Dafriend or Dafoe
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Dafriend or Dafoe – 057 – White Sands
February 21, 2019 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBWhen a small-town New Mexico sheriff stumbles upon a corpse clutching a suitcase containing half a million dollars, he assumes the dead man’s identity in an effort to track down his killers. The sheriff, played by Willem Dafoe, gets drawn into a complex FBI sting operation masterminded by a hot-headed agent played by Samuel L. Jackson! ...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 056 – Bad Country
February 14, 2019 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBWhen the budget is tight and you’re trying to make a period-crime film set in the early 1980s, you can trust that Willem Dafoe’s mustache will be more than enough to compensate for a lack of compelling set design and costuming! Or can you? We watched “Bad Country” in order to find out! Willem Dafoe...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 055 – Jameson First Shot 2013 Film Series
January 31, 2019 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThis week on the podcast we’re doing something completely different! We watched three short films, all starring Dafoe, produced in 2013 as part of the “Jameson First Shot” film series! All of these films are available to watch online for free- The Smile Man, Saving Norman, and Love’s Routine! Each is under 10 minutes in...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 054 – Aquaman
January 10, 2019 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBAt nearly $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts, there’s little doubt on anyone’s mind that 2018’s Aquaman is a huge success. But is it good??? And how is Willem Dafoe in it??? These are the questions that Dafriend or Dafoe exists to answer. Listen now to find out what Ann and Isaac have to...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 053 – The English Patient
January 03, 2019 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week on the podcast, we’ve sat through “The English Patient”! This 1996 British-American romantic war drama film was directed by Anthony Minghella and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje. It tells the story of Count László de Almásy, who is burned from a plane crash and tells his past...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 052 – Anamorph
December 20, 2018 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week on the podcast, we’re talking about Anamorph! Five years after helping to catch and kill a serial killer known as Uncle Eddie, NYPD Detective Stan Aubray (Willem Dafoe) is an alcoholic wreck, demoted to teaching duty. When a stockbroker is found murdered in the same manner as Uncle Eddie’s victims, Stan is assigned...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 051 – At Eternity’s Gate
December 13, 2018 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBThis week on the podcast we’re talking about the latest Dafoe release, “At Eternity’s Gate”! This biographical drama film covers the final years of painter Vincent van Gogh’s life, mostly in the South of France. Dafoe is earning a lot of early Oscar buzz for his performance as the acclaimed painter! Does this flick live...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 050 – Once Upon A Time In Mexico
December 06, 2018 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBIt’s the 50th episode of our show! This week we’re talking about Once About A Time In Mexico! Featuring the return of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), in the final installment of the Mariachi/Desperado trilogy. the saga continues as El Mariachi makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 049 – Off Limits
November 29, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBPlainclothes military detectives Buck McGriff (Willem Dafoe) and Albaby Perkins (Gregory Hines) arrive in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1968 to investigate a prostitute’s murder. With the assistance of nun Sister Nicole (Amanda Pays), whose work has familiarized her with Saigon’s seedier side, the two men soon discover a pattern of killings and learn that an earlier...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 048 – The Night and The Moment
November 15, 2018 09:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThe Night and the Moment is a 1995 British-French-Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Anna Maria Tatò and starring Willem Dafoe, Lena Olin and Miranda Richardson. It was screened out of competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival. That’s about all the information we could find online about this movie as it...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 047 – The Vampire’s Assistant
November 01, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBCirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is a 2009 American dark fantasy film adaptation of the Vampire Blood trilogy of the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan. Willem Dafoe is in it for two scenes! And that is a real crime because his costume and character may have been the best...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 046 – Clear and Present Danger
October 25, 2018 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis Harrison Ford political thriller from 1994 features a gung-ho Dafoe- a gun for hire who takes on the Columbian Cartels with his own private army! Great Dafoe lines and with Ford in his prime, this is a recommended watch by Isaac and Ann, though Ann has a point that the film is a bit...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 045 – Roadhouse 66
October 18, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBRoadhouse 66 is a 1984 independent film which is nearly out of print, but which you can watch on YouTube right now for free! This is not the classic Patrick Swayze movie, “Roadhouse”, even though it came out nearly 5 years before the wild action flick and did originally omit the “66” from its title. Low...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 044 – The Grand Budapest Hotel
October 11, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week on our show, we’re talking about Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel! This highly reviewed movie boasts an amazing and deep well of actors and actresses and manages to be both funny and dark at the same time. The art direction, cinematography, costumes, and score are all top-notch as well. If you could tell...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 043 – Mr. Bean’s Holiday
October 04, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBRowan Atkinson’s Mr. Bean is back and up to his usual antics in 2007’s “Mr. Bean Holiday”! Dafoe plays a self-obsessed film director playing foil to Atkinson’s Bean, but the whole 90-minute film is an excuse to get Mr. Bean into various silly situations for the amusement of the audience. The real gem of this flick...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 042 – Go Go Tales
September 27, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBDirected by Able Ferrara, the same man who brought us 4:44 Last Day On Earth and New Rose Hotel, this movie was supposed to be an “intentional comedy”. Alas, both Ann and Isaac could hardly find anything to denote that this movie should be funny. If anything it was very clear that this film had...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 041 – The Great Wall
September 20, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThis episode was inspired by Isaac’s recent trip to China! The trip itself was great- this movie, not so much. Controversial from the release of its first marketing materials for perceived white-washing, this Matt Damon lead picture has much less to do with the actual Great Wall and much more to do with monsters who wish...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 040 – The Hitchhiker “The Ghostwriter”
September 13, 2018 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBFor the 40th episode of Dafriend or Dafoe, we’re doing something a little different: we’re reviewing our first TV show! Dafoe is featured on the HBO original series, “The Hitchhiker”, season 3 episode 6 to be exact. This episode can be hard to find, but you may be able to locate it on YouTube or directly...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 039 – Death Note
September 06, 2018 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBBased on the manga series which spawned several anime series, live-action Japanese films and other such spinoffs, Netflix’s American take on Death Note attempts to stuff tomes of material into a 101-minute movie. At its best, we get the uber-creepy Ryuk- a death god who bestows our protagonist with a magic notebook capable of killing its subject...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 038 – Inside Man
August 30, 2018 08:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBFrom acclaimed director Spike Lee, 2006’s Inside Man is stocked with incredible and highly talented stars and boasts some amazing on-location shooting and sharp cinematography. It’s also probably 40 minutes longer than it needs to be and can’t shake the paint-by-numbers pacing which is likely a hold-over from Ron Howard’s time with the project. Sadly, Dafoe is regulated...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 037 – Fantastic Mr. Fox
August 16, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBIt’s our second review of a Wes Anderson picture, and while Fantastic Mr. Fox is to be commended for its technical achievements and original stylization, both Ann and Isaac agreed that something is just a tad off about this movie. Is this a movie for children, or adults? It seems to want to be both...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 036 – Bullfighter
August 09, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBBullfighter is a movie that sat on a shelf for nearly 5 years before its release on home video. There are many, many reasons for that. Though featured on the box art, Willem Dafoe is in this movie for maybe four minutes. And there’s barely any bullfighting. Or scenes that make any sense. This film...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 035 – Finding Nemo
August 02, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MBDafoe’s best-reviewed featured film, according to Rotten Tomatoes, 2002’s Finding Nemo was a box office powerhouse, earning over $900 million during its theatrical run. Visually stunning and with a story that is heartwarming and surprisingly relatable, it’s no wonder that this animated feature is considered by many to be a Pixar classic. But is it good enough...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 034 – Antichrist
July 26, 2018 08:00 - 31 minutes - 25 MBThis episode of Dafriend or Dafoe is not for the timid! We’re talking about Lars von Trier‘s highly controversial 2009 film, Antichrist! Full frontal nudity, genital mutilation, gore, child death, this movie has it all! Should you watch it? Can you even get through it? This is going to be a movie that splits many audiences...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 033 – The Last Temptation Of Christ
July 19, 2018 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIt’s the longest Dafoe movie we’ve watched to date- and it’s one of the longest episodes we’re ever recorded. This week we’re talking about The Last Temptation Of Christ, Martin Scorsese’s highly controversial 1988 film based on the novel of the same name. It’s been nearly 30 years since Isaac last watched this flick and Ann’s...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 032 – Basquiat
July 12, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week we’re checking out a film where Dafoe has only one single scene – 1996’s Basquiat! The story behind the film, its director, and the artist himself are all fascinating and a story onto itself, but Isaac was just enamored with the nostalgia surrounding 1980’s New York City. Though short on Dafoe, this is...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 031 – Daybreakers
June 28, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn the not too distant future, 95% of the world’s population has been infected with a disease which transforms them into vampires. The human blood supply, which the new vampire population needs to thrive, is about to run out unless Ethan Hawke can come up with a substitute. Everything changes when Hawke meets up with...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 030 – Tom & Viv
June 21, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBNominated for two Academy Awards, 1994’s Tom & Viv tells the story of the relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot. It’s based off a play that debuted 10 years prior and is a very hard to find movie. Should you watch it? Ehhhhhhhhhh, yes? No? Dafoe’s not over-the-top but he does come off...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 029 – Tomorrow You’re Gone
June 14, 2018 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBLast week we talked about Dafoe’s biggest box office success of all time. Today, we’re talking about what could arguably be his worst. Tomorrow You’re Gone is described as “Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William “The Buddha” Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane....Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 028 – Spider-Man
June 07, 2018 08:00 - 31 minutes - 33.1 MBThe biggest box-office blockbuster of Willem Dafoe’s career, and the film that arguably rebooted the entire superhero genre, 2002’s “Spider-Man” was a huge success that thrust Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi into the mainstream spotlight. 16 years later (wow, times flies!) how does this flick hold up? Is Dafoe threatening behind a plastic mask? Does...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 027 – Odd Thomas
May 31, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 23.2 MBBased on a popular series of Dean Koontz novels, 2013’s Odd Thomas was a film that suffered from legal problems during and after its production. The movie actually sat on the shelf for nearly two years while the financiers took the producers to court. Starring the late Anton Yelchin as the titular character, Odd Thomas...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 026 – New Rose Hotel
May 24, 2018 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB“In the not-too-distant future, two New York businessmen plot to play two multinational rival corporations against each other, with a little help from a shady Italian street woman, to obtain an important Japanese businessman for the company they work at, only things are not always as they appear.” Sounds like an interesting idea for a...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 025 – American Psycho
May 17, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutes - 21.6 MBIMDB describes American Psycho as a film about a wealthy New York investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. That in itself may be a little too on the nose of a description but despite all prior...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 024 – Auto Focus
May 10, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBBased on the real-life story of Bob Crane and his fall from grace due to his illicit activities with video cameras and sexual deviance, Auto Focus is the third Paul Schrader film we’ve watched for this podcast, but the best by far. In fact, Isaac has a theory that Schrader had little to do with the actual...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 023 – Dog Eat Dog
May 03, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBWhat happens when Willem Dafoe and Nicholas Cage have 25 days to spare? They make a movie like Dog Eat Dog, unfortunately! While available right now on Netflix streaming, either Ann or Isaac can recommend you watch this picture. This is violence-porn at its worst, masked as a black-comedy which is light on the comedy and...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 022 – My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
April 26, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBA man descends into madness. A woman is killed in a violent incident. A police officer must defuse a tense hostage situation. Sounds like any other crime thriller, right? Well, forget everything you’ve come to expect from this genre as Werner Herzog “Confounds all convention and denies all expected pleasures, providing instead the delight of watching (him)...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 021 – Streets of Fire
April 12, 2018 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBWhat happens when you mix 1950’s rocker style and 1980’s pop glam? You get 1984’s Streets of Fire, a box-office disaster which has found a new appreciation and legacy as the years go on. Willem Dafoe’s second big-budget Hollywood film thanks to a referral by director Kathryn Bigelow, Streets of Fire deserves recognition for its boldness...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 020 – 4:44 Last Day On Earth
April 05, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBNot to be confused with the Jay-Z album with the same name, 4:44 Last Day On Earth takes place almost entirely in a single apartment on a very special day for humanity- its last! The third collaboration between Willem Dafoe and director Abel Ferrara, this hard to find movie is sure to polarize viewers. In this, our 20th...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 019 – The Clearing
March 29, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBNominated for an AARP “Movies for Grownups Award” for “Best Grownup Love Story”, Robert Redford and “Ellen” Mirren, 2004’s The Clearing is based on a true story, even though it never bothers to bring that up. Things happen for reasons and people react. Seriously. We try to find the silver lining in every Dafoe flick but...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 018 – Animal Factory
March 22, 2018 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBA movie written by a real-life felon, directed by Steve Buscemi, and co-starring the one and only Danny Trejo, 1999’s Animal Factory does a lot with very little. Willem Dafoe sports a shaved head, Edward Furlong is in his finest form as a fresh fish, and Mickey Rourke is incredible as a transexual inmate. Oh,...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 017 – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
March 15, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBThe first of three collaborations between Willem Dafoe and Wes Anderson, 2004’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is a colorful and heavily-casted film with interesting characters and scenes starring the amazing Bill Murray. Definitely worth a view if you’ve never seen it before but probably not Anderson’s best work. See what Ann and Isaac had...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 016 – The Hunter
March 08, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBA mercenary is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness. His mission- find the last Tasmanian tiger and collect samples of its DNA. Willem Dafoe is “The Hunter” in this 2011 Australian film, shot on location in Tasmania with long stretches of dialogue-free scenery shots. Going from just one minute of Dafoe...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 015 – Cry-Baby
March 01, 2018 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBJohn Waters earned himself a big-budget studio-backed film after his independent cult classics became more and more popular. The result was 1990’s Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp and featuring a very brief cameo appearance by our main man, Willem Dafoe. This was the first Waters film Isaac had ever seen, and it boasts a look that Ann...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 014 – Body of Evidence
February 22, 2018 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIt’s 1993. You’re Madonna. You’re crazy famous. You want to make a movie. What do you do? You star in Body of Evidence with Willem Dafoe! There’s no easy way to say this- This is just NOT a good movie! But it is “so bad it’s good” so there’s that. Our boy, Dafoe, gets a...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 013 – What Happened To Monday?
February 15, 2018 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn the near future, humanity deals with a food production crisis by using genetically modified foods to the point where multi-infant births are the norm, causing a population explosion! To deal with this, the government imposes a one-child policy, causing a dilemma for Willem Dafoe as he becomes the guardian to a set of sextuplets. They...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 012 – The Boondock Saints
February 08, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBA movie made by a bartender with zero experience in the film industry, 1999’s The Boondock Saints is a cult classic with an amazing background story. The subject of an intense bidding war and released only weeks after the Columbine High School massacre, this movie found a second life thanks to Blockbuster Video and rabid...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 011 – eXistenZ
February 01, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBRecommended by our listener, Wayne, 1999’s eXistenZ by David Cronenberg is a multi-layered sci-fi thriller based in a world where virtual reality is more attractive than the real world to most, and where Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh must play an elaborate game to evade capture from assassins. We definitely think you should watch this movie before...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 010 – Light Sleeper
January 25, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBFrom the writer of the classic “Taxi Driver”, Light Sleeper never figures out what kind of film it wants to be – a crime thriller, a romantic piece, film noir, etc, etc. On this episode, Ann and Isaac mull through the 1992 movie with the consensus that you shouldn’t unless you have Amazon Prime. The picture...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 009 – American Dreamz
January 18, 2018 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBA film with A-list talent and a successful director… that you’ve probably never heard of. On this episode, Ann and Isaac get into the 2006 film, American Dreamz! This attempt at dark satire falls way short of funny or dark, lingers way past its welcome and can’t decide what audience it wants to attract- light-hearted comedy...Read moreRead more
Dafriend or Dafoe – 008 – Shadow of the Vampire
January 11, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBOn this episode, Ann and Isaac get into the Nic Cage produced 2000 film, Shadow of the Vampire! In this movie, Willem Dafoe simply steals every scene he’s in, carrying the picture under heavy prosthetics to the point of being nearly unrecognizable. The supporting cast also comes to play to provide a great indie-horror/dark comedy. If you’ve...Read moreRead more