Best Man & Femme: Commentaries Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 46: "Femmes Femmes" - Paul Vecchiali's Beautifully Crafted Respectful Space 1:17:44

1y ago1:17:44

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Editor's Note: I will be going to a 2 month break. There will be episodes released normally, they will just be prerecorded so if you send us any comments, we won't be able to get to them until I get back! On this episode, Fake Film Fans focuses on "Femmes Femmes (aka Women Women)", a French New Wave musical film directed by Paul Vecchiali released …

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Episode 45: Movie Food! Food! Food! And Larry Cohen's "The Stuff" 1:28:49

1y ago1:28:49

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On this episode, Fake Film Fans focuses on "The Stuff", an American film directed by Larry Cohen released in 1985. The film is a Cohen classic that depicts a white stuff but is also a satire on the way the American FDA and other similar organizations market things to society and create fads. Walter has talked about the microcinema in New York City …

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Episode 44: "Death Note" is Actually Truly American 1:18:28

1y ago1:18:28

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On this episode, Fake Film Fans focuses on "Death Note", the 2017 American adaption of the hit manga series directed by Adam Wingard . Famous for being a terrible adaption, this episode focuses on why its fun and also why its a bad film. This is the first time we have two guests, both Erin and Jamie are sisters who bring that sisterly bond to this …

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Episode 43: Nostalgic Fears in "Skinamarink" and Mocking Pat Tillman in our Belated Superbowl Party 1:13:54

1y ago1:13:54

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On this episode, Fake Film Fans focuses on "Skinamarink", an anthology horror film directed by Kyle Edward Ball. The film is about two children who wake up to a house where their parents are completely gone and is filmed in an anthology horror style in mostly darkness. (00:07:03) Swade's friend Terry the Trailer Man wants to come onto the podcast t…

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Episode 42: "M3GAN" - A Fascinating Commentary on Parenting 1:18:25

1y ago1:18:25

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On this episode, Fake Film Fans focuses on "M3GAN", a horror film directed by Gerard Johnstone. The film is about a robot doll who starts acting as a parent to an orphan and decides to protect her by killing anything that threatens to endanger her. (00:04:11) Swade and Walter discuss what types of snacks they'd like to bring to a movie theater that…

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Episode 41: Heinosuke Gosho's "An Inn at Osaka" - Class, Friendships and Losings Wars 1:30:14

1y ago1:30:14

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On this episode, Fake Film Fans focuses on Heinosuke Gosho's "An Inn at Osaka ", a Japanese post-war film about Mita, a man who loses his job and moves to an inn in Osaka. There, he meets a befriends different women who struggle through the changing society of Japan. (00:01:09) Biology talk makes Swade excited because he finally found…

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Episode 40: Where We Avoid Talking About "I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle" 54:47

1+ y ago54:47

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/news-about-billy-best UPDATE: Surgery was successful! Swade's incredibly thankful for everyone who has donated and helped his family through this difficult and weird period. Without his permission, Fake Film Fans wants to leave the Gofundme link for one more week because even though the medical bills have been covered, th…

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Episode 39: "She's The Man" - Maximum Chemistry Between Amanda Burns and Jayson Tatum 1:09:13

1+ y ago1:09:13

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/news-about-billy-best Starting this podcast with a bit of a sad note. Swade's dad's brain cancer has unfortunately regrown and that is predictably going to become quite a large financial burden on his family. We linked the gofundme above and if you are interested in helping out anyway you can, check it out. If you can't, …

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Episode 38: Merry "not lonely at all" Christmas with William Basinski "Disintegration Loops 1.1" 48:32

1+ y ago48:32

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Merry Christmas! Swade is out on medical leave so this episode is Fake Film Fans first solo episode with Walter. Not good. (00:02:30) However, Walter does his best to replicate a good Christmas episode by staying as positive as he can, which is not very positive at all. (00:14:19) Next, Walter plays a small Christmas game about movies that was mean…

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Episode 37: Bjork and Lars Von Trier in "Dancer in the Dark (aka Copium in the Dark)" 1:24:24

1+ y ago1:24:24

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Maddie, Swade's friends who he met while she was homeless, joins us to talk about "Dancer in the Dark". "Dancer in the Dark" is a musical drama directed by Lars Von Trier and released in 2000. Selma, played by Bjork, is a woman suffering from a degenerative eye condition and wants to prevent her son from going through the same disease but she lives…

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Episode 36: "Whale Rider" - A Story of Māori People #water 1:26:33

1+ y ago1:26:33

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#water This episode focuses on the film "Whale Rider" directed by Niki Caro and released in 2002. "Whale Rider" is a New Zealand film about a Māori girl who wants to become the chief of the tribe. (00:06:52) Walter prepares a multiple choice game for Swade to play related to the dinner interruptions in Luis Buñuel's " The Discreet Charm of the Bour…

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Episode 35: Polish Superhero Satirical Goofs in "Hydrozagadka" 1:10:51

1+ y ago1:10:51

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This episode focuses on the Hydrozagadka (aka Hydro-Riddle); a polish film directed by Andrzej Kondratiuk and released in 1971 . (00:03:17) First, Walter talks about The Guns, the 1964 Brazilian film directed by Ruy Guerra. Since the film uses pseudo documentary techniques, Fake Film Fans shares how they usually take pictures of strangers and wheth…

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Episode 34: Swade's Favorite Hellraiser 1:23:27

1+ y ago1:23:27

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This episode focuses on the new Hellraiser remaster and franchise. (00:07:08) Walter has always known Swade is one of the biggest Hellraiser fans but he doesn't actually know the history of how it came to be. (00:29:10) While Swade loved the remaster, he struggled with the film because it was a Hellraiser movie. Swade and Walter discuss the benefit…

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Episode 33: Ken Russell's "The Devils", Boys and Making Love with Jesus. 1:27:49

1+ y ago1:27:49

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We've been passing out bookmarks! Let us know if you listened to the podcast because of them because we want to know if the bookmarks are a successful promotion tool. This episode focuses on Ken Russell's "The Devils" released in 1971 . On this episode, we are joined by Celine. (00:02:36) Continuing this new introduction, Walter talks a little bit …

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Episode 32: Tedious Arguments on Tediousness with Jacques Becker's "Le Trou" 1:24:08

1+ y ago1:24:08

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We've been passing out bookmarks! Let us know if you listened to the podcast because of them because we want to know if the bookmarks are a successful promotion tool. This episode focuses on Jacques Becker's "Le Trou (The Hole)". (00:01:01) We try a new segment where Walter shares the most pretentious film he watched since the last episode. In this…

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Episode 31: Memories of Jean-Luc Godard and Romantic Comedy Cliches in "A Christmas Prince" 1:19:40

1+ y ago1:19:40

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We've been passing out bookmarks! Let us know if you listened to the podcast because of them because we want to know if the bookmarks are a successful promotion tool. A different opening to remember Jean-Luc Godard and how he influences so many people who love film. (00:17:18) Traveling has worn Walter down and he refuses to start the podcast norma…

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Episode 30: SUPERGIRL CRAZY 1:20:36

1+ y ago1:20:36

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We've been passing out bookmarks! Let us know if you listened to the podcast because of them because we want to know if the bookmarks are a successful promotion tool. Week late episode due to traveling hardships which stop Walter from being a human being. This episode focuses on CW's "Supergirl" but also discusses Hisayasu Satō's "Muscle". This epi…

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Episode 29: "Frogs" - The Eco-Horror Film about Frogs? 1:26:20

1+ y ago1:26:20

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Walter is on a USA trip but that doesn't stop the podcast! This episode discusses George McCowan's eco-horror film "Frogs" released in 1972. Before we start, Walter wants to clarify why talking about sex is very different then talking about muscles but Swade continues to fight back and disagree. (00:05:27) Walter tries to talk about the films he wa…

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Episode 28: Derek Jarman’s “Blue” - AIDS, Dying and Necropolitics 1:38:47

1+ y ago1:38:47

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This episode discusses Derek Jarman’s "Blue". Swade wants to sexualize armpits and talk about pink washing. (00:07:30) Walter wants the podcast to be more focused on films so he talks a little bit about some of the movies he watched this week. The films are “The Third Man” directed by Carol Reed and “Demons” by Toshio Matsumoto. Swade doesn’t choos…

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Episode 27: "Space Sweeper's" Epic Korean Space Janitors 1:08:55

2y ago1:08:55

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Joined by Jonah in this episode - who not just has the same name as Swade but also was always destined to be Swade's bestie. Jonah lives in the middle of nowhere and explains his lifestyle to us. (00:05:06) Walter is hungover today so the introduction changes between different conversations like cultural appropriation and Mario's cucking fetish. (0…

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Episode 26: Exactly What is Face with Alice Wu's "Saving Face" and Sexuality in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise 1:19:11

2y ago1:19:11

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Despite mentioning pride month in our last few episodes, Fake film Fans never really dedicated an episode to the month so this is our belated special. (00:00:57) First, Walter shares some his degenerate personality by revealing that he still has red kimchi stains on his white walls. (0:03:35) Swade is interested in helping USA fix the recession so …

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Episode 25: "The Batman (2022)" and The Zany 1:20:16

2y ago1:20:16

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It is our 25th episode and we are joined by family. Riley is Walter's younger brother and he's ready to pump out some great takes on the new Batman film and the Batman franchise in general. This special episode is unfortunately only special for Swade because he is the only real Batman fan on this episode. (00:03:02) Riley and Swade are friends but …

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Episode 24: Carlos Enrique Taboada’s “Poison for the Fairies'” Dangerous Female Friends and Letting Go of the Unicorn Thing in Rankin and Bass' “The Last Unicorn” 1:08:55

2y ago1:08:55

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Swade has Covid, which is no excuse but he somehow lets the Covid affect his microphone and his brain so we apologize for the bad recording. (00:01:00) Fake Film Fans has never talked about Covid before so we decide now is a great time to give some of our thoughts about this period and how its different in Hong Kong and USA (00:15:02) Walter brings…

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Episode 23: Ousmane Sembène's Tragic "Camp de Thiaroye" and Wes Craven's State of Nature Experiment in "The Hills Have Eyes" 1:01:28

2y ago1:01:28

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Warning: This episode contains discussions on racial violence and sexual assault. Swade and Walter talk a little bit about how its been hard to socialize because Walter tends to be quite picky in the way he likes socializing. (00:14:10) Walter shares his thoughts on Ousmane Sembène's "Camp de Thiaroye", a fictional recounting of the mass killing of…

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Episode 22: THE ATTRACTIVE SPARKLING "Twilight (2008)" EPISODE 1:20:58

2y ago1:20:58

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Yes, we dedicate a whole episode to the first film of the famous "Twilight Saga" released in 2008 and directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The podcast starts with Walter yelling about American geography which is becoming a common occurence. (00:04:28) Swade is really excited about sharing his Gaara fanfiction that he wrote when he was 11 and makes Jami…

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Episode 21: Amir Naderi's "The Runner" Shows Running's Many Facets and Wistfully Thinking of College Memories with "Regular Show" 1:18:42

2y ago1:18:42

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Walter is depressed because he isn't an anime girl and he doesn't ever really get over his feelings through the whole episode. (00:05:29) Still, the podcast continues and Swade and Walter do real theology as they explain what God is (00:18:37) Walter reveals he's been scheming against Swade because he thinks Swade has been the loser all along. (00:…

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Episode 20: Tall Grass in Kaneto Shindo’s “Onibaba” and Bong Joon-Ho’s “Mother” Reminds Us of Our Dancing Mothers 1:17:12

2y ago1:17:12

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This is our week late Mother's Day Episode. Swade and Walter share a little of the presents they gave to their moms for the special day. (00:03:37) Walter wants to try and talk about waiting because he thinks not enough people discuss it even though everyone has opinions on it. Its a long discussion and things like waiting in lines, making people w…

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Episode 19: Cecelia Condit's Bizarre "Possibly in Michigan" and the Problematic Original "King Kong" 54:03

2y ago54:03

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With this episode's rules, Walter has been banned about talking about dicks and semen on this podcast so we'll have to see if he survives. Swade thinks all this podcast's listeners are in the same timezone as him but it doesn't really matter cause this podcast doesn't really have that many listeners still. (00:02:52) Swade and Walter share their cr…

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Episode 18: "Jack The Giant Killer" Comfy Trickster Heroes and Enjoying Silent Cinema in Abel Gance's Historical Epic "Napoléon" 1:13:58

2y ago1:13:58

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Swade is annoyed that Walter keeps ruining the bits that are brought in with sexual degenerate energy. However, asking Walter to ask proves to be incredibly difficult so maybe even if Walter didn't try to ruin Swade's bits, they still wouldn't work out properly (00:03:47) Swade and Walter share some of the toys they use to play as a child and of co…

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Episode 17: Anime Girls in Zoltán Huszárik's "Szindbád" and Nuance in Eating People with "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies" 59:10

2y ago59:10

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Swade isn't feeling very well today and he does the very healthy thing for it - getting high out of his mind on Nyquil. (00:02:21) Walter decides to critique Swade's humor and picky taste in food which turns into a serious high stake argument that could break their friendship forever (00:16:47) We talk about Zoltán Huszárik's "Szinbád", a Hungarian…

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Episode 16: Margarida Cordeiro's "Trás-os-Montes" - A Documentary that Feels Like a Fantasy, How to Love Kathryn Bigelow's "Point Break" and Impressive Toddlers in Netflix's "I'm Old Enough!" 1:23:33

2y ago1:23:33

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Really special guest this episode as Lee joins the podcast. A dashing smart friend of Swade who proves in this episode there is no rant too long they can't overcome. (00:02:36) Swade wants everyone to share their perfect posters for their house but Walter is incapable of using his imagination for it because he hates posters so much. There are still…

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Episode 15: Mati Diop's "Atlantics'" Sublime Ocean and The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" is a Psychedelic Cartoon Musical 1:19:24

2y ago1:19:24

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DUN DUN DUN! Its Swade's birthday week so obviously, we talk about babies and their baptism....wait. (00:03:12) Next, Swade and Walter get into a give their haircut takes as both of them have slightly different preferences in how they like to deal with their hair. Not surprising, both of them have slightly non-conforming desires for haircuts. (00:1…

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Episode 14: Tim Burton's “Batman (1989)” with Jack Nicholson is Dark and Zany and Sexy Anthropomorphic Characters in British Stop Motion Film “The House” 1:17:02

2y ago1:17:02

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Favorite Friend of the Podcast Tore joins for this episode which is technically the post-Oscars episode. (00:01:33) Walter wants to defend contrarianism but instead invites a conversation that justifies hating on contrarians. Everyone acts like a total douche and shares why they have better taste than everyone else. (00:25:30) Swade brings a movie …

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Episode 13: Superstition in Diaspora Horror "Evil Eye", Revisting Mani Kual's Theory on Film as a Medium of Time and Dualistic Horror in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" 1:16:17

2y ago1:16:17

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Beloved guest Celine joins us and brings her stories in this episode. She shares her recent bad episode with weed (00:12:40) In our section of "Evil Eye", we share our different attitudes towards superstition and Celine has a few habits that are very interesting. (00:19:35) Walter regrets how he talked about "Duvidha" on last week's episode and bro…

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Episode 12: Discussing Children wtih Mike Mills' "C'mon C'mon", Mani Kaul's Experimental "Duvidha" and Asian Dads in "Shang-Chi" 1:14:21

2y ago1:14:21

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A really special guest today as we are joined by Cheryl, also known as cehryl, a Hong Kong singer/songwriter as Walter needs some Asian backup for his terrible Chinese takes. Cheryl lets us bully her for a bit before we really get started. (00:06:13) Swade wants to share Ronoake's Saint Paddy's Day because there's just too much drunk people. (00:18…

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Episode 11: Representation in High Flying Thai Action Fighting Film "Chocolate" and Loving Moms in Chantal Akerman's "News From Home" 1:02:56

2y ago1:02:56

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New Subgoal Hype! Choo Choo! If you want to see Swade's tummy get slapped, get us to 50 ratings on wherever you listen to this podcast. (00:03:13) Then, a very scientific debate! Swade and Walter argue over what the best silverware one should use for salad, ice cream, steak, popcorn and eggs. Let us know who you think won the debate! (00:20:12) Swa…

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Episode 10: "Heavy Metal" and More "Arthur" 38:27

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One of our favorites, Celine is back to talk with us! Walter wants to talk about cracked electronic screens but the other members of the podcast find cheese too distracting (or maybe they were being nice because Walter is too boring?) (00:05:01) Now, the episode deteriorates into a struggle to find the similarities between cheese and electronics. (…

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Episode 9: Fake "Trek" Fans Love Star Trek Character "Data" and Historical Storytelling in Bahram Beyzai's "Death of Yazdgerd" 1:17:10

2y ago1:17:10

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Our guest Austin Slough felt physically disappointed about what we said when we discussed Kidlat Tahimik's "Perfumed Nightmare" because of our complete nonfactual understandings about Eisenhower. Slough hopes to help us clear stuff up so we stop spreading misinformation. (00:17:00) Slough talks about "The Measure of a Man", the the ninth episode of…

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Episode 8: Romance Movies for Valentine’s Day: Lina Wertmüller’s “Swept Away”, Pedro Almodóvar’s ”Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” and “Arthur” 1:17:21

2y ago1:17:21

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Introducing Celine as a special guest for this Valentine's day episode! First, the incredible nuances of queefing are discussed (00:00:51) Next, a Valentine's discussion just shows how lonely everyone on this podcast is and also explains it because everyone is kind of a loser. (00:03:46) Walter believes Lina Wertmüller’s “Swept Away” is a wonderful…

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Episode 7: Harmony Korine's "Gummo" is Everyone's Backyard and Object Obsession in Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" 1:07:38

2y ago1:07:38

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Writing Marvel scripts is an ambitious task but Swade and Walter has Mice Man to help out (00:03:46) Swade thinks there is a very clear distinction between very gross and normal gross body hygiene but Walter disagrees. (00:13:19) Then, a WARNING! is needed: as the discussion develops into one of the grossest "locked basement door" discussions - the…

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Episode 6: Elitist(ugh) Ruminations on Movies Made for the Theater, Kenji Misumi's Samurai Dad and Baby in "Lone Wolf and Cub" and the Not-So-Comfy "Linda Linda Linda" 1:01:19

2y ago1:01:19

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A bonus episode requires a special guest as Tore joins for this episode bringing one of his deep hard hitting questions about whether movies should only be watched in the movie theater and becomes the theme of the entire episode! (00:01:21) But before that, Swade and Tore reflect back on all the "sink dishes" they've had throughout their lives. Pre…

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Episode 5: "The Assistant" by Kitty Green Thrills the Workplace, Bruce Willis' Sexy Criminal Voice in "Hudson Hawk" and Eduardo Coutinho's Reality Bending Documentary "Playing (Jogo de Cena)" 52:58

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Failing to escape the terror of Jimmy Buffet, Catherine and Walter are forced into a trivia game as Swade quizzes them on Jimmy Buffet song lyrics. (00:09:39) Catherine talks about Kitty Green's "The Assistant", the workplace #MeToo thriller film. The film opens up a discussion about everyone's past shitty job and their experiences at depressing of…

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Episode 4: Kidlat Tahimik's Post Colonial "Perfumed Nightmare" and Mikhail Red's Chilling "Eerie" - A Filipino Episode 55:59

2+ y ago55:59

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Swade continues sharing his bookstore stories as he keeps having customers that he wants to talk about. Walter has plans to go hiking today and Swade finds it hard to believe because Walter has never done any exercise in his life. (00:18:01) Walter talks about Kidlat Tahimik's "Perfumed Nightmare", a unique film that is half a documentary and a nar…

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Episode 3: Happy New Year~ A Belated Chirstmas Episode. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" with Bob Clark's Christmas Double Bill "A Christmas Story" and "Black Christmas" 1:03:49

2+ y ago1:03:49

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Walter may be the Grinch as he remains angsty about Christmas and doesn't bring a film to this episode. Is it possible there is some hidden history behind this? However, Swade and Catherine have some great Christmas stories to share that are incredibly heart-warming....or maybe not? (00:14:33) Catherine faces her fears as she brings Bob Clark's "A …

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Episode 2: Chris Marker's "La Jetée" and Terry Gilliam, "The Exorcist III" is the Best Exorcist Film?, and New Hong Kong Film "Limbo" Shows Why Trash In Film is a True Spectacle 1:10:01

2+ y ago1:10:01

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Today, Catherine wasn't able to come on but we had a perfect special guest - Tore! Swade is having a hard time with his Jewish identity and feels lonely that no one else shares his same angst about his identity. (00:10:54) Tore shares "La Jetée" and brings up good points about the imagination and responsibilities viewers can have while watching a m…

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Episode 1: Crying to Dead Robots in "Batman Beyond", Věra Chytilová's "Daises' " Meaningless Destruction, Isabelle Huppert is IZZY H in Mia Hansen-Løve's "Things To Come" 1:07:39

2+ y ago1:07:39

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Catherine, Swade and Walter catch up with their lives. Of course, Walter's opinion that two pizza's was too much food was too controversial not to bring up again in this episode. A serious debate that may never be resolved. (00:09:50) Thanksgiving is a big deal so Catherine and Swade talk about their Thanksgiving usual plans. (00:15:44) Swade share…

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Pilot (Episode 0) - Fritz Lang's Epic Poetic German Adaption "Die Nibelungen", The Skate Park Dogumentary "Los Reyes" And Misinformation of Tarkovsky's "The Sacrifice" Big Burning House Fire 33:43

2+ y ago33:43

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Catherine and Walter talk about a film they've seen recently. First we start with Los Reyes, a documentary about stray dogs at a skate park in Chile. What is a Dogumentary? When did Catherine fall in love with dogs? Are dogs learning skate tricks at skate parks? (00:08:51) We move to Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen two part series - an epic fantasy fam…