Narrative Deviants

This week the Deviants visit a 1970s Paris adult film set with Knife + Heart. Join them as they discuss giallo tropes, the superb melodrama of Anne and Lois, and discuss who the real villain is in this film.  Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko

This week the Deviants are headed to rural Australia to cover Leviticus. Join them as they discuss growing up queer in rural America, the job description of a deliverance healer, and praise the confidence and media literacy of the writer/director.  Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko

This week the Deviants throw on a speedo and head to the French woods with Stranger By The Lake. Join them as they discuss gay men prioritizing sex over community, compare US lakes to French lakes, and try to figure out in what year this film set.  Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants head to Dreamland to talk our first John Waters’ film, Female Trouble. Join them as they discuss Divine’s brilliance as our antihero Dawn Davenport, gush over Cookie Mueller as an icon, and  Also, has John Waters’ fame-hungry influencer-culture prophesy been fulfilled?  Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants head down under and hop on a bus named Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Join them as they discuss wanting the film to focus more on Bernadette, wishing for more comeuppance for the deadnaming Felicia, and Mitzi’s journey from closeted queen to embracing fatherhood.  Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants head to drama camp to watch the 2003 cult classic CAMP. Join them as they discuss that breath-taking opening musical number, relating to the queer coming-of-age journey of Robin DeJesus’ Michael, and losing all patience with the white straight-boy banality of Vlad. Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko     

This week the Deviants head down to Texas to attend a funeral and get caught up in the Ingram family melodrama with Sordid Lives. Join them as they discuss the brilliance of Beth Grant’s Sissy, Juanita’s genius cigarette acting, and whether or not Latrelle learns anything by the end of the film. Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants are wrapping up their cinematic journey through Gregg Araki’s LA by discussing the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy as a whole. Join them as they discuss the shift of 90s pop culture, adolescence as a linear narrative, and mishearing Shoegaze as “Shoe gays.” Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants are heading back to LA to talk the final installment of Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy with Nowhere. Join them as they discuss an enormous ensemble cast, cockroaches and aliens, and an undeniable LA setting. Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com Music by Joey Koneko

This week the Deviants slip on a little black dress and plan a double crossing heist as they cover the 1996 classic, Bound. Join them as they discuss subverted femme fatale tropes, terrible fake tattoos, and the hottest sex scenes in all of cinema history. Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com

This week the Deviants are heading back into the surreal world of Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy with The Doom Generation. Join them as they discuss immaculate production design, the iconic line delivery of Rose McGowan, and hear multiple religious readings of a film from four heretical queers. Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants are putting on their best drag and heading to South Beach to visit The Birdcage. Join them as they discuss Armand as a lesbian fashion icon, the brilliant camp of Auntie Albert, and the mustache-twirling-level villainy of the ungrateful Val.  Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com Music by Joey Koneko 

This week the Deviants are jumping on the back of their motorbikes to discuss the 2025 film Pillion. Join them as they discuss criminal mis-marketing, representation in the queer BDSM subculture, and the differences between Dominant behavior and abusive behavior. Follow or contact Narrative Deviants: Instagram: @narrativedeviants Email: narrativedeviants@gmail.com Music by Joey Koneko

This week the Deviants are hanging out on the subcultural fringes of LA in the first entry of Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, Totally Fucked Up. Join them as they discuss teenage melodrama; wanting to hug the hopeless romantic, Andy; and queer representation in the nihilistic Gen X 90s. Instagram: @narrativedeviants Music by Joey Koneko 

In this inaugural episode, the Deviants are packing their bags and heading to True Directions. Join them as they dive into the 2000 cult classic masterpiece But I'm A Cheerleader. Expect lots of laughs as they discuss doldrum suburbs, a die hard love of Clea Duvall, and how easy it is to be a prude when you're not attracted to him.