Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they are afraid of men (credit to Vivek Shraya), unpack the question of "camp", revisit a past beloved film, and consider the positives and negatives of straight-to-streaming cinema.

Read on "The Many Layers of May December" on Vox.

This week’s movies are: The Royal Hotel (2023), May December (2023), Garden State (2004), Eileen (2023), and Leave The World Behind (2023).

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Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they watch the anti-Blade Runner, do their homework for nothing, watch a movie that helps them find humour in their griefy week, and see a very big Godzilla on the big screen.

This week’s movies are: Children of Men (2006), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Dr. Caligari (1989), Dick Johnson is Dead (2020), and Godzilla Minus One (2023).

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Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. This series takes a look at John Waters' cinema, as curated by Metro Cinema, and culminates in a live show of John Waters' Devil's Advocate. In this episode, they navigate the spiral of filth and, along the way, have their hearts stolen by Mink Stole, hit their cinema hard no line, appreciate the coalition work, and throw up all the middle fingers. When they see John Waters live, Elliott locks eyes with the Pope of Filth himself (many a time) and the three of them make a sandwich (you'll have to listen to learn what this means!).

(Re-)listen to our beautiful conversation with Cassandra Hamilton-Brown, including an extended look at Cry-Baby.

The films in the series are: Female Trouble (1974), Pink Flamingos (1972), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Multiple Maniacs (1970), Hairspray (1988), and Polyester (1981).

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Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they acknowledge the artifice, ask if Emerald Fennell is their Christopher Nolan, witness the most hauntingly and beautifully accurate cinematic depiction of Alberta, and celebrate their own intentional identities of being movie watchers.

This week’s movies are: Dicks: The Musical (2023), Quiz Lady (2023), Saltburn (2023), Hands That Bind (2023), King Kong (1933), and Jawbreaker (1999).

Conversations:

Dicks: The Musical - 3:47

Quiz Lady - 16:04

Saltburn - 22:52

Hands That Bind - 43:45

King Kong - 58:51

Jawbreaker - 1:15:15

Dads of the Week - 1:22:53

Rad Rec - 1:28:27

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Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they think about the ethics of trauma overload cinema, see the most existentially impactful documentary, hit the audience jackpot at weekday matinee screenings, and reflect on why they love Kevin Smith so much.

This week’s movies are: Farewell My Concubine (1992), Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Priscilla (2023), Thanksgiving (2023), and Dogma (1999).

Conversations:

Farewell My Concubine - 2:19

Koyaanisqatsi - 11:52

Priscilla - 26:03

Thanksgiving - 44:51

Dogma - 57:33

Dads of the Week - 1:12:30

Rad Rec - 1:16:44

This episode was recorded before the firing of Melissa Barrera from Scream VII. We support the call to boycott Spyglass Media Group.

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Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they re-enter the Hunger Games before heading out to the theatre for the prequel, practicing their Mockingjay whistles the whole time. This is a spoiler episode! (Spoilers for the newest film are kept until the time stamp below.) Along the way, they appreciate the politics of the series, discuss the cost of being part of the collective, debate the practice of splitting a film into two parts, and get a crush on a new boy.

The films in the series are: The Hunger Games (2012), Catching Fire (2013), Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), and The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023).

Conversations:

The Hunger Games - 5:56

Catching Fire - 39:24

Mockingjay - Part 1 - 1:10:45

Mockingjay - Part 2 - 1:28:58

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - 1:49:33

Dads - 2:23:40

Takeaways - 2:27:52

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Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they cry at a horror movie, appreciate films that take girlhood seriously, love a lil' pig with all their vegetarian hearts, and watch light and dark dance in the same mosaic.

This week’s movies are: Train to Busan (2016), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023), Babe (1995), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006).

Watch Amanda Palmer's music video for the song "Judy Blume."

Conversations:

Train to Busan - 4:15

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. - 15:47

Babe - 31:51

Pan's Labyrinth - 52:52

Dads of the Week - 1:10:38

Rad Rec - 1:17:47

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Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. On the week of their fourteenth anniversary and their technical 100th episode, they explore the different ways of being a ghost, look at Donald Sutherland's butt, and revisit the first movie they ever watched together. Also, Elliott commits a grievous movie-watching sin and they see the perfect chaotic queer movie for their anniversary.

This week’s movies are: Kwaidan (1964), Don't Look Now (1973), Little Fish (2020), When Evil Lurks (2023), Across the Universe (2007), and Nowhere (1997).

Conversations:

Kwaidan - 1:48

Don't Look Now - 15:10

Little Fish - 32:05

When Evil Lurks - 55:27

Across The Universe - 1:08:41

Nowhere - 1:29:28

Dads of the Week - 1:41:11

Rad Rec - 1:48:14

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Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a new series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they are joined by Nicole Boychuk: curator of the Not Your Final Girl series at Metro Cinema and all-around cool person. Along the way, they consider what makes someone "not your final girl," celebrate septum ring representation, bask in the bleak vibes, and haunt the homophobes.

The films in the series are: Our Father, The Devil (2021), Orphan: First Kill (2022), Hagazussa (2017), and Memento Mori (1999).

Find Nicole on Instagram, Substack, and Letterboxd.

Conversations:

Our Father, The Devil - 12:53

Orphan: First Kill - 28:11

Hagazussa - 42:42

Memento Mori - 1:01:40

Dads - 1:29:28

Takeaways - 1:33:47

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Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they finally watch a movie they've been searching for for fourteen years, watch a beautiful sliver of life film, cross another masterpiece off their lists, and find queer joy in 1999.

This week’s movies are: My Little Eye (2002), Old Joy (2006), Paprika (2006), and But I'm A Cheerleader (1999).

Watch MUNA's But I'm A Cheerleader inspired video for "Silk Chiffon"

Conversations:

My Little Eye - 1:38

Old Joy - 17:34

Paprika - 31:18

But I'm A Cheerleader - 44:58

Dads of the Week - 59:32

Rad Rec - 1:02:56

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