Red Rose Film Club

For this episode, we did a double-feature of horror(ish) movies dealing with the Chile in the shadow of Pinochet's coup. First up: Pablo Larrain's 2023 horror-comedy El Conde, which sees Pinochet, as an undead vampire, wrestling with his own legacy. And then we watched The Wolf House by directors Cristobal Leon and Joaquín Cociña, a surreal stop-motion fable about the infampis Colonia Dignidad cult. Discussion also includes:

• Recent watches, including a slate of 2025 movies: Weapons, Together, and Caught Stealing;
• Marc Maron's anti-anti-woke crusade; and
• Rafael Schacter, the Jewish composer who conduced Verdi's Requiem at the concentration camp in Terezin.

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Costa-Gavras' 1982 political thriller MISSING tells the true story of Charles Horman, an American in Chile who was disappeared during the days after Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup. While his wife (Sissy Spacek) and father (Jack Lemmon) search Santiago, they uncover American involvement in the overthrow of Chile's democratically elected President Salvador Allende. This is the first movie in our new series about the Chilean coup and Augusto Pinochet. Discussions also include:

• Our recent watches, including THUNDERBOLTS, SUPERMAN, and LADY SNOWBLOOD 2: LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE
• Hal went to the Beyonce concert in Atlanta;
• LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT, the newest album from Clipse;
• The return of one of our most hated historic figures: Milton Friedman

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We watched Ryan Coogler's 2025 horror hit SINNERS, starring Michael B. Jordan (twice), Hailee Steinfeld, and Delroy Lindo. We discuss Coogler's career trajectory from the modest success of his first film, FRUITVALE STATION, to the massive studio hits (CREED and BLACK PANTHER) which paved the way for him to make Sinners, Coogler's ambitious, genre-blending, passion project. Discussions also include:

• Our other recent watches, including 28 YEARS LATER (2025), MATERIALISTS (2025), SUBURBIA (1983), and the TV show MOBLAND (2025);
• Trump's War in Iran;
• The odyssey of Joe Rogan and the Liver King;
• Blues music as an expression of black pain and joy;
• Favorite movies with actors playing their own twin.

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After a hiatus, we are back! And we're finishing our series on the Spanish Civil War. We watched the 1996 film Libertarias (dir. Vicente Aranda) about the Free Women of Spain, an all-female column of anarchist resistance fighters who fought on the frontline of the Spanish Civil War. We discuss the Catholic Church and its role in the revolution and how anarchism rose from leftist movements in Spain. Discussion also includes:

• Our recent watches: including THE SURFER (2024), FRIENDSHIP (2024), FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINE (2025), THE ACCOUNTANT 2 (2025), DANGEROUS ANIMALS (2025), BRING HER BACK (2025), LA HAINE (1996), MORVERN CALLER (2002), and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953);
• Craig brought some fun props to discuss;
• The recent mass shooting at Florida State University by a white a supremacist;
• And the complete failure (but done with a lot of enthusiasm and sparkle) that was the 1906 assassination attempt of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria.

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We were recently on the Load Bearing Beams podcast with Matt and Laci and we discussed AMERICAN PSYCHO! Check it ou here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/load-bearing-beams-a-movie-podcast/id1236196018?i=1000703135484.

The 1942 film RAZA is a Spanish propaganda film written by THE Fascist Supreme himself Francisco Franco, showcasing the rise of Spain's Nationalist Movement through the eyes of a single family. RAZA checks all the boxes of fascist propaganda: an obsession with a "noble death" in the name of empire, ahistorical interpretations of rival political movements, and absolute terrible filmmaking. We discussed Franco's forray into film as well as:

• What qualifies as propaganda;
• Recent viewings: THE MONKEY (2025), BLACK BAG (2025), and PINK NARCISSUS (1971);
• Wrestling talk, including John Cena's recent heel turn;
• ICE disappearing protestors;
• Craig's embarassing encounter with Catholicism and its rituals.

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We start a three episode series discussing movies that depict the Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco's fascist rule in Spain. First up is Guillermo Del Toro's 2006 fantasy Pan's Labyrinth. Discussion includes:

• Recent watches: Wolf Man (2025), Heart Eyes (2025), Presence (2024), Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), Let's Start a Cult (2024), and The Tarnished Angels (1957);
• The brave people in federal government resisting Trump and Elon's fascist takeover;
• The beauty of resistance and fantasy as an escape from political upheaval;
• And how many characters in Mel Gibson's new film FLIGHT RISK talk about pooping themselves?

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SOURCES

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/altgov-elon-musk-doge-federal-workers

• Mercedes Penalba-Sotorrio's chapter "Of Fascist Heroes and Martyrs: Death and Violence in the Falanage Espanola" in the 2021 book The Crucible of Francoism: Combat, Violence, and Ideology in the Spanish Civil War

• Michael Parenti's 1997 book Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism and his 2007 essay "Fascism the Real Story"

• Hugh Thomas' 1961 book The Spanish Civil War

• The University of Warwick's illustrated timeline of the Spanish Civil War: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/digital/scw/timeline/

For our fiftieth episode, we welcomed burlesque and sideshow performer extraordinaire Indie Sinclair to discuss THE cult film of all cult films: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. We discuss the film's lasting legacy and the community its builr over the last fifty years. Discussion also includes:

• This year's Oscar nominations;
• The passing of David Lynch;
• Indie Sinclair gives us some behind the scenes views of hosting Rocky Horror midnight screenings;
• And our comfort movies.

Find Indie Sinclair online: https://linktr.ee/indiesinclairhome

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SOURCES & LINKS:

• https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-03-17_5c8eb1ebaced4_susan-stryker-transgender-history2.pdf

In our first episode of 2025, we discuss the Godfather of Filth John Waters and his rollicking 1988 film about integration in Baltimore: Hairspray. Discussion also includes:

• Other recent watches: NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers), THE LAST SHOWGIRL (Gia Coppola), FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (Russ Meyer), and ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (Don Siegel);
• Farm labor in Florida;
• Craig's New Year's Resolution Watchlist;
• Lots of Coppola talk: Francis, Gia, Sofia, and Nic!

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SOURCES & LINKS:

• https://www.tampabay.com/investigations/2024/12/27/migrant-farmworkers-came-florida-stability-they-found-danger/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
• https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2024-07-12/florida-heat-law-biden-administration-outdoor-worker-heat-protections
• https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2024/06/18/farmworkers-need-more-protection-advocates-say/74123319007/
• https://www.newsweek.com/florida-teen-posted-speeding-tiktok-videos-killing-six-jailed-2011604
• https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/142

It's the end of the year, so it's our end of the year wrap-up special! Hal and Craig discuss their favorite new movies of 2024, as well as some of their favorite first time watches! Discussion also includes:

• A new entry in Hal's favorite sub-genre: NUN movies!
• Kendrick Lamar's new album "GNX";
• Shotime's excellent series Yellowjackets;
• Quentin Tarantino's book Cinema Speculation (and his unfotunate blaccent)

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We did one of Craig's favorite kind of episodes: making Hal watch a terrible conservative movie! This time, we watched Sean McNamara's 2024 film, and shameless hagiography, REAGAN. Discussion also includes:

• Recent watches: CONCLAVE (2024), HERETIC (2024), ANORA (2024), KAMIKAZE HEARTS (1986), ALTERED STATES (1980), and THE NIGHT PORTER (1975)
• Matt Gaetz nomination for (and subsequent withdrawal) Attorney General
• Alex Jones losing Infowars to the Onion
• Is notorious Republican monster Dana Rohrbacher actually a cool surfer guy? (no)

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SOURCES & LINKS:

• Debord's the Society of the Spectacle on Marxists.org: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm