Podcast #216: Sick – The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)

Welcome to Episode #216 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon is joined by Nail Club‘s Sara Nicole Storm to discuss the 1997 outsider-artist documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist.

00:00 Nail Club
12:56 Sick (1997)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Boogie Nights (1997)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic Golden Age of Porno drama Boogie Nights (1997).

00:00 Boomer rants

12:04 Winter Kills (1979)
18:39 Dazed and Confused (1993)
24:12 Mars Express (2024)
30:46 Class Action Park (2020)
36:28 The First Omen (2024)
44:54 Kalki 2898 AD (2024)
49:29 The Bikeriders (2024)
52:39 Pandora’s Mirror (1981)

54:44 Boogie Nights (1997)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Metropolis (1927)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Fritz Lang’s German expressionist sci-fi landmark Metropolis (1927).

00:00 Welcome

01:07 Idiocracy (2006)
07:40 Days of Heaven (1978)
13:42 The Parallax View (1974)
20:01 Blue Sunshine (1977)
25:54 Phantom Thread (2017)
29:02 M (1931)
33:30 Gasoline Rainbow (2024)
38:42 Furiosa (2024)
43:26 Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
47:56 Blue Velvet (1986)
51:55 It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
57:30 Le Samouraï (1967)
59:02 Evil Does Not Exist (2024)

1:02:22 Metropolis (1927)

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

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 #213: Grey Gardens (1975) vs. Grey Gardens (2009)

Welcome to Episode #213 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee and Brandon compare the iconic documentary Grey Gardens (1975) against its made-for-TV dramatization Grey Gardens (2009).

00:00 Welcome
02:17 Mother of the Bride (2024)
06:23 Buddies (1985)
11:55 Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)

17:44 Grey Gardens (1975)
35:02 The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)
42:06 That Summer (2017)
53:00 Grey Gardens (2009)

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

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

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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Lagniappe Podcast: Heathers (1989)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the influential high school mean-girl comedy Heathers (1989).

00:00 The Big Texan Steak Ranch

09:00 Lured (1947)
11:10 Eraserhead (1977)
16:19 The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
20:50 Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
24:18 Sasquatch Sunset (2024)
28:06 The Beast (2024)

34:57 Heathers (1989)

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

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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Lagniappe Podcast: All About Eve (1950)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Old Hollywood classic All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis.

00:00 Movie of the Month

04:20 We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2022)
11:58 Deerskin (2020)
17:38 Problemista (2024)
28:34 Nimona (2023)
32:26 Family Portrait (2024)
37:15 Aliens (1986)
41:00 The Birds (1963)
47:10 King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
54:10 Riddle of Fire (2024)

57:17 All About Eve (1950)

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