Foreign Invader

Foreign Invader returns for our second annual trip down memory lane, this time to the Cannes Film Festival of 2002. I am once again joined by the great Nick Davis (Nick-Davis.com) to talk about our favorite movies from the prestigious festival a mere twenty years after the fact. Check out the whole two season of my web series Wormholes! The movies mentioned in our conversation are: All or Nothing Bowling for Columbine Chi-hwa-seon (Pale Fire) Demonlover Divine Intervention The Man Who Wasn't There The Pianist Punch-Drunk Love Russian Ark Sweet Sixteen Ten Unknown Pleasures

Conrado and Sajda test their marriage by talking about the Best Movies they saw last year. Movies discussed in this episode: C'mon C'mon Days Heard She Got Married Licorice Pizza Master The Matrix Resurrections Memoria Tick Tick... Boom! Titane

The Holiday (2006) / Phantom Thread (2017) Sajda and Conrado test their marriage by talking about their favorite holiday films.

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) / A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Conrado and Sajda test their marriage with horror sequels with gay subtexts.

The great Nick Davis and I take a trip down memory lane, to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival to talk about the movies that played there. The Tree of Lie, The Artist, Melancholia, Drive, those are only some of the movies that premiered ten years ago and we are about to revisit. Check out my sci-fi comedy series Wormholes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFLhC7rbVkk&list=PLlYZM2A6aAXoCnHe39nhw_SZyfgU7buPv&ab_channel=ShowdogsNYC Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Nick's website: http://nicksflickpicks.com/ Nick's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/nicksflickpicks/ Nick's work at Film Comment: https://www.filmcomment.com/author/nick-davis/

I am joined by film critic, podcaster, and Toronto superstar Will Sloan to talk about one of the most famous people that ever lived: it's Charlie Chaplin! Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Listen to Will on The Important Cinema Club: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-important-cinema-club/id1067435576 Listen to Will on Michael & Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-and-us/id1120756155

Filmmaker, screenwriter, and critic Christina Tucker comes on to talk about Cowboy Bebop, one of the most beloved and exciting anime series of all time! Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Follow Christina on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xtinatucker And Check out Christina's Website: https://www.christinamarietucker.com/

In the Heights (2021) / Do the Right Thing (1989) Conrado and Sajda test their marriage with movies about gentrified New York neighborhoods

I am joined by returning guest Louis Gaudio to talk about two of the best summer movie seasons. What was the better summer for movies: 1984 or 2003? Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Listen to Robots vs. Dinosaurs: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robots-vs-dinosaurs/id1530753701 Follow Lou on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VsRobots Follow Lou on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robosvdinos/

The great Chris Mello is back, but does our subject need an introduction? We're talking about the man, the myth, the legend: Jackie Chan. Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Follow Chris on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tangiblegary/ And find his writing on In Review Oline: https://inreviewonline.com/category/the-writers/chris-mello/

Friends with Benefits (2011) / In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Sajda and Conrado test their marriage with movies about having lots of sex.

The great Caden Mark Gardner comes on to talk about Under the Skin, the 2013 movie directed by British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson as a literal foreign invader - she's a mysterious alien who has come to earth to prey on unsuspecting men... kind of? It's a pretty oblique movie, but that doesn't make it any less of a masterpiece. At least both Caden and I think it is. Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Find Caden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corpsesfoolsandmonsters/ Find Caden and Willow McClay's writing about Under the Skin, as well as other trans-related movies: https://daffyduckinhollywood.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/body-talk-part-iv-conversations-on-transgender-cinema-with-willow-maclay/

Dragon Ball started out as a manga written and drawn by Akira Toriyama in 1984, in 1986 a animated series of the manga began to air in Japanese television, and almost 40 years later, the fans' love for Goku and his adventures remains as strong as ever. I am joined by Dragon Ball megafan P. J. Mancuso to talk about a show that was a huge part of my childhood. Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM

Bigil (2019) / Bend It Like Beckam (2002) Sajda and Conrado test their marriage with movies about women's soccer.

I am joined by the great Elissa Suh to talk about Korean director Hong Sang-soo an infamous figure in his homeland, but a celebrated auteur in the festival circuit. Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Subscribe to Movie Pudding, Elissa's wonderful Substack: https://moviepudding.substack.com/ Follow Elissa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oddbarnacles Follow Elissa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddbarnacles/

Shrek (2001) / Shrek 2 (2004) Conrado and Sajda test their marriage by talking about Shrek.

Drake is one of the biggest pop artists working today. I think you could make the case he's the most successful pop musician of the last decade. He's been certified as the highest digital sales artist in the US and holds a gazillion records with the Billboard charts. And he's from Canada! Isn't that crazy? To talk about this very famous man, I am joined by Ben Barzilai. He is the host of The Skip Button, a wonderful podcast covering some of the most critically reviled artists in pop music, including Coldplay, The Black Eyed Peas, and of course, Nickelbak. Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader-movie-marriage/id1552560225 And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Learn more about Ben's wonderful podcast The Skip Button: https://www.theskipbutton.com/ Follow Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skipbuttonpodcast/ Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarzNearMe

Closer (2004) / Waiting to Exhale (1995) Conrado and Sajda test their marriage by talking movies about infidelity.

Today on Foreign Invader we are talking about maybe THE greatest action director of all time. John Woo started his career in Hong Kong where he became a pioneer of both the "heroic bloodshed" and "gun fu" genre with movies like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Hard Boiled. Then, he made a move to America, where he directed such action extravaganzas as Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission Impossible II. To talk about him i have a very special guest. Justin Decloux is a filmmaker, a film writer, a distributor, the host of FOUR different movie podcasts, and one of my favorite people on the internet. He is also a huge fan of action movies, and of John Woo in particular. It was a pleasure having him on the show, and I hope you enjoy the episode! Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Follow Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check Out Justin's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLpWvJv2paIaa6U9gcw4AA Check Out Gold Ninja Video, Justin's blu-ray company: https://goldninjavideo.com/ Listen to Justin on The Important Cinema Club: https://www.google.com/search?q=important+cinema+club+apple+podcasts&oq=important+cinema+club+apple+podcasts&aqs=chrome..69i57.8054j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Listen to Justin on No Such Thing as a Bad Movie: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-such-thing-as-a-bad-movie/id1405976014

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is most well known in America for being the wife of the Jonas brother Nick. What some people might not know, is that she is one of the biggest movie stars back in her home country of India. So, I wanted to take the opportunity to use this podcast to get a little more familiarized with the big stars of Bollywood, and what better way to do it than through the biggest crossover star we know in America. My guest to talk about this is someone who knows much more about Bollywood than I do. He is a writer and podcaster whose shows include Queer & Now (a podcast about queer cinema) and It Pod to Be You (a podcast about romantic comedies): it's Manish Mathur! Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Follow Manish on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheManish89 Check out It Pod to Be You: https://twitter.com/ItPodToBeYou Check out Queer and Now: https://twitter.com/Queerandnowpod Learn More about Bollywood through Manish's writing: https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/10-essential-films-from-indian-cinema https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/10-essential-films-from-hindi-cinema-part-2 https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/10-essential-films-from-hindi-cinema-part-3 https://jumpcutonline.co.uk/2020/06/12/an-introduction-to-eight-bollywood-auteurs/?fbclid=IwAR215dHN3FlzmW_bdKscuAxyWIXaIdzZpOiMK5fb1_C6uQpaZ0WDlYWKcHo

Animator Genndy Tartakovsky was born in Russia, and emigrated to the U.S. when he was only seven years old. He's now what I would traditionally call a "foreigner," but the place he holds in contemporary American animation makes him stand out as a bit of an outsider. Throughout his television career working on shows like Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, and most importantly Samurai Jack. He has developed a unique style that makes him a genre onto himself and one of mine and Trevor Wallace's favorite animators. Follow Trevor on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tdwallace/ Check out Trevor's work as a filmmaker: http://www.radicalrhinoceros.com/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Stuff Mentioned in This Episode: Genndy Tartakovsky: Reading the Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAcRJafmD4&ab_channel=Any-Mation Tartakovsky's Popeye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lzJuwJD9k&ab_channel=RepublicaTV1RepublicaTV1OfficialArtistChannel Samurai Jack Theme Song Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LivNRg8Qsho&ab_channel=TRAPMUSICNOW

In a career spanning more than thirty years, Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue has sold 70 million records, become a fashion icon, and influenced a whole generation of pop stars, including Kim Petras and Dua Lipa. She is huge in the UK, Australia, all across the world... except in America. So, what gives? In order to answer this mysterious question, I am joined by theatre critic and Kylie superfan Jose Solís. Follow Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/josesolismayen Check out Jose's wonderful work at Token Theatre Friends: https://tokentheatrefriends.com/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Music played in this episode: Can't Get You Out of My Head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB578q9zjrM&ab_channel=MacCampbell Better The Devil You Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyqUpf6bcHQ&ab_channel=KylieMinogue-Topic Slow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amvK5maWlTc Never Too Late: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4pHPYhlEM&ab_channel=KylieMinogue Dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RydgP07ICI&ab_channel=Horizonte-Music

He's a stocky, mustachioed, Italian plumber who gets high on mushrooms... and somehow he's the most famous video game character ever created. The great Louis Gaudio, host of the equally great Robots vs. Dinosaurs podcast, comes on the show to answer all your burning questions about the legendary Mario Mario: What makes him so special, and how did he manage to capture the minds of millions of eighties kids? We talk about his many video game appearances, the history of Nintendo, and his (failed?) incursions into television and film. Listen to Robots vs. Dinosaurs: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robots-vs-dinosaurs/id1530753701 Follow Lou on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VsRobots Follow Lou on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robosvdinos/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM

Chris and I talk about Zack Snyder's Justice League. Listen to find out why this is the Attack of the Clones of superhero movies, and why that's a good thing. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/ Chris's review of Zack Snyder's Justice League: http://dimthehouselights.com/2021/03/zack-snyders-justice-league/ Read Chris's work on In Review Online: https://inreviewonline.com/category/chris-mello/ Follow Chris on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tangiblegary/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM

Even if you don't know her by name, you know who Carmen Miranda is. Have you ever seen a Latina woman singing and dancing while wearing a hat full of fruit? Well, that was Carmen Miranda's signature look back in the forties, when she became the most popular entertainer in America. I am joined by writer Francisco Mendoza to talk about Carmen's fascinating, complicated, and ultimately tragic story. Learn more about Francisco and his work: https://www.notrealmendoza.com/ And subscribe to his excellent Substrack: https://notrealmendoza.substack.com/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Stuff mentioned in this episode: Throughout the episode Francisco refers to a "book," he is talking about a biography of Carmen Miranda by Ruy Castro. Sadly, it's only been published in Portuguese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_-_Uma_Biografia Carmen performing "The Lady with the Tutti Frutti Hat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsTUN1wVrc&ab_channel=AndromedaHeartAndromedaHeart "They say I've come back Americanized": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvM15FbTsGc&ab_channel=GregoryMayGregoryMay Disney's Brazilian parrot Zé Carioca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Carioca

In 2016, audiences across the world, but especially in East Asia, fell in love with Your Name. The movie's mix of science fiction, coming of age, and romance fascinated audiences and made it the most successful anime movie of all time, to the degree that director Makoto Shinkai has been labeled the "next Miyazaki." Here to talk about this phenomenon, is film critic Rachel Wagner, who might very well be the number one Your Name fan in this whole wide world. Help the show by Rating and Reviewing us on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader/id1552560225 Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Follow Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachel_reviews Check out Rachel's work: https://rachelsreviews.net/ Stuff mentioned in this episode: Rachel's interview with Radwimps: https://www.rotoscopers.com/2020/01/14/interview-radwimps-band-members-weathering-with-you/ Why Your Name was such a big hit: https://manga.tokyo/otaku-articles/the-reasons-why-kimi-no-na-wa-your-name-is-such-a-big-hit/ ATMA & Funomena review of Your Name: https://atmafunomena.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/your-name-interpreting-progress-in-gender-and-rule-breaking/

Do you have something to say about this? Message me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY Or better yet, leave us a voicemail: https://anchor.fm/conrado-falco-iii Questions covered in this episode: The extended cut of the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, anime, Pokemon vs. Digimon, RuPaul's Drag Race, best Peruvian foods, and great pop albums Our friend and former guest Abie's Spotify playlist of Great Album Closers: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41RqcoUMpqbAftwaFfiE95?si=LLYxcFKQTTGY0jyulyvj8Q&nd=1

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game developed by Nintendo in which you live on an island with a bunch of animals and you... like, build houses and stuff. As you can see I know relatively little about it, so I've brought on someone who knows way, way more. He's the voice behind behind the EJ Plays videos on Youtube and an Animal Crossing expert: the great E. J. Meehan! Check out EJ's videos at E J Plays: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgm7f83ilNAuWfPhdZYNWyA Follow EJ Plays on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ejplayss/ Follow the man himself: https://twitter.com/ptericdactyl You can see E. J. act in our hit web series Wormholes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFLhC7rbVkk&list=PLlYZM2A6aAXoCnHe39nhw_SZyfgU7buPv&ab_channel=ShowdogsNYC Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Stuff mentioned in this episode: The Maryland State Flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Maryland Animal Crossing: New Horizons review by Steven Scaife: https://www.slantmagazine.com/games/review-animal-crossing-new-horizons-makes-you-the-god-of-the-sandbox/

British pop star Charli XCX is has been described by practically every major music publication as the quote unquote future of music. She is one of the most exciting pop musicians working today and everyone who loves her has the same question: why isn't she the biggest pop star in the world? In order to answer that question I have with me the biggest Charli XCX fan that I personally know. You might know her from the web series Wormholes, the podcast Pod Kweens, and/or the instagram Food Pxrn Friday: It's Sajda Waite! Check out Sajda and I in our hit web series Wormholes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFLhC7rbVkk&list=PLlYZM2A6aAXoCnHe39nhw_SZyfgU7buPv&ab_channel=ShowdogsNYC Listen to Sajda on Pod Kweens: https://open.spotify.com/show/29kt0zDcdLnMunHmfFTGF9 Sajda's Food Pxrn Friday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodpxrnfriday/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Stuff mentioned in this episode: Charli XCX performing "I love It" in Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw7l4Y4qkeQ&ab_channel=memekween Shaad D'Souza's article about Charli: https://www.papermag.com/charli-xcx-how-im-feeling-now-future-pop-2646006658.html Our friend and former guest Abie's Spotify playlist of Great Album Closers: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41RqcoUMpqbAftwaFfiE95?si=LLYxcFKQTTGY0jyulyvj8Q&nd=1 Episode analytics

One Piece is by most measures, the most successful *and* longest running manga/anime series of all time. What started out as an adventure story about pirates has grown into an epic saga more than one thousand chapters long. Writer and comedian Gamal ElSawah has been praising One Piece ever since I met him, and took this chance to finally convince me to read/watch the thing. Check out Gamal and I in our hit webs eries Wormholes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFLhC7rbVkk&list=PLlYZM2A6aAXoCnHe39nhw_SZyfgU7buPv&ab_channel=ShowdogsNYC Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my projects here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Listen to Gamal on Pod Kweens: https://open.spotify.com/show/29kt0zDcdLnMunHmfFTGF9 Gamal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegamal/ Gamal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/GamalTweets Stuff mentioned in this episode: The Philosophy of One Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6spXHrMQsM&ab_channel=MrMorj Dr. Hiluluk's Death Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZuZgRGV79c&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Animent

We've all heard of The Lord of the Rings movies, but the Hobbit invasion of America started way before, when J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic took the counterculture movement by storm. I'm joined by filmmaker and Tolkien fan Abie Sidell to talk about our own personal fascinations with Tolkien's work, the Rings of Power, and that rascal Tom Bombadil. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocoHitsNY And Check out all my project here: https://instabio.cc/21019ZPEkqM Check out Abie's work: http://www.radicalrhinoceros.com/ Abie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/absidell Abie's (great) Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/absidell/