The Skiffy And Fanty Show Full Experience

Invisible men, sexy moss, and gymnastics, oh my! Shaun Duke and Alex Acks join forces for the first ever A Book and Its Adaptation pairing. April 2021’s selection includes Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the Ring and the prequel adaptation, Brown Girl Begins (2017; dir. Sharon Lewis)! In this episode, Shaun and Alex discuss Hopkinson’s […]

Invisible men, sexy moss, and gymnastics, oh my! Shaun Duke and Trish Matson take a page out of the 60s to discuss Samuel R. Delany’s Captives of the Flame! Together, they discuss Delany’s approach to plotting, the novel’s themes of the other and war, the strange ending, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We […]

Confused plots, red capes, and superpeople juice, oh my! Shaun Duke and Alex Acks combine their powers to discuss the horrifically questionable Canadian Ventura vehicle, Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1991)! Together, they explore the film’s bizarre sexless vision of the future, how a movie about an impregnating flannel-wearing alien super soldier works, and other […]

Gothic abodes, inescapable nightmares, and suckers, oh my! Shaun Duke and David Annandale return for a new edition of our “good movies” subcast. As promised, they’ve joined forces to dig into David’s selection, Lisa and the Devil, with some discussion of its shaky release history! Together, they discuss the film’s surreal and nightmarish horror in […]

Trash gremlins, space families, and Elon Bezos, oh my! Shaun Duke and Alex Acks take a trip to South Korea to discuss the totally epic space western, Space Sweepers (2021). Together, they discuss what makes the film so fun, its treatment of trauma, its differences from other blockbusters of its type, and so much more! […]

Vicious temptation, religious morals, and tap dancing, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer take a time machine back to the 1940s to look at the jazz- and swing-infused religious fable, Cabin in the Woods! They discuss the film’s legacy, its take on black spirituality (as best as we understand it), its themes of temptation […]

Hopeful visions, genre nerdery, and diversity, oh my! Let the shenanigans ensue! Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, and GoH Brandon O’Brien join forces for a live recording of the 3x Hugo Finalist podcast, The Skiffy and Fanty Show! Together, they’ll discuss the power of science fiction to explore the present and uncover hope, from its technological […]

Confused plots, red capes, and superpeople juice, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink do the unthinkable: bring on Tonia Ransom to talk about one of our “banned films,” which our patrons selected! Together, these fine young heroes try to make sense of Snyder’s vision, what’s wrong with DC’s heroes, the nature of superhero feefees, […]

Marsh crabs, magic paint, and the times are a-changin’, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink join forces for this super special interview with Eden Royce on Root Magic. Together, they discuss Eden’s approach to U.S. history and the Gullah-Geechee culture, what makes Root Magic a southern gothic novel, and the wonderful world of middle […]

Shiny spaceships, funny aliens, and it’s so 80s, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink return to the Wardrobe for a special conversation about Flight of the Navigator. Together, they discuss the film’s thematic approach to family, abduction, and adolescence, the surprising treatment of 80s culture, and oh so much more! Thanks for listening. We […]

New years, new shiny, and memories, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink dive into the exciding world of African short films with a look at three exciting projects from the last decade-ish — Afronauts (2017), Z: The Beginning (2019), and Pumzi (2009). Together, they explore their themes of dystopia and hope, their treatment of […]

New years, new shiny, and memories, oh my! Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, and Brandon O’Brien join forces for the first podcast of 2021. Together, they take a dive back into the things they enjoyed about 2020 before jumping in time to all the things they’re looking forward to in 2021. Plus, we share new goals […]

White bread, thick shins, and it’s Myanmar not Constanti-Burma, oh my! Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, and Paul Weimer fulfill their destiny as pawns to our Patreon supporters in our annual Holiday Special Torture Cinema! Together, they look at The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and the meaning of characters in the context of a […]

Phenomenal costumes, touching stories, and adorable robots, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink bring on the holiday cheer in this special look at David E. Talbert’s Jingle Jangle. They explore the film’s incredible visual design, its approach to story, what makes this such a special movie, Short Circuit, and so much more! Thanks for […]

White bread, thick shins, and it’s Myanmar not Constanti-Burma, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and Paul Weimer give our listeners a special present: a totally unexpected Torture Cinema episode on Jiu Jitsu (2020)! Together, they discuss the film’s bonkers plot, it’s characters (or lack thereof), it’s acting, it’s locations, and basically everything else… Thanks […]

Empty promises, Irish Magneto, and Gatling gun horses, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and Paul Weimer turn their eyeballs to superhero films in this trip into the confusingly unimaginative world of Jonah Hex (2010! Together, they discuss the film’s treatment of history, how to properly use a John Malkovich, what Irish Magneto was doing […]

Holes in the wall, grief, and questionable nationalism, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer take a nostalgic trip back to the 90s to examine Barry Sonnenfeld’s Men in Black (1997)! Together, they discuss the film’s place in the rhetoric of the 90s, its approach to comedy, its treatment of the issue of immigration and […]

Holes in the wall, grief, and questionable nationalism, oh my! Shaun Duke and Alex Acks are back for another movie discussion. This time, they take a look at Remi Weekes’ 2020 horror film, His House. Together, they discuss the film’s approach to the refugee crisis, what it means for grief and pain to follow you, just […]

Shanty towns chases, angry girlfriends, and sugar glass, oh my! Shaun Duke and David Annandale are back at it with a new Totally Pretentious show about Jackie Chan’s 1985 stomach buster, Police Story. Together, they discuss their experience with Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan’s influence on kung fu films, where Police Story fits in Chan’s oeuvre, […]

Excessive books, murder shows, and flying beds, oh my! Shaun Duke and Alex Acks search for bit of joy in this media-packed episode of the show! Together, they dig their heels into a discussion of all the things they’ve been enjoying in these pandemic times, a discussion that reaches into the bowels of their souls […]