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This week, Gar(t)bage is brought to you by Anglicanism -- that's right, we've got repressed feelings, we've got holier-than-thou colonial attitudes, and we've got every version of nun you can imagine: scary, elderly, strict, kind, sexy, etc. With bonus floppy hats, little shorts, and stout ponies! Nick & Erin talk about what eroticism looked like in the 40's, how audiences...

Join Nick & Erin as they seek to answer the question: are you you? We explore power fantasies, gravelly voices, drawing the line between delusion & reality, and what cabs look like in the future. We talk about the troubled production and various circles of development hell of Total Recall and recount how Paul Verhoeven is the master of making superficial action with layers of world-buildin...

We cordially invite you to Wang Chung tonight with us as we discuss William Friedkin's To Live and Die in LA from 1985! Nick & Erin discuss what it takes for a movie to overcome its tropes, why knitters make good editors, and smooth ambisexual Willem Dafoe. Join us as we explore William Friedkin's technically-legal antics, how even in the 80's we were going hard on ACAB messages, a...

Set your motion to choppy 90's slo-mo, because this week we're talking about John Woo's Hard Boiled from 1992! We discuss the idea of a comfort genre, what it's like to risk your life for 90's cinema, and how John Woo's greatest strength is never planning for anything. Hard Boiled is rightfully a mainstay in Hong Kong action cinema, and works as a great entry point to the s...

This week, Nick & Erin talk about the horror of manual labour, our own personal spooky lighthouses, and the glorious wet mess that is: The Lighthouse from 2019! No talk about The Lighthouse would be complete without discussing Edgar Allan Poe, old folk myths & new world history, and the best way to ingest poison. Plus, we have an historic Gar(t)bage Podcast first. Next week: Hard Boiled (1...

Rev up your synthesizers, it's time for pure 90's Canadiana in this week's movie: the Final Sacrifice! Nick and Erin namedrop Albertan landmarks & institutions, talk Canadian cults & hockey hair, and discuss the greatest character name in movie history. Plus, Nick surprises Erin with a game! This movie's claim to fame is for being featured on the 90's run of Mystery Sci...

It's time for some domestic thriller action with The Housemaid from 1960! Nick & Erin discuss what they do and do not know about South Korean film, how the world slept on Lee Eun-shim, and how we'll never, ever look at a staircase the same way again. Next week: the Canadian cult classic, The Final Sacrifice (1992)!

Nick & Erin are here to talk John Carpenter's They Live! Join them as they discuss Canadian treasure Roddy Piper and how John Carpenter is rightly the arbiter of what is and is not cool. Plus, Nick ambushes Erin with a game! Yes, they spend a lot of time talking about The Fight, and yes, there is a heaping helping of sociopolitical content in this episode. It's They Live, how could you...

This week, Nick & Erin get (relatively) deep with Akira Kurosawa's Dreams! It wouldn't be Kurosawa without discussions about death, spirituality, painting, and Martin Scorsese. Next week: John Carpenter's They Live (1988)!

Everyone pull up a coffin, it's time for Django! Nick & Erin discuss Django and how it fits into the Spaghetti Westerns canon, their feelings on the sub-genre in general, and Nick dies! Next week: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)!

This week it's A New Leaf, from writer/director Elaine May! Nick & Erin discuss what makes a rom-com non-formulaic, how faces from the 1970's just hit different, and the puzzling apparatus that is Walter Mathau's body. Next week: seminal spaghetti western, Django (1966)!

This week Nick & Erin are meeting everyone's favourite neighbour: Totoro! They discuss the spookiness of rural life, childhood coping mechanisms, and the very concept of reality--y'know, family film things. Next week: A New Leaf (1971)!

Nick & Erin have their transfers ready: it's Speed! They talk about how Keanu is invincible, Jeff Daniels' fun uncle energy, and Sandra Bullock acing her driving test.

Join Nick & Erin for their first episode where they break down their feelings on King Kong, including how love worked in the 30's (hint: there's misogyny!), sweet wrestling moves, and how we should really just leave nature alone. Theme Music: VHS Dreams by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Welcome to Gar(t)bage Film! Meet your hosts Erin & Nick in this short intro to tell you what we like (movies), and why we’re doing this (we want to). Join us as we discuss a movie-of-the-week and then each pick a 2nd film to create a thematically spicy double bill. Our goal: to pair art with trash and vice versa. Because after all, one person's E.T.: The Extraterrestrial is another person&...