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SwimfansEpisode 217 - Rashomon
This week on the pod, Craig, Alex and Josh talk the power of being really really good at the basics of filmmaking and each blame each other for a murder during…
SwimfansEpisode 216 - Deep Cover
This week, we talk Alex's new career as a film archivist, debate the popular filmmaking techniques of the 1990s and discuss 1992's DEEP COVER's well-deserved…
SwimfansEpisode 215 - Fallen Angels
Howdy funky dealers, it's Cruel Summer time!! First up, we talk being beautiful and doomed, coercive business practices and reigning forever in Vibehalla in…
SwimfansEpisode 214 - The Bedroom Window
This week, the princesses discuss Isabelle Huppert (again), American poet-themed bars, and movies that are simply born strange in 1987's BEDROOM WINDOW!…
SwimfansEpisode 213 - Elle
This week on the pod, we talk complicated characters, Isabelle Huppert, and empathy in Paul Verhoeven's 2016 film ELLE!
SwimfansEpisode 212 - Passion
Last week, we complained about not enough ghouls, and this week, we complain about too many. The Goldilocks hosts talk de Palma, the feeling of too many cooks…
SwimfansEpisode 211 - Swimming Pool
This week on the podcast, we talk girl twinks, real and false Julies, and Detective Frinklepop Wears A Kilt in 2003's SWIMMING POOL! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 210 - The Net (w/ Matthew Tucciarone)
This week, we get our flips switched with Heroes Three icon Matthew Tucciarone and talk computer magic, touching grass and trying to remember 90s computer…
SwimfansEpisode 209 - Fleshtone
This week on the show, we discuss old-school catfishing, unsatisfying conspiracy plots and surprisingly decent diegetic paintings in 1994's FLESHTONE!…
SwimfansEpisode 208 - Spellbound
We go into deep into our murder dreams to cure our brain demons with Dadaism. It's Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansAlex Talking: Sheng-Ting Shen
i am joined today by sheng-ting shen. she's a filmmaker/producer based in nyc originally from taiwan. i fully interegate her about her life, work and…
SwimfansEpisode J4 - Millennium Actress
[intercom voice] Zoro One Piece is now illegal. It's Josh's birthday this week, so we talk Satoshi Kon (again), the human desire to chase, and what it means to…
SwimfansEpisode 207 - Terrifying Girls High School: Lynch Law Classroom
This week, we're once again thinkin' pink. We talk gutsy low-budget filmmaking, perverts (derogatory), and sukeban girls battling riot cops in 1973's…
SwimfansEpisode 206 - Muscle (with Leo Garcia)
This week on the pod, we're joined by fellow video sicko Leo Garcia to talk being gay in a weird way, pink film, and if butter is a condiment or not in 1989's…
SwimfansSwimfans Oscarmania 2023 - Part 2
You like us, you really, really like us! We wrap up the Best Picture 2023 noms and discuss THE FABELMANS, TÁR, TOP GUN MAVERICK, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS and WOMEN…
SwimfansSwimfans Oscarmania 2023 - Part 1
It's awards season, baby!! The doves sashay down the red carpet and discuss the first five Best Picture 2023 noms: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, AVATAR…
SwimfansAlex Talking: "Craig Neeson"
Alex stays well in the interviewers comfort zone with this converstation with fellow swimfans co-host Craig Neeson. They talk about what it means to grow up in…
SwimfansEpisode 205 - In the Cut (with Carina Taylor)
This week, the doves welcome returing all -star guest Carina Taylor to discuss apartments as brains, the horror of dating men and Meg Ryan's bangs in 2003's IN…
SwimfansEpisode 204 - Law of Desire
Against all odds, this episode is even gayer than normal. We talk viewing sex onscreen, the joy of melodrama, and how cool being gay used to be in 1987's THE…
SwimfansEpisode 203 - Body Double
This week, we talk about the act of looking, reiterate the joy of artiface and discuss how sinister beds that spin are in 1984's BODY DOUBLE! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 202 - To Die For
This week on the pod, we talk the golden age of the dark comedy (the 90s), America's relationship to television, and formalist tricks at their finest in 1995's…
SwimfansEpisode 201 - Sleeping With The Enemy
This week, the lambs discuss how a few moments of style does not a film style make, shot choices informing mood and Julia Roberts' hair in 1991's SLEEPING WITH…
SwimfansEpisode 200 - Basic Instinct v2
We're turning 200 today, baby!!! This week, we talk noir tropes, Sharon Stone, and introduce our new fourth mic (a soundboard) as we revisit 1992's BASIC…
SwimfansEpisode 199 - Caught
This week, we becoming pros at deboning fish and talk cocaine sons, found fathers and do some minor script doctoring in 1996's CAUGHT! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 198 - Sex House
The podcast princesses expiate their sins in purgatory while trapped in the 2012 Onion-produced miniseries SEX HOUSE.
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Sight and Sound
The crew agonizes (and Josh kind of cheats) over trying to pick only 10 of the best movies of all time in our selections for 2022's Sight and Sound list!…
SwimfansEpisode 197 - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
For the last week of 2022, the doves take a big ol' bite out of cooked dudes, very red rooms and being kind of a vampire in 1989's THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS…
SwimfansSwimfans X5 - Batman Returns
Merry Christmas to all the doves who celebrate! This week, we talk Burton, Batman and for the umpteeth time, gush about Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992's BATMAN…
SwimfansEpisode 196 - Original Sin
This week, the doves discuss Fabric Movies, the appeal of melodrama and everybody names their favorite chess piece in 2001's ORIGINAL SIN!
SwimfansEpisode 195 - Cat People (1982)
You know the cat ladies work it in their shoes and their coats. I saw one take down a big zebra just by bitin' his throat. Alright. This is 1982's CAT PEOPLE.
SwimfansEpisode 194 - Damage
This week, we talk about movies unable to synthesize its various parts, the trouble with trying to be too dignified, and we update our running roster of which…
SwimfansEpisode 193 - Careful What You Wish For
This week, we're thankful for our beautiful doves who come back every ep! To show our appreciation, we talk movies without vision, a pitch for an erotic…
SwimfansEpisode 192 - A Snake of June
This week, we return to Shinya Tsukamoto to discuss camera as metaphor, robot pelvises as metaphor and cosmetics commercials as metaphor in 2002's A SNAKE OF…
SwimfansEpisode 191 - Fifty Shades Freed
This week, we achieve our 150th Shade of Grey as we conclude our series, talking about the treachery of marrying off your erotica characters, missed…
SwimfansEpisode C4 - Children of Men
Gloriously, it's once again Craig's birthday movie. This year, we talk the horrors of a police state, atonement, and faith and chance in 2006's CHILDREN OF MEN!
SwimfansMini - Animation is Film 2022
Josh reports about the five films (and no spoilers!) he saw at the 2022 Animation Is Film festival! Some brief impressions about movies you should totally see…
SwimfansEpisode 190 - Possession
Finishing off Bloodbath, we talk doppelgangers, cocooned guys growing in corners, and the horrors of being trapped in a life one wants to escape in 1981's…
SwimfansEpisode 189 - Last Night in Soho (with Kyle Daileda)
Bloodbath continues as The Doves welcome Kyle Daileda to discuss our two favorite subjects: fashion school mean girls and murder. It's Edgar Wright's Last…
SwimfansMini - Hellraiser (2022) (with Vou Pinette)
You have chosen... the Listener Configuration for another Swimfans mini. We're rejoined by ooze correspondent Vou Pinette for a brief but very enthusiastic…
SwimfansEpisode 188 - Hellbound: Hellraiser II (with Vou Pinette)
This week, we're joined again by ooze correspondent Vou Pinette to talk hooks, the world of Clive Barker, and everything you ever wanted to know about the CD…
SwimfansEpisode 187 - Gozu
On the first week of Bloodbath, we take a trip into a fun madness to discuss casual strangeness, soup ladles and as always, being gay with your friends in…
SwimfansEpisode 186 - Plush
This week on the pod, we get a little Alt to talk ghoul films, garden hoses and movies that may be made several years too late in 2013's PLUSH!
SwimfansEpisode 185 - The Lair of the White Worm
This week, pledge fealty to Dionin with us as we talk about cool caves, rave about Lady Sylvia, and discuss biggatures in 1988's THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM!…
SwimfansEpisode 184 - 9½ Weeks
This week on the pod, we revisit Adrian Lyne to talk style without substance, disconnected metaphor and Dark Rourke in 1986's 9½ WEEKS! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 183 - Chloe
Lord forgive we, it's time to go back to the Ghoul We. On this week's episode, we discuss glass houses, inverted Ghoul Tropes and as usual, gush about…
SwimfansEpisode 182 - Shannon Tweed Triple Feature
This week, we return to Swimfans Classic and holding hands, we jump headfirst into the Tweediverse! We discuss serums, Bowflexes and as always, commercials…
SwimfansEpisode 181 - Le Samourai (with Carlos Leon-Roman)
This week, we wrap up our Cruel Summer series being joined by Carlos Leon-Roman of Heroes Three to talk the Alpha Trenchcoat Guy, metaphors for birds and the…
SwimfansEpisode 180 - Demolition Man (with Joel Hocking)
This week, we're rejoined by Joel Hocking to talk straight man Sly, combination Pizza Huts and Taco Bells and boomer mindset in 1993's DEMOLITION MAN!…
SwimfansEpisode 179 - The Element of Crime
This week, the doves get in arguments with their neckties and talk dreamy filmmaking, whiffs of Tarkovsky and freaks (derogatory) in 1984's THE ELEMENT OF…
SwimfansEpisode 178 - Kiss Me Deadly
This week, the dames get a little noir and talk fear in the Atomic Age, hot boxes, and impeccably made .gifs in 1955's KISS ME DEADLY! swimfanspod.com…
SwimfansEpisode 177 - New Jack City
This week on Swimfans: Cruel Summer, we return to Dracula's Castle to talk Wesley Snipes, New Jack Swing and beautiful camera moves in 1991's NEW JACK CITY!…
SwimfansEpisode A4 - Tokyo Fist
Everybody say, "Happy birthday Alex"!!! This birthday episode, we talk going Altered Beast Mode, the distortion of the flesh and letting your freak flag fly in…
SwimfansEpisode 176 - Revanche (with Carina Taylor)
This week on the pod, we welcome back senior designer at Graphix and designer with Silver Sprocket Carina Taylor to discuss carrying around photos of women…
SwimfansEpisode 175 - Good Time
This week, we get a little Faded (by soulDecision) and talk brothers, randomness in reality and the power move of being denied a wide shot in 2017's GOOD TIME!…
SwimfansEpisode 174 - Battles Without Honor and Humanity (with Niamh Schönherr)
This week, we welcome back Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells cohost Niamh Schönherr to discuss Yakuza film, making vows to your pals and, as always, being gay…
SwimfansEpisode 173 - A Perfect World
On this episode of Swimfans: Cruel Summer, we get a little pouty and talk about surprising nuance, Laura Dern (yet again), and the difficulty with a movie…
SwimfansEpisode 172 - Blue Ruin
This week on Cruel Summer, the princesses discuss revenge pictures, cars as metaphor and diner wine in 2013's BLUE RUIN! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 171 - The Mystery of Mamo (with Shannon Strucci)
This week, we welcome back co-host and player on Critical Bits, Struggle Session film correspondent, and critic and video essayist Shannon Strucci to talk…
SwimfansEpisode 170 - Belly
Welcome to CRUEL SUMMER 2!! This week, we talk inventive solutions to visual problems, success in spite of production difficulties and the Edmund Fitzgerald in…