The Swampflix Podcast

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four comedies about shameless opportunists who are living a lie, starting with the Scandinavian art world satire Sick of Myself (2023) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:33 Cuddly Toys (2023) 11:11 Touki Bouki (1973) 16:20 Blonde Venus (1932) 18:16 Shotgun Wedding (2022) 22:57 Paid in Full (2002) 29:56 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of t...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the psychedelic daylight horror Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), a New England ghost story https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:14 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) 08:50 Dr. Strangelove (1964) 15:45 The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future (2023) 25:30 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) 35:55 Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3 (2023) 44:50...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss Jackie Chan's early career as a Hong Kong action star, starting with Drunken Master (1978) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:06 San Soleil (1983) 06:15 Talk to Me (2023) 09:53 The Outlaws (2023) 12:49 Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) 16:09 Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023) 20:52 Sink or Swim (1990) 27:27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayh...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Wong Kar-wai’s indirect, sci-fi tinged sequel to In the Mood for Love, 2046 (2004) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:06 The Hairy Bird (1998) 08:22 Leonor Will Never Die (2023) 13:00 Smoking Causes Coughing (2023) 17:50 The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 - 2012) 26:56 Nimona (2023) 31:36 The First Wives Club (1996) 38:48 Oppenheimer (2023) 47:00 Touch of Evil (19...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss feature films that advertise junk food brands, starting with the McDonald's-sponsored E.T. rip-off Mac and Me (1988) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:25 Dear Evan Hansen (2021) 06:25 Stutz (2022) 08:25 They Cloned Tyrone (2023) 11:25 Miracle Mile (1988) 14:37 Barbie (2023) 16:44 Last Action Hero (1993) 20:18 Mystery Men (1999) 26:06 Mac and Me (198...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Olivier Assayas's early-aughts hentai thriller Demonlover (2002) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 X (2022) 07:45 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) 11:45 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) 15:25 Past Lives (2023) 24:08 Asteroid City (2023) 37:10 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) 41:55 Demonlover (2002)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of sweaty films set in summer heat, starting with the sordid beefcake melodrama Picnic (1955) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 Her (2013) 07:40 V.C. Andrews' Heaven (2019) 13:45 Will-o'-the-Wisp (2023) 17:07 Falling Down (1993) 23:33 Picnic (1955) 46:22 Baby Doll (1956) 1:07:40 The Beach (2000) 1:23:55 Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Ian McKellen's 1995 anachronization of Shakespeare's Richard III, set in an alternate-history fascist Britain. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:00 Stephen King miniseries 08:28 There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023) 10:00 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 15:15 Asteroid City (2023) 18:03 Oink (2023) 21:00 65 (2023) 27:30 Spider-Man: Across th...

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2023, starting with Give Me Pity!, Amanda Kramer's feature length spoof of one-woman TV specials in the disco era https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Mozzarella sticks 04:25 Past Lives (2023) 11:45 There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023) 17:00 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023) 20:12 Stalking Laura (199...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Czech New Wave whatsit Prefab Story (1979), an experimental ensemble-cast drama about infinite urban construction from Věra "Daisies" Chytilová https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:30 Until the Light Takes Us (2008) 09:27 The Last Starfighter (1984) 20:12 The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022) 25:53 Arrietty (2010) 26:53 Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) 31:50 T...

Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss the glamorously adulterous romcoms of Old Hollywood legend Ernst Lubitsch, starting with Trouble in Paradise (1932) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:03 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 05:48 Sorcerer (1977) 07:50 Reality (2023) 12:45 Savage Grace (2007) 16:55 You Hurt My Feelings (2023) 23:03 Rimini (2023) 28:08 Sanctuary (2023) 30:51 Ern...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the D.I.Y. lesbian sci-fi dystopia Flaming Ears (1992) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:38 The Curve (1998) 07:22 Memories of Murder (2003) 09:22 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023) 14:40 Kong: Skull Island (2017) 19:30 Dragonheart (1996) 24:44 The Bob's Burgers Movie (2020) 28:55 Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) 33:25 Shin Kamen Rider (2023) 41:50 Mega Mons...

Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss Terrence Malick's signature works, starting with the brief-history-of-time family drama The Tree of Life (2011) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:14 Missing (2023) 03:44 The Little Mermaid (2023) 10:55 The Last Laugh (1924) 14:50 Breakdown (1997) 18:30 Sibling Rivalry (1990) 21:03 Stripper (1986) 22:52 Flashdance (1983) 28:28 The Tree of Life (2011)...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Derek Jarman's playfully, defiantly anachronistic adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe play Edward II https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:35 Strawberry Mansion (2022) 06:05 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) 14:00 Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) 17:07 Parents (1989) 22:10 Freaks vs. The Reich (2023) 26:20 Candy Land (2023) 28:38 Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023...

Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss a grab bag of passion projects from one-and-done directors, starting with Ester Krumbachová's The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:02 The Doom Generation (1995) 07:13 The Black Tower (1987) 08:45 The House is Black (1963) 11:25 The Year Between (2023) 14:40 The Canyons (2013) 20:47 White Palace (1990) 25:37 The Murder of...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Michelle Yeoh & Cynthia Rothrock action hero team-up Yes, Madam! (1985) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:00 Welcome 02:50 Night Visions (2001 - 2002) 07:25 Vibes (1988) 08:50 Beau is Afraid (2023) 25:40 Gossip (2000) 27:30 I Went to the Dance (1989) 31:00 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) 36:00 Yes, Madam! (1985)

Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss Dolly Parton's movie star era, starting with the legalized-prostitution musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 The Suckling (1990) 04:55 Bound (1996) 08:30 The Conversation (1974) 12:30 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023) 15:45 Blue Steel (1990) 19:35 Dolly Parton: Here I Am (2019) 23:25 The Best Little...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the porn industry meta-drama romance Kamikaze Hearts (1986) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:02 Nope (2022) 06:40 Men (2022) 11:40 Picard 13:33 Galaxy Quest (1999) 17:01 Gosford Park (2001) 22:45 Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023) 35:45 Beau is Afraid (2023) 41:12 Rope (1948) 44:33 Kamikaze Hearts (1986)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna celebrate Tax Day with a grab bag of movies about dramatic tax audits & tax evasions, starting with Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman (1987) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:08 Suzume (2023) 04:55 Enys Men (2023) 13:18 Passion of the Christ (2004) 20:55 Ernst Lubitsch 27:21 John Wick: Chapter IV (2023) 32:00 The Women (1939) 37:30 A Taxing Woman (1987) 56:15 The...

Brandon, James, Hanna, and guest Bill Arceneaux discuss a selection of genre films that screened at this year's Overlook Film Fest, including the exhaustive direct-to-video erotic thriller documentary We Kill for Love (2023) www.moviegoing.rocks/ https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:32 Aberrance (2023) 09:04 Appendage (2023) 15:18 The Five Devils (2023) 21:31 Smoking Causes Coughing (2023) 27:0...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the highbrow, low-energy art of "slow cinema" — ranging from Scott Barley's self-distributed microbudget cult film Sleep Has Her House (2017) to Chantal Akerman's landmark feminist classic Jeanne Dielman (1975), recently cited by Sight & Sound as "the greatest film of all time" https//swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:24 Jethica (2023) 05:48 The Strange Thi...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss S.S. Rajamouli's two-part South Indian action epic Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) & Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017). https//swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:42 Europe After the Rain (1978) 06:40 Images (1972) 12:36 The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984) 17:03 Crimes of the Future (2022) 27:20 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 30:41 Full River Red (2023) 34:36 T...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of dark, horrific takes on classic fairy tales, starting with the 1995 creature feature Rumpelstiltskin. https//swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:14 Finde (2021) 05:30 The Little Mermaid (1968) 08:37 The Cremator (1969) 16:40 The Firemen's Ball (1967) 21:51 Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 26:41 Rumpelstiltskin (1995) 48:41 Beauty and the Beast (197...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the murder mystery meta comedy Murder by Death (1976), a direct precursor to Clue (1985). https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:33 Heavenly Creatures (1994) 12:30 Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) 15:38 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 19:01 Lust in the Dust (1984) 23:50 Scream VI (2023) 40:52 Cocaine Bear (2023) 42:45 Day of the Animals (1977) 46:46 Cleo from...

Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss the earlier works of this year’s Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with the Daniels' gallows-humor flatulence comedy Swiss Army Man (2016) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:33 Son of the White Mare (1981) 08:11 Take Out (2004) 13:16 U-Turn (1997) 16:00 A Self-Induced Hallucination (2018) 23:25 Swiss Army Man (2016) 41:44 War of the Worlds (2005) 59:58 L...