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SwimfansEpisode 169 - The Devils
This week on the pod, the doves tempt you with sensuous delights and discuss female Riddlers, groovy priests and Ken Russell's visual styling in 1971's THE…
SwimfansEpisode 168 - Body Heat
This week, the princesses go classic and talk Kathleen Turner, the visual texture of heat, and a cool new sex thing in 1981's BODY HEAT! swimfanspod.com…
SwimfansEpisode 167 - Under the Skin
This week on the pod, come get absolutely goopilled with us and talk isolation, science beyond our comprehension and a flesh chute into a rectangle in 2013's…
SwimfansEpisode 166 - Sliver
The doves all move into one big bed in a really nice apartment to discuss haphazard script changes, really evil chairs and our queen Sharon Stone in 1993's…
SwimfansEpisode 165 - Stranger by the Lake
The crew takes a quick trip to the sex beach to discuss gayness in movies, extreme Frenchness and lake ghosts in 2013's STRANGER BY THE LAKE!…
SwimfansEpisode 164 - Deep Water
This week on the pod, we talk about snail chambers, French behavior, and the contemporary erotic thriller in 2022's DEEP WATER!! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod
SwimfansEpisode 163 - Fifty Shades Darker
The doves return to again delight in the wonders of the flesh, ignore multiple red flag after red flag, and critique a fictional person's photography in 2017's…
SwimfansEpisode 162 - Dressed to Kill
This week on the pod, we talk Hitchcock homages, Josh failing to grasp basic camera terminology, and how rivers are just hallways for fish in 1980's DRESSED TO…
SwimfansEpisode J4 - FLCL
Can't believe Josh has to have another birthday! In celebration, we watched 2000's FLCL and talked dick jokes, philosophy on boy coming-of-age movies, and how…
SwimfansSwimfans Oscarmania 2022 - Part 3
The Swimfans engage in their most psychotic endeavor yet: watching every single best picture nominee for the 2022 Oscars. In Part 3, we cover Anderson's…
SwimfansEpisode 161 - Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
The doves are again joined by Matthew Tucciarone from the Heroes Three podcast to discuss the inventive and expressive filmmaking on display in 1972's FEMALE…
SwimfansSwimfans Oscarmania 2022 - Part 2
The Swimfans engage in their most psychotic endeavor yet: watching every single best picture nominee for the 2022 Oscars. In Part 2, we cover McKay's DON'T…
SwimfansEpisode 160 - Sweet Movie
This week on the pod, we talk abstractness, texture and if there's life on the Earth in 1974's SWEET MOVIE! www.swimfanspod.com
SwimfansSwimfans Oscarmania 2022 - Part 1
The Swimfans engage in their most psychotic endeavor yet: watching every single best picture nominee for the 2022 Oscars. In Part 1, we cover Hamaguchi's DRIVE…
SwimfansEpisode 159 - Final Analysis
This week on the pod, we return to Regular Erotic Thrillers and talk classic ghoul pictures, homage, and Uma Thurman in 1992's FINAL ANALYSIS!…
SwimfansEpisode 158 - Deep End
This week on the pod, the princesses talk textures, red paint, decaying cubes and Mother Sky in 1970's DEEP END!
SwimfansEpisode 157 - The Last Seduction
This week on the pod, we talk a ghoul picture from the perspective of a ghoul, cartoon jalopy music and really well-styled hair in 1994's THE LAST SEDUCTION!…
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Pink Floyd: The Wall (with Eric Nelson and Matthew Tucciarone)
Treasured guests Eric Nelson and Matthew Tucciarone join us to talk Pink Floyd memories, war, and the dad rock quotient of 1982's PINK FLOYD: THE WALL!…
SwimfansEpisode 156 - Crash
This week, we return to Cronenberg and talk car crashes, being a freak with your friends, and about Fast and the Furious's evil cousin in 1996's CRASH!…
SwimfansEpisode 155 - Fifty Shades of Grey
This week on the pod, Craig gets his lists in order, Alex gazes out of windows, and Josh has a whole room for his Xbox as we discuss the kinky eroticism of…
SwimfansEpisode 154 - American Gigolo
This week, the princesses yet again gush about Blondie, talk about the value of getting weird, and enjoy the bimbofication of Richard Gere in 1980's AMERICAN…
SwimfansEpisode 153 - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1983)
This week, the doves always pod twice as we discuss the purpose of glamour in erotic thrillers, joylessly painting stones and old-fashioned clothing in 1981's…
SwimfansEpisode 152 - Crimes of Passion
This week on the pod, we return to our erotic thriller roots and discuss the dark side of the romantic lead, colored gels, and China Blue in 1984's CRIMES OF…
SwimfansEpisode 151 - Jackass Number Two (with Joel Hocking)
This week on the pod, we wrap up teen movies and talk about pop punk, suburban rebellion and hanging out with the boys with 2006's JACKASS NUMBER TWO!…
SwimfansEpisode 4X - Tokyo Godfathers
Happy holidays to all our li'l elves! This week on the pod, we talk synechdoche, our personal thoughts on found family and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (kind…
SwimfansEpisode 79 - Dangerous Minds
We had a bit of an upload Oopsie this week, so here's one from the vaults: a discussion of 1995's DANGEROUS MINDS we didn't end up releasing in the past…
SwimfansEpisode 150 - Boyz n the Hood
This week on the pod, the Swimfans dig into the rich, textured film that launched a hundred careers: John Singleton's 1991 film, BOYZ N THE HOOD!…
SwimfansEpisode 149 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
This week on the pod, the Swimfans talk differing philosophies of teen movies from the past to the present, Faraday caps, and how we're really all Camerons in…
SwimfansEpisode 148 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (with Eric Nelson)
Josh, Craig, Alex and Eric learn that if you're not out of control, you're not in control. This week, we get way too close to your face and tell you all about…
SwimfansEpisode 147 - Fish Tank
This week on the pod the doves talk about dancing, freeing horses, and stubborn perseverance. It's the 2009 Andrea Arnold film FISH TANK.
SwimfansEpisode 146 - Ghost World
The gang talks about the pain of fitting in, growing up, growing apart, and skincare in this episode on the 2001 film GHOST WORLD! www.swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 145 - Rebels of the Neon God
The crew gets together to talk salad dressing, modern social alienation, lived-in city spaces and gay mindset in 1992 Tsai Ming-liang film REBELS OF THE NEON…
SwimfansEpisode C3 - Annihilation
Craig goes solo for his birthday to talk failure in the 2018 science fiction film ANNIHILATION. www.swimfanspod.com
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Paprika (with Corryn Moe)
On this Anime Club mini, Josh and Craig are joined by Corryn Moe to talk Satoshi Kon's 2006 animated feature PAPRIKA. www.swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 144 - Alien
Cher is a type of molecular acid, sci-fi/horror is a difficult balance to strike, and the vision of the working class in the far future are among what the gang…
SwimfansEpisode 143 - What Lies Beneath
On the third episode of Bloodbath, the doves discuss the Thriller Triangle, movies about processing trauma and reaffirm their status as the premiere Michelle…
SwimfansEpisode 142 - As Above, So Below
The lads travel to Hell, spending the whole trip talking about the razor's edge of taste in horror film, the rise of horror-adventure, and being little…
SwimfansEpisode 141 - Dawn of the Dead (with Vou Pinette)
On our third annual Bloodbath we're joined by friend & illustrator Vou Pinette (@hemorrhedge) to talk Dario Argento, subconscious undead drives, and why NOT to…
SwimfansEpisode 140 - Crossroads
It's Britney, binch. This week, the Swimlads take a road trip with the unfairly maligned 2002 Britney Spears film Crossroads. swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 139 - Smooth Talk
The lads are joined by graphic designer Carina Taylor to rave about Laura Dern and discuss the quietly realistic horrors of Joyce Chopra's 1985 film SMOOTH…
SwimfansEpisode 138 - Drumline
The reviews are in: 2002 Charles Stone III film DRUMLINE absolutely owns. www.swimfanpod.com
SwimfansEpisode 137 - Sugar & Spice
This week, the Swimfans talk dark comedies, the Scream franchise, and even a little bit about bank robbery in 2001's cheerleader-gone-bad flick SUGAR & SPICE!…
SwimfansEpisode 136 - Lady Bird
This week, the Swimfans escape Sacramento and meet the worst type of guy at college. It's Greta Gerwig's hit directorial debut LADY BIRD. www.swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 135 - Wargames (with Matthew Tucciarone)
This week, the princesses are joined again by Matthew Tucciarone of our sister-father podcast Heroes Three to teach the concept of futility to computers in…
SwimfansEpisode 134 - All About Lily Chou-Chou
Welcome to the Blue Ether Zone. The Swimfans talk posting, the horror of growing up, and their firm stance against red ether in 2001 film ALL ABOUT LILY…
SwimfansEpisode 133 - The Third Man (with Shannon Strucci)
The lads are once again joined by co-host and player on Critical Bits, Struggle Session film correspondent, and critic and video essayist Shannon Strucci to…
SwimfansEpisode 132 - The Seventh Victim
Your favorite online radio ghouls form a cult in their tastefully-appointed parlor to discuss portrayal of old-timey gay people, mental illness, and movies…
SwimfansEpisode 131 - My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
In this episode about the Lynch-produced and Herzog-directed 2009 film MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE?, the princesses talk filmic texture, the virtue (and…
SwimfansMini - Rambo Sequels
In this mini-episode Alex & Craig are once again joined by podcast big brother Joel to discuss the increasing egomania of Sylvester Stallone and the four…
SwimfansEpisode A3 - First Blood
On darling Alex's third birthday ever, the princesses talk mixed political messaging, expert genre-shifting, the genius of Sly, and inevitably, Metal Gear…
SwimfansEpisode 130 - Heat
This week the lads are joined by returning guest Joel Hocking to discuss arthouse sensibility in a dad movie package and cool vs. uncool gunfights in the…
SwimfansEpisode 129 - Blood Simple
This week on CRUEL SUMMER, three beautiful queens discuss the philosophy of money being the root of evil and how we're all pawns of fate in the 1984 neo-noir…
SwimfansEpisode 128 - Stray Dog
This week, the lads chase down Akira Kurosawa's 1949 film STRAY DOG while discussing buddy cop films, the erotics of baseball, and the value of finding moments…
SwimfansEpisode 127 - In a Lonely Place
A trio of true Humpheads get together to talk about a portrait of a toxic relationship in Nicholas Ray's 1950 film IN A LONELY PLACE! swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 126 - Sonatine (with Niamh Schoenherr)
On this episode of Cruel Summer, the Swimlads are joined by Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells cohost Niamh Schönherr to get absolutely schooled in Yakuza film…
SwimfansEpisode 125 - Inherent Vice
The princesses do a little digital sortilege to divine order, meaning, and Josh Brolin appreciation out of the dreamlike chaos of PT Anderson's underrated 2014…
SwimfansEpisode 124 - Eastern Promises
The lads talk homoeroticism in complicated male relationships while remaining the biggest Naomi Watts fans on the block in the first episode of CRUEL SUMMER…
SwimfansEpisode 123 - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Three rude snowmen with crude 'tudes sit down to discuss the functions of slasher films, the virtues of workmen filmmakers, and knife movies in 1984's FRIDAY…
SwimfansEpisode 122 - Election
It is impossible to engage with this film without talking about American politics, so if that's not of interest, skip this one! The lads talk character framing…
SwimfansEpisode 121 - The Chumscrubber
As you fit your headphones into your ears, you mumble to yourself "Sphinx of Black Quartz, Judge My Vow". The lads talk emotional and symbolic emptiness in…