Welcome to "My Father's Film Collection" with your hosts, Katie and Em. Every episode we delve into the basement where Katie's father keeps his 10,000+ movie collection. Katie's dad's collection isn't your ordinary movie collection, and this is not your ordinary movie podcast. This show is all about the value of story-telling and movies are jumping off point for our curiousity. Where will it lead us each week?
This week's double feature is:
Il Posto (1961)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Corporal punishment, Eugenics, Racism, Classism, Elitism, Ableism, Colonization
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Alien Elements
This week's double feature is:
Stargate (1994)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Violence, Death, Cults, Sexism, Trafficking, Child soldiers, Forced marriage, Slavery, Sexualization
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
It's All In Your Head
This week's double feature is:
Captain Newman, MD (1963)
Oliver Sacks, His Own Life (2019)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Suicide, Ableism, Homophobia, War, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Naziism, Torture, Rape, Infanticide, Child abuse, Racism
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Train to Busan IS a comfort movie
This week's double feature is:
Snowpiercer (2013)
Train to Busan (2016)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Death, Violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Loss of parent, Elitism, Infanticide, Child labour, Slavery
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Off With Their... Bloodlines?
This week's double feature is:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
King Ralph (1991)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Death, Sexism, Racism, Child bride, Cheating
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Visceral Poetry
This week's double feature is:
Naked Lunch (1991)
Kill Your Darlings (2013)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Suicide, Death, Addiction, Substance abuse, Homophobia, Problematic relationships, Grooming, Sexual abuse, Stalking, Harassment
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Em Unleashed
This week's double feature is:
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Goldfinger (1964)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Rape, Discrimination (gender, race, disability, height), Abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Workplace injury
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Abigail is NOT a comfort movie
This week's double feature is:
Center Stage (2000)
Abigail (2024)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Violence, Death, Gore, Eating Disorders, Body Image, Diet Culture, Problematic relationships
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Viva la Resistance!
This week's double feature is:
Pimpernel Smith aka Mister V (1941)
Flame & Citron (2008)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Sexism, Genocide, Holocaust, War, Violence, Death, Cheating, Terrorism
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
Side Note:
Clarification on the brief mention of Nelson Mandela.
He was the head of the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He has admitted to being involved in the sabotage, which involved a wave of bombings in 1961. While the bombings did target unoccupied government installations, and while there was no actual loss of life between the bombings and his arrest, there was always a risk of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was particularly against the idea of deliberately harming anyone he considered innocent in the war against apartheid. He was convicted and imprisoned on charges of sabotage and treason.
An excerpt from "Long Walk to Freedom" might explain his stance better:
The killing of civilians was a tragic accident, and I felt a profound horror at the death toll. But disturbed as I was by these casualties, I knew that such accidents were the inevitable consequence of the decision to embark on a military struggle. Human fallibility is always a part of war, and the price of it is always high. It was precisely because we knew that such incidents would occur that our decision to take up arms had been so grave and reluctant. But as Oliver said at the time of the bombing, the armed struggle was imposed upon us by the violence of the apartheid regime.
5 Oct 2026
It's a Pyramid Scheme
This week's double feature is:
The Mummy (1999)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Violence, Death and death rituals, Medical procedures, Bodily Waste, Destruction of history
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
5 Oct 2026
Stop Humanizing the Machine
This week's double feature is:
Colussus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Morgan (2016)
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Sexism, Violence, Suicide, Mental Abuse, Politics
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
10 Aug 2026
Those Are NOT Grass Huts
The Bwana Devil (1952) + The Ghost and The Darkness (1996). Welcome to the first episode of My Father's Film Collection! This week we discover if Katie and Em believe in curses. Em teaches Katie the history of the Masai people. Meanwhile, Katie wants to know which is scarier: CGI or a lion rug?
Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include:
Racism, Sexism, Colonialism, Death of a Child
Trigger warnings cover both the discussion and the movies watched
Listener discretion is advised
SIDE NOTE:
Em was fact-checked by her own child on features of the African Savannah. These will be addressed in Season 02
4 Aug 2026
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Welcome to My Father's Film Collection where your hosts, Katie & Em, delve into Katie's father's collection of 7000+ movies. Every week, two movies are selected, and they become a jumping off point for the questions that come up.
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