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
136 episodes
Episode 136: Orlando
Orlando is an androgynous immortal being born into wealth and privilege. Through their perspective, the audience is invited to take a journey through five acts of Orlando's obsessions, failures, and triumphs as they learn and grow over the cour...
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Episode 135: What are we Watching? (The Trouble with the Troubles)
This week the boys are talking Mickey 17, Companion, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, and The Black Cat. A wild collection of movies to review for wildly different reasons!
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Episode 134: The Brother from Another Planet
An alien crash-lands on Earth looking to escape a life of slavery in outer space and find himself in the heart of Harlem in the 1980s. Though he appears to be a mute black man, he has three toes, the distinguishing characteristic of his alien h...
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Episode 133: What are we Watching? (Monkey Business)
This week, the boys kick things off with their thoughts on The Monkey, I'm Still Here, Captain America: Brave New World, and Bring Them Down. An unlikely group of movies, but hey, that's our wheelhouse!
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Episode 132: Space is the Place
A little Afro-Futurism for your consideration. Join Mike and Zak as they journey into space and then back to earth circa the grooviest of decades, the good ol' 1970s. Glimpse the inner workings of renowned Jazz musician and composer Sun Ra as h...
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Episode 131: What are we Watching? (Oscar Noms & Other Bombs)
This is our First "What are we Watching" of the new year, and Mike and Zak are still picking the meat from the corpse of 2024. Things get rolling with Mike's thoughts on Flight Risk, and then things heat up with Zak's hot take on the academy&nb...
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Episode 130: Tickled
When New Zealand journalist David Farrier reaches out to a production company about potentially doing an interview on the subject of their competitive tickling endurance videos, he receives a slew of emails wherein he is attacked for being homo...
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Episode 129: David Lynch Tribute
Love him or Hate him, you cannot deny the power of his work. The Godfather of Avant-Garde filmmaking, the King of the uncomfortable sequence, and the Sage of strange truths. David Lynch was a storyteller unlike any other, and his absence will b...
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Episode 128: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Our First dedicated episode of the year and it's our first time covering a Documentary! People think of this Doc as: "the Banksy Doc" BUT it's actually about a fella who goes by the sobriquet "Mr. Brain Wash" and the beginning of the street art...
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Episode 127: 2024 A Year in Review
What were your Top 5 movies this year? Listen to find out Mike and Zak's, then go over to Threads and let us know about yours! @clearing_the_q if you don't already follow us!
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Episode 126: SLC Punk
This Holiday Season Mike shared with Zak one of his favorite coming of age tales through the lens of a self proclaimed Anarchist. Join Steve-O and Heroin Bob on a journey through the Faces, Philosophies, Culture, and the Music of the 1980s Punk...
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Episode 125: Prisoners
Tis the Season of Giving, and that's why Zak gave Mike the opportunity to broaden his horizon with this deeply unsettling film for his Xmas present recommendation! HO-HO-HOLY MACARONI! When two little girls go missing in a rural Pennsylvania to...
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Episode 124 What are we Watching? (All Wiz No Riz)
We're talkin Gladiator II, Wicked Part 1, Hellboy: the Crooked Man, and 16 Candles? WHAT YEAR IS IT?! Tune in next week for a much better episode!
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Episode 123: The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Years after he lost his mind, former chief inspector Dreyfus of the french police is about to be released from the asylum, having made some remarkable strides towards his recovery. However, all that progress seems to come undone as the man who ...
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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 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 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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