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Podcast #244: Wake in Fright (1971) & The Australian New Wave

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Welcome to Episode #244 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of films from The Australian New Wave, starting with the beer-soaked 1971 thriller Wake in Fright.

0:00 Welcome
02:13 Eddington (2025)
11:21 Opus (2025)
15:40 We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972)
20:30 Queens of the Stone Age – Alive in the Catacombs (2025)
22:08 The Running Man (1987)
24:26 Visiting Desire (1996)

29:01 Wake in Fright (1971)
49:28 The Last Wave (1977)
1:08:05 Roadgames (1981)
1:25:08 Sweetie (1989)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Brick (2005) vs Poker Face

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss two detective stories from the earliest and latest extremes of Rian Johnson’s career: the 2005 high school noir Brick and the ongoing human-lie-detector TV series Poker Face.

00:00 Foreign Correspondent (1940)
04:14 Topaz (1969)
11:00 Play It as it Lays (1972)
15:11 Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
16:56 Pink Narcissus (1971)
30:23 A History of Violence (2005)
37:05 Eddington (2025)
47:52 The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
50:41 Fellini Satyricon (1969)
54:49 The Tragedy of Man (2011)
1:01:44 I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

1:11:11 Brick (2005) vs Poker Face

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Podcast #243: The Money Pit (1986) & Home Renovations

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Welcome to Episode #243 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of movies about home-renovation woes, starting with the Tom Hanks comedy vehicle The Money Pit (1986).

00:00 Welcome

02:30 17 Again (2009)
05:41 Bully (2001)
09:40 The Leather Boys (1965)
13:01 Son of Godzilla (1967)
17:47 Cora Bora (2024)

21:11 The Money Pit (1986)
40:08 Of Unknown Origin (1983)
52:45 MouseHunt (1997)
1:06:41 Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

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Lagniappe Podcast: M3GAN v Superman – Dusk of Justice

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss two superhero movies currently in wide theatrical release: M3GAN 2.0 (2025) & Superman (2025).

00:00 Welcome

04:17 I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
15:10 The Age of Innocence (1993)
21:57 Misericordia (2025)
28:50 Looney Tunes – The Day the Earth Blew Up (2025)
34:24 Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

38:24 Megan 2.0 (2025) vs. Superman (2025)

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Podcast #242: Sinners (2025) & New Releases

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Welcome to Episode #242 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2025, starting with Ryan Coogler’s Southern-fried vampire musical Sinners.

00:00 Welcome

01:37 Mike Flanagan
03:04 Disclosure (1994)
04:50 Brokeback Mountain (2005)
09:53 Smiley Face (2007)
13:15 A Room with a View (1985)
17:01 High Heels (1991)
21:07 Querelle (1982)

25:12 Sinners (2025)
45:04 Companion (2025)
57:57 The Actor (2025)
1:08:58 Dead Talents Society (2025)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss Paul Bartel’s entertainment-industry satire Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989).

00:00 Welcome

01:40 Spies (1928)
07:00 Buffalo ’66 (1998)
13:33 A Woman’s Torment (1977)
18:52 The Dinner Game (1988)
23:13 Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
29:47 The Lodger (1927)
34:35 28 Weeks Later (2007)
40:00 28 Years Later (2025)
52:36 Materialists (2025)
58:30 Cape Fear (1991)
1:06:25 Wolf (1994)
1:13:00 Gwen and the Book of Sand (1985)

1:17:00 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)

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Podcast #241: Camille Claudel (1988) & Artist Biopics

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Welcome to Episode #241 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of biopics about famous visual artists, starting with 1988’s Camille Claudel, starring Isabelle Adjani as the titular sculptor.

00:00 Welcome

03:07 Linda (2025)
05:09 The Black Sea (2025)
08:58 Sinners (2025)
14:08 Popeye the Slayer Man (2025)
18:45 Dreamchild (1985)
22:27 The Story of Adele H (1975)

25:32 Camille Claudel (1988)
53:10 Pirosmani (1969)
1:03:28 Basquiat (1996)
1:19:01 Frida (2002)

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Lagniappe Podcast: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss Luis Buñuel’s surrealist satire The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), in which a small party of upper-class snobs are repeatedly deprived of their dinner.

00:00 Welcome

01:27 Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League (2025)
06:25 Vulcanizadora (2025)
09:52 Pavements (2025)
19:52 Ernest Cole – Lost and Found (2025)
25:51 Mountainhead (2025)
33:23 Ballerina (2025)
34:15 Drop (2025)
35:47 Bring Her Back (2025)
40:00 The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
49:28 Caught by the Tides (2025)
52:26 Rampo Noir (2005)
56:00 Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
58:58 Taxi Driver (1976)
1:06:54 The Tragedy of Man (2011)
1:09:42 Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
1:14:43 Popstar – Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

1:19:31 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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Podcast #240: Naked Lunch (1991) & Adapting Burroughs

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Welcome to Episode #240 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss the few films that have been adapted from William S. Burroughs’s prose, starting with David Cronenberg’s 1991 adaptation of Naked Lunch.

00:00 Welcome

01:20 Friendship (2025)
03:10 Bring Her Back (2025)
09:34 Premonition (2007)
13:37 Mulan (1998)
16:53 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
20:02 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

23:08 Naked Lunch (1991)
41:30 Burroughs – The Movie (1983)
55:41 The Junky’s Christmas (1993)
59:56 Ah Pook is Here (1994)
1:03:21 Queer (2024)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Tesis (1996)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss Alejandro Amenábar’s snuff-film murder mystery Tesis (1996).

00:00 Welcome

01:24 Goodbye Horses – The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (2025)
09:20 The Haunted Palace (1963)
14:56 Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
20:57 Leila and the Wolves (1984)
25:12 The Prophecy (1995)
27:31 The Raven (1963)
28:57 The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
34:07 The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
36:06 The Shrouds (2025)
40:16 Touch of Evil (1958)
44:25 Strangers on a Train (1951)
46:36 Frenzy (1972)
50:41 Fight or Flight (2025)
52:27 Final Destination (2000 – 2025)

1:24:13 Tesis (1996)

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