Episode 347 - Persona
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This week on Unknown Pleasures, we keep it real classic and talk the reflections of filmmakers on themselves, the multitude of roles we play in our own lives, and what happens when the mirror stares back in 1966’s PERSONA! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 346 - Fresh Kill
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This week on the show, we travel to Staten Island to talk lo-fi cyberpunk, chilling predictions of the future, and the joys of dining in an undefined space in 1994’s FRESH KILL! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 345 - Vulcanizadora
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This week on the pod, we get real Michigan Mindset to talk character as director surrogate, European sensibilites and American aesthetics, and the sublime joy of a really good stick in 2024’s VULCANIZADORA! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode J8 - Happy Together
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Everybody say happy birthday Josh!! This week, we celebrate aging by talking about the metaphors of water, the homies under the summer sun, and when gay people just can’t leave each other alone in 1997’s HAPPY TOGETHER! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 344 - In the Mood for Love (w/ Kevin Jay Stanton)
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This week, we’re joined by artist and designer Kevin Jay Stanton to discuss the steaminess of love unconsummated, the intimacy of the camera, and the allure of a soup thermos in 2000’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 343 - Cloud
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Welcome to SWIMFANS: UNKNOWN PLEASURES! This week on the pod, we get mad about rent prices, value the inexplicable homies, and ponder about the sturdiness of cover walls in 2024’s CLOUD! Theme by Padlock:
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OSCARMANIA 2026 - PART TWO
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Still coming to you live from the red carpet, we dive back into the rest of the Best Picture nominees: 2025’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, SECRET AGENT, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, SINNERS, and TRAIN DREAMS! Theme by Padlock:
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OSCARMANIA 2026 - PART ONE
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Put on your sparkliest dress, dear listener: it’s time once again for OSCARMANIA! This week, we dip into some of the Best Picture nominees: BUGONIA, F1, FRANKENSTEIN, HAMNET and MARTY SUPREME! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 342 - Femme Fatale (2002)
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This week on the show, we return to de Palma and discuss cross-genre and split-screen jaunts, shifting your karmic debt to some random guy via magic, and even find the time to discuss interesting choices in skirts and shoes in 2002's FEMME FATALE! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 341 - Special Effects
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This week on the podcast, we take a dip in the algae-green waters of our living room swimming pool and talk extended cinematic subtweets, strange new ways to do nude modeling, and manipulation of reality being the greatest effect of all in 1984's SPECIAL EFFECTS! Theme by Padlock:
info_outlineThis week on Full Clip, we talk sheer filmic efficiency, the wisdom of keeping a gay guy in the crew, and how shooting in New York is the best special effect of all in 1979’s THE WARRIORS!
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