Fatal Attractions

The gang bring along a special guest, writer/editor/podcaster Kristen Lopez ( @Journeys_Film ), as they consider the emotional fallout of infidelity, betrayal and running while naked in Louis Malle's Damage.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang ditch their schedule in favour of looking over a story of lust, love and, above all else, luck in Woody Allen's Match Point.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang finally round out the trilogy, discussing the ambiguity of star ratings, intention in storytelling, and the very nature of suffering through someone else's art in Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes's The Next 365 Days.     Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang discuss the use of language in erotic thrillers, different perspectives on when a character looks at the audience, and the finer points of using a bicycle in cold weather in Atom Egoyan's Chloe.     Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang welcome back special guest and friend of the show, Michael Mohan (writer/director of The Voyeurs), to discuss the immaculately filmed tale of murder, betrayal, and why you should never piss off the cool girl in David Fincher's Gone Girl.     Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licen...

The gang finally get to their long-postponed look at the film that doubles as both a Hitchcockian tale of duplicity and murder and as a takedown of the pharmaceutical industry, all while being touted as the director's last film (it wasn't) in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...

The gang make the ill-advised choice to return to the world of Laura and Massimo, where their time is filled with sex, mistrust and the complete inability to behave like normal people in Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes's 365 Days: This Day.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licens...

The gang finally come to look at a new mainstream erotic thriller and the first film from Adrian Lyne in 20 years, where jealousy, infidelity, and murder once again rear their heads in 2022's Deep Water.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang continue their look into the contemporary state of the erotic thriller and genuinely struggle to stay on topic when appraising Rob Cohen's 2015 film The Boy Next Door.   We do wish to note that, at the time of recording, we were not aware of the allegations of assault and misconduct made against Rob Cohen prior to his making this film. As such, this isn't something we discuss in the episo...

The gang head to Netflix and consider the current state of the erotic thriller genre, and talk about movies about writers, dubious depictions of mental illness, and poor decisions in Anna Elizabeth James' Deadly Illusions.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang return with a look at one journalist's attempt to uncover the truth behind a dead woman that haunts the past of a famous comedy double act, and the uncomfortable truths she finds for herself along the way, in Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons....

The gang sit down with special guest Michael Mohan to discuss his new film The Voyeurs, now currently streaming on Amazon Prime, and talk about his thoughts on erotic thrillers, how it influenced his new film, and his hopes for the future of the genre. You can follow Michael Mohan on Twitter here: @michaelmohan And you can visit his website here     Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompet...

The gang travel to 1930s Korea for the duplicitous tale of a lady of wealth, the men who want her money, and the young woman drafted to help one of them get it. Sex, power, and back-stabbing abound in Park Chan-Wook's The Handmaiden.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang take their walk into more notorious fare as they look at the dubious streaming sensation about kidnap, forced affection, and bad things being done badly in Barbara Bialowas & Tomasz Mandes' 365 Days.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang consider the dubious voyeurism and strained credibility of a family who move into a new house, but neglect to keep an eye out for a rogue Gary Busey in Matthew Patrick's Hider in the House.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang go animated in their latest adventure, and they bring along a friend - Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews). Join them as they delve head first into the gloriously disquieting world of fame, obsession, and an increasingly fractured psychosis in Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue.     Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License htt...

The gang get the chance to go all supernatural with their latest erotic thriller, looking at a tale of infidelity and gaslighting made much complicated by soaking wet ghosts in Robert Zemeckis'  What Lies Beneath.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang finally start to bring in more non-English language films into the mix as the look over a tale of greed, capitalism and murder in Alain Corneau's Love Crime.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang return to the dark and tragic world of Lynch, and this time they've brought someone with them. Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) is the special guest for our tour of David Lynch's  Mulholland Drive.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang finally hit on a frequently requested title, made notorious by virtue of starring the internet's favourite actor Nicolas Cage, in the form of Sam Pillsbury's Zandalee.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang take a dive into the clear blue waters and murky motivations to talk about fiction and jealousy in François Ozon's Swimming Pool.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang are joined by special guest Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) as they delve into world of fame, media, and murder in Gus Van Sant's To Die For.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang finish up their run in the 1980s by looking into the tale of idyllic small-town life, which covers up the psychosexual nightmare beneath its surface in David Lynch's Blue Velvet.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang look another film that has direct ties to classic film noir and hard boiled Hollywood, this time filtered through a more New Hollywood lens in Bob Rafelson's The Postman Always Rings Twice.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang go period once more as they look into the noirish tale of an amnesiac detective trailing a missing man and becoming caught in a loop of memory, paranoia, and voodoo in Alan Parker's Angel Heart.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/