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Podcast #217: Monkey Man (2024) & New Releases

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Welcome to Episode #217 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2024, starting with Dev Patel’s caste-system fight club revenger Monkey Man.

00:00 The best of 2024 (so far)

02:52 MaXXXine (2024)
05:03 Pretty Poison (1968)
07:29 Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
11:03 The Coffee Table (2024)
15:57 Kill (2024)
17:33 Deewaar (1975)

21:40 Monkey Man (2024)
38:17 Problemista (2024)
51:03 Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
1:08:06 Aishiteru! (Safe Word, 2024)

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Podcast #215: Look Who’s Talking (1989) & Deciphering Heckerling

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Welcome to Episode #214 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss the arc of Amy Heckerling’s art & career as a Hollywood auteur, starting with her biggest commercial hit: the talking-baby comedy Look Who’s Talking (1989).

00:00 Welcome

02:28 Der Fan (1982)
05:36 Miller’s Girl (2024)
09:35 Blue Collar (1978)
11:20 Adam Resurrected (2008)
21:28 The Sweetest Thing (2002)

26:46 Look Who’s Talking (1989)
57:50 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
1:12:09 Clueless (1995)
1:20:47 I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

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Podcast #214: Jackie Brown (1997) vs. Pam Grier Classics

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Welcome to Episode #214 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon compare Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Pam Grier, Jackie Brown (1997), against her early run of 1970s blaxploitation classics.

00:00 Welcome

03:36 The Nutty Professor (1996)
08:07 I Capture the Castle (2003)
11:44 What a Way to Go! (1964)
16:48 The Feeling that the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024)

21:34 Jackie Brown (1997)
47:18 Coffy (1973)
58:29 Foxy Brown (1974)
1:13:26 Friday Foster (1975)

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Podcast #212: Branded to Kill (1967) & The Japanese New Wave

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Welcome to Episode #212 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a selection of films from the Japanese New Wave, starting with Seijun Suzuki’s surreal pop-art hitman thriller Branded to Kill (1967).

00:00 Welcome

01:48 Shock Corridor (1963)
06:53 Point Blank (1967)
13:00 Mind Game (2004)
17:24 The Contestant (2024)

23:32 The Japanese New Wave

28:35 Branded to Kill (1967)
43:18 Giants & Toys (1958)
56:01 Woman in the Dunes (1964)
1:12:03 The Pornographers (1966)

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Podcast #211: Funny Girl (1968) & Babsapalooza

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Welcome to Episode #211 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Britnee, and Brandon discuss a wide range of Barbra Streisand films, from her Oscar-winning breakout role in Funny Girl (1968) to her Oscar-nominated directorial effort The Prince of Tides (1991).

00:00 Welcome

02:53 The People’s Joker (2024)
07:47 Civil War (2024)
19:23 American Psycho (2000)
25:09 Keeping the Faith (2000)
30:19 Singapore Sling (1990)

34:07 Funny Girl (1968)
57:39 The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
1:06:02 What’s Up Doc? (1972)
1:16:39 The Prince of Tides (1991)

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Podcast #210: In a Violent Nature & Overlook Film Fest 2024

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Welcome to Episode #210 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, Hanna, and guest Bill Arceneaux discuss a selection of horror films that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Festival, starting with the gory slow-cinema slasher In a Violent Nature.

00:00 Welcome

04:47 In a Violent Nature

23:43 Moviegoing with Bill
32:16 ME
46:12 Dream Factory
53:47 Hypoxia
56:54 The Influencer
1:04:03 Red Rooms
1:24:58 Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
1:35:46 Infested
1:41:07 Oddity
1:44:54 Cuckoo
1:48:46 I Saw the TV Glow
1:55:20 Abigail

Overlook 2024, Ranked and Reviewed

  1. ME
  2. I Saw the TV Glow 
  3. Cuckoo
  4. In a Violent Nature 
  5. Infested 
  6. Oddity
  7. Red Rooms 
  8. Sleep
  9. Look Into My Eyes
  10. Hood Witch
  11. Azrael
  12. Arcadian
  13. Abigail 

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Podcast #208: Lenny Cooke (2013) & Basketball Docs

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Welcome to Episode #208 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna celebrate March Madness by discussing a handful of basketball documentaries, starting with the Safdie Brothers’ 2013 profile of Lenny Cooke.

00:00 Welcome

07:23 How to Have Sex (2024)
13:52 The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
19:11 The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023)
24:11 Out of the Blue (1980)

30:23 Lenny Cooke (2013)
55:30 Hoop Dreams (1994)
1:19:46 AND1 Ball Access – The Mixtape Tour (2002)
1:40:01 Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang in Pyongyang (2015)

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Podcast #207: Tenet (2020) & 2024’s Best Director Nominees

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Welcome to Episode #207 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the earlier works of this year’s Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Christopher Nolan’s backwards-explosions sci-fi action thriller Tenet (2020). Enjoy!

00:00 Welcome

01:33 Harakiri (1962)
06:50 King of the Gypsies (1978)
10:24 Obsessed (2009)
15:35 New Orleans French Film Fest 2024
19:00 Our Body (2024)

24:06 Tenet (2020)
44:47 The Lobster (2015)
1:02:15 Birth (2004)
1:22:49 After Hours (1984)
1:39:47 Sibyl (2019)

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Podcast #206: Anguish (1987) & Total Momsters

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Welcome to Episode #206 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four cult classics about monstrously mean but lovingly devoted moms, starting with the Zelda Rubinstein horror vehicle Anguish (1987).

00:00 Welcome

03:20 Cat Person (2023)
12:03 Après Vous (2003)
15:28 Breaking the Waves (1996)
20:07 Husbands (1970)
23:59 Soft & Quiet (2023)
29:48 Heavy Petting (1989)

36:04 Anguish (1987)
53:23 Serial Mom (1994)
1:13:00 Mom (1990)
1:24:09 Hush (1998)

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Podcast #205: The Boy Friend (1971) & Ken “The Mad Lad” Russell

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Welcome to Episode #205 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four cult classics directed by madman provocateur Ken Russell, starting with his Busby Berkeley-style backstage musical The Boy Friend (1971).

00:00 Welcome

01:16 Krewe Divine
03:13 Coonskin (1975)
11:48 Possum (2018)
14:35 The Parallax View (1974)
19:45 Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
24:10 Queenpins (2011)
27:14 Lenny Cooke (2013)
33:20 The Butterfly Effect (2004)
40:03 Fish & Cat (2013)
43:40 Joe’s Apartment (1996)

47:07 The Boy Friend (1971)
1:05:13 Lisztomania (1975)
1:19:43 Altered States (1980)
1:36:00 Crimes of Passion (1984)

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