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Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from the final day of Fantastic Fest 2019! Movies and parties and intergalactic funk bands! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Platform Parasite Knives Out People Discussed: Gille Klabin Carl Lucas Daniel Craig The post Episode 134h: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 8 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Now with more Dracula! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Death of Dick Long Wyrm Dogs Don’t Wear Pants Saint Maud Sweetheart Guns Akimbo People Discussed: Daniel Radcliffe Samara Weaving The post Episode 134g: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 7 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Time travel! Crocodiles! Time travel with crocodiles! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Memory: The Origins of Alien Swallow The Pool Dolemite Is My Name Primal Fractured Synchronic The Mortuary Collection People Discussed: Genndy Tartakovsky Stephen Tobolowsky Rian … Continue reading The post Episode 134f: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 6 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2019! The second half of the fest has begun, so we are starting to catch the movies we’ve heard good things about in the first four days! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Vivarium In the Shadow of the … Continue reading The post Episode 134e: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Settle in with some panna cotta and have a listen! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Last to See Them The Platform Ride Your Wave Sea Fever Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Synchronic Dolemite Is … Continue reading The post Episode 134d: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 4 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 3 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Water buffalo, crocodiles, and psychadelia, oh my! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Maggie May (short) The Haunted Swordsman (short) Cosmic Candy The Long Walk In the Shadow of the Moon Jallikattu VFW The Pool Bliss The Wave … Continue reading The post Episode 134c: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 3 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 2 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Alpacas are the way of the future! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Son of the White Mare Night Has Come Nail in the Coffin The Antenna The Vast of Night Color Out of Space Deerskin The Wave … Continue reading The post Episode 134b: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are kicking the dust off the podcast to bring you tales from Fantastic Fest 2019! Hello from Austin, TX! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Jojo Rabbit Tammy and the T-Rex Blood Machines People Discussed: Taika Waititi Sam Rockwell Scarlett Johansson Paul Walker Denise Richards Carpenter Brut The post Episode 134a: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return with tales from Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2018! POM! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: I Used to Be Normal – A Boyband Fangirl Story Laika When the Screaming Stops Life After Flash Flash Gordon Terrified One Cut of the Dead People Discussed: Sam J. Jones Brian Blessed Timothy Dalton Matt … Continue reading The post Episode 133g: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 7 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return with tales from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Includes Tenacious D geekery and discussion of crudely drawn genitals! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Modest Heroes: Studio Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Vol. 1 Girls with Balls Cam The Perfection Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto (YouTube series) Destroyer The Night Comes for Us … Continue reading The post Episode 133f: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 6 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return with tales from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2018! French heist comedies, Indian horror, and a flailing description of a Gaspar Noe movie await inside! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The World Is Yours Level 16 The Guilty Tumbbad Piercing Climax People Discussed: Vincent Cassel Gaspar Noe The post Episode 133e: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return with tales from Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Includes Drunk Windy content, plus the reveal of the secret screening and discussion of MEATY VIOLENCE. Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Shadow Blood of Wolves School’s Out Suspiria (2018) The Night Comes for Us May the Devil Take You People Discussed: Zheng … Continue reading The post Episode 133d: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 4 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return with tales from Day 3 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Nazi zombies, ghost boats, and Nicolas Cage ahoy! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Level 16 Drug Stories (short film collection) The Trip Back (short) Slut in a Good Way Hold the Dark The Boat Overlord Between Worlds Folklore (TV) People Discussed: Florrie … Continue reading The post Episode 133c: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 3 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return with tales from Day 2 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Keep an Eye Out (aka Au Poste!) Starfish Quake Apostle Sudden Fury Cam You Might Be the Killer People Discussed: Quentin Dupieux Dan Stevens Michael Sheen Mark Lewis Jones Gareth Evans (we probably said Edwards in the … Continue reading The post Episode 133b: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we are back again at Fantastic Fest 2018! In this episode, we bring you the tales of Day 1: the movies we saw, the movie we didn’t see (yet), and random Jamie Lee Curtis sightings. Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote The Wind White Fire In … Continue reading The post Episode 133a: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Our tales from Fantastic Fest 2017 conclude with the sixth and final installment of our series. If you missed the previous episodes, you can find them all here: Episode 132a: http://wp.me/p42Mnq-y0 Episode 132b: http://wp.me/p42Mnq-y5 Episode 132c: http://wp.me/p42Mnq-y7 Episode 132d: http://wp.me/p42Mnq-ya Episode 132e: http://wp.me/p42Mnq-yc Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Topknot Detective Ron Goosens: Low-Budget … Continue reading The post Episode 132f: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 6 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Our tales from Fantastic Fest 2017 continue (and we finally discuss the elephant in the room). Join us for the fifth installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the final installment! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Take It Out in Trade Maus Hagazussa The … Continue reading The post Episode 132e: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Our tales from Fantastic Fest 2017 continue! Join us for the fourth installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the next installment! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Radius The Endless 3ft Ball & Souls Killing of a Sacred Deer The Square People Discussed: Bruce … Continue reading The post Episode 132d: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 4 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return today with even more stories from Fantastic Fest 2017! Join us for the third installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the next installment! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Brawl in Cell Block 99 Jailbreak The Drop-In Blade of the Immortal Downsizing … Continue reading The post Episode 132c: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 3 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return today with yet more stories from Fantastic Fest 2017! Join us for the second installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the next installment! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Solyut-7 Nothing a Little Soap and Water Can’t Fix 78/52 Haunters Love and … Continue reading The post Episode 132b: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

The Pleasure Dome has come back to life with stories from Fantastic Fest 2017! Join us for the first installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, all the drama we endured, and all the feathers we inhaled. Plus, check in tomorrow for the next installment! Show notes below the cut! Movies … Continue reading The post Episode 132a: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we give you the second half of our XanaCineHoliday experience, where we continue to trade movies until we either fall dead of exhaustion or John Cusack shows up to punch ghosts! Show notes behind the cut! Movies watched: Jennifer’s Body Young Adult Seabiscuit Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte Team America: World Police 1408 Other movies … Continue reading The post Episode 131: XanaCineMovieTradeHolidayDayThing: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, Windy and Melissa do another variant on the XanaCineHoliday, where they each spent an entire day watching movies they had never seen, as dictated by the other host. The movies range from ultra-obscure avant-garde to a movie where projectile vomiting happens before the opening credits end, and approximately 71% of them … Continue reading The post Episode 130: XanaCineMovieTradeHolidayDayThing: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We’re back, dear listeners, with an episode all about power dynamics in the MCU (Marvel Comics movie universe) and superhero movies in general! And for this extremely long (and kinda drunken) discussion, we are joined by geography professor David Tyler McKay! If you would like to drink along (and why wouldn’t you?), we recommend either Bushmills … Continue reading The post Episode 129: Thornado! appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about Abel Ferrara’s 1992 movie Bad Lieutenant and Werner Herzog’s 2009 not-remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans! Why? Well, Windy hadn’t seen them before, and Melissa had a need to talk about inexplicable iguanas. A special note about this episode: it was recorded over a … Continue reading The post Episode 218: A Nickel Short of Quasimodo appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

In this week’s episode, Windy and writer/TV show host/modern rogue Jason Murphy bring back tales of SFFSFF, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival in Seattle, WA! (Since Melissa got to have a B-Fest episode without Windy, it’s only fair that Windy also got a solo show!) Show notes behind the cut! Exclamation points!!! Short … Continue reading The post Episode 127: They Ask So Little of Me appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you straight into the heart of B-Fest 2017, as Melissa, Field Correspondent Kelvin Hatle, and special guest star Tim Lehnerer spend 24 hours in Chicago watching crappy movies! And if you are wondering what we were drinking, the answer is, “Not enough.” Click beyond the cut for show notes!   … Continue reading The post Episode 126: Everything Is Doors Now appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, we present to you our eighth Off Topic episode! That’s right folks! We haven’t had one of these in a while! In fact, our previous Off-Topic episode was in 2015! If you are a newer listener, here’s what’s going on: Windy and I sometimes wander off topic. Or one of our husbands starts talking to … Continue reading The post Episode 125: Not Enough Sharks appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Finally, dear listeners, it’s a new year, and we have a Star Wars movie to talk about: Rogue One! (Yes, here be spoilers!) If you would like to drink along, we suggest either Two Gingers whiskey (which isn’t Irish) or Bauhaus Brew Labs’ Wonderstuff (also not Irish). Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Rogue … Continue reading The post Episode 124: C-Snarkio and the Irish Whiskey Mafia appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We’re back, dear listeners, and we bring you news from Butt-Numb-a-Thon 2016! Meghan Murphy returns as our special guest correspondent, and this year, we are also joined by BNAT newbie, Barb Lind! If you would like to drink along, we recommend just taking a long swig of sleep deprivation, because that’s what all four of us were … Continue reading The post Episode 123: Gettin’ Silly, Gettin’ Deep with Sex Canaries appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Windy and Melissa both spent the entirety of Black Friday in movie theaters, so this week’s episode is about all the shiny new movies they saw on their latest XanaCineHoliday! If you would like to drink along, we recommend Indeed Brewing’s Dandy Lager (Melissa’s pick) or Yellow Tail’s Sweet Red Roo wine. Show notes behind … Continue reading The post Episode 122: Dormammu, I’ve Come for a Cookie appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about The Babadook, and boy do we have a lot to say about it! If you would like to drink along, we recommend Surly Brewing’s Todd the Axe Man IPA (Melissa’s pick) or Yellowtail Cabernet Shiraz (Windy’s pick). Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: The … Continue reading The post Episode 121: BabaDook Dook Grey Dook appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Lo and behold, dear listeners, we have returned! And with us, we bring special guest star Matthew Kessen, who has been dying to talk A LOT about Shin Godzilla! If you have not seen the film yet, do not worry, as the first many minutes of this episode are spoiler-free. We make it very clear … Continue reading The post Episode 120: The Art of Anti-City Violence appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we have finally reached the end of Fantastic Fest 2016, so here is our recap of the final day of the festival! This time, we are joined by Susana Soliz, as well as Jerry Belich, who gives us a full rundown of the best games showcased in Fantastic Arcade. If you would like … Continue reading The post Episode 119h: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 8 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Rejoice, dear listeners, for our recap of Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2016 is here! Special thanks to guest star Adam Lueck, who was able to talk to Windy while Melissa is dying of consumption in the background! Movies mentioned: Kammattipadam Nova Seed Assassination Classroom: Graduation The Handmaiden The Autopsy of Jane Doe Sadako vs Kayako The post Episode 119g: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 7 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Our health is failing, but our love of movies is relenteless! Our report from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2016 is here! Movies mentioned: Solid Silver Anus (short) Iron Spider (short) Clara’s Rage (short) Judy (short) 24×36 Asura: The City of Madness Raw Elle Shin Godzilla Call of Heroes People mentioned: Sammo Hung Surprise cameo … Continue reading The post Episode 119f: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 6 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We are still alive (somehow), so here is our report from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2016! In Ugandan terms, it is BEST OF DA BEST SUPA ACTION! Movies mentioned: Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses Age of Shadows The Arrival Bad Black Split A Dark Song People mentioned: Nabwana IGG (director of Bad Black) … Continue reading The post Episode 119e: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We’re still alive, dearest listeners, so we bring you our episode about Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2016! Once again, we recorded from inside the festival, so you will hear plenty of background noise during this recording. Crowds, cars, and interruptions ahoy! Voices heard: Susana Soliz Barbara Kennedy Leigh Harris Movies mentioned: Fraud Khal Nayak Salt … Continue reading The post Episode 119d: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 4 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Good morning, dear listeners! Here’s your daily dose of Fantastic Fest 2016! In this episode, we’re trying out the new portable microphone, so we recorded between movies from within the festival itself. You will hear a lot of ambient sounds, rambling, and interruptions, just like if you were actually there with us! You will also … Continue reading The post Episode 119c: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 3 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Hello again from Fantastic Fest 2016, dear listeners! Today we bring you our tales from Day 2 of the festival! Movies mentioned: Magadheera Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl The Autopsy of Jane Doe Toni Erdmann Bad Batch Age of Shadows The Girl with All the Gifts People mentioned: Erin Wilhelm (lead actress of Sweet Sweet Lonely … Continue reading The post Episode 119b: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Prepare yourselves, dear listeners, for a deluge of news from Fantastic Fest 2016! That’s right, just like last year, we will be posting daily from the film festival, bringing you the latest in genre film from around the world. Here’s our experiences with Day 1 of the fest! Movies mentioned: Johnny Guitar Why Don’t You … Continue reading The post Episode 119a: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We are BACK! We are both in Austin, TX preparing for Fantastic Fest, so we decided to shake off the rust a bit and do a little pre-festival podcast about Ninotchka, which we both saw for the first time at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz. We apologize for the echo-laden sound of this episode. We recorded … Continue reading The post Episode 118: Great Germans of Comedy appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about Shane Black’s latest film, The Nice Guys! Even better, we recorded this with our Mississippi friends, Lisa Rucker and Jessica Griffis, right in the beautiful city of New Orleans! If you would like to drink along, we recommend either a hand grenade or a shark … Continue reading The post Episode 117: Bless Your Heart appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we return with guest Duck Washington for a conversation about science gone wrong in movies! We discuss many of our favorite sci-fi films in terms of ethics, real-life dilemmas, and copious amounts of wine. If you would like to drink along (and you very well might), we suggest either the classy … Continue reading The post Episode 116: And That’s Where It All Goes Gooey appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we discuss the Liz Taylor/Richard Burton film adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which was released 50 years ago as of this June! Windy had never seen it before, so Melissa figured that it was about damned time. If you would like to drink along, we recommend WATER. That’s right. We both … Continue reading The post Episode 115: A Blunt Instrument at the Sharp Utensil Society appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, this week we are joined by David Tyler McKay for an episode full of nerdlove for Captain America: Civil War! We start off with a few minutes of spoiler-free territory, then plunge straight into the Spoiler Zone, so you’ll probably want to see the movie before listening to the episode. If you would … Continue reading The post Episode 114: Multicolored Ramen Movie Night appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, this week, we are joined by guest star Paul Comeau for an episode about master documentarian, Errol Morris! Paul was a former cohost of The Geek Life podcast alongside Melissa, so this is a reunion of sorts. Also, Errol Morris is awesome. If you would like to drink along, we recommend picking up … Continue reading The post Episode 113: The Parrot Is Under Police Protection appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you a completely self-indulgent episode about our movie-themed weddings! That’s right: Melissa just got married a few weeks ago in a very nerdy fashion, and Windy also had a nerd wedding when she got married, so we just talk about all that for an hour. We promise that there … Continue reading The post Episode 112: Congratulations, Ulysses S. Grant appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we have far too much fun discussing RACISM IN MOVIES, because our special guest star is the delightful Duck Washington! Duck is an actor and writer who recently created Caucasian-Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales, a stage show about his experience growing up mixed-race, so he has a few things to say … Continue reading The post Episode 111: Scary Evil Ethnic Natives appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We have a treat for you this week, dear listeners, as we invite special guest star Alee Ellingsberg of Reel Education: Noir to join us for an episode about ASYLUM FILMS! And by Asylum Films, we mean the production house that has given us things like Atlantic Rim, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, and Sharknado. If you … Continue reading The post Episode 110: You Boarded This Bus on Purpose appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We return victorious this week, dear family, with an episode about The Fast and the Furious series! We are joined by Alamo Drafthouse denizen Luke Mullen for this in-depth squeefest about our favorite car-smashing soap opera, as Windy describes her thoughts and feelings after seeing all of the films for the first time. If you … Continue reading The post Episode 109: We Don’t Need Physics! We Have Cars! appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.