The Oddity Film Society

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Students and teachers of an Ontario school talk about movies, but it‘s mostly off topic tangents.


    • May 17, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 41m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    John Carpenter's The Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 103:19


    This time we marvel at the beauteous facial hair sported by Kurt Russel in John Carpenter's frigid thriller The Thing.

    Enemy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 90:11


    On this podcast we discuss Denis Villeneuve's Enemy and attempt to figure out what spiders mean.

    Sing Streen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 111:06


    In today's podcast we discuss John Carney's very Irish (it's not British) Sing Street. It might be better with subtitles.

    Annihilation and Green Room

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 126:52


    On today's podcast we discuss Alex Garland's rainbow tinted Annihilation and Jeremy Saulnier's surprisingly gruesome Green Room.

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 111:49


    On this day we discuss one Mr Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. Cusscusscuss.

    Frank

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 107:03


    On this episode we chat about Lenny Abrahamson's paper mached Frank. Enjoy!

    Snowpiercer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 116:25


    On this week's podcast we discuss Park Chan Wook's Snowpiercer. If you make it to the end you will be rewarded with some baloon animal ASMR.

    Jordan Peele‘s Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 110:02


    On this podcast we continue to ramble and eventually get to a pretty insightful discussion of Jordan Peele's Us.

    The Babadook

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 121:51


    Continuing on with Spooktober, we brave the symbolic horror of Jennifer Kent's The Babadook - amongst other things.

    Drag Me to Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 121:44


    In our first podcast of the 2021-2022 school year, we chat about Sam Raimi's horror/comedy Drag Me to Hell. Good news is that we are back together around a table in person!

    Rushmore and Year Ender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 109:31


    In this final episode of The Oddity Film Society for the 2020-2021 school year, we discuss Wes Anderson's sophomore film, Rushmore. We also unveil our top watches from this year's selections. Finally we say some goodbyes-for-nows to Sydney and Thomas.

    Swiss Army Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 112:59


    In this episode we chat about all of the Dan's that participated in Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert's Swiss Army Man, starring  Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano.

    Rubber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 99:27


    Today (or whatever day we recorded this) we chat about Quentin Dupieux's masterpiece of cinema Rubber.

    Queen & Slim and also Clue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 134:07


    In this episode we discuss two movies that couldn't be more different. First up is Melina Matsoukas' timely and poignant Queen & Slim. We follow that with Jonathan Lynn's 1985 classic, Clue.

    Big Trouble in Little China

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 110:55


    We talk about John Carpenter's classic Big Trouble in Little China and I'm pretty sure the sound quality sucks. We will try to fix that.

    Frances Ha

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 81:07


    This week we talk about Noah Baumbach's mumblecore triumph, Frances Ha. Or at least I think we did. Is anything more heart warming than Greta Gerwig's awkward smile?

    Jojo Rabbit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 78:14


    The first episode of the new year was supposed to be on No Country for Old Men, but we had sad technical issues and will never see the light of your ear cavities, so we're following up with this here episode on Jojo Rabbit.

    Better Watch Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 107:09


    We come back from a long Covid 19 hiatus to host a distanced conversation. Sorry for the wait.

    Let the Right One In

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 67:14


    We discuss the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In directed by Thomas Alfredson.

    The Shining

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 138:55


    After a loooooooooooong break we are back to talk about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

    Green Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 102:54


    We chat about Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room.

    Memento

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 87:27


    We get lost discussing Christopher Nolan's Memento.

    Trick 'r Treat

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 96:01


    We chat spooky things, like Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat.

    The Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 100:12


    We continue Spooktober with Adam Wingard's The Guest.

    Year Starter: Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 136:59


    We begin this scholastic year with some familiar voices and some new ones. We eventually get around to talking about Jordan Peele's Us.

    2018/2019 Year Ender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 113:42


    We talk about Ari Aster's Hereditary, rank this years offerings and say sad goodbyes to graduating members.

    Whiplash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 96:49


    This was supposed to be our last episode of the 2018/2019 school year, but Eddy messed everything up, so we just talk about Damien Chazelle's Whiplash.

    Bad Times at the El Royal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 114:25


    We talk about Drew Goddard's Bad Times at the El Royal and go off topic as per usual.

    Alien

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 65:40


    We were supposed to cover Ridley Scott's Alien, but end up discussing the Russo brothers Endgame even more.

    Blackkklansman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 125:37


    We talk about Spike Lee's Blackkklansman.

    Inside Llewyn Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 79:37


    We talk about the Cohen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis and get horribly off topic.

    Eraserhead

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 120:14


    Another conversation about David Lynch's unusual work. This time it's concerning Eraserhead.

    Elephant Man and Nightcrawler

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 117:53


    We talk about David Lynch's Elephant Man and Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler.

    Ghost Story and Lost in Translation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 105:45


    We talk about David Lowery's Ghost Story and Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation.

    Fargo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 87:54


    Moonrise Kingdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 89:39


    We watch a more upbeat movie in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and discuss our favourite Pixar flicks.

    Her, O Brother Where Art Thou, and Adaptation.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 56:39


    After two weeks off, we come back big time with a triple review. Enjoy!

    Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 56:49


    One week after All Hallow's Eve we finally get to talk about Mr. Myers coming home.

    Evil Dead 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 97:18


    Another stop in Spooktober brings us to Sam Raimi's masterpiece, Evil Dead 2.

    28 Days Later

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 71:33


    We chat about Daniel Boyle's "28 Days Later" and Kurt Russel as Santa. Much appreciation to Probable Fog for our new theme music.

    Baby Driver: First Episode of the 2018/2019 Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2018 73:12


    We come back from the summer holidays and kick things off with Edgar Wright's Baby Driver.

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