Film Fest
Talking about movies with Miya Singer and Brad Efford. A new festival each season. Season 3: Scaredy Cat Film Fest coming soon.
Episodes
29 episodes
Scaredy Cat Film Fest Awards Spectacular
Another awards cycle comes around as we draw this season of nightmares to a close - goodnight, Scaredy Cats of the world! Find out who's taking home the gold and which of this season's spoooooky movies is crowned Scariest. Plus: what Miya, Brad...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:30:29
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with Kimi Singer
Grab your Reese's Pieces and your red hoodie because it's E.T. time, baby -- and who better to talk about Spielberg's paean to California families with than Miya's own California family, Kimi Singer! Is E.T. scary? Is E.T. real? Is thi...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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2:00:54
The Net with Brian Oliu
Fire up pizza dot net and order your favorite pie: it's time to talk The Net with early internet enthusiast Brian Oliu! Could anyone touch Sandra Bullock on her '90s hot streak? What happened to online culture? Will we ever learn to touch grass...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:53:27
Jack Frost with Meggie Gates
Sometimes it seems like you can't walk down the street without coming across a kid whose dad died and was reincarnated as a snowman thanks to a magic harmonica and the snowman didn't look like George Clooney when he was a man but definitely doe...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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2:01:07
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure with Sarah Jae Leiber
Hop on our comically beautiful bicycle and take a ride with us back to a time when Tim Burton was just a weirdo animation school grad with something to prove and an SNL reject named Paul Reubens suddenly had the keys to the Hollywood kingdom. W...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:47:55
Bride of Chucky with Sarah Scannell
Barbie, eat your heart out. Nothing says the spirit of Halloween quite like camp queen Jennifer Tilly, except maybe Brad Dourif being a little prick - and guess what? This movie's got both! We're talking all things Chucky with the great Sarah S...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:55:55
The Ring with Erin O'Brien
In 2002, nothing was scarier than an unmarked VHS, a sickly green filter, and Brian Cox wrapped in extension cords. We're talking all things THE RING with the great Erin O'Brien—from Halloween Horror Nights to flop queen Naomi Watts to the cree...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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2:16:10
The Lion King with Joshua Bote
From the day we arrive on the planet and, blinking, step into the sun, we dream of a podcast brave enough to discuss the movie that defined one billion Millennial childhoods. Well, dream no more: we're talking The Lion King with writer...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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2:13:20
Labyrinth with Elena Passarello
Get lost with us and our new best friend Hoggle in an impossible maze of imagination and puberty - we're taking on Labyrinth! Polite bescarfed worms, giant gentle beasts, gloved hands with minds of their own...we leave no stone unturne...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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2:09:51
The Terminal with Summer Farah
What's that? On the wind? An unfamiliar scent...a nip in the air...the birds are flying in an odd formation...it must be a new FILM FEST!Our third (!) season, Scaredy Cat Film Fest - movies that kept you up at night - kicks ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:52:14
Power Couples Film Fest Awards Spectacular
From Robsten to Paunifer (still workshopping), today we're looking back on all of the power couples we were gifted throughout this season of Film Fest. We can't honor them all, but we do our best to award our favorite performances, romantic duo...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:30:48
A Beautiful Mind with Michelle Lee
Russell Crowe was nominated for Best Actor three times in a row in 2000, 2001, and 2002, then never again. We catch up with him at the tail end of his hot streak as Michelle Lee returns to Film Fest to talk all things A Beautiful Mind:...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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2:01:38
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... with Ikya Kandula
On this week's episode of Power Couples Film Fest, say shava with us as we dive into Bollywood, K3G, and the tangled love lives of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan with the one and only Ikya Kandula. Great music, great dancing, GREAT sweaters, and mor...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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2:05:07
Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Nti Aning
Today Film Fest takes you back to the halcyon days of 2005: shimmery tank tops, cheap bangles, emo bangs, Crash vs. Brokeback Mountain...and, of course, Brangie. Go on a trip through time with us and the great Nti Aning a...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:58:31
Free Solo with Lena Moses-Schmitt
What drives someone to climb a mountain by themselves with no rope? More importantly, what drives someone to love that someone? We go on a quadruple date with author-poet-illustrator (and Brad's wife) Lena Moses-Schmitt to tackle the Oscar-winn...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:56:10
Days of Thunder with Obie Hamrick
Start your engines, folks, because it's race day in America. We're rounding the first turn of this season with Tony Scott's fuel-injected NASCAR romance Days of Thunder. How did one of Hollywood's most notorious nineties couples g...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:58:42
Charlie's Angels with Andrew Ortiz
Good morning, Angels! Today your assignment is deceptively simple: unlock the mysteries of McG, the brief but seismic impact of Tom Green, the odd appeal of the Drew Barrymore Show, and the career that Lucy Liu should have had. To assist you, w...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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2:19:13
Sleepless in Seattle with Abi Balingit
Some say you're not truly married until you've played brother and sister on screen. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson show us how it's done as we talk Nora Ephron's insta-classic Sleepless in Seattle with the wise and wonderful
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:57:56
Twilight with Rosie Alejandrino
You might be wondering, Film Fest! Where the hell have you been, loca? Well, wonder no more because Film Fest is back with a second season! Welcome to POWER COUPLES FILM FEST, where we're covering films made by or ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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2:34:23
Closing Ceremony
*toot toot te-toooot* Welcome to the Bad Kids Film Fest closing ceremony! Please take your seats, silence your cell phones, and note your nearest exit in case of emergency. It's time to hand out awards, reflect on a season of nasty kiddi...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:02:03
The 400 Blows with Emily Costa
Hon hon hon, bonjour nos amis! Our final Bad Kids screening is here, and we've saved a doozy for last: Francois Truffaut's masterpiece directorial debut, The 400 Blows. Together with writer Emily Costa (
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:59:09
St. Trinian's with Kimi Singer
Well, well, well, wot's all this then? Bobs your uncle on this week's Film Fest: no mucking about. No rubbish. Just some geezers 'aving a right proper chat innit. Miya's sister, Kimi Singer, well she's brough' us a brilliant film: the 200...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:58:55
Mean Girls with Michelle Lee
As if you needed further evidence that we're not like a regular podcast, we're a cool podcast, we sit down with Michelle Lee (inventor of the Toaster Strudel) to talk all things Mean Girls in our most fetch episode yet!Follow Film Fest ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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2:09:32
Lilo & Stitch with Moira McAvoy
Ohana means family, and Moira McAvoy bringing Lilo & Stitch to Film Fest means we get to go deep on one of Disney's quietly undersung masterpieces. Pudge controls the weather; you control the play button.*This episode was recorded u...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:50:10