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Krewe Divine 2024

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Swampflix's Top 10 Films of 2024

1. I Saw the TV Glow – A pastel kaleidoscope of teen angst, gender dysphoria, Buffy the Vampire Slayer nostalgia, and general melancholy. It’s impossible not to read Jane Schoenbrun’s VHS-warped horror of persona as a cautionary tale for would-be trans people who are too afraid to come out to themselves, but it hits home for anyone who’s ever avoided authentically engaging with their life, body,…

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Podcast #230: Juror #2 & 2024's Honorable Mentions

Welcome to Episode #230 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna continue our discussion of the Top Films of 2024 with some honorable mentions, starting with Clint Eastwood’s courtroom thriller Juror #2. 00:00 Welcome 01:30 Nine Months (1995)04:05 John Tucker Must Die (2006)08:41 Unlawful Entry (1992)12:00 Nosferatu (2024)19:10 Babygirl (2024)27:07 Last…

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Britnee's Top 15 Films of 2024

15. Last Summer – This was such an uneasy experience, yet I couldn’t look away. I found myself completely absorbed by the drama, the stunning scenery, and the overall French vibe of it all. Catherine Breillat doesn’t hold anything back, nor does she depict anything taboo with judgement, which I always appreciate. 14. Mothers’ Instinct – This isn’t your typical 1960s housewife drama. It’s wild…

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Podcast #229: The Top 12 Films of 2024

Welcome to Episode #229 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their favorite films of 2024. 00:00 Welcome 02:30 Wicked Little Letters05:41 Monkey Man08:56 Mars Express12:38 Longlegs20:48 How to Have Sex27:21 A Different Man33:19 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga44:30 The Taste of Things51:45 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World1:01:22 She is…

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Podcast # 227: Madame X (1966) & Self-Reinvented Women

Welcome to Episode #227 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of movies about women who reinvent themselves with made-up identities, starting with the 1966 Lana Turner drama Madame X. 00:00 Welcome 01:31 Hot Frosty (2024)05:25 Mother’s Instinct (2024)07:33 Endless Love (1981)11:22 My Old Ass (2024)18:30 Out of the Blue (1980)24:16 The…

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Lagniappe Podcast: Drive (1997)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, Britnee, James, and Hanna discuss the 1997 DTV actioner Drive, recommended by a listener for its “transcendently unhinged Brittany Murphy performance.” 00:00 Welcome03:38 Drive (1997) You can stay up to date with our podcast through SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes, TuneIn, or by following the links on this page. – The Lagniappe…

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Halloween Streaming Recommendations 2024

Halloween is rapidly approaching, which means many cinephiles & genre nerds out there are currently planning to cram in as many scary movies as we can over the next month. In that spirit, here’s a horror movie recommendation for every day in October from the Swampflix crew. Each title was positively reviewed on the blog or podcast in the past year and is currently available on a substantial…

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Podcast #222: Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) & Metalhead Documentaries

Welcome to Episode #221 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of documentaries about metalheads, starting with the anthropological Judas Priest fan doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986). 00:00 Welcome02:45 Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)06:00 Baby Cat (2023)11:41 Hearts of Darkness – A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)17:22 Tokyo Pop…

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Podcast #221: Notes on a Scandal (2006) & Poison Pens

Welcome to Episode #221 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon & Britnee discuss a grab bag of movies about neurotic British biddies who work out their obsessions with younger woman through the written word, starting with the 2006 melodrama Notes on a Scandal. 00:00 GoFundMe for Britnee’s breast cancer recovery03:53 GoFundMe for Nash the Slash documentary 07:55 Notes on a Scandal…

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Swamp & Sand: The Swampflix Top 100

At the end of this year, Swampflix will be celebrating its 10th anniversary as a movie review website.  To celebrate, we’ve attempted to create something the world has never seen before: a definitive list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.  Kidding, of course.  This is well-trodden territory for any film criticism publication, most notably including the BFI’s Sight & Sound list dating back…

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Podcast #219: Phase IV (1974) & Creepy Crawlies

Welcome to Episode #219 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of horror movies about bugs & slugs, starting with Saul Bass’s psychedelic killer-ants freakout Phase IV (1974). 00:00 Welcome 01:29 When the Wind Blows (1986)07:09 Set It Off (1996)13:16 True Crime (1995)16:17 Television20:50 Blonde Ambition (1981) 27:47 Bugs36:19 Phase IV…

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Podcast #218: Nightcap (2000) & Chabrol x Huppert

Welcome to Episode #218 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss the longtime creative partnership between French New Wave director Claude Chabrol and powerhouse actress Isabelle Huppert, starting with their chocolate-flavored psychological thriller Nightcap (2000). 00:00 Welcome 02:45 Trap (2024)08:05 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)14:44 Three…

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Podcast #217: Monkey Man (2024) & New Releases

Welcome to Episode #217 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Hanna, James, Britnee and Brandon discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2024, starting with Dev Patel’s caste-system fight club revenger Monkey Man. 00:00 The best of 2024 (so far) 02:52 MaXXXine (2024)05:03 Pretty Poison (1968)07:29 Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)11:03 The Coffee Table (2024)15:57 Kill…

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Movie of the Month: Baby Cakes (1989)

Every month one of us makes the rest of the crew watch a movie they’ve never seen before, and we discuss it afterwards. This month Britnee made Brandon & Boomer watch Baby Cakes (1989). Britnee: Have you ever believed that you imagined a movie? For years, I had faded images in my mind of a young Ricki Lake eating a bag of Sugar Babies. I had separate memories of a grocery store wedding that felt…

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Movie of the Month: Notorious (1946)

Every month one of us makes the rest of the crew watch a movie they’ve never seen before, and we discuss it afterwards. This month Boomer made Brandon & Britnee watch Notorious (1946). Boomer: For many years, I’ve been calling Notorious my favorite film of the Hitchcock oeuvre. I’ve recently been filling in some blind spots—most notably The Birds and Dial “M” for Murder, which are pretty big…