Hosts Justin and Chuck revisit Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 breakout, a disco-charged epic of ambition, excess, ego, and collapse.

They step back into the sun-soaked 1970s porn boom, into the orbit of Jack Horner, Dirk Diggler, and a makeshift family chasing fame, validation, and the next high. Along the way, they spotlight the film’s powerhouse ensemble, Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, each performance balancing swagger, insecurity, comedy, and heartbreak.

From roaming long takes and explosive party sequences to needle-drop highs, mixtape moods, and the tonal crash into the 1980s, they unpack PTA’s filmmaking choices while digging into the rise-and-fall arc, the pull of chosen family, the spiral of addiction, and the reason the film still resonates nearly three decades later.

Hosted by Justin Morgan Co-hosted by Charles Phillips Mixing and Music by Scratchin’ Menace

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On this episode of Cinema D’Amore, Chuck and Justin dive into Ari Aster’s Eddington, a COVID-era small-town pressure cooker where civic order, online hysteria, and personal grievance collide. What begins as a grounded portrait of pandemic anxiety gradually mutates into something far more unstable… and violent.

They break down Joaquin Phoenix’s deliberately abrasive sheriff, Pedro Pascal’s smooth but slippery mayoral rival, and how misinformation, social media performance, and moral absolutism rot the town from the inside out. The conversation zeroes in on Aster’s tonal bait-and-switch, the film’s shocking final act, and the bleak emotional fallout that refuses easy catharsis. Love it or hate it, Eddington demands a reaction, and Chuck and Justin don’t dodge the mess.

Hosted by Charles Phillips Co-hosted by Justin Morgan Mixing and Music by Scratchin’ Menace

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Cinema D’Amore hosts Justin and Chuck take on The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985), the claymation cult oddity that blends childlike fantasy with existential dread. They unpack the film’s anthology structure, drawing from Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and the deeply unsettling Mysterious Stranger, featuring one of animation’s most unnerving versions of Satan.

The episode explores the Haley’s Comet framing device, the film’s heavy themes, and its tactile, surreal animation, while also calling out weaker moments, such as the uneven Adam and Eve sequences. The result is a clear-eyed look at a strange, ambitious film that feels made for kids, but lingers with adults.

Hosted by Justin Morgan Co-hosted by Charles Phillips Mixing and Music by Scratchin’ Menace

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