Episode 109: Scary Movie and the Spoof Genre

Episode 109: Scary Movie and the Spoof Genre

What better way to celebrate England's dogged path to World Cup Glory than listening to two of the nation's finest sons discuss the spoof genre? They chat about Scary Movie, the appeal of the Wayan Brothers' puerile brand of cultural critique and how it manages to sidestep the comedic tendency to lament a different cultural landscape. We didn't expect to say the latter either.

Episode 108: Backrooms, Internet-Era Horror & Films about Memory

This week sees Ben and Danny pause their endless wanderings through a liminal maze to rest up in a tastefully designed living room and discuss Backrooms. They also talk about how the internet has become a breeding ground not only for filmmaking but also for a new kind of horror mythology born from the darkness and uncertainty in everyday life.

Episode 107: Rose of Nevada & Films About the Demise of Community

This week sees Ben and Danny temporarily trade the masturbatory-tinged gloominess of the latter's living room for a slicker, more purpose-built affair. Spurred on by an uncharacteristic visual and auditory slickness, the boys wax lyrically about Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. They also discuss films that centre on the loss of community, culture and identity in the face of technological innovation and the resulting socio-economic shifts that leave so many in the rear-view mirror.

Episode 106: Michael & The Musical Biopic

This week sees Ben and Danny dig out the dimonte gloves before wading into the formulaic borefest that has become the musical biopic. They unpack how their narratively familiar nature exists to recontextualise the legacy of beloved musicians, often to the detriment of the artist's original intentions.

Episode 105: Project Hail Mary & Sci-Fi Apocalypse

This week sees Ben and Danny eventually discuss Sci-Fi smash hit Project Hail Mary - how it reinvigorates the sci-fi genre with a sense of optimism that, although saccharine, is a welcome recalibration of ideas around human collaboration in geopolitically turbulent times.