After a hiatus, we are back! And we're finishing our series on the Spanish Civil War. We watched the 1996 film Libertarias (dir. Vicente Aranda) about the Free Women of Spain, an all-female column of anarchist resistance fighters who fought on the frontline of the Spanish Civil War. We discuss the Catholic Church and its role in the revolution and how anarchism rose from leftist movements in Spain. Discussion also includes:

• Our recent watches: including THE SURFER (2024), FRIENDSHIP (2024), FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINE (2025), THE ACCOUNTANT 2 (2025), DANGEROUS ANIMALS (2025), BRING HER BACK (2025), LA HAINE (1996), MORVERN CALLER (2002), and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953);
• Craig brought some fun props to discuss;
• The recent mass shooting at Florida State University by a white a supremacist;
• And the complete failure (but done with a lot of enthusiasm and sparkle) that was the 1906 assassination attempt of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria.

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We were recently on the Load Bearing Beams podcast with Matt and Laci and we discussed AMERICAN PSYCHO! Check it ou here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/load-bearing-beams-a-movie-podcast/id1236196018?i=1000703135484.

The 1942 film RAZA is a Spanish propaganda film written by THE Fascist Supreme himself Francisco Franco, showcasing the rise of Spain's Nationalist Movement through the eyes of a single family. RAZA checks all the boxes of fascist propaganda: an obsession with a "noble death" in the name of empire, ahistorical interpretations of rival political movements, and absolute terrible filmmaking. We discussed Franco's forray into film as well as:

• What qualifies as propaganda;
• Recent viewings: THE MONKEY (2025), BLACK BAG (2025), and PINK NARCISSUS (1971);
• Wrestling talk, including John Cena's recent heel turn;
• ICE disappearing protestors;
• Craig's embarassing encounter with Catholicism and its rituals.

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We start a three episode series discussing movies that depict the Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco's fascist rule in Spain. First up is Guillermo Del Toro's 2006 fantasy Pan's Labyrinth. Discussion includes:

• Recent watches: Wolf Man (2025), Heart Eyes (2025), Presence (2024), Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), Let's Start a Cult (2024), and The Tarnished Angels (1957);
• The brave people in federal government resisting Trump and Elon's fascist takeover;
• The beauty of resistance and fantasy as an escape from political upheaval;
• And how many characters in Mel Gibson's new film FLIGHT RISK talk about pooping themselves?

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SOURCES

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/altgov-elon-musk-doge-federal-workers

• Mercedes Penalba-Sotorrio’s chapter “Of Fascist Heroes and Martyrs: Death and Violence in the Falanage Espanola” in the 2021 book The Crucible of Francoism: Combat, Violence, and Ideology in the Spanish Civil War

• Michael Parenti’s 1997 book Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism and his 2007 essay “Fascism the Real Story”

• Hugh Thomas’ 1961 book The Spanish Civil War

• The University of Warwick’s illustrated timeline of the Spanish Civil War: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/digital/scw/timeline/