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Josh reports about the five films (and no spoilers!) he saw at the 2022 Animation Is Film festival! Some brief impressions about movies you should totally see, and Josh trying to explain One Piece to Alex.

Finishing off Bloodbath, we talk doppelgangers, cocooned guys growing in corners, and the horrors of being trapped in a life one wants to escape in 1981's POSSESSION!

Bloodbath continues as The Doves welcome Kyle Daileda to discuss our two favorite subjects: fashion school mean girls and murder. It's Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho. swimfanspod.com

You have chosen... the Listener Configuration for another Swimfans mini. We're rejoined by ooze correspondent Vou Pinette for a brief but very enthusiastic chat about HELLRAISER (2022)! swimfanspod.com

This week, we're joined again by ooze correspondent Vou Pinette to talk hooks, the world of Clive Barker, and everything you ever wanted to know about the CD Cenobite in 1988's HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod

On the first week of Bloodbath, we take a trip into a fun madness to discuss casual strangeness, soup ladles and as always, being gay with your friends in 2003's GOZU!   swimfanspod.com    

This week on the pod, we get a little Alt to talk ghoul films, garden hoses and movies that may be made several years too late in 2013's PLUSH!

This week, pledge fealty to Dionin with us as we talk about cool caves, rave about Lady Sylvia, and discuss biggatures in 1988's THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod

This week on the pod, we revisit Adrian Lyne to talk style without substance, disconnected metaphor and Dark Rourke in 1986's 9½ WEEKS! swimfanspod.com

Lord forgive we, it's time to go back to the Ghoul We. On this week's episode, we discuss glass houses, inverted Ghoul Tropes and as usual, gush about actresses in 2009's CHLOE!

This week, we return to Swimfans Classic and holding hands, we jump headfirst into the Tweediverse! We discuss serums, Bowflexes and as always, commercials from the 90s in three films starring Shannon Tweed!

This week, we wrap up our Cruel Summer series being joined by Carlos Leon-Roman of Heroes Three to talk the Alpha Trenchcoat Guy, metaphors for birds and the rich melting pot between Hollywood, the French New Wave and Asian cinema in 1967's LE SAMOURAÏ! swimfanspod.com

This week, we're rejoined by Joel Hocking to talk straight man Sly, combination Pizza Huts and Taco Bells and boomer mindset in 1993's DEMOLITION MAN!   swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod

This week, the doves get in arguments with their neckties and talk dreamy filmmaking, whiffs of Tarkovsky and freaks (derogatory) in 1984's THE ELEMENT OF CRIME! @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com

This week, the dames get a little noir and talk fear in the Atomic Age, hot boxes, and impeccably made .gifs in 1955's KISS ME DEADLY! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod

This week on Swimfans: Cruel Summer, we return to Dracula's Castle to talk Wesley Snipes, New Jack Swing and beautiful camera moves in 1991's NEW JACK CITY!   www.swimfanspod.com

Everybody say, "Happy birthday Alex"!!! This birthday episode, we talk going Altered Beast Mode, the distortion of the flesh and letting your freak flag fly in 1995's TOKYO FIST!   swimfanspod.com

This week on the pod, we welcome back senior designer at Graphix and designer with Silver Sprocket Carina Taylor to discuss carrying around photos of women, the virtues of a movie looking pastoral, and choosing life over destructive revenge in 2008's REVANCHE!

This week, we get a little Faded (by soulDecision) and talk brothers, randomness in reality and the power move of being denied a wide shot in 2017's GOOD TIME! swimfanspod.com

This week, we welcome back Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells cohost Niamh Schönherr to discuss Yakuza film, making vows to your pals and, as always, being gay in 1973's BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod

On this episode of Swimfans: Cruel Summer, we get a little pouty and talk about surprising nuance, Laura Dern (yet again), and the difficulty with a movie that's critically lopsided in 1993's A PERFECT WORLD! swimfanspod.com

This week on Cruel Summer, the princesses discuss revenge pictures, cars as metaphor and diner wine in 2013's BLUE RUIN!   swimfanspod.com

This week, we welcome back co-host and player on Critical Bits, Struggle Session film correspondent, and critic and video essayist Shannon Strucci to talk about umbrella bat gliders, following your nemesis to the ends of the earth and all things Lupin III in 1978's MYSTERY OF MAMO! swimfanspod.com

Welcome to CRUEL SUMMER 2!! This week, we talk inventive solutions to visual problems, success in spite of production difficulties and the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1998's BELLY!   www.swimfanspod.com

This week on the pod, the doves tempt you with sensuous delights and discuss female Riddlers, groovy priests and Ken Russell's visual styling in 1971's THE DEVILS!   www.swimfanspod.com