The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast
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Film history with clubhouse energy.
The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast treats film talk like a loose but informed clubhouse conversation. FM moves from Godzilla history and disaster-movie arguments to midnight-movie lore, teen-revolt double features, tribute episodes, and second-chance defenses of flawed films.
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The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast is a movie-lover conversation series anchored by FM and guests. Its range is broad, but the center is clear: films that people remember, defend, argue over, quote, rediscover, and carry around long after the credits. The show is especially comfortable with genre cinema. Godzilla entries, killer doll movies, disaster spectacles, teenage-revolt pictures, midnight movies, cult comedies, and family films all fit naturally in the room. Episodes usually begin with a premise that sounds like a club pick or a matchup. Then the conversation widens. Release dates, alternate titles, studio context, directors, writers, box office pressure, television competition, soundtracks, reviews, and audience reaction become part of the story. The tone is brisk and companionable. It can make a joke and then spend real time on why a movie mattered. A Godzilla discussion can turn into a lesson on Toho personnel changes and surf-rock silliness. A Deep Impact versus Armageddon episode can become both a mock title fight and a sincere discussion of broad emotional payoffs. A Rocky Horror conversation can move from midnight-movie origins to distribution, publicity, and the strange life of a film that needed its audience to find it. The show also makes space for tributes, as in its Catherine O'Hara episode, where characters, comedy history, voice work, and lasting influence sit at the center. It is not a show that only grades movies. It is more interested in why films stick, why failures deserve second looks, and why a packed theater can change the way a title feels. Guests bring their own associations, and FM keeps tying those stories back to film history. The humor is loose, but the curiosity is real. The result is a warm, opinionated screening room for listeners who like cult canon, blockbuster memory, and the social life of movies.
Made for: For film fans who enjoy genre favorites, cult discoveries, theatrical memories, and informed arguments that still leave room for jokes. It works for cinephiles and casual viewers who like context without academic stiffness.
What sets it apart: The show blends anniversary deep cuts, deathmatch-style comparisons, tribute episodes, and second-chance reappraisals into one flexible format. Its strength is treating movies as shared experiences, not just titles to score.
The Tuesday Morning Screening Room podcast is a film lover's podcast and virtual film club as host, writer/producer FM DeMarco, sits down with his favorite people inside and outside the entertainment business to talk about the movies they love and the people that make them! Film fans, cinephiles and casual movie watchers are welcome! So, join us for fun conversations and great guests! See you in the Screening Room!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
FM turns affectionate movie conversation into informed criticism through production context, close attention to character, and lively guest argument.
FM treats movie talk as an occasion for celebration and close argument, pairing enthusiastic scene-setting with guest conversations attentive to craft and production history.
The giant shrimp gets a film-club hearing, and your monster-movie loyalties have company.
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A clear kaiju history conversation about a weird Godzilla sequel and the production choices around it.
The episode looks at Abira, Horror of the Deep as a strange but important Godzilla film: the seventh in the series and a 60th-anniversary title in 2026.
A lively 1998 disaster-movie cage match that stays focused on setup, payoff, and emotional beats.
FM frames the 1998 disaster-movie matchup as a clear-eyed look at what helps a summer blockbuster connect. The discussion stays on setup, payoff, and emotional beats, with Armageddon drawing most of the attention, while the guest keeps the energy up with quick pushback and…
A Rocky Horror-centered cult-cinema chat that widens into midnight-movie history and Kubrick lore.
The episode starts with midnight-movie history and keeps Rocky Horror at the center without overplaying it. From there, it moves through the Elgin, El Topo, and a few Kubrick stories, with FM keeping the pace light and affectionate.
A cult-film discussion that gives teen rebellion history, grit, and a little swagger.
FM and Mitch Watson use a double feature to frame teenage rebellion as a familiar movie pattern, moving through suburban decay, punk energy, and neighborhoods that seem one bad week away from collapse.
A warm, brisk tribute that treats Catherine O'Hara's career as a whole, from SCTV to Moira Rose.
The Tuesday Morning Screening Room turns Catherine O'Hara's death on January 30 into a clear, affectionate look back at a career that runs from Gale in After Hours and Delia in Beetlejuice to Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast turns to Godzilla's seventh outing, *Abira, Horror of the Deep*.
FM turns this episode into a winner-takes-all deathmatch between Deep Impact and Armageddon.
FM celebrates Rocky Horror with author Tim Deegan.
This episode features a discussion with voice actor Kaitlyn Robrock about killer doll movies in horror cinema.
This episode features a discussion with Piotr Michael about disaster films from the 1970s, exploring their cultural impact and cinematic significance.
FM and Mitch Watson spend the morning on teenagers who push back on screen.
FM opens with a tribute to Catherine O'Hara after her death on January 30.
The Tuesday Morning Screening Room launches its "Second Chance Theater" segment with Heartbeeps, a 1981 Universal robot comedy that carries a 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Host FM interviews writer-director Tim Hunter about Over the Edge (1979) and River's Edge (1987), the two films he calls benchmarks of the teen-revolt subgenre.
This episode discusses the 1984 sci-fi horror film 'Dreamscape' with guest Yuri Lowenthal, exploring why it's an overlooked classic.
This special bonus episode celebrates the Muppets and their iconic films, featuring guest Piotr Michael to discuss their cultural impact and legacy.
This episode features a special bonus movie deathmatch comparing the 1980s comedies '48 Hours' and 'Beverly Hills Cop' with guest Eric Fogel to determine which film is superior.
This episode features host FM interviewing actor Benni Latham about the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy film 'Coming to America' and her career in animation and stand-up.
This episode celebrates the film 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion' with guest Cassandra Lee Morris, discussing its comedic genius and place among classic comedy duos.