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SwimfansEpisode 319 - The Warriors
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…
SwimfansEpisode 318 - Violent Panic: The Big Crash (w/ Joey Weiser)
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…
SwimfansEpisode 317 - Face/Off (w/ Matthew Tucciarone)
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…
SwimfansEpisode 316 - Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (w/ Niamh Schönherr)
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…
SwimfansEpisode 315 - Crank (w/ Kyle Daileda)
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…
SwimfansEpisode 314 - True Lies (w/ Carina Taylor)
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…
SwimfansEpisode JEN7 - Grizzly Man
Everybody say happy birthday, Jennifer!! This week we take a break from Full Clip to celebrate our beloved's birthday and talk the prismatic view of man, the…
SwimfansEpisode 313 - Death to Smoochy (w/ Addy)
Josh has become so proficient at "mime stuck in a box" that he's trapped. Instead, Craig and Jennifer are joined by Addy to talk corruption in children's…
SwimfansEpisode 312 - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
This week on the pod, the girls get lost on Morocco Street and talk beauty in animated choreography, the fine art of people-watching, and every conspiracy…
SwimfansEpisode 311 - Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
This week on the pod, we're talking video game-style filmmaking, stylization of action and brutality in movies, and each of our thresholds for the term…
SwimfansEpisode 310 - Three Kings (w/ Joel Hocking)
This week, we're joined by big brother Joel Hocking to discuss the modern war picture, the finer points of C-4, and if the great anti-war movie of the modern…
SwimfansEpisode 309 - The French Connection (w/ Leo Garcia)
This week on SWIMFANS: FULL CLIP, we're joined by storyboard artist Leo Garcia to discuss being so bad at tailing the French, the joy of car dismantling, and…
SwimfansEpisode 308 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (w/ Carlos Leon-Roman)
This week on SWIMFANS: FULL CLIP, we're joined by Heroes Three cohost Carlos Leon-Roman to talk James Cameron, the art of the sequel, and the glee of practical…
SwimfansEpisode 307 - The Last Boy Scout
Lock and load, doves: this is SWIMFANS: FULL CLIP! In the first installment of Action Movie Summer, we're talking buddy pairs, evil gay guys and powerful…
SwimfansEpisode 306 - Climax
This week on the show, we get married to the groove and talk the ecstacy of dance, comparing and contrasting Noé's filmography, and opine on Hell Here in…
SwimfansEpisode 305 - Masquerade
This week, we move to the Hamptons to discuss convoluted murder plots, mysteries of estate law, and how much information in a thriller is too much in 1988's…
SwimfansEpisode 304 - Portrait of a Lady on Fire (w/ Delaney Jordan)
This week on the pod, we welcome video editor and essayist Delaney Jordan to talk who is and who isn't good at yearning, art inside of art, and Orpheus and…
SwimfansEpisode 303 - Embrace of the Vampire
This week on the pod, we talk about extremely poorly thought-out vampire plans, flirting by way of ancient Egyptology, and how every movie could stand to be a…
SwimfansEpisode 302 - Looking For Mr. Goodbar
This week on the pod, we talk heterosexual jockstraps, criteria for morality plays, the delightful sleaze of the 70s, and how we're the oldest people currently…
SwimfansEpisode 301 - Love Lies Bleeding
This week on the pod, we celebrate the True Lusters and talk American grime, the Greek tragedy of the evil father, and good ol' sex and violence in 2024's LOVE…
SwimfansEpisode 300 - Swimfan v2
300 EPISODES OF SWIMFANS, BABY!!! To celebrate, this week we revisit our namesake to discuss ambitious filmmaking, teenage Draculas, swim pageants, and general…
SwimfansEpisode 299 - Virtual Girl (w/ Matthew Tucciarone)
This week on the show, we welcome back Heroes Three doll Matthew Tucciarone to discuss electricity demons, if it's cheating to hook up with a computer program…
SwimfansEpisode 298 - The Adjuster
This week on the podcast, we talk real vs. simulacrum, the photographer's hunt for ownership, and the Bluth family model home in 1991's THE ADJUSTER!…
SwimfansEpisode 29X - Object of Obsession
The regular Swimfans get into their familiar brain demons with Gregory Dark's 1994 film, Object of Obsession. heroesthree.com
SwimfansEpisode J7 - Sword of the Stranger
Babe, wake up! It's time for your government-mandated hot anime swordsman hour!!! This week, come choose your favorite hot guy and talk landmark action…
SwimfansEpisode 297 - A Bride For Rip Van Winkle
This week, we grab our loungewear wedding gowns to discuss being so sleepy, girls just being pals, and the jellyfish as metaphor in 2016's A BRIDE FOR RIP VAN…
SwimfansEpisode 296 - Unlawful Entry
This week on the pod, we put on our pink nighties and grab our orange cats to talk male insecurities, the horrors of the cops, and which movie has the greatest…
SwimfansEpisode 295 - Night Eyes
This week on the pod, we put on our night eyes to talk voyeurs (complimentary and derogatory), cinematic displays of kink, and exactly how many masked men…
SwimfansOSCARMANIA 2025 - PART TWO
This week, we finish out the 2025 Best Picture nominees. Grab your full-body balaclava and join us discussing the back half of the Best Picture 2025 nominees…
SwimfansUNLOCKED: The Substance
Our Patreon mini on THE SUBSTANCE has been unlocked to give you the fullest possible oscar coverage. Is this the movie that tears the swimfans apart?? (no)…
SwimfansOSCARMANIA 2025 - PART ONE
Doves, welcome back to awards season. Grab your wormskin gowns and join us discussing the first half of the Best Picture 2025 nominees: ANORA, THE BRUTALIST, A…
SwimfansEpisode 294 - Diabolique
This week on the podcast, we talk killing your husband, making friends with his mistress, and the finer points of red herrings in 1955's DIABOLIQUE!…
SwimfansEpisode 293 - Nowhere
This week on the pod, we talk reptile guys, being young, disaffected and beautiful, and chat about teenage nihilism in 1997's NOWHERE! SWIMFANS ON PATREON…
SwimfansEpisode 292 - Deadly Mile High Club
This week on the pod, we finally get fully Jakepilled and talk load-bearing hats, ab hires, and the sheer joy of a truly risk-addicted ghoul in 2020's DEADLY…
SwimfansEpisode 291 - Wild At Heart
This week on the pod, we get hair-down and talk American archetypes, critical amounts of gender performance, and we discuss the power and legacy of artist and…
SwimfansEpisode 290 - The Blue Room
This week on the pod, we theorize about French marriages, discuss guys who suck the perfect amount, and when characters' hair is entirely too noticable in…
SwimfansEpisode 289 - Babygirl
This week, we hang out on the bleeding edge of film releases and talk displaying desire onscreen, depictions of depravity, and the finer points of puppy play…
SwimfansEpisode 288 - Freeway
Happy new year from Swimfans to you! This week, we talk gritty fairy tales, the finer points of dark comedy, and we take a guided tour through exploitation…
SwimfansEpisode 287 - Sea Of Love
Happy holidays and happy new year! For the final episode of 2024, we talk babygirl Al Pacino, niche cop stakeout operations and our favorite guy John Greatman…
SwimfansEpisode X7 - Terrifier 3 (w/ Vou Pinette)
Happy holidays to doves near and far! This week, we welcome back Ooze Correspondent Vou Pinette to the pod to discuss the annual Mariah Report, our horrible…
SwimfansEpisode 286 - The Seduction
This week on the pod, we discuss Morgan Fairchild's arresting gaze, failing to ghoul effectively, and the consequences of not having a freak behind the camera…
SwimfansEpisode 285 - Death Game
This week on the pod, we talk man-sized aquariums, curly eyebrows, and when a movie's sociopolitical messaging gets muddled in 1977's DEATH GAME!…
SwimfansEpisode 284 - Unforgettable
As always, this year we're thankful for our beautiful, perfect listeners. This week, we talk evil blonde women, DMing your enemy's stalker, and a plea to be…
SwimfansEpisode 283 - The Fourth Man
This week, we talk about being weird to hot women, castration anxieties and Final Destination for gay people in 1983's THE FOURTH MAN!
SwimfansEpisode 282 - Lisa
This week on the pod, we talk about the extended Arrested Development universe, sauceless serial killers, and the pitfalls of loosely sketching characters in…
SwimfansEpisode C6 - The Devil's Backbone
Happy birthday to Craig!! This week, we talk the power of lacking subtlety, the threat of fascism from within, and Josh stumbles through trying to talk about…
SwimfansEpisode 281 - Hatching (w/ Vou Pinette)
Happy Halloween, our little ghouls and goblins!!! Wrapping up Bloodbath, we welcome our Ooze Correspondent Vou Pinette back on the pod to discuss quote-unquote…
SwimfansEpisode 280 - You Should Have Left (w/ Megan Tan)
This week on the pod, we're joined by visual artist Megan Tan to discuss houses being weird, disturbing events at the greengrocer and the seminal Anti-Wife Guy…
SwimfansEpisode 279 - I Saw the TV Glow (w/ Kyle Daileda)
This week on the pod, we're joined by comics and publishing professional Kyle Daileda to discuss the fantasy of media being intimate, the horror of never…
SwimfansEpisode 278 - Return of the Living Dead
The radio crackles: "Send more doves!". This week, we talk a brief history of zombie movies, anti-boss propaganda, and an inexplicably west coast vision of…
SwimfansEpisode 277 - The Night House
Bloodbath season is upon us once again! This week in our horror block, we talk when Nothing is too much of something, how much we all love mazes, and coworkers…
SwimfansEpisode 276 - The Cell (w/ Corryn Moe)
This week on the show, we're joined by brain-jumping correspondent Corryn Moe to talk converting to D'onofrioism, dog accomplices, and the strong division of…
SwimfansEpisode 275 - Dad Crush
This week, we have an ode to the sauceless and discuss Rusty Joiner, a sorrowful lack of a ghoul box, and a movie's unwillingness to engage with its own…
SwimfansEpisode 274 - Lust, Caution
This week on the podcast, we talk elite fabric movies, Tony Leung and Tony Leung accessories, and Craig and Josh's descent into being mahjong aunties in 2007's…
SwimfansEpisode 273 - Light Sleeper
This week in a return to erotic thrillers, we talk the horror of middle-aged disaffectation, theological cokeheads, and fawn over our favorite photographer of…
SwimfansEpisode 272 - National Lampoon's Straight-to-DVD Hell
This week on the pod, we ask the biggest question of all: how do you like your sex? We talk government mandated nudity, the Italian-Nerd alliance, and Paris…
SwimfansEpisode 271 - Tetsuo the Iron Man (w/ Shannon Strucci)
Rounding out Ono-Sendai, we're joined by video editor and critic Shannon Strucci as we talk tibia rebar, being a gay metal slab with an evil twink, and strange…
SwimfansEpisode 269 - Peep "TV" Show (w/ Niamh Schönherr)
This week on the pod, we welcome back number one podcaster in da world Niamh Schönherr to talk Neo-Sontag, the emotional distancing of the camera and all that…
SwimfansEpisode 268 - The Matrix Reloaded (w/ Em Kundrot)
This week on the pod, pro animator Em Kundrot @magical_grill joins us to talk sourdough starter characters, movies that take on too large a scope for it to…