Two curious people explore culture in its broadest sense. One is a renowned expert, the other a connoisseur of the curious. Together they embark on cultural explorations each episode, taking you along for the ride!
In which Rabia and Benjamin are joined by the newest Cultured Curator Elina Meinerte.
We’re back in a three-way formation to talk all things Fantasia!
Movies and links mentioned in the ep:
Book review by Elina https://theculturedcurator.com/books/dark-matter-by-michelle-paver-an-exploration-of-humanity-in-isolation/
Fantasia features https://fantasiafestival.com/en/festival-2026/program
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma https://boxd.it/L9GS
I Saw the TV Glow https://boxd.it/woVe
Her Private Hell https://boxd.it/UtHY
Mom, I’m Alien Pregnant https://boxd.it/Zt9i
The Samurai and the Prisoner https://boxd.it/10t6g
Pulse (Kairo) https://boxd.it/1s3y
Cloud https://boxd.it/LhR0
The Glorious Death https://boxd.it/12a4E
Mother of Flies https://boxd.it/UZHQ
Fangoria Chainsaw awards Vote here
Too Many Cooks https://boxd.it/9AIK
Adult Swim’s Yule Log https://boxd.it/E6WO
V/H/S Halloween https://boxd.it/QS3Q
Buddy https://boxd.it/Wjhq
Straf (After School) https://boxd.it/Te4K
Supergabber watch on Youtube
Jim Queen https://boxd.it/EaA8
Sour Minnows https://boxd.it/S1py
The King in Yellow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow
Castration Movie Anthology Part I Part II Part III.II
TOKYO BURST: Crime City https://boxd.it/TQAO
The Roundup https://boxd.it/mVnO
The Furious https://boxd.it/MQuM
The Raid https://boxd.it/3hBy
Everything Everywhere All At Once https://boxd.it/jUk4
John Wick 3 https://boxd.it/gmFw
Tristes Tropiques https://boxd.it/Oh4y
The Witch Part 1 Subversion https://boxd.it/jhIm
The Witch Part 2 The Other One https://boxd.it/mKFM
New World https://boxd.it/588Q
Ferine https://boxd.it/QkkS
Corpus https://boxd.it/148gs
Insectasy https://boxd.it/14DjM
Trauma, or Monsters All https://boxd.it/WLQy
The Last Temptation of Becky https://boxd.it/11fdY
Becky https://boxd.it/mcOg
Wrath of Becky https://boxd.it/BfbG
Cherry and Virgin https://boxd.it/v1UK
The Eyes https://boxd.it/Re5k
Unidentified Murder https://boxd.it/YGb0
Nameless https://boxd.it/Z4x0
You Are the Film https://boxd.it/10QLQ
Never After Dark https://boxd.it/10Mdg
The Peril at Pincer Point https://boxd.it/OHnc
Pink films: Isao Sato, Teruo Ishii
Two in the Pinku Podcast https://podstatus.com/podcasts/two-in-the-pinku-36447
Behind the Pink Curtain (book) https://archive.org/details/sharp-jasper-behind-the-pink-curtain-the-complete-history-of-japanese-sex-cinema
Asian Erotic Thrillers/Horror LB lists:
South Korea https://boxd.it/hBDqA
India https://boxd.it/QUxvC
Thailand https://boxd.it/UryDg
Japan (work in progress) https://boxd.it/VaHgg
Over Your Dead Body
The Trip
Where can you find us?
Benjamin Frankenberg: Letterboxd
Bluesky
Instagram
Rabia Sitabi-Stigter: Letterboxd
Bluesky
Instagram
Elina Meinerte: Letterboxd
Bluesky
Instagram