in the forty-fifth episode of shit talking, "a star is porn," pedro and marcy tackle the American pornography industry – its 70s heyday in "Boogie Nights," the contemporary scene and its many contradictions in "Pleasure," and the long-standing relationship between poverty and sex work in "Red Rocket". this one has everything: prosthetic dicks! the need for labour rights and good practices! grooming! a rags-to-riches-to-rags story! julianne moore!

back in the shitter (sponsored by wattpad).

in the forty-fourth episode of shit talking, "rocky (wattpad's version)," pedro and marcy are back with their regularly scheduled programming, taking on one of the worst films ever made, "Perfect Addiction," and a 2-hour-long "After" commercial, "Beautiful Disaster," discussing the Sprouse twins lore and what makes a prototypical wattpad fanfiction so cringe and pondering why do they keep watching these films against their better judgement

we forced ourselves to watch good films this time! / in the forty-third episode of shittalking, "the may jigsaw episode," pedro and marcy present you a collection of their voicenotes on stuff they asked each other to read and watch throughout the busy month of May – what follows is pedro's review of "Sing Street," "Sweat," and J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace," and marcy's review of "Sick of Myself," "Tár," and "Magnolia" (beware of the spoilers but at least no tangents this time!!)

in this bonus episode, pedro and marcy discuss the series finale of "Succession" and why it was such an important and extraordinary little show (also justice for roman)

make American cinema sexy again!!! / in the forty-second episode of shit talking, "pornonoir," pedro and marcy investigate the fascinating landscape of 1980s erotic thrillers with "Body Heat," "Dressed to Kill" and "Crimes of Passion"; they discuss the genre's origins and allure, argue against its perceived trashiness, and lament the prudishness and the insensuous character of contemporary American cinema

(the erotic thriller selection is no longer on the criterion channel since pedro took longer than expected editing this and couldn't drop it in april but if you wanna watch any of them let us know)

in the forty-first episode of shit talking, "portuguese-american history hour (x3.5)," pedro and marcy are joined by their friend raquel (herself a portuguese-american legend) to discuss two films that claim to represent the portuguese-american minority: "A Date with Miss Fortune" and "Mystic Pizza" – however, one is so abysmally bad and the other so comically uninterested in the portuguese-american culture, that they mostly just dicuss raquel's childhood and quest for identity, with occasional interruptions from marcy on why americans don't get dostoyevsky

gotta love that "a Norwegian girl feels completely lost as she navigates a well-written love triangle" genre.

in the fortieth episode of shit talking, "the realest person in the world," pedro and marcy discuss the peak naturalist masterpiece that is the first season of "Blank" (the lesser known sister show of the widely influential "Skam"); from Ella's arrested coming-of-age and the show's commentary on the crisis of adulthood to a perfectly executed love triangle, "Blank" has got it all, including the single perfect portrayal of attraction to be captured on film (also marcy bullied pedro into discussing "Succession" for the first 30 minutes of the episode)

dunking on showgirls is a red flag, prove us wrong

in the thirty-ninth episode of shit talking, "magic nomi," pedro and marcy take on the best "worst" film ever made "Showgirls" and its trully bizarre crowd-funded sequel "Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven," trying to get to the bottom of why a film so daring with its artistic choices was received with such bad faith; they also indulge in early zoomers' nostalgia, quote Susan Sontag's "Notes on Camp" and exchange recommendations on Maggie Gyllenhaal films

espionage is for lesbians and terminally straight dudes.

in the thirty-eighth episode of shit talking, "pussies & pistols," pedro and marcy investigate spycraft on film -- they talk about the chronically straight roger moore as 007 in "Octopussy" (a film that sounds a lot more fun than it actually is) as well as the forgotten masterpiece of the mid-2000s, "D.E.B.S." ("D.E.B.S." walked so "Killing Eve" could run, basically) -- so strap in for gadgets, puns and a quick review of "Poker Face".

scooby dooby doo where are you? for you're sure not in this episode. 

in the thirty-seventh episode of shit talking, "2022: a year," pedro and marcy are back from their unintended hiatus and break with the mold and list like a buzzfeed "article" all the best things they watched, read and listened to in the year of our lady immaculate taylor swift 2022 -- they also may or may not address the scooby doo-gate.