Dafriend Or Dafoe

When a small-town New Mexico sheriff stumbles upon a corpse clutching a suitcase containing half a million dollars, he assumes the dead man’s identity in an effort to track down his killers. The sheriff, played by Willem Dafoe, gets drawn into a complex FBI sting operation masterminded by a hot-headed agent played by Samuel L. Jackson! ...Read moreRead more

When the budget is tight and you’re trying to make a period-crime film set in the early 1980s, you can trust that Willem Dafoe’s mustache will be more than enough to compensate for a lack of compelling set design and costuming! Or can you? We watched “Bad Country” in order to find out! Willem Dafoe...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast we’re doing something completely different! We watched three short films, all starring Dafoe, produced in 2013 as part of the “Jameson First Shot” film series! All of these films are available to watch online for free- The Smile Man, Saving Norman, and Love’s Routine! Each is under 10 minutes in...Read moreRead more

At nearly $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts, there’s little doubt on anyone’s mind that 2018’s Aquaman is a huge success. But is it good??? And how is Willem Dafoe in it??? These are the questions that Dafriend or Dafoe exists to answer. Listen now to find out what Ann and Isaac have to...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast, we’ve sat through “The English Patient”! This 1996 British-American romantic war drama film was directed by Anthony Minghella and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje. It tells the story of Count László de Almásy, who is burned from a plane crash and tells his past...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast, we’re talking about Anamorph! Five years after helping to catch and kill a serial killer known as Uncle Eddie, NYPD Detective Stan Aubray (Willem Dafoe) is an alcoholic wreck, demoted to teaching duty. When a stockbroker is found murdered in the same manner as Uncle Eddie’s victims, Stan is assigned...Read moreRead more

This week on the podcast we’re talking about the latest Dafoe release, “At Eternity’s Gate”! This biographical drama film covers the final years of painter Vincent van Gogh’s life, mostly in the South of France. Dafoe is earning a lot of early Oscar buzz for his performance as the acclaimed painter! Does this flick live...Read moreRead more

It’s the 50th episode of our show! This week we’re talking about Once About A Time In Mexico! Featuring the return of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), in the final installment of the Mariachi/Desperado trilogy. the saga continues as El Mariachi makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail...Read moreRead more

Plainclothes military detectives Buck McGriff (Willem Dafoe) and Albaby Perkins (Gregory Hines) arrive in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1968 to investigate a prostitute’s murder. With the assistance of nun Sister Nicole (Amanda Pays), whose work has familiarized her with Saigon’s seedier side, the two men soon discover a pattern of killings and learn that an earlier...Read moreRead more

The Night and the Moment is a 1995 British-French-Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Anna Maria Tatò and starring Willem Dafoe, Lena Olin and Miranda Richardson. It was screened out of competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival. That’s about all the information we could find online about this movie as it...Read moreRead more

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is a 2009 American dark fantasy film adaptation of the Vampire Blood trilogy of the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan. Willem Dafoe is in it for two scenes! And that is a real crime because his costume and character may have been the best...Read moreRead more

This Harrison Ford political thriller from 1994 features a gung-ho Dafoe- a gun for hire who takes on the Columbian Cartels with his own private army!  Great Dafoe lines and with Ford in his prime, this is a recommended watch by Isaac and Ann, though Ann has a point that the film is a bit...Read moreRead more

Roadhouse 66 is a 1984 independent film which is nearly out of print, but which you can watch on YouTube right now for free! This is not the classic Patrick Swayze movie, “Roadhouse”, even though it came out nearly 5 years before the wild action flick and did originally omit the “66” from its title. Low...Read moreRead more

This week on our show, we’re talking about Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel! This highly reviewed movie boasts an amazing and deep well of actors and actresses and manages to be both funny and dark at the same time. The art direction, cinematography, costumes, and score are all top-notch as well. If you could tell...Read moreRead more

Rowan Atkinson’s Mr. Bean is back and up to his usual antics in 2007’s “Mr. Bean Holiday”! Dafoe plays a self-obsessed film director playing foil to Atkinson’s Bean, but the whole 90-minute film is an excuse to get Mr. Bean into various silly situations for the amusement of the audience. The real gem of this flick...Read moreRead more

Directed by Able Ferrara, the same man who brought us 4:44 Last Day On Earth and New Rose Hotel, this movie was supposed to be an “intentional comedy”. Alas, both Ann and Isaac could hardly find anything to denote that this movie should be funny. If anything it was very clear that this film had...Read moreRead more

This episode was inspired by Isaac’s recent trip to China! The trip itself was great- this movie, not so much. Controversial from the release of its first marketing materials for perceived white-washing, this Matt Damon lead picture has much less to do with the actual Great Wall and much more to do with monsters who wish...Read moreRead more

For the 40th episode of Dafriend or Dafoe, we’re doing something a little different: we’re reviewing our first TV show! Dafoe is featured on the HBO original series, “The Hitchhiker”, season 3 episode 6 to be exact. This episode can be hard to find, but you may be able to locate it on YouTube or directly...Read moreRead more

Based on the manga series which spawned several anime series, live-action Japanese films and other such spinoffs, Netflix’s American take on Death Note attempts to stuff tomes of material into a 101-minute movie. At its best, we get the uber-creepy Ryuk- a death god who bestows our protagonist with a magic notebook capable of killing its subject...Read moreRead more

From acclaimed director Spike Lee, 2006’s Inside Man is stocked with incredible and highly talented stars and boasts some amazing on-location shooting and sharp cinematography. It’s also probably 40 minutes longer than it needs to be and can’t shake the paint-by-numbers pacing which is likely a hold-over from Ron Howard’s time with the project. Sadly, Dafoe is regulated...Read moreRead more