We watched Dracula Untold, then tried to salvage the utterly ruined evening by recording a podcast wherein I mispronounce “caricature”, Marie talks about bad anime shows, and Cory is confused.

Our verdict on the film? Go read The Stress of her Regard by Tim Powers instead!

https://ia601405.us.archive.org/12/items/DraculaUnedited/Dracula%20Unedited.mp3

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We spent the last few weeks experiencing what Canadian cinema has to offer. This was the result:

https://ia902607.us.archive.org/27/items/canadianfilms/canadianfilms.mp3

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Films discussed:

Ticket to Heaven

Porky’s

Quest for Fire

The Bear

Dance Me Outside

Rock and Rule

Heavy Metal

Maelstrom

A Dangerous Method

Take this Waltz

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Men with Brooms

Paschendaele

Margaret’s Museum

Anne of Green Gables

Incendies

Rock Paper Dice Enter

Carts of Darkness

The Trotsky

We talk about an obscure 13th-century French verse romance you’ve probably never heard of: The Romance of Eustace the Monk.

https://ia902508.us.archive.org/28/items/EustaceTheMonk/Eustace%20the%20Monk.mp3

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Source of our theme song

Leah Shopkow’s prose translation of Eustace the Monk

Alternative Title: The Episode with Dragons in It.

Marie and I survey classic (and not-so-classic) Middle Grade and YA literature that include dragons. Special mention goes to Patricia C. Wrede’s Dealing with Dragons, and we also brainstorm the next YA dragon epic that is sure to be a mega-bestseller.

https://ia902508.us.archive.org/17/items/BattleHatchersOfDragonland/Battle%20Hatchers%20of%20Dragonland.mp3

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Source of our theme song

Marie’s website

Our discussion of the Pit Dragon Chronicles

Our discussion of Tooth and Claw