Films & Fika Algot Skog & Mau Contreras
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The podcast where every other Thursday a Swede and a Mexican get together to discuss movies over coffee or, as they say in Sweden, a Fika!
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Scene 43: Crash (1996)
Welcome to the fourth episode in the Larry Lindsay guest spot session! A Canadian and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this weeks episode we talk about our experiences working together making short films and for the movie Fika, we drive straight into David Cronenberg's 1996 Crash.
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This episode is also available on YouTube: Coming Sept 24th
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0:00 Cold Open
00:55 Intro
03:50 On Making Short Films
40:23 Recommendations
45:25 SPOILER FREE THOUGHTS
49:25 SPOILER FIKA
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Recommendations:
Just Friends
https://letterboxd.com/film/just-friends/
Almost Famous
https://letterboxd.com/film/almost-famous/
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Scene 42: The Wolf of Snow Hollow (feat. Larry Lindsay)
Welcome to the third episode in the Larry Lindsay guest spot session! A Canadian and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this weeks episode we talk about how Mau ended up in film school, our favorite TV shows and for the main Fika we delve into Jim Cumming's (not Winnie Pooh) second feature, The Wolf of Snow Hollow. Join us every other Thursday to hear all of our in depth thoughts!
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This episode is also available on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/jqbnvnENpd0
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Recommendations:
The Kid Detective
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-kid-detective/
Teen Lust
https://letterboxd.com/film/teen-lust-2014/
Sleeping with Other People
https://letterboxd.com/film/sleeping-with-other-people/
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Scene 41: Identity (feat. Larry Lindsay)
Welcome to the second episode in the Larry Lindsay guest spot session! A Canadian and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this weeks episode we talk about how Larry got into acting, Mau and Larry's experiences with self-taught music instruments and 2003's Identity, directed by James Mangold. Join us every other Thursday to hear all of our in depth thoughts! ————————————
This episode is also available on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vS_hx-b8CZ0
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Recommendations:
Kate & Leopold
https://letterboxd.com/film/kate-leopold/
Super 8
https://letterboxd.com/film/super-8/
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Scene 40: Sunshine feat. Larry Lindsay
Go to 39:32 to jump straight into the MOVIE FIKA!
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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this week's episode (and a couple of more in the future) Mau is joined for Fika by, long time friend of the podcast, Larry Lindsay! Algot, is currently working the summer away and was unavailable but the Fika must continue!!! This week we'll blast off the episode catching up with Larry and also, talking about Stephen King and 4DX cinemas. For the main Fika, we jump into Danny Boyle's 2007 sci-fi flick, Sunshine!
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This episode is also on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vS_hx-b8CZ0
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Recommendations:
The Beauty and the Beast (1991)
https://letterboxd.com/film/beauty-and-the-beast-1991/
Life
https://letterboxd.com/film/life-2017/
The Dark Half by Stephen King
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11597.The_Dark_Half
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Scene 39: Persona
A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we look at when it’s okay for an artist to be pretentious and what wild animal we’d go toe to toe with for a pot of gold. For the movie Fika we jump into Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 mind-bending drama Persona. Join us every other Thursday for a Fika!
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This episode is also on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/JgE6QkERTX0
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Recommendations:
Memories of Murder - Bong Joon-ho
https://letterboxd.com/film/memories-of-murder/
Kopps - Josef Fares
https://letterboxd.com/film/kops-2003/
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Scene 38: ROMA
A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this week's chat, we talk about Best Picture Winners and whether or not we're glad to be allowed back in theaters. For the main movie Fika we dive deep into Alfonso Cuaron's Netflix Release ROMA.
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0:00 Cold Open
00:55 Intro
03:25 Best Picture Winners
08:03 Amazon buys MGM
11:41 Going back to Theaters and Cruella
18:34 Recommendations
27:34 ROMA Spoiler Free Thoughts
32:23 ROMA Spoiler Fika
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This episode is also available on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/DbaFvarNy6Q
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Letterboxd Best Picture Winner List:
https://letterboxd.com/jake_ziegler/l...
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Recommendations: Bo Burnham's Inside
https://www.netflix.com/us/title/8128...
Kung Fury (Full short) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_...
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