Just prior to Christmas, the gang sat down (minus Daniel), joined by guest Violet, and watched Arrival.

You remember — back when aliens showed up, taught us something profound, and suddenly humanity found peace? No strife, no genocides, no political upheaval. Just love, understanding, and interstellar wisdom.

So… can someone remind me where I parked my flying car?

Oooooh — right. It was a blockbuster movie. That makes way more sense.

Still, Arrival is an absolute beauty. If you haven’t seen it yet, I strongly recommend watching it before listening to our episode. Denis Villeneuve pulls every trick out of his bag here — a soaring score, excellent effects, gorgeous cinematography, and (of course) a twist sitting right at the core of it all.

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Some say snow is just a shroud on the mountain.

Snow—an element that defeats invading armies.

Snow—a force that separates creatures from one another.

And there you are: isolated with your family, intrusive thoughts, specters, and an impossibly built hotel.

Sure, Jack’s a rascal—wandering the halls with a head full of Agent Orange and a growing certainty that the solution to his problems is family annihilation. But there’s a book to be written. And Danny is watching.

“Dad… you wouldn’t hurt us, would you?”

The Shining remains one of cinema’s great mysteries—a film dense with symbolism, hidden meaning, and unanswered questions, crafted by the meticulous mind of Stanley Kubrick.

Join OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) as we interpret the signs—some of us believers, some agnostic, and some flat-out deniers.

Regardless of your spiritual leanings, The Shining is sure to unsettle you… and maybe even open a door to government conspiracy.

Godspeed, dear listener.

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Susan Reikhart’s Showing Up is a humdrum heck of a good time. It’s not about art-making so much as the weird, tender, maddening moments in between. Enter Lizzy — a misanthrope fueled by the rage-fire of a thousand suns. She’s a brilliant artist, but the business side of things? Not her medium.

She lives in a little space attached to her landlord/frenemy Jo — a whirlwind of vigor, spontaneity, and mild dismissiveness. Michelle Williams (a Kalispell, Montana native!) shows up in this quiet slice of life, delivering a performance that feels lived-in and light-footed.

Larkin picked this one because he’s a Reikhart fan; Courtney Murphy brings the perspective of an OCAC alum, the now-defunct art school woven into the film’s DNA. This movie is the opposite of Fast & Furious — as Daniel put it, it should be titled “Slow and Deliberate.”

There’s a pigeon stealing the spotlight and a man digging mysterious holes in the background. What more do you need?

Join OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) for another round of moving-picture talk.

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You ever have a dream where you have to choose life or death for a loved one? Have you ever reached your Vertical Limit?

In the game of high-alpine trekking, folks are playing on an ice-axe edge of truth or consequences. Nature doesn’t care if you live or die, so hold your butts—because this is a thrill ride of epic proportions.

Join the OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) crew as we dive into this adventure gem and spiritual cousin to Cliffhanger. Plenty of long-awaited answers in this one from your local outdoor-enthusiast experts.

🎙️ Hosts

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtney Blazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'s Vertical Limit is people who walk slow.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniel Mrgan ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'s Vertical Limit is late-stage capitalism.

⁠⁠⁠Larkin Matoon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'s Vertical Limit is soup.

🎛️ Producer

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Quick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'s Vertical Limit is team sports.

Special, special guest:

Mike Smith of the Complete Works Podcast - an amazing cinephile show - check it out.

🎧 Tune in and hang on.

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The river is a place where you can lose it all — your life, your cooler full of beers, even your sense of modern tech — but it’s also where you can reclaim the life you once had. In this 90s adventure-thriller classic, Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon give peak-era performances as danger hits the water and the family vacation turns into a full-on survival movie.

This episode of OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) takes a deep dive into the film’s hero’s-journey backbone, its wild mix of sign language, dull-but-dutiful wildlife enforcement, city-slicker energy, and smarmy criminals who do not understand vacation etiquette. We talk river stunts, 90s practical effects, Montana energy, and why this movie still hits like a hidden cult classic today.

Float downstream with us as we check the trout population, unpack the chaos, and celebrate one of the most unexpectedly heartfelt action movies of the decade. Hijinks are at an all-time high.

See you at Lollapalooza ’94 — I’ll be the guy in the Ministry hat.

Hosts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtney Blazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AKA DOURtney Blazon

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniel Mrgan ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AKA the Croatian Sensation

⁠⁠Larkin Matoon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AKA Lurk in the toon

Producer:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Quick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AKA Jrsh Qrk

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Jack Crabb is basically a blank screen we all project onto — a man pulled back and forth through American myth, shaped by odd father figures and the chaos of history. He survives everything, but never quite lands anywhere. Some say the universe is magic. Others say it’s meaningless.
Join us, OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide), and decide for yourself.

Hosts:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtney Blazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ likes clawfoot bathtubs.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniel Mrgan ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ likes old people make-up in movies from the 70s.

⁠Larkin Matoon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ this week's thumbnail artist and loves old timey movie rain machines.

Producer:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Quick⁠⁠⁠⁠ likes problematic historical figures.

#LittleBigMan #MontanaFilm #OMFGPodcast #MontanaMovies #FilmDiscussion #WesternFilm #DustinHoffman #ArthurPenn #1970sCinema #FrontierMyth #AmericanMythology #ClassicFilms #MoviePodcast #Cinephile #FilmNerds #PodcastersOfInstagram #MontanaArts #MissoulaCreatives #IndiePodcasts #MovieAnalysis #FilmCommunity #FilmHistory #WesternMyth #CinemaTalk

OMFG dives into Dogville — Lars von Trier’s chalk-lined morality tale where a mysterious woman arrives in a Depression-era mountain town and kindness curdles into nightmare folklore. Nicole Kidman gives one of her most devastating performances as the town’s masks slowly slip, one expression at a time.

Revisit Dogville with us and see how a fairy tale becomes a biblical lesson carved in cruelty. New episode out now. 🎧

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📞 Telefon (1977)

There’s a Robert Frost poem out there that, when spoken, makes you do terrible things. Don’t answer the phone—or you might be the next power-plant bomber or helicopter kamikaze.

Telefon is a Cold War fever dream that doesn’t always make sense, but OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) is here to pick through the carnage. The only Montana in this chaos? A Great Falls hotel room—but hey, it counts.

Join the gang that shoots straight on a verbal adventure through the follicles of our strange reality.

🎧 Stream it wherever you get podcasts — and keep your line secure.

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A picture only a surrealist could paint. Enter the dark shadows and blinding highlights as we peer through a closet and see the object of our affection overwhelmed by a demon in black leather. Blue Velvet is a very adult film—playing with themes of desire, temptation, death, and the search for self among the wreckage, crime, and white-picket fences. Are you brave enough to join OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) in a speeding car flying down the road with laughing hyenas? You’re a brave soul—let’s take a ride. David Lynch, the patron saint of our pod, is discussed at length through one of his most hauntingly captivating works.

OMFG hosts:

Courtney 'Damn fine cup of coffee' Blazon (also this week's cover art)

Daniel 'David Lynch Jr.' Mrgan

Larkin 'Dune' Matoon (also editor on this episode)

OMFG Producer:

Josh 'One Eyed Jack' Quick

OMFG Muse:

Courtney 'Log Lady' Murphy

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A brutal, genre-bending western that asks: where is the modern western going? When a woman is abducted by a clan of cave-dwelling troglodytes, a grizzled sheriff leads a ragtag team of haunted men on a perilous rescue mission. What begins as a slow-burn frontier story turns into a shocking descent into primal horror — with one unforgettable, stomach-turning scene that redefines western grit. We explore how western grit collides with horror’s raw nerve — the perfect OMFG frontier.

🎙️ Join OMFG (Original Montana Film Guide) as we dissect this unforgettable mix of frontier myth, horror, and heroism.

Spooky Podcast Hosts
👻 Courtney Blazon — Prolific illustrator who once met Stephen King at Tower Records in the ’90s.

💀 Larkin Matoon — Missoula artist who recently exposed his psyche to the Terrifier series.

🩸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniel Mrgan — Missoula illustrator who once bought a bike part from a possible serial killer.

Mysterious Producer:

🎧 Josh Quick — Missoula illustrator who once watched Beaches and Steel Magnolias.

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