Saw: The Sundae Presents Episode 30

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. For our third Halloween Spooktacular, Dean shows Ciara one of the most iconic horror films of their adolescene: Saw. They talk about how it riffs on and/or rips off Se7en, the strange politics of John Kramer, and the shadow of the real torture of the Bush administration.

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Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny: The Sundae Presents Episode 29

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. After months of broken promises and outright lies, it’s here: Ciara and Dean finally dig into Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. They talk about the origin of the titular band, its religious epic structure, and why Jack Black swore to never write another film.

Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny The Sundae Presents

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Before Sunset: The Sundae Presents Bonus Episode 7

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. Usually. In a second back-to-back guest episode, the lads are joined by their friend Josh O’Reilly (@snowboiiii on Twitch!) to chat about Richard Linklater’s romance classic Before Sunset. They talk about his collaborative creative process with stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, the transient nature of memory, and how much Jesse hates his wife.

Before Sunset The Sundae Presents

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Outside Providence: The Sundae Presents Bonus Episode 6

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. Usually. In the first of two more guest episodes, Ciara and Dean are joined by Dr. David Clare to discuss the Farrelly brothers’ lost child, Outside Providence. They talk about its odd place in their filmography, its portrayal of Irish-American identity, and how much Gabriel Mann looks like James Spader in Pretty in Pink.

Outside Providence The Sundae Presents

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Top Gun: Maverick: The Sundae Presents Bonus Episode 5

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. It’s another emergency episode from our top secret vault! Dean finally got around to watching Top Gun: Maverick, so Ciara finally got to grill him about it. They talk about the original film, the death of the movie star and how Tom Cruise saved cinema.

Top Gun: Maverick The Sundae Presents

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The Best Years of Our Lives: The Sundae Presents Episode 28

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. Ciara takes Dean back to 1946 with The Best Years of Our Lives, William Wyler’s kitchen sink epic about soldiers returning from World War II. They talk about Harold Russell’s double-Oscar-winning performance as Homer Parrish, Gregg Toland’s groundbreaking deep focus cinematography and why Ayn Rand tried to complain about the film in Congress.

The Best Years of Our Lives The Sundae Presents

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The Long Goodbye: The Sundae Presents Episode 27

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. It’s The Long Goodbye, and it happens every day! Dean turns the tables on Ciara and shows her a classic seventies film widely considered among the greatest ever made, Robert Altman’s neo-noir classic, starring Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe. They talk about its portrayal of post-Manson L.A., the many iterations of its title song and the security guard’s amazing celebrity impressions.

The Long Goodbye The Sundae Presents

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As Good As It Gets: The Sundae Presents Episode 26

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. The lads kick off season three with a classic rom-com as Ciara makes Dean watch James L. Brooks’ As Good As It Gets. They talk about What It Gets Right About Mental Illness, the finer details of Jack Nicholson’s performance and whether Melvin should have got the girl.

As Good As It Gets The Sundae Presents

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A Night to Dismember: Love at Worst Sight Episode 4

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. Specifically, films considered among the worst of all time, for a new miniseries called Love at Worst Sight. For the final episode, Ciara showed Dean the (theatrical release of the) sole horror film by one-of-a-kind sexsploitation director Doris Wishman: A Night to Dismember. They talk about how she cobbled it together after the original cut was lost (and found), the purity (and perversity) of its auteurist vision and Wishman’s place within (and outside) the history of cinema.

A Night to Dismember The Sundae Presents

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The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?: Love at Worst Sight Episode 3

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. Specifically, films considered among the worst of all time, for a new miniseries called Love at Worst Sight. It’s episode three, so Dean showed Ciara a legendary bit of trash: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? They talk about some fun stories from its production, the naive artistry of its best parts and whether the main character is the worst boyfriend of all time.

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? The Sundae Presents

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