Nanarland Podcast May 2026

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.

Unlike cynical mockery, Nanarland approaches bad films with genuine love and academic rigor. They dissect plot holes, praise accidentally brilliant special effects, and trace the bizarre careers of directors like Jess Franco or Claude Mulot. Launched a few years after the website’s success, the Nanarland podcast (available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Deezer) takes the site’s written encyclopedia entries and transforms them into lively, conversational deep-dives. nanarland podcast

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. If you have ever stayed up until 2

So put on your headphones, find the worst movie you can imagine, and let Nanarland guide you through the beautiful disaster. Launched a few years after the website’s success,