Meet Me in St. Louis: The Sundae Presents, Episode 42

Ciara and Dean take a Christmas journey to St. Louis, Missouri with Judy Garland. They talk about wonderfully horrible children, the history of world’s fairs and whether John Truett is a neurodivergent king.

Meet Me in St. Louis The Sundae Presents

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The Straight Story: The Sundae Presents, Episode 40

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”.

Showcased Selections: Head (1968) starring The Monkees! The Sundae Presents

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One Scene Wonders: David Bowie in The Last Temptation of Christ

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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).

One Scene Wonders: David Bowie in The Last Temptation of Christ The Sundae Presents

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Adult Swim Yule Log: The Sundae Presents Episode 39

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.

Adult Swim Yule Log The Sundae Presents

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One Scene Wonders: Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People

A minosode. With the body of a man from Crete and the head of an episode.

The Sundae Presents returns to our primordial ooze to talk about great performances that are only one scene long. First up: Dinah Manoff as Karen in one scene in Ordinary People (1980).

One Scene Wonders: Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People The Sundae Presents

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Killer vs Killer: Best Served Cold: The Sundae Presents Episode 38

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. For the season three finale, it’s assassin versus assassin as Ciara brings John Woo’s The Killer and Dean brings David Fincher’s The Killer. They talk about the homoeroticism of The Killer, the bleak emptiness of The Killer and, of course, the music of The Killer.

Killer vs Killer: Best Served Cold The Sundae Presents

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Summer of Sam: The Sundae Presents Episode 37

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. Dean closes out this season’s regular episodes by showing Ciara his favourite Spike Lee film, Summer of Sam. They talk about punk vs disco, the madonna-whore complex and its relationship with Do the Right Thing.

Summer of Sam The Sundae Presents

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Winter Brothers: The Sundae Presents Episode 36

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. This episode, Ciara makes Dean finally watch Winter Brothers, the debut film of their favourite Icelandic director, Hlynur Pálmason. They talk about its desolate landscapes, haunting ambiguities and floppy dicks.

Winter Brothers The Sundae Presents

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Excalibur: The Sundae Presents Episode 35

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. This episode, Dean makes Ciara watch a fourth film shot in his hometown, an Arthurian epic by Exorcist II director John Boorman: Excalibur, which features zero locust POV and tons of before-they-were-famous casting. They talk about Cahir Castle, Gabriel Byrne’s soap opera career, and what are movies even supposed to be like, anyway?

Showcased Selections: Head (1968) starring The Monkees! The Sundae Presents

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: The Sundae Presents Episode 34

Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. For the first episode of the year, Ciara chose John Ford’s late career masterpiece The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Dean’s third encounter with both Ford and John Wayne. They talk about its unusually unscenic take on the frontier, the role of violence in politics, and how it reflects on the western’s place in American culture.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Sundae Presents

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