The Swampflix Podcast

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)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the Canuxploitation meta-horror Deadline (1980) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:40 Tales of Terror (1962) 06:10 The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) 11:07 The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) 16:20 Wolfen (1981) 22:46 True Romance (1993) 27:58 My Cousin Vinny (1992) 31:36 Fame Whore (1997) 38:30 Quadrophenia (1979) 43:48 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) 47:43 The Doll (1919) 54:55 Deadline (1980)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of vintage genre films about Vietnam War vets suffering from PTSD, starting with the violent exploitation thriller Combat Shock (1986) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Pope of Trash 08:50 Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) 13:00 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) 17:12 Under the Sand (2000) 24:15 Warfare (2025) 33:00 Combat Shock (1986) 52:15 Dead of Night (1974) 1:03:42 Backfire (1988) 1:17:10 Savage Dawn (1985)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Takahide Hori's stop-motion-animated nightmare comedy Junk Head (2017) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:55 Vampire Hunter D (1985) 07:07 Casino (1995) 15:31 Deadwood - The Movie (2019) 22:30 The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) 38:17 The Conformist (1970) 42:32 Times Square (1980) 48:56 Devil Fetus (1982) 55:38 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 1:01:21 Junk Head (2017)

Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss a selection of genre films that screened at this year's Overlook Film Festival, starting with Good Boy (2025), a haunted house movie seen from a dog's POV https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:36 Good Boy 17:00 The Ugly Stepsister 30:00 It Ends 36:26 Predators 49:43 Zodiac Killer Project 1:00:53 Dead Lover 1:05:00 The Shrouds 1:16:05 Lifehack 1:20:20 Cloud 1:38:17 Hallow Road

Boomer & Brandon discuss the Shaw Brothers' laser-wizards martial arts actioner Buddha's Palm (1982) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:37 Eephus (2025) 04:45 Looney Tunes - The Day The Earth Blew Up (2025) 09:03 Black Bag (2025) 15:40 Misericordia (2025) 21:16 The Shrouds (2025) 27:47 Ash (2025) 34:32 The Premature Burial (1962) 39:38 The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 48:20 Dark Intruder (1965) 50:26 Imitation of Life (1959) 57:01 The Unbelievable Truth (1989) 1:00:43 Secret Mall Apartment (2025) 1:05:27 Perfect Blue (1997) 1:12:11 In Fabric (2018) 1:19:00 Buddha's Palm (1982)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of low-budget horror films about ballerinas in crisis, starting with the 1989 Supsiria knockoff Étoile, starring Jennifer Connelly https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Concerts 07:21 Two English Girls (1971) 10:32 Adolescence (2025) 15:37 Down with Love (2003) 19:20 Chocolate Babies (1996) 25:03 Étoile (1989) 47:53 Dance Macabre (1992) 1:04:16 The Line, The Cross & The Curve (1993) 1:20:18 Wishing Stairs (2003)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Gregg Araki's Los Angeles teen brain-rot comedy Nowhere (1997) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:30 Urban Legend (1998) 15:00 Juliet of the Spirits (1965) 19:23 Contempt (1963) 22:45 The Black Cat (1989) 27:35 Video Violence (1987) 30:51 Fade to Black (1980) 34:34 Possible Films - Short Works by Hal Hartley (1994-2004) 42:13 Mickey 17 (2025) 50:04 Goodfellas (1990) 59:52 Nowhere (1997)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the portrait of America stretched across Robert Altman's filmography, starting with his 1975 country-music industry drama Nashville https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Pearl Jam 01:23 Striptease (1996) 05:06 Incendies (2010) 08:01 La Moustache (2005) 10:30 American Sniper (2014) 17:13 Rambo I - V (1982 - 2019) 25:20 Nashville (1975) 54:50 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) 1:15:30 Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) 1:36:05 Short Cuts (1993)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the classic Howard Hawks noir The Big Sleep (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:52 The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970) 06:58 Teeth (2007) 13:48 Citizen Ruth (1996) 20:48 Wander to Wonder (2025) 23:44 No Other Land (2025) 27:33 The Monkey (2025) 35:19 Heart Eyes (2025) 41:03 Armand (2025) 45:08 Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) 50:44 Mickey 17 (2025) 53:48 Universal Language (2025) 58:27 The Big Sleep (1946)

Brandon & Alli discuss a grab bag of movies about swords & swordplay, starting with the fencing academy drama By the Sword (1991). Swords! https://swampflix.com/ https://plotisoptional.com/ 00:00 Plot is Optional & Spooky Tuesday 02:55 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) 09:18 The Lord of the Rings - The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 16:42 By the Sword (1991) 37:55 Captain Blood (1939) 48:14 Conan the Barbarian (1982) 56:27 She (1984) 1:06:06 Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 surveillance paranoia thriller The Conversation, which recently screened at Prytania's Classic Movie Series https://swampflix.com/ https://www.theprytania.com/uptown/classic-movie-series 00:00 Welcome 05:08 George Dureau: New Orleans Artist (2023) 19:10 The Roommate (2011) 32:35 Crimes of Passion (1984) 45:08 The Conversation (1974)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the earlier works of this year's Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Sean Baker's porn-industry buddy comedy Starlet (2012) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Apology/Goo 05:03 Kinda Pregnant (2025) 10:19 The Vietnam War (2017) 14:17 The Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 18:35 Rats! (2025) 23:39 Starlet (2012) 41:48 The Childhood of a Leader (2015) 58:30 A Prophet (2009) 1:13:22 Revenge (2017) 1:28:36 Cop Land (1997)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the 2017 road-trip dramedy Please Stand By, starring Dakota Fanning as an autistic Star Trek obsessive on the run https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:09 Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 04:13 Nosferatu (2024) 06:17 Cunk on Life (2025) 10:53 Dark Match (2025) 17:29 Companion (2025) 23:46 Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2025) 27:40 Son in Law (1993) 34:08 Please Stand By (2017)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of 90s movies about well-meaning teachers confronted with the violent chaos of inner-city schools, starting with the 1997 Sam Jackson vehicle 187 https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:55 Presence (2025) 02:56 The Brutalist (2024) 06:14 The Cranes are Flying (1957) 08:17 The Lives of Others (2006) 14:39 It's Complicated (2009) 18:13 Two Days in Paris (2007) 20:48 Willard (1971) 23:12 The Colors Within (2025) 28:17 187 (1997) 50:06 Dangerous Minds (1995) 1:03:17 Sister Act 2 - Back in the Habit (1993) 1:24:16 High School High (1996)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alexander Payne's climate change sci-fi comedy Downsizing (2017) https://swampflix.com/2025/01/24/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2024/ 00:00 The Top 10 Films of 2024 02:30 Anora (2024) 12:05 Barfly (1987) 13:48 Single White Female (1992) 22:03 The Cruise (1998) 23:03 Tomie (1998) 24:28 The Thing (1982) 27:39 To Die For (1995) 34:03 Gattaca (1997) 38:36 Mulholland Drive (2001) 45:25 The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) 50:09 Closely Watched Trains (1966) 53:46 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) 58:17 Feels Good Man (2020) 1:03:38 Downsizing (2017)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2024 with some honorable mentions, starting with Clint Eastwood's courtroom thriller Juror #2. https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:30 Nine Months (1995) 04:05 John Tucker Must Die (2006) 08:41 Unlawful Entry (1992) 12:00 Nosferatu (2024) 19:10 Babygirl (2024) 27:07 Last Summer (2024) 31:13 Look Back (2024) 37:53 Juror #2 (2024) 1:03:17 Civil War (2024) 1:23:35 The Front Room (2024) 1:40:00 The Feeling that the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the stop-motion animated comedy Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2025). https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 05:20 Dark Passage (1947) 06:47 Rock Hudson 09:33 Crank - High Voltage (2009) 14:08 Dogra Magra (1988) 22:33 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 32:00 To Catch a Thief (1955) 42:22 Rashomon (1950) 49:30 Cunk on Life (2025) 54:00 The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 1:01:21 Nosferatu (2024) 1:05:33 Our Little Secret (2024) 1:13:00 Mirage (1965) 1:19:00 Pepe (2025) 1:24:00 Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl (2025)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2024 https://swampflix.com/tag/top-films-2024/ 00:00 Welcome 02:30 Wicked Little Letters 05:41 Monkey Man 08:56 Mars Express 12:38 Longlegs 20:48 How to Have Sex 27:21 A Different Man 33:19 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 44:30 The Taste of Things 51:45 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 1:01:22 She is Conann 1:11:19 The Substance 1:23:56 I Saw the TV Glow

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to discuss the Southeastern Film Critic Association's awarded films of 2024, starting with Edward Berger's papal voting-process thriller Conclave https://swampflix.com/2024/12/16/sefcas-top-10-films-of-2024/ www.moviegoing.rocks/ https://www.sefca.net/winners 00:00 Moviegoing with Bill 22:15 Conclave (2024) 54:40 SEFCA's Top 10 Films of 2024 1:29:19 Other SEFCA winners

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the retro horror comedy Frankie Freako (2024) and the late-80s wave of Gremlins knockoffs that inspired it https://swampflix.com/ https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch 00:00 Welcome 06:50 Frankie Freako 26:06 Ghoulies 48:25 Critters 56:45 Trolls 1:09:18 Munchies 1:23:14 Beasties 1:28:22 Hobgoblins

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Belgian-French animated fantasy adventure Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 SEFCA's Top 10 Films of 2024 07:49 Strangers on a Train (1951) 13:13 Laufey's A Night at the Symphony (2024) 19:46 The Not-So-New 52 24:05 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 30:09 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) 35:43 Nosferatu (2024) 40:14 Holding Back the Tide (2024) 43:45 Nickel Boys (2024) 48:50 Daaaaaalí! (2024) 52:04 Yannick (2024) 57:17 Wicked Part 1 (2024) 59:46 Flow (2024) 1:00:42 Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (2024)

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of movies about women who reinvent themselves with made-up identities, starting with the 1966 Lana Turner drama Madame X https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 Hot Frosty (2024) 05:25 Mother's Instinct (2024) 07:33 Endless Love (1981) 11:22 My Old Ass (2024) 18:30 Out of the Blue (1980) 24:16 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) 31:00 Madame X (1966) 55:00 A Woman's Face (1938) 1:12:22 Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) 1:30:07 The Last Seduction (1994)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Romanian gig-economy comedy Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2024) https://swampflix.com/ http://www.neworleansbookfair.com/ 00:00 New Orleans Bookfair 2024 02:46 Heretic (2024) 08:08 Wicked - Part 1 (2024) 20:07 Noirvember 22:08 High Sierra (1941) 26:17 Human Desire (1954) 30:52 Coma (2024) 34:48 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 38:25 Am I OK? (2024) 42:31 The Apprentice (2024) 45:12 The Last Showgirl (2024) 47:21 The End (2024) 52:01 A Different Man (2024) 56:04 Carol Doda Topless at the Condor (2024) 58:32 Queen of the Deuce (2024) 1:00:31 A Real Pain (2024) 1:02:59 Nightbitch (2024) 1:05:07 Hard Truths (2024) 1:07:52 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2024)

Brandon is joined by Moviegoing with Bill's Bill Arceneaux to review the films they caught at the 35th annual New Orleans Film Festival, starting with the local drag scene documentary I Love You, AllWays https://swampflix.com/ https://www.moviegoing.rocks/ 00:00 Welcome 07:46 I Love You, AllWays 33:06 On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 40:07 Memoir of a Snail 46:26 Ghetto Children 54:21 Taste the Revolution 1:16:52 Mysterious Behaviors 1:22:51 Any Other Way - The Jackie Shane Story 1:28:00 Eponymous 1:33:46 2024 Catch-up

Boomer, Boomer, Britnee, James, and Hanna discuss the 1997 DTV actioner Drive, recommended by a listener for its "transcendently unhinged Brittany Murphy performance" https://swampflix.com/ https://ascalaphid.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:38 Drive (1997)

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a grab bag of self-reflective documentaries directed by Agnès Varda, starting with her 2000 dumpster-diving doc The Gleaners and I https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:20 The Company of Strangers (1990) 05:21 Adua and Her Friends (1960) 10:39 Corrina, Corrina (1994) 14:44 The Gleaners and I (2000) 32:25 Jane B for Agnès V (1988) 44:52 The Beaches of Agnès (2008) 54:26 Faces Places (2017)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's cosmic horror manga Uzumaki (Spiral, 2000) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:03 Ju-On - The Grudge (2002) 06:56 The Substance (2024) 10:30 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 16:25 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010) 19:51 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 21:17 Ghostwatch (1992) 25:25 The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) 29:49 Gothic (1986) 36:26 Rumours (2024) 43:23 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 48:21 Audition (1999) 54:00 Smile 2 (2024) 1:00:46 Memoir of a Snail (2024) 1:06:16 Uzumaki (2000)

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss the many chronicles of Richard B. Riddick, starting with the sci-fi creature feature Pitch Black (2000) https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 We Love to Watch 06:53 Vin Diesel 21:30 Pitch Black (2000) 48:52 The Riddick Cinematic Universe

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the kaiju battle royal Destroy All Monsters (1968), featuring Godzilla and all his best frenemies https://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/ 00:00 Welcome 01:09 The Craft (1996) 04:20 The Shining (1980) 07:26 Fight Club (1999) 14:47 Malignant (2021) 18:17 Civil War (2024) 19:36 It's What's Inside (2024) 28:52 Megalopolis (2024) 40:41 Look What Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) 49:00 Christine (1983) 52:07 They (2002) 56:45 The Grudge (2019) 1:00:25 Mr. Crocket (2024) 1:05:17 Sex Demon (1975) 1:12:47 Flesh and Fantasy (1943) 1:19:13 Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a grab bag of movies about uncanny alien encounters, starting with the Christopher Walken alien abduction horror Communion (1989) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:43 Pulse (2001) 07:56 Alan Resnick 18:41 The Exorcist Steps 24:41 Carrie (1976) 29:36 Communion (1989) 51:19 Fire in the Sky (1993) 1:05:27 Xtro (1982) 1:21:47 The Arrival (1980) 1:38:02 Love & Saucers (2017)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Star Trek fandom documentary Trekkies, presented by Next Generation actor Denise "Tasha Yar" Crosby https://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/ 00:00 Halloween Streaming Report 2024 01:10 The Craft (1996) 03:30 Inside Out 2 (2024) 08:45 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 12:24 Close Your Eyes (2024) 20:39 The Substance (2024) 25:52 Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990) 30:04 Burial Ground (1981) 32:32 Megalopolis (2024) 36:46 Trekkies (1997)

Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of documentaries about metalheads, starting with the anthropological Judas Priest fan doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 06:00 Baby Cat (2023) 11:41 Hearts of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) 17:22 Tokyo Pop (1988) 21:40 Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) 31:22 Kittie - Spit in Your Eye (2002) 43:47 The Decline of Western Civilization Pt II - The Metal Years (1987) 1:06:34 Last Days Here (2011) 1:18:35 March of the Gods - Botswana Metalheads (2014)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the sapphic wuxia action fantasy The Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994), as suggested by ascalaphid's Letterboxd list Wuxia Wizard Wars https://letterboxd.com/ascalaphid/list/wuxia-wizard-wars/ 00:00 Wuxia Wizard Wars 03:14 Last Things (2024) 08:35 I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 16:55 Civil War (2024) 22:30 Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) 25:38 MaXXXine (2024) 32:30 The Kingsman - A Secret Service (2014) 37:15 Psycho (1960) 45:28 The Front Room (2024) 51:43 Cure (1997) 57:00 Fresh Kill (1994) 1:03:18 The Substance (2024) 1:07:22 The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)

Brandon & Britnee discuss a grab bag of movies about neurotic British biddies who work out their obsessions younger women through the written word, starting with the 2006 melodrama Notes on a Scandal https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-britnee-overcome-breast-cancer-challenges https://www.gofundme.com/f/nashtheslashrisesagain 00:00 GoFundMe for Britnee's breast cancer recovery 03:53 GoFundMe for a Nash the Slash documentary 07:55 Notes on a Scandal (2006) 29:30 Swimming Pool (2003) 47:57 Wicked Little Letters (2024)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the aquatic slapstick creature feature Lake Michigan Monster (2018), from the creative team behind Hundreds of Beavers (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Swampflix Top 100 09:16 Metropolis (2001) 13:56 Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) 18:30 The Store (1983) 24:37 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 29:18 The Deliverance (2024) 33:15 Strange Darling (2024) 40:10 Alien Romulus (2024) 47:48 Last Things (2024) 51:24 Frogman (2024) 55:27 Lake Michigan Monster (2018)

Brandon is joined by Nail Club's Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1998 self-trepanation documentary A Hole in the Head and the 2019 deep brain stimulation documentary Hunting for Hedonia. https://nailclub.bandcamp.com/ https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Nail Club 08:18 A Hole in the Head (1998) 32:47 Hunting for Hedonia (2019)

Boomer and Alli discuss Charlie Kaufman's writer's-block anxiety thriller Adaptation (2002), starring Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streep https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:05 Immaculate (2024) 07:57 Time Masters (1982) 11:37 Trap (2024) 13:06 In the Mood for Love (2000) 19:56 Cuckoo (2024) 25:43 Wicked Little Letters (2024) 27:48 Adaptation (2002)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of horror movies about bugs & slugs, starting with Saul Bass's psychedelic killer-ants freakout Phase IV (1974) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:29 When the Wind Blows (1986) 07:09 Set it Off (1996) 13:16 True Crime (1995) 16:17 Television 20:50 Blonde Ambition (1981) 27:47 Bugs 36:19 Phase IV (1974) 52:34 Slugs (1988) 1:09:00 The Nest (1988) 1:15:28 Mimic (1997)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Georges Franju's surgical horror classic Eyes Without a Face (1960) https://www.instagram.com/swampflix/ 00:00 Welcome 03:50 Abigail (2024) 13:00 Twisters (2024) 22:04 Happy Together (1997) 26:01 The Swimmer (1968) 29:27 The Red Shoes (1948) 36:35 She is Conann (2024) 43:34 Kim's Video (2024) 53:08 Wicked Little Letters (2024) 57:07 Kneecap (2024) 1:00:11 Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss the longtime creative partnership between French New Wave director Claude Chabrol and powerhouse actress Isabelle Huppert, starting with their chocolate-flavored psychological thriller Nightcap (2000) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 02:45 Trap (2024) 08:05 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 14:44 Three Amigos (1986) 20:51 La Piscine (1969) 26:58 Nightcap (2000) 48:42 Story of Women (1988) 1:01:34 La Cérémonie (1995) 1:13:41 The Swindle (1997)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Planet of the Vampires (1965), Mario Bava's atmospheric Italo sci-fi precursor to Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh 05:40 Video rental stores 08:11 Fright Night (1985) 13:35 Love Lies Bleeding (2024) 20:07 Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985) 22:49 Spirited Away (2001) 27:01 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 30:48 But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) 33:48 Blade Runner (1982) 37:02 Am I Okay? (2024) 42:13 Longlegs (2024) 55:26 MaXXXine (2024) 1:00:00 A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) 1:03:13 Twisters (2024) 1:06:36 Planet of the Vampires (1965)

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)