Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to review the films they caught at the 35th annual New Orleans Film Festival, starting with the local drag scene documentary I Love You, AllWayshttps://swampflix.com/https://www.moviegoing.rocks/00:00 Welcome07:46 I Love You, AllWays33:06 On Becoming a Guinea Fowl40:07 Memoir of a Snail46:2…

Boomer, Boomer, Britnee, James, and Hanna discuss the 1997 DTV actioner Drive, recommended by a listener for its "transcendently unhinged Brittany Murphy performance"https://swampflix.com/https://ascalaphid.com/00:00 Welcome03:38 Drive (1997)Από τον Swampflix

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a grab bag of self-reflective documentaries directed by Agnès Varda, starting with her 2000 dumpster-diving doc The Gleaners and Ihttps://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:20 The Company of Strangers (1990)05:21 Adua and Her Friends (1960)10:39 Corrina, Corrina (1994)14:44 The Gleaners and I (2000)32:25 Jane B for Agnè…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's cosmic horror manga Uzumaki (Spiral, 2000)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:03 Ju-On - The Grudge (2002)06:56 The Substance (2024)10:30 Phantom of the Paradise (1974)16:25 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010)19:51 Rosemary's Baby (1968)21:17 Ghostwatch (1992)25…

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the many chronicles of Richard B. Riddick, starting with the sci-fi creature feature Pitch Black (2000)https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatchhttps://swampflix.com/00:00 We Love to Watch06:53 Vin Diesel21:30 Pitch Black (2000)48:52 The Riddick Cinematic Universe…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the kaiju battle royal Destroy All Monsters (1968), featuring Godzilla and all his best frenemieshttps://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/00:00 Welcome01:09 The Craft (1996)04:20 The Shining (1980)07:26 Fight Club (1999)14:47 Malignant (2021)18:17 Civil War (2024)19:36 It's What's I…

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a grab bag of movies about uncanny alien encounters, starting with the Christopher Walken alien abduction horror Communion (1989)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:43 Pulse (2001)07:56 Alan Resnick18:41 The Exorcist Steps24:41 Carrie (1976)29:36 Communion (1989)51:19 Fire in the Sky (1993)1:05:27 Xtro (1982)1:21…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Star Trek fandom documentary Trekkies, presented by Next Generation actor Denise "Tasha Yar" Crosbyhttps://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/00:00 Halloween Streaming Report 202401:10 The Craft (1996)03:30 Inside Out 2 (2024)08:45 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)12:24 Close Your Ey…

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of documentaries about metalheads, starting with the anthropological Judas Priest fan doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome02:45 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)06:00 Baby Cat (2023)11:41 Hearts of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)17:22 Tokyo Pop (19…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the sapphic wuxia action fantasy The Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994), as suggested by ascalaphid's Letterboxd list Wuxia Wizard Warshttps://letterboxd.com/ascalaphid/list/wuxia-wizard-wars/00:00 Wuxia Wizard Wars03:14 Last Things (2024)08:35 I Saw the TV Glow (2024)16:55 Civil War (2024)…

Brandon & Britnee discuss a grab bag of movies about neurotic British biddies who work out their obsessions younger women through the written word, starting with the 2006 melodrama Notes on a Scandalhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-britnee-overcome-breast-cancer-challengeshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/nashtheslashrisesagain00:00 GoFundMe for Britnee's …

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the aquatic slapstick creature feature Lake Michigan Monster (2018), from the creative team behind Hundreds of Beavers (2024)https://swampflix.com/00:00 The Swampflix Top 10009:16 Metropolis (2001)13:56 Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)18:30 The Store (1983)24:37 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)29:18 The Deliverance (2024)33…

Brandon is joined by Nail Club's Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1998 self-trepanation documentary A Hole in the Head and the 2019 deep brain stimulation documentary Hunting for Hedonia.https://nailclub.bandcamp.com/https://swampflix.com/00:00 Nail Club08:18 A Hole in the Head (1998)32:47 Hunting for Hedonia (2019)…

Boomer and Alli discuss Charlie Kaufman's writer's-block anxiety thriller Adaptation (2002), starring Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streephttps://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:05 Immaculate (2024)07:57 Time Masters (1982)11:37 Trap (2024)13:06 In the Mood for Love (2000)19:56 Cuckoo (2024)25:43 Wicked Little Letters (2024)27:48 Adaptation (2002)…

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of horror movies about bugs & slugs, starting with Saul Bass's psychedelic killer-ants freakout Phase IV (1974)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:29 When the Wind Blows (1986)07:09 Set it Off (1996)13:16 True Crime (1995)16:17 Television20:50 Blonde Ambition (1981)27:47 Bugs36:19 Phase IV (19…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Georges Franju's surgical horror classic Eyes Without a Face (1960)https://www.instagram.com/swampflix/00:00 Welcome03:50 Abigail (2024)13:00 Twisters (2024)22:04 Happy Together (1997)26:01 The Swimmer (1968)29:27 The Red Shoes (1948)36:35 She is Conann (2024)43:34 Kim's Video (2024)53:08 Wicked Little Letters (202…

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss the longtime creative partnership between French New Wave director Claude Chabrol and powerhouse actress Isabelle Huppert, starting with their chocolate-flavored psychological thriller Nightcap (2000)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome02:45 Trap (2024)08:05 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)14:44 Three Amig…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Planet of the Vampires (1965), Mario Bava's atmospheric Italo sci-fi precursor to Ridley Scott's Alien (1979)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh05:40 Video rental stores08:11 Fright Night (1985)13:35 Love Lies Bleeding (2024)20:07 Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985)22:49 Spirited Away (2001)…

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2024, starting with Dev Patel's caste-system fight club revenger Monkey Man00:00 The best of 2024 (so far)02:52 MaXXXine (2024)05:03 Pretty Poison (1968)07:29 Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)11:03 The Coffee Table (2024)15:57 Kill (2024)17:33 Deewaar (1975)…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Paul Verhoeven's satirical adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi military novel Starship Troopers.https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome06:15 Contact (1997)13:15 Monkey Man (2024)19:48 Detective Pikachu (2019)30:19 Last Stop in Yuma County (2024)33:27 Kinds of Kindness (2024)48:30 Queer Futures (2023–2024)55:54 Sa…

Brandon is joined by Nail Club's Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1997 outsider-artist documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)https://nailclub.bandcamp.com/00:00 Nail Club12:56 Sick (1997)Από τον Swampflix

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's epic Golden Age of Porno drama Boogie Nights (1997)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Boomer rants12:04 Winter Kills (1979)18:39 Dazed and Confused (1993)24:12 Mars Express (2024)30:46 Class Action Park (2020)36:28 The First Omen (2024)44:54 Kalki 2898 AD (2024)49:29 The Bikeriders (2024)52:39 Pando…

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss the arc of Amy Heckerling's art & career as a Hollywood auteur, starting with her biggest commercial hit: the talking-baby comedy Look Who's Talking (1989)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome02:28 Der Fan (1982)05:36 Miller's Girl (2024)09:35 Blue Collar (1978)11:20 Adam Resurrected (2008)21:28 The Sweetest …

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Fritz Lang's German expressionist sci-fi landmark Metropolis (1927) https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:07 Idiocracy (2006)07:40 Days of Heaven (1978)13:42 The Parallax View (1974)20:01 Blue Sunshine (1977)25:54 Phantom Thread (2017)29:02 M (1931)33:30 Gasoline Rainbow (2024)38:42 Furiosa (2024)43:26 Hundreds of …

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon compare Quentin Tarantino's love letter to Pam Grier, Jackie Brown (1997), against her early run of 1970s blaxploitation classicshttps://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome03:36 The Nutty Professor (1996)08:07 I Capture the Castle (2003)11:44 What a Way to Go! (1964)16:48 The Feeling that the Time for Doing Something Has P…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Amazonian spider-research actioner Madame Web (2024) and Dakota Johnson's legendary press tour promoting ithttps://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome02:22 The Tinder Swindler (2022)07:00 The Contestant (2024)17:27 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)22:13 The Lobster (2015)26:26 Hundreds of Beavers (2024)30:50 I Saw the TV …

Britnee and Brandon compare the iconic documentary Grey Gardens (1975) against its made-for-TV dramatization Grey Gardens (2009)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome02:17 Mother of the Bride (2024)06:23 Buddies (1985)11:55 Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)17:44 Grey Gardens (1975)35:02 The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)42:06 That Summer (2017)53:00 Grey …

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss David Lynch's Hollywood psych thriller Mulholland Drive (2001)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome04:05 Dodgeball (2004)08:57 My Lucky Stars (1985)12:43 The Lair of the White Worm (1988)15:14 Notorious (1946)17:28 Ace in the Hole (1951)24:52 Monkey Man (2024)28:01 The Sweet East (2024)35:58 Justice League vs Teen Ti…

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a selection of films from the Japanese New Wave, starting with Seijun Suzuki's surreal pop-art hitman thriller Branded to Kill (1967)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:48 Shock Corridor (1963)06:53 Point Blank (1967)13:00 Mind Game (2004)17:24 The Contestant (2024)23:32 The Japanese New Wave28:35 Branded to Kill…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli celebrate a podcast milestone by discussing Nobuhiko Obayashi's psychedelic cult classic House (1977).https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xvdBLDlZpFVkxyzeG2K8r?si=9c9ad4aa62924a3d00:00 Episode 10007:00 No Country for Old Men (2007)13:32 Challengers (2024)20:55 The Beast (2024)34:38 Dial M for Murder (1954)45:33 The People's…

Britnee, James, Hanna, and Brandon discuss a wide range of Barbra Streisand films, from her Oscar-winning breakout role in Funny Girl (1968) to her Oscar-nominated directorial effort The Prince of Tides (1991) https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome02:53 The People's Joker (2024)07:47 Civil War (2024)19:23 American Psycho (2000)25:09 Keeping the Faith …

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the influential high school mean-girl comedy Heathers (1989).https://swampflix.com/00:00 The Big Texan Steak Ranch09:00 Lured (1947)11:10 Eraserhead (1977)16:19 The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)20:50 Drive-Away Dolls (2024)24:18 Sasquatch Sunset (2024)28:06 The Beast (2024)34:57 Heathers (1989)…

Brandon, James, Hanna, Britnee and guest Bill Arceneaux discuss a selection of genre films that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Festival, starting with the gory slow-cinema slasher In a Violent Nature. https://swampflix.com/https://www.moviegoing.rocks/00:00 Welcome04:47 In a Violent Nature23:43 Moviegoing with Bill32:16 ME46:12 Dream Factory…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Old Hollywood classic All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis.https://swampflix.com/features/movie-of-the-month/00:00 Movie of the Month04:20 We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022)11:58 Deerskin (2020)17:38 Problemista (2024)28:34 Nimona (2023)32:26 Family Portrait (2024)37:15 Aliens (1986)41:00 The Bird…

Britnee & Brandon return to Nic Cage's heartthrob era by discussing two classic 1980s romcoms: Moonstruck & Valley Girl.https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome04:48 A Handful of Dust (1988)08:16 Lisa Frankenstein (2024)10:15 Immaculate (2024)15:00 The Telephone Book (1971)19:32 Moonstruck (1987)40:22 Valley Girl (1983)…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli celebrate Godzilla's 70th birthday (and first Oscar win) by looking back to the monster's 1954 debuthttps://swampflix.com/00:00 SXSW04:31 How to Build a Truth Engine (2024)06:42 Last Things (2024)09:30 Bottoms (2023)11:11 Dune: Part Two (2024)14:52 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)21:30 Love Lies Bleeding (2024)29:07…

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna celebrate March Madness by discussing a handful of basketball documentaries, starting with the Safdie Brothers' 2013 profile of Lenny Cookehttps://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome07:23 How to Have Sex (2024)13:52 The Double Life of Véronique (1991)19:11 The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)24:11 Out of the Blue (1980)30:23 …

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the erotic Greek sci-fi thriller Blind Date (1984)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Oscars04:45 Hundreds of Beavers (2024)08:10 Eye of the Cat (1969)11:42 Mamma Roma (1962)16:16 Raising Arizona (1987)19:20 Drive-Away Dolls (2024)24:40 Dick (1999)27:53 The Ritz (1976)33:30 Gasoline Rainbow (2024)39:03 Sleater-Kinney41:05 …

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the earlier works of this year’s Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Christopher Nolan's backwards-explosions sci-fi action thriller Tenet (2020)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:33 Harakiri (1962)06:50 King of the Gypsies (1978)10:24 Obsessed (2009)15:35 New Orleans French Film Fest 202419:00 …

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the blasphemous, satirical comedy-musical The Ruling Class (1972), starring Peter O'Toole as a British noble who believes he is Jesus Christhttps://swampflix.com/tag/top-films/00:00 Top 10 List math16:42 Subjective star ratings24:07 Madame Web (2024)35:09 Showgirls (1995)40:10 She-Devil (1989)42:57 Amélie (2001)46:…

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four cult classics about monstrously mean but lovingly devoted moms, starting with the Zelda Rubinstein horror vehicle Anguish (1987)https://swampflix.com/2024/02/13/krewe-divine-2024/00:00 Welcome03:20 Cat Person (2023)12:03 Après Vous (2003)15:28 Breaking the Waves (1996)20:07 Husbands (1970)23:59 Soft &…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the New Orleans-set Clint Eastwood thriller Tightrope (1984)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:15 Columbo (1971 - 2003)03:45 The Not-So-New 5207:22 American Fiction (2023)13:20 Stalker (1979)24:45 Party Girl (1958)29:55 White Heat (1949)35:45 Tightrope (1984)Από τον Swampflix

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four cult classics directed by madman provocateur Ken Russell, starting with his Busby Berkeley-style backstage musical The Boy Friend (1971)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:16 Krewe Divine03:13 Coonskin (1975)11:48 Possum (2018)14:35 The Parallax View (1974)19:45 Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)24:10 Q…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Canuxploitation bank heist thriller The Silent Partner (1978), written by Curtis Hanson and starring Elliott Gould.https://swampflix.com/2024/01/21/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2023/00:00 Welcome01:38 Swampflix's Top 10 Films of 202316:16 Total Recall (1990)19:01 Minority Report (2002)23:20 The Not-So-New 5224:07…

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2023 with some honorable mentions, starting with Christian Petzold's creative-block drama Afirehttps://swampflix.com/2024/01/21/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2023/00:00 Welcome07:00 The Curse (2023 - 2024)12:10 Bogus (1996)14:14 Big Night (1996)18:00 Heaven Knows What (2014…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss John Carpenter’s Santanicosmic horror Prince of Darkness (1987)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Plot is Optional01:56 The Not-So-New 5211:13 Krampus (2015)13:39 Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)17:00 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)19:33 The Holdovers (2023)22:32 Dream Scenario (2023)24:09 Suitable Flesh (2023)26:10 The Boy and t…

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2023.https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome 01:26 Night Swim (2024)06:27 Skinamarink13:30 May December20:17 Anatomy of a Fall26:09 The Five Devils30:40 The Iron Claw38:13 John Wick: Chapter 444:47 EO49:16 Fallen Leaves55:49 Dream Scenario1:02:22 Past Lives1:09:57 Talk to Me1:15:56 Shin…

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill‘s Bill Arceneaux to discuss the Southeastern Film Critic Association’s awarded films of 2023, starting with the only prize-winner we haven't previously covered, Alexander Payne's The Holdovers.www.sefca.net/winnerswww.moviegoing.rocks/00:00 Welcome 05:20 SEFCA's Top 10 Films of 202326:06 The Holdovers (2023…

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss Christmas horror films about miniature killers, starting with the Yuletide Nazisploitation novelty Elves (1989)https://www.wltwpodcast.com/00:00 Welcome 06:53 Little Christmas killers37:24 Elves (1989)57:05 Gremlins (1984)1:17:03 Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004)1:28:18 T…

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the dreamworld fantasy film Moon Garden (2023)https://swampflix.com/00:00 Welcome01:22 Inu-Oh (2022)05:11 It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)08:22 Thanksgiving (2023)11:35 The Marvels (2023)22:06 The Killer (2023)28:00 A Fish Called Wanda (1988)33:45 E.T. (1982)39:40 Godzilla Minus One (2023)42:50 FYC Screeners1:06:20 Mo…