Podcasts by Ask Any Buddy

Episode 43: 'ASK ANY BUDDY and the Golden Age of All-Male Adult Cinema' Preview from 2022-10-17T03:00

We're back! This week, we return from our extended summer break with a look at something that's been in the works for nearly three years: the ASK ANY BUDDY and the Golden Age of All-Male Adult C...

Episode 42: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s DADDY DEAREST (1984) from 2022-05-13T05:04:36

This week on the podcast, we’re celebrating the release of Altered Innocence’s new Blu-ray release of Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.’s seminal PASSING STRANGERS and FORBIDDEN LETTERS by takin...

Episode 41: Jean Estienne's "AND... GOD CREATED MEN" (1978) from 2022-04-29T07:50:09

This week on the podcast, we wrap up our month in Paris with the film that trailers described as being “the gayest… Frenchest… French gay porn film which will fill your heart’s desire...

Episode 40: Peter de Rome's ADAM&YVES (1974) from 2022-04-15T05:54:55

Bienvenue! This month on the podcast we’re going international by taking a look at two films shot and set in gay Paree. Up first is Peter de Rome’s 1974 romantic comedy, ADAM & YVES. ...

Episode 39: Enrico Montenegro's FORBIDDEN PORTRAITS (1982) from 2022-03-25T04:00:52

The lines between reality, art, and fantasy all blur together this week on the podcast as we take a look at one-and-done director Enrico Montenegro’s FORBIDDEN PORTRAITS. Sebastian is...

Episode 38: Red Drayton's HOLLYWOOD COWBOY (1974) from 2022-03-11T08:42:38

This week on the podcast, we explore one of the strangest and most outrageous gay films of the 1970s: Red Drayton’s HOLLYWOOD COWBOY. With a cast and crew assembled from filmmaker Pat...

Episode 37: Tom DeSimone's CATCHING UP (1975) from 2022-02-25T05:29:51

When Tom DeSimone’s CATCHING UP begins, two lovers are in crisis. The older man, Frank, tells his younger partner Dennis that their relationship has grown stagnant after a mere three ...

Episode 36: Jack Deveau's FIRE ISLAND FEVER (1979) from 2022-02-04T06:12:14

Somewhere between RASHOMON and a telenovela, Jack Deveau’s FIRE ISLAND FEVER does what many of us wish we could at this time of year: launch from mid-winter chills to summertime splendor. Featur...

Episode 35: Wakefield Poole's BOYS IN THE SAND (1971) from 2022-01-14T07:04:06

Wakefield Poole’s Boys in the Sand wasn’t the first gay porn film, nor was it star Casey Donovan’s screen debut. It wasn’t even the first gay film to be be shot on Fire Islan...

Episode 34: Roger Earl's BORN TO RAISE HELL (1975) from 2021-12-24T06:37:08

Guess who’s back? The podcast returns for a special holiday Fistmas treat, with one of the roughest films we’ve covered: Roger Earl’s BORN TO RAISE HELL. Filmed with an unflinching documentary f...

Episode 33: Michael Zen's FALCONHEAD II: THE MANEATERS (1984) from 2021-10-29T17:41:53

Happy Halloween, everyone! We wanted to cap off Spooky Season with a true classic—and so we’re covering one of the most beloved films in the adult male genre. FALCONHEAD II throws us ...

Episode 32: Linus Terri's WE'LL MEET AGAIN (1978) with Marc Paris from 2021-10-15T05:48:42

Spooky Season is in full force with this week’s episode: Linus Terri’s horny phantom melodrama WE’LL MEET AGAIN! Don’t worry if you’re more of a Care Bear than a horror hound, since t...

Special Bonus Episode: J. C. Cricket's SEX DEMON (1975) with Joe Rubin from 2021-10-08T06:13:57

Happy Spooky Season, everyone! In the spirit of being more treat than trick, we’re releasing this bonus episode to everyone!

And boy, do we have a treat for you: we’...

Episode 31: Hand in Hand Films's GOOD HOT STUFF (1975) with William E. Jones from 2021-09-24T06:23:38

Have we got a surprise for you this week, listeners! On this episode, we discuss Hand in Hand’s ode to itself GOOD HOT STUFF. Part cheeky documentary, part meta-history, and part outr...

Episode 30: Ray Harrison's ALL ABOUT ALICE (1972) from 2021-09-10T05:39:04

What happens when a short story becomes a classic movie, which then becomes a radio play, and then a Broadway musical, and then a campy drag parody featuring the beefy one-time owner ...

Episode 29: Jerry Douglas's BOTH WAYS (1975) from 2021-08-20T17:22:06

This week on the podcast, we’re exposing ‘the eternal triangle of bi-sexuality’ and all the trials and tribulations that come with trying to have it… BOTH WAYS, directed by Jerry Doug...

Episode 28: Tom DeSimone's SKIN DEEP (1982) from 2021-08-06T05:29:49

This week on the podcast, we’re taking a look a title that many consider to be among the greatest all-male films ever made: Tom DeSimone’s SKIN DEEP. Rel...

Episode 27: William Higgins's THE BOYS OF VENICE (1978) from 2021-07-23T04:00

We’re back! This week we’re kicking off our second season by taking in the sights and studs of sunny California with William Higgins’s THE BOYS OF VENICE...

Episode 26: Rob Simple's AMERICAN CREAM (1972) from 2021-07-02T04:00

This week on the podcast, we’re getting patriotic — or are we? — with a look at Rob Simple's 1972 film, AMERICAN CREAM. A satirical deconstruction of masculinity told in three unrelat...

Episode 25: Ignatio Rutkowski's NIGHTS IN BLACK LEATHER (1973) from 2021-06-18T05:57:33

Tanned, sinewy, aloof — a few adjectives that only begin to describe Peter Berlin, the enigmatic star of Ignatio Rutkowski’s 1973 film NIGHTS IN BLACK LEATHER. Described as “combining...

Episode 24: Arch Brown's LOVE THY NEIGHBOR (1974) + Zachary Youngblood's CELEBRATION (1982) from 2021-06-04T17:00:33

Happy Pride! We’re kicking off June with a double-header: Arch Brown’s LOVE THY NEIGHBOR (1974) and Zachary Youngblood’s CELEBRATION (1978/1982). Although neither of...

Episode 23: Jason Sato's BROTHERS (1973) from 2021-05-21T04:00

“It began at an airport…” This week on the show — and themed around the Memorial Day holiday — we present Jason Sato and Nick Eliot’s 1973 drama, BROTHERS. The film explores the...

Episode 22: Joe Gage's KANSAS CITY TRUCKING CO. (1976) from 2021-05-07T07:06:17

“Have you ever wondered about truckers… or about how men get it on… with each other?” asks the trailer for KANSAS CITY TRUCKING CO., Joe Gage’s 1976 story of a straight trucker whose co...

Episode 21: PAT ROCCO DARES (1969) from 2021-04-23T04:00

In June 1968, Los Angeles’ Park Theatre held the world’s first gay film festival. Mixed in the usual works by figures like Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Milligan was a new name:...

Episode 20: Steve Scott's PERFORMANCE (1981) from 2021-04-09T04:00

This week on the show we’re taking it to the stage with “the all-male hit of 1981,” Steve Scott’s PERFORMANCE. Featuring a bevy of West Coast superstars ...

Episode 19: Arch Brown's THE NIGHT BEFORE (1973) from 2021-03-26T06:03:26

This week on the podcast, we're taking a look at the sole big-budget feature from the filmmaker Christopher Rage once described as being "the man who practically invented gay porn," Arch Brown. ...

Episode 18: Fred Halsted's L.A. PLAYS ITSELF (1972) from 2021-03-12T07:55:18

This week on the podcast, we’re finally taking a look at the film that set the gay world on fire: Fred Halsted’s L.A. PLAYS ITSELF. Described by its crea...

Episode 17: Gorton Hall's ZOOMERANG! (1974) from 2021-02-26T05:00

This week on the podcast we're wrapping up a month of grand romance with Gorton Hall’s 1974 epic, ZOOMERANG! The first film to be shot in the exciting screen process known as Ultravis...

Episode 16: Francis Ellie's KISS TODAY GOODBYE (1976) from 2021-02-12T05:00

This week on the podcast — and just in time for Valentine’s Day — we’re taking a look at Francis Ellie’s 1976 “romantic triangle of triumph and tragedy,” KISS TOD...

Episode 15: Christopher Rage's SLEAZE (1982) from 2021-01-29T05:00

This week on the podcast, we're taking a look at the film that gave notorious "Master of Sleaze" Christopher Rage his nickname: his sole 16mm feature, SLEAZE. Hyped in advertising as being "ain'...

Episode 14: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s JUICE (1985) from 2021-01-15T05:00

We begin a new year of the podcast with Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s 1985 film, JUICE. Bressan’s final adult film (and penultimate feature), JUICE is a sweet movie about 48 cruisey, humpy ...

Episode 13: Jack Deveau's ROUGH TRADES (1977) from 2020-12-25T05:00

Merry Fistmas! On our last episode of 2020, we'll be exploring a film about shafts and the working class, Jack Deveau's 'blue collar blue movie,' ROUGH TRADES. A deliberate attempt by...

A Fistmas Bonus: Talking NEW YORK CITY INFERNO with NYC Inferno Founder Adam Baran from 2020-12-25T05:00

It's a Fistmas miracle! As a special stocking stuffer for you, we have an interview with Adam Baran, filmmaker and founder of the long-running New York sex party, NYC Inferno. 

Over the c...

Episode 12: Marvin Merkins' NEW YORK CITY INFERNO (1978) from 2020-12-11T07:05:33

This week we’re kicking off Fistmas season with our very first French film: Marvin Merkins’ NEW YORK CITY INFERNO. Straddling the line between narrative ...

Episode 11: Tom DeSimone's THE IDOL (1979) from 2020-11-27T06:13:06

This week on the podcast, we're rebounding from our last episode with a true classic of the genre, Tom DeSimone's 1979 film, THE IDOL. Heavily promoted upon its release as being "the motion pict...

Episode 10: Mother Goose's ROOM 328 + Fritz Gemein's HONORABLE JONES COMES OUT (1976) from 2020-11-13T06:29:40

This week on the show, we're taking a look at two... out there... films built around iconic — and long gone — San Francisco cruising spots: The Slot Hotel in Mother Goose's ROOM 328 and the Spar...

Episode 9: Peter de Rome's THE DESTROYING ANGEL (1976) from 2020-10-30T04:00

We wrap up our month of horror-themed titles with perhaps the spookiest of them all: Peter de Rome's nightmarishly psychedelic 1976 film, THE DESTROYING ANGEL. Tim Kent stars as Caswell Campbell...

Episode 8: Michael Zen's FALCONHEAD (1976) from 2020-10-16T04:00

Our month of horror-themed titles continues with quite possibly the only film to connect Agnès Varda, Brigid Berlin, genderfuck drag superstars the Cycle Sluts, t...

Episode 7: Roger Earl's GAYRACULA (1983) from 2020-10-02T07:20:26

It's officially October, which means things are going to get spooky on Ask Any Buddy. Over the course of this month, we'll be taking a look at three horror-themed films, starting with R...

Episode 6: Steve Scott's INCHES (1979) from 2020-09-18T04:00

This week on the podcast we move back into the 70s to take a look at the film that made Al Parker one of the biggest gay sex symbols of his era: Steve Scott's 1979 romantic drama, INCHES. Al Par...

Episode 5: Joe Gage's HANDsome (1981) from 2020-09-04T04:00

On the fifth episode of the ASK ANY BUDDY podcast, we're focusing on the movie that's "exactly what you think it is"... Joe Gage's sleazy, 1981 classic HANDsome. Inspired by raunchy pho...

Episode 4: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s FORBIDDEN LETTERS (1979) from 2020-08-21T05:49:14

This week on the podcast, we’ll be taking a look at Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.’s 1979 romantic drama, Forbidden Letters. The film has recently been restored by the Bressan Project and Vineg...

Episode 3: David Allen's THE LIGHT FROM THE SECOND STORY WINDOW (1973) from 2020-08-07T04:00

On this week’s show, we’ll be looking at one of cinema’s more outrageous vanity projects: David L. Allen’s semi-autobiographical 1973 epic, THE LIGHT FROM THE SECOND STORY WINDOW. Originally run...

Episode 2: Jack Deveau's DRIVE (1974) from 2020-07-24T02:58:54

For our second episode, we’ll be taking a look at Jack Deveau’s 1974 film “about fifty very compulsive men,” DRIVE. This early feature from Deveau almost defies description, blending ca...

Episode 1: Wakefield Poole's TAKE ONE (1977) from 2020-07-16T03:49:13

On this inaugural episode of the Ask Any Buddy podcast, we take a look at Wakefield Poole's 1977 film, TAKE ONE. Described by the filmmaker as a 'docufantasy,' TAKE ONE is both a love n...