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Director Constant Yen tells us about their dazzling experimental animated film LOOK, screening July 26th at Insomniac Film Festival! Interview with Constant Yen Insomniac Film Festival

Director Eliana Aleman Reategui tells us all about the moving new film 1(888)242-2100, screening July 26th at Insomniac Film Festival! Interview with Eliana Aleman Reategui Insomniac Film Festival

Maziyar, Anya & Tyler (of Funny Bone Pictures), tell us all about their frenetic new film “The Sweater” screening July 26th at Insomniac Film Festival! Interview with Funny Bone Pictures Insomniac Film Festival

Robin Riad tells us about Robin’s innovative new film, Six Months, screening at Insomniac Film Festival on July 26th! Interview with Robin Riad Insomniac Film Festival

Isaac Roberts tells us all about his beautiful new film Goblin High, screening at Insomniac Film Festival on July 26th! Interview with Isaac Roberts Insomniac Film Festival

Writer-Director-Star Swaroop Elamon tells us about his genre bending new short Mindslip, screening at Insomniac Film Festival on July 26th!! Swaroop_s Interview

Tristan Wheeler, director of “I’m Sorry Cody” tells us about his thought-provoking new film, screening at Insomniac Film Festival on July 26th!! Interview with Tristan Wheeler Insomniac Film Festival

OMG! We’re back! No, Nara just took forever to get this ep ready. But, WE’RE BACK and we’re talking with our friend Avalon about their debut film HONEYCOMB and TARNATION, a documentary they bought at value village once. Sorry Avalon and Seb for being slow on this one <3Tarnation CW: Use of hard drugs, discussions of abuse (various sorts unfortunately), candid discussion of mental health EP. 81: HONEYCOMB + TARNWACKTION (w/ AVALON FAST) Is It Wack Podcast

Seb, Adam, Hannah, Funké, and Nara take a brief look back on the show that was and give an update on the future of Is It Wack. Plus, a clip show of Is It Wack highlights!! End of Volume 1: Hiatus Special Is It Wack Podcast

Horror superfan Misha Sofia joins Funké and Seb to discuss the 1989 Japanese sci-fi classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man. As Seb and Funké struggle to wrap their heads around the basics of the story, they discover unorthodox production methods, thematic questions, and that Misha loves Goblin. Episode 78: Tetsuo the Iron Wack (w/ Misha Sofia) Is It Wack Podcast

“Regular guy in the neighborhood” Daniel Rahbary welcomes the team to Central Asia, for a look at the adrenaline pumping (?) remake, 2002’s Rollerball. From there, Nara, Adam, Seb and Daniel discuss action, editing, and the fascinating fall of director John McTiernan. Episode 77: Wackerball (w/Daniel Rahbary) Is It Wack Podcast

Hannah speeds into this weeks episode with a speedy surprise: a mature and leisurely paced high school classic. Funké and Seb join the discussion to unpack the power of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Amy Heckerling, and Spicoli. Ep. 76 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High Is It Wack Podcast

Collab alert!! Evie and Emjay, of ponyHAUS, join the team to discuss the Jason Statham trashterpiece, Crank!! Listen to the banger episode and follow @ponyhaus (or @insomniacfest) for more info about another upcoming collaboration!! Exclamation points!!!!! Episode 75: Crank (w/ Emjay and Evie of ponyHAUS) Is It Wack Podcast

Insomniac filmmaker (and star) Max Jordison speeds his way into the Wackhundred Miles Per Hour Miniseries with the outlaw classic; Smokey and the Bandit. Adam improvises some country music and Seb practices some hyperbole. Episode 74: Smokey and the Bandwack (w/ Max Jordison) Is It Wack Podcast

Special guest Noah Gehman has a need… a need for speed. And he’s helping the team kick off their new miniseries: Wackhundred Miles Per Hour!! Nara, Adam and Seb join Noah for a detailed discussion of Micheal Shannon, bike chase photography, and urban food logs. Episode 73: Premium Wack (W/Noah Gehman) Is It Wack Podcast

To cap off our “Wack Into the Club at a Party” miniseries, Adam, Seb and Hannah take an extra brief, and extra hot, look at the definitive (?) party music video. Episode 72: Party Wack Anthem Is It Wack Podcast

Get out your windex and treat yourself to a brand new episode discussing Nia Vardalos’ runaway hit: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Episode 71: My Big Wat Grack Wacking Is It Wack Podcast

It’s a family dinner party as Seb welcomes in Cousin Rosie who welcomes in Mike Nichols and Elaine May’s tale of welcoming in when you’re not welcome. It’s The Birdcage, of course! Episode 70: The Wirdbage (W/ Cousin Rosie Long Decter) Is It Wack Podcast

For the next episode of our “Wack Into the Club at a Party” miniseries, Funké pours a gallon of pig’s blood on their co-hosts, with the DePalma directed Stephen King horror classic. Episode 69: Scarrie Is It Wack Podcast

Hannah and Seb team up for a surprisingly civil episode about the vulgar coming of age classic Superbad. The fuck-it two-hosts explore how the movie has aged, it’s flawless casting choices, and their own reign as king and queen of the school. Episode 68: Superwack Is It Wack Podcast

It’s cinema’s night of nights! All the stars are here: Seb, Nara, and Adam! And they’re putting all their Oscar predictions on the record, regardless of what year the award was given out. Episode 67: Wackademy Award Special Is It Wack Podcast

Stop playing your silly games and join the team for a discussion of Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, the second episode of his Small Axe Miniseries. Come for a thoughtful discussion of a quiet masterwork, stay for a loud argument about words. Episode 66: Lover's Wack Is It Wack Podcast

Eat this, dorkwads! The team reaches maximum Nara with Gregg Araki’s teenage apocalypse flick “Nowhere”. Join the never before teamed trio of Nara, Funké and Seb, as they discuss bugs, music and Scott Caan. Content Warning: In this episode, we discuss the portrayal of sexual assault, suicide and drug abuse in the film. Episode 65: Nowhack Is It Wack Podcast

Aram & Kelly of Backstory Podcast and Reel Asian Film Festival join the Insomniac team for a bikini beach party. Also present, but not really, Elvis Presley! Adam, Funké and Seb join Kelly & Aram to investigate power boats, jammies, and the cultural black hole that Elvis movies seem to have fallen into. Episode 64: Wamblake (w/Kelly Lui & Aram Collier) Is It Wack Podcast

Yo Joe? More like: no thanks! Seb ill-advisedly puts Adam and Nara through the early-Channing masterwork: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The team talks about it for a while, then pivots to The Black Eyed Peas. Episode 63: G.I. Joe Rise of Cobrack Is It Wack

Insomniac host and TV TallBoy Tim Blair joins the gang for a look back at 1998’s Small Soldiers. As Hannah, Funké, Adam, Seb, and Tim dissemble this family movie masterwork, they end up discussing toys, Dunst, and military propaganda. Episode 62: Wall Woldiers (w/Tim Blair) Is It Wack Podcast

Nara assembles her own personal rat pack (Hannah, Funké, Adam), to rob a casino… again. That’s right, we’re covering everyone’s favourite Ocean’s movie, Ocean’s Thirteen!! Episode 61: Wocean's Thirteen Is It Wack Podcast

“It’s a me, Nario!” - Nara. Nara says her famous catchphrase and begins our episode on Super Mario Bros, a movie she didn’t even pick. Adam makes the case for the famous box office bob-omb, and Seb vows to chuck his smartphone in a river. Episode 60: Super Wario Bros Is It Wack Podcast

Special guest and Insomniac co-founder Luc Mandl takes Seb and Adam on a journey through one of his favourite video games: Super Smash Bros. Melee. Specifically, the trio cover the four hour plus (!) Youtube documentary, The Smash Brothers, which Adam and Luc claim is better than Ken Burns. CW: brief discussion of sexual abuse from around 33:00-43:00 Episode 59: The Wack Brothers (w/Luc Mandl) Is It Wack Podcast

It’s our scariest episode yet as Funké leads the team down the evil corridors of Dario Argento’s Phenomena. But that’s not all: a history of point-and-click adventure games, a discussion on the ethics of shock, and a monkey giving Seb a close shave. Check it out!! Episode 58: Wacknomena Is It Wack Podcast

For the second part of our “Wack in the Box” miniseries on toys and games, Adam, Funké and Nara are joined by longtime listener first-time caller David Silva. Can David and the team decode what exactly is going on in Digimon: The Movie? Can they untangle the mysteries of the Garfield Restaurant? You’ll have to tune in to find out. Ep. 57: Wackimon: The Movie (w/ David Silva) Is It Wack Podcast

Are you a podcaster, or a listener? Find out with the first episode of our “Wack in the Box” mini-series. Hannah invites Funké, Adam & Seb into a frightening world full of dares, stunts, and Machine Gun Kelly. Listen to this episode, if you have the NERVE!!! Episode 56: WACK (NERVE) Is It Wack Podcast

The fuck-it-five-hosts drop in to say “hello fantas!” and take a walk through the year that was 2020. Together, they count down the best movies, TV, drinks, kitchens, and pop culture moments that the past 12 months had to offer. Episode 55: 2020: A Look Wack Is It Wack Podcast

In another lost episode from the beforetimes, Hannah speaks in hushed tones about a cruel conspiracy to control the fate of popular music. From the film’s great soundtrack to it’s pitch perfect villain, no aspect of 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats is left unexplored. Ep. 54: Josie Wack the Pussycats (I was gonna do Josie and the Pussywacks but that felt weird) Is It Wack Podcast

Guest of honour and Is It Wack superfan isi bhakhomen guests for the first time on a very special episode of Is It Wack. Nara, Hannah, Seb and Adam join isi for a look at Dolly Parton’s fractured fairytale: Christmas on the Square. Is Christine Baranski the best Hollywood Chris? Can priests get married? Is Dolly Parton evil? All these questions and more are answered this week. Ep. 53: Dolly Parton's Wackmas on the Square (w/ isi bhakhomen) Is It Wack Podcast

Gomez, Funké, Morticia, Adam, Wednesday, Seb, Pugsley, Cousin Zoe, the gangs all here! And we’re all very excited to discuss a most Wack sequel, Barry Sonnenfeld’s Addams Family Values! Seb’s Cousin Zoe (and her boyfriend Adam) join us for an in-depth analysis of horny Uncle Fester, movie theme songs, and the Munsters. Episode 52: Addams Family Walues (w/Cousin Zoe Crombie) Is It Wack Podcast

They sleep odd hours, hang out in packs, and never talk to anybody. You know what they are, say it! “Podcast Hosts”. Hannah drags Stephenie Meyer’s paranormal teen romance into the light and makes the case for Kristin Stewart as the best Hollywood Kris. Episode 51: Twlilackwight Is It Wack Podcast

It’s hard to believe, but this is the 50th episode of Is It Wack. The fuck it five hosts take a stroll down memory lane, but end up strolling way too far. Arriving, much like the titular train, at La Ciotat Station, circa 1896. What follows is an in-depth discussion of cinema, trains, and Hannah’s shaky grasp of history. Also featuring a special mailbag segment from past guest Ryan! 50th Episode Wacktacular: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station Is It Wack Podcast

Continuing our Chris it Wack series, the fuck-it-five-hosts discuss the defining work of Chris Rock’s career, Grown Ups 2. Plus, a tour through the finest jokes in the movie, heated commentary on Adam Sandler’s sexism, and a roll call of the 200 famous faces who appear in this film. Episode 49: Grown Ups Wack (2) Is It Wack Podcast

Seb, Funké and Hannah get their minds freaked when Adam unveils his newest illusion: a TV special he is pretending is a movie. The team takes a deep dive (longer than the actual special) into Criss Angel as entertainer, magician, and religious figure. Episode 48: Criss Angel's Wackoween Special Is It Wack Podcast

The easiest episode title of all time is provided by Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s existential screenwriting comedy, Adaptation. Seb makes the case for one of the least weird movies Nara has ever seen, and for the great Chris Cooper. Episode 47: Wackdaptation Is It Wack Podcast

Nara skates in with the odd skateboarding/revenge flick Gleaming the Cube. The fuck-it-five-hosts discuss the film’s bizarre title, weird subject matter, and begin their new miniseries “Chris It Wack”. Episode 46: Gleaming the Cube Is It Wack Podcast

What’s this? A lost episode??? Recorded in the beforetimes as the beginning of a scrapped Conspiracy Films mini-series, Seb untangles a web of intrigue to arrive at a terrible truth: no one else likes this movie. Episode 45: The Firm????? Is It Wack Podcast

On this very special episode, Nara interviews director Amanda Kramer about her claustrophobic coming of age film, Ladyworld. Adam and Seb join for a post interview discussion about isolation, identity, and the stupidest we’ve ever been. Ep. 44: Ladywack (w/ Amanda Kramer!) Is It Wack Podcast

Adam takes the team on a trip to Bad City, with Ana Lily Amirpour’s 2014 Festival hit, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Is the film a comment on changing Iranian culture, a condemnation on American interventionism, or a revisionist feminist western? Tune in to find out. Plus, the first ever Is It Wack? Halftime Handoff. Episode 43: A Girl Wacks Home Alone at Night Is It Wack Podcast

Special guest Khanh invites Adam, Funké and Seb to ponder Kevin Smith’s divisive midnight movie, Tusk. What follows is a tense discussion on the career of Kevin Smith and the importance of Justin Long. Grab your favourite Walrus and take a listen. Episode 42: Wusk Is It Wack Podcast

Special Guest Ryan Al-Hage acts as a medium between the team and Olivier Assayas’ melancholy ghost story, Personal Shopper. Is this a horror film? Is Kristin Stewart a good actor? Who produced Ghostbusters? All of this and more answered in this very episode. Episode 41: Is It Personal, Shopper? (W/Ryan Al-Hage) Is It Wack Podcast

An entirely more positive episode about Wes Craven’s 90’s horror classic. Hannah assembles some of today’s hottest young heartthrobs to discuss the central question: do you like scary movies? Wack (Scream) Is It Wack Podcast

Funké looks into the mirror and invokes Bernard Rose’s horror cult classic. In the second episode of our Hallowack series, Adam, Funké and Nara discuss the film’s relative merits, while Hannah and Seb are banished to podcast jail. Episode 39: Wackyman (Candyman) Is It Wack Podcast

Seb refuses to shut up about Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett’s 2014 slasher-thriller oddity, The Guest. Enjoy the return of the fuckitfivehosts, as they discuss their own belaboured intros, and a film full of what Hannah calls “clever violence”. Episode 37: The Gwest Is It Wack Podcast