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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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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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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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Podcast #239: The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) & Assisted Living Horror

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Welcome to Episode #239 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon & Boomer discuss a grab bag of horror films set in assisted living facilities, starting with the straight-to-Shudder thriller The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025), starring John Lithgow & Geoffrey Rush.

00:00 Welcome

01:31 The Surfer (2025)
06:39 Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
16:29 The Kid Detective (2020)
18:00 Belle de Jour (1967)
28:07 Decision to Leave (2022)
35:00 The Spiral Staircase (1946)

40:16 The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
1:03:20 Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
1:28:11 Late Phases (2014)
1:32:04 The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

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Podcast #238: The Cremator (1969) & Wartime Traitors

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Welcome to Episode #238 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of dramas about wartime traitors, treasonists, quislings, and collaborators, starting with the Czech New Wave classic The Cremator (1969).

00:00 Welcome

04:40 The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man (2025)
07:56 Children of a Lesser God (1986)
11:51 The Passionate Friends (1949)
13:05 Hobson’s Choice (1954)
17:08 Date Movie (2006)
23:15 Bull Durham (1988)
26:36 Vision Quest (1985)

32:30 The Cremator (1969)
52:16 The Ascent (1977)
1:11:41 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
1:26:47 The Good German (2006)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Deadline (1980)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss the Canuxploitation meta-horror Deadline (1980).

00:00 Welcome

01:40 Tales of Terror (1962)
06:10 The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
11:07 The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
16:20 Wolfen (1981)
22:46 True Romance (1993)
27:58 My Cousin Vinny (1992)
31:36 Fame Whore (1997)
38:30 Quadrophenia (1979)
43:48 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
47:43 The Doll (1919)

54:55 Deadline (1980)

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