Linoleum Knife

Dave and Alonso cover a wide swatch of the current cinema. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Twitter, what's your price for flight. Join our club, won't you? Alonso's American CInematheque screening series, June 14, 21, and 28. Alonso on the Pride! Live authors' panel, June 19. (Tickets are free but reservations are encouraged.) Alonso on TCM, June 23, starting at 8pm EDT.

Published: 9 June 2025

Dave and Alonso don't summon the prince of lies for episode 666, but they do review that movie from The Weeknd, so call it even. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, wouldn't ya, barracuda? Don't miss Dave's Q&A after The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell on May 30, and check out Alonso's "Taking Pride" series at American Cinematheque in June. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 23 May 2025

Dave White show love to both studio and indie movies this week (although not all of them). Subscribe and review us at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast at Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, go when the going is good. Get tickets for the Brain Dead Studios screening of The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell on May 30, followed by a Q&A moderated by Dave White, here. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 16 May 2025

Dave and Alonso plunge into a broad cross-section of the current cinema. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, your heart your heart your heart your heart will fly away. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 7 May 2025

Dave and Alonso talk to Jason Bailey about his terrific new biography Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, a look back at the actor's life and legacy. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 29 April 2025

Dave and Alonso are back in catch-up mode with this batch of recent releases. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, will he have your eyes or mine. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 29 April 2025

Dave and Alonso catch up with some current movies; in this case, at least, the smaller (release), the better. Subscribe and review us on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, getting away with it. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 2 April 2025

Dave and Alonso go mostly arthouse this week, discussing why and how to watch movies that don't make it easy for you. Subscribe and review us at Apple Podcasts (and elsewhere), follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, oo oo you're a working girl now. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 27 March 2025

Dave and Alonso check out some relatively recent movies while still catching up. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, never was a cloudy day. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 18 March 2025

Dave and Alonso welcome New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson to discuss her fascinating new book about author Joan Didion, her encounters with Hollywood, and her understanding of how show-business became the dominant language of the 20th century and beyond. We Tell Ourselves Stories is on sale now. Join our club, won't you?

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

Dave and Alonso were felled by colds, but now they're feeling better. Subscribe and review us on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, those summer days. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 5 March 2025

Dave and Alonso talk recent releases, Oscar nominees, and at least one movie that shoulda been. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, you must bust in early May. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 11 February 2025

Dave and Alonso welcome entertainer and prolific voice actor Cam Clarke to talk about Now They're All Here, a gorgeous coffee table book that's a family history/showbiz history of the legendary King Family. Order Cam's book directly from Rare Bird. Want more LKTV? Join our club.

Published: 5 February 2025

Dave and Alonso offer up another stacked and packed episode. Subscribe (and review us) on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, I'm in the basement thinking 'bout the government. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 30 January 2025

Dave and Alonso are back! And they've got catching up to do. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, I'm never gonna stop at all. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 22 January 2025

Dave and Alonso stick a fork in 2024 with a super-size episode that only begins to cover all the year-end titles they haven't gotten to yet. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, and now it's about to be mine. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 6 January 2025

Dave and Alonso send you a free episode of their Patreon podcast of the television for the holiday season. Those Prada housewares ads, a vintage Pennsylvanians x Ronald Reagan collab, and fond reminiscences of Cher, Captain Kangaroo, and Sealab 2021. Want more LKTV? Join our Patreon.

Published: 24 December 2024

Dave and Alonso share another Patreon show as a holiday treat, discussing bean treats, frangipane, and tetrazzini. Want more Linoleum Knife & Fork? Join our Patreon.

Published: 24 December 2024

(cw: language) Dave and Alonso continue stuffing your podcast stocking with another episode of one of our Patreon-exclusive shows. This time, we answer questions from subscribers. Linoleum Nights is one of the many shows we offer on our Patreon. Maybe you should become a member?

Published: 22 December 2024

(cw: language) Dave and Alonso got an email from Guy Branum asking to talk about one of his favorite Christmas movies, 1971's Mon Oncle Antoine, and who were they to say no? Enjoy this holiday offering of Linoleum Knife Presents More Linoleum Knife, a show usually reserved for Linoleum Knife Patreon members. Become a Linoleum Knife Patreon member, won't you?

Published: 21 December 2024

Dave and Alonso talk fighting monkeys, flying monkeys, and more. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, cheer up, sleepy Jean. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 7 December 2024

Dave and Alonso dig into new Christmas movies and other great year-end offerings. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, and for me there'll be no turning back. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 15 November 2024

cw: language Dave and Alonso are thrilled to welcome legendary author (and friend of the pod) Stephen Rebello to talk about his new book A CITY OF HAWKS, about the making, and ongoing legacy, of the 1954 classic film On the Waterfront. Join our club, won't you?

Transcribed - Published: 9 November 2024

Dave and Alonso begin facing the onslaught of year-end releases, so buckle up. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, there'll be no turning back. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 2 November 2024

Dave and Alonso welcome the extraordinary Ruth Reichl for an interview that's part Linoleum Knife & Fork (complete with Margy Rochlin) and part Linoleum Knife, since Ruth and director Laura Gabbert collaborated on the new documentary Food and Country, about our broken food chain. The film is available on demand, and the DVD comes out 11/12. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 1 November 2024

(cw: language) Dave and Alonso welcome the brilliant and hilarious Frank DeCaro, author of the beautifully funky new book Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Mirror Ball. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 16 October 2024

Dave and Alonso cover the gamut from poetic documentary to ultra-gore. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, what are we all to do. Join our club, won't you? And pick up Alonso's books Hollywood Pride and Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas.

Published: 11 October 2024

Dave and Alonso have a cornucopia of fall releases, and Dave catches up on a horror franchise in anticipation of its forthcoming third chapter. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, step by step, rung by rung. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 1 October 2024

Dave and Alonso cover it all, from cartoon robots to 50-year-old Iranian classics. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, mixed drinks and mixed emotions. Join our club, won't you? And come see Alonso in Dallas on Thursday, September 26, and pick up a copy of Hollywood Pride.

Published: 23 September 2024

Dave and Alonso are excited about some new arthouse titles. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, your mind goes "yo." Join our club, won't you? And if you're in Dallas on September 26, come see The Last of Sheila with Alonso and pick up a copy of Hollywood Pride.

Published: 20 September 2024

Dave and Alonso are post-surgery and post-Venice and ready to get caught up with the current cinema. Subscribe and review us Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, and have some cherry wine. Join our club, won't you? Come see Alonso in Dallas on September 26, and pick up a copy of his book Hollywood Pride.

Published: 11 September 2024

CW: language Dave and Alonso make this episode of what's usually a Patreon exclusive available to everyone. And it's the show where we swear, so don't play this one during carpool.  Want more Linoleum Nights? Join our club. And if you're in DFW, come see Alonso on September 26.

Published: 9 September 2024

Dave and Alonso offer another free episode of a Patreon exclusive show - Linoleum Knife & Fork, a food podcast hosted by two film critics. Subscribe and review us on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, I don't wanna hurt anymore. Like LKF? Join our club. Come see Alonso in Dallas September 26.

Published: 7 September 2024

Dave and Alonso take a deep dive on the Tennessee Williams adaptation in this episode of Linoleum Knife Presents More Linoleum Knife, one of several shows generally offered exclusively to their Patreon subscribers. Join our club, won't you? And pick up a copy of Alonso's book HOLLYWOOD PRIDE.

Published: 25 August 2024

Dave and Alonso are joined by friend of the show Margy Rochlin (the Spoon of Linoleum Knife & Fork) to kickoff the Summer Super Splash Spectacular, where we offer free samples of our Patreon-only shows. On this episode of a food podcast hosted by two film critics, we discuss hot-weather food and restaurants of yore (because sometimes they come back). Like what you hear? Join our club! Cooking for Kamala

Published: 23 August 2024

Dave and Alonso work through some new titles and some catch-ups. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, Suh-suh-Saturday ni-ight. Join our club, won't you? Alonso hosts a screening of NO TIME FOR LOVE on Sunday, August 18, at 1pm at the Los Feliz 3. (Hollywood Pride book-signing at 12:30pm, courtesy Skylight Books.)

Published: 15 August 2024

Dave and Alonso discuss the movies, mostly old ones, that Dave watched from the recliner after recovering from his second hip replacement. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, you dreamed about it so long. Join our club, won't you? Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride is available wherever books are sold. And join him at the Los Feliz 3 on August 18 for a screening of No Time for Love, preceded by a book signing.

Published: 8 August 2024

CW: horror, pornography, language Dave and Alonso welcome their friend Sean Abley, editor of the new book Queer Horror: A Film Guide. They discuss the compendium of scary LGBTQ+ movies and discuss recent releases In a VIolent Nature, The Coffee Table, and Sex Demon. Subscribe (and review us) on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, the freaks come out at night. Join our club, won't you? And join Sean's Patreon!

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2024

Dave and Alonso dig into a pair of L.A. crime stories and three deeply arthouse movies before taking a surgery break. (And go to Breakfast All Day for Alonso and Christy's review of Tuesday.) Subscribe and review us at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, like a butterfly, a wild butterfly. Join our club, won't you? And pick up Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride.

Published: 6 July 2024

Dave and Alonso get a few reviews out before Dave's forthcoming second hip surgery. (Since Dave hasn't been to a lot of theaters of late, you should check out Alonso's reviews of Kinds of Kindness, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. on other sites.) Subscribe and review us on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, open up your eyes, then you'll realize. Join our club, won't you? And pick up Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride wherever you purchase literature.

Published: 3 July 2024

Dave and Alonso love the movie Big Boys, but since they're longtime friends of writer-director Corey Sherman, they can't review it. So here's an interview with Corey, as he talks about making his debut feature, a very personal coming-of-age story about a teen who realizes he's gay and attracted to big fellas. Now available on VOD and DVD. Join our club, won't you?

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2024

Dave and Alonso cover a large swath of genres on this episode. Subscribe and review us at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky, this is solid love. Join our club, won't you? Alonso's new book HOLLYWOOD PRIDE is available now wherever books are sold.

Published: 7 June 2024

Dave and Alonso are in perpetual catch-up mode. Subscribe (and review us) on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, I get my lovin' anytime. Join our club, won't you? Hollywood Pride is now available! Pick up a copy wherever you buy books; autographed copies for sale at Book Soup.

Published: 21 May 2024

Dave and Alonso make up for lost time with a MEGA-EPISODE. Subscribe and review us at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, I love to hear our laughter mingle. This episode is brought to you by Amber Petty's FREE musical seminar for freelance writers on May 7. Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride is out May 14 and now available for pre-order wherever you buy books. (Signed copies available from Book Soup.) Join our club, won't you?

Published: 29 April 2024

Dave and Alonso don't necessarily see eye-to-eye on everything this week. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, lived a while when you loved me. Join our club, won't you? Alonso's new book HOLLYWOOD PRIDE is out May 14 -- pre-order now!

Published: 16 April 2024

Dave and Alonso go from spooky to delicious and various points in between. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, Long Island is in the house. Join our club, won't you? Alonso's book HOLLYWOOD PRIDE is currently available for pre-order. 

Published: 9 April 2024

Dave and Alonso have quite a bit of catching up to do. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, when I rock the mic, I rock the mic right. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 2 April 2024

Dave and Alonso do their first mailbag episode in ages. Subscribe and review us at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, get your Sunday travel section. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 18 March 2024

CW: mild profanity Dave and Alonso welcome Robert Abele (LA Times), Justin Chang (The New Yorker), Manohla Dargis (The New York Times), and Peter Debruge (Variety) to talk about awards, the state of the cinema, and more. Subscribe (and review us) on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, and never brought to mind. Join our club, won't you?

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2024

Dave and Alonso split the difference between the studio stuff and the foreign stuff. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook, I'd like to spend them with you. Join our club, won't you?

Published: 2 March 2024