Episode 296: Episode 296 - Obsession, Backrooms

On the three hundred and third episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are going full goopy girlie.Christian, Jericho, and special guest disasterbaby/Elle from the Boiled Milk Podcast discuss Jane Schoenbrun's surrealist psycho slasher TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA and 1983's queer cult classic SLEEPAWAY CAMP for an episode titled "Flesh, Fluids, and Crop Tops." Meanwhile, Louise Weard's CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY I. TRAPS, Avalon Fast's CAMP, THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982), THE WHISPER MAN, and Christian's disorienting SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY 4DX experience get the Recently Watched treatment.They also chat about sexual repression, religious trauma, geysers of blood, booty shorts, and death by beehive.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]  

On the three hundred and second episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are disobeying their lords.Christian and Jericho reconvene sans Armando after their in-person meet up to discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Japanese period drama/procedural THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, which they pair with Kihachi Okamoto's despairingly bleak 1966 Jidaigeki film THE SWORD OF DOOM. Meanwhile, David Robert Mitchell's Amblin-esque dino romp THE END OF OAK STREET and Greg Araki's erotic comedy I WANT YOUR SEX get the Recently Watched treatment.They also discuss overly excited cinema crowds, Rōnin code of ethics, cycles of violence, tea making, and the notorious Armando Snooze Test ™️Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]  

On the three hundred and first episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are bathing in bisexual lightning.Christian and Jericho jump in front of the mics to talk about Nicolas Winding Refn's latest polarizing arthouse experiment, HER PRIVATE HELL. For the pairing film, Bertrand Mandico's 2021 sapphic sci-fi epic AFTER BLUE is up for discussion.They also chat about waning cinema literacy, transcendental trash, cosmic urine, and daddy trauma.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]   

On the three-hundredth episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are celebrating a podcasting milestone the way Nolan intended!Jericho, Christian, and Armando defy the cinematic gods by tackling Christopher Nolan's latest IMAX blockbuster experience, THE ODYSSEY by pairing it with Ethan and Joel Coen's folksy 2000 Homer adaptation Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? In the Recently Watched segment, THE FIRM (1989), MADE IN BRITAIN (1982), ROAD (1987), MAGELLAN, and HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL are discussed.They also talk format fiascos, epic rants, sexual derangement, large scale imagery, and a very special commemorative email!Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]   

On the two hundred and ninety-ninth episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are multiplying personalities.Christian and Jericho continue their Auteurography series on the films of Brian De Palma with reviews of 1990's notorious commercial/critical bomb, THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, and 1992's psychological dream thriller, RAISING CAIN.They also discuss unorthodox casting, critical consensus, dream logic, and De Palma intentionally fucking with the audience.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]   

On the two hundred and ninety-eighth episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are in their dialectical materialism era.Christian, Jericho, and Armando unionize to discuss Boots Riley's wacky capitalism satire, I LOVE BOOSTERS, and pair it with the more subdued 1978 Paul Schrader working class drama, BLUE COLLAR. In the Recently Watched Segment, Jericho runs down a slate of Henry Jaglom films, Armando mentions BACKROOMS and THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2022), and Christian rounds things off with his remaining Park Chan-wook blindspots. They also chat about which actor is the most likely to be memed from THE ODYSSEY, tease ideas for the upcoming 300th episode, reveal their "quirk-o-meter" tolerances, and wonder whether there's any chance at making a difference from within a corrupt system.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]   

On the two hundred and ninety-seventh episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew wants to believe.Christian and Jericho disclose their spoiler-filled thoughts on Steven Spielberg's latest return to the sci-fi alien genre, DISCLOSURE DAY, and pair it with David Cronenberg's 2025 cautionary tale about the limits of technology vs. human emotion, THE SHROUDS.They also chat about Spike Lee in relation to the New York Knicks championship, late career summations, hacky screenwriting, the power of empathy, and morbid Canadian humor.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]  

On the two hundred and ninety-sixth episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are recording from a liminal space.Christian and Jericho get together to talk about the two latest horror phenoms, Curry Barker's Rod Sterling/Ari Aster riff on modern relationships, OBSESSION, and Kane Parson's surreal liminal experiment, BACKROOMS. Sticking with the theme, KEEPER, HOKUM, and FACES OF DEATH get the Recently Watched treatment along with Christian's polishing off John Carpenter's filmography.They also discuss the current box office, horror trends, mental illness, rape culture, and Grogu being discovered dead in a ditch.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]   

On the two hundred and ninety-fifth episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are in full arthouse goon mode.Christian and Jericho once again break from the mainstream with reviews of Yvonne Rainer's 1974 meditation on domestic issues, FILM ABOUT A WOMAN WHO... and Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1988 riff on REAR WINDOW and male emasculation, A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE, for Vol. II of their ongoing "Arthouse Goonies" series.They also chat about the critically acclaimed German film SOUND OF FALLING in the Recently Watched segment, as well as discuss The World Cup, bringing back booing at the multiplex, pretension as emotion, male wish fulfillment fantasies, and how its fascist to claim you fully understand an experimental work of art.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]   

On the two hundred and ninety-fourth episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew journey into the heart of darkness.Christian and Jericho continue their auteurography series on the films of Brian De Palma with reviews of 1987's Prohibition-era gangster smash hit THE UNTOUCHABLES and 1989's somber Vietnam war drama, CASUALTIES OF WAR.They also discuss the upcoming MINIONS & MONSTERS, circle back on LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY, and debate movie theater etiquette, bootlegging, war movie fatigue, and the act of witnessing tragedy.Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]