If you have ever stayed up until 2 AM watching a movie so bizarre, so poorly acted, and so illogical that you couldn’t look away, you have experienced the strange magnetism of the "nanar." In French cinema slang, a nanar is the equivalent of a cult B-movie or a "so-bad-it’s-good" film—think The Room or Troll 2 , but with a distinctly French twist.
The hosts don’t just watch the movie once. They track down obscure interviews, read old magazine archives, and sometimes even interview the surviving actors or crew members of these forgotten films. Their episode on the legendary French sci-fi flop Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres (yes, a Louis de Funès nanar) is a masterpiece of pop archaeology. nanarland podcast
For over a decade, the reference point for this passion has been the website . But for fans who want to take their obsession on the road, the Nanarland podcast has become an essential auditory deep dive into the cinematic trash heap. If you have ever stayed up until 2