Clearing The Q
Join Hosts Mike and Zak on a journey through the fabulous, whimsical, and sometimes demented world of Film making. Explore movies that you may or may not have heard of with two opinionated indie filmmakers who have no shortage of opinions about the craft. Clearing the Q is a conversation about movies, with people who live and breath them. A proud new addition to the Nerd Camp Network, brought to you by the DIY gumption of the Clearing the Q Youtube Channel and our friends from the Camp Nightmare Podcast.
Episodes
122 episodes
Episode 122: What are we Watching? (Prodigious and Religious)
This week we start things off with some ruminations on the new a24 horror flick Heretic, and then we follow up with another film that tackles some religious themes: Conclave. Then Zak shares his thoughts on Memoir of a Snail and after, Mike bri...
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Episode 121: A Shot in the Dark
When the driver for a wealthy french family is murdered suspicion begins to surround the young housekeeper Maria Gambrelli, but not to worry, Inspector Jaques Clouseau is one the case! This Hysterical "who done it" is filled with twists and tur...
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Episode 120: What are we Watching? (Doomspiral)
We're taking spoopy season leftovers this week, and we kick things off with some of Zak's thoughts on Rumours, then Mike chats about Frailty before Zak talks about Opera, then we wrap it all up with some words about Baskin. Tune in next week fo...
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Episode 119: Come to Daddy
A young man receives a letter from his estranged father and with the hope of reconnecting, he pays him a visit. However, his father seems to be resentful, even hostile towards his son, and a series of confusing and unfortunate events begin to u...
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Episode 119
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Episode 118: What are we Watching? (Spoopy Doopy)
Today the boys are talking Spoopy and we kick things off with our thoughts on Child's Play. Then we move on to gush about the Candyman, followed by our take on the cult horror classic movie House, and then Zak tells Mike about La Casa Lobo. The...
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Episode 117: Jacob's Ladder
The guys welcome first time guest Alexandria Perez to the studio today to talk spooky movies! Jacob Singer is a Vietnam veteran who's having a hard time adjusting to life after his discharge, OR IS HE?! Could it be instead that he is teetering ...
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Episode 116: What are we Watching? (Megaflopolis)
This episode the boys welcome back friend of the podcast Max Minkowitz to talk about some fun films, starting of course with Megalopolis. Then we discuss the finer and lower points of the Joker 2, before Mike gushes over The Visitor, and Max br...
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Episode 115: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
A grief stricken mother lashes out at the local police over their inaction regarding the investigation of her daughter's tragic murder in the form of three bluntly poignant billboards. Tensions rise to a boil in the small town and the issue slo...
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Episode 115
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Episode 114: What are we Watching? (Movies with Substance)
On this episode of the clearing the q podcast the boys get into their strong opinions on The Substance in all its twisted body horror glory. Then Mike gushes over the AMC mini series The Terror, and Zak shares his thoughts on Kneecap. Then the ...
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Episode 113: In Bruges
This month the boys are talking Martin McDonagh so it's only appropriate that we kick things off with In Bruges. When a contract kill goes awry, two Irish hitmen hide out in Bruges to await instruction from the man who hired them. On paper it s...
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Episode 112: What are we Watching? (Deuce Juice)
This week the boys have a lot to say about some movies they saw in theaters recently! First up we Talk about the much anticipated Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and try not to gush too hard. Second, Zak talks about an awkward coming age tale Didi. Th...
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Episode 112
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Episode 111: Good Time
When a bank Robbery gone wrong lands his mentally challenged brother in the Slammer, Connie Nikals descends into the depths of desperation and depravity to find a way to make it right. The audience looks on in horror at the increasingly poor de...
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Episode 111
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Episode 110: What are we Watching? (I Don't Need to Feel More)
This Week Mike and Zak share their thoughts on the new Alien Romulus movie, the Neon backed horror movie Cuckoo, and the celebrated Jim Henson: Idea Man Documentary now available for streaming on the Disney Plus. Tune in Next Week for a Much be...
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Episode 109: Midsommar
After Dani loses her entire family in a tragic murder suicide she joins her boyfriend and his classmates on a trip to an isolated community in Sweden where they practice a pagan ritual known as Midsommar. At first things seem to be going very w...
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Episode 109
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Episode 108: What are we Watching? (MataDora the Explora)
This week the Boys are Joined by Elena Muruato to share her thoughts on Twisters, Deadpool and Wolverine, the Boogeyman, 2046, No Country for Old Men, Do the Right Thing, and more possibly because things kinda go all over the place on this one!...
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Episode 108
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Episode 107: A.I.
It's NOT a movie about Steak Sauce! it's the movie that Stanley Kubrick planned to make but unfortunately he passed away before production could begin. So Steven Spielberg stepped in to see that his friend's final vision could come to fruition....
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Episode 106: What are we Watching? (Manic, Satanic, and Full of Panic)
Today we've got some things to get off our chest about some very interesting and decisive movies. We get things off the ground with our thoughts on Longlegs, then shift gears a bit to cover how we felt about Maxxxine. Then Zak gushes a little o...
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Episode 106
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Episode 105: 2001: A Space Odyssey
A Story of how on three separate occasions intelligent alien life had attempted to make contact, or influence man's evolutionary development. The film explores outer space almost as much as it does inner space, casting an introspective eye on h...
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Episode 105
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Episode 104: What are we Watching? (So many Emotions)
Mike and Zak have been talking talkin about movies for SO LONG and they're getting all emotional about it! this episode they cover Inside Out 2, the Bikeriders, and Kinds of Kindness. As Always: tune in next week for a much better episode. ...
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Episode 103: The Holy Mountain
It’s a classic counterculture arthouse tilt-a-whirl of a feature length film, and whether you love it or hate it, you cannot deny its impact on cinema and art of the ensuing decades. What can be said about this movie that hasn’t already been sa...
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Episode 103
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Episode 102: What are we Watching? (Max Attacks)
Recurring guest on the podcast Max Minkowitz fill in for Zak this week for a very fun and tangential edition of the Clearing the Q Podcast. Max gets the ball rolling with his thoughts on Big Trouble, Little China, before Mike expounds upon his ...
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Episode 102
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Episode 101: What are we Watching? (Dry Takes)
Today we start things off with a little chat about Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls, and then Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Then we talk a little bit about Lisztomania, and we wrap things up with more talk about Mad Max Fury Road. Nothing From ...
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Episode 100: Highlander
Connor MacLeod discovers that he is an immortal being when he survives a fatal wound during his first battle in the scottish highlands and is outcasted by his clan. He is then confronted and trained by a fellow immortal being in the ways of how...
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Episode 100
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Episode 99: What are we Watching? (Apocalypse Wow)
Mike and Zak have had 99 whole episodes worth of opinions y'all. Today they're gonna talk at you about Furiosa and the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. That's it. That's the whole thing folks.
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Episode 99
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Episode 98: Sound & Fury
What happens when a muscle car driving samurai takes on the two war criminals responsible for killing their family in an apocalyptic wasteland? If you said a sexy dance number with robot minions, gassed up topless Geisha, and blindfolded muscle...
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Episode 98
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