The Swampflix Podcast

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of low-budget horror films about ballerinas in crisis, starting with the 1989 Supsiria knockoff Étoile, starring Jennifer Connelly

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00:00 Concerts

07:21 Two English Girls (1971)

10:32 Adolescence (2025)

15:37 Down with Love (2003)

19:20 Chocolate Babies (1996)

25:03 Étoile (1989)

47:53 Dance Macabre (1992)

1:04:16 The Line, The Cross & The Curve (1993)

1:20:18 Wishing Stairs (2003)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Gregg Araki's Los Angeles teen brain-rot comedy Nowhere (1997)

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00:00 Welcome

03:30 Urban Legend (1998)

15:00 Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

19:23 Contempt (1963)

22:45 The Black Cat (1989)

27:35 Video Violence (1987)

30:51 Fade to Black (1980)

34:34 Possible Films - Short Works by Hal Hartley (1994-2004)

42:13 Mickey 17 (2025)

50:04 Goodfellas (1990)

59:52 Nowhere (1997)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the portrait of America stretched across Robert Altman's filmography, starting with his 1975 country-music industry drama Nashville

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00:00 Pearl Jam

01:23 Striptease (1996)

05:06 Incendies (2010)

08:01 La Moustache (2005)

10:30 American Sniper (2014)

17:13 Rambo I - V (1982 - 2019)

25:20 Nashville (1975)

54:50 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

1:15:30 Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

1:36:05 Short Cuts (1993)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the classic Howard Hawks noir The Big Sleep (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall

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00:00 Welcome

01:52 The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970)

06:58 Teeth (2007)

13:48 Citizen Ruth (1996)

20:48 Wander to Wonder (2025)

23:44 No Other Land (2025)

27:33 The Monkey (2025)

35:19 Heart Eyes (2025)

41:03 Armand (2025)

45:08 Grand Theft Hamlet (2025)

50:44 Mickey 17 (2025)

53:48 Universal Language (2025)

58:27 The Big Sleep (1946)

Brandon & Alli discuss a grab bag of movies about swords & swordplay, starting with the fencing academy drama By the Sword (1991). Swords!

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00:00 Plot is Optional & Spooky Tuesday

02:55 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

09:18 The Lord of the Rings - The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

16:42 By the Sword (1991)

37:55 Captain Blood (1939)

48:14 Conan the Barbarian (1982)

56:27 She (1984)

1:06:06 Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 surveillance paranoia thriller The Conversation, which recently screened at Prytania's Classic Movie Series

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00:00 Welcome

05:08 George Dureau: New Orleans Artist (2023)

19:10 The Roommate (2011)

32:35 Crimes of Passion (1984)

45:08 The Conversation (1974)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the earlier works of this year’s Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Sean Baker's porn-industry buddy comedy Starlet (2012)

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00:00 Apology/Goo

05:03 Kinda Pregnant (2025)

10:19 The Vietnam War (2017)

14:17 The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

18:35 Rats! (2025)

23:39 Starlet (2012)

41:48 The Childhood of a Leader (2015)

58:30 A Prophet (2009)

1:13:22 Revenge (2017)

1:28:36 Cop Land (1997)

Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the 2017 road-trip dramedy Please Stand By, starring Dakota Fanning as an autistic Star Trek obsessive on the run

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00:00 Welcome

01:09 Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

04:13 Nosferatu (2024)

06:17 Cunk on Life (2025)

10:53 Dark Match (2025)

17:29 Companion (2025)

23:46 Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2025)

27:40 Son in Law (1993)

34:08 Please Stand By (2017)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of 90s movies about well-meaning teachers confronted with the violent chaos of inner-city schools, starting with the 1997 Sam Jackson vehicle 187

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00:00 Welcome

01:55 Presence (2025)

02:56 The Brutalist (2024)

06:14 The Cranes are Flying (1957)

08:17 The Lives of Others (2006)

14:39 It's Complicated (2009)

18:13 Two Days in Paris (2007)

20:48 Willard (1971)

23:12 The Colors Within (2025)

28:17 187 (1997)

50:06 Dangerous Minds (1995)

1:03:17 Sister Act 2 - Back in the Habit (1993)

1:24:16 High School High (1996)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alexander Payne's climate change sci-fi comedy Downsizing (2017)

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00:00 The Top 10 Films of 2024

02:30 Anora (2024)

12:05 Barfly (1987)

13:48 Single White Female (1992)

22:03 The Cruise (1998)

23:03 Tomie (1998)

24:28 The Thing (1982)

27:39 To Die For (1995)

34:03 Gattaca (1997)

38:36 Mulholland Drive (2001)

45:25 The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

50:09 Closely Watched Trains (1966)

53:46 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

58:17 Feels Good Man (2020)

1:03:38 Downsizing (2017)