's thinky brain-meats
We meet the Trash Shaman
Fiction is compared with lived experience
The Four Phases of Charismatic Con-Men
Light Shamanism versus Dark Shamanism
How empathy can get weaponized
The Amygdala: the 500lb Gorilla
The Prefrontal Cortex: the 98lb weakling
Hijacking the placebo effect
Occultism and psychology
Some words of warning
FEATURING:
Ethan Ireland, formerly of Smosh (seasons 2009-2012)
Andre Luc Martinez, of Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.
Andy Slack, comic artist / internet comedian of Dune Sietchposting & Star Trek Shitposting
Zacharia Berks
…and Special Guest "The Trash Shaman." https://trashaman.blogspot.com/?m=1
Trigger warnings include descriptions of violence, psychological abuse, cultic abuse, misogyny, rape, racism, white saviorism, cultural relativism, bad representations of mental illness, body horror.
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
***NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY TWO WEEKS***
The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema.
In the final part of our third conclave, the Society interviews The Trash Shaman, a real-life student of the occult who has had experiences with people escaping cults, and charismatic con-men of the type Alan Bates portrays in "The Shout."
In this episode:
We meet the Trash Shaman
Fiction is compared with lived experience
The Four Phases of Charismatic Con-Men
Light Shamanism versus Dark Shamanism
How empathy can get weaponized
The Amygdala: the 500lb Gorilla
The Prefrontal Cortex: the 98lb weakling
Hijacking the placebo effect
Occultism and psychology
Some words of warning
FEATURING:
Ethan Ireland, formerly of Smosh (seasons 2009-2012)
Andre Luc Martinez, of Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.
Andy Slack, comic artist / internet comedian of Dune Sietchposting & Star Trek Shitposting
Zacharia Berks
…and Special Guest "The Trash Shaman." https://trashaman.blogspot.com/?m=1
Trigger warnings include descriptions of violence, psychological abuse, cultic abuse, misogyny, rape, racism, white saviorism, cultural relativism, bad representations of mental illness, body horror.
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
The Cinemania Society has discovered a cache of VHS cassettes that contain dossiers on individuals suspected of being causative agents of CINEMANIA. We play a tape for our listeners that covers British theater, film, and television actress Susannah York.
Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Ethan Ireland
Music track: "Phantoms," courtesy of Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Legal notice: This is a work of parody.
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
The Cinemania Society has again found a VHS tape that contains an obituary on a person recently deceased: synthwave pioneer and film composer Vangelis. This was unearthed from deep within the archives of the Video Store of the Damned, under a pile of original one-sheets for Blade Runner...which is odd, seeing as Vangelis only just passed away. In any event, we pause to tip our fezzes and raise our glasses in tribute.
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.
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
***NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY TWO WEEKS***
The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema.
In the third of four parts of our third conclave, the Society takes a deep dive into Jerzy Skolimowski's psychosexual drama from 1978, "The Shout."
In this episode:
Andy is confounded and later wounded sexually
Zacharia is baffled and irritated
Daniel is intrigued and annoyed
Andre revels in weirdness
The Dickens Syndrome
Ethan enjoys it way, way too much and thinks way, way too deeply
An analysis of a Classic Lovecraft Trope
Psychological domination and gaslighting (in the movie!)
Food for people's thinky brain-meats
A teaser about a pending interview
FEATURING:
Ethan Ireland, formerly of Smosh (seasons 2009-2012)
Andre Luc Martinez, of Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.
Andy Slack, comic artist / internet comedian of Dune Sietchposting & Star Trek Shitposting
Zacharia Berks
…and Special Guest "The Trash Shaman." https://trashaman.blogspot.com/?m=1
Trigger warnings include descriptions of violence, psychological abuse, cultic abuse, misogyny, rape, racism, white saviorism, cultural relativism, bad representations of mental illness, body horror.
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES.
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
The Cinemania Society has discovered a cache of VHS cassettes that contain dossiers on actors suspected of being causative agents of CINEMANIA. We play a tape for our listeners that covers British theatrical knight Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE.
***NOTE: THIS IS A WORK OF PARODY.***
Written & Performed by Andy Slack
Mixed & Mastered by Ethan Ireland
Music track: "Distant Planet," courtesy of Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Legal notice: This is a work of parody.
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.