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This week Profs. Dave Child and Julia Prescott talk with comedian and host of the This Feels Terrible Podcast, Erin McGathy. They discuss one of Erin's favorite movies: 's "Talk To Her." Discussion gets real serious as we discuss the themes of love, loss, obsession, sex, and crawling into a giant vagina. Pay attention class, it's FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SCHOOL!

Direct download: talktoherERINMCGATHY.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 6:51 PM

Professors Dave Child & Julia Prescott meet with artist, musician, and animator Kali Fontecchio (kalikazoo) to discuss one of her favorite films: HELP!

The second Beatles film about a cursed ring on a drummer's finger stirs up the topics: band movies, stooges, Air Sex, Gwar, and Star Trek. Sit back and enjoy our rambles because it's been a hard day's FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SCHOOL.

Direct download: helpFNFS-FINAL.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 10:24 AM

Professors Dave Child and Julia Prescott spent 4/20 up in San Francisco at Lost Weekend Video to talk about films that relate to the theme: "HIGHER." Dave and Julia discussed the Monkees' "HEAD" and The Red Elvis's "Six-String Samurai"  and their guests each brought something different to the table. Ivan Hernandez (of the podcast: BOARS, GORE, and SWORDS) made us experience "Altered States" while George Chen descended "Jacob's Ladder" and Sean Keane (The Business) finished it off with "TipToes." Let us take you higher, its Friday Night Film School! LIVE!

Direct download: FNFSLIVE2_420_FINAL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:18 PM

Oh Hai! This week Proffesors Dave Child and Julia Prescott sit down with comedian Barbara Gray (Lady to Lady, myjokesareuphere.com) to discuss the cult "masterpiece" The Room. The three dive into spoons, billboards, crushes, dogs, Tyler Perry's "Temptation," Football, and the hidden meanings behind a terrible film. This is Friday Night Film School and you are our favorite customer!

Direct download: theroom_babsgreyFINAL.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 11:20 PM

Have you missed us? DON'T WORRY! We return like the living dead!

Julia and Dave announce a new Live show this week, and new episodes on the horizon.

If you're in San Francisco, join us on 4/20/13 at Lost Weekend Video. 7pm!

Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/410858939010193/?ref=2

Direct download: FNFSupdate0415.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:18 PM

This week Profs. Dave Child & Julia Prescott meet with comedian Paul Cibis to discuss the cult classic Troll 2. A "sequel" that has no relation to Troll 1, it features no Trolls at all but Goblins that threaten to eat a child's family. The movie has spawned a huge following, many viral videos, and a documentary film called: BEST WORST MOVIE. In this episode the experts discuss vegans, freckles, mental health, closet homosexuality, magic rocks, horror conventions, and whether or not one should piss on hospitality. It's Friday Night Film School, OH MY GODDDDDDDDD! 

Direct download: troll2FINAL.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 8:00 AM

This week profs. Dave Child & Julia Prescott meet with comedian Joe Wagner (Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!) to discuss John Carpenter's 1986 cult masterpiece: Big Trouble In Little China. The experts dive into a movie about a Truck Driving Kirk Douglas who unwittingly falls into an age-old spiritual battle. Topics include: race, immigration, nipples, ghost sex, eye monsters, editing movies while playing guitar, westerns, and four loco. Shake the pillars of heavean, it's FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SCHOOL!

Direct download: BIGTROUBLEfinal.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:30 AM

This week the profs. Dave Child and Julia Prescott talk with documentary filmmaker Elijah Drenner (American Grindhouse) about Martin Scorsese's dark comedy: After Hours. Hear as the experts dissect the storymaking process and explore a film originally written as a student's thesis. Topics covered: Plagarism, Kafka, Sculpture, Cheech, Chong, fear of women, and many more. Surrencer Dorothy! It's Friday Night Film School!

Direct download: AfterHoursFINAL.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 7:30 AM

This week comedian Sean O'Connor (Just For Laughs & CONAN) stops by the classroom to discuss one of the  ultimate Cult Classics: Teen Wolf. The story of a high schooler who discovers that he is a werewolf and becomes the star of a failing basketball team.

Professors Dave Child & Julia Prescott discuss Michael J. Fox, future wolves, were-boners, Regular Boners, dark backstories, closeted homosexuality, open flies, and terrible modern re-boots. What are you looking at dicknose? It's FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SCHOOL!

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Direct download: TEENWOLF_final.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 7:59 AM

This week Professors Dave Child and Julia Prescot travel up to San Francisco to discuss the theme of Re-Birth! Invited to the classroom were three of SF's best and brightest to discuss their favorite strange/weird/cult films that vaguely represent the theme. Hear Kevin O'Shea mull over the ethical quandary that is the film: SWITCH. Behold Joey Devine attempt to explain the beauty of DREAMCATCHER, while Caitlin Gill recalls the MST3k classic: OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK. Also discussed are: RE-ANIMATOR, FRANKENHOOKER, empty U-Hauls, awful brits, poop, feminism, the mentally handicapped, God, and THE MIND! Rise from the ashes, for it is FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SCHOOL!

Direct download: finalSFlive1.mp3
Category:film -- posted at: 9:28 AM