Come light the Black Flame Candle with us to kick off a new session of SWIMFANS: BLOODBATH! This week on the show, we contrast different voyeurisms, celebrate grass-based endings and dive into the brain of Argento in 1987's OPERA!

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This week on the pod, we open the Listener Request Ghoul Box and talk depictions of mental health crisis, Tsukamoto's huge range of expression, and the general horrors of existing in a society in 2011's KOTOKO!

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Switching gears from Full Clip, we return to our grand tradition of our annual Choose Your Own Adventure episode and look at three more movies swimming in THE MATRIX's wake: ULTRAVIOLET (2006), AEON FLUX (2005) and BLOODRAYNE (2005)!

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This week on the show, we wrap up FULL CLIP with video editor Shannon Strucci discussing Cold War-era espionage, the premonition of American empire, and reading books in well-fitting jeans in 1975's THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR!

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This week on Full Clip, we talk sheer filmic efficiency, the wisdom of keeping a gay guy in the crew, and how shooting in New York is the best special effect of all in 1979's THE WARRIORS!

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This week, we're joined by comic artist Joey Weiser to talk the evolution of Toei movies, the political valences of Fukasaku, and the unusual skill of directors who come from a low-budget film background in 1976's VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH!

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This week on the pod, we welcome back Heroes 3 legend Matthew Tucciarone to talk Travolta and Cage, Woo's Hollywood era, and Venice Beach Catholics in 1997's FACE/OFF!

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This week on the show, we welcome back podcast queen Niamh Schönherr to talk the structures and standards of Yakuza film, the precise chemistry of drugs into hair care products, and the Crime Cenobite in 1981's SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN!

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This week on Swimfans: Full Clip, we're joined by publishing pro Kyle Daileda to talk Josh's taste in men, the novelty of a movie walking and talking like a video game, and explaining stuntwork to gay people in 2006's CRANK!

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This week on the pod, we're once again joined by art director Carina Taylor to discuss the artful rending of garments, the rich, textured flavor of divorce, and how to reconcile a movie that's kind of two movies in 1994's TRUE LIES!

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