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Showgirls went from being considered one of the worst films of all time to one of the best in less than 30 years.

How does a film go from winning both Worst Picture and Worst Picture of the Decade at the Razzies to being in They Shoot Pictures Don't They's Top 1000?

Was everyone who saw it then just "wrong"? Did they come in with the wrong expectations? Or: Was Showgirls just too ahead of its time?

In this episode, Sol and Arthur tackle these and more questions while complaining, over and over again, how none of the original haters wanted to rewatch the film and join the podcast.

Should everyone just bite the bullet and see Showgirls again?

He made the B-movie about a rubber tyre killing people with its psychic powers. He had superheroes give monsters cancer and stoners raise a dog-sized fly. Quentin Dupieux is weird. He's surreal. And ... kinda trashy and lowbrow when he wants. 

In this episode, we turn everything on its head, starting with his most recent film (that we have all seen - Daaaaaalí! - and working our way back to his very first mini-feature Nonfilm - as we try to figure out what makes him tick and how we could explain his films at a dinner party.

Timestamps:

Intro: 00:00:00

Dinner Party Pitch - 00:03:00

Daaaaaalí! - 00:12:14

Yannick - 00:22:08

Smoking Causes Coughing - 00:34:07

Incredible but True - 00:39:38

Mandibules - 00:45:00

Deerskin - 00:51:17

Keep an Eye Out - 00:56:32

Reality - 00:59:23

Wrong Cops - 01:04:33

Wrong - 01:09:19

Rubber - 01:11:46

Steak - 01:19:43

Nonfilm - 01:23:17

Are we in a new 60s, where Hollywood is burning out of steam and foreign films, along with A24 and Neon, are taking the spotlight? Could we be on the road to one of the best decades in history, or is it something far more lacklustre going on? Join us as we break down our impressions of the first half of the 2020s and guess/share our hopes of what this decade will be remembered for. How wrong will we be?

The ICMForum's 8th annual film festival is here. In this episode, Chris and Matt discuss the 10 films on the main slate and shout out favourites across the program.

Adam, Brett, and Chris collectively watched practically every single Pixar Short, from the early CGI experiments in the 80s to Academy Award nominees and winners to DVD extras and the still-running "SparkShorts."

Exhausted from endless Cars Franchise tie-ins, though more optimistic about Toy Story, this episode flies between love and admiration to disappointment.

Listen in to hear which Pixar shorts we love, which disappointed us, and which sparked a heated debate with "soulless content" accusations.

Don't worry, it ends on a note of positivity as we discuss the co-op program, an initiative we were all thoroughly ignorant of, but resulted in some of the best work from Pixar employees.

Are all war films horror? Someone on today's panel will claim so - but in that case - where can we draw the lines? Join us as we try to define horror and, more controversially, make bold claims that some huge horror films, including The Omen, don't qualify.

Join us as we see where we fit in on the scale between Grown Ups and Jeanne Dielman, accidentally diss a bunch of people as being part of a hive mind, and stumble onto moments of self-awareness and discovery.

We may love cinema, but some movies are just pure torture. In this episode, we will reveal our picks for the worst movie ever made, dive into what makes us hate (or dislike) films in general, and, as a provocative bonus, reveal which critically acclaimed darlings we have rated 1/10.

Can returning champion [NAME REDACTED] hold onto their title against new and old foes? Tune in to the 2nd edition of Talking Images' Big Quiz Show to see which of the hosts actually know what they're talking about.

P.S. Be sure to check out our first Quiz Show episode as well.