Ornate Stairwells

Next week Niamh will be back with Em to talk about Sweet Home ! We'll then go every other week for a bit and recalibrate when Autumn is back on the pod! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , and abnormalmapping.com/longfire . You can follow A...

"Don't podcast! Don't you ever podcast! Do you know how much time is needed to record a podcast? A whole fucking evening! A fuckin' evening! That's like three hours, mister! I didn't want you to get a fuckin' microphone, and I want you to return that motherfucker! And I want you to be fine just posting! Fifty-fuckin'-thousand people started podcasts last year 'cause of fuckin' assholes like y...

Watch as the podcasters suffer and die foolishly. Next week we will be back to talk about Lost Highway ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , and abnormalmapping.com/longfire . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee an...

Hi! It's Autumn, and I don't like writing episode descriptions as much as Nia does and it's almost midnight so I'm just not going to lol. Enjoy this episode, it's a lot of fun You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , and abnormalmapping.com/long...

Lies! Lies and heresy. The Podcaster is a liar, and the spinner of lies. If the Podcaster's evidence is to be accepted, the most virtuous listeners are in the greatest of danger, for it against these that the Host rages most violently. I had never kept hidden the blueberry pavlova before the moment Autumn hit record, but the Podcaster has spoken, and to doubt their word is sacrilege. Next week we...

"Lately I've been filled with the knowledge that Ominous Stairwells will strike again. But because it is just a feeling, I am powerless to stop it. One more thing, Autumn. When the next episode happens, you will help me record it." Next week we will be back to talk about The Devils ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Poo...

"With podcasts? Is this way you wanna help your brethren?" _ "Sebastião also asked me this. I don't want to, I need to. I don't record podcasts for money. I record because I can't free myself of this misery."_ Here is the link to the essay Niamh mentioned: https://ojs.lib.umassd.edu/index.php/plcs/article/download/PLCS4_5_Bentes_page659/1156 As well as another one fae dug up: h...

"That's what I don't understand. Why does one say, 'I love you'? Do you understand? Why can't one say, for example, 'Podcast'?" Next week we will be back to talk about Black God, White Devil . You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , a...

We watched so many movies. We're calling this the Man with a Movie Camera episode but it's also the A Snake of June episode, the Criminal Passion episode, and the Mobile Suit Gundam F91 episode. Next week we will be back to talk about Daisies ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportau...

Sickness stopped us from doing our normal episode, but we are here with some silliness anyway. Have a good week everyone! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , and abnormalmapping.com/longfire . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @A...

"Podcasting is emptiness." Next week we will be back to talk about Man with a Movie Camera . You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , and abnormalmapping.com/longfire . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and...

"Try to remember. It's a very old story. Many podcasts ago, Nana was sad and melancholic, like this little bird trapped in its cage. But one day, from the strings of her guitar that sought only one true love, a voice spoke to her of lost kisses from the lips of Hachi. Hachi's lips trembled anxiously, and her mouth opened slightly like a fragrant flower—No, you're too young to remember! Forgiv...

I don't have a funny quote for this one and I'm tired because Daylight Saving fucked me right up, sorry. Also, the Stairwells Movie Bracket is now over! You can listen to the episode by becoming a $5 patron at exportaud.io ! You'll also get the next episode on Black Orpheus early, which is already out when you are reading this, where we will talk through the predictions and crown our winner! You c...

"If you got a friend that you know does podcasts, I mean real podcasts, and you still keep them as a friend even though you know what they're like, do you think that's wrong?" You can find the Stairwells Movie Bracket here: https://challonge.com/ornatestairwells Get in your predictions by Sunday, March 19. The bonus episode will then be in the $5 Patreon feed on the morning of Monday, Ma...

"I look at you. I look right in your eyes... and all I see are a bunch of trashy podcasts." Next week we will be back to talk about Devil in a Blue Dress ! Also, we were both on the Titanic episode of Block Busters . You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers ,...

Alright, microphones. Action! So they were recording after all, those microphones. Podcasts, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Ornate Stairwells. The movies they had clung to so desperately had enfloded them. Mr. DeMille can I say a few words? I just want to say how happy I am to be back in the studio. You see podcasts are my life and it always will be, there's nothing else. Just...

CONTENT WARNING: When we get to the discussion of Skinamarink at the end of this episode, we talk in more detail than usual about things like child abuse and self-harm. Normally I take some quote from the movie and make it about podcasting or whatever, but not a lot is really said in Skinamarink . So I guess I'll just say that Autumn and I emphatically did not go to sleep and in fact stayed up and...

I'd like to apologize to you gentlemen for referring to you all as podcasters. You taught me a valuable lesson in life. Next week we will be back to talk about Smooth Talk ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around the Long Fire by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers , exportaud.io/pootan , and abnormalmapping.com/longfi...

We were going to watch Wild At Heart but then we realized we had two movies we watched together to talk about and hadn't done a proper episode in a while. So we decided to clear out our backlog of things to discuss to prepare us for the new year of... finishing this David Lynch project but in a slightly different way than we originally intended. Next week we will be back to talk about Wild At Hear...

This episode has nothing to do with NANA , I just did NANA cover art because I didn't know what else to do for an episode that's just us doing lists and also to spite Autumn for their cohost post . Next week we will be back to talk about Wild At Heart ! You can follow Em on twitter @em_being and should go listen to their other podcasts by going to www.abnormalmapping.com , especially Repertory Scr...

Listen folks... I gotta keep it real with you. It's half past midnight as I write this episode description and I hate writing episode descriptions. So I'll just say thank you for listening, and check the spreadsheet for a list of what we cover, and go watch In A Lonely Place. You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers, Pondering Pootan, and Around th...

"I play my part on life's stage. I tell what I can to form the perfect podcast. But that podcast cannot come before all are ready to hear, so I tell what I can to form the perfect podcast. Sometimes my anger at the MCU is evident. Sometimes it is not anger, really – it may appear as such, but could it be a clue? The MCU I speak of is not a kind franchise..." Next week we will be back to...

I never write episode descriptions as funny as Niamh does but that's fine lol. We're back after a week off with a LONG rambly episode about all sorts of things. We talk Eternals, my journey through Romero's Dead movies and Nia's objections to my criticisms, Everything Everywhere All At Once and representation politics, and gin and tonics. Oh also I guess we also discuss those things in the title o...

"Even the ones who laugh are sometimes caught without an answer. These podcasters who introduce themselves, but we swear we have been introduced to them while listening to other episodes before, yes? Look in the mirror. What do you see? Is it a dream, or a nightmare? Are we being introduced against our will? Are they mirrors? I can see the smoke. I can smell the fire. The battle is drawing ni...

"There is a sadness in this world, for we are ignorant of many things. Yes, we are ignorant of many beautiful things. Things like the truth. So sadness in our ignorance is very real. The tears are real. What is this thing called a tear? There are even tiny ducts—tear ducts—to produce these tears should the sadness occur. "Then the day when the sadness comes. Then we ask, 'Will the sadnes...