Ciara and Dean are joined by legendary friend of the show, Conor Hogan, co-host of Friday Film Showcased. They talk about video van men, set up and payoff, and Robert Downey Jr being a vaudeville kid unstuck in time. Listen below.
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For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
Following a hiatus, Ciara and Conor are back for season 2 of Friday Film Showcased. Is this the first episode of the season? Is this the trailer/preview for the season? Listen and find out!
Featuring: Autumn Mvt 1 Allegro (Tony Vivaldi), performed by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players, sourced from Free Music Archive under CC BY-SA license
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Ciara appeared on The 250 with on Darren Mooney and Andrew Quinn’s podcast The 250 to talk about the terrible live-action remake of Snow White, though they mostly ended up talking about other things. Check it below, or wherever fine podcasts are found!
David Lynch is dead, and the world is a darker place. Ciara and Dean pay tribute to one of their favourite directors by watching and discussing The Straight Story. They talk about mortality, its lack of resolution, and what it means to be “Lynchian”.
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A minosode! Again!
The Sundae Presents returns to our primordial ooze to talk about great performances that are only one scene long. This time: David Bowie as Pontius Pilate in one scene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
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For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
In the quintus episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor continue their discussion of the giallo genre with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling. Spoilers abound! You can find our previous instalment, where we discussed giallo more broadly, here. (Including an edition in which all screams have been replaced by bunny noises. How relaxing!)
And make sure to tune in to the end of the episode for Conor’s original song inspired by the film!
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Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/
Mentioned in the podcast
Ciara’s Fangoria article about Don’t Torture a Duckling: https://www.fangoria.com/lucio-fulci-so-much-more-than-the-godfather-of-gore-dont-torture-a-duckling-at-50/
The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/
Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. In our Christmas special, Dean made Ciara watch a recent film he hopes will become a new seasonal classic: Adult Swim Yule Log. They talk about traumatic guilt, Americana and the death of television.
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For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.
In the interests of listeners who don’t enjoy listening to screaming, we have released a version where screams, chainsaws and eyeball popping replaced with the soothing sound of bunny rabbits! The uncensored version is also available, but you can listen to the Screamless Bunny Edition here:
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Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/
We continue our discussion on giallo with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling:
Mentioned in the podcast
Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY
Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/
The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/
YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20
De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk
J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)
For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.
Will we ever find out happened to Solange?
Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/
You can listen to it here:
A version in which the screaming is replaced by bunny noises is now available. How relaxing!
Listen and subscribe on: Spotify || Apple Podcasts || Amazon Music || Castbox || Overcast || Pocketcasts || Goodpods
We continue our discussion on giallo with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling:
Mentioned in the podcast
Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY
Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/
The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/
YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20
De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk
J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)
Dean appeared on the 400th episode of Darren Mooney and Andrew Quinn’s podcast The 250 to talk about Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, the lowest-rated film in Rotten Tomatoes history, while playing (one of) the game(s) of the movie. Check it out below, or wherever fine podcasts are found.
The Sundae 