Certified cinephile cuties Casey O'Brien and Patrick Mallon are here to guide plebs and idiots alike through the world of arthouse cinema. This podcast serves as a spark notes version for those who do not care to watch these movies. Through a highly developed proprietary system called "The Fartsy Test," Casey and Patrick determine on a 10 point scale just how unbearably impenetrable and boring a given arthouse film is. Tune in every week and gain the social currency of talking like a snobbish asshole. They watch arthouse movies, so you can pretend that you did.
An Autumn Afternoon by Yasujirō Ozu
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) · Sep 25, 2026
Little Miss Sunshine by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) · Jul 31, 2026
Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer
Run Lola Run (1998) · Aug 29, 2024
Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) · Aug 1, 2024
Wild Tales by Damián Szifron
Wild Tales (2014) · Jun 27, 2024
Beau Is Afraid with Christian Dueñas
Beau Is Afraid (2023) · Apr 18, 2024
Tampopo by Juzo Itami
Tampopo (1985) · Nov 30, 2023
Farthouse X It's Always Halloween - The Shining by Stanley Kubrick
The Shining (1980) · Oct 31, 2023
Millennium Mambo by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Millennium Mambo (2001) · Sep 28, 2023
Mad Max: Fury Road by George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) · Aug 31, 2023
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) · Jun 29, 2023
The Convent by Mike Mendez
The Convent (2023) · Oct 27, 2022
Holy Motors by Leos Carax
Holy Motors (2012) · Aug 16, 2022
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) · Aug 9, 2022
Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky
Solaris (1972) · Jul 12, 2022
Pierrot le Fou by Jean-Luc Godard
Pierrot le Fou (1965) · Jun 21, 2022
Crimes of the Future by David Cronenberg
Crimes of the Future (2022) · Jun 14, 2022
Nashville by Robert Altman
Nashville (1975) · Jun 7, 2022
Slacker by Richard Linklater
Slacker (1990) · May 31, 2022
Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko (2001) · May 24, 2022
Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) · May 17, 2022
The Northman by Robert Eggers
The Northman (2022) · May 10, 2022
The Thief and the Cobbler with Special Guest Tom Meyers
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) · Apr 19, 2022
My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant
My Own Private Idaho (1991) · Mar 29, 2022
Barton Fink by The Coen Brothers
Barton Fink (1991) · Mar 15, 2022
The Worst Person in the World by Joachim Trier
The Worst Person in the World (2021) · Mar 8, 2022
Shortbus with Special Guest Ify Nwadiwe
Shortbus (2006) · Feb 22, 2022
Betty Blue by Jean-Jacques Beineix
Betty Blue (1986) · Feb 8, 2022
Reservoir Dogs with Musician Logan Metz
Reservoir Dogs (1992) · Jan 25, 2022
Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · Dec 21, 2021
Lamb by Valdimar Jóhannsson
Lamb (2021) · Dec 14, 2021
The Piano by Jane Campion
The Piano (1993) · Dec 7, 2021
The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain (1973) · Nov 30, 2021
Being John Malkovich by Spike Jonze
Being John Malkovich (1999) · Nov 16, 2021
Eyes Without a Face by Georges Franju
Eyes Without a Face (1960) · Oct 12, 2021
Don't Look Now by Nicolas Roeg
Don't Look Now (1973) · Oct 5, 2021
Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki
Princess Mononoke (1997) · Sep 28, 2021
Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville
Le Samouraï (1967) · Aug 24, 2021
Funny Games by Michael Haneke
Funny Games (1997) · Jul 27, 2021
Claire's Knee by Éric Rohmer
Claire's Knee (1970) · Jul 6, 2021
The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke
The Piano Teacher (2001) · Jun 22, 2021
Con Air: A Recalibration of the Fartsy Test
Con Air (1997) · Jun 8, 2021
The Doom Generation with Special Guest Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
The Doom Generation (1995) · Jun 1, 2021
Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
Paris, Texas (1984) · May 18, 2021
The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo
The Battle of Algiers (1966) · May 11, 2021
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) · Apr 27, 2021
The Bicycle Thief with Nat Magee
Bicycle Thieves (1948) · Apr 13, 2021
Deep Red with Special Guest Dave Schilling
Deep Red (1975) · Apr 6, 2021
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) · Mar 9, 2021
Last Tango in Paris with Writer Kate Doyle
Last Tango in Paris (1972) · Feb 23, 2021
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover by Peter Greenaway
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) · Feb 16, 2021
Mikey and Nicky with Mia Vicino A.K.A. "Brat Pitt" on Letterboxd
Mikey and Nicky (1976) · Jan 26, 2021
First Cow by Kelly Reichardt
First Cow (2020) · Jan 12, 2021
Welcome to the Dollhouse with MOONFACE Creator James Kim
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) · Dec 29, 2020
In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-wai
In the Mood for Love (2000) · Dec 15, 2020
Battle In Heaven by Carlos Reygadas
Battle in Heaven (2005) · Dec 1, 2020
Seven Beauties by Lina Wertmüller
Seven Beauties (1975) · Nov 10, 2020
Let the Right One In with Special Guest Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
Let the Right One In (2008) · Oct 27, 2020
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Robert Wiene
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) · Oct 20, 2020
House by Nobuhiko Obayashi
House (1977) · Oct 13, 2020
My Dinner with Andre by Louis Malle
My Dinner with Andre (1981) · Sep 29, 2020
Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa
Rashomon (1950) · Sep 15, 2020
'The Seventh Seal' and The Ingmaniacs
The Seventh Seal (1957) · Aug 18, 2020