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Dearest listeners, we have missed you! We come to you today from B-Fest 2025, a long-running annual 24-hour movie marathon of B movies, run on campus at Northwestern University in Chicago. Melissa is joined live on the ground by Kelvin Hatle and Noel Thingvall for all manner of travails and gloriously weird cinema. Please pardon … Continue reading The post Episode 207: B-Fest 2025 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: Else She Loved Blossoms More Nine Queens Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire Mr. Crocket Universal Language Other things discussed: … Continue reading The post Episode 206: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 8 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: I, The Executioner Ebony & Ivory Heavier Trip MadS Don’t Mess With Grandma / Sundown Superman Queens of Drama The Draft Little … Continue reading The post Episode 205: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 7 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: Children of the Wicker Man Parvulos The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee Cloud Spermageddon Bookworm Commercial: The Movie (Museum of Home … Continue reading The post Episode 204: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 6 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: Apartment 7A Escape from the 21st Century Body Odyssey Gazer The Guest AJ Goes to the Dog Park Baby Assassins Nice Days … Continue reading The post Episode 203: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? Dragon Dilatation Carnival of Blood Heads or Fails The Mission The … Continue reading The post Episode 202: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 4 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: The Wild Robot Baby Assassins Nice Days The Babadook Will and Harper U are the Universe House of Spoils Bone Lake The … Continue reading The post Episode 201: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 3 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: Animale Don’t Mess with Grandma / Sundown Superman Planet B Raze Heavy Trip Heavier Trip The Birthday Other things discussed: AV Geeks … Continue reading The post Episode 200: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we come to you today from Fantastic Fest 2024! We will be posting every day to bring you news of all the wonderful, wild, and bizarre things we saw! Movies discussed: The Rule of Jenny Pen Never Let Go Check Please (short) Ghost Killer Witte Wieven Binary Other things discussed: Mac Sabbath (https://www.officialmacsabbath.com/) The post Episode 199: Fantastic Fest 2024 Day 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, dial M for: movies, Minnesota (State Fair), and (Barry) Manilow! Movies discussed: Times Square Airport ’77 Roman Holiday Amelie Dial M for Murder Other things discussed: Crop art / seed art at the Minnesota State Fair Barry Manilow Plus a portrait of Werner Herzog, made out of seeds:   The post Episode 198: Times Square / Dial M for Murder appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Happy days, dear listeners! Today we sing praises of Sing Sing, we welcome The Guest, and we appreciate the Michael Caine phase of Hugh Grant’s career! Movies discussed: Sing Sing The Guest Deadpool & Wolverine The Gentlemen Other things discussed: Every Freaky Lil’ Weirdo Played By Cuckoo Actor Dan Stevens, Ranked (Slashfilm) Insomnia Cookies Barry … Continue reading The post Episode 197: Sing Sing / The Guest / The Gentlemen appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We are back, dear listeners! We bring to you this week appreciation for Glen Powell and for the hallowed Jucy Lucy. And Melissa has a story about a bird! Movies discussed: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Twisters Midsomer Murders (TV) Other things discussed: Matt’s Bar and the famous Jucy Lucy The Burger … Continue reading The post Episode 196: Twisters (and also a story about a bird) appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dearest listeners, this week we bring you a time travel slasher and a book about a woman who made an iconic movie monster! Movies mentioned: Totally Killer Other things mentioned: Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Valleyfair versus the … Continue reading The post Episode 195: Totally Killer / Lady from the Black Lagoon appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dearest listeners, today we bring you a whole buffet of joys! Crashing cars! Heroin aiiens! Armless cult leaders! Even more cults! AND SHARKS! Movies discussed: Duel Liquid Sky Santa Sangre Under Paris I Saw the TV Glow Immaculate Interstellar Other things discussed: Altering playback speed of podcasts Towel racks The post Episode 194: Under Paris / Immaculate appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dearest listeners (and John Travolta), we bring you glad tidings of Linklater and Ozu! And also maybe some John Travolta! Movies mentioned: Hit Man I Was Born, But… The Great Dictator The Sting King Lear Other things mentioned: Criterion 24/7 The Paramount Theater – https://www.austintheatre.org/ Agatha Christie The 1986 Cannon Films promo reel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crW6W-eLmyQ&ab_channel=TrailerWorld The post Episode 193: Hit Man / I Was Born, But… appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dearest listeners, this week our movie chatter turns to sex, cars, and home maintenance! Movies mentioned: Atlas Midnight Madness Hump (which is now streaming at https://www.humpfilmfest.com/) Furiosa The Big Bus Other things mentioned: DK Sushi karaoke Heat pumps   The post Episode 192: Atlas / Hump / Furiosa appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dearest listeners, we return this week with the cinematic delights of Japan and… Iowa? Movies discussed: Your Name. Field of Dreams Other things mentioned: The northern lights Consumer Reports Apple pie Greek cherry phyllo strudel Deep fried feta cheese The post Episode 191: Your Name. / Field of Dreams appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dearest listeners! We have so many cinematic delights to share this week that we can’t fit all of them in the episode title! We also have dogs! Movies mentioned: The Holdovers Godzilla Minus 1 Late Night with the Devil The Cleansing Hour The Fall Guy Argylle Other things mentioned: Cicadas Peshwari naan and other Indian … Continue reading The post Episode 190: Late Night with the Devil / Fall Guy / Argylle appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, join us in the hot tub for our latest cinematic delights! No really, we’re in a hot tub! Movies mentioned: Staying Alive Lisa Frankenstein Time Masters (aka Masters of Time) Xanadu Other things mentioned: Hot tubs Cadbury Mini Eggs The post Episode 189: Staying Alive / Time Masters / Lisa Frankenstein appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we come back after an unexpected hiatus with some unexpected joys! No seriously, hear us out! Movies mentioned: Madame Web American Utopia Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar Other things mentioned: Fall of the House of Usher (TV) The Incredible Bongo Band Mr. Experience The post Episode 188: Madame Web / American Utopia / Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.