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This week on Swimfans, we celebrate Jennifer's birthday and look back on formative film experiences, the power of a drifting crane shot, and we think about death and get sad and stuff in 2009's ENTER THE VOID! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we submit to the power of cinematic distance, we beg at the altar of character perspective, and we worship the idea of just okay gay movies in 2025's PILLION! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans, we opine broadly about masculinity and its foibles, the raw material of human sexuality, and the proper disposal of seabirds in 2019's THE LIGHTHOUSE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we talk the struggle of inhabiting a body around other bodies, various gay anxieties, and Josh missing the point entirely in 1991's POISON! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we get really into witchy jerkoff chambers, ponder the meaning of the dog cannibalism box, and consider movies that don't commit to anything in 2018's HIGH LIFE! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod

It all returns to nothing. It all comes tumbling down. This week on Swimfans, we talk the profane and the divine, the power of sigils and esoterica, and the horrors of being a discrete person in the world in 1997's THE END OF EVANGELION!  linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans, we kick off Pride Month by talking the worst party vibes imaginable, the beauty of seeing ourselves in visions from the past, and the necessity of art depicting queer people flaws and all in 1970's THE BOYS IN THE BAND! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

On this week's Unknown Pleasures, we sacrifice ourselves at the altar of takes to discuss having a doppelganger, puppeteers, and how far a film's beauty can take it in 1991's THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans, we discuss film grain and attention to detail, the cradle of horror being the domestic, and scary phone in 2022's SKINAMARINK! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we talk surprisingly horny race car drivers, the joys of movies whose seams and craft you can see, and more about Hanna-Barbera cartoons than one would expect in 1975's DEATH RACE 2000! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we talk the tightrope of making a movie feel truly punk, a delicate tonal balance not since replicated, and the joys of underwear in 1984's REPO MAN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we talk movies that are really, really good at just one thing, compulsory cohabitation with your coworker, and the literal woke mob in 2021's BABY ASSASSINS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Unknown Pleasures, we keep it real classic and talk the reflections of filmmakers on themselves, the multitude of roles we play in our own lives, and what happens when the mirror stares back in 1966's PERSONA! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we travel to Staten Island to talk lo-fi cyberpunk, chilling predictions of the future, and the joys of dining in an undefined space in 1994's FRESH KILL! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we get real Michigan Mindset to talk character as director surrogate, European sensibilites and American aesthetics, and the sublime joy of a really good stick in 2024's VULCANIZADORA! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Everybody say happy birthday Josh!! This week, we celebrate aging by talking about the metaphors of water, the homies under the summer sun, and when gay people just can't leave each other alone in 1997's HAPPY TOGETHER!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week, we're joined by artist and designer Kevin Jay Stanton to discuss the steaminess of love unconsummated, the intimacy of the camera, and the allure of a soup thermos in 2000's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to SWIMFANS: UNKNOWN PLEASURES! This week on the pod, we get mad about rent prices, value the inexplicable homies, and ponder about the sturdiness of cover walls in 2024's CLOUD!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Still coming to you live from the red carpet, we dive back into the rest of the Best Picture nominees: 2025's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, SECRET AGENT, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, SINNERS, and TRAIN DREAMS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Put on your sparkliest dress, dear listener: it's time once again for OSCARMANIA! This week, we dip into some of the Best Picture nominees: BUGONIA, F1, FRANKENSTEIN, HAMNET and MARTY SUPREME! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we return to de Palma and discuss cross-genre and split-screen jaunts, shifting your karmic debt to some random guy via magic, and even find the time to discuss interesting choices in skirts and shoes in 2002's FEMME FATALE!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the podcast, we take a dip in the algae-green waters of our living room swimming pool and talk extended cinematic subtweets, strange new ways to do nude modeling, and manipulation of reality being the greatest effect of all in 1984's SPECIAL EFFECTS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we welcome back video editor Shannon Strucci to talk Acme-style ghouling, the many crashouts of Dr. Beck, and once more relitigate the ghosts-cheating argument in 2015's STALKED BY MY DOCTOR! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans, we talk movies without an internal logic, getting laid post-asylum stay, and when a noir is kinda more of a gris in 1990's AFTER DARK, MY SWEET! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we dive into a world of purely transactional situationships, reading our bad poetry at the strip club, and getting our eggs kidnapped by the hookup in 1994's EXOTICA! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the podcast, we yap about horse-sized containers of morphine, egregious de-ghouling, and which controlled substances are safe to feed to ducks in 1998's HUSH! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we talk hunting spouses for sport, retaining the power of your strongest scenes, and choosing more than one cliff to do insurance fraud from in 2018's WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week, wrap yourself in barbed wire with us and talk confusing reference with allegory, American fairy tales, and barns for gooning in 1995's THE PASSION OF DARKLY NOON! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Happy 2026 doves!! This week, we discuss troubled film productions, aesthetics filling the gap between interest, and Craig's tales of balling in 1995's WILD SIDE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Merry Christmas folks! On the last episode of 2025, we talk perpetual golden hours, friendships between women, and music to walk to in 2015's TANGERINE! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

In the final erotic thriller of the year, we talk steamy rural America, the devastation of getting exactly what you want, and Josh discovering who owns billboards in 1990's THE HOT SPOT! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we revel in Craig's sea of error, defending yourself from your lover by keeping your weaknesses a secret, and chat about peak Gal Pal Behavior in 1987's BLACK WIDOW! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we live our mantra of Watch Recklessly and discuss a coven of ghouls, how many women you can bump into before it stops being an accident, and the joys of editing in 2013's CRUSH! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

On a rare Jennless episode, Craig and Josh hold it down talking about Antonio's jeans, the fine art of translation, and what happens when your fantasies are just as beautiful when they come true in 1990's TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Motherboy Nation reaches new heights on the show this week as we talk ghouling by proxy, moms who aren't loyal, and wholesome games of Family On Trial in 1994's MOTHER'S BOYS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we finally return to erotic thrillers to discuss nym-faux-maniacs, girl handwriting, and the most upsetting party vibes imaginable in 1995's TERRIFIED! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Come with us to celebrate the birthday of our Caged Lord and talk America's love affair with the charlatan, wearing bad vibes like Dark Souls armor, and Craig's defense of the AMV in 2012's THE MASTER! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans

Wrapping up Bloodbath for the year, goo correspondent Vou Pinette returns to talk full-powered Carpenter, the horror of quantum physics, and all the Bug Facts you could ask for in 1987's PRINCE OF DARKNESS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Grab your vestments and rosaries and come join us talking about positively medieval medical footage, the power of juxtaposing the infernal with the banal, and the impact of possibly the most societally relevant movie of the past half century in 1973's THE EXORCIST! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Get mashed into paste with us as we continue our Bloodbath journey talking the joys of puppets, technically incredible visions of hell and recurrence, and the romance of a passion project made manifest in 2021's MAD GOD! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on Swimfans: Bloodbath, we yap about folk horror, the basic human joys of music and masks, and mount an oddly passionate defense of forest cults in 1973's THE WICKER MAN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Come light the Black Flame Candle with us to kick off a new session of SWIMFANS: BLOODBATH! This week on the show, we contrast different voyeurisms, celebrate grass-based endings and dive into the brain of Argento in 1987's OPERA! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the pod, we open the Listener Request Ghoul Box and talk depictions of mental health crisis, Tsukamoto's huge range of expression, and the general horrors of existing in a society in 2011's KOTOKO! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

Switching gears from Full Clip, we return to our grand tradition of our annual Choose Your Own Adventure episode and look at three more movies swimming in THE MATRIX's wake: ULTRAVIOLET (2006), AEON FLUX (2005) and BLOODRAYNE (2005)!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

This week on the show, we wrap up FULL CLIP with video editor Shannon Strucci discussing Cold War-era espionage, the premonition of American empire, and reading books in well-fitting jeans in 1975's THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

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 of all in 1979's THE WARRIORS! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

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 directors who come from a low-budget film background in 1976's VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

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 FACE/OFF!   linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/ LISTEN TO HEROES THREE!

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 hair care products, and the Crime Cenobite in 1981's SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/

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 video game, and explaining stuntwork to gay people in 2006's CRANK! linktr.ee/swimfans patreon.com/swimfans Theme by Padlock: http://padlock.bandcamp.com/