Moody Movie Club

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. On the week of their fourteenth anniversary and their technical 100th episode, they explore the different ways of being a ghost, look at Donald Sutherland's butt, and revisit the first movie they ever watched together. Also, Elliott commits a grievous movie-watc...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a new series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they are joined by Nicole Boychuk: curator of the Not Your Final Girl series at Metro Cinema and all-around cool person. Along the way, they consider what makes someone "not your final girl," celebrate septum ring representation, bask in the bleak vibes, and haunt the homop...

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 finally watch a movie they've been searching for for fourteen years, watch a beautiful sliver of life film, cross another masterpiece off their lists, and find queer joy in 1999. This week’s movies are: My Little Eye (2002), Old Joy (2006), P...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a new series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, Kylie and Elliott attend the first full-length year of Northwest Fear Fest, a horror festival in their own backyard. In this whirlwind five days, they enjoy some schlocky, horny fun; see a movie that is bound to be big; revisit an all-time classic that trusts its audience;...

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 have the worst movie theatre experience of their lives; reflect on the questions of who makes a movie, what it's about, and who it is for; and revisit one of their all-time favourite animated movies. This week’s movies are: Only God Forgives...

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, the dark web disturbs them, Elliott recalls trading DVDs with his sister on Christmas, and the scariest two seconds of cinema ever take center stage. They also almost cancel their Shudder subscription but then watch one of the greatest horror film...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a new series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they are back at the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) for their 37th year. They see six stunning movies, visiting three different venues, as they complete their movie marathon. Along the way, they discuss how moderating a Q&A brings them fewer degrees of sepa...

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 first ever feature-length horror film, question who was letting them both watch such intense horror movies at such a young age, change minds about a movie, see an all-time favourite creepy horror film in the theatre, and rock out to a...

Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a new series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this inaugural episode, they cover the most movies they've covered in an episode by watching all ten feature Saw films in nine days. This Rad Wrap contains spoilers. Along the way, they lose their minds and begin to question what cinema even is anymore when they think about the term "tor...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. In this inaugural LIFF (Lori's Incredible Film Festival) episode, they have the pleasure of watching six movies in twelve hours, curated by their good friend–host of Queer Horror Cult podcast–Lori Alex. Along the way they discuss, bad psychiatrists, iconic masks...

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 discuss the monotony of loneliness, how to let go of the need to "get" a movie, the iconic tragedy of a bad haircut, and what makes a great mockumentary. This week’s movies are: The Killing (1956), Fremont (2023), Mulholland Drive (2001), The...

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 discuss a mutual favourite, admire sweet stoner guys, run into all the coolest people at an IMAX show, and bask in tender sorrow. This week’s movies are: Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Stop Making Sense (1984), The Farewell (2019), and 20th C...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. In this week of first-time classics, they experience a Criterion Channel failure, finally see the "best" movie of all time, discuss why they approach movies from an emotional rather than intellectual lens, and honour the radical queerness and alternative masculi...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. In this week of absolute bangers, they marvel at the rare opportunity to see an iconic film before it becomes iconic, express the need for killjoys, and laugh a whole bunch in the theatre. This week’s movies are: Parasite (2019), 12 Angry Men (1957), Passages (2...

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 propose The Lady In The Water Litmus Test™, eagerly await all the Hari Nef lead movies, and think about their complicated love for Scott Pilgrim. This week’s movies are: Lady in the Water (2006), Bad Things (2023), Frances Ha (2012), Safe (19...

Welcome back to Daddy Deep Dive: a spoiler-filled unpacking of the most special films. This time, Kylie and Elliott are joined by their friends Jake Belke and Danielle Ferchoff to watch one of their favourite movies: Face/Off. Along the way, they discuss Jake & Danielle's movie rating system, debate how intentional the humour in the movie is, and fall in love with the face waterfall. Check out...

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 ideas of subjectivity and objectivity in cinema, badly desire to be in the I Love Tarkvosky Club, and give major thumbs up to depictions of good communication in mainstream media. This week’s movies are: Rope (1948), The Sacri...

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 the episode with remembrances of a dear friend who recently passed away. Then, they consider the role of listener, find out where Radiohead got their name, and revisit one of their favourite superhero movies of all time. This week’s movies are: Kokomo...

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 DNF a movie, consider the ethics of child actors, revel in an allegorical smorgasbord, and feel thankful for representations of bisexuality and platonic male touch. Also, who invited Ti West here?! This week’s movies are: The Elephant Man (19...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. In Elliott's big week of hot takes, they lament when incredible movies get limited theatrical releases before going straight to streaming, rejoice in punch-up humour, and feel joy at the increase in non-binary representation in film all while pulling an Oppenalk...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott participate in a cinematic event of a century: Barbenheimer. With permission from their social poll, there are light spoilers. Along the way, they think about their own histories with Barbie, enter into the complex beauty of paradox, and ponder the impact of emotional proximity and distance in film. Whether you're Barbie or Oppenheimer or both or...

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 live their best Nicolas Cage life and discuss cinema as a floating world, debate who would've made the Barbie movie in an alternate universe, and spend some time in the film equivalent of a horror movie funhouse. This week’s movies are: The Rock (1996), Unc...

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. It's Kylie's birthday (yay!) and Elliott is sick (boo!). In this wonky week, they stan Park Chan-wook more than a certain American filmmaker, despair at the relevancy of queer historical dramas in our present day, refuse to allow the final minutes of a film conv...

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 a raunch-com for the lefties, beg Billy Mitchell not to sue them, watch a movie they flat out don't like, and finally experience an all-time favourite in the theatre. This week’s movies are: No Hard Feelings (2023), The King of Kong: A Fi...

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 their favourite rainy day movie, discover the opposite of a multi-verse movie, prep for Oppenheimer , and dismantle binaries for their four-year-old niece via a marmalade-loving bear. This week’s movies are: Velvet Goldmine (1998), Past...