The Swampflix Podcast

Brandon and Hanna discuss three cosmic horror films about lethal language, starting with She Dies Tomorrow (2020). https://swampflix.com/2020/09/30/halloween-report-2020-best-of-the-swampflix-horror-tag/ 00:00 Welcome 01:35 Starship Troopers (1996) 03:34 Dune (1984) 07:13 Millennium (1988) 10:30 Fright Night (1985) 15:41 She Dies Tommorrow (2020) 31:03 Pontypool (2008) 44:40 Bug (2006)

Boomer and Brandon discuss the haunted house creeper A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and where it fits in with the modern wave of internationally exported Korean genre films. https://swampflix.com/2020/09/21/spree-2020/ 00:00 Welcome 01:13 Spree (2020) 05:37 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) 16:05 The Babysitter 2: Killer Queen (2020) 16:38 The Terminator (1984) 22:40 A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

Brandon, James, and Britnee discuss Bertrand Bonello's new film Zombi Child (2020) and the ever-broadening zombie genre's diasporic exodus away from its Haitian Vodou roots. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/07/08/zombi-child-2020/ 00:00 Welcome 04:55 Capone (2020) 07:00 Monkey Shines (1988) 09:55 Ratatouille (2007) 12:10 The Omen (2006) 14:55 The Hitcher (1986) 18:25 The House Bunny (2008) 22:58...

Boomer and Brandon discuss the vintage, oddly melancholic French porno Equation to an Unknown (1980), which is cited as partial inspiration for the recent giallo throwback Knife+Heart (2019). https://swampflix.com/2019/05/04/knifeheart-2019/ https://swampflix.com/2020/08/11/ask-any-buddy-2020/

Brandon and Hanna continue their Movie of the Month conversation about Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) by discussing the career highs of provocateur director Pedro Almodóvar.  They particularly focus on his award-winning hot streak between All About My Mother (1999) and Volver (2006). https://swampflix.com/2020/09/03/movie-of-the-month-women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown-198...

Boomer and Brandon discuss the Kiwi haunted house comedy Housebound (2014) and how its third-act twist feels like a disruptor in the horror genre. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:43 Family Ties Vacation (1985) 06:10 Lady in a Cage (1964) 10:15 In the Realm of the Senses (1976) 13:51 Bat Pussy (197?) 18:51 Housebound (2014)

Britnee & Brandon discuss three classic lesbian melodramas set at boarding schools: Olivia (1951), Mädchen in Uniform (1931), and The Children's Hour (1961).   Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:03 The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002) 09:18 Arkansas (2020) 12:35 Bacurau (2020) 15:36 Host (2020) 23:13 Olivia (1951) 40:24 Mädchen in Uniform (1931) 53:21 The Children's Hour (1961)

Boomer and Brandon discuss the revisionist-history biopic Shirley (2020) and the three powerful women at its core: director Josephine Decker, actor Elizabeth Moss and, of course, author Shirley Jackson. https://swampflix.com/2020/08/03/movie-of-the-month-3-women-1977/ 00:00 Welcome 04:00 Images (1972) 08:50 Single White Female (1992) 12:15 Shirley (2020)

James, Britnee, and Brandon discuss their all-time favorite movie endings, with a particular focus on Being There (1979), Perfume (2006), and Dead Alive (1992). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/08/03/movie-of-the-month-3-women-1977/ 00:00 Welcome 01:15 Robert Altman's psychological thrillers 05:50 The Good Liar (2019) 08:23 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2020) 10:07 Inheritance (2020) 12:...

Boomer and Brandon discuss the unlikely fan-favorite Star Trek sequel The Voyage Home (1986), aka "The One With the Whales." https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:45 Passion Fish (1992) 05:37 Ask Any Buddy (2020) 10:40 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Britnee, James, and Brandon revisit the most hotly debated outlier in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise: Freddy's Revenge (1985), with a particular focus on its homophobic & homoerotic subtext as detailed in the documentaries Scream, Queen! (2020) & Never Sleep Again (2010). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:35 Palm Springs (2020) 05:34 Stargate (1994) 07:36 Midwest Obsession (199...

Brandon and Boomer introduce a new bonus podcast format in hopes of making The Swampflix Podcast a weekly occurrence. This inaugural lagniappe episode includes a round-up of what they've been watching lately and a review of the over-the-top supernatural horror relic Death Spa (1989). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:10 Disclosure (2020) 07:35 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) 15:0...

Britnee, Brandon, and James discuss the most noteworthy movies from last year they‘ve seen in the six months since they made their respective Top Films of 2019 lists, with a particular focus on Uncut Gems, The Farewell, and Wrinkles the Clown. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/01/31/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2019/ 00:00 Welcome 03:44 Apollo 11 (2019) 07:34 Under the Silver Lake (2019) 11:20 Monos...

"Elevated horror" is so 2010s; now elevator horror is the hottest new trend. For this episode, Britnee & Brandon meet over Skype to discuss a trio of movies about killer elevators, starting with the Olivia de Havilland psychobiddy classic Lady in a Cage (1964). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/06/02/movie-of-the-month-funeral-parade-of-roses-1969/ 0:00 Welcome 4:53 Olivia (1951) 10:30 Joker (2019...

James & Brandon revisit the nu-metal era cyberpunk Matrix franchise for the first time since their youth, half of which they're watching for the first time. They also take a computer-animated detour into The Animatrix (2003), comparing it extensively to the live-action sequels. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:30 The Invisible Man (2020) 05:30 Crazy World (2020) 09:16 Ticket of No Re...

Britnee & Brandon meet over Skype to discuss Madonna's erotica period in the early 90s, starting with a behind the scenes documentary on her iconic Blond Ambition Tour, Truth or Dare (1991). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/05/26/chicago-2002-as-the-template-for-a-proper-john-waters-musical/ 00:00 Welcome 03:44 Classics in Miniature: Joan of Arc (2019) 06:53 The Wrong Missy (2020) 13:25 The Boy w...

James & Brandon catch up with each other on how living in quarantine has been affecting their viewing habits and daily routines over the first couple months of the COVID-19 crisis. They also share their favorite movies they've discovered since the stay-at-home orders took effect, starting with the Atomic Age sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/now-playin...

Britnee & Brandon survey the major cornerstones of Czech cinema. They start with the mainstream Oscar-winner Kolya (1996), then compare it to the furthest extremes of The Czech New Wave of the 1960s. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/04/17/get-excited-the-swampflix-podcast-is-now-on-youtube/ 00:00 Welcome 01:15 Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) 04:36 The Other Lamb (2020) 09:26 The Babysitter (1995) 12...

CC & Brandon tackle Kenneth Anger's decades-spanning short film series "The Magick Lantern Cycle" – from Fireworks (1947) to Lucifer Rising (1972). Expect occultist rituals, leather bondage regalia, LSD freak-outs, and good old-fashioned homoeroticism. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/now-playing/ 0:00 Welcome 4:00 My Life in Pink (1997) 9:20 The Platform (2020) 14:35 The Bigamist (1953) 19:35 Mary Ja...

Britnee & Brandon meet over Skype to discuss three dirt-cheap, no-budget films starring drag queens, starting with John Waters’s debut feature Mondo Trasho (1969). Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/03/22/divine-art-commissions-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ 00:00 - 26:25 A Place in the Sun (1951) Lady in a Cage (1964) The Exotic Ones (1968) To Die For (1995) 26:50 - 47:00 Mondo Trasho (1969) 47:00 - 1:2...

The crew discusses all eight features they caught at the 2020 New Orleans French Film Festival, with a particular focus on the 1945 epic melodrama Children of Paradise – which is often cited as "the greatest French film of all time". Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/03/20/new-orleans-french-film-fest-2020-ranked-reviewed/

Britnee & Brandon discuss three films in which women disguise themselves as men to gain access to institutions they've otherwise been shut out of: religious academia, investigative journalism, and high school soccer. We start with Barbara Streisand's directorial debut Yentl (1983), then move on to two teen comedies adapted from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Enjoy! https://swampflix.com/2020/02/26/k...

The entire podcast crew assembles to discuss a wide range of topics: new releases, Mardi Gras revelry, The Oscars, and an email submission from the mysterious Mr. Hot Dog Boy. They also catch up on what they've been watching lately, with a particular focus on the works of Céline Sciamma and her latest feature, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2020). https://swampflix.com/2020/02/17/mr-hot-dog-boys-top-...

The entire podcast crew assembles to discuss their favorite films of the 2010s. https://swampflix.com/ James's list: 1. mother! (2017) 2. Certified Copy (2010) 3. Upstream Color (2013) 4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 5. Shoplifters (2018) 6. The Florida Project (2017) 7. Moonlight (2016) 8. Uncut Gems (2019) 9. The Favourite (2018) 10. Burning (2019) 11. Mandy (2019) 12. Enemy (2013) 13. Fir...

To celebrate our 100th episode, we attempt to tackle the modest topic of The Greatest Films of All Time. We look to The Sight & Sound Top 100 list to help us with this endeavor, starting with Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar (1966). https://swampflix.com/