Dafriend or Dafoe

When a small-town New Mexico sheriff stumbles upon a corpse clutching a suitcase containing half a million dollars, he assumes the dead man’s identity in an effort to track down his killers. The sheriff, played by Willem Dafoe, gets drawn into a complex FBI sting operation masterminded by a hot-headed agent played by Samuel L. Jackson! ...Read moreRead more

When the budget is tight and you’re trying to make a period-crime film set in the early 1980s, you can trust that Willem Dafoe’s mustache will be more than enough to compensate for a lack of compelling set design and costuming! Or can you? We watched “Bad Country” in order to find out! Willem Dafoe...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast we’re doing something completely different! We watched three short films, all starring Dafoe, produced in 2013 as part of the “Jameson First Shot” film series! All of these films are available to watch online for free- The Smile Man, Saving Norman, and Love’s Routine! Each is under 10 minutes in...Read moreRead more

At nearly $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts, there’s little doubt on anyone’s mind that 2018’s Aquaman is a huge success. But is it good??? And how is Willem Dafoe in it??? These are the questions that Dafriend or Dafoe exists to answer. Listen now to find out what Ann and Isaac have to...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast, we’ve sat through “The English Patient”! This 1996 British-American romantic war drama film was directed by Anthony Minghella and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje. It tells the story of Count László de Almásy, who is burned from a plane crash and tells his past...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast, we’re talking about Anamorph! Five years after helping to catch and kill a serial killer known as Uncle Eddie, NYPD Detective Stan Aubray (Willem Dafoe) is an alcoholic wreck, demoted to teaching duty. When a stockbroker is found murdered in the same manner as Uncle Eddie’s victims, Stan is assigned...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast we’re talking about the latest Dafoe release, “At Eternity’s Gate”! This biographical drama film covers the final years of painter Vincent van Gogh’s life, mostly in the South of France. Dafoe is earning a lot of early Oscar buzz for his performance as the acclaimed painter! Does this flick live...Read moreRead more

It’s the 50th episode of our show! This week we’re talking about Once About A Time In Mexico! Featuring the return of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), in the final installment of the Mariachi/Desperado trilogy. the saga continues as El Mariachi makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail...Read moreRead more

Plainclothes military detectives Buck McGriff (Willem Dafoe) and Albaby Perkins (Gregory Hines) arrive in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1968 to investigate a prostitute’s murder. With the assistance of nun Sister Nicole (Amanda Pays), whose work has familiarized her with Saigon’s seedier side, the two men soon discover a pattern of killings and learn that an earlier...Read moreRead more

The Night and the Moment is a 1995 British-French-Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Anna Maria Tatò and starring Willem Dafoe, Lena Olin and Miranda Richardson. It was screened out of competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival. That’s about all the information we could find online about this movie as it...Read moreRead more