esmé and brandon (@thatoneguy64) discuss the career of jean-claude van damme, how his lack of acting skills never got in the way of his passions in bloodsport, how his ambitions grew in double impact, and how, ultimately he hasn't had the career he wanted, that he feels he promised people. shown in his first (and only released) directorial effort, the quest, and in the defeated self-portrait jcvd.    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  brandon's twitter: https://twitter.com/Thatoneguy64   

esmé and collin (@crbrinkmann) talk about godard's last big project in the dziga vertov group, his final attempt at a marxist agitprop film and one already unconvinced of it's own value, tout va bien. also discussing the power and function of polemics, both in this film and in today's film culture- and where hardly working sits amongst all this.    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  collin's twitter: https://twitter.com/crbrinkmann   

esmé and dante (@steelydante) talk about fassbinder's first film love is colder than death a film somewhere between a godard fan film and a hang out movie with no characters. it's amateurish charms, it's place in his career, and how the potential for a positive philosophy in his films faded away.    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  dante's twitter: https://twitter.com/steelydante   

esmé and valerie (@StealingValerie) chat about the sound films of the great silent comedian harold lloyd, how they don't work, and how they already seem to be wresting with that fact.   patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  valerie's twitter: https://twitter.com/StealingValerie   

esmé and boris (@boriskarkov) discuss the difficult, and sometimes ugly politics of david cronenberg's earlier, less sophisticated films (shivers, rabid & the brood) and how those issues may not be gone in even his best work; crash.    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  boris' twitter: https://twitter.com/boriskarkov   

in this episode esmé and kate (@50firstkates) talk about one of the last decades most bold and fascinating films; clint eastwood's the 15:17 to paris. from it's bizarre performances from people playing themselves to it's complicated politics, it's a film with so much left to discover, and hopefully this is a step further into it.   patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  kate's twitter: https://twitter.com/50firstkates   

in this episode me and jana (@paranoidlikes) talk in a slightly drunken haze about nostalgia, narcissism, the future of film, and mae west. recorded in jana's echoey apartment before she had to leave the city, this is a very personal one for me. i think it's quite beautiful.    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  jana's twitter: https://twitter.com/paranoidlikes  jana's podcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/i-dont-really-50892957   

on the first episode of hardly working esmé is joined by sarah (@sarahajcleary) to talk about the jerry lewis film the errand boy, a film as brilliant, as it is pathetic. a truly vulnerable and thoughtless self portrait.    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardlyworking  twitter: https://twitter.com/hardlyworkingpd  letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hardlyworking/  sarah's twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahAJCleary