FilmDrunk Frotcast

As loyal Frotcast listeners may have already known, I interviewed David Grann, author of the best-selling book on which the new Martin Scorsese movie was based, back in 2017. We got deep into what the book meant, the  characters involved, why he wanted to write it, what it means, and how  he reported it. At the very least, it’s a nice little  background/companion piece for the film (which is much different than  the book, even if most of the facts are the same). Here’s how I described the book in my review that I haven’t finished writing: Flower Moon the book is a lot of things,  but mostly it’s the story of a genocide told through the structure of a  true crime tale. Grann delivers a barn burner of a murder mystery about a  greedy landowner, his cat’s-paw nephew, his nephew’s Osage wife, and  the FBI agent who uncovers it all, before zooming out to reveal that it  was all part of a larger-scale plan of dispossession and erasure in  which virtually the entire state of Oklahoma was complicit. Anyway, enjoy the interview, I certainly did.

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Get the full episode for $5 a month! Subscribe to the premium feed at Patreon dot com slash frotcast. This week on the Frotcast, Pod Yourself A Gun producer Brent Flyberg joins us for a pod about thievery and robots. There’s a bit about Karina Longworth, getting pitched on a pay-for-play listicle to be posted in the publication she used to work for. Then we read an article about “10 Sci-Fi Movies That Aged Poorly” and try to figure out if it was written by a person or AI. Finally we discuss Telemarketers, about sketchy telemarketing firms, who are now using dead people’s voices to solicit money under the guise of police, cancer patients, and the troops. It’s a brave new world! Also, there are jokes. Become a subscriber at Patreon.com/Frotcast.

Get the full episode at Patreon.com/Frotcast! This week on the Frotcast, Matt & Vince review the new Adam Sandler movie, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitsvah, plus Jessica Sele drops by to discuss her experiences at the theater. We talk about David Zaslav’s brilliant new plans for “CNN Max,” plus Mitch McConnell suffering from “dehydration.”

New teaser! For the full episode, sign up for the Patreon at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast. You’ll get access to all of our premium episodes! It’s so much listening to do! This week Matt and Vince welcome Sean Keane from Roundball Rock back to the virtual frotquarters just hours before his European vacation. We talk about the lady who wouldn’t let her husband watch the nudity in Oppenheimer, and whether this is anti-sex scene discourse or just recovering sex addition discourse. Then we shift into the magical world of AI porn, in which a simple request like “hands on hips” will make your lady’s horse penis disappear, and no one wants that. Well, maybe a few people do. Then we ask Sean about Hard Knocks, the four levels of competitor, and whether coaches and business leaders are any different anymore. And of course, there are some good Trump clips.

Francesca Fiorentini joins the hosts in Fresno for a lively in-person Frotcast. They discuss a pilot who chopped down a parking garage gate, Britney Spears divorcing her CGI husband, and read a hilarious profile about Mr. Spears' feuding Svengalis. They also touch on phrases used in different regions and their experiences with dermatologists. Plus, they talk about keeping genitals dry, a controversial conservatorship, and Netflix's farewell to its DVD business subscribers.

This week Matt and Vince welcome master documentarians Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman from Rakontur Productions to the Frot to discuss the latest in Florida F*ckery. Billy and Alfred have become the documentarians laureate of South Florida with their films 537 Votes, Screwball, Dawg Fight, Cocaine Cowboys, The U, and God Forbid (et. al). These days, they’re working on From Russia With Lev, a feature doc about shady Trump/Giuliani associate turned turncoat Lev Parnas, and A Sunny Place for Shady People, a series of mini documentaries with Dan Le Batard that will look at scandals around the Miami area. More importantly, they’re great talkers, so we pick their brains about Florida scandals, the documentary-industrial complex, and something that in four previous interviews I’ve always forgotten to ask Billy about, his past as a child actor. Plus, Vince and Matt discuss The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace, the most messed up, infuriating docuseries ever made.

Here’s our past Frotcast, now unlocked for your free listening pleasure, about HBO’s The Idol with guest Sam Haft, songwriter and half of the band the Living Tombstone.

Big news for fans of Top Chef Power Index: I interviewed Top Chef World All-Stars winner Buddha Lo. Buddha became the first back-to-back Top Chef champion in the show’s history. In terms of how dominant he was, all I need to say is that I had him ranked number one in the first episode of his first season, and then had him number one again after all but one of this season’s episodes (and don’t think he didn’t know that I snubbed him in my episode one recap this year — I had him at number two). You expect a guy as exacting in his approach as Buddha is to be kind of dull or a dick, but Buddha is just too Australian for that. He retains his casual appeal, and has such a unique background that he always makes for a great interview. Who else could I ask such pointed questions about what a dugong tastes like and expect such specific (and weirdly mouth watering) answers? Read the whole write-up over at GQ, or (AND) listen to it here.

The Frotcast reviews HBO’s ‘The Idol’ on this week’s podcast, with guest Sam Haft from The Living Tombstone. ‘The Idol’ stars Johnny Depp-spawn Lily Rose-Depp and pop star The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, whose actual house is the location for the show. It adds to the growing Sam Levinson oeuvre, the brainchild of Barry Levinson’s director son who seems to really love filming naked ladies with strobey visuals and bombastic scores. Bret called ‘The Idol’ “50 Shades of Entourage” on our text chain. We will defend Sam Levinson’s right to film other famous kids naked and horny art in general, even if we can’t entirely stand behind this show. Subscribe on Patreon for the full episode! Patreon dot com slash Frotcast! Other topics include the British guy in hot water for his eggplant statement and the Jason Momoa/Vin Dieself beef.