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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

From Tim Thomerson to Paul Reiser... Helen Hunt had some sci-fi fun with a bad boy before settling down with the ultimate nice guy. Our TRANCERS episode is out!

A screenshot of Helen Hunt and Tim Thomerson in TRANCERS, contrasted against a screenshot of Helen Hunt and Paul Raiser in MAD ABOUT YOU.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jordan and I after watching three hours worth of ON THE WATERFRONT Criterion supplements and disagreeing about Brando's performance. Now on our Patreon channel!

Rod Steiger and Marlon Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT, during the classic "I could've been a contender" scene.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez teaming up for a crowdpleasing sci-fi blockbuster? Sounds like a foolproof franchise starter, right? RIGHT? Our ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL episode is out!

James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez, and Alita, from Alita: Battle Angel.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The thirteenth episode of Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists focuses on Augusto Pinochet: Chilean dictator by day, European vampire by night, monstrous PoS all around. Our EL CONDE episode is out now!

A collage of screenshots from Pablo Larrain's EL CONDE.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Your Contrarians Homework for September: - A Chilean dictator is exposed as a vampire! - A James Cameron movie is exposed as a Robert Rodriguez movie! - The 80s are exposed as the best decade for sci-fi!

Stills from the movies El Conde, Alita: Battle Angel, and Trancers.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What a difference ten years make. Our TROY episode is out now!

Sean Bean's Odysseus (from Wolfgang Petersen's TROY) and Matt Damon's Odysseus (from Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY)

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Orson Welles throws himself a pity party (with a little help from Netflix) in THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. Is it worth the invitation? The grand finale to our Bedroom to Box Office Summer Event is out!

Peter Bogdanovich and John Huston in a screenshot from Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The perfect warm-up to our Summer Event finale: an interview with Adam Graver (nephew of Gary Graver). How does this connect to the Bedroom to Box Office journey and to The Other Side of the Wind? Listen to find out!

A playful candid photo of Orson Welles and cinematographer Gary Graver.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our newest FIRF episode follows Sayra's journey from Honduras to the Mexico/US border. It'll make you go, "Of course the director would go on to make Beasts of No Nation." Listen to us talk about SIN NOMBRE in the twelfth installment of Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists!

A still from the movie SIN NOMBRE featuring Paulina Gaytan as Sayra.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The Contrarians in August: - Before True Detective, before Beasts of No Nation, Cary Fukunaga tackled immigration! - After The Deep, after F For Fake, Orson Welles was resurrected by Netflix! - Before The Odyssey, after the actual Fall of Troy, Wolfgang Petersen walked so Chris Nolan could run!

Screenshots from the movies Sin Nombre, The Other Side of the Wind, and Troy.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Joaquin's reaction when PTA told him he needed him to put his own spin on The Dude. Our INHERENT VICE episode is out!

Joaquin Phoenix screaming in a screenshot from INHERENT VICE.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sasha Grey. Steven Soderbergh. BARACK OBAMA?!?! Our episode about THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE is out, as our Bedroom to Box Office event continues!

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The latest Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists is dedicated to all those with imaginary Trumpish friends. FIRF #11 is all about JOJO RABBIT!

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Your Contrarians Homework for July: - Taika Waititi asks Chaplin to hold his beer - Steven Soderbergh teams-up with Sasha Grey to tackle the 2008 U.S. financial crisis - PTA gives Joaquin Phoenix permission to do whatever

Screenshots from the movies Jojo Rabbit, The Girlfriend Experience, and Inherent Vice.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Our INDEPENDENCE DAY episode dropped a year ago. It's still on the feed. Enjoy!

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is what it looks like when you're dating the one guy who's not interested in sex. Our ROMANCE episode is out now! (and it's an odd one)

Screenshot from the French 1999 movie "Romance", featuring a man and a woman looking miserable in bed.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's Baby Paxton Vs Baby Billy Bob in the 90s confrontation you didn't know you needed! Our latest Patreon bonus is all about ONE FALSE MOVE.

Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton face off in screenshots from the movie ONE FALSE MOVE.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Celebrate Father's Day with a fantastic Dad Movie - and no, not the wimpy Glen Powell version. We cover the 1987 version of THE RUNNING MAN, starring the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the latest installment of B2B!

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Is Kal Penn going for a stroll in a post-apocalyptic landscape? No, he's just trying to find the balance between his Indian and American upbringings. Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists #10 is out, and it's all about Mira Nair's THE NAMESAKE!

Movie poster for the movie The Namesake, featuring Kal Penn walking toward the camera surrounded by an orange background.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The new Julio At The Matches revisits one of the many clashes between Sting and Vader. I am 99.9% sure I got the thumbnail right. Free on our Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/160665...

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Your Contrarians Homework for June: - Kal Penn leaves White Castle (temporarily) behind - Arnold shows Glen Powell how it's done - The Frenchiest French movie about sad sex

A collage of movie posters: The Namesake, The Running Man (1987), and Romance.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Chief Brody faces a threat deadlier than any shark: Daniel Clamp. Our 52 PICK-UP episode is out! Part two of our Bedroom to Box Office event!

Still from the movie 52 Pick-Up featuring Roy Scheider confronting John Glover.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Our Summer event begins! The first episode of Bedroom to Box Office tackles David Cronenberg's RABID - you know, the one with the armpit stinger.

A still from the David Cronenberg horror movie RABID, featuring Marilyn Chambers lying in bed while a doctor examines her armpit.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Big Gina Carano / Rhonda Rousey fight this Saturday! We already talked about the Entourage movie years ago so now we shine the spotlight on Gina via a commentary track for the Steven Soderbergh thriller HAYWIRE! It's a TUF20 reunion, as we are joined by Joe Hulbert and @notdrdeath.bsky.social !

Gina Carano running in the middle of an action sequence from the movie HAYWIRE, with inset pictures of scenes from the film featuring her with Michael Fassbender and Ewan McGregor.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

These people are saving the U.S. presidency by creating a fake war. Can it get more American than that? We talk about WAG THE DOG in the ninth installment of Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists!

Still from the movie Wag the Dog, featuring Anne Heche, Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Your Contrarians Homework for May: - DeNiro, Heche, and Hoffman start a (fake) war to distract from the Epstein Files - Cronenberg tells Canada they have Contagion at home - Roy Scheider gets blackmailed by the sleaziest Elmore Leonard villains

Posters for the movies Wag the Dog, Rabid, 52 Pick-Up.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Our Summer event is almost here and boy are we going to GO PLACES. B2B - Bedroom to Box Office starts 5/21!

Movie posters for The Contrarians line-up for this Summer: Rabid, 52 Pick-up, The Running Man, Romance, The Girlfriend Experience, Inherent Vice, and The Other Side of the Wind.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The math of terrible parenting checks out. Our DENNIS THE MENACE (1993) episode is ready for you!

Images describing that Mom Mitchell plus Dad Mitchell equal Dennis the Menace, which leads to an angry Mr. Wilson.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Currently editing our WAG THE DOG episode. You know, the movie where Robert DeNiro, Anne Heche and Dustin Hoffman fake a war to distract from the president's sex scandal. Great fucking film.

Poster for the movie Wag the Dog, featuring Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman smiling at each other.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Young filmmakers just won't let romcoms die - even if it means Frankensteining new ones from the bones of the old ones. Our RYE LANE episode is out!

The couple from the movie RYE LANE walk and talk.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Just in time for Wrestlemania! The first installment of Julio At The Matches is available on our Patreon. Sign up for free and hear us muse about dangerous braids, poisonous mists, and more! www.patreon.com/posts/155811...

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The ever-articulate Jason from @bingemovies.bsky.social and The Slashers joins us for a recap of the first eight Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists movies. Opinions, rankings, awards, this one has it all!!!

Movie posters for The Visitor, The Great Dictator, In America, A Face in the Crowd, Minari, 1984, In the Heights, and Cabaret.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Your Contrarians Homework for April: - An eight-movie recap of our Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists journey so far! (ft. @bingemovies.bsky.social ) - Manic Pixie Dream Brits trying to keep romcoms alive! - Walter Matthau battles a child from Hell! www.wearethecontrarians.com/the-future

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The Contrarians- The Future

Coming up next on the show!

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This is what happens when you give Jason from The Slashers and @bingemovies.bsky.social eight movies to talk about. The first FIRFies drops in a week!

Editing software showing a 2 hours 37 minutes runtime.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

What makes a sci-fi classic? A disturbingly young Bruce Dern teaching proto-R2D2s how to play poker, apparently. Our SILENT RUNNING episode is out now!

Young Bruce Dern plays poker with androids in the movie SILENT RUNNING.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Patrons, check your feeds! We talked about Bing Liu's heartbreaking PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE on our latest Patreon Bonus.

Images from the movie Preparation for the Next Life, featuring the couple from the
movie spending time together.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

New Dual Video Review! Watch Alex keep his cool when he realizes I don't know the big reveal in SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN and he does. open.spotify.com/episode/5Ydp...

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QVR - Searching for Sugar Man

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Do you like your Italian food prepared by petty, shady, pretentious, self-involved men? Then BIG NIGHT is for you! Our latest episode is out and no, Tony Shalhoub is not playing Super Mario in it.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Yes, the rise of white supremacists can sneak up on you if you're too focused on showbiz. The eight installment of Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists is out, and it's all about CABARET!

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Your Contrarians Homework for March: - Liza misses a gazillion white supremacist flags around her workplace - Tucci and Shalhoub throw the party to end all Italian restaurants - Young Bruce Dern teaches eco-terrorism to cute droids

Posters for Cabaret, Big Night, and Silent Running.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

You know MARATHON MAN is a period piece because the white supremacists are actually in hiding. New episode! Run, Dustin, run!

From the movie Marathon Man: Nazi villain prepares to torture Dustin Hoffman.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

"My movie didn't suck ass. My movie was an act of rebellion against mainstream conformity" is a pretty clever argument. If anyone disagrees with you, you just point out how square they are.

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The Contrarians @contrarianprime.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Indiana Jones and Leatherface's mom, sitting on a tree... Our DOGFIGHT episode is out!

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