The Swampflix Podcast

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the John Candy meta comedy Delirious (1991), in which a concussed soap opera writer finds himself trapped inside his own show, which he can manipulate minute-to-minute via typewriter https://swampflix.com/krewe-divine/ 00:00 Welcome 04:55 Spellbound (1945) 09:50 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) 13:25 Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 17:43 The Ladykillers (2004) 21...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the classic films and lasting legacy of Marilyn Monroe, from her beloved comedies like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) to her post-modern post mortem Blonde (2022) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 2:00 Krewe Divine 3:30 Divine Trash (1998) 4:36 Attachment (2023) 8:35 SexWorld (1978) 12:15 Bijou (1972) 15:58 The Red Shoes (1948) 18:10 A Matter of Life...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Brandon Cronenberg's debut sci-fi horror grossout Antiviral (2012), a dystopian satire about celebrity illness. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 06:30 Web of Death 08:50 The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 12:15 Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) 21:29 Infinity Pool (2023) 28:24 Knock at the Cabin (2023) 36:43 Missing (2023) 42:55 Lost Junction (2003) 44:57 Antiviral...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of 1940s noir classics, starting with Edgar G. Ulmer's Poverty Row cheapie Detour. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:04 Infinity Pool (2023) 06:12 Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) 08:53 The Big Chill (1983) 13:51 Deep End (1970) 19:10 The 4th Man (1983) 26:23 Detour (1945) 46:44 The Letter (1940) 1:07:45 Laura (1944) 1:17:25 The Lad...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Maysles Brothers' door-to-door Bible salesmen documentary Salesman (1969) https://swampflix.com/2023/01/24/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2022/ 00:00 Welcome 05:09 Triangle of Sadness (2022) 12:00 Heavenly Creatures (1994) 14:00 Skinamarink (2023) 20:22 Glass Onion (2022) 22:32 Luminous Procuress (1971) 29:42 Salesman (1969)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2022 with some honorable mentions, starting with the Jerrod Carmichael suicide comedy On the Count of Three https://swampflix.com/2023/01/24/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2022/ 00:00 Welcome 02:00 M3GAN (2023) 03:20 Shin Ultraman (2023) 05:25 Sick (2023) 07:25 Skinamarink (2023) 16:05 On the Count of Three (2022) 35:53 Ali...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the neorealist Italian poverty drama The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 03:58 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) 08:22 Queen of Versailles Reigns Again 15:52 Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) 19:10 Rosaline (2022) 22:40 Blue Hawaii (1961) 26:40 M3GAN (2023) 33:50 The Woman in Black (2012) 37:59 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texa...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2022 https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:35 Resurrection 11:00 Strawberry Mansion 15:14 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 21:00 Fresh 25:15 Pearl 31:35 Men 35:38 Deadstream 38:48 The Eternal Daughter 43:58 Funny Pages 50:07 Parallel Mothers 52:05 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 1:00:52 Triangle of Sadness 1:06:16 The Northman 1:10:...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli welcome in the New Year by discussing one of 2022's underseen gems: Neptune Frost, an Afrofuturist musical about the poetry of hacking. https://swampflix.com/2023/01/02/brandons-top-20-films-of-2022/ 00:00 Welcome 07:57 Babylon (2022) 14:08 The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) 15:33 Psycho Beach Party (2000) 18:00 The Coen Brothers 32:00 Funny Girl (1968) 34:03 Moonstruck (1...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss four films that recently fell off the Sight & Sound Top 100 list, starting with Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí's landmark surrealist short Un Chien Andalou (1929) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:44 Resurrection (2022) 05:40 The Innocents (2022) 07:17 After Blue: Dirty Paradise (2022) 10:00 Please Baby Please (2022) 13:33 Dimension 20 15:45 The Menu (...

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to discuss the Southeastern Film Critic Association's 2022 awarded films, starting with the top-prize winner Everything Everywhere All At Once https://www.sefca.net/winners https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ 00:00 Moviegoing with Bill 06:20 SEFCA 24:44 EEAAO 59:56 Other winners

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of movies that stir up memorable moments of holiday melodrama. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 08:34 The Illusionist (2010) 12:30 And God Created Woman (1988) 18:24 Blow-Up (1966) 21:23 EO (2022) 24:15 A Summer Place (1959) 50:05 Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 1:03:50 Autumn in New York (2000) 1:20:33 Pieces of April (2003)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli continue their celebration of Angela Lansbury by discussing the coming-of-age werewolf anthology horror The Company of Wolves (1984) . https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:55 Knife+Heart (2018) 03:52 The Menu (2022) 05:00 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) 08:20 Andor 09:58 Weird (2022) 13:50 Fire of Love (2022) 16:10 Barbarian (2022) 17:25 Fifty Shades 20:07 Do Rev...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the merits & miseries of twee, comparing the 2015 twee-revival comedy Girl Asleep against a grab bag of aughts-era twee classics. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:26 Imitation of Life (1959) 05:00 Don't Worry Darling (2022) 08:13 Banshees of Inisherin (2022) 13:00 Triangle of Sadness (2022) 17:05 Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 21:17 Solomon King (1978) 2...

Boomer and Brandon discuss the bad-taste Christina Ricci comedy Pumpkin (2002), in which a WASP sorority girl falls disastrously in love with a mentally disabled athlete https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:20 The Rehearsal 06:06 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) 11:27 Death Becomes Her (1992) 21:00 True Grit (2010) 23:23 Gods of Egypt (2016) 26:46 Pumpkin (2002)

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to review the films they caught at the 33rd annual New Orleans Film Festival, starting with the locally-set Jennifer Lawrence drama Causeway https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ 00:00 NOFF2022 14:44 Causeway 36:55 The Negro and the Cheese Knife 45:00 Signal and Noise 51:55 Really Good Friends 1:00:40 The Streets Tell a Story 1:03:03 Iron Sharpens...

Lagniappe: Gaslight (1944) Boomer, Brandon, and Alli celebrate Angela Lansbury's career by looking back to her big-screen debut in the psychological thriller Gaslight (1944) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:30 Slumber Party Massacre (1982) 02:00 Halloween costumes & candy 14:45 Creepshow 2 (1987) 22:00 Valentine (2001) 31:50 Táriangle of Sadness (2022) 35:55 Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992,...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of horror movies about evil surgeons, starting with the major studio body horror Body Parts (1991) https://swampflix.com/2022/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2022/ 0:00 Welcome 01:51 Fascination (1979) 04:20 See for Me (2022) 09:05 Blood Sick Psychosis (2022) 12:40 The Night Porter (1974) 16:44 Body Parts (1991) 33:45 The Man Who Coul...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Lucio Fulci's surrealist horror whatsit The Beyond (1981), set at the gates of Hell just outside New Orleans https://swampflix.com/2022/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2022/ 0:00 Welcome 02:22 Halloween Ends (2022) 09:14 Halloween II (1981) 14:10 Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 16:22 Hellraiser (2022) 19:10 Bride of the Re-Animator (1989) 24:38 Smile (202...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of horror films banned by British censors on the infamous "Video Nasties" list, starting with the racial-tensions home invasion thriller Fight for Your Life (1977) https://swampflix.com/2022/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2022/ 00:00 Welcome 01:15 Twister (1996) 07:15 The Other Side of the Underneath (1972) 12:45 Sissy (2022) 14:45 D...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Amicus anthology horror The House that Dripped Blood (1971), written by Psycho author Robert Bloch https://swampflix.com/2022/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2022/ 0:00 Welcome 03:16 Don't Worry Darling (2022) 12:00 The Princess Bride (1987) 14:30 Burn After Reading (2008) 18:17 Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe (2022) 21:38 The Hidden (1987) 24:23...

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of horror films about evil professionals who terrorize on the job, starting with Peter Weir's made-for-TV domestic thriller The Plumber (1979) https://swampflix.com/2022/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2022/ 0:00 Welcome 01:30 The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) 06:38 Kalifornia (1993) 10:45 Eyes Without a Face (1960) 12:30 Desert Heart...

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the evil-djinn effects showcase horror Wishmaster (1997) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:28 Barbarian (2022) 10:25 Arabesque (1966) 12:20 Dagon (2001) 14:44 Even the Wind is Afraid (1968) 16:45 Tubi 23:33 Hellraiser (1987) 31:35 Pearl (2022) 36:30 The Silent Twins (2022) 40:25 Wishmaster (1997)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of fantasy films & fairy tales, starting with the 1988 Warwick Davis star-maker Willow https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:25 Vengeance (2022) 09:20 Barbarian (2022) 12:50 Seconds (1966) 17:05 Ghost in the Shell (1995) 22:05 Willow (1988) 44:30 The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) 1:02:17 Gretel & Hansel (2020) 1:17:17 Belle (2022)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Adrian Lyne’s post-Vietnam War psych horror Jacob's Ladder (1990) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:36 Power of the Dog (2021) 06:00 Vampires (1998) 07:30 The Fog (1980) 11:35 Funny Pages (2022) 16:20 The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Autopsy (2018) 19:10 Victoria & Abdul (2017) 22:45 Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) 25:50 A Serious Man (2009) 33:30 Jacob's...