Sam and Jason take an eighteen-wheeler to tradition and welcome two guests for this month’s very special episode, talking about 1986’s THE HITCHER.
With Super Marcey (The Super Network) and William Bibbiani (The Critically Acclaimed Network) having thumbed a ride, we talk about the Rutger Hauer/JJL reunion, nihilist homoeroticism, police ethics (and the lack thereof), what makes a Dardenne protagonist, how Americans and Aussies share the special unease of living in a country with desolate roads in the starkest of deserts, Martyrs, taking moral stances, structure, digital releases for ‘80s indie cinema, potato delivery systems, the possibility that while gearing up to play Nash perhaps Jennifer did time as a short order cook, what Ryder teaches us as viewers about BDSM, Soul Man, the power of parental prophecy, Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction, The Geto Boys, justice for Zach Knighton in La Vie Nouvelle, and so much more.
Jason: Twitter / X / Bluesky / Rotten Tomatoes
Sam: Bluesky / Letterboxd
Bibbs: Critically Acclaimed / Twitter/X
Marcey: The Super Network / Twitter/X