Gartbage Film

Jan 27 2025 122 ep. 75 mins
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Join hosts Nick & Erin as they discuss a movie-of-the-week and then each pick a 2nd film to create a thematically spicy double bill. Their goal: to pair art with trash and vice versa. Because after all, one person's E.T.: The Extraterrestrial is another person's Mac & Me.

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119: The Devil's Backbone (2001) - We Don't Say Babyjuice

Jan 27 2025 81 mins  
It's the first regular episode of the new year, and a first in our winter series: GDT In The GTA. The next couple of weeks are all about Papa Cinema himself, Guillermo Del Toro, and what better place to start than his self-professed "first" movie, 2001's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE! (aka EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO) Before getting into the movie proper, we're setting the table for our mini-se

118: The 2024 Trashies - Mondo Freak Energy

Jan 01 2025 47 mins  
It's cinema's biggest night -- the second annual Trashies! Come with us as we discuss our favourite performances, scores, theatre experiences, and our top 5s of 2024. Who will take home the coveted Trashy for best film of the year? Listen to find out! Movies discussed: The Return Dune Part 2 A Different Man Love Lies Bleeding Perfect Days Nosferatu Challengers The Brutalist The

117: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) - Merry Christmas ya Filthy Kon-heads

Dec 16 2024 85 mins  
We're podcasters, not action movie stars! That's right, we're finally breaking the seal on one of Nick's favourite directors with our second holiday episode: Satoshi Kon's TOKYO GODFATHERS from 2003. It's probably Kon's most conventional film, but he brings in his reality-blurring style nonetheless. We're discussing John Ford's influence, society's marginalized populations, and th

116: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) - Going Full Baltimore

Dec 02 2024 89 mins  
Welcome to the Holiday Season. We're here with what has become the Gartbage's annual holiday tradition: a Shane Black film set at Christmastime. This year, it's Black-penned but Renny Harlin-directed THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT from 1996! Our gift this year is getting to respectfully discuss Geena Davis' biceps, our favourite Samuel L Jackson performances, their amazing chemistry, and

115: The Conversation (1974) - Scary Toilet

Nov 18 2024 112 mins  
No audio engineering is required for this episode; you are hearing the raw unmanipulated audio of our mega-episode on Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 neo-noir masterpiece THE CONVERSATION. We're here to celebrate its 50th anniversary by recounting our experience seeing this in theatres as a first viewing experience. We're having a serious The Conversation about Gene Hackman's spite, J

114: Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - Mimic Pizza Party

Nov 04 2024 87 mins  
We've come down with a case of Limania for this episode -- that's right, we're talking about Doug Liman's 2014 sci-fi time guy, EDGE OF TOMORROW! This is another big one for the household. We're obsessed with the intersection of Tom Cruise's personal vs screen personas, Bill Paxton's intersection with JFK's assassination, and Emily Blunt's intersection of aliens and her Big Sword.

113: Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Emotional in the Basement

Oct 21 2024 78 mins  
It's our second spooky episode of spooky season and we've decided its finally time to cover a Gartbage touchstone, a part of our specific heritage: it's SHAUN OF THE DEAD from 2004. We're talking about the inspirations for the film, zombies in general, synthesizing genre convention vs parodying genre tropes, and the lost art of back-of-DVD writing. This movie hit at a very formati

112: The Innocents (1961) - A Glint of Quint

Oct 07 2024 78 mins  
We're back in our regular format just in time for spooky season and for one of Nick's favourite horror films. A tale of ambiguity, repression, and corruption: it's Jack Clayton's THE INNOCENTS from 1961! CW: due to the nature of this movie's story, child sexual abuse is discussed in general terms. It's a real Freudian time on the podcast this week as we discuss Truman Capote's "

111.5: TIFF 2024 - Ice Cream Trucks & Dog Suffering

Sep 30 2024 61 mins  
THEY (WE) LIVE! We've returned from our summer break with a big discussion on the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Get ready to add items to your watchlists because we've got recommendations for your 4th quarter film-viewing pleasure! We're talking robots, detectives, directorial debuts, cannibals, ghosts, nightbitches, Ralph Fiennes' dong, anti-colonial action, pe

111: Infernal Affairs (2002) - Hot Mole on Mole Action

Jul 15 2024 88 mins  
The final episode of our Hong Kong mini-series takes us into the 21st century! It's the cop drama-thriller box office dynamo, INFERNAL AFFAIRS! We're going full spoilers on the movie discussion this week. Consider yourself warned! Nick's theory that all Hong Kong movies from the time were Handover Movies continues to be true as we discuss Buddhist hell, avoiding undercover cop cl