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Podcast #236: Good Boy (2025) & The Overlook Film Festival

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Welcome to Episode #236 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss a selection of genre films that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Festival, starting with Good Boy (2025), a haunted house story as seen from a dog’s POV.

00:00 Welcome

04:36 Good Boy
17:00 The Ugly Stepsister
30:00 It Ends
36:26 Predators
49:43 Zodiac Killer Project
1:00:53 Dead Lover
1:05:00 The Shrouds
1:16:05 LifeHack
1:20:20 Cloud
1:38:17 Hallow Road

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Lagniappe Podcast: Buddha’s Palm (1982)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss the Shaw Brothers’ laser-wizards martial arts actioner Buddha’s Palm (1982).

00:00 Welcome

01:37 Eephus (2025)
04:45 Looney Tunes – The Day The Earth Blew Up (2025)
09:03 Black Bag (2025)
15:40 Misericordia (2025)
21:16 The Shrouds (2025)
27:47 Ash (2025)
34:32 The Premature Burial (1962)
39:38 The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
48:20 Dark Intruder (1965)
50:26 Imitation of Life (1959)
57:01 The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
1:00:43 Secret Mall Apartment (2025)
1:05:27 Perfect Blue (1997)
1:12:11 In Fabric (2019)

1:19:00 Buddha’s Palm (1982)

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Podcast #235: Étoile (1989) & Ballet Schlock

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Welcome to Episode #235 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of low-budget horror films about ballerinas in crisis, starting with the 1989 Supsiria knockoff Étoile, starring Jennifer Connelly.

00:00 Concerts
07:21 Two English Girls (1971)
10:32 Adolescence (2025)
15:37 Down with Love (2003)
19:20 Chocolate Babies (1996)

25:03 Étoile (1989)
47:53 Dance Macabre (1992)
1:04:16 The Line, The Cross & The Curve (1993)
1:20:18 Wishing Stairs (2003)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Nowhere (1997)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss Gregg Araki’s Los Angeles teen brain-rot comedy Nowhere (1997).

00:00 Welcome

03:30 Urban Legend (1998)
15:00 Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
19:23 Contempt (1963)
22:45 The Black Cat (1989)
27:35 Video Violence (1987)
30:51 Fade to Black (1980)
34:34 Possible Films – Short Works by Hal Hartley (1994-2004)
42:13 Mickey 17 (2025)
50:04 Goodfellas (1990)

59:52 Nowhere (1997)

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Podcast #234: Nashville (1975) & Altman’s America

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Welcome to Episode #234 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the portrait of America stretched across Robert Altman’s filmography, starting with his 1975 country-music industry drama Nashville.

00:00 Pearl Jam
01:23 Striptease (1996)
05:06 Incendies (2010)
08:01 La Moustache (2005)
10:30 American Sniper (2014)
17:13 Rambo I – V (1982 – 2019)

25:20 Nashville (1975)
54:50 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
1:15:30 Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
1:36:05 Short Cuts (1993)

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Lagniappe Podcast: The Big Sleep (1946)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss the classic Howard Hawks noir The Big Sleep (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall.

00:00 Welcome

01:52 The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970)
06:58 Teeth (2007)
13:48 Citizen Ruth (1996)
20:48 Wander to Wonder (2025)
23:44 No Other Land (2025)
27:33 The Monkey (2025)
35:19 Heart Eyes (2025)
41:03 Armand (2025)
45:08 Grand Theft Hamlet (2025)
50:44 Mickey 17 (2025)
53:48 Universal Language (2025)

58:27 The Big Sleep (1946)

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Podcast #233: By the Sword (1991) & Swordplay

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Welcome to Episode #233 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon & Alli discuss a grab bag of movies about swords & swordplay, starting with the fencing academy drama By the Sword (1991). Swords!

00:00 Plot is Optional & Spooky Tuesday
02:55 I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
09:18 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

16:42 By the Sword (1991)
37:55 Captain Blood (1939)
48:14 Conan the Barbarian (1982)
56:27 She (1984)
1:06:06 Sword of the Stranger (2007)

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Podcast #232: Starlet (2012) & 2025’s Best Director Nominees

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Welcome to Episode #232 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 Sean Baker’s porn-industry buddy comedy Starlet (2012).

00:00 Apology/Goo
05:03 Kinda Pregnant (2025)
10:19 The Vietnam War (2017)
14:17 The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
18:35 Rats! (2025)

23:39 Starlet (2012)
41:48 The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
58:30 A Prophet (2009)
1:13:22 Revenge (2017)
1:28:36 Cop Land (1997)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Please Stand By (2017)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the 2017 road-trip dramedy Please Stand By, starring Dakota Fanning as an autistic Star Trek obsessive on the run.

00:00 Welcome

01:09 Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
04:13 Nosferatu (2024)
06:17 Cunk on Life (2025)
10:53 Dark Match (2025)
17:29 Companion (2025)
23:46 Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2025)
27:40 Son in Law (1993)

34:08 Please Stand By (2017)

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Podcast #231: 187 (1997) & Inner-City Schools

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Welcome to Episode #231 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of 90s movies about well-meaning teachers confronted with the violent chaos of inner-city schools, starting with the 1997 Sam Jackson vehicle 187.

00:00 Welcome

01:55 Presence (2025)
02:56 The Brutalist (2024)
06:14 The Cranes are Flying (1957)
08:17 The Lives of Others (2006)
14:39 It’s Complicated (2009)
18:13 Two Days in Paris (2007)
20:48 Willard (1971)
23:12 The Colors Within (2025)

28:17 187 (1997)
50:06 Dangerous Minds (1995)
1:03:17 Sister Act 2 – Back in the Habit (1993)
1:24:16 High School High (1996)

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