The Film Gang
The Film Gang loves nothing more than championing the transformative power of cinema. Join us each week as we discuss cult movies, classics, and current releases available theatrically and streaming.
The Film Gang Review: Emily the Criminal
There’s something vaguely amusing about the title of the new indie film, Emily the Criminal. It almost sounds like the type of children’s book that Samuel L Jackson might read to his little...
The Film Gang Review: Nope
Jordan Peele is one of the most original filmmakers working today. His latest feature, Nope, with a title referenced within the film as shorthand for “No effing way,” is that rare Hollywood...
The Film Gang Review: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
With his 2009 film, Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino indulged in familiar pet themes of loyalty, retribution, and skewed moral rectitude. What changed was the genre he chose as his...
The Film Gang Review: Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Modern zombie flicks began with the 1968 George Romero classic, Night of the Living Dead. Comedies were soon to follow. Minor classics such as The Return of the Living Dead and Peter...
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Paul Kanieski, Maureen O’Connell
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Paul Kanieski
Paul Kanieski is one of the hosts of KSQD’s The Film Gang. Ever since he was a teen, Paul has been involved in some form of film criticism, exhibition, or production. Since 2005 he has been the moderator of the weekly discussion group, Let’s Talk About the Movies, which, due to current events, meets online every Wednesday, 7PM – 8PM (meetings are normally in downtown Santa Cruz). Details can be found at: https://groups.google.com/group/LTATM
Maureen O’Connell
Maureen O’Connell is a retired Hollywood Film Editor who moved to Davenport in 2015, fulfilling a long-held dream to get out of L.A. and embrace the sanity and beauty of the north coast. A member of the local film group “Let’s Talk About the Movies!”, and a devoted fan of all things cinema, she hopes her enthusiasm for the art of the screen and its visible actors and invisible craftspeople will prove contagious to KSQD listeners. Camera rolling…action… Let’s go to the movies!