Why Does the Wilhelm Scream?

We love DIFF. We think it's one of the top (and one of the most underrated) film festivals in the country. But even great film festivals have bad days.

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Coming to you from a corner of an Alamo Drafthouse, it's a midday recap: Misper, Obsession, and American Baby.

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We are back at DIFF, recording in any space and time we can find between trying to catch as many movies as possible. We recap day one by looking at the films Last Shot, Gaslit, and non-fest films The Drama, and Mother Mary--all from the crowded press lounge at Cineopolis. 

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DIFF 2026 is upon us, and first up, a real treat: the documentary Gaslit, and two separate interviews with the director, Katie Comosy, and activist Sharon Wilson. Gaslit is urgent and essential viewing. It plays at DIFF on Saturday, April 25th 3:45PM and Sunday, April 26th 1:45PM.

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A very special episode! Brock and Jason are joined by the dynamic duo of Joey LePage and Lindsey Robertson--the pair behind the funny, touching, and brilliant film Party People--to talk Robert Altman's 3 Women. A dreamy conversation for a dreamy film. 

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We're finally back with the second part of gift exchange. On this episode we're talking the Soviet film Kin-dza-dza!, the puppet thriller Abruptio, and the 1997 film Sunday. Also, prediction markets suck. Enjoy the show.

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Welcome back, screamers. On today's show: more of the early-Alts with Altman's take on the private eye (and we mean the private eye: Marlowe) The Long Goodbye. It's a shaggy, laconic tale of friendship, deception, and a man out of time and place. We also wonder what it would be like to be drug lords...but, you know, altruistic drug lords.

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What a treat! A special entry into the Early Alts...We are joined by Will Canon, director, most recently, of The Confession, to talk about Robert Altman's gambling/buddy movie California Split. Will is welcome back any time.

The Confession is streaming everywhere you might stream a movie. Check out the trailer here.

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It's part one of our holiday gift exchange! The gifts that Brock gave Jason were the films: Mami Wata, Only the River Flows, and Suzhou River. Also discussions about the Letterboxd rental program, MoviePass, and Police Academy 5: Mission to Moscow. They all connect...somehow.

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It's a belated Holiday Special episode...although still within the 12 days of Christmas. We've got a loaded episode full of some, well, interesting films. Some you may even want to add to your own Holiday playlist: Jingle Bell Heist; Regalo di Natale; Christmas, Again; Mon Oncle Antoine; The World of Kanako; and Santa Claus (Santa Claus vs. the Devil). 

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