Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four crass attempts to translate the Reality TV boom to the big screen, starting with The Real Cancun (2003)

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

01:24 Punk Vacation (1990)
03:05 Deadly Manor (1990)
07:30 New Order (2021)
12:40 Old (2021)
20:40 Jungle Cruise (2021)
23:40 The Killing of Two Lovers (2021)
29:12 Street Gang (2021)
32:15 I Blame Society (2021)

39:35 The Real Cancun (2003)
1:06:30 From Justin to Kelly (2003)
1:28:28 Ringmaster (1998)
1:46:02 Jackass: The Movie (2002)

#140: The Real Cancun (2003) & Reality Movies

Britnee and Brandon discuss A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992), a three-hour, two-movie "event" that earned notoriety through frequent re-run broadcasts on the Lifetime network.

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

02:00 Fatal Charm (1990)
07:30 The Deadly Look of Love (2000)
14:30 Censor (2021)
18:35 The Mad Women's Ball (2021)

22:05 A Woman Scorned (1992)
39:32 Her Final Fury (1992)

Lagniappe: A Woman Scorned - The Betty Broderick Story (1992)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the films & career of Austrian button-pusher Michael Haneke, starting with his 1989 debut The Seventh Continent

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

05:17 Jeen-Yuhs (2022)
11:30 The Batman (2022)
16:16 Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
21:44 Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021)
23:40 Sister Act (1992)

29:35 The Seventh Continent (1989)
52:00 Benny's Video (1992)
1:09:50 The Piano Teacher (2001)
1:31:40 The White Ribbon (2009)

#155: The Seventh Continent (1989) & Haneke Gras

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Guillermo del Toro's debut feature, the revamped vampire myth Cronos (1993).

https://www.sefca.net/members#/brandon-ledet

00:00 Welcome

01:56 Morbius (2022)
03:34 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
13:28 Scream 4 (2011)
15:35 Crimewave (1985)
18:09 Darkman (1990)
22:24 Cryptozoo (2021)
25:05 The Night House (2021)
27:33 The French Dispatch (2021)
30:47 Death on the Nile (2022)
33:22 Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
35:05 Deadly Cuts (2022)

37:27 Cronos (1993)

Lagniappe: Cronos (1993)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the highbrow, low-energy art of "slow cinema" — ranging from Scott Barley's self-distributed microbudget cult film Sleep Has Her House (2017) to Chantal Akerman's landmark feminist classic Jeanne Dielman (1975), recently cited by Sight & Sound as "the greatest film of all time"

https//swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

02:24 Jethica (2023)
05:48 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
11:30 Knock at the Cabin (2023)
14:57 Branded to Kill (1967)
19:58 A Ghost Story (2017)

27:26 Sleep Has Her House (2017)
53:46 Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
1:18:00 La Ciénaga (2001)
1:43:10 Tropical Malady (2004)

#183: Sleep Has Her House (2017) & Slow Cinema

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)

https://swampflix.com/

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)

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

Britnee and Brandon compare the iconic documentary Grey Gardens (1975) against its made-for-TV dramatization Grey Gardens (2009)

https://swampflix.com/

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)

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

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)

https://swampflix.com/

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)

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

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the sapphic wuxia action fantasy The Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994), as suggested by ascalaphid's Letterboxd list Wuxia Wizard Wars

https://letterboxd.com/ascalaphid/list/wuxia-wizard-wars/

00:00 Wuxia Wizard Wars

03:14 Last Things (2024)
08:35 I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
16:55 Civil War (2024)
22:30 Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
25:38 MaXXXine (2024)
32:30 The Kingsman - A Secret Service (2014)
37:15 Psycho (1960)
45:28 The Front Room (2024)
51:43 Cure (1997)
57:00 Fresh Kill (1994)
1:03:18 The Substance (2024)

1:07:22 The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)

Lagniappe: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the kaiju battle royal Destroy All Monsters (1968), featuring Godzilla and all his best frenemies

https://swampflix.com/2024/09/30/halloween-streaming-recommendations-2024/

00:00 Welcome

01:09 The Craft (1996)
04:20 The Shining (1980)
07:26 Fight Club (1999)
14:47 Malignant (2021)
18:17 Civil War (2024)
19:36 It's What's Inside (2024)
28:52 Megalopolis (2024)
40:41 Look What Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976)
49:00 Christine (1983)
52:07 They (2002)
56:45 The Grudge (2019)
1:00:25 Mr. Crocket (2024)
1:05:17 Sex Demon (1975)
1:12:47 Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

1:19:13 Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Lagniappe: Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the stop-motion animated comedy Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2025).

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

05:20 Dark Passage (1947)
06:47 Rock Hudson
09:33 Crank - High Voltage (2009)
14:08 Dogra Magra (1988)
22:33 Cinema Paradiso (1988)
32:00 To Catch a Thief (1955)
42:22 Rashomon (1950)
49:30 Cunk on Life (2025)
54:00 The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
1:01:21 Nosferatu (2024)
1:05:33 Our Little Secret (2024)
1:13:00 Mirage (1965)
1:19:00 Pepe (2025)

1:24:00 Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl (2025)

Lagniappe: Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl (2025)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2024 with some honorable mentions, starting with Clint Eastwood's courtroom thriller Juror #2.

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

01:30 Nine Months (1995)
04:05 John Tucker Must Die (2006)
08:41 Unlawful Entry (1992)
12:00 Nosferatu (2024)
19:10 Babygirl (2024)
27:07 Last Summer (2024)
31:13 Look Back (2024)

37:53 Juror #2 (2024)
1:03:17 Civil War (2024)
1:23:35 The Front Room (2024)
1:40:00 The Feeling that the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024)

#230: Juror #2 & 2024's Honorable Mentions

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alexander Payne's climate change sci-fi comedy Downsizing (2017)

https://swampflix.com/2025/01/24/swampflixs-top-10-films-of-2024/

00:00 The Top 10 Films of 2024

02:30 Anora (2024)
12:05 Barfly (1987)
13:48 Single White Female (1992)
22:03 The Cruise (1998)
23:03 Tomie (1998)
24:28 The Thing (1982)
27:39 To Die For (1995)
34:03 Gattaca (1997)
38:36 Mulholland Drive (2001)
45:25 The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
50:09 Closely Watched Trains (1966)
53:46 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
58:17 Feels Good Man (2020)

1:03:38 Downsizing (2017)

Lagniappe: Downsizing (2017)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna 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

https://swampflix.com/

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)

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

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

https://swampflix.com/

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)

Lagniappe: Please Stand By (2017)

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)

https://swampflix.com/

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)

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

Boomer & Brandon discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 surveillance paranoia thriller The Conversation, which recently screened at Prytania's Classic Movie Series

https://swampflix.com/
https://www.theprytania.com/uptown/classic-movie-series

00:00 Welcome

05:08 George Dureau: New Orleans Artist (2023)
19:10 The Roommate (2011)
32:35 Crimes of Passion (1984)

45:08 The Conversation (1974)

Lagniappe: The Conversation (1974)

Brandon & Alli discuss a grab bag of movies about swords & swordplay, starting with the fencing academy drama By the Sword (1991). Swords!

https://swampflix.com/
https://plotisoptional.com/

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)

#233: By the Sword (1991) & Swordplay

Boomer & Brandon discuss the classic Howard Hawks noir The Big Sleep (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall

https://swampflix.com/

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)


Lagniappe: The Big Sleep (1946)

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

https://swampflix.com/

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)

#234: Nashville (1975) & Altman's America

Boomer & Brandon discuss Gregg Araki's Los Angeles teen brain-rot comedy Nowhere (1997)

https://swampflix.com/

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)

Lagniappe: Nowhere (1997)

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

https://swampflix.com/

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)


#235: Étoile (1989) & Ballet Schlock

Boomer & Brandon discuss the Shaw Brothers' laser-wizards martial arts actioner Buddha's Palm (1982)

https://swampflix.com/

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 (2018)

1:19:00 Buddha's Palm (1982)


Lagniappe: Buddha's Palm (1982)

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 movie seen from a dog's POV

https://swampflix.com/

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


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

Boomer & Brandon discuss Takahide Hori's stop-motion-animated nightmare comedy Junk Head (2017)

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Welcome

03:55 Vampire Hunter D (1985)
07:07 Casino (1995)
15:31 Deadwood - The Movie (2019)
22:30 The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
38:17 The Conformist (1970)
42:32 Times Square (1980)
48:56 Devil Fetus (1982)
55:38 Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

1:01:21 Junk Head (2017)

Lagniappe: Junk Head (2017)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of vintage genre films about Vietnam War vets suffering from PTSD, starting with the violent exploitation thriller Combat Shock (1986)

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 The Pope of Trash
08:50 Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
13:00 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
17:12 Under the Sand (2000)
24:15 Warfare (2025)

33:00 Combat Shock (1986)
52:15 Dead of Night (1974)
1:03:42 Backfire (1988)
1:17:10 Savage Dawn (1985)

#237: Combat Shock (1986) & Vetsploitation

Boomer & Brandon discuss the Canuxploitation meta-horror Deadline (1980)

https://swampflix.com/

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)


Lagniappe: Deadline (1980)

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)

https://swampflix.com/

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)

#238: The Cremator (1969) & Wartime Traitors

Boomer & Brandon discuss Roger Corman's psychedelic sci-fi crime thriller X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

https://swampflix.com/

00:00 Sinners (2025)
08:48 Secret Mall Apartment (2025)
13:50 The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
19:15 Beau Travail (1999)
25:28 Strawberry Mansion (2022)
33:01 The Haunted Palace (1963)

37:20 X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

Lagniappe: X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

Boomer and Brandon discuss the vintage, oddly melancholic French porno Equation to an Unknown (1980), which is cited as partial inspiration for the recent giallo throwback Knife+Heart (2019).

https://swampflix.com/2019/05/04/knifeheart-2019/

https://swampflix.com/2020/08/11/ask-any-buddy-2020/

Lagniappe: Equation to an Unknown (1980)

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