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Andor is the greatest Star Wars we've ever seen on any screen and it's not close. My close friend Alan Malfavon joins in to talk about the brilliance of this show, what it means to us, and what we hope to see next.About our guest:Alan Malfavon resituates Mexico's socio-political, cultural, and economic networks with the Atlantic World and the Greater Caribbean, and it dissects and problematizes those networks by centering the Black and Afro-Mexican experience. His research interrogates and subverts archival silences that have erased Black and Afro-Mexican agency from narratives of Mexican identity and nation-state formation, seeking to diversify these narratives by foregrounding the voices, perspectives, and actions of Afro-descendants.

What movie should we do next? And who should be the guest? Email meThis is a great weekend to get the family together for a viewing of the 1997 classic starring Matt and Ben. In this rerun of our inaugural Boston Movie Club, we're talking about Good Will Hunting.  To get into all the good stuff — Stellan Skarsgaard's scarf, whether or not a burger is ever called a "sandwich" interchangeably, and Robin Williams' recent role as a spiritual advisor to a cult leader — I'm joined by a very special guest.John Mara talks about Saquon Barkley. Have feedback on this episode or ideas for upcoming topics? DM me on Instagram, email me, or send a voice memo.Send us a textPremium Q Moving & Storage: Get free boxes and 10% off your move by clicking HERE or call 781-730-6180 for a quote. Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.

On the 140th episode of the SKIDS PODCAST; The head of the Secret Service RESIGNS, Where is Joe Biden? Joe Biden's letter, Real sex in movies, Stellan Skarsgaard and Charles Dance, Jonesy the cat, Food we hate, the Sonya Massey situation, Yellowstone bursts, and much more!!Coffee Brand Coffee -https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/Use the coupon code: gps1 to recff your purchase.  You will be supporting an independent, growing company, as well as our show in the process!!#skids #skidspodcast #gps #garbagepailskids #podcast #commentary #conversation #discussion #secretservice #joebiden #president #movies #alien #aliens #food #yellowstone #wwII #worldwar2 #wwIII #worldwar3 #stellanskarsgaard #charlesdance #news #kamalaharris #online #gaming #videogames 

Mathula joins Caitlin to cover 2003's Dogville, the first installment of Lars Von Trier's unfinished United States trilogy. It's an impressive undertaking with a unique production history and bleak plot. We talk about themes of hopelessness, arrogance, and man's tendency towards harm. It's a rough watch at times, but a really interesting movie overall. Shoutout to Mathula for mailing me the DVD and chatting with me. Tangents include: hair, goth-ness, bins of pins, dogs, HBO, changing movie endings, horror movie tropes, a bean WYR, correcting assumptions, and craft fairs. Be sure to check out Hallelujah Dystopia.

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends the wait is over and in an exciting change of pace, no negativity. We're going to slaver and spaz all about 2024's Dune Part 2 directed by Denis Villanueve and starring Timotheé Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgaard, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Lea Seydoux, Christopher Walken and (spoiler alert!)  Anya Taylor-Joy.  My guests today are David Johnson DMD and Roseanne Caputi. Series regular and good friend Alex Robertson is sitting this one out because he said, and I quote, “I have to polish my silver and scrub the cabinets tonight.”  But the truth is Dune is sci-fi and is packed wall-to-wall with current superstars with nary an obscure 70's grindhouse actor to be found in its nearly 3 hour running time.  Before we contemplate the many  riddles of the film, the synopsis:  Dune Part 2 picks up exactly where part one left off: After narrowly escaping multiple assassination attempts and exiled in the harsh desert of the savagely hot and dry spice producing planet Arrakis after Paul Atraide's father Duke Leto was murdered by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in an brutal attack against House Atraides conceived and orchestrated by the Emperor Shaddam IV, Paul and his mother Lady Jessica have joined with the desert warrior Freman people.  Paul wrestles with the notion or is it a plot? That he is the Kwisatz Haderach, the chosen one prophesized to lead the Freman warriors in a holy war against all of the Houses of the Galactic Empire. Fearing that their plot has backfired, the Bene Gesserit order of witches led by Gaius Helen Mohiam devise a plan to install the sadistic Feyd Rotha Harkonen as governor of Arrakis in order to quell the Freman rebellion brewing which Paul leads and Lady Jessica, now a full full-fledged Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother, promotes to the more religiously extreme Southern Freman tribes.    

Mary and Charlie join Caitlin to cover The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the impactful David Fincher thriller. It's got it all: high stakes, revenge, heists, mysteries, Happy Meals, and more. We look at themes of misogyny, violence against women, and intuition vs politeness. Tangents include: merkins, piercings, accents, Emma Stone, booktok, ramen, childhood aspirations, summer vs winter, takeout, Charlie's wedding, mean eggs, mean milk, sleep habits, Disney jams, Titanic, muppets, beverages, and a cutlery FMK. If you enjoy the goofiness of this episode, check us out over at Skin of a Killer. SAIL AWAY! SAIL AWAY! SAIL AWAY!

In the inaugural installment of our Boston Movie Club, we're talking about Good Will Hunting.  To get into all the good stuff — Stellan Skarsgaard's scarf, whether or not a burger is ever called a "sandwich" interchangeably, and Robin Williams' recent role as a spiritual advisor to a cult leader — I'm joined by a very special guest.Send us a Text Message.

What a mix we have this week - a(nother) mockumentary, an unnecessary sequel, a fictional biopic, and an example of incredible drama from a sci-fi franchise. This week it's a surprise grab bag of television, with no guarantees you'll like any of it. Each show comes with its own baggage that will either form your attraction or be the reason you aren't interested...but for me, each show has something to offer everyone. Shows covered in this episode: Cunk on Earth season one (5 eps), starring Diane Morgan, produced by Charlie Brooker - available in full now on Netflix. Party Down season three (6 eps), starring Ken Marino, Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, and Ryan Hansen - S01/S02 available in full now; S03 drops weekly starting Friday 24 February on Stan. Last King of the Cross (10 eps), starring Lincoln Younes, Tim Roth, Callan Mulvey, Claude Jabbour, Tess Haubrich, and Matt Nable - first two eps available now, the remainder dropping weekly on Paramount+. *BEST OF 2022* | Star Wars: Andor season one (12 eps), starring Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgaard, Genevieve O'Reilly, and Fiona Shaw - S01 available in full now; S02/final season coming in 2024 on Disney+. Keep in touch with the TV Bingebox show & host Steve Molk at linktr.ee/SteveMolk.

In an unprecedented turn of events, for the first time ever on Watch This Tonight, we're doing the same show, again, because Episode 9 of Andor is so good it immediately vaulted to being the number one show on television for me. The unconventional theme of the series, that no one will rebel against authority unless they are so oppressed they have absolutely no other choice, comes to fruition across the ensemble, from Stellan Skarsgaard's handler, to Diego Luna and Andy Serkis in a Squid Game like prison scenario, contrasted with the enthusiastic nightmare bureaucrats of the empire. Has Andor gained in dramatic power for you? Let me know at dan@voyagemedia.com, @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram), @watchthistonightpodcast (Tik Tok). Please do the show a major solid and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you are enjoying the show.

Seguimos en nuestra octava temporada analizando el quinto capítulo de Star Wars Andor, protagonizada por Diego Luna y Stellan Skarsgaard. Y seguimos en nuestro camino hacia la Rebelión, a través de nuestros directos en Youtube y Twitch pero sin abandonar nuestro formato tradicional de podcast. Comentaremos nuestras impresiones de este capítulo. Un episodio de transición pero que nos muestra cosas muy interesantes destacando las motivaciones de los personajes para rebelarse contra el Imperio, las consecuencias de la huida de Andor en Ferrix, y más detalles sobre el funcionamiento interno de la estructura imperial. También desgranaremos todas las referencias que contiene este capítulo al antiguo Universo Expandido de Star Wars (ahora llamado Leyendas) y también sus conexiones con otros productos del nuevo canon. Únete a la Rebelión con el comando fosero, que en esta ocasión ha juntado a: Rosa Campoy, Carlos De La Torre, Ángel El Angedor, Josemi y Paco Villa. Un podcast hecho por fans para fans, que lo disfrutéis. No dejéis de soñar con galaxias lejanas y que la Fuerza os acompañe siempre. No olvidéis seguirnos a través de nuestras RRSS: Twitter: @lafosadelrancor Facebook: Fosa del Rancor Instagram: @lafosadelrancor Twitch: LaFosaDelRancor Youtube: La Fosa del Rancor TV

Continuamos en nuestra octava temporada analizando el cuarto capítulo de Star Wars Andor, protagonizada por Diego Luna y Stellan Skarsgaard. Y seguimos en nuestro camino hacia la Rebelión a través de nuestros directos en Youtube y Twitch pero sin abandonar nuestro formato tradicional de podcast. Hablaremos de nuestras impresiones de esta nueva entrega del espía rebelde. Hacia donde nos puede llevar la serie, qué esperamos ver en el futuro y la sensación de retorno al Universo Star Wars, tras la atmósfera futurista que desprendían los episodios anteriores. También desgranaremos todas las referencias que contiene este capítulo al antiguo Universo Expandido de Star Wars (ahora llamado Leyendas) y también sus conexiones con otros productos del nuevo canon. Únete a la Rebelión con el comando fosero, que en esta ocasión ha juntado a: Rosa Campoy, Ángel De Jorge, Josemi y Paco Villa. Con la participación de Álex Pérez, que nos hablará de sus impresiones sobre la serie y su banda sonora compuesta por Nicholas Britell. Un podcast hecho por fans para fans, que lo disfrutéis. No dejéis de soñar con galaxias lejanas y que la Fuerza os acompañe siempre. No olvidéis seguirnos a través de nuestras RRSS: Twitter: @lafosadelrancor Facebook: Fosa del Rancor Instagram: @lafosadelrancor Twitch: LaFosaDelRancor Youtube: La Fosa del Rancor TV

Comenzamos nuestra octava temporada con la nueva serie de Star Wars: Andor, protagonizada por Diego Luna y Stellan Skarsgaard. Y lo hacemos a través de un nuevo formato: el videopodcast. A partir de ahora también podeis encontrarnos emitiendo directos en nuestros canales de Youtbe y Twitch. Pero aunque nos hayamos pasado al mundo del streaming, eso no significa que vayamos a dejar de lado el formato podcast que es como nació originalmente La Fosa del Rancor y así se mantendrá. Esto también nos permite una mayor rapidez a la hora de editar. Por ese mismo motivo, ponemos a vuestra disposición el directo que grabamos ayer mismo en formato de audio. Metiéndonos en materia, hablaremos de los tres primeros episodios de Star Wars: Andor, estrenados en Disney+ este miércoles pasado. Comentaremos nuestras impresiones sobre este primer arco argumental, los personajes, la ambientación de la serie, sus conexiones con Rogue One y Star Wars Rebels y lo que está por venir. Únete a la Rebelión con el comando fosero, que en esta ocasión ha juntado a: Rosa Campoy, Ángel De Jorge, Josemi y Paco Villa. Con la participación de Carlos De La Torre "EL MEGA" coordinando la realización del directo, leyendo todos vuestros comentarios. Un podcast hecho por fans para fans, que lo disfrutéis. No dejéis de soñar con galaxias lejanas y que la Fuerza os acompañe siempre. #DalePacoto ❤️ No olvidéis seguirnos a través de nuestras RRSS: Twitter: @lafosadelrancor Facebook: Fosa del Rancor Instagram: @lafosadelrancor Youtube: La Fosa del Rancor TV www.lafosadelrancor.com

Nach dem enttäuschenden "Obi-Wan Kenobi" hat "Andor" (3:36) plötzlich überraschend viel Druck auf dem Kessel (Run). Holger, Michael und Rüdiger setzen sich zusammen, um zu schauen, ob das "Rogue One"-Prequel endlich mal wieder für ein Lichtschwert im Dunkeln des "Star Wars"-Universums sorgen kann. Dabei nehmen sie den Cast von Diego Luna bis Stellan Skarsgaard unter die Lupe, vergleichen das traditionelle Filmemachenvon "Andor" mit dem virtuellen der vorherigen Serien und versuchen zu beurteilen, ob Showrunner und Thrillerspezi Tony Gilroy mehr von "Michael Clayton" oder Jason Bourne in "Andor" eingebracht hat. Danach setzen sich unseren Herren der Ringe Holger und Rüdiger wieder die "Ringe der Macht" auf, die mit der fünfte Episode "Abschiede" glücklicherweise noch nicht ihren Abschied gibt. Wir fassen wieder die wichtigsten Ereignisse der Episode zusammen (42:43) und sprechen über die besten und schwächsten Momente bevor wir im Spoiler- und Theorieteil (1:15:39) die Entstehung von Mithril diskutieren, nach dem Mann im Mond suchen, die Identität der seltsamen Gestalten in weißen Roben hinterfragen und natürlich wieder unseren Sauron-Tipp der Woche abgebenCold-Open-Frage: "Wer sollte in ,Blade Runner 2099' mitspielen?"

Good morning good afternoon good evening wherever you maybe and welcome to an Extra interview of Final Cut. Today I'm joined by a gentlemen, who offers me a debate. I'm not sure if he looks like Stellan Skarsgaard or Sean Pertwee? ladies and gentlemen star of "Where the crawdads sing." Bill Kelly

Dana and Tom visit one of Tom's favorite movies, Good Will Hunting (1997): directed by Gus Van Sant, written by and starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with Casey Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgaard, and Robin Williams. Plot Summary: When a mysterious janitor, Will Hunting (Matt Damon), at MIT solves one of the complex math challenges for the students, Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgaard) seeks him out thinking he is the next Einstein. However, due to his impending jail time for assault and his clouded past of criminal activities and troubles in foster care, Will is forced to undergo psychological therapy with Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams). Together, Sean and Lambeau push Will to become more than the consistently drunk delinquent he is with his friends (Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, and Cole Hauser), and become the person he could be if he got out of his own way. Please follow, rate, and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can now follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok (@gmoatpodcast) or find our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081916827044 (Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast). For more on the episode, go to: https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/good-will-hunting-1997 (https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/good-will-hunting-1997) For the entire list so far, go to: https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list (https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list)

Timothee Chalamet and the cast of 'DUNE' join The Backstage Experience for the 50th episode! Dave & David go backstage with the cast and director of the sci-fi epic to discuss the 1984 Dune movie, director Denis Villeneuve's style, Dave Bautista switch from wrestling to acting, Timothee Chalamet's leading ability, and more! Dune is available in theaters and HBO Max *Featured in the episode* Stellan Skarsgaard & Dave Bautista (06:50) Rebecca Ferguson (13:16) Denis Villeneuve & Timothee Chalamet (22:40)

Elisabeth Rappe joins the guys to talk about Fincher's opening to an aborted trilogy, which somehow operates as a triptych of films unto itself.   Rated "S" for Stellan Skarsgaard, Serial Killers, Sexual Assault, and Superfluous Swedish-ness.  

What does the Bad Batch poster reveal about the series? What will the tone of Andor be and what does Stellan Skarsgaard think about it? It's time for a look at Star Wars news and your questions! Joseph Scrimshaw and Ken Napzok discuss all this and more on the 316th edition of ForceCenter! From the minds of Ken Napzok (comedian, host of The Napzok Files), Joseph Scrimshaw (comedian, writer, host of the Obsessed podcast), and Jennifer Landa (actress, YouTuber, crafter, contributor on StarWars.com) comes the ForceCenter Podcast Feed. Here you will find a series of shows exploring, discussing, and celebrating everything about Star Wars. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Listen on TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, and more! Follow ForceCenter! Watch on YouTube! Support us on Patreon ForceCenter merch! All from ForceCenter: https://linktr.ee/ForceCenter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/forcecenter/message

Nirjay Mahindru is joined by Che Walker.Che Walker studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and has worked with Edward Bond, Philip Ridley, Mark Ravenhill, Stellan Skarsgaard, Chris Penn and Robert David Mc Donald.His first play BEEN SO LONG premiered at the Royal Court theatre in 1998, starring Sophie Okonedo, and was runner-up for The John Whiting Award and the Meyer-Whitworth Award, and has subsequently been translated and produced worldwide.FLESHWOUND premiered at the Royal Court in 2003 and won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, and The Arts Council Young Writer of the Future Award.CRAZY LOVE was produced by Paines Plough theatre company ('a brilliant piece of dramatic poetry- the scotsman" 'brilliantly buzzy..poignant'- the guardian) and, along with it's sister piece, BURNT-UP LOVE,  won the Mark Marvin Peter Brook Award.In 2008, his play THE FRONTLINE made English Theatre history ,becoming the first contemporary-set new play to perform at Shakespeare's Globe theatre since MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. An enormous critical success, THE FRONTLINE was revived in 2009.His musical adaptation of his first play 'Been So Long' - a collaboration with composer Arthur Darvill, premiered at The Young Vic Theatre in 2009, before playing The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and Latitude Rock Festival. 'Been So Long' was nominated for the Evening Standard Best Musical Award. Walker's former student, Naana Agyei-Ampadu was also nominated for Best Newcomer for her role as Yvonne in 'Been So Long'.He has received commissions from Regent's Park Theatre, English Touring Theatre  amongst others.  As he teacher, Che has taught acting at RADA, Arts Ed, E15, and has taught at Central, Oxford, Identity Drama School, and was Head of Drama for the Weekend Arts College for over ten years.  This interview was recorded in June 2020 during the period of the lockdown.  Support the show (https://www.interactstrokesupport.org)

This past Sunday, hundreds of far-right nationalists gathered at the gates of the University of Warsaw in Poland. They rallied against “LGBT aggression” and chanted taunts about a well-known activist known as Margot. Another group countered them, rainbow flags in hand, while a massive police presence kept them apart.Margot — Małgorzata Szutowicz — a 25-year-old nonbinary person who uses female pronouns, runs a radical, queer collective in Warsaw called Stop Bzdurom, or Stop the Nonsense, with her partner, Łania Madej, 21.Related: In Turkey, a conservative push to remove domestic violence protections is met with an uproarThe collective, and particularly Margot, have become the face of the LGBT rights movement in Poland in recent days. Margot is currently being held in two-month, pretrial detention for assault and property damage charges after a dispute with a van driver from an organization spreading anti-LGBT messages.Supporters inside the country and beyond continue to call for her release, and a range of celebrities — from the writer Margaret Atwood to the actor Stellan Skarsgaard — are calling for greater LGBT rights in Poland.Poland is considered the worst country in the European Union in terms of gay rights. The cultural divisiveness of the issue came through in the narrow reelection of Andrzej Duda for president in July. Duda, backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, campaigned on an anti-LGBT platform, calling it an "ideology worse than communism."According to an IPSOS poll in late 2019, 1 in 4 Poles said the LGBT movement is the country's greatest threat. Nearly a third of Polish towns and cities have declared themselves as “LGBT-free zones,” a move that resulted in the European Union denying funding to certain towns.Stop Bzdurom's name is a reference to a proposed, "Stop Pedophilia” bill that opened the door to legal action for teaching sexual education. The bill's supporters blamed what they call the “LGBT lobby” for promoting sexual discussions in schools and “grooming” children toward homosexuality.Related: As Poland's Duda seeks 'Trump bump,' Putin looks to revise historyThese are messages echoed by the anti-abortion, Pro-Right to Life Foundation, which sends vans around Polish cities — displaying banners of aborted fetuses and anti-gay messages that they also broadcast through megaphones. The organization is also against the so-called LGBT lobby.Their messages often connect homosexuality with pedophilia and child abuse.“A few hours every day, they ride around the city with huge speakers and just scream about us raping children and stuff like that, so we started spray painting the cars.” Łania Madej, Polish LGBT acvitist“A few hours every day, they ride around the city with huge speakers and just scream about us raping children and stuff like that, so we started spray painting the cars,” Madej said.Margot and Madej would also stand in the street to block them, sometimes remove the license plates, and one day in June, they fought with a driver. The drivers know the activists and often pass by where they live. That day, a fight broke out that resulted in Margot's later arrest and charges for property destruction and assault, though Margot says she only shoved the driver and he was not injured. She was released after a night in jail.Tensions around gay rights have been building in socially conservative Poland for years. Conservative governments in Europe have courted the right by scapegoating vulnerable minority groups.Related: Young people in Poland are rediscovering their Jewish rootsKarolina Gierdal, a lawyer with the organization Campaign Against Homophobia, says refugees used to be the target in Poland. In the past few years, queer people have emerged as the new boogeyman.“You can create an enemy that does not necessarily have to take away your money like the refugees are supposed to do, but they can take away you feeling Polish, you being Polish. They can take away your culture. Or they can destroy your family and hurt your children,” she explained via Skype.Gierdal says her organization works to improve rights for queer people through policy and by normalizing the issues. But this doesn't seem to be enough right now, she says.Margot and Madej say this is where they come in. Margot says they push the boundaries to make space for others to operate in.“We are too radical for everybody, but we support our supporters and our queer activists and they move the middle part,” she explained during an interview with The World prior to her detention.“We are the people who will destroy the van and bring attention to it and the other organizations are the people who are going to maybe take care of that with laws and stuff,” Madej said.Related: Berlin 'abortion aunts' help Polish women access safe abortionsEarlier this month, the two took another step. With other activists, they hung rainbow flags on monuments, including a statue of Christ. For many devout Catholics in the country, this was a highly provocative message. Margot, Madej and one other activist were briefly held on charges of offending religious sentiments.The next day, Margot was taken back into custody for the earlier charges related to the incident with the van driver, now to serve two-month pretrial detention. A crowd blocked the police car holding her and 48 people were arrested. Gierdal says both Margot's long detention and the seemingly random arrests were excessive.Madej says they don't expect to change the minds on the right but want to help queer Polish youth feel less alone.“We do it only for the queer kids who run with us and they have a little bit of fun and feel brave for 10 minutes.”Łania Madej, Polish LGBT acvitist“We do it only for the queer kids who run with us and they have a little bit of fun and feel brave for 10 minutes,” she said, referring to their activism around the anti-LGBT vans.A day later, on Aug. 8, thousands gathered at the city center in protest.Maria Kobus, a 69-year-old accountant, was one of them. Though she says she's not an activist, she feels queer people are being denied equal rights. Kobus' daughter lives outside the country with her wife.“She will never come back,” Kobus said.Smaller protests sprung up around Poland and even some other European cities. But not all Polish supporters think activism is the right way. From a park outside her Warsaw apartment, 78-year-old Helena Kośnicka remembers officiating the unofficial wedding of her gay neighbors. Gay marriage is not legal in Poland.Kośnicka supports LGBT rights. But she doesn't agree with protesting.“They shouldn't do silly things too much. Because that annoys people,” she said.But the activists say maybe it's time to start making more noise. Some are asking if this could be Poland's Stonewall, the 1969 riots in New York City that were a turning point for the gay rights movement in the US.“I believe we really want Polish Stonewall because we're so tired and we want something to change,” said Gierdal, the lawyer.

This past Sunday, hundreds of far-right nationalists gathered at the gates of the University of Warsaw in Poland. They rallied against “LGBT aggression” and chanted taunts about a well-known activist known as Margot. Another group countered them, rainbow flags in hand, while a massive police presence kept them apart.Margot — Małgorzata Szutowicz — a 25-year-old nonbinary person who uses female pronouns, runs a radical, queer collective in Warsaw called Stop Bzdurom, or Stop the Nonsense, with her partner, Łania Madej, 21.Related: In Turkey, a conservative push to remove domestic violence protections is met with an uproarThe collective, and particularly Margot, have become the face of the LGBT rights movement in Poland in recent days. Margot is currently being held in two-month, pretrial detention for assault and property damage charges after a dispute with a van driver from an organization spreading anti-LGBT messages.Supporters inside the country and beyond continue to call for her release, and a range of celebrities — from the writer Margaret Atwood to the actor Stellan Skarsgaard — are calling for greater LGBT rights in Poland.Poland is considered the worst country in the European Union in terms of gay rights. The cultural divisiveness of the issue came through in the narrow reelection of Andrzej Duda for president in July. Duda, backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, campaigned on an anti-LGBT platform, calling it an "ideology worse than communism."According to an IPSOS poll in late 2019, 1 in 4 Poles said the LGBT movement is the country’s greatest threat. Nearly a third of Polish towns and cities have declared themselves as “LGBT-free zones,” a move that resulted in the European Union denying funding to certain towns.Stop Bzdurom’s name is a reference to a proposed, "Stop Pedophilia” bill that opened the door to legal action for teaching sexual education. The bill’s supporters blamed what they call the “LGBT lobby” for promoting sexual discussions in schools and “grooming” children toward homosexuality.Related: As Poland's Duda seeks 'Trump bump,' Putin looks to revise historyThese are messages echoed by the anti-abortion, Pro-Right to Life Foundation, which sends vans around Polish cities — displaying banners of aborted fetuses and anti-gay messages that they also broadcast through megaphones. The organization is also against the so-called LGBT lobby.Their messages often connect homosexuality with pedophilia and child abuse.“A few hours every day, they ride around the city with huge speakers and just scream about us raping children and stuff like that, so we started spray painting the cars.” Łania Madej, Polish LGBT acvitist“A few hours every day, they ride around the city with huge speakers and just scream about us raping children and stuff like that, so we started spray painting the cars,” Madej said.Margot and Madej would also stand in the street to block them, sometimes remove the license plates, and one day in June, they fought with a driver. The drivers know the activists and often pass by where they live. That day, a fight broke out that resulted in Margot’s later arrest and charges for property destruction and assault, though Margot says she only shoved the driver and he was not injured. She was released after a night in jail.Tensions around gay rights have been building in socially conservative Poland for years. Conservative governments in Europe have courted the right by scapegoating vulnerable minority groups.Related: Young people in Poland are rediscovering their Jewish rootsKarolina Gierdal, a lawyer with the organization Campaign Against Homophobia, says refugees used to be the target in Poland. In the past few years, queer people have emerged as the new boogeyman.“You can create an enemy that does not necessarily have to take away your money like the refugees are supposed to do, but they can take away you feeling Polish, you being Polish. They can take away your culture. Or they can destroy your family and hurt your children,” she explained via Skype.Gierdal says her organization works to improve rights for queer people through policy and by normalizing the issues. But this doesn’t seem to be enough right now, she says.Margot and Madej say this is where they come in. Margot says they push the boundaries to make space for others to operate in.“We are too radical for everybody, but we support our supporters and our queer activists and they move the middle part,” she explained during an interview with The World prior to her detention.“We are the people who will destroy the van and bring attention to it and the other organizations are the people who are going to maybe take care of that with laws and stuff,” Madej said.Related: Berlin 'abortion aunts' help Polish women access safe abortionsEarlier this month, the two took another step. With other activists, they hung rainbow flags on monuments, including a statue of Christ. For many devout Catholics in the country, this was a highly provocative message. Margot, Madej and one other activist were briefly held on charges of offending religious sentiments.The next day, Margot was taken back into custody for the earlier charges related to the incident with the van driver, now to serve two-month pretrial detention. A crowd blocked the police car holding her and 48 people were arrested. Gierdal says both Margot’s long detention and the seemingly random arrests were excessive.Madej says they don’t expect to change the minds on the right but want to help queer Polish youth feel less alone.“We do it only for the queer kids who run with us and they have a little bit of fun and feel brave for 10 minutes.”Łania Madej, Polish LGBT acvitist“We do it only for the queer kids who run with us and they have a little bit of fun and feel brave for 10 minutes,” she said, referring to their activism around the anti-LGBT vans.A day later, on Aug. 8, thousands gathered at the city center in protest.Maria Kobus, a 69-year-old accountant, was one of them. Though she says she’s not an activist, she feels queer people are being denied equal rights. Kobus’ daughter lives outside the country with her wife.“She will never come back,” Kobus said.Smaller protests sprung up around Poland and even some other European cities. But not all Polish supporters think activism is the right way. From a park outside her Warsaw apartment, 78-year-old Helena Kośnicka remembers officiating the unofficial wedding of her gay neighbors. Gay marriage is not legal in Poland.Kośnicka supports LGBT rights. But she doesn’t agree with protesting.“They shouldn’t do silly things too much. Because that annoys people,” she said.But the activists say maybe it’s time to start making more noise. Some are asking if this could be Poland’s Stonewall, the 1969 riots in New York City that were a turning point for the gay rights movement in the US.“I believe we really want Polish Stonewall because we’re so tired and we want something to change,” said Gierdal, the lawyer.

This past Sunday, hundreds of far-right nationalists gathered at the gates of the University of Warsaw in Poland. They rallied against “LGBT aggression” and chanted taunts about a well-known activist known as Margot. Another group countered them, rainbow flags in hand, while a massive police presence kept them apart.Margot — Małgorzata Szutowicz — a 25-year-old nonbinary person who uses female pronouns, runs a radical, queer collective in Warsaw called Stop Bzdurom, or Stop the Nonsense, with her partner, Łania Madej, 21.Related: In Turkey, a conservative push to remove domestic violence protections is met with an uproarThe collective, and particularly Margot, have become the face of the LGBT rights movement in Poland in recent days. Margot is currently being held in two-month, pretrial detention for assault and property damage charges after a dispute with a van driver from an organization spreading anti-LGBT messages.Supporters inside the country and beyond continue to call for her release, and a range of celebrities — from the writer Margaret Atwood to the actor Stellan Skarsgaard — are calling for greater LGBT rights in Poland.Poland is considered the worst country in the European Union in terms of gay rights. The cultural divisiveness of the issue came through in the narrow reelection of Andrzej Duda for president in July. Duda, backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, campaigned on an anti-LGBT platform, calling it an "ideology worse than communism."According to an IPSOS poll in late 2019, 1 in 4 Poles said the LGBT movement is the country’s greatest threat. Nearly a third of Polish towns and cities have declared themselves as “LGBT-free zones,” a move that resulted in the European Union denying funding to certain towns.Stop Bzdurom’s name is a reference to a proposed, "Stop Pedophilia” bill that opened the door to legal action for teaching sexual education. The bill’s supporters blamed what they call the “LGBT lobby” for promoting sexual discussions in schools and “grooming” children toward homosexuality.Related: As Poland's Duda seeks 'Trump bump,' Putin looks to revise historyThese are messages echoed by the anti-abortion, Pro-Right to Life Foundation, which sends vans around Polish cities — displaying banners of aborted fetuses and anti-gay messages that they also broadcast through megaphones. The organization is also against the so-called LGBT lobby.Their messages often connect homosexuality with pedophilia and child abuse.“A few hours every day, they ride around the city with huge speakers and just scream about us raping children and stuff like that, so we started spray painting the cars.” Łania Madej, Polish LGBT acvitist“A few hours every day, they ride around the city with huge speakers and just scream about us raping children and stuff like that, so we started spray painting the cars,” Madej said.Margot and Madej would also stand in the street to block them, sometimes remove the license plates, and one day in June, they fought with a driver. The drivers know the activists and often pass by where they live. That day, a fight broke out that resulted in Margot’s later arrest and charges for property destruction and assault, though Margot says she only shoved the driver and he was not injured. She was released after a night in jail.Tensions around gay rights have been building in socially conservative Poland for years. Conservative governments in Europe have courted the right by scapegoating vulnerable minority groups.Related: Young people in Poland are rediscovering their Jewish rootsKarolina Gierdal, a lawyer with the organization Campaign Against Homophobia, says refugees used to be the target in Poland. In the past few years, queer people have emerged as the new boogeyman.“You can create an enemy that does not necessarily have to take away your money like the refugees are supposed to do, but they can take away you feeling Polish, you being Polish. They can take away your culture. Or they can destroy your family and hurt your children,” she explained via Skype.Gierdal says her organization works to improve rights for queer people through policy and by normalizing the issues. But this doesn’t seem to be enough right now, she says.Margot and Madej say this is where they come in. Margot says they push the boundaries to make space for others to operate in.“We are too radical for everybody, but we support our supporters and our queer activists and they move the middle part,” she explained during an interview with The World prior to her detention.“We are the people who will destroy the van and bring attention to it and the other organizations are the people who are going to maybe take care of that with laws and stuff,” Madej said.Related: Berlin 'abortion aunts' help Polish women access safe abortionsEarlier this month, the two took another step. With other activists, they hung rainbow flags on monuments, including a statue of Christ. For many devout Catholics in the country, this was a highly provocative message. Margot, Madej and one other activist were briefly held on charges of offending religious sentiments.The next day, Margot was taken back into custody for the earlier charges related to the incident with the van driver, now to serve two-month pretrial detention. A crowd blocked the police car holding her and 48 people were arrested. Gierdal says both Margot’s long detention and the seemingly random arrests were excessive.Madej says they don’t expect to change the minds on the right but want to help queer Polish youth feel less alone.“We do it only for the queer kids who run with us and they have a little bit of fun and feel brave for 10 minutes.”Łania Madej, Polish LGBT acvitist“We do it only for the queer kids who run with us and they have a little bit of fun and feel brave for 10 minutes,” she said, referring to their activism around the anti-LGBT vans.A day later, on Aug. 8, thousands gathered at the city center in protest.Maria Kobus, a 69-year-old accountant, was one of them. Though she says she’s not an activist, she feels queer people are being denied equal rights. Kobus’ daughter lives outside the country with her wife.“She will never come back,” Kobus said.Smaller protests sprung up around Poland and even some other European cities. But not all Polish supporters think activism is the right way. From a park outside her Warsaw apartment, 78-year-old Helena Kośnicka remembers officiating the unofficial wedding of her gay neighbors. Gay marriage is not legal in Poland.Kośnicka supports LGBT rights. But she doesn’t agree with protesting.“They shouldn’t do silly things too much. Because that annoys people,” she said.But the activists say maybe it’s time to start making more noise. Some are asking if this could be Poland’s Stonewall, the 1969 riots in New York City that were a turning point for the gay rights movement in the US.“I believe we really want Polish Stonewall because we’re so tired and we want something to change,” said Gierdal, the lawyer.

Pauls of the Realm, it is time to defend a poor, maligned film from one of the Pauls' youths and defend it against overwhelming indifference. I ask this of you, brave Pauls, that you complete one last mission before we let you go and be with Ray Winstone in Valhalla, or whatever the Romans believed in.  Featuring: King Clive, Hannibal Lector, Will Graham, Mister Fantastic/Rik Mayall, Ray "put a bet on" Winstone, Hippy Joel Edgerton, DAG, Snarly Knightly, Stellan Skarsgaard the cowboy Viking, Hugo Stieglitz, Stannis Baratheon, Rebus, Super Mario, and RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRR or something.  ogtpod@gmail.com https://ogtpod.podbean.comhttps://facebook.com/ogtpodhttps://twitter.com/ogtpod  We are proud members of the Alottagreen Network – you can check out two enormous fistfuls of quality Australian content at http://alottagreen.com.au like classic OGTeamers! Here's our YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rqzjoDWt8D-p37gU43pcQ - subscribe and share! Jingles from episodes 1-50 now available on Bandcamp – just £2.50 for more than 20 tracks! https://ogtpod.bandcamp.com/releases   Dockhead by Paul Goodman is available in paperback for just £5.99. Thanks and please #supportindieauthors! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dockhead-Paul-Goodman/dp/1521335648/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&dpID=41Yh2Hhu87L&dpPl=1&keywords=dockhead&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&qid=1507380952&ref=plSrch&ref_=mp_s_a_1_1&sr=8-1 Check out Paul Salt's reviews on Screen Mayhem HERE! But mainly, here: https://screenmayhem.com/author/paul-salt/

This time, Seth and Ethan take a look at the box office flop-in-progress that is Liam Neeson’s latest, Cold Pursuit, which is a shot-for-shot, line-for-line remake of the Stellan Skarsgaard film In Order of Disappearance. It’s a pretty good movie. You should go check it out.

How could we resist this? ABBA songs, Pierce Brosnan yowling, Stellan Skarsgaard shirtless and a sequel potentially less necessary than Hardbodies 2. 

The Internet has no Dog hands This week we absolutely refuse any second-hand gags, bad Producer Rob. In off the shelf, we had all the best stuff from the 1980s; ridiculous action with the Zero Boys and crazy practical effects and gore from The Bride of ReAnimator. Otherwise, we had forgotten Stellan Skarsgaard picture In Order of Disappearance and gaming documentary Enter the Battlefield— Life on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. Our film of the Week was Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead.

Thor!  I don't think ANYONE thought this film would be one of the better Phase One movies, but we all agree: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, and Stellan Skarsgaard brought one of the most difficult-to-film comic characters to life.  Oh, and Natalie Portman was alright too. Join us for a breakdown of what it took to get this movie released in 2011!

James Lasdun is the guest. He is the author of two novels, four collections of poetry, and two collections of short stories, including the collection The Siege, the title story of which was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci (Besieged). With Jonathan Nossiter he co-wrote the films Sunday, which won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance, and Signs and Wonders, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgaard.  His new book, Give Me Everything You Have, is a memoir published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. J.M. Coetzee says “Give Me Everything You Have is a reminder, as if any were needed, of how easily, since the arrival of the Internet, our peace can be troubled and our good name besmirched.” And Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says "Lasdun’s tale of being stalked is only part of the story—his disembodied, if mentally violent, encounters with 'Nasreen,' his stalker, lead him to reflect on topics as diverse as the seductive power of literature, like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the writings of D.H. Lawrence, and his father’s work as an architect in Israel and the aggressively anti-Semitic response it provoked. The 'verbal terrorism' (Nasreen’s phrase) escalates as the book goes on, but it’s almost a red herring—it is indeed terrifying, and as the stalker becomes more sophisticated, she begins tormenting his friends and colleagues. But Lasdun is able to see past the surface-level effects of her attacks to the desperate and pitiable person behind them. This subtle, compassionate take on the subject is rife with insights into the current cyberculture’s cult of anonymity, as well as the power, failure, and magic of writing.” Monologue topics: Julian Tepper, Philip Roth, bleakness, cynicism, writing, awfulness, the ability to change your fundamental nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices