Mike and Brian go down into the cellar once more to pull out an old vintage and discuss Francis Ford Coppola's first "official" directorial effort; Dementia 13. Find out how Uncle Francis got the gig from his mentor, Roger Cormen, why he hid $20,000 from him and listen if the first and second nephews see any indications of future greatness are present in this Hitchcock-esque b-movie from 1963.

Brian and Mike welcome Kyle Reinfried back into the wine cellar to talk about their Christmas traditions as well as the Francis Ford Coppola produced, William S Burroughs written "The Junkie's Christmas."

Not sure what to get the Coppola fan in you life for Christmas? Well Mike Manzi and Brian Rodriguez have you covered! Mike and Brian welcome back Kyle Reinfriend (Foodie Films) to the wine cellar on this very special addition of Uncle Francis as Kyle decides who has the better list Francis Ford Coppola gift ideas.

Francis Ford Coppola joins forces with Martin Scorsese and (sorry!) Woody Allen to spin a tale of the City that Never Sleeps by contributing to the 1989 anthology New York Stories. Brian and Mike take a bit out of the Big Apple by deep diving Life Without Zoe and of course Sophia Coppola's infamous involvement. Listen to find out just how does Life Without Zoe fit alongside the other short films and how well all three have aged.

Brian and Mike head back down into the cellar to discuss Francis Ford Coppola's early relationship with his protege and friend; The Star Wars Man himself, George Lucas. The pair of course would go on to dominate cinema for the second half of the 20th century but not many people know of that their friendship and collaboration was forged on the set of The Rain People as it was Lucas's task to shoot the behind the scenes featurette for the movie entitled "Filmmaker."

Mike and Brian explore one of Francis Ford Coppola's earliest films; The Rain People. Starring James Caan, Robert Duvall (before the Godfather!) and Shirley Knight; The Rain People explores interesting themes of freedom and marriage that are just as timely today as they were in 1969. Also, listen and find out which famous friend of Uncle Francis joined him and the crew on the films cross country shoot.

Happy Halloween! On Episode 2 of our two part discussion on Bram Stoker's Dracula Mike once again welcomes his Monsters that Made Us co-host Dan Colon into the cellar to discuss his favorite moments of the Coppola horror classic. Find out how the ending differs from the original Dracula film and which classic Universal Monster is sexiest. Also, full disclosure, Brian's had way too much wine during the recording of this episode. You've been warned.

It's getting a bit creepy in the wine cellar as Mike welcomes his Monster's the Made Us co-host Dan Colon to talk all about Francis Ford Coppola's interpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Mike, Brian and Dan chat about their favorite Draculas in movie history (including Gary Oldman), Keanu Reeves interesting performance and how the genesis of this film is actually a bit more Winona than Coppola. Also, find out why this is the film that saved American Zoetrope.

Uncle's Francis's favorite nephews Brian Rodriguez and Mike Manzi settle all family business on this third and final chat on The Godfather. Tune in to hear their thoughts on Tom's difficult conversation with the Don, Michael in Sicily, Kay vs Apollonia, Leisure Suit Fredo's time in Las Vegas and of course the epic ending to the most epic of films.

On the second episode of a three episode series on The Godfather Mike and Brian explore Michaels journey from war hero to full fledged Corleone crime family member. The cellar dwellers also explore perhaps the most underrated villain in film history; The Turk.