Ep. 848 - Bugonia

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff go all in on Ballad of a Small Player, dive into the mind of a killer with Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and stand trial in Nuremberg. Then they share their thoughts on Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest team up with Emma Stone, Bugonia.

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Weekly Plugs
David - davechentravels.com
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the terrifying 1X Neo helper robot
Jeff - DLC 624 with Sean Capri

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:22:12)
David - BALLAD MOVIES: Ballad of a Small Player, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Devindra - Monster: The Ed Gein Story, The Film Makers on Audible
Jeff - Nuremberg, The Chair Company

Featured Review (~01:01:20)
Bugonia
SPOILERS (~01:17:10)
A House of Dynamite Spoiler Talk (1:33:18)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone and welcome to the film cast, a podcast about movies.
0:23.6	I'm David Chen and Bagonia, more like don't let Jesse Plymonds own you.
0:30.2	Wow.
0:30.8	Wow.
0:33.5	Joining me today is Dividra Hardwar.
0:35.8	I've been saying bug on you this entire time.
0:39.7	And Jeff Kudanah.
0:41.1	I just wanted to let everybody know that in order to stay focused on the podcast, all three
0:46.5	of us have agreed to become medically castrated.
0:51.0	Way ahead of you, Joe.
0:54.1	Those are, of you, Joe.
0:57.3	Those are, of course, all vague and oblique references to the fact that today of the podcast,
1:02.6	we're going to be reviewing Jorgos Lanthamos' newest film, Begonia, which is out in theaters right now.
1:03.6	You can find more episodes of this show at thefilmcast.com.
1:05.9	Email us at slash filmcast at gmail.com.
1:08.2	We're going to start by discussing a little bit of film and entertainment news.
1:13.2	We've got a little bit of an announcement to make as well in terms of what's going on with one of the people on this podcast.
1:20.5	And then we're going to move on into some what we've been watching.
1:22.8	We've got some good what we've been watching for you today before weekly plugs.
1:25.5	And finally, again, our featured review of Begonia.
1:29.8	So let's get into it.
1:32.0	First of all, I wanted to mention one thing really quickly,
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