The Swampflix Podcast

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alexander Payne's climate change sci-fi comedy Downsizing (2017) https://swampflix.com/2025/01/24/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2024/ 00:00 The Top 10 Films of 2024 02:30 Anora (2024) 12:05 Barfly (1987) 13:48 Single White Female (1992) 22:03 The Cruise (1998) 23:03 Tomie (1998) 24:28 The Thing (1982) 27:39 To Die For (1995) 34:03 Gattaca (1997) 38:36 Mulholland Drive (2001)...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2024 with some honorable mentions, starting with Clint Eastwood's courtroom thriller Juror #2. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:30 Nine Months (1995) 04:05 John Tucker Must Die (2006) 08:41 Unlawful Entry (1992) 12:00 Nosferatu (2024) 19:10 Babygirl (2024) 27:07 Last Summer (2024) 31:13 Look Back (2024) 37:53 Jur...

Boomer & Brandon discuss the stop-motion animated comedy Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2025). https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:20 Dark Passage (1947) 06:47 Rock Hudson 09:33 Crank - High Voltage (2009) 14:08 Dogra Magra (1988) 22:33 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 32:00 To Catch a Thief (1955) 42:22 Rashomon (1950) 49:30 Cunk on Life (2025) 54:00 The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 1:01:21 Nosfe...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2024 https://swampflix.com/tag/top-films-2024/ 00:00 Welcome 02:30 Wicked Little Letters 05:41 Monkey Man 08:56 Mars Express 12:38 Longlegs 20:48 How to Have Sex 27:21 A Different Man 33:19 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 44:30 The Taste of Things 51:45 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 1:01:22 She is Conann 1:11:19 The Subs...

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to discuss the Southeastern Film Critic Association’s awarded films of 2024, starting with Edward Berger's papal voting-process thriller Conclave https://swampflix.com/2024/12/16/sefcas-top-10-films-of-2024/ www.moviegoing.rocks/ https://www.sefca.net/winners 00:00 Moviegoing with Bill 22:15 Conclave (2024) 54:40 SEFCA's Top 10 Films of 20...

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the retro horror comedy Frankie Freako (2024) and the late-80s wave of Gremlins knockoffs that inspired it https://swampflix.com/ https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch 00:00 Welcome 06:50 Frankie Freako 26:06 Ghoulies 48:25 Critters 56:45 Trolls 1:09:18 Munchies 1:23:14 Beasties 1:28:22 Hobgoblins

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Belgian-French animated fantasy adventure Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 SEFCA's Top 10 Films of 2024 07:49 Strangers on a Train (1951) 13:13 Laufey's A Night at the Symphony (2024) 19:46 The Not-So-New 52 24:05 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 30:09 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) 35:43 Nosferatu (2024) 40:14 Holding Back...

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of movies about women who reinvent themselves with made-up identities, starting with the 1966 Lana Turner drama Madame X https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 Hot Frosty (2024) 05:25 Mother's Instinct (2024) 07:33 Endless Love (1981) 11:22 My Old Ass (2024) 18:30 Out of the Blue (1980) 24:16 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) 31:00 Madame X...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Romanian gig-economy comedy Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2024) https://swampflix.com/ http://www.neworleansbookfair.com/ 00:00 New Orleans Bookfair 2024 02:46 Heretic (2024) 08:08 Wicked - Part 1 (2024) 20:07 Noirvember 22:08 High Sierra (1941) 26:17 Human Desire (1954) 30:52 Coma (2024) 34:48 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 38:25 Am I OK?...

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to review the films they caught at the 35th annual New Orleans Film Festival, starting with the local drag scene documentary I Love You, AllWays https://swampflix.com/ https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ 00:00 Welcome 07:46 I Love You, AllWays 33:06 On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 40:07 Memoir of a Snail 46:26 Ghetto Children 54:21 Taste the Revolutio...

Boomer, Boomer, Britnee, James, and Hanna discuss the 1997 DTV actioner Drive, recommended by a listener for its "transcendently unhinged Brittany Murphy performance" https://swampflix.com/ https://ascalaphid.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:38 Drive (1997)

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a grab bag of self-reflective documentaries directed by Agnès Varda, starting with her 2000 dumpster-diving doc The Gleaners and I https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:20 The Company of Strangers (1990) 05:21 Adua and Her Friends (1960) 10:39 Corrina, Corrina (1994) 14:44 The Gleaners and I (2000) 32:25 Jane B for Agnès V (1988) 44:52 The Beaches of Agnès (2008...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's cosmic horror manga Uzumaki (Spiral, 2000) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:03 Ju-On - The Grudge (2002) 06:56 The Substance (2024) 10:30 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 16:25 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010) 19:51 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 21:17 Ghostwatch (1992) 25:25 The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal...

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the many chronicles of Richard B. Riddick, starting with the sci-fi creature feature Pitch Black (2000) https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 We Love to Watch 06:53 Vin Diesel 21:30 Pitch Black (2000) 48:52 The Riddick Cinematic Universe

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the kaiju battle royal Destroy All Monsters (1968), featuring Godzilla and all his best frenemies https://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/ 00:00 Welcome 01:09 The Craft (1996) 04:20 The Shining (1980) 07:26 Fight Club (1999) 14:47 Malignant (2021) 18:17 Civil War (2024) 19:36 It's What's Inside (2024) 28:52 Megalopolis (2024) 40:4...

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a grab bag of movies about uncanny alien encounters, starting with the Christopher Walken alien abduction horror Communion (1989) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:43 Pulse (2001) 07:56 Alan Resnick 18:41 The Exorcist Steps 24:41 Carrie (1976) 29:36 Communion (1989) 51:19 Fire in the Sky (1993) 1:05:27 Xtro (1982) 1:21:47 The Arrival (1980) 1:38:02 Love & Sa...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Star Trek fandom documentary Trekkies, presented by Next Generation actor Denise "Tasha Yar" Crosby https://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/ 00:00 Halloween Streaming Report 2024 01:10 The Craft (1996) 03:30 Inside Out 2 (2024) 08:45 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 12:24 Close Your Eyes (2024) 20:39 The Substance (2024) 25:52 L...

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of documentaries about metalheads, starting with the anthropological Judas Priest fan doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 06:00 Baby Cat (2023) 11:41 Hearts of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) 17:22 Tokyo Pop (1988) 21:40 Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) 31:...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the sapphic wuxia action fantasy The Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994), as suggested by ascalaphid's Letterboxd list Wuxia Wizard Wars https://letterboxd.com/ascalaphid/list/wuxia-wizard-wars/ 00:00 Wuxia Wizard Wars 03:14 Last Things (2024) 08:35 I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 16:55 Civil War (2024) 22:30 Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fle...

Brandon & Britnee discuss a grab bag of movies about neurotic British biddies who work out their obsessions younger women through the written word, starting with the 2006 melodrama Notes on a Scandal https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-britnee-overcome-breast-cancer-challenges https://www.gofundme.com/f/nashtheslashrisesagain 00:00 GoFundMe for Britnee's breast cancer recovery 03:53 GoFundMe for a Nas...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the aquatic slapstick creature feature Lake Michigan Monster (2018), from the creative team behind Hundreds of Beavers (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Swampflix Top 100 09:16 Metropolis (2001) 13:56 Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) 18:30 The Store (1983) 24:37 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 29:18 The Deliverance (2024) 33:15 Strange Darling (2024) 40:10 Alien Rom...

Brandon is joined by Nail Club's Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1998 self-trepanation documentary A Hole in the Head and the 2019 deep brain stimulation documentary Hunting for Hedonia. https://nailclub.bandcamp.com/ https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Nail Club 08:18 A Hole in the Head (1998) 32:47 Hunting for Hedonia (2019)

Boomer and Alli discuss Charlie Kaufman's writer's-block anxiety thriller Adaptation (2002), starring Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streep https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:05 Immaculate (2024) 07:57 Time Masters (1982) 11:37 Trap (2024) 13:06 In the Mood for Love (2000) 19:56 Cuckoo (2024) 25:43 Wicked Little Letters (2024) 27:48 Adaptation (2002)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of horror movies about bugs & slugs, starting with Saul Bass's psychedelic killer-ants freakout Phase IV (1974) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:29 When the Wind Blows (1986) 07:09 Set it Off (1996) 13:16 True Crime (1995) 16:17 Television 20:50 Blonde Ambition (1981) 27:47 Bugs 36:19 Phase IV (1974) 52:34 Slugs (1988) 1:09:00 The Nest (...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Georges Franju's surgical horror classic Eyes Without a Face (1960) https://www.instagram.com/swampflix/ 00:00 Welcome 03:50 Abigail (2024) 13:00 Twisters (2024) 22:04 Happy Together (1997) 26:01 The Swimmer (1968) 29:27 The Red Shoes (1948) 36:35 She is Conann (2024) 43:34 Kim's Video (2024) 53:08 Wicked Little Letters (2024) 57:07 Kneecap (2024) 1:00:11 Eyes Wit...