Moody Movie Club

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this very special episode, they reflect on one of their favourite pieces of art: Twin Peaks. Along the way, they hold no garmonbozia back while they reflect on the nature of duality, insist that trying to capture Twin Peaks in a genre is pointless, admire the radical act of showing the reali...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they reflect on how to speak about art that doesn't connect to them, appreciate the weekday matinee, admire the willing snack-sharers, and parse out synopsis code phrases for "gay." This week’s movies are: Dune: Part One and Two (2021, 2024), Sexy...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they marvel at the intimacy of 16mm; revisit an important film on their political and cinematic journeys; insist that Labyrinth and Twin Peaks are in the same universe; and feel grateful for the ever-present power of a fifty-six-year-old film at 3...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they feel respect for a director, discuss the 35mm vs. 4K paradox, laugh the most they've laughed in a theatre in ages, go to a queer movie with their queer friends (highly recommended), and get tied up in emotional knots. This week’s movies are:...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. For the second anniversary of the podcast, they are joined by their friend–filmmaker and co-host of Queer Horror Cult–Lori Alex to chat about the second biannual of her movie curation: Lori's Incredible Film Festival (LIFF). Along the way, they discuss the art of picking the perfect "you have t...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they reflect on the beauty of routine, ask Maika Monroe to be their scream queen, appreciate what each Coen brings to the table, fall in love with a "My Mom Movie", and watch some guys shoot guns for three hours (derogatory). This week’s movies ar...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they feel grateful for the beautiful audaciousness of James Baldwin, remember being Dance Moms super fans, lament misleading trailers, see an epic body horror double feature, and find a link between David Lynch and a favourite childhood classic. S...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they reflect on their changing thoughts on a rewatch. decide we all need something to savour, discuss how audience members can turn theatres into unsafe spaces, and think about where hate is directed and why. This week’s movies are: Her (2013), Th...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they watch the third film from two directors (and go all in on them), reflect on cynical reflections of the times, and marvel at being in their romance era. This week’s movies are: The Doom Generation (1995), The Sweet East (2023), She's Gotta Hav...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they change the language of video nasties, watch an important middle finger movie, experience Spike Lee's politically punk cinematic whiplash, and revisit one of Paul Mescal's favourite (and very sad) movies. This week’s movies are: Censor (2021),...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they marvel at chaotically evil klowns, reminisce about their fear of very bad weather, pitch a Jacob Elordi casted remake, and appreciate the thoughtfulness of a documentary. This week’s movies are: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988), Twister...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they reflect on the resonance of ghosts, feel sad that they don't have telekinetic powers, challenge the critics who pee-pee-poo-poo-ed a 2002 film, swear a contemporary horror villain was inspired by Tom Hulce's Mozart, and feel the heaviness of...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they watch a movie they found in a cereal box, give big hoorahs to pro-cat animated films, reflect through quiet cinema on a meaningful day, re-evaluate a film they loved in the naughties, and STOP THE LIGHTS discuss the long road of expectations...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. They start with an exciting announcement (that you may or may not have already deduced)! Along the way, Elliott reevaluates on rewatch, they make a treacherous drive for a 35mm screening, their deep freeze is mirrored in film, and they revisit a dazzling childho...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they see the most toxic versions of themselves on film, reflect on the subtlety of a masterpiece, discover a Charlotte Wells inspiration, lament misleading trailers, and hop aboard the disappointing nostalgia train. This week’s movies are: Phantom...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they sob uncontrollably in the theatre, reflect on quiet intensity, give three cheers for the Michael Cera renaissance, and DNF a movie to switch to a charming film balm. This week’s movies are: The Iron Claw (2023), 45 Years (2015), Dream Scenari...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they discover the only rizz they have is loving movies, reflect on the pain of when your home doesn't love you anymore, fall in love with yet another way Yorgos Lanthimos responds to our cruel world, and see a film clearly made by a boy (derogator...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they choose subbies over dubbies, rejoin their favourite bevy of Christmas babes, channel their jealousy over Poor Things early release cities, feel cozy at the cinema, and find the antidote for Killers of the Flower Moon . This week’s movies are:...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they are afraid of men (credit to Vivek Shraya), unpack the question of "camp", revisit a past beloved film, and consider the positives and negatives of straight-to-streaming cinema. Read on "The Many Layers of May December" on Vox. This week’s mo...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they watch the anti- Blade Runner , do their homework for nothing, watch a movie that helps them find humour in their griefy week, and see a very big Godzilla on the big screen. This week’s movies are: Children of Men (2006), The Cabinet of Dr. Ca...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. This series takes a look at John Waters' cinema, as curated by Metro Cinema , and culminates in a live show of John Waters' Devil's Advocate . In this episode, they navigate the spiral of filth and, along the way, have their hearts stolen by Mink Stole, hit their cinema hard no line, appreciate...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they acknowledge the artifice, ask if Emerald Fennell is their Christopher Nolan, witness the most hauntingly and beautifully accurate cinematic depiction of Alberta, and celebrate their own intentional identities of being movie watchers. This wee...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they think about the ethics of trauma overload cinema, see the most existentially impactful documentary, hit the audience jackpot at weekday matinee screenings, and reflect on why they love Kevin Smith so much. This week’s movies are: Farewell My...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they re-enter the Hunger Games before heading out to the theatre for the prequel, practicing their Mockingjay whistles the whole time. This is a spoiler episode! (Spoilers for the newest film are kept until the time stamp below.) Along the way, they appreciate the politics of t...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they cry at a horror movie, appreciate films that take girlhood seriously, love a lil' pig with all their vegetarian hearts, and watch light and dark dance in the same mosaic. This week’s movies are: Train to Busan (2016), Are You There God? It's...