Films & Fika

Welcome to the third episode in the Larry Lindsay guest spot session! A Canadian and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this weeks episode we talk about how Mau ended up in film school, our favorite TV shows and for the main Fika we delve into Jim Cumming's (not Winnie Pooh) second feature, The Wolf of Snow Hollow. Join us every other Thursday to hear all of our in depth thoughts!

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Welcome to the second episode in the Larry Lindsay guest spot session! A Canadian and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this weeks episode we talk about how Larry got into acting, Mau and Larry's experiences with self-taught music instruments and 2003's Identity, directed by James Mangold. Join us every other Thursday to hear all of our in depth thoughts!  ————————————

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Go to 39:32 to jump straight into the MOVIE FIKA!

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this week's episode (and a couple of more in the future) Mau is joined for Fika by, long time friend of the podcast, Larry Lindsay! Algot, is currently working the summer away and was unavailable but the Fika must continue!!! This week we'll blast off the episode catching up with Larry and also, talking about Stephen King and 4DX cinemas. For the main Fika, we jump into Danny Boyle's 2007 sci-fi flick, Sunshine!

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we look at when it’s okay for an artist to be pretentious and what wild animal we’d go toe to toe with for a pot of gold. For the movie Fika we jump into Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 mind-bending drama Persona. Join us every other Thursday for a Fika!

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this week's chat, we talk about Best Picture Winners and whether or not we're glad to be allowed back in theaters. For the main movie Fika we dive deep into Alfonso Cuaron's Netflix Release ROMA.  

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GO TO 25:59 TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THE MOVIE TALK

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. For this week's chat, we tackle Army of The Dead (No spoilers) and how 2019 was an amazing year for movies. For the main Spoiler Fika we talk about James Gray's 2019 Ad Astra, starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones!

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GO TO 17:08 TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THE MOVIE TALK!

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH to all guys, gals and non-binary pals! This week we dive into Céline Sciamma’s latest film, 2019 release, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. But before we delve into the strikingly beautiful portrait (get it?) of love that is the film we talk about the first thing we’d like to do once COVID officially dies down.

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GO TO 30:24 TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THE MOVIE TALK

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we talk all about animation, starting with our Spoiler Free thoughts on Volume II of Love, Death + Robots and ending with our deep dive into the 1997 directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, Perfect BLue. Join us every other Thursday!

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. Join us this week as we dive into tv show endings, the confusing but exciting world of Digital Art and NFTs, and last but not least, the superhero 4 hour epic that is The Snyder Cut of The Justice League.

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Go to 39:04 to jump right into the movie fika! 

A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we tackle the Swedish film, Force Majeure directed by Ruben Östlund.  Before diving into the gender roles and heavy contemplation, we also talk about the 2021 Oscar nominations, our dislike for soy milk and Östlund’s directing style.

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we welcome back to the show the walking and talking human box of film information that is Mr. Larry Lindsay! Join us this week as we talk about the 2000 Sci-Fi Frequency, starring Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, and Elizabeth Mitchel, directed by Gregory Hoblit. Over the Fika we also touch on the Snyder Cut, theater pet peeves and could we date ourselves?

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 A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. Join us this episode as we talk about the merit of E-sports, our thoughts on The Mandalorian season 2, the challenges of making short films and the main course of the episode, Come and See. The 1985 Soviet film was directed by Elem Klimov and stars Aleksei Kravchenko (the best child actor in history?) and Olga Mironova. This Anti-war film has been hailed as the best of its kind and many have claimed it’s one of the greatest films ever, will it be able to hold up to those expectations? Come and see (sorry, it was right there!) 

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Go to 19:24 to jump right into the movie discussion!

A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we get an update on Algot’s Social Media break and also discuss Mau’s love for “mediocre” action/adventure treasure movies. Join us as we delve back into Yorgos Lanthimos’ mind with his 2017 movie, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The movie stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan in a psychological thriller retelling of an old Greek Tragedy. Will it be enough to have us asking “WTF did I just watch?” or simply scratching our heads in confusion?

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we sit down to discuss surrounding ourselves with “art”, Algot’s generational identity crisis and the very talked about, controversial, 2017 movie, mother!

The film is directed by Darren Aronofsky and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kristen Wiig. Fill up your cups of coffee and join us to find out if mother! is an effective allegory or if it’s simply a gratuitous shock-fest.

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Go to 39:27  to jump right into the movie discussion!

HAPPY OCTOBER!! A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we bring back a good friend of the podcast, Larry “I Like Movies More Than You” Lindsay!! Join us as we discuss TENET, the difference between the Director and theatrical cuts of a movie, our favourite movie commentaries and this week’s Double Feature (kinda). In this episode we bring out our shine to talk about Doctor Sleep (2019) directed by Mike Flanagan but, as with any sequel, we also need to talk about its predecessor, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980); both adaptations of Stephen King novels. Come along to find out whether Doctor Sleep is a worthy sequel or if it’ll leave you wanting to put it in the deepest of mind boxes.

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Go to 31:20  to jump right into the movie discussion!

A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we sit down to discuss Disney + Mulan digital release, Netflix’s Playback speed feature, and 2017 released, Brigsby Bear. The film, directed by Dave McCary, written and acted by Kyle Mooney, tells the story of James as he sets out to finish his favorite TV show after it’s abrupt cancelation.

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week we sit down to discuss how we keep coping with the current times, the Star Wars Saga, The BATMAN Trailer, theaters reopening and Rian Johnson’s directorial debut, BRICK. Brick was released in 2005 and it stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas and Nora Zehetner. Joining us to find out if Brick’s student-film-look charm works, or if it leaves you wanting to drop outta film school.

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week for our Fika, we talk about Studio Ghibli, the streaming wars and for our main movie we talk in depth about Basic Instinct. The film released in 1992, directed by Paul Verhoeven created quite the controversy with its explicit violence and sexual content. Join us as we discuss whether or not the film has aged like a fine wine or if it’s more like a milk carton that’s been left out for too long.

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week for our Fika, we talk about the Eurovision Song Contest, our social habits, soulmates, and then we venture into outer space to face off our inner demons with this week’s sci-fi movie, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris. It stars Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk and Jüri Järvet.

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Go to 24:24 to jump right into the movie talk! A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week for our Fika, we talk about our “Home-Movie-Watching Habits”, Van Life and then we jump across animated dimensions with Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse. Directed by Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse was released in 2018 and it stars Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man, alongside the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Liev Schreiber and so many others!

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee (or a fika, if you’re Swedish) to talk about films. This week our Fika is crashed by a SPECIAL GUEST, our good Greek-Luxembourgish friend, Alexis Varvagiannis. Join all three of us as we talk about the Netflix show Hollywood, superhero movie fatigue and A.I. relationships as we deep dive into our thoughts on Her (2013). Directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde.

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. ICE TO SEE YOU HERE! This week we celebrate our 10th EPISODE! Thank you to all of you who have been with us from the beginning and for those who are just joining us, we hope you enjoy the ride!! This week we take a look back to the start of superhero movies, Batman & Robin (1997) directed by Joel Schumacher. It stars George Clooney as Batman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell and Alicia Silverstone. Let’s see if time has been kind to this pun-invested, batnipped train-wreck.

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A Swede and a Mexican get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. This week, as we gear up for our 10th EPISODE, we have a different type of episode for you guys. We are not talking about a specific movie but rather various topics that have to do with movies. From the future of movie theaters, Christopher Nolan’s new film Tenent, and what makes a good trailer. Thanks for joining us for a shorter coffee cup than usual, we hope you enjoy it!

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A Swede, Mexican and a Canadian (Special Guest Alert) get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. This week our hosts are joined by the one and only Larry Lindsay in the first ever guest episode of Films & Fika. Join all three, as they dive deep into the sea in Sphere; not before touching on Larry’s favorite movies, Mel Gibson and Art vs. Artist. Sphere, a 1998 film, is directed by Barry Levinson and stars Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber and Queen Latifah.

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A Swede and Mexican get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. This week we talk about Director’s Cuts, Extended Editions, Game of Thrones and the 2015 movie The Lobster. Written and Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster tells the story of David who, after being left by his wife, is taken to The Hotel, where he has 45 days to find a new partner or be turned into an animal. Starring Colin Farrel, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux and Olivia Colman.

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A Swede and Mexican get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. This week we go back in time to World War II Germany in the witty satire Jojo Rabbit (2019). 

Produced, written and directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit is the story of Johannes “Jojo” Betzler, a 10-year-old boy, member of the Hitler Youth who comes to find a Jewish girl hidden by his mother in their house. Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johannson, Sam Rockwell and Taika Waititi as Jojo’s imaginary friend  “Adolf”.

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A Swede and Mexican get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. This week we talk about and discuss all our likes and dislikes on Onward, the most recent Pixar release, starring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland.

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A Swede and Mexican get together over a cup of coffee to talk about films. This week listen in as we introduce ourselves and talk about our Top 10 Favorite Movies at the moment. Also what we look for in a film and how we rate them.

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