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Dear listeners, today we bring you the exciting conclusion of our XanaCineHoliday disucssions! We surprise each other with movies new and old, silly and serious, and big and small. Movies discussed: Book of Eli In Fabric The 40 Year Old Version Cruella Prey Sorry to Bother You Dead Again The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Also: Melissa’s Letterboxd list of Sentient Murder Object movies...

Dear listeners, today we bring back one of our favorite traditions of Pleasure Domes past: the XanaCineHoliday! This esteemed holiday is when Windy and Melissa pick out a weekend, assign movies to each other, watch those movies, and meet up between films to talk about them. Today’s episode is the first half our XanaCineHoliday disucssions; next week we will post the second half. Movies discu...

Good morrow, dear listeners! In this episode, we discuss several films we recently watched on very long airplane flights, and we wax rhapsodic about food. (We might have recorded this podcast while we were hungry.) Movies discussed: Judas and the Black Messiah BlacKkKlansman Sorry to Bother You Son’t Worry Darling Other things discussed: Pain au chocolat Jimmy John’s Burritos The post...

Dear listeners, this week we have some very special treats for you! Melissa and Windy sign in from London, where they bring tales of visiting the set of The Gorge, seeing the West End stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge, and watching the extended version of That Thing You Do. Movies Discussed: The Gorge Moulin Rouge (stage adaptation) That Thing You Do Other Things Discussed: The Shaggs The post Epis...

Dear listeners, we are still traveling, so today you are receiving a new “off topic” episode, which is constructed of some of the more interesting bits we edited out of our previous episodes. Some clips are new, some clips are many years old, and all clips are quite random. Voices heard in this collection, aside from ours: David Canfield Fes Kaercher David Tyler Rand-McKay Miscellaneou...

Dear listeners, we have a surprise for you this week! Back in 2016, we recorded an episode that was never released, a two-hour talk with film critic David Canfield about our favorite “nature gets revenge” films. This week, we have pulled that audio out of the vault and finally have it ready for your listening pleasure! Show notes behind the cut! Movies discussed: Frogs Them! Godzilla B...

This week, dear listeners, we bring you tales of birthdays, bears, and ‘bots! Movies discussed: Cocaine Bear M3gan People Discussed: Elizabeth Banks Alan Tudyk Other Things Discussed: The Pavek Museum Twelve Vultures Owamni by The Sioux Chef Pablo Escobear The post Episode 142: Cocaine Bear / M3gan appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome .

Dear listeners, this week Melissa brings you to the wilds of Evanston, Illinois for the 40th anniversary of B-Fest, a 24-hour film festival of bad movies, cult movies, and other mayhem. Killer children! Aliens resurrecting the dead! Space Camp! Show notes behind the cut! Movies discussed: Gator Big Man Japan The Adventure X the Unknown Wizard of Speed and Time Plan 9 from Outer Space The Children...

Dearest listeners, it’s Windy’s birthday, and we’re bringing you our finest film finds of the previous week. Blue aliens, drunk judo masters, Japanese love letters to Sam Raimi, singing cowboys, and more! Show notes behind the cut! Movies discussed: Avatar: The Way of Water Throw Down Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Pathaan Other things discussed:...

Dear listeners, this week we bring unto you a brief discussion about war movie narratives, wrapped in a discussion of three war and war-adjacent movies that we saw this week. Show notes under the cut! Movies Discussed: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) The Ascent Pathaan People Discussed: Daniel Brühl Shah Rukh Khan Other Things Discussed: Poker Face Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Pop Tarts The po...

Oh my, dear listeners, what a week! The Oscar nominations have arrived, Windy wants to talk musicals again, and Melissa has love for a Korean space epic. Show notes under the cut! Movies Discussed: Everything Everywhere All at Once The Banshees of Inishirin Triangle of Sadness Come From Away Space Sweepers Other Things Discussed: Book nooks This photo of Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh, when Ye...

Good morrow, dear listeners! This we bring you tidings of more movies we have discovered recently. Puppies and rap battles and smiles all around! Show notes after the cut: Movies Discussed: 40 Year Old Version Dumplin Patti Cake$ Bodied Smile The Fallen Togo Goodnight Oppy Other Things Discussed: Ellery Ward Minnesota’s accidental legalization of edibles The post Episode 137: 40 Year Old Ver...

Greetings, dear listeners! With special guest Kelvin Hatle, we bring to you our favorite recent movie discoveries. Includes yakuza, ninjas, and creepy German antiques! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Minbo: The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion 9 Deaths of the Ninja The Advent Calendar Other Things Discussed: Shudder streaming service Dove’s wrap in the new Willow tv series (Disne...

Dear listeners, we have returned after a long hiatus! We are excited to catch up with you and to chat about the great movies of the past year! Please excuse some of the audio quality. We were trying out a couple new tech tools and haven’t gotten the hang of them yet. Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Moonfall Smoking Causes Coughing Vesper The Menu Facing Nolan The Automat Barbaria...

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from the final day of Fantastic Fest 2019! Movies and parties and intergalactic funk bands! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Platform Parasite Knives Out People Discussed: Gille Klabin Carl Lucas Daniel Craig The post Episode 134h: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 8 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome .

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Now with more Dracula! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Death of Dick Long Wyrm Dogs Don’t Wear Pants Saint Maud Sweetheart Guns Akimbo People Discussed: Daniel Radcliffe Samara Weaving The post Episode 134g: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 7 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome...

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Time travel! Crocodiles! Time travel with crocodiles! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Memory: The Origins of Alien Swallow The Pool Dolemite Is My Name Primal Fractured Synchronic The Mortuary Collection People Discussed: Genndy Tartakovsky Stephen Tobolowsky Rian Johnson Karina Longworth The post Epis...

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2019! The second half of the fest has begun, so we are starting to catch the movies we’ve heard good things about in the first four days! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Vivarium In the Shadow of the Moon Patrick The Death of Dick Long In the Tall Grass The Cleansing Hour Jallikattu VHYES People Discus...

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Settle in with some panna cotta and have a listen! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Last to See Them The Platform Ride Your Wave Sea Fever Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Synchronic Dolemite Is My Name Trampa Infernal Why Don’t You Just Die! People Discussed: Mark Patton Cecil Baldwi...

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 3 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Water buffalo, crocodiles, and psychadelia, oh my! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Maggie May (short) The Haunted Swordsman (short) Cosmic Candy The Long Walk In the Shadow of the Moon Jallikattu VFW The Pool Bliss The Wave People Discussed: Mattie Do Joe Begos Justin Long Gille Klabin Tim Robbins The...

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 2 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Alpacas are the way of the future! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Son of the White Mare Night Has Come Nail in the Coffin The Antenna The Vast of Night Color Out of Space Deerskin The Wave People Discussed: Vampiro (aka Ian Hodgkinson) H. P. Lovecraft Richard Stanley Nicolas Cage Quentin Dupieux Jean...

Dear listeners, we are kicking the dust off the podcast to bring you tales from Fantastic Fest 2019! Hello from Austin, TX! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Jojo Rabbit Tammy and the T-Rex Blood Machines People Discussed: Taika Waititi Sam Rockwell Scarlett Johansson Paul Walker Denise Richards Carpenter Brut The post Episode 134a: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 1 appeared first...

We return with tales from Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2018! POM! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: I Used to Be Normal – A Boyband Fangirl Story Laika When the Screaming Stops Life After Flash Flash Gordon Terrified One Cut of the Dead People Discussed: Sam J. Jones Brian Blessed Timothy Dalton Matt Goss Luke Goss Cameo Appearances: Brian Salisbury Alan Cerny The post Episode 133g: Viv...

We return with tales from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Includes Tenacious D geekery and discussion of crudely drawn genitals! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Modest Heroes: Studio Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Vol. 1 Girls with Balls Cam The Perfection Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto (YouTube series) Destroyer The Night Comes for Us People Discussed: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Allison Will...

We return with tales from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2018! French heist comedies, Indian horror, and a flailing description of a Gaspar Noe movie await inside! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The World Is Yours Level 16 The Guilty Tumbbad Piercing Climax People Discussed: Vincent Cassel Gaspar Noe The post Episode 133e: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleas...