When we were still in Turkey, we sat down with Doruk, a simple man from the streets, and discussed the Coen Brother's "No Country for Old Men". We were a bunch of ignorants towards the Western genre then and still are today, but we loved this.

Mysterium Pictorum 38 - F. W. Murnau's FAUST (LIVE EPISODE!)

Apr 9th, 2022 50m 26s

Our lost live Episode from the Obsessive Christmas Film Festival in December 2021! We did find it! The sound quality is not perfect, but it's a fun episode! We're talking about F. W. Murnau's expressionist horror masterpiece FAUST and rip it to

Mysterium Pictorum 37 - NO END

Mar 23rd, 2022 46m 27s

We're talking Kieslowski again! We love him! This time, we watched BEZ KONCA / NO END. This brings us to discussions about losing our phones in East Berlin, unions and fatherly badassery, the Leftovers, A Ghost Story and many more lovely topics

Mysterium Pictorum 36 - Satantango

Mar 15th, 2022 1h 33m

We finally did it! We watched Bela Tarr's behemoth of slow cinema - And we LOVED it!As usual, we're the only arthouse film podcast around that will talk about Gilmore Girls, German trash TV, H. P. Lovecraft and orgies while discussing this cer

Mysterium Pictorum 35 - BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW

Feb 18th, 2022 50m 39s

This time, we discussed Panos Cosmatos' "Beyond the Black Rainbow", as well as German casting shows (in particular "The Next Uri Geller") and xHamsters porn casting show "X Factor".Seriously, this is a good one!--- Send in a voice message:

Mysterium Pictorum 34 - BELLADONNA OF SADNESS

Feb 2nd, 2022 53m 4s

We've watched some rape-y arthouse anime. Let's talk about it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lars-henriks/message

Mysterium Pictorum 33 - ZOMBI 2 / ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS

Jan 27th, 2022 58m 17s

We're joined by filmmaker Christian Grundey (host of the German film podcast "Filme zum Dessert") to discuss Lucio Fulci's "ZOMBIE 2", also known as "ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS". We also discuss zombie films in general, Italian horror films, film cen

Mysterium Pictorum 32 - BLAST OF SILENCE

Jan 17th, 2022 1h 15m

Christmas Special! New Year’s Special! 2021 wrap-up! Recommendation lists! In-person-episode! This “Mysterium Pictorum” episode is so special, it more than makes up for the “meh” movie we watched!“A Blast of Silence” is an independent film noi

Mysterium Pictorum 31 - Ashik Kerib

Dec 23rd, 2021 46m 15s

This time, we watched and discussed Sergej Parajanov's "Ashik Kerib" - Based on a Turkish fairytale. Along the way, we discussed the very eistence of Turkish fairytales, RomComs, Turkish RomComs and horny architecture, specifically that of reli

Mysterium Pictorum 30 - DAMNATION

Dec 6th, 2021 46m 15s

We're BACK! After a hiatus that went on for way to long (making films has a way of keeping you from talking about films), it's finally time to resume the weekly schedule! (Hopefully ...)It's Bela Tarr time again! We love Bela! We're talking ab

Mysterium Pictorum 29 - BEGOTTEN

Sep 10th, 2021 46m 49s

We've watched "Begotten" this time. Have you heard about this one? If so, you'll be curious to hear us try to sum up its story, talk about similar films, define our film term of the week, praise E. Elias Mehrige's most famous film "Shadow of th

Mysterium Pictorum 28 - BBC's NEVERWHERE

Sep 5th, 2021 55m 36s

This week, we're talking about BBC's "Neverwhere", straight from the 90's, written by Neil Gaiman! Sadly, none of us liked it. It's a stillborn masterpiece. But that Gaiman fella does show some potential as a writer. Listen to the episode for

Mysterium Pictorum 27 - BACURAU

Sep 4th, 2021 1h 1m

We absolutely loved "Bacurau", so this episode is a pure love fest! We're also discussing Gilmore Girls, climate change, Noam Chomsky and what our film term of the week, "ethical cinema", might mean in pre-apocalyptic times like ours. --- S

Mysterium Pictorum 26 - HÄXAN

Aug 10th, 2021 1h 19m

This time, Dave from Cinemallennials is joining us to discuss the silent Norwegian horror classic / early documentary "Häxan". Obviously, we also discuss The Lord of the Rings, our favourite Witch movies, the persecution of "witches" in medieva

Mysterium Pictorum 25 - SUNRISE

Aug 6th, 2021 57m 2s

F. W. Murnau went to Hollywood to make "Sunrise", written by Carl Meyer, co-author of "Dr. Caligari". The film went on to win the first Oscar for "Best unique and artistic Picture" and his held in high regard by critics and audiences to this da

Mysterium Pictorum 24 - THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI

Jul 27th, 2021 1h 44m

Dr. Paula Blair is back! The host of the phenomenal "Audiovisual Cultures" Podcast talks to us about the German expressionist classic "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari"! It's a long episode, but filled to the brim with fun, knowledge and insightf

Mysterium Pictorum 23 - ARTHUR & MERLIN (2015)

Jul 21st, 2021 1h 2m

This time, we talked about the 2015 low budget fantasy epic "Arthur & Merlin", which inspired us to discuss adaptation of Arthurian legends and mythology in general, review Wolfgang Petersen's "Troy", pitch some myth adaptations of our own, que

Mysterium Pictorum 22 - ANTIPORNO

Jul 16th, 2021 55m 31s

We really liked Sion Sono's Antiporno! It also got us talking about Japanese cinema, German drama schools, theatre, feminism, leftist boomers, Yasmina Reza and many more fun topics! It's a nice one, give it a listen!--- Send in a voice mess

Mysterium Pictorum 21 - ANDY WARHOL'S FLESH

Jul 6th, 2021 1h 5m

With our guest, dissident journalist Sandra, we're discussing Andy Warhol's (but really Paul Morrissey's) debut feature "Flesh". Sadly, this is, again one of those episodes where we didn't like the film. At all. We're so sorry. Still: It got us

Mysterium Pictorum 20 - TARKOVSKY & PARAJANOV: ISLANDS

Jun 29th, 2021 59m 1s

We've watched a tiresome short documentary with nothing to offer on YouTube, so we recommend great docs about artists instead of wasting everyone's time with this garbage. Among other things, we're talking about why Marlon Brando will forever

Mysterium Pictorum 19 - NOSTALGHIA

Jun 22nd, 2021 1h 29m

This week, we return to the enigmatic cinema of legendary Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky! We also cancel him for his rampant misogyny, discuss the dreaded "cancel culture" and the pros and cons (mainly the cons, since we don’t see many pros)

Mysterium Pictorum 18 - AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL

Jun 16th, 2021 1h 17m

Hu Bo only made one film before his suicide. As it happens, that one film is a masterpiece for the ages. We're discussing "An Elephant sitting still" this time - And we're beyond impressed! We will also touch upon similar films like "Clueless"

Mytserium Pictorum 17 - SUPERMARKT

Jun 6th, 2021 1h 6m

We had a guest again! Our friend Christoph (known as an accomplished maker of fun music videos under the pseudonym "Chrille": http://www.chrille.net/) joined us to discuss Roland Klick's confusing classic "Supermarkt". We're discussing all thi

Mysterium Pictorum 16 - ALPHAVILLE

May 31st, 2021 55m 51s

This time we're angry like never before. We've spent 99 minutes in a boomer's mind by watching Godard's "ALPHAVILLE". Good grief, we did hate this one! We promise not to turn into a 2009-YouTube-style film hate comedy podcast, but "Alphaville"

Mysterium Pictorum 15 - ALL I DESIRE

May 24th, 2021 1h 4m

We're talking about Douglas Sirk's classic film "All I desire" - So, obviously, being who we are, we tackle a variety of topics like feminism, cars, the Eurovision song contest, small towns vs. big cities, a phenomenon called "German Actor Face