Festive Foreign Film Fans

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) It is October, our second favorite time of year, where we like to skip the colorful lights and joyful noise for a few episodes and veer off down a much darker and deserted alleyway. The Festive Fans feel like Jack Skellington during this time. We have our feet firmly planted in the world of Christmas, surrounded by the traditions, music, and films we love. However, we are still intrigued enough to visit with the monsters and the scary things that ...

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) This is not your father’s typical Festive Fans show. We're trading our usual sentimental exploration of Christmas nostalgia for something more rugged, more physical, and a lot more harrowing. While we typically are on a pleasant exploration searching for festive holiday cheer, this one is more like a challenging expedition. So, lace up your hiking boots and come join us. We’re heading for Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous country where the scenery is breathtaki...

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) It seems remarkable that after four years of traveling the world in search of Christmas, the Festive Fans hadn’t been to Wales yet. This is especially strange since Wale’s own famed poet, Dylan Thomas, wrote one of the most beloved celebrations of childhood Christmas ever written, the epic poem A Child’s Christmas in Wales. While we were wandering across continents, Wales—a country full of music, fireplaces, and cozy stone cottages—has been ...

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) The Festive Fans are starting out the fourth season with Venezuela, but we are feeling a bit sheepish. We love the country but honestly feel like we just showed up with an uninvited guest or were overserved at the Christmas party. I mean what do you say to a country that your President invaded in the middle night, arrested their President, and now he wants their oil. It really seems like a social faux pas. We hate showing up to t...

Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) When we last left our Festive Fans, the dynamic duo faced almost certain doom. Their wives had been swayed by the beefy charms of ancient hunks Rudolph Valentino and Peter the Great. The Baby Pool Time Machine was on the fritz, and their taste buds were signaling a full-blown meltdown and beer emergency! What to do? With a romantic reunion seemingly impossible, were the boys trapped in some kind of demented Hallmark holiday film? ...