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Join two films fans on their cinematic journey. Mike and Nick will explore various themes and subjects in the movies they watch. Their goal is to cultivate rewarding conversation about film and uncover the things that make movies truly special.
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Ralph Bakshi - The Lord of the Rings & Fire and Ice
Send a textThe pair of hosts head back to younger years and visit a staple of vintage nerdom: Ralph Bakshi. Bakshi was an iconic animator in his own right who worked alongside a fellow great like…
Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos) - 2025
Send a textMike and Nick hunt aliens! The pair visit one of their modern favourite's most recent outputs to see if the magical weirdness still shines bright. Mike helps interpret the film's alien…
Smiles of a Summer Night - Ingmar Bergman (1955)
Send a textMike and Nick continue their journey through Bergman's work and finally land on his most lauded comedy. After Bergman suffered several box office failures, he risked it all on a more…
A Filmversation Christmas - My Night at Maud's - 1969
Send a textNick makes a Pascalian wager to show Mike his first Éric Rohmer movie he hopes might be... Christmas-y!Enjoy all the festive talk about intellectualism, Marxism, sexual politics, and 60's…
Hong Kong Action! Police Story & Hard Boiled
Send a textMike takes the pair to Hong Kong to dodge bullets, shoot guns, watch explosions, and move their bodies in every which way. The hosts observe the different characterizations of Hong Kong…
Ingmar Bergman - Dreams (1955)
Send a textMike and Nick return to their journey through Bergman's filmography. This time they explore the medial film in Bergman's "comedic" trilogy. One of the lesser regarded films upon its…
Dario Argento - Suspiria & Inferno
Send a textMike and Nick dive into the kaleidoscopic prism of deep colour, fantastic soundtracks, and brutal murder at the hands of one of horror's most famous maestros: Dario Argento. Having only…
John Carpenter - The Thing & Prince of Darkness
Send a textMike and Nick kick off their seasonal Halloween episode pair with a tribute to one of their favourite American filmmakers: John Carpenter. It never hurts to revisit the undeniable classic…
Jean Cocteau - Beauty and the Beast & Orpheus
Send a textNick has been wanting to show Mike Jean Cocteau for a long while, thinking he may be one of Mike's "guys." The pair discuss the poet's most famous films, how interesting Cocteau was, and…
Ingmar Bergman - A Lesson in Love - 1954
Send a textMike and Nick continue their journey through Bergman's major and minor works. Hot off the tails of Sawdust and Tinsel, the director makes a pivot into more lighthearted humour, offering,…
Bleak Week 2025 - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom and more!
Send a textNick descends upon Mike's hometown to celebrate his favourite time of year: Bleak Week! A festival started in Los Angeles, now expanded to other states, brought Nick across state lines to…
Kinuyo Tanaka - The Moon Has Risen & Forever a Woman
Send a textKinuyo Tanaka is likely best know for her tremendous acting career performing in great works of directors like Kenji Mizoguchi. But she also had a shorter directing career. Filmversation…
Sawdust and Tinsel - Ingmar Bergman (1953)
Send a textThe Bergman retrospective continues with one of the director's first widely-recognized works. What is it about the circus setting that is so unsettling? Nick argues this is Bergman's first…
S5E2 FernGully: The Last Rainforest & The Land Before Time
Send a textGo back in time with Filmversation. A time of innocence and beginnings. A time of earnestness and naivete. Go back to your youth.Mike discusses his early memories of saving the rainforest…
S5E1 Best of 2024
Send a text2024 was quite the year. Some people, like Nick, think this was the best year in film in almost a decade. Mike snubs and surprises Nick with some of his picks while Nick continues to make…
S4E13 A Lineage In Blood - Nosferatu Cries and Whispers
Send a textMike and Nick are joined by good friend, Jackie. The three dive into Robert Eggers' newest iteration of Nosferatu. They examine one of its predecessors and direct influences, Ingmar…
S4E12 Halloween 2025: The Devil & Daniel Webster - The Devil's Envoys
Send a textHappy Halloween!The Filmversation crew decided to make a pact with the devil this Halloween. We're hoping to sell our souls to get access to the Criterion Closet. In return, we watch two…
S4E11 Silent Horror - Faust & The Man Who Laughs
Send a textMike and Nick celebrate spooky season with two classics of silent horror cinema. What better way to kick off the festivities other than travelling back in time? 1926's Faust sees FW Murnau…
S4E10 Andrei Tarkovsky - Andrei Rublev (1966)
Send a textNick leads Mike to the monumental film that is Andrei Rublev. Tarkovsky uses the 15th-century Russian icon painter to explore theology amidst a world of medieval hardship. Nick dives into…
S4E9 Ingmar Bergman - Summer with Monika
Send a textMike and Nick revisit Bergman's Summer lens through one of the director's first big "hits" : Summer with Monika. The pair explore themes of isolation, youth, and escaping society. Nick…
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A Filmversation with Mike and Nick has published 67 episodes since February 2019, covering topics in Arts, Visual Arts.
A Filmversation with Mike and Nick is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 12m.
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