The Sundae Presents Podcast

The Sundae Presents

The Sundae
Two friends make each other watch films the other hasn't seen. Hosted by Ciara Moloney and Dean Buckley, co-creators of The Sundae.
The Servant
Dean fulfils a long-held ambition to introduce Ciara to his boys, director Joseph Losey and actor Dirk Bogarde, with their 1963 film The Servant. They talk about its homoeroticism, the class anxieties of 60s London and whether Dean hates James Fox. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ Josephine Botting on The Servant for BFI: https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/servant-dirk-bogarde-joseph-losey-harold-pinter Colm Tóibín on The Servant for Criterion: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8180-the-servant-a-cruel-servility
Dec 17, 2023
46 min
Midnight Cowboy
Ciara gets to show Dean a film for the first time in months, and it's a big one: John Schlesinger's multi-Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy. They talk about disability, poverty and sexuality, its satire of Andy Warhol's Factory and how dumb Joe Buck is. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ Roger Ebert on Midnight Cowboy in the 90s: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/midnight-cowboy-1969-1
Nov 28, 2023
52 min
Saw
For our third Halloween Spooktacular, Dean shows Ciara one of the most iconic horror films of their adolescence: Saw. They talk about how it riffs on and/or rips off Se7en, the strange politics of John Kramer, and the shadow of the real torture of the Bush administration. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ "Hollywood, the Bush Years, and America’s Memory Hole" by Ciara in Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/11/hollywood-the-bush-years-and-americas-memory-hole The Sundae Presents, Episode 8: The Evil Dead / Evil Dead II: https://thesundae.net/2021/10/24/the-evil-dead-evil-dead-ii-the-sundae-presents-episode-8/
Nov 6, 2023
53 min
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
After months of broken promises and outright lies, it's here: Ciara and Dean finally dig into Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. They talk about the origin of the titular band, its religious epic structure, and why Jack Black swore to never write another film. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ I Miss You More Than I Did Yesterday: https://thesundae.net/2019/05/20/i-miss-you-more-than-i-did-yesterday/
Oct 18, 2023
1 hr
Before Sunset
In a second back-to-back guest episode, the lads are joined by their friend Josh O'Reilly (@snowboiiii on Twitch!) to chat about Richard Linklater's romance classic Before Sunset. They talk about his collaborative creative process with stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, the transient nature of memory, and how much Jesse hates his wife. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ Follow Josh on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/snowboiiii
Sep 27, 2023
55 min
Outside Providence
In the first of two more guest episodes, Ciara and Dean are joined by Dr. David Clare to discuss the Farrelly brothers' lost child, Outside Providence. They talk about its odd place in their filmography, its portrayal of Irish-American identity, and how much Gabriel Mann looks like James Spader in Pretty in Pink. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ Follow David on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/DavidClareAbu
Aug 30, 2023
56 min
Top Gun: Maverick
It's another emergency episode from our top secret vault! Dean finally got around to watching Top Gun: Maverick, so Ciara finally got to grill him about it. They talk about the original film, the death of the film star and how Tom Cruise saved cinema. Visit The Sundae: ⁠⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠
Jul 30, 2023
1 hr 3 min
The Best Years of Our Lives
Ciara takes Dean back to 1946 with The Best Years of Our Lives, William Wyler's kitchen sink epic about soldiers returning from World War II. They talk about Harold Russell's double-Oscar-winning performance as Homer Parrish, Gregg Toland's groundbreaking deep focus cinematography and why Ayn Rand tried to complain about the film in Congress. Visit The Sundae: ⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ 1982 interview with Harold Russell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYpsnvyzJNI
Jun 26, 2023
59 min
The Long Goodbye
It's The Long Goodbye, and it happens every day! Dean turns the tables on Ciara and shows her a classic seventies film widely considered among the greatest ever made, Robert Altman's neo-noir classic, starring Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe. They talk about its portrayal of post-Manson L.A., the many iterations of its title song and the security guard's amazing celebrity impressions. Visit The Sundae: ⁠https://thesundae.net/⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/⁠ The sexy Muppet tweet: ⁠https://twitter.com/CBThorburn/status/1251103369428680705⁠
May 31, 2023
44 min
As Good As It Gets
The lads kick off season three with a classic rom-com as Ciara makes Dean watch James L. Brooks' As Good As It Gets. They talk about What It Gets Right About Mental Illness, the finer details of Jack Nicholson's performance and whether Melvin should have got the girl. Visit The Sundae: https://thesundae.net/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundaeblog/ "Helen Hunt" by Hank Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRQ3uPidEc
May 1, 2023
1 hr 1 min
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