The Swampflix Podcast

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 (2024) 51:03 Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024) 1:08:06 Aishiteru! (Safe Word, 2024)

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) 1:02:23 The Movie Orgy (1968) 1:12:08 Starship Troopers (1997)

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 (1997)

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) 57:50 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 1:12:09 Clueless (1995) 1:20:47 I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

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) 51:55 It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) 57:30 Le Samouraï (1967) 59:02 Evil Does Not Exist (2024) 1:02:22 Metropolis (1927)

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 Coffy (1973) 58:29 Foxy Brown (1974) 1:13:26 Friday Foster (1975)

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 Rodan (1956) 52:22 Madame Web (2024)

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) 49:26 She is Conann (2024) 56:40 Mulholland Drive (2001)

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 Woman in the Dunes (1964) 1:12:03 The Pornographers (1966)

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 House (1977)

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 Funny Girl (1968) 57:39 The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) 1:06:02 What's Up Doc? (1972) 1:16:39 The Prince of Tides (1991)

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 Red Rooms 1:24:58 Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person 1:35:46 Infested 1:41:07 Oddity 1:44:54 Cuckoo 1:48:46 I Saw the TV Glow 1:55:20 Abigail

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 (1962) 54:10 Riddle of Fire (2024) 57:17 All About Eve (1950)

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 Encounter (1945) 37:44 Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 40:43 Twins (1988) 43:31 Wise Guys (1986) 45:43 Godzilla (1954)

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) 1:19:46 AND1 Ball Access - The Mixtape Tour (2002) 1:40:01 Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang (2015)

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 Sex (2024) 51:43 Blood of the Virgins (1967) 55:05 Blind Date (1984)