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Join Hosts Mike and Zak on a journey through the fabulous, whimsical, and sometimes demented world of Film making. Explore movies that you may or may not have heard of with two opinionated indie filmmakers who have no shortage of opinions about the craft. Clearing the Queue is a conversation about movies, with people who live and breath them. A proud new addition to the Nerd Camp Network, brought to you by the DIY gumption of the Clearing the Queue Youtube Channel and our friends from the Camp Nightmare Podcast.

Send us Fan MailThis week we're talking Obsession, Dust Bunny, Mandalorian and Grogu, and I Love Boosters!

Send us Fan MailToday Mike and Zak sit down with Will Stocker and Rob Bennett to talk about Crippled. A labor of love, in every sense of the phrase; Zak, Will, and Rob reflect of the process of nearly a decade's worth of efforts to bring this narrative feature to life. Join us for a conversation about the craft of collaboration, and the joys of building a community through filmmaking.

Send us Fan MailThis time we're talking The Bride, Normal, Mother Mary, and a few shout outs to some movies that screened at the MD film festival!

Send us Fan MailIn the not so distant future, a meteor strikes earth and eliminates all the water causing the collapse of civilization and the loss of countless lives. Those that survive are either part of the fascist capitalist regime know as water and power, or an enemy of the state, pirating what is needed to survive in. Rebecca Buck AKA Tank Girl is the hero the wasteland never knew they needed. Join us as we discuss this underappreciated in it's day cult classic from the 90s!

Send us Fan MailToday we welcome back Esteemed Letterbox Film Critic Max Minkowitz to talk about what we've been watching! Mike starts things off with His thoughts on How to Make a Killing, and then Zak and Max Dive deeply into Nirvana, The Band, The Show, The Movie. Then Mike Gushes over his love of Cool Runnings before Max Brings it home with a Review of some of his favorite films from the V Cinema Collection Boxset.

Send us Fan MailToday Mike and Zak welcome a filmmaker from their home state of Maryland, Samuel Tressler IV, to discuss his first feature film Leda. The story is an interpretation of a Greek myth where Zeus appears to a mortal woman in the form of a swan, a tableau that has been captured in numerous paintings throughout history. You can find out where to watch and purchase the movie at ledathemovie.com

Send us Fan MailIn light of the tragic news about our friend Kaleb, we have decided to share the episode we recorded with him last year after his interview about Murder Magician. Join us as we do what Kaleb loved to do: talk about movies.

Send us Fan MailIn this Episode Mike and Zak discuss Marty Supreme, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Hamnet, and The Thing.

Send us Fan MailMike and Zak do their usual end of the year round up, and talk about their top 5 movies of the year!

Send us Fan MailIn the spirit of giving, Mike has gifted Zak the gift of Holocaust movie. Towards the end of WWII, Jakob, a Jew living in one of the Ghettos of Poland, overhears a radio broadcast that hints at Russian troops making considerable progress in reclaiming parts of Nazi occupied Europe. He shares this information with a couple of close friends with the intention of instilling a little hope. The seed takes root, but it spirals out of control, and before long Jakob has to answer for the good he's done.