Original Harmony Salad

Dirt in the Gate Movies specialise in 35mm events held throughout the year and their 3 day Grindfest event is a celebration of genre film from the world over utilising a hybrid mix of repertory traditional celluloid film and new DCP presentations. Grindfest 2026 is being held on 18 Sep 2026 - 20 Sep 2026 at the Regent Cinema, Christchurch.

This Episode's Track List: Holdin’ On - Sly and the Family Stone Moonage Daydream - David Bowie Runaround Sue - Dion Blue Moon - The Marcels Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd Bambi - Prince Put a Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon

Joe Matt - Why did we forget about this comic book icon

There I ruined it: Creedence Clearwater Revival sings "Get Low" (Lil Jon)

Eric’s Picks: JOHN CASSAVETES: FIVE FILMS* HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (Robert Townsend, 1987)* UNCUT GEMS (Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie, 2019)* SORCERER (William Friedkin, 1977)* ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse, 1979)* JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (Richard Pryor, 1986)* HOUSE (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)* THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)* POLICE STORY / POLICE STORY 2 (Jackie Chan)* JACKIE CHAN: EMERGENCE OF A SUPERSTAR* LES BLANK: ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE* MALCOLM X (Spike Lee, 1992)

James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart go head-to-head in Raoul Walsh’s brutal crime thriller set in the Prohibition era. The duo play GIs who hit it rich after the war by running bootleg gin—naturally, greed gets in the way of their partnership. Luminous Priscilla Lane plays the girl that got away. Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, and Robert Rossen crafted the by-numbers script and Ernest Haller (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane) did the fine cinematography.

Thomas’s Picks: MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin, 1936)* SISTERS (Brian De Palma, 1973)* BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze, 1999)* MARTHA GRAHAM: DANCE ON FILM (Nathan Kroll)* THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES (Sergei Parajanov, 1969)* THE QATSI TRILOGY (Godfrey Reggio)* THE GAME (David Fincher, 1997)* THE CELEBRATION (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)*