The Swampflix Podcast

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alain Delon's star-making crime thriller Purple Noon (1960), adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley 00:00 Welcome 06:30 Day of the Dead (1985) 14:24 The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) 21:58 Leila and the Wolves (1984) 27:35 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987) 35:39 The Long Walk (2025) 48:20 Twinless (2025) 55:52 Lurker (2025) 1:04:41 Purple Noon (1960)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of nunsploitation thrillers from around the globe, starting with the Mexican production Alucarda (1977) 00:00 Welcome 02:19 Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963) 07:31 The Idiots (1998) 15:20 Ariel (1988) 22:11 Troop Beverly Hills (1989) 28:26 Alucarda (1977) 56:30 School of the Holy Beast (1974) 1:14:33 Killer Nun (1979) 1:25:48 Dark Habits (1983)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's laidback stoner noir Inherent Vice (2014), adapted from the novel by Thomas Pynchon 00:00 Welcome 04:56 The Roses (2025) 12:58 Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 18:36 The Fantastic Four - First Steps (2025) 27:27 A Room with a View (1985) 41:13 One, Two, Three (1961) 49:11 Lady Vengeance (2005) 54:22 Night of the Juggler (1980) 58:28 High and Low (1963) 1:05:29 The Idiots (1998) 1:11:00 Inherent Vice (2014)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of Merchant Ivory costume dramas, starting with the company's 1992 hit Howards End https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 08:17 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 10:52 Salt of the Earth (1954) 16:18 Weapons (2025) 27:09 Howards End (1992) 56:10 Savages (1971) 1:11:26 Quartet (1981) 1:23:04 The Remains of the Day (1993)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the 1943 suburban noir Shadow of a Doubt, which Alfred Hitchcock described as his personal favorite of his own films 00:00 Welcome 03:03 Stigmata (1991) 09:15 Manda Bala (Send a Bullet, 2007) 14:15 DEVO (2025) 20:46 Naked Ambition (2025) 25:53 The Naked Gun (1988 - 2025) 35:40 Freakier Friday (2025) 42:30 The Aviator (2004) 48:09 The Game (1997) 51:21 Mauvais Sang (1986) 56:26 Young and Innocent (1937) 1:04:27 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of Roald Dahl adaptations, starting with the Wes Anderson anthology film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:45 Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996) 07:12 Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 13:52 Peter Pan (1960) 16:55 The Legend of Ochi (2025) 24:04 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) 49:09 The Witches (1990) 1:10:12 James and the Giant Peach (1996) 1:23:35 Matilda (1996)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1959 adaptation of the Tennessee Williams-penned Southern Gothic stage play Suddenly, Last Summer, starring Katherine Hepburn & Elizabeth Taylor https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 The Naked Gun (2025) 06:35 Together (2025) 14:40 Freaky Tales (2025) 23:26 Weapons (2025) 41:04 I Confess! (1953) 46:01 The Phantom Lady (1944) 47:42 Stage Fright (1950) 52:30 The People's Joker (2024) 56:04 The Last Picture Show (1971) 1:01:35 Suddenly, Last Summer (1958)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of films from The Australian New Wave, starting with the beer-soaked 1971 thriller Wake in Fright https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:13 Eddington (2025) 11:21 Opus (2025) 15:40 We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) 20:30 Queens of the Stone Age - Alive in the Catacombs (2025) 22:08 The Running Man (1987) 24:26 Visiting Desire (1996) 29:01 Wake in Fright (1971) 49:28 The Last Wave (1977) 1:08:05 Roadgames (1981) 1:25:08 Sweetie (1989)

Boomer & Brandon discuss two detective stories from the earliest and latest extremes of Rian Johnson's career: the 2005 high school noir Brick and the ongoing human-lie-detector TV series Poker Face https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Foreign Correspondent (1940) 04:14 Topaz (1969) 11:00 Play It as it Lays (1972) 15:11 Muriel's Wedding (1994) 16:56 Pink Narcissus (1971) 30:23 A History of Violence (2005) 37:05 Eddington (2025) 47:52 The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) 50:41 Fellini Satyricon (1969) 54:49 The Tragedy of Man (2011) 1:01:44 I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) 1:11:11 Brick (2005) vs Poker Face

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of movies about home-renovation woes, starting with the Tom Hanks comedy vehicle The Money Pit (1986) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:30 17 Again (2009) 05:41 Bully (2001) 09:40 The Leather Boys (1965) 13:01 Son of Godzilla (1967) 17:47 Cora Bora (2024) 21:11 The Money Pit (1986) 40:08 Of Unknown Origin (1983) 52:45 MouseHunt (1997) 1:06:41 Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Boomer & Brandon discuss two superhero movies currently in wide theatrical release: M3GAN 2.0 (2025) & Superman (2025) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:17 I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 15:10 The Age of Innocence (1993) 21:57 Misericordia (2025) 28:50 Looney Tunes - The Day the Earth Blew Up (2025) 34:24 Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) 38:24 Megan 2.0 (2025) vs. Superman (2025)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2025, starting with Ryan Coogler's Southern-fried vampire musical Sinners https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:37 Mike Flanagan 03:04 Disclosure (1994) 04:50 Brokeback Mountain (2005) 09:53 Smiley Face (2007) 13:15 A Room with a View (1985) 17:01 High Heels (1991) 21:07 Querelle (1982) 25:12 Sinners (2025) 45:04 Companion (2025) 57:57 The Actor (2025) 1:08:58 Dead Talents Society (2025)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Paul Bartel's entertainment-industry satire Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:40 Spies (1928) 07:00 Buffalo '66 (1998) 13:33 A Woman's Torment (1977) 18:52 The Dinner Game (1988) 23:13 Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) 29:47 The Lodger (1927) 34:35 28 Weeks Later (2007) 40:00 28 Years Later (2025) 52:36 Materialists (2025) 58:30 Cape Fear (1991) 1:06:25 Wolf (1994) 1:13:00 Gwen and the Book of Sand (1985) 1:17:00 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of biopics about famous visual artists, starting with 1988's Camille Claudel, in which Isabelle Adjani plays the titular sculptor https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:07 Linda (2025) 05:09 The Black Sea (2025) 08:58 Sinners (2025) 14:08 Popeye the Slayer Man (2025) 18:45 Dreamchild (1985) 22:27 The Story of Adele H (1975) 25:32 Camille Claudel (1988) 53:10 Pirosmani (1969) 1:03:28 Basquiat (1996) 1:19:01 Frida (2002)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Luis Buñuel's surrealist satire The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), in which a small party of upper-class snobs are repeatedly deprived of their dinner https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:27 Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League (2025) 06:25 Vulcanizadora (2025) 09:52 Pavements (2025) 19:52 Ernest Cole - Lost and Found (2025) 25:51 Mountainhead (2025) 33:23 Ballerina (2025) 34:15 Drop (2025) 35:47 Bring Her Back (2025) 40:00 The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 49:28 Caught by the Tides (2025) 52:26 Rampo Noir (2005) 56:00 Tokyo Godfathers (2003) 58:58 Taxi Driver (1976) 1:06:54 The Tragedy of Man (2011) 1:09:42 Josie and the Pussycats (2001) 1:14:43 Popstar - Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) 1:19:31 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss the few films that have been adapted from William S. Burroughs's prose, starting with David Cronenberg's 1991 adaptation of Naked Lunch. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:20 Friendship (2025) 03:10 Bring Her Back (2025) 09:34 Premonition (2007) 13:37 Mulan (1998) 16:53 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) 20:02 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) 23:08 Naked Lunch (1991) 41:30 Burroughs - The Movie (1983) 55:41 The Junky's Christmas (1993) 59:56 Ah Pook is Here (1994) 1:03:21 Queer (2024)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alejandro Amenábar's snuff-film murder mystery Tesis (1996) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:24 Goodbye Horses - The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (2025) 09:20 The Haunted Palace (1963) 14:56 Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 20:57 Leila and the Wolves (1984) 25:12 The Prophecy (1995) 27:31 The Raven (1963) 28:57 The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) 34:07 The Ugly Stepsister (2025) 36:06 The Shrouds (2025) 40:16 Touch of Evil (1958) 44:25 Strangers on a Train (1951) 46:36 Frenzy (1972) 50:41 Fight or Flight (2025) 52:27 Final Destination (2000 - 2025) 1:24:13 Tesis (1996)

Brandon & Boomer discuss a grab bag of horror films set in assisted living facilities, starting with the straight-to-Shudder thriller The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 The Surfer (2025) 06:39 Clown in a Cornfield (2025) 16:29 The Kid Detective (2020) 18:00 Belle de Jour (1967) 28:07 Decision to Leave (2022) 35:00 The Spiral Staircase (1946) 40:16 The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) 1:03:20 Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) 1:28:11 Late Phases (2014) 1:32:04 The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Roger Corman's psychedelic sci-fi crime thriller X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Sinners (2025) 08:48 Secret Mall Apartment (2025) 13:50 The Ugly Stepsister (2025) 19:15 Beau Travail (1999) 25:28 Strawberry Mansion (2022) 33:01 The Haunted Palace (1963) 37:20 X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of dramas about wartime traitors, treasonists, quislings, and collaborators, starting with the Czech New Wave classic The Cremator (1969) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:40 The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man (2025) 07:56 Children of a Lesser God (1986) 11:51 The Passionate Friends (1949) 13:05 Hobson's Choice (1954) 17:08 Date Movie (2006) 23:15 Bull Durham (1988) 26:36 Vision Quest (1985) 32:30 The Cremator (1969) 52:16 The Ascent (1977) 1:11:41 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 1:26:47 The Good German (2006)