The Swampflix Podcast

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss the longtime creative partnership between French New Wave director Claude Chabrol and powerhouse actress Isabelle Huppert, starting with their chocolate-flavored psychological thriller Nightcap (2000) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 Trap (2024) 08:05 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 14:44 Three Amigos (1986) 20:51 La Piscine (1969) 26:58 Night...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Planet of the Vampires (1965), Mario Bava's atmospheric Italo sci-fi precursor to Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh 05:40 Video rental stores 08:11 Fright Night (1985) 13:35 Love Lies Bleeding (2024) 20:07 Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985) 22:49 Spirited Away (2001) 27:01 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 30...

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2024, starting with Dev Patel's caste-system fight club revenger Monkey Man 00:00 The best of 2024 (so far) 02:52 MaXXXine (2024) 05:03 Pretty Poison (1968) 07:29 Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963) 11:03 The Coffee Table (2024) 15:57 Kill (2024) 17:33 Deewaar (1975) 21:40 Monkey Man (2024) 38:17 Problemista...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Paul Verhoeven's satirical adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi military novel Starship Troopers. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:15 Contact (1997) 13:15 Monkey Man (2024) 19:48 Detective Pikachu (2019) 30:19 Last Stop in Yuma County (2024) 33:27 Kinds of Kindness (2024) 48:30 Queer Futures (2023–2024) 55:54 Santo vs The Martian Invasion (1967) 1:02:2...

Brandon is joined by Nail Club's Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1997 outsider-artist documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) https://nailclub.bandcamp.com/ 00:00 Nail Club 12:56 Sick (1997)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's epic Golden Age of Porno drama Boogie Nights (1997) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Boomer rants 12:04 Winter Kills (1979) 18:39 Dazed and Confused (1993) 24:12 Mars Express (2024) 30:46 Class Action Park (2020) 36:28 The First Omen (2024) 44:54 Kalki 2898 AD (2024) 49:29 The Bikeriders (2024) 52:39 Pandora's Mirror (1981) 54:44 Boogie Nights (...

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss the arc of Amy Heckerling's art & career as a Hollywood auteur, starting with her biggest commercial hit: the talking-baby comedy Look Who's Talking (1989) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:28 Der Fan (1982) 05:36 Miller's Girl (2024) 09:35 Blue Collar (1978) 11:20 Adam Resurrected (2008) 21:28 The Sweetest Thing (2002) 26:46 Look Who's Talking (1989...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Fritz Lang's German expressionist sci-fi landmark Metropolis (1927) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:07 Idiocracy (2006) 07:40 Days of Heaven (1978) 13:42 The Parallax View (1974) 20:01 Blue Sunshine (1977) 25:54 Phantom Thread (2017) 29:02 M (1931) 33:30 Gasoline Rainbow (2024) 38:42 Furiosa (2024) 43:26 Hundreds of Beavers (2024) 47:56 Blue Velvet (1986)...

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon compare Quentin Tarantino's love letter to Pam Grier, Jackie Brown (1997), against her early run of 1970s blaxploitation classics https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:36 The Nutty Professor (1996) 08:07 I Capture the Castle (2003) 11:44 What a Way to Go! (1964) 16:48 The Feeling that the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024) 21:34 Jackie Brown (1997) 47:18...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Amazonian spider-research actioner Madame Web (2024) and Dakota Johnson's legendary press tour promoting it https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:22 The Tinder Swindler (2022) 07:00 The Contestant (2024) 17:27 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 22:13 The Lobster (2015) 26:26 Hundreds of Beavers (2024) 30:50 I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 44:35 Stunt Rock (1978) 48:16...

Britnee and Brandon compare the iconic documentary Grey Gardens (1975) against its made-for-TV dramatization Grey Gardens (2009) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:17 Mother of the Bride (2024) 06:23 Buddies (1985) 11:55 Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) 17:44 Grey Gardens (1975) 35:02 The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) 42:06 That Summer (2017) 53:00 Grey Gardens (2009)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss David Lynch's Hollywood psych thriller Mulholland Drive (2001) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:05 Dodgeball (2004) 08:57 My Lucky Stars (1985) 12:43 The Lair of the White Worm (1988) 15:14 Notorious (1946) 17:28 Ace in the Hole (1951) 24:52 Monkey Man (2024) 28:01 The Sweet East (2024) 35:58 Justice League vs Teen Titans (2016) 41:05 Mars Express (2024) 49...

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a selection of films from the Japanese New Wave, starting with Seijun Suzuki's surreal pop-art hitman thriller Branded to Kill (1967) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:48 Shock Corridor (1963) 06:53 Point Blank (1967) 13:00 Mind Game (2004) 17:24 The Contestant (2024) 23:32 The Japanese New Wave 28:35 Branded to Kill (1967) 43:18 Giants & Toys (1958) 56:01 W...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli celebrate a podcast milestone by discussing Nobuhiko Obayashi's psychedelic cult classic House (1977). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xvdBLDlZpFVkxyzeG2K8r?si=9c9ad4aa62924a3d 00:00 Episode 100 07:00 No Country for Old Men (2007) 13:32 Challengers (2024) 20:55 The Beast (2024) 34:38 Dial M for Murder (1954) 45:33 The People's Joker (2024) 49:06 Humane (2024) 55:48 Hou...

Britnee, James, Hanna, and Brandon discuss a wide range of Barbra Streisand films, from her Oscar-winning breakout role in Funny Girl (1968) to her Oscar-nominated directorial effort The Prince of Tides (1991) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:53 The People's Joker (2024) 07:47 Civil War (2024) 19:23 American Psycho (2000) 25:09 Keeping the Faith (2000) 30:19 Singapore Sling (1990) 34:07 Fun...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the influential high school mean-girl comedy Heathers (1989). https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Big Texan Steak Ranch 09:00 Lured (1947) 11:10 Eraserhead (1977) 16:19 The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) 20:50 Drive-Away Dolls (2024) 24:18 Sasquatch Sunset (2024) 28:06 The Beast (2024) 34:57 Heathers (1989)

Brandon, James, Hanna, Britnee and guest Bill Arceneaux discuss a selection of genre films that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Festival, starting with the gory slow-cinema slasher In a Violent Nature. https://swampflix.com/ https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ 00:00 Welcome 04:47 In a Violent Nature 23:43 Moviegoing with Bill 32:16 ME 46:12 Dream Factory 53:47 Hypoxia 56:54 The Influencer 1:04:03...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Old Hollywood classic All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis. https://swampflix.com/features/movie-of-the-month/ 00:00 Movie of the Month 04:20 We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022) 11:58 Deerskin (2020) 17:38 Problemista (2024) 28:34 Nimona (2023) 32:26 Family Portrait (2024) 37:15 Aliens (1986) 41:00 The Birds (1963) 47:10 King Kong vs. Godzilla (19...

Britnee & Brandon return to Nic Cage's heartthrob era by discussing two classic 1980s romcoms: Moonstruck & Valley Girl. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:48 A Handful of Dust (1988) 08:16 Lisa Frankenstein (2024) 10:15 Immaculate (2024) 15:00 The Telephone Book (1971) 19:32 Moonstruck (1987) 40:22 Valley Girl (1983)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli celebrate Godzilla's 70th birthday (and first Oscar win) by looking back to the monster's 1954 debut https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 SXSW 04:31 How to Build a Truth Engine (2024) 06:42 Last Things (2024) 09:30 Bottoms (2023) 11:11 Dune: Part Two (2024) 14:52 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) 21:30 Love Lies Bleeding (2024) 29:07 Theodore Rex (1994) 32:42 Brief Encounte...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna celebrate March Madness by discussing a handful of basketball documentaries, starting with the Safdie Brothers' 2013 profile of Lenny Cooke https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 07:23 How to Have Sex (2024) 13:52 The Double Life of Véronique (1991) 19:11 The Marsh King's Daughter (2023) 24:11 Out of the Blue (1980) 30:23 Lenny Cooke (2013) 55:30 Hoop Dreams (1994)...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the erotic Greek sci-fi thriller Blind Date (1984) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Oscars 04:45 Hundreds of Beavers (2024) 08:10 Eye of the Cat (1969) 11:42 Mamma Roma (1962) 16:16 Raising Arizona (1987) 19:20 Drive-Away Dolls (2024) 24:40 Dick (1999) 27:53 The Ritz (1976) 33:30 Gasoline Rainbow (2024) 39:03 Sleater-Kinney 41:05 Rebel Dykes (2021) 46:25 How to Have S...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the earlier works of this year’s Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Christopher Nolan's backwards-explosions sci-fi action thriller Tenet (2020) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:33 Harakiri (1962) 06:50 King of the Gypsies (1978) 10:24 Obsessed (2009) 15:35 New Orleans French Film Fest 2024 19:00 Our Body (2024) 24:06 Tenet (2020) 44:47 Th...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the blasphemous, satirical comedy-musical The Ruling Class (1972), starring Peter O'Toole as a British noble who believes he is Jesus Christ https://swampflix.com/tag/top-films/ 00:00 Top 10 List math 16:42 Subjective star ratings 24:07 Madame Web (2024) 35:09 Showgirls (1995) 40:10 She-Devil (1989) 42:57 Amélie (2001) 46:38 Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Hear...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four cult classics about monstrously mean but lovingly devoted moms, starting with the Zelda Rubinstein horror vehicle Anguish (1987) https://swampflix.com/2024/02/13/krewe-divine-2024/ 00:00 Welcome 03:20 Cat Person (2023) 12:03 Après Vous (2003) 15:28 Breaking the Waves (1996) 20:07 Husbands (1970) 23:59 Soft & Quiet (2023) 29:48 Heavy Petting (1989) 36...