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Fatal Attractions

Matthew Turner, Leslie Pitt, Amelie Thomas, Paul Costellofatalattractions.libsyn.com
Four film lovers with a penchant for 90s erotic thrillers take on the much-maligned subgenre one film at a time. A journey of sleaze, social anxiety, appalling fashion, and questionable career choices. Matt, Leslie, Amelie, and Paul pan the cinematic cesspool looking for the gold within. Join them.
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Episodes

Episode 106: The Page Turner

The gang are joined by special guest, author/podcaster Anna Cale, to dive into the world of classical music and petty revenge in Denis Dercourt's 2006 film The Page Turner. Follow Anna on Bluesky . Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

May 16, 202544 minEp. 106

Episode 105: Babygirl

The old gang reunites as Amelie comes back, even if just for one show, to talk about Nicole Kidman's latest foray into the erotic thriller genre, this time in the shape of Halina Reijn's Babygirl. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Apr 18, 20251 hr 4 minEp. 105

Episode 104: Star 80

The gang joins up with friend and fellow-podcaster Catrin Lowe so they can head into the place where erotic thriller crosses over with true crime as they look at Bob Fosse's grim and sweaty Star 80. Follow Catrin on Twitter or Bluesky . Follow Don't You Want Me? on Apple Podcasts Read Teresa Carpenter's orginal Village Voice article: Death of a Playmate Listen to The Video Archives Podcast episode on Star 80. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Common...

Feb 07, 202553 minEp. 104

Episode 103: Cam

The gang welcome in friend of the podcast, audio porn producer and sex blogger Girl on the Net, to discuss the nature of identity and manipulation, the growing ubiquity of AI, and the portrayal of the camming industry in Daniel Goldhaber's 2018 film Cam. Follow Girl on the Net on Mastodon or Bluesky . Check out her work . Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...

Nov 15, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 103

Episode 102: Quills

The gang are joined by special guest writer/culture critic Kayleigh Donaldson as they delve into the world of 18th Century France and legendary provocateur/filth-peddler, the Marquis de Sade, for a tale of smut, censorship and dehumanisation in Philip Kaufman's 2000 film Quills . Follow Kayleigh on Twitter Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...

Aug 16, 202452 minEp. 102

Episode 101: Lost Highway

The gang take a trip with special guest writer/director/actor Emily Bennett ( Alone With You , Accidental Stars , LVRS ), looking to discuss colour, unreliable narrators and the generaly cursed nature of David Lynch's nightmarish vision of jealousy, guilt and murder in 1997's Lost Highway . Follow Emily on Instagram . Watch Emily's horror short LVRS . Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/li...

Jun 21, 20241 hr 27 minEp. 101

Episode 100: the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy

The gang made it... reached 100 episodes... and to celebrate they remember their favourite episodes, consider the state of the erotic thriller in the current world, and finally get into their long-awaited discussion of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. And there's even a special announcement, too. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...

May 03, 20241 hr 43 minEp. 100

Episode 099: Secretary

The gang are joined by special guest, casting director and podcaster Timothy Evans ( @timothyeraw ), to veer away from the thrillers but stay firmly in the erotic camp to discuss fringe sexuality and human need in Steven Shainberg's darkly comic and sexy as hell 2002 film Secretary. To watch the trailer for the short film mentioned in the show, Truth Serum, click here . And to watch the film itself, click here . Follow AnfanTerrible Films for info on current and future projects. Night on the Doc...

Mar 08, 20241 hrEp. 99

Episode 098: L'Enfer

The gang are joined by special guest, author Linda Belhadj, for an unsettling journey into jealousy and psychosis in Claude Chabrol's L'Enfer. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jan 19, 20241 hr 2 minEp. 98

Episode 097: Cruising

The gang consider the damage intended and the damage inflicted in the rarely discussed tale of a cop going undercover in the 70s New York leather bar scene in William Friedkin's Cruising. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nov 17, 202359 minEp. 97

Episode 096: The Hunger

The gang return for a look at the seductive vampiric charms of Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in Tony Scott's The Hunger. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aug 25, 202352 minEp. 96

Episode 095: Stoker

The gang return to a previously considered filmmaker in his first English language film, considering the sensual qualities and compelling unease within a very dysfunctional family in Park Chan-wook's Stoker. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

May 12, 202340 minEp. 95

Episode 094: The Fourth Man

The gang bring along new special guest, podcaster Daryl Bär of SuddenDoubleDeep and Is Paul Dano Okay? , to discuss religious fetishism, metaphorical castration and subtlety in Paul Verhoeven's The Fourth Man. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...

Mar 24, 202340 minEp. 94

Episode 093: Lust, Caution

The gang turn to wartime China for a tale of deception, infidelity and the most costly betrayal in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Feb 10, 202351 minEp. 93

Episode 092: Damage

The gang bring along a special guest, writer/editor/podcaster Kristen Lopez ( @Journeys_Film ), as they consider the emotional fallout of infidelity, betrayal and running while naked in Louis Malle's Damage. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dec 09, 202257 minEp. 92

Episode 091: Match Point

The gang ditch their schedule in favour of looking over a story of lust, love and, above all else, luck in Woody Allen's Match Point. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nov 04, 20221 hr 4 min

Episode 090: The Next 365 Days

The gang finally round out the trilogy, discussing the ambiguity of star ratings, intention in storytelling, and the very nature of suffering through someone else's art in Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes's The Next 365 Days. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 30, 202249 min

Episode 089: Chloe

The gang discuss the use of language in erotic thrillers, different perspectives on when a character looks at the audience, and the finer points of using a bicycle in cold weather in Atom Egoyan's Chloe. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 02, 202249 min

Episode 088: Gone Girl

The gang welcome back special guest and friend of the show, Michael Mohan (writer/director of The Voyeurs), to discuss the immaculately filmed tale of murder, betrayal, and why you should never piss off the cool girl in David Fincher's Gone Girl. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jul 29, 20221 hr 28 min

Episode 087: Side Effects

The gang finally get to their long-postponed look at the film that doubles as both a Hitchcockian tale of duplicity and murder and as a takedown of the pharmaceutical industry, all while being touted as the director's last film (it wasn't) in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jun 24, 20221 hr 3 min

Episode 086: 365 Days: This Day

The gang make the ill-advised choice to return to the world of Laura and Massimo, where their time is filled with sex, mistrust and the complete inability to behave like normal people in Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes's 365 Days: This Day. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

May 27, 20221 hr 3 min

Episode 085: Deep Water

The gang finally come to look at a new mainstream erotic thriller and the first film from Adrian Lyne in 20 years, where jealousy, infidelity, and murder once again rear their heads in 2022's Deep Water. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Apr 11, 20221 hr 30 min

Episode 084: The Boy Next Door

The gang continue their look into the contemporary state of the erotic thriller and genuinely struggle to stay on topic when appraising Rob Cohen's 2015 film The Boy Next Door. We do wish to note that, at the time of recording, we were not aware of the allegations of assault and misconduct made against Rob Cohen prior to his making this film. As such, this isn't something we discuss in the episode. We do just want to say that us not mentioning it isn't us intentionally ignoring it to avoid awkwa...

Mar 11, 202256 min

Episode 083: Deadly Illusions

The gang head to Netflix and consider the current state of the erotic thriller genre, and talk about movies about writers, dubious depictions of mental illness, and poor decisions in Anna Elizabeth James' Deadly Illusions. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Feb 11, 202259 min

Episode 082: Where the Truth Lies

The gang return with a look at one journalist's attempt to uncover the truth behind a dead woman that haunts the past of a famous comedy double act, and the uncomfortable truths she finds for herself along the way, in Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jan 17, 202252 min

Bonus Episode - Interview with Michael Mohan, writer/director of The Voyeurs

The gang sit down with special guest Michael Mohan to discuss his new film The Voyeurs, now currently streaming on Amazon Prime, and talk about his thoughts on erotic thrillers, how it influenced his new film, and his hopes for the future of the genre. You can follow Michael Mohan on Twitter here: @michaelmohan And you can visit his website here Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses...

Sep 27, 20211 hr 37 min

Episode 080: The Handmaiden

The gang travel to 1930s Korea for the duplicitous tale of a lady of wealth, the men who want her money, and the young woman drafted to help one of them get it. Sex, power, and back-stabbing abound in Park Chan-Wook's The Handmaiden. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 17, 202152 min

Episode 79: 365 Days

The gang take their walk into more notorious fare as they look at the dubious streaming sensation about kidnap, forced affection, and bad things being done badly in Barbara Bialowas & Tomasz Mandes' 365 Days. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jul 30, 20211 hr 10 min

Episode 078: Hider in the House

The gang consider the dubious voyeurism and strained credibility of a family who move into a new house, but neglect to keep an eye out for a rogue Gary Busey in Matthew Patrick's Hider in the House. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jul 02, 202130 min

Episode 077: Perfect Blue

The gang go animated in their latest adventure, and they bring along a friend - Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews). Join them as they delve head first into the gloriously disquieting world of fame, obsession, and an increasingly fractured psychosis in Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jun 04, 202152 min
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