Films at First Sight – Details, episodes & analysis

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Films at First Sight

Joe Ferry & Graham James

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 100

Joe and Graham celebrate and explore cinema, new and old, through the lens of the first time viewer. Such a wide angle includes the underserved medium of short films as well as the glancing into the future through film festivals and upcoming releases!

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🇺🇸 USA - Film History
06/09/2026
#100
🇺🇸 USA - Film History
14/07/2026
#95
🇺🇸 USA - Film History
19/06/2026
#64
🇺🇸 USA - Film History
18/06/2026
#92
🇨🇦 Canada - Film History
09/05/2026
#82
🇺🇸 USA - Film History
18/04/2026
#87
🇺🇸 USA - Film History
23/03/2026
#91
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Film History
13/01/2026
#92
🇺🇸 USA - Film History
13/01/2026
#90
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Film History
12/01/2026
#77

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Episode 74: Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)

Season 1 · Episode 74

Monday, November 10, 2025 • Duration 01:45:49

This week, friend of the show Deke joins us as we head back to the Deuce with Joseph Cates' leering and pervy thriller, Who Killed Teddy Bear. It's an evening full of menacing phone calls, Sixties bops, rampant perversity, and of course, Sal Mineo's workout routine. And let's be honest, that last part is the entire reason Joe picked the film in the first place 🥴

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Short Ends: Prom Car '91 (2022)

Season 2

Friday, November 7, 2025 • Duration 20:47

Jody from Dads from the Crypt joins us again for another episode of Short Ends, and he's taking Joe to the prom. Well, sorta. He showed Joe a short film about a couple of kids whose romantic prom night takes a nightmarish turn. Join us as we chat about Brian Otting's "Prom Car '91"!

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Short Ends: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

Season 2

Friday, November 7, 2025 • Duration 21:59

Short Ends is back and getting esoteric with Jody from Dads from the Crypt as he joins Joe to discuss Maya Deren and Alexandr Hackenschmied's experimental silent short film from 1943, "Meshes of the Afternoon". So, step out of time with us as we discuss cloaked killers, doppelgangers, and sunlight horror while becoming increasingly concerned with the inherent dangers of taking an afternoon nap.

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Episode 73: Drive (1997)

Season 1 · Episode 73

Monday, October 27, 2025 • Duration 01:14:07

Technical difficulties be damned, nothing can stop Joe from talking about Steve Wang's stylistic action spectaluar Drive from 1997. With Graham on his own adventure, Wit and Zac swing on by to chat about Brittany Murphy, Hong Kong influences, friendship in films, and of course, cyborgs. Will Mark Dacascos win over their hearts or will they be as cold and mechanical as the advanced model? Throw some boots on your hands and tune in to find out!

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Episode 72: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)

Season 1 · Episode 72

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • Duration 01:25:57

This week, we are joined by Mando from the Dads from the Crypt podcast to discuss Daniel Goldhaber's eco-terrorism thriller, How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Alongside the implicatations of commiting such a crime in today's society, the fellas discuss other lighthearted topics such as the upcoming Faces of Death remake and Mando explains what the Lawn Dart Hula Hoop Challenge is. Tune in to find out if it all goes to hell or if we successfully ride off into the night with another great film!

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Episode 71: Eephus (2025)

Season 1 · Episode 71

Thursday, October 16, 2025 • Duration 01:31:10

This week we're diving head first into one of Joe's favorite films of the year, Eephus. And it wouldn't be a baseball episode without a new member of the squad, friend of the show Ethan joins us for the first time to discuss the events that took place on the final day of play at Soldier's Field in Carson Lund's elegy to America's pasttime. Will this film be a homerun for Graham and Ethan or will they just get tired of the same old same old, throw their mits down, and walk off into the sunset? Tune in to find out!

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Episode 70: Southland Tales (2006)

Season 1 · Episode 70

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 • Duration 01:18:11

This week Graham takes Joe on an inexplicable journey through Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, a film about porn stars, an amnesiac actor, the Book of Revelations, and so many other goddamn things that this could turn into a James Joyce-esque description if we hit each beat. So buckle up for opinions as divergent as Dwayne Johnson's acting abilities and get ready for some Fluid Karma as we try and parse through the madness of this sci-fi/action/drama/politcal satire from 2006. Will Joe be Left Behind or will he accept his role in all of the whirling chaos? Tune in to find out!

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Phoenixville Film Festival 2025

Saturday, October 4, 2025 • Duration 01:46:17

Joe and Graham spent the weekend down at the historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA taking in the sights and sounds of the 3rd Annual Phoenixville Film Festival. So, join us as we recap the festivities and chat about such feature films as Drink and be Merry, American Comic, and RARE: A Rare Disease Revolution. And it would not be a proper film festival without a bevy of short films, including "Warning: Strong Language", "Phillipsburg A Railroad Legacy", "Pipe Dream", "Christopher & the Bug", "Hope", "Baldy", "So Close", "Flowers, Birds & Dad", "Gods of Cable City", and "Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad". Check it out!!

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Episode 69: Gomorrah (2008)

Season 1 · Episode 69

Monday, September 29, 2025 • Duration 01:22:17

This week, Graham hops in the driver's seat with beset promises to Joe of an exotic destination. And where did they land? In the gang infested suburbs of Naples, Italy. That could mean only one thing, the fellas are talking Matteo Garrone's oppressively grim crime epic, Gomorrah. So tune in for discussions of urban crime, typical vs atypical mafia films, as well as their experiences with shooting firearms, drug robberies, stealing cars, child labor, and high fashion! Check it out!!

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Episode 68: The Boxer's Omen (1983)

Season 1 · Episode 68

Monday, September 22, 2025 • Duration 54:33

We're back and things are about to get weird! Join us as we talk Kuei Chih-Hung's INSANE horror-action film The Boxer's Omen, a film so entrenched in chaos, describing it feels like the ravings of a lunatic. But if you're a fan of the Shaw Bros, Bolo Yeung, black magic, practical effects, dissolving bats, alligator skulls, creature feature work, eye gouging, head ripping, Buddhism, full moons, boobies, and of course Tawainese boxing, then do we have something in store for you!!

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