Ornate Stairwells

"Sometimes ideas, like men, jump up and say, 'Hello!' They introduce themselves, these ideas, with words – are they words? These ideas speak so strangely. "All that we see in this world is based on someone's ideas. Some ideas are destructive, some are constructive. Some ideas can arrive in the form of a podcast. I can say it again: Some ideas arrive in the form of a podcast." Next w...

"I have a podcast, yes. Is it funny to you? It is not to me. Behind all things are reasons. Reasons can even explain the absurd. "Do we have the time to learn the reasons behind human beings' varied behavior? I think not. Some take the time. Are they called listeners? Hit play, and see what life teaches." Next week we will be back to talk about Twin Peaks S1E3: Episode 2 aka Zen, or...

"Welcome to Stairwells. My name is Niamh Schönherr. I live in Chicago. I am known as the NANA Lady. There is a story behind that. There are many stories on Stairwells. Some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are stories of Autumn getting really high, of Deep Space 9. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about them a sense of erotics—the erotics of cinema. "Sometimes, the erotics o...

"I shall never forget the weekend we started Twin Peaks . An orange sun hung in the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the coldest Sunday in my recollection. I felt as if we were the only human beings left in Chicago. For Laura's horrible death, we were alone..." Next week we will be back to talk about Twin Peaks, Season 1, Episode 0 aka Episode 1: The Pilot! You can follow Niamh o...

"See that clock on the wall? In three hours and thirty-three minutes, you are not going to believe what I've told you." Next week we will be back to talk about a movie that influenced Twin Peaks and gave us the name for Laura Palmer, Otto Preminger's 1944 noir Laura ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers and Pondering Pootan, by going...

"It is by will alone I set this pod into the feed. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire words, the words become a podcast. It is by will alone I set this pod into the feed. It is by will alone I set this pod into the feed. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire words, the words become a podcast. It is by will alone I set...

"I am not a podcaster! I am a human being!" Next week we will be back to talk about Dune ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers and Pondering Pootan, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers and exportaud.io/pootan . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going to exportaud.io...

We could honestly both still use a nap. Next week we will be back to talk about The Elephant Man . You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers and Pondering Pootan, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers and exportaud.io/pootan . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going to exportaud.io ....

"So, printin's yer business, eh? Podcastin's mine. Thirty years! I've watched Twitter change from pastures to the hell-hole it is now! I put every damn episode in this feed! People think pods cast in their homes! Well they sure as hell don't. Look at my knees! Look at my knees!" Spoiler Warning: Once we get to the final segment discussing the main film, Eraserhead , we talk a little abou...

This week on the podcast, we are joined again by Em of Abnormal Mapping to talk about some Miike films! Next week we will be back to begin ALL DAVID LYNCH ALL THE TIME with our episode on his very first film, Eraserhead ! You can follow Em on twitter @em_being and should go listen to their other podcasts by going to www.abnormalmapping.com , especially Repertory Screenings! You can follow Niamh on...

We are catching up after the long hiatus! Autumn was sick and then we both were traveling! It's been kind of stressful! Content warning for some discussion around themes of child sexual abuse when Niamh discusses the film Nanami: The Inferno of First Love . Next week we will be back to actually talk about Dead or Alive and Dead or Alive 2: Birds . You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and lis...

"I'm tougher than you think! The host of any podcast has to be the very best in kung fu." Next week we will be back to talk about Dead or Alive and Dead or Alive 2: Birds . The Miike Takashi films. Don't watch the video game movies. EDIT: We actually won't be back next week! Autumn was sick when we were supposed to watch Birds and when we were supposed to record, and then we hit our alre...

"You will burn forever in the flames of eternal podcasts." Next week we will be back to talk about Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcasts, Ghost Divers and Pondering Pootan, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers and exportaud.io/pootan . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of th...

"You know, I can eat a peach on a podcast for hours." Next week we will be back to talk about Millennium Actress ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going to exportaud.io . You can see how we rat...

"We live in the suburbs, but I've got my business in town." "Oh yeah? What's your business?" "I make podcasts." "Oh yeah? So you're the one who makes those podcasts, I love those. Some of them are beautiful." "I'm not the only one who makes them, Trav." Next week we will be back to talk about Hamlet (2000). The one with Ethan Hawke. You know the on...

"You know that pond you often go to? That area used to be a forest. Folks here called it the haunted forest. And so, well... dunno, maybe kids these days don't believe in haunted forests, but... I guess... Anyway, er... Oh, yeah. So I was in 6th grade... No, in 5th... about 5th grade. Right, where I took a shit outdoors for the very first time. For some reason, there were lots of wild chicken...

I'm too tired for a funny quote tonight but I think this was a good episode. Next week we will be back to talk about The Taste of Tea. You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going to exportaud.io . You can see...

"My own podcast is a reality to me who records it. My own podcast is my own pack of lies!" Next week we will be back to talk about The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by g...

"Actually, really knowing someone doesn't mean anything. People change. A person may like our podcast today and another show tomorrow." Next week we will be back to talk about Pastoral: To Die in the Country . You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumn...

[gazing at Gotham City Limits recording a 16 minute podcast on the beach] I could never live like that... Next week we will be back to talk about Chungking Express ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going...

"You know what the fellow said—In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. On the Export Audio Network, they had wifely love, they had four years of content, and what did that produce? A Twin Peaks podcast." Next week we will be back to talk about Hana-bi ! You can f...

"It's great that you're not afraid to give bad takes on a podcast!" Happy one year of the podcast! Next week we will continue the celebration with The Third Man ! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers . You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts...

After a literal month of illnesses, we are back to go through at least most of the films we've watched since we last recorded... Next week we will be back to talk about Sonatine for the first of our two episodes celebrating one year of the podcast! You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn o...

CONTENT WARNING: We talk about rape, sexual abuse, and the sexualization of young girls in this one. Surprising no one, Niamh wanted to watch two Japanese crime films from 1973. Next week we will be back to talk about Aquarius actually truly for real this time. You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can fo...

"That's a terrible podcast. Jack, what cat did you have to strangle to get that?" "The one you hired. That's her cringe takes." "You mean you didn't dub that?" You kind find the review of Blow-Up by Roger Ebert that Niamh mentioned here: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-blow-up-1966 Next week we will be back to talk about Kleber Mendonça Filho's Aquarius...