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Dead Format

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Frequency: 1 episode/6d. Total Eps: 10

Tim and Ben reunited by fate, new episodes Mondays.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Visual Arts
04/02/2026
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9 - Kate Plays Christine (2016)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 • Duration 01:29:04

Welcome to a very special episode of Dead Format, the mental health extravaganza! Ben and Tim dig into Robert Greene's 2016 documentary(??)/psychological horror(???) movie "Kate Plays Christine". The boys dig into why most docs suck, what makes this one so compelling and if the end makes the mistake of going full on "Funny Games". Also discussed: The Mastermind, Die My Love, Boogie Nights, Sam Barlow's "Immortality" and Stephen King's IT (plus related media). We will be back next week for the next with good friend of the show PD discussing the final, notorious film by Pier Paolo Pasolini 1975's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.

Thanks to Disco for the show art and thanks to Eric for the theme music.

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8 - Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Sunday, January 25, 2026 • Duration 01:42:28

Ben and Tim, reeling from finding out a glitch has caused their eggs to be empty examine Olivia Wilde's* 2022 film "Don't Worry Darling". We talk about a steakhouse worth of behind the scenes beef, what a director's job actually is and what happens when you let the fans behind the camera. Also discussed: The Housemaid, Avatar 3: Fire & Ash (no spoilers), Blonde, Yeast and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. We will be back next week discussing Robert Greene's 2016 psychological horror/anti-suicide documentary PSA "Kate Plays Christine".
Thanks to Disco for the show art and to Eric for the music.

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7 - Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Monday, January 19, 2026 • Duration 01:59:50

Ho ho ho, it's Christmas in January. In the last of the early episodes, Ben cashes in on his birthday episode and the boys sit down to talk Stanley Kubrick's 1999 "Eyes Wide Shut". Ben turns this into Mythbusters big time as we deboonk Kubrick urban legends, talk about the insane production behind this film and oooh boy a whole lot of talk about the rather controversial remaster now out from Criterion Collection (hope you like it grainy). Also discussed: Fallen Leaves, Red Rocks West, Maps to the Stars, Eddington and One Battle After Another.
Full spoilers for Eddington - 20:00 - 24:45
Full spoilers for OBAA - 25:00 - 30:30

We will be back next week with Tim's "Crap Auterist" programming block from 2022 Olivia Wilde's "Don't Worry Darling".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and to Eric for the music.

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6 - Lawless (2012)

Monday, January 12, 2026 • Duration 01:40:40

Ben and Tim put on their grayest fighting cardigans and crack open some alcohol free moonshine to talk about John Hillcoat's 2011 bootlegger crime thriller Lawless. We get into Nick Cave & Rod Dreher talk, goofy ass Tom Hardy voices and conclude that yeah, the Blood Meridian movie will probably be fine. We will be next week for our Christmas episode and the last of the prerecorded episodes, Stanley Kubrick's final opus from 1999 "Eyes Wide Shut". Also discussed: Gone Baby Gone, Eephus, The Shadow Strays, Black Bag and an apology to the film Secretary.

Thanks as always to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme music.
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5 - Amadeus (1984)

Thursday, January 8, 2026 • Duration 02:07:38

The boys, along with music correspondent Gus don their powered wigs and pantaloons to discuss Miloš Forman's 1984 biopic fantasia Amadeus. We talk the real guys, if it holds up given it's reputation (it does) and Ben reports in on the hated director's cut. Also discussed: Twin Peaks, the television of David Simon and Park Chan-Wook's "No Other Choice". We will be back in a week discussing the nasty John Hillcoat/Nick Cave bootlegging period piece "Lawless".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme song!

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4 - Haywire (2011)

Thursday, January 1, 2026 • Duration 01:45:02

Live from Barcelona, it's Dead Format! The boys are back talking Soderbergh, show muse Michael Fassbender and look back at one of the great Hollywood bag fumbles in recent memory. Also discussed: Fredrick Wiseman's "Belfast, Maine", the videogames of Remedy Entertainment and "Rejection" by Tony Tulathimutte (I accidentally swapped the last 2 shows bonus features so apologies if you had to wait for the Remedy talk). We will be back on Monday with friend and music correspondant Gus to talk about Miloš Forman's 1984 biopic told through the eyes of a world historic hater, "Amadeus".

Thanks to Eric for the theme music and friend of the show Disco for the artwork!

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3 - The Duke of Burgundy (2014)

Monday, December 22, 2025 • Duration 01:33:09

Tim and Ben don their finest velvet capes and big ass floppy hats as they discuss Peter Strickland's giallo tinged BDSM romantic thriller. Also discussed: Predator: Badlands, The Batman and the work of Taylor Sheridan. The boys will be back next week to discuss Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire'.

Thanks to Eric for the theme music and friend of the show Disco for the artwork!

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2 - Zodiac (2007)

Friday, December 12, 2025 • Duration 01:45:57

Ben, Tim and Nick (NYid07) meet at the corner of Washington & Cherry to compare notes on David Fincher's 2007 serial killer newspaper procederual "Zodiac". Also discussed on the episode: Park Chan-Wook's "Oldboy", Pascal Plante's "Red Rooms" and The Kane & Lynch franchise of video games. Weekly episodes begin starting next Monday, 12/22 with Peter Strickland's psychosexual romance thriller "The Duke of Burgundy".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme music!

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1 - Birth (2004)

Friday, December 12, 2025 • Duration 01:29:06

Tim and Ben slide into a clawfoot bathtub together and talk Jonthan Glazer's 2004 reincarnation psychodrama "Birth" and ask "is Nicole Kidman indeed in GOAT?".

Thanks to Disco for the show art and to Eric for the theme music!

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0 - Ghost(s) in the Shell(s) (1995/2017)

Friday, December 12, 2025 • Duration 01:24:51

Tim and Ben draw their suitcase guns and activate optical camo to discuss the 1995 cyberpunk anime classic "Ghost in the Shell" along with it's beloved 2017 live action remake. The boys also discuss "Wanted: Dead" and "Beyond: Citadel" which are not movies but that's what you get. This was also recorded for the old show back in 2024 and will hopefully serve as an amuse bouche for the real episodes to follow.

Thanks as always to Disco for the show art and Eric for the theme music.

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