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BRAND NEW: for our Christmas episode, we watched Meet Me in St. Louis and talked about how funny it is! also colonialism a bit! Merry Christmas!

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Meet Me in St. Louis: The Sundae Presents, Episode 42
Ciara and Dean take a Christmas journey to St. Louis, Missouri with Judy Garland. They talk about wonderfully horrible children, the history of world’s fairs and whether John Truett is a neur…
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December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BRAND NEW: it's the ninth annual Sundae TV Awards! guaranteed to be better than the Emmys!

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The Sundae TV Awards 2025
The Sundae offers our annual counterpoint to the Emmy Awards.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The Sundae Presents returns with a special guest to talk about a movie that shouldn't be obscure!
September 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
on the latest episode of The Sundae Presents, we talk about forgotten 1990s flop Heart and Souls. give it a listen!
Heart and Souls: The Sundae Presents, Episode 41
Ciara and Dean are joined by legendary friend of the show, Conor Hogan, co-host of Friday Film Showcased. They talk about video van men, set up and payoff, and Robert Downey Jr being a vaudeville k…
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September 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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fantastic new piece from @ciaramoloney.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New today: Ciara writes about bad singing at the movies
The Art of Singing Badly
Humans sing to communicate emotions that are too big, too intense, to speak.
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July 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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oh boy! big news!
Friday Film Showcased Season 2 Preview: We’ve Only Just Begun… (To Live)
Ciara and Conor look ahead at our upcoming eisodes.
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July 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
new article, featuring teen movies, musicals, and RW Fassbinder
Double Features #9: Back At It Again
Great films that go great together. Again.
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June 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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the best and most important movie awards of the year are back! Ciara and Dean talk about their favourite films of last year in the NINTH (!!!) annual Sundae Film Awards!

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The Sundae Film Awards 2025
The Sundae offers a counterpoint to the 97th Academy Awards.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
the best and most important movie awards of the year are back! Ciara and Dean talk about their favourite films of last year in the NINTH (!!!) annual Sundae Film Awards!

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The Sundae Film Awards 2025
The Sundae offers a counterpoint to the 97th Academy Awards.
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March 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
in our latest minisode, @deanbuckley.bsky.social and @ciaramoloney.bsky.social talk about David Bowie's one scene performance as Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ. listen up 🔊
One Scene Wonders: David Bowie in The Last Temptation of Christ
Ciara and Dean talk about a great performance that is only one scene long: David Bowie in The Last Temptation of Christ.
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February 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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please stay tuned to the end for Conor's original song inspired by the film, it's perfect
new episode of Friday Film Showcased is now available! Ciara and Conor continue their giallo discussion with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci's masterpiece Don't Torture a Duckling
Friday Film Showcased, Episode 5: Giallo – Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
Ciara and Conor continue their discussion of the giallo genre with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling.
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January 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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new post on @thesundae.bsky.social about our favourite new discoveries of the year just gone! probably my favourite tradition of ours, give it a read
2024 in Film(s That Didn’t Come Out in 2024)
The Sundae looks back at the best films we watch watched this year that weren’t released this year.
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January 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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new episode of Friday Film Showcased is now available! Ciara and Conor continue their giallo discussion with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci's masterpiece Don't Torture a Duckling
Friday Film Showcased, Episode 5: Giallo – Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
Ciara and Conor continue their discussion of the giallo genre with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling.
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January 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🎶 for the seventh day of Christmas, The Sundae gave to me 🎶
Adult Swim Yule Log: The Sundae Presents Episode 39
Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. In our Christmas special, Dean made Ciara watch a recent film he hopes will be…
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December 31, 2024 at 9:16 PM
new Friday Film Showcased is out! Giallo! Argento! Bava! Fulci! a game show! what more could you want?
Friday Film Showcased, Episode 4: Giallo – Deep Red, Bay of Blood, Dressed to Kill, What Have You Done to Solange and More
For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on the…
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November 30, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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hey! i have a newsletter now. i'm basically planning just to send out when i have a new article or podcast or whatever out, and maybe some quick reviews of stuff i'm watching, i dunno. but if that appeals to you here it is: ciaramoloney.beehiiv.com/subscribe
November 27, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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the first of a new series of minisodes is now available! One Scene Wonders looks at great performances that are only one scene long: first up, Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People
One Scene Wonders: Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People
Ciara and Dean talk about a great performance that is only one scene long: Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People (1980).
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November 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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thinking about Max Cherry again. one of my favorite characters of all time, the Platonic ideal of a man.
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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I had so much fun recording this. I got to champion a film and filmmaker that history has so unfairly maligned while getting my ass kicked in a great video game.

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November 23, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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of my own stuff, i'm really proud of this intro to soviet cinema which sort of by accident became a declaration of my entire worldview on life, art and politics
November 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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my favourite piece I've written is my Trash Humpers essay because it's the closest I feel I've ever got to actually expressing how a film I love makes me feel

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November 24, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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have you guys heard about dinah manoff in ordinary people? listen up
the first of a new series of minisodes is now available! One Scene Wonders looks at great performances that are only one scene long: first up, Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People
One Scene Wonders: Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People
Ciara and Dean talk about a great performance that is only one scene long: Dinah Manoff in Ordinary People (1980).
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November 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM