About this podcast
Support us on Patreon.com/filmsuck for bonus episodes and more perks! In this podcast for the people, we bring you the truth about the rotten state of cinema, its often odious or ham-fisted relationship to politics, and its occasional wondrous bursts of courage and brilliance. Filmsuck is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Eileen Jones, film critic at Jacobin magazine and recovering academic, and Dolores McElroy, diva enthusiast and lecturer in film and media at UC Berkeley.
Episodes
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- Grading TEENAGE SEX & DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA · 59 min · Episode 85Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores have high praise for TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, the new horror-comedy by up-and-coming writer-director Jane Schoenbrun (I SAW THE TV GLOW)…
- Historic Re-release of THE DEVILS · 1 h 12 min · Episode 84Host Eileen Jones is joined by writer and cinephile Alex Deley in celebrating Ken Russell's THE DEVILS, a 1971 film so controversial in its day that it was heavily censored, then…
- NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and the Southern Gothic · 1 h 18 min · Episode 83The only film that actor Charles Laughton directed is the now-celebrated NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955), a unique, nightmarish, dark fairy tale vision that's part of the "Southern…
- Spring TV Potpourri · 1 h 0 min · Episode 82Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores provide a rundown on what's on TV, which starts off as a cheerful endeavor and ends up in a state of despondency over our grim cultural moment. We…
- DISCLOSURE DAY: Nostalgia for the Summer Blockbuster · 1 h 11 min · Episode 81Filmsuck co-hosts enjoy the old-fashioned movie-fun of watching what's essentially one long chase in the new Steven Spielberg action-adventure DISCLOSURE DAY. It's his return to…
- NATCHEZ: Mississippi Goddam · 1 h 13 min · Episode 80Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores praise the complex and ultimately harrowing Susannah Herbert documentary NATCHEZ, currently streaming on YouTube and Apple TV+ and soon to arrive at…
- Chris Fleming: Saving Stand-up Comedy · 1 h 5 min · Episode 79Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores express their admiration and affection for comedian Chris Fleming and his hilarious new HBO special CHRIS FLEMING: LIVE AT THE PALACE. Highly…
- HAMNET: Good Grief · 56 min · Episode 78Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores resisted seeing HAMNET, so they both marvel at the emotional impact it achieves by the poignant ending, when almost everyone in theater audiences…
- THE BRIDE! A Messy Monster Mash · 1 h 1 min · Episode 77Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores agree that the title character in writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE BRIDE!, played by Jessie Buckley (who also portrays the wry, raddled spirit…
- The Schism Over THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE · 1 h 9 min · Episode 76Co-hosts disagree on THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, a new film about the title character (played by Amanda Seyfried) who founded the Shaker religion. Eileen liked it because she has a…
- FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER: Here's to Strained Family Relations · 57 min · Episode 75Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores found Jim Jarmusch’s new indie film Father Mother Sister Brother a sleep-inducing slog. It’s a comedy-drama anthology film in three chapters about…
- A Very TV Christmas · 53 min · Episode 74In honor of the season, co-hosts Eileen and Dolores take on the made-for-TV holiday movie, focusing especially on the perennial Hallmark Channel favorite, A SHOE ADDICT’S…
- FRANKENSTEIN: Guillermo Del Toro's Grand and Goofy Obsession · 1 h 8 min · Episode 73Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores disagree when it comes to their basic reactions to the new FRANKENSTEIN, written and directed by Guillermo Del Toro and currently playing on Netflix…
- BUGONIA: The Rhetorical Impasse · 1 h 13 min · Episode 72Co-host Eileen Jones and special guest Conan Neutron of the Movie Night Extravaganza podcast enthuse about the wild and riveting new Yorgos Lanthimos film, Bugonia. It concerns a…
- It's a Good Time for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER · 57 min · Episode 71Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores agree that Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a must-see movie and a model for American filmmaking right now. An adaptation of Thomas…
- Darren Aronofsky CAUGHT STEALING a Good Time · 58 min · Episode 70New Filmsuck episode! Dolores and I enthuse about CAUGHT STEALING. It's doing pretty badly at the box-office, though it's a timely dark comic noir of chaotic working class life…
- Straying into Documentaries · 1 h 14 min · Episode 69Special guest Asali Echols, documentary filmmaker, talks to me about the current state of documentary films. We discuss a recent trend toward reviving the strict "observational…
- Cracking Ourselves Up: Self-presentation in Onscreen Comedy: PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF · 1 h 11 min · Episode 68New Filmsuck episode! While Dolores is making the world safe for opera in Santa Fe, I'm talking to my friend M Dalebout, whose area of scholarly expertise is identity…
- How Much is TOO MUCH? · 59 min · Episode 67New Filmsuck episode! I rage against Lena Dunham, who cursed us all with GIRLS and is back doing further harm to impressionable minds everywhere with her new…
- WHITE LOTUS Season 4: How Deep is the Water? · 1 h 6 min · Episode 66Season 4 of Mike White's big hit show WHITE LOTUS might not be the most profound thing you've ever seen, but Dolores and Eileen still enjoy its excellent cast reveling in…
