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The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
The latest Kiyoshi Kurosawa picture is a period piece, set during a military coup in 16th Century feudal Japan. For a director who’s best known for making low-budget genre exercises that inevitably climax with sparsely populated warehouse shootouts (Cure, Cloud, Doppelganger, etc.), that setting suggests a substantial escalation in scale of production. The sprawling cast of period-costumed actors…
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Podcast #270: The Rose (1979) & Bette Midler
Welcome to Episode #270 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, and Britnee discuss the early film career of stage performer Bette Midler, starting with her breakout debut The Rose (1979). 00:00 Welcome02:38 I Want Your Sex (2026)07:20 Strung (2026)10:12 Blue Heron (2026)13:49 Monterey Pop (1968)15:10 Gimme Shelter (1970) 22:08 The Rose (1979)37:11 Divine Madness (1980)46:06…
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Tony (2026)
Canadian prankster extraordinaire Matt Johnson has been taking a much-deserved victory lap all year, having brought his cult sitcom Nirvanna the Band the Show to the big screen, his chilling found-footage comedy The Dirties to adoring Bleak Week audiences, and his burgeoning career as a go-to director for lowkey biopics up to the A24 tier of marketing & distribution. So, it’s a little surprising…
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Her Private Hell (2026)
Anytime I catch myself wondering “Where have they been?” about a specific actor or director, the answer is always television. Nicolas Winding Refn has produced two high-end TV series since he last graced cinemas with the best film of 2016, which from my limited perspective means he’s spent the last decade enjoying an early retirement. Then, out of nowhere, he premiered his new film Her Private…
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Lagniappe Podcast: The Hairy Bird (1998)
For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss the ensemble-cast boarding school comedy The Hairy Bird (1998), a.k.a. All I Wanna Do, a.k.a. Strike! 00:00 Christopher Nolan14:00 The Odyssey (2026)33:00 War and Peace (1965-1967)37:48 Conan the Destroyer (1984)40:40 Red Sonja (1985)46:30 The NeverEnding Story (1984)53:20 Her Private Hell (2026)1:00:11 The Taste of…
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Conan the Sequelian
It would be ridiculous to claim that the sword & sandal genre is having “a moment” in Hollywood right now, given that two isolated examples do not equal a trend, and the two examples in question—Christopher Nolan’s epic Odyssey adaptation and Mattel’s failed He-Man reboot—are more of a “hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby” situation than they are brothers in arms. Regardless, spending so much time…
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Podcast #269: Sweet Charity (1969) & Bob Fosse
Welcome to Episode #268 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the cinematic career of stage choreographer Bob Fosse, starting with his 1969 movie musical debut Sweet Charity. 00:00 Welcome01:50 Agon (2026)08:18 Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026)18:05 Criminal Lovers (1999)24:25 Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026)27:20 Maddie’s Secret…
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Au Revoir, Godzilla, Mon Amour
It’s been three years since Criterion’s towering box set of Shōwa era Godzilla films arrived on my doorstep, and I’ve been madly in love ever since. Anytime I’m unsure what movie to watch, I’ll toss on a Godzilla disc to pass the time, the same way an old Beatles record is always there for me whenever I’m indecisive on what to listen to. It’s been lovely, but all affairs eventually run their…
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