So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen...yes folks, it is our last episode, coming (somewhat) unexpectedly, I admit. But to make it up for you, we discuss two films: Both the promised Gerry, and something that has been brought up from almost episod

Episode 32- 2017 Year End Special

Jan 20th, 2018 2h 22m

Only a day late and multiple dollars short, we wrap up our 2017 thoughts with a massive, over 2 hour long episode. We spend a lot of time on Get Out, Song to Song, War for the Planet of the Apes, The Evil Within, Sleep Has Her House, and mother

Episode 31- Red Spirit Lake

Jan 17th, 2018 1h 7m

This one goes out to all the Cannon Enthusiasts. In this episode, we discuss shot on video horror/softcore masterpiece Red Spirit Lake, what we got for Christmas, and whether TV and movies are different (or, more specifically, why Twin Peaks: T

Episode 30- The Lure

Jan 17th, 2018 1h 13m

Look, we might be a few weeks late (and publishing this on a Wednesday and not a Friday), but that's only because Michelle is an incredibly lazy editor. In this episode, we discuss The Lure, the only (as far as we're aware) Polish horror-musica

Episode 29- Landscape Suicide

Dec 16th, 2017 1h

After some discussion of chili, Ross and Michelle get on with it and chat about Landscape Suicide, one of James Benning's defining works. Will Ross like it? Will Michelle do a Sean Connery impression? How many Borat jokes will there be? These q

Episode 28- Schizopolis

Dec 9th, 2017 1h 7m

Back in the horse's saddle mouth, or however that expression goes. We're here today to talk about Steven Soderbergh's weird absurdist satire Schizopolis, a movie with an erotically charged pest exterminator, Muzak, a spy (and a mole), and Steve

Episode 27- Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!

Nov 5th, 2017 1h 12m

We're back! Again! Maybe for the last time? Probably not. Anyways, Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! is a reimagining of The Holy Mountain made entirely from film clips of dogs. It's great, no matter what Ross said.Recommendations: The Complete

Episode 26- Bad Timing

Sep 23rd, 2017 1h 1m

We're back. For real this time (it's all Michelle's fault, and she apologizes). We're here to talk about Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing, "a sick film made by sick people for sick people". Spoiler: Art Garfunkel has sex.Recommendations: The World I

Episode 25- Yeelen

Aug 4th, 2017 1h 7m

We're back! With an episode we recorded literally months ago! We discuss Souleymane Cissé's Yeelen, an African film that's basically Lord of the Rings, but with far more people standing still pretending they've been frozen by magic. It's a deli

Episode 24- She's Gotta Have It

Apr 14th, 2017 1h 9m

In honor of Spike Lee's 60th birthday (only about a month late), Ross and Michelle discuss his first film, She's Gotta Have It, along with more or less his whole career. We also discuss the best way to eat yogurt on the go.Recommended in this

Episode 23- Wet Hot American Summer

Apr 7th, 2017 54m 28s

In today's episode, we discuss Cabin Boy, Scary Movie 2, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Dirty Work, and Hot Shots Part Deux. Oh, and Wet Hot American Summer, I guess.Note: We apologize for this episode being a week later. There will

Episode 22- Confessions

Mar 24th, 2017 1h

As Steven Spielberg's animation studio Amblimation predicted in 1993, We're Back! Yes, after a few months in the wilderness, Ross and Michelle are here to talk about Confessions, a 2010 Japanese film by Tetsuya Nakashima that features way more

Episode 21- The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover

Jan 29th, 2017 1h 9m

It's time to talk about the artiest film to ever conspicuously involve dogshit, cannibalism, vomit, and rotting meat- yes, Ross and Michelle got together to talk Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. There's also long

Episode 20- Elephant

Jan 21st, 2017 1h 8m

Today Ross and Michelle discuss Elephant. No, not the Gus Van Sant film, the Alan Clarke one from 1989. A minimalist made-for-television film about The Troubles, it's certainly one of the more challenging pieces of work to be broadcast during p

Episode 19- Pioneering Women Directors

Jan 14th, 2017 48m 27s

On today's episode, Ross and Michelle discuss two films: The Birth, the Life, and the Death of Christ by Alice Guy-Blaché, and The Seashell and the Clergyman by Germaine Dulac, which both share a common thread of being pioneering but now mostly

Episode 18- Bound

Jan 6th, 2017 54m 59s

Blood! Sex! Jennifer Tilly! Yes, you could say Bound has it all, and on this episode Michelle and Ross talk about the Wachowski's first film and all the cool shit in it. We also end up talking about pretty much everything else the Wachowski's h

Episode 17- 2016 Year End Special

Dec 30th, 2016 2h 34m

Today's episode is a little different, as Ross and Michelle take two and a half hours to sum up the year in film for 2016. They reveal their top ten films of the year, talk about disappointments and surprises, and heap praise on Shane Carruth,

Episode 16- Freddy Got Fingered

Dec 24th, 2016 1h 6m

It's finally here. The film that started it all, the reason 30 Below began and the main target when it changed to Reloading the Canon- today, Christmas comes early as Ross and Michelle talk the legendary, the singular, the incredible Freddy Got

Episode 15- Ms .45

Dec 16th, 2016 57m 18s

On today's episode, Ross and Michelle discuss Ms .45, Abel Ferrara's exploitation nasty that might be something more. Warning for discussion of sexual assault.Recommended in today's episode: Let it Die by Grasshopper Manufacture, Movie Love b

Episode 14- Lillian Schwartz Megamix

Dec 9th, 2016 54m 36s

On today's episode, Ross and Michelle talk about eight different short films by Lillian Schwartz (UFOs, Mirage, Apotheosis, Metamorphosis, The Museum of Modern Art, Pixillation, Alae, Pictures from a Gallery), abstraction in mainstream film, an

Episode 13- After Hours

Dec 2nd, 2016 53m 17s

On today's episode, we look at Martin Scorsese's After Hours, talk about the minor efforts of major auteurs, and talk about Ridley Scott for longer than either Michelle or Ross expected going in. I don't know, but I think this Scorsese kid is g

Episode 12- Millennium Actress

Nov 25th, 2016 50m 25s

Happy Black Friday! For today only, Reloading the Canon episodes cost a shockingly low $0.00! Make sure to get in quick, because tomorrow they'll go back to being free.On today's episode, Ross and Michelle discuss Millennium Actress, the 2001

Episode 11- One Hour Photo

Nov 19th, 2016 55m 42s

Sorry for the late arrival! Michelle had internet issues on Friday.Either way, this week's film is One Hour Photo, one of Robin Williams' most uncharacteristic (and best) roles, and a movie that trades intensely on discomfort. Hopefully our h

Episode 10- Red Riding Hood

Nov 11th, 2016 1h 8m

In our most contentious episode by a country mile, Michelle tries to convince Ross that Red Riding Hood by Catherine Hardwicke is an undiscovered classic. It doesn't go well.Recommended in this episode: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes by J

Episode 9- INLAND EMPIRE

Nov 4th, 2016 47m 26s

Ross and Michelle move to a weekly schedule and discuss INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch's last (as of now) feature film, and maybe his defining one. Also, Ross does his David Lynch impression.Recommended in this Episode: The Secret History of Twin