Dan and Adam Are Afraid

Stepping into the surreal... Originally recorded on Saturday May 6, 2023. Unearthed from the vault, Dan and Adam enthusiastically return to the podcasting game to share their thoughts upon the release of Ari Aster's 2023 controversial tragicomedy Beau Is Afraid . The air crackles with energy, setting the vibe for what would become the beginning of a new era for the show. Join the Discord channel:...

Dan and Adam light up and patch things up- Greek Style. In this chaotic and cathartic podcast, the pair descend into discussions of loss, betrayal, and the beauty of Greek pop music. All sparked by the absurdly overlooked 2001 co-directed buddy flick from Yorgos Lanthimos & Lakis Lazopoulos, My Best Friend . Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Ad...

Dan and Adam have a Hungry Man in the oven while they watch 1990's Jacob's Ladder , directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Tim Robbins and Elizabeth Peña - but are they even alive while recording?! Stay tuned to find out.  Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms: https://www.youtube.com/@DanandAdamAr...

The Golden Triangle returns! Adam, Dan, and Joey convene under threat of nuclear war to talk about episodes 4, 5, and 6 of The Curse (2023) starring Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie, and Emma Stone.  Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Follow Joey : https://letterboxd.com/joeyfromky Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms: https://www.yo...

Dan and Adam are on the edge of life and the view is gorgeous. This week, they reunite with returning champion Tyler to help unravel the warped energy of 2024's Friendship , the new black comedy feature debut from Andrew DeYoung. Twisted, uncanny, and exclusively produced for Tim Robinson sickos, the War Boys ride again... into the abyss. Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Fol...

Dan and Adam, fresh off of vacation, return to spark up a spoonful of sugar with a group of their favorite disembodied doll heads. This week they try (and mostly succeed at) talking positively about Terry Gilliam's 2005 poetic horror film  Tideland . Join them as they hunt down the elusive Monster Shark and debate the nature of child acting. Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU...

Adam and Dan Are Thinking of Ending Things. Someone took the chicken out of Adam and Dan's chicken penne and they're chasing down children to get answers, or at least to give them money. This week they explore the first three episodes of Showtime/Paramount's miniseries The Curse (2023) starring Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie, and Emma Stone.  Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU G...

Dan and Adam have been recording podcasts for a long, long time... This is one of the ancient ones from the vault. They initially recorded this podcast on August 31, 2020. The year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Back then, the gang used to house TWO films of the SAME theme under one epsiode. A double feature. On this outing, they dove headfirst into it with Lucio Fulci's 1979 cult gutmuncher Zombie AKA...

Dan and Adam chill poolside under the shimmering Spanish sun- until they are rudely interrupted and forced to return to the seedy underworld of amateur podcasting... This week, the pair assess and appreciate Jonathan Glazer's 2000 feature film debut Sexy Beast . Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platfo...

Dan and Adam wait 17 years to review Charlie Kaufman's 2008 psychological post-mortem Synecdoche, New York. The film discussion begins at 5:54 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms: https://www.youtube.com/@DanandAdamAreAfraid https://www.instagram.com/dansniteout https://x.com/dansniteout https:...

Dan and Adam juice up for their big bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas. To prepare, they check out Rose Glass's sunbaked 2024 romantic thriller  Love Lies Bleeding . Let's get surreal ! Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms: https://www.youtube.com/@DanandAdamAreAfraid https://letterboxd.com/d...

In an appropriately depressing turn of events, Dan and Adam were erased from each other's memories... It's up to their old friend Tyler to reunite the duo and relitigate Michel Gondry's 2004 surrealist romantic dramedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.  Written by Charlie Kaufman and loved by many ! The film discussion begins at 13:26 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Fo...

A message from Dan and Adam: We are simply coded creatures. We are inside a game. We are FPS. We are being played. There is no free will. Beware of the Pale Horse. We are streaming to you live - from across the pond, from across the cities, from the traphouses, favelas, and hoods worldwide. Cartels, hackers, hired killers, scammers, cons, ex-military, militants, gang-certified world leaders - We a...

Dan and Adam find themselves at the bottom of the bottle in West Berlin, deep in an international conspiracy. In between jobs, they find the time to record a review of George Clooney's 2002 hardboiled biographical spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . Based on a screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman. Let's get absurd ! The film discussion begins at 13:04 Join the Discord channel: https://dis...

Dan and Adam are driven mad through the streets of Copenhagen by a cavalcade of their favorite directors, ultimately ending the trip at the legendary Amphitheatre of Pompeii. Join them as they sift through and discuss Travis Scott's 2023 visual album Circus Maximus . Featuring segments from Harmony Korine, Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn, Valdimar Jóhannsson, Andrew Dosunmu, CANADA, & Kahlil...

Dan and Adam join forces with their botanist friend Mr. Jason to do research for an upcoming HBO screenplay. Under the spell of a mysterious green powder, they water their minds to see what will grow. To get down to the roots, they harvest director Spike Jonze & writer Charlie Kaufman’s sophomore collaborative effort Adaptation . The film discussion begins at 9:31 Join the Discord channel: htt...

LIVE and recorded in front of a live studio audience... Dan and Adam race for dry land with their new guest, Yontz. They weigh in on Gints Zilbalodis's 2024 Oscar-winning Blender-animated feature film Flow . Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow us on Letterboxd or on various other platforms: https://letterboxd.com/dansniteout/ https://www.instagram.com/dansni...

Dan and Adam take a one-way ticket to paradise. Their dolphin tour guide MJ helps them embark on a magical journey into the Florida Keys and through Harmony Korine's 2019 neon-lit stoner comedy film The Beach Bum . The film discussions begin at 7:34 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Follow MJ : https://letterboxd.com/mikebrennan Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on...

Dan and Adam reach out to touch a stranger. Electric eyes are everywhere. See that girl. She knows they're watching. She likes the way they stare. If they say, "Why?" Tell 'em that it's Human Nature (2001) . This week, the duo analyzes first-time director Michel Gondry's 2001 civilization-skewing comedy film. Written by Charlie Kaufman. The film discussion begins at 8:47 Join the Discord channel:...

Spring break forever ! Dan and Adam head to Florida to experience a Great American tradition. On the party bus, they dissect Harmony Korine's 2012 liquid narrative pop-poetry classic  Spring Breakers . My baby's hungry. My baby needs to eat. My baby's starving. The film discussion begins at 11:40 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on...

WARNING: OUR BELOVED GUEST'S AUDIO TRACK WAS CORRUPTED BY THE POWERS OF EVIL AND IS SADLY FULL OF STATIC. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. PLEASE BE KIND. The war boys ride again ! Though none of them acknowledge it, Dan and Adam are delighted to be joined by fan-favorite family member Tyler to poke and prod at the remains of The Spierig Brothers's 2014 Australian science fiction time-fizzler  Pred...

Dan and Adam find a VHS tape buried up in the guts of one of the Jonas Brothers. This week, Dan overflows with love and affection for Harmony Korine's 2009 SOV cult-freak oddity  Trash Humpers . Make it, make it, don't fake it !!!!!!!!!! The film discussion begins at 17:15 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various o...

Dan and Adam wake up in a run-down hotel bathtub. To take control of their lives and uncover the truth, they must investigate why this week's Roger Ebert darling was a box office bomb. The pair reflect and talk on Alex Proyas's 1998 future noir Dark City. Go ahead and follow us on Letterboxd or on various other platforms: https://letterboxd.com/dansniteout/ https://www.instagram.com/dansniteout ht...

This is the way the world ends... This week, Dan and Adam skewer the fascist police state and the tech oligarchy while ruminating on Richard Kelly's timely 2006 dystopian black comedy  Southland Tales. Go ahead and follow us on Letterboxd or on various other platforms: https://letterboxd.com/dansniteout/ https://www.instagram.com/dansniteout https://x.com/dansniteout https://www.instagram.com/dana...

Dan and Adam discover a hidden doorway in the studio and are unceremoniously sucked into Charlie Kaufman's sick and twisted mind. This week, they revisit Spike Jonze's 1999 surreal fantasy film  Being John Malkovich . The film discussion begins at 14:06 Join the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ggmv3KEeyU Go ahead and follow Dan and Adam Are Afraid on YouTube or on various other platforms: http...