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Podcast #193: Sick of Myself (2023) & Total Frauds

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Welcome to Episode #193 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four comedies about shameless opportunists who are living a lie, starting with the Scandinavian art world satire Sick of Myself (2023).

00:00 Welcome

01:33 Cuddly Toys (2023)
11:11 Touki Bouki (1973)
16:20 Blonde Venus (1932)
18:16 Shotgun Wedding (2022)
22:57 Paid in Full (2002)
29:56 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

35:14 Sick of Myself (2023)
49:50 Not Okay (2022)
1:12:05 World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
1:33:01 Never Been Kissed (1999)

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Podcast #192: Drunken Master (1978) & “Jacky” Chan

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Welcome to Episode #192 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss Jackie Chan’s early career as a Hong Kong action star, starting with Drunken Master (1978).

00:00 Welcome

03:06 San Soleil (1983)
06:15 Talk to Me (2023)
09:53 The Outlaws (2023)
12:49 Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
16:09 Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me (2023)
20:52 Sink or Swim (1990)
27:27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

33:20 Drunken Master (1978)
54:15 Police Story (1985)
1:15:45 Police Story 3: Supercop (1993)
1:25:15 Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

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Podcast #190: Picnic (1955) & Summer Heat

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Welcome to Episode #190 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of sweaty films set in summer heat, starting with the sordid beefcake melodrama Picnic (1955).

00:00 Welcome

02:45 Her (2013)
07:40 V.C. Andrews’ Heaven (2019)
13:45 Will-o’-the-Wisp (2023)
17:07 Falling Down (1993)

23:33 Picnic (1955)
46:22 Baby Doll (1956)
1:07:40 The Beach (2000)
1:23:55 Call Me By Your Name (2017)

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Podcast #189: Give Me Pity! (2023) & New Releases

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Welcome to Episode #189 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2023, starting with Give Me Pity!, Amanda Kramer’s feature length spoof of one-woman TV specials in the disco era.

00:00 Mozzarella sticks

04:25 Past Lives (2023)
11:45 There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023)
17:00 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
20:12 Stalking Laura (1993)

29:18 Give Me Pity! (2023)
51:00 Polite Society (2023)
1:03:25 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
1:19:40 Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023)

1:45:35 Best of 2023 so far

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Podcast #188: Trouble in Paradise (1932) & The Lubitsch Touch

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Welcome to Episode #188 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss the glamorously adulterous romcoms of Old Hollywood legend Ernst Lubitsch, starting with Trouble in Paradise (1932)

00:00 Welcome

03:03 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
05:48 Sorcerer (1977)
07:50 Reality (2023)
12:45 Savage Grace (2007)
16:55 You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
23:03 Rimini (2023)
28:08 Sanctuary (2023)

30:51 Ernst Lubitsch
39:35 Trouble in Paradise (1932)
55:55 Design for Living (1933)
1:13:43 The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1:28:10 That Lady in Ermine (1948)

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Podcast #187: The Tree of Life (2011) & Classic Malick

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Welcome to Episode #187 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss Terrence Malick’s signature works, starting with the brief-history-of-time family drama The Tree of Life (2011).

00:00 Welcome

01:14 Missing (2023)
03:44 The Little Mermaid (2023)
10:55 The Last Laugh (1924)
14:50 Breakdown (1997)
18:30 Sibling Rivalry (1990)
21:03 Stripper (1986)
22:52 Flashdance (1983)

28:28 The Tree of Life (2011)
55:22 Badlands (1973)
1:09:35 Days of Heaven (1978)
1:23:30 The New World (2005)

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Podcast #186: The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970) & One-and-Done Directors

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Welcome to Episode #186 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss a grab bag of passion projects from one-and-done directors, starting with Ester Krumbachová’s The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970).

00:00 Welcome

02:02 The Doom Generation (1995)
07:13 The Black Tower (1987)
08:45 The House is Black (1963)
11:25 The Year Between (2023)
14:40 The Canyons (2013)
20:47 White Palace (1990)

25:37 The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970)
44:45 Wanda (1970)
1:03:42 Harlem Nights (1989)
1:19:25 The Evil Within (2017)

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Podcast #185: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) & Classic Dolly

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Welcome to Episode #185 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss Dolly Parton’s movie star era, starting with the legalized-prostitution musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).

00:00 Welcome

02:45 The Suckling (1990)
04:55 Bound (1996)
08:30 The Conversation (1974)
12:30 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
15:45 Blue Steel (1990)

19:35 Dolly Parton: Here I Am (2019)
23:25 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
38:55 9 to 5 (1980)
53:45 Steel Magnolias (1989)
1:13:50 Straight Talk (1992)

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Podcast #184: A Taxing Woman (1987) on Tax Day

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Welcome to Episode #184 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee celebrate Tax Day with a grab bag of movies about dramatic tax audits & tax evasions, starting with Juzo Itami’s A Taxing Woman (1987).

00:00 Welcome

02:08 Suzume (2023)
04:55 Enys Men (2023)
13:18 Passion of the Christ (2004)
20:55 Ernst Lubitsch
27:21 John Wick: Chapter IV (2023)
32:00 The Women (1939)

37:30 A Taxing Woman (1987)
56:15 The Laundromat (2019)
1:16:20 3 Hearts (2014)
1:36:00 Exotica (1994)

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Lagniappe Podcast: We Kill for Love & Overlook Film Fest 2023

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For this lagniappe episode of the podcast, Brandon, James, Hanna, and guest Bill Arceneaux discuss a selection of genre films that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Fest, including the exhaustive direct-to-video erotic thriller documentary We Kill for Love (2023).

00:00 Welcome

03:32 Aberrance (2023)
09:04 Appendage (2023)
15:18 The Five Devils (2023)
21:31 Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)

27:03 We Kill for Love (2023)

1:01:31 Moviegoing with Bill
1:05:15 A Street Cat Named Desire (2023)
1:08:04 FROM.BEYOND (2023)
1:11:45 Give Me an A (2023)
1:19:35 Birth/Rebirth (2023)
1:24:15 Mister Organ (2023)
1:27:05 Late Night with the Devil (2023)

Overlook Film Fest 2023 Selections Ranked & Reviewed

1. Smoking Causes Coughing
2. The Five Devils
3. We Kill for Love
4. Late Night with the Devil
5. Birth/Rebirth
6. Appendage
7. Mister Organ
8. The Artifice Girl
9. Aberrance

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