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Cinema of Cruelty (Movies for Masochists)

The Cultists

From the elusive transcendental logic of Mulholland Drive, to Showgirls’ sly satirical embrace of exploitation and excess, to the assumption in Southland Tales that its audience has already read the six-volume source material, some films are simply more “cruel” on their audiences than others. So, please, lie back and let The Cultists be your guides through the paralyzing and perplexing void of art... more

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*NEW!* On this episodes annotated deep dive, The Cultists present Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate (1999). A slow and cozy burn of paranoia through warm-lit and dusty streets, The Ninth Gate tells that classic tale of a bored and bitter book dealing m... more

**REPOST** On this week's annotated deep-dive, The Cultists present Catherine Hardwick's wondrously absurd adaptation of Twilight (2008). The tale of a self-loathing undead stalker who has been stuck repeating high school for one hundred years, and t... more

**REPOST** For our one year anniversary episode, The Cultists present David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ (1986). Yet another film that was met with a mixture of confusion, repulsion, and awe upon its release into the center of the Regan era and big blockbus... more

**REPOST** On this week’s annotated deep dive, The Cultists present Baz Lurman’s 90s frenetic teen angst extravaganza, Romeo + Juliet (1996). Known for his kinetic color-fueled explosions of images and sound, Lurman’s “red curtain trilogy” put him on... more

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    Vocal fry, double adjectives, glib humour, superficial, arrogant observations, edgelord swearing unbecoming of teenagers never mind grown ass adults, I just gave up a few minutes into the episode on Nicolas Roegs masterwork Don’t Look Now when one of the co hosts upon being asked the idiotic question ‘what was the worst thing about the film?’ at the setup stage - the point at which you are trying to get listeners interested about the selected film- complained that the serial killer subplot was n... more

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    As a fan of film, I love this Podcast! Each episode goes into great detail on the film’s inspiration, creation and impact. I’m shocked by how much I learn about films I thought I knew fairly well.

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    I love the rapport these two have- and their knowledge of film and ‘all related’ is impressive!

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