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A Filmversation with Mike and Nick

Join two films fans on their cinematic journey. Mike and Nick will explore various themes and subjects in the movies they watch. Their goal is to cultivate rewarding conversation about film and uncover the things that make movies truly special.

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79:42

Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos) - 2025

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2026/01/29

Send us a text Mike and Nick hunt aliens! The pair visit one of their modern favourite's most recent outputs to see if the magical weirdness still shines bright. Mike helps interpret the film's alien language for Nick as the pair explore various themes of corporate alienness and interesting empathy.

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71:32

Smiles of a Summer Night - Ingmar Bergman (1955)

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2026/01/15

Send us a text Mike and Nick continue their journey through Bergman's work and finally land on his most lauded comedy. After Bergman suffered several box office failures, he risked it all on a more lighthearted (well, relatively speaking) endeavor to save his career. The immediate response and continued legacy seem to suggest this is the film which would save him and put him on the map. Using his theatre background to orchestrate a complex web of romantic farces and reconciliations, Bergman e...

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64:17

A Filmversation Christmas - My Night at Maud's - 1969

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/12/31

Send us a text Nick makes a Pascalian wager to show Mike his first Éric Rohmer movie he hopes might be... Christmas-y! Enjoy all the festive talk about intellectualism, Marxism, sexual politics, and 60's France! Nick thought Rohmer might be a future favourite of Mike's. Find out if he's right. Happy holidays from your favourite amateur film snobs.

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72:46

Hong Kong Action! Police Story & Hard Boiled

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/12/05

Send us a text Mike takes the pair to Hong Kong to dodge bullets, shoot guns, watch explosions, and move their bodies in every which way. The hosts observe the different characterizations of Hong Kong between decades as well as tonal contrasts. Both Jackie Chan and John Woo get their spotlight before their Hollywood careers. Find out if Nick's on board with the wackiness and physical comedy in Police Story or if the infinite ammo in Hard Boiled suspends his disbelief long enough to let him en...

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61:14

Ingmar Bergman - Dreams (1955)

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/11/20

Send us a text Mike and Nick return to their journey through Bergman's filmography. This time they explore the medial film in Bergman's "comedic" trilogy. One of the lesser regarded films upon its release, the pair wonder if the criticism at the time was warranted or if Mike's favourite magazine, Cahiers du Cinéma, was right to include this (along with two others, to Nick's chagrin) on their 1958 list. Is this a secret triumph for Bergman or is it another failed attempt at humour from one cin...

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81:26

Dario Argento - Suspiria & Inferno

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/10/30

Send us a text Mike and Nick dive into the kaleidoscopic prism of deep colour, fantastic soundtracks, and brutal murder at the hands of one of horror's most famous maestros: Dario Argento. Having only seen the remake, Mike compares the original Suspiria and how his feelings differ between the two. Both hosts try to make heads from tails in the narrative of Inferno and ponder if it's better to just try to "relax" into the vibes.

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70:51

John Carpenter - The Thing & Prince of Darkness

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/10/25

Send us a text Mike and Nick kick off their seasonal Halloween episode pair with a tribute to one of their favourite American filmmakers: John Carpenter. It never hurts to revisit the undeniable classic that is The Thing. But this time, Nick introduces Mike to one of his cult favourites: Prince of Darkness. Does Mike agree with Nick this deserves a second look? Find out what makes John Carpenter films so effective.

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76:50

Jean Cocteau - Beauty and the Beast & Orpheus

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/09/26

Send us a text Nick has been wanting to show Mike Jean Cocteau for a long while, thinking he may be one of Mike's "guys." The pair discuss the poet's most famous films, how interesting Cocteau was, and the wonder behind the visuals. Find out if these lived up to the hype for Mike as well what Nick likes so much about these, to Mike's surprise.

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58:17

Ingmar Bergman - A Lesson in Love - 1954

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/09/11

Send us a text Mike and Nick continue their journey through Bergman's major and minor works. Hot off the tails of Sawdust and Tinsel, the director makes a pivot into more lighthearted humour, offering, in his words, a comedy for adults. The hosts debate if the humour works; which host falls where may... not surprise you. Mike gets to the bottom of the lesson in love and Nick commiserates with Bergman in his likely fashion. You know, the usual Bergman fare.

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66:58

Bleak Week 2025 - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom and...

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/07/10

Send us a text Nick descends upon Mike's hometown to celebrate his favourite time of year: Bleak Week! A festival started in Los Angeles, now expanded to other states, brought Nick across state lines to attend the festival in Portland Oregon at the Hollywood Theatre. Along with colleague of the show, Jackie, the group discusses their different bleak week exposures with heavy emphasis on the shared experience of Pier Paolo Pasolini's infamous Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. The questions exten...

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71:12

Kinuyo Tanaka - The Moon Has Risen & Forever a Woman

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/05/23

Send us a text Kinuyo Tanaka is likely best know for her tremendous acting career performing in great works of directors like Kenji Mizoguchi. But she also had a shorter directing career. Filmversation hopes to shine a light on this lesser known director, as the second Japanese female director in history and the first Japanese female to helm director of a movie solo. The Moon Rises reminds both, but Mike especially, of co-writer and show-favourite, Yasujiro Ozu. Forever a Woman stands out as ...

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69:35

Sawdust and Tinsel - Ingmar Bergman (1953)

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/04/24

Send us a text The Bergman retrospective continues with one of the director's first widely-recognized works. What is it about the circus setting that is so unsettling? Nick argues this is Bergman's first masterclass example of the close-up.

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59:12

FernGully: The Last Rainforest & The Land Before Time

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/04/10

Send us a text Go back in time with Filmversation. A time of innocence and beginnings. A time of earnestness and naivete. Go back to your youth. Mike discusses his early memories of saving the rainforest and Nick is flabbergasted by Tim Curry's unhinged performance. Nick waxes poetic about The Land Before Time and Mike tells Nick about the savage butchery the film suffered behind the scenes. In a time of increasing turmoil, it's nice to go back to the films of our youth.

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135:16

Best of 2024

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/03/13

Send us a text 2024 was quite the year. Some people, like Nick, think this was the best year in film in almost a decade. Mike snubs and surprises Nick with some of his picks while Nick continues to make Mike watch movies no one has heard of. The pair detail their top five of the year with the some added honourable mentions. The moment you've been waiting for, the presiding experts in film finally tell you which movies were actually the best of 2024.

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85:58

A Lineage In Blood - Nosferatu Cries and Whispers

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2025/02/13

Mike and Nick are joined by good friend, Jackie. The three dive into Robert Eggers' newest iteration of Nosferatu. They examine one of its predecessors and direct influences, Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers. With Jackie's help, the gang dives into the nuance and experience of the films' colours, shadows, and psychosexuality. Find out why Mike thinks these are the same movie and which Ozu movie Cries and Whispers reminds Nick of.

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63:19

Halloween 2025: The Devil & Daniel Webster - The...

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2024/10/31

Happy Halloween!The Filmversation crew decided to make a pact with the devil this Halloween. We're hoping to sell our souls to get access to the Criterion Closet. In return, we watch two movies about devil intervention and power acquisition.William Dieterle brings the old folk tale to life when a poor farmer makes a deal with devil to secure gold and good luck. 1941's The Devil & Daniel Webster, also known as All That Money Can Buy, puts a folky twist on the pursuit of greed and the folli...

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68:53

Silent Horror - Faust & The Man Who Laughs

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2024/10/10

Mike and Nick celebrate spooky season with two classics of silent horror cinema. What better way to kick off the festivities other than travelling back in time? 1926's Faust sees FW Murnau retell the classic tale of making a deal with the devil. 1928's The Man Who Laughs sees Paul Leni channel Conrad Veidt (of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari fame) to tell the tragic love story of a man disfigured during youth. Both films capitalize on the early stages of the medium. Where sound is absent, the two...

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125:25

Andrei Tarkovsky - Andrei Rublev (1966)

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2024/09/19

Nick leads Mike to the monumental film that is Andrei Rublev. Tarkovsky uses the 15th-century Russian icon painter to explore theology amidst a world of medieval hardship. Nick dives into the religiosity of the film and the challenges the movie presents for atheists. The pair discuss how some of Tarkovsky's most famous motifs make their first fully realized appearance in this, his second film.

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70:41

Ingmar Bergman - Summer with Monika

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2024/09/06

Mike and Nick revisit Bergman's Summer lens through one of the director's first big "hits" : Summer with Monika. The pair explore themes of isolation, youth, and escaping society. Nick comments how he thinks this is the cinematic answer to all romantically ambiguous endings in film. The pair contrast American attitudes at the time toward sex with Sweden's. And finally, Nick is aghast with Mike's defense of Monika.

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90:01

Agnès Varda - Vagabong + shorts

A Filmversation with Mike and Nick ·

2024/08/08

Mike and Nick revisit one of their favourite directors: Agnès Varda. They spotlight 1985's Vagabond and supplement with a few of her short films. Vada conjures a realism and respect for her subject matter which bolsters her authenticity.

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