“Stop! That! Train!”, “Leviticus”, and Pride At The Movies (With Colin Drucker)
6/25/20261 hr 29 min
It’s Pride Week on Critical Darlings, and we’re joined by the co-host of the Alright Mary podcast (and Best Supporting Actress expert) Colin Drucker to break down two new wide-release gay movies: RuPaul’s spoofy Stop! That! Train! and the Australian conversion therapy horror film Leviticus.
First, we discuss the delightful Stop! That! Train!, its performances, cameos, and various controversies including lying drag queens (funny) and AI visual effects (depressing). We also get into RuPaul and her legacy as both an artist and screen presence, and the incredibly fickle nature of the RuPaul’s Drag Race fandom and how they have received the film. In any case, she fun!
Then, in a season rife with indie horror, Leviticus stands out for its brazen story of two queer teens in an industrial Aussie backwater. The metaphor of the movie, where a supernatural monster stalks gay teens in the guise of the object of their most beloved, feels audacious when most movies and TV are scared to acknowledge gay sexual desire on screen. Other sidebars include: mozzarella sticks, drag queen hairstylists, and mom hair.
Next week, she’s super, AND she’s a girl? It’s Supergirl!
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First 90 secondsMarie Barty0:00
[upbeat music] From Blank Check Productions, this is Critical Darlings, a podcast about the movies everyone's talking about, one new release after another. Please welcome your hosts, Richard Lawson and Alison Willmore.
Richard Lawson· Host0:24
[applause] Well, thank you, Marie, for that very gay introduction. It's our Pride episode, [laughs] if we wanna call it that. Uh, we're joined by our very gay producer, Benjamin Frisch. Hello, Ben.
Ben Frisch· Panelist0:36
Hello.
Richard Lawson· Host0:36
Uh, and we have a very gay special guest. I'm sorry if I am outing you to...
Colin Drucker· Guest0:40
[laughs] [laughs] And now is a great time.
Richard Lawson· Host0:42
Okay, good.
Colin Drucker· Guest0:43
Yeah.
Richard Lawson· Host0:43
[laughs] I... You know what? It's 2026.
Colin Drucker· Guest0:44
Right?
Richard Lawson· Host0:45
[laughs] Everyone kinda knows, Colin.
Colin Drucker· Guest0:46
Yeah.
Richard Lawson· Host0:47
Uh, we have Colin Drecker, host of All Right Mary pod, uh, which covers a variety of things, Drag Race included, correct?
Colin Drucker· Guest0:53
Yeah, yeah. Drag Race is kind of our bread and butter.
Richard Lawson· Host0:56
Yeah.
Colin Drucker· Guest0:56
But yeah.
Richard Lawson· Host0:56
Well, apt for this episode, we'll be talking about RuPaul's... Well, I mean, RuPaul didn't direct it, but it kinda sometimes feels like she did. Uh, her debut lead feature film, Stop That Train, uh, and then something very tonally similar, um, the Australian horror drama, Leviticus.
Colin Drucker· Guest1:11
[laughs] It's a real great double act.
Richard Lawson· Host1:13
Yeah.
Ben Frisch· Panelist1:14
Yeah.
Richard Lawson· Host1:14
Yeah, yeah.
Ben Frisch· Panelist1:14
Um, I should say I have been such a fan of All Right Mary for like... How long have you been doing the show?
Colin Drucker· Guest1:21
Uh, we're coming up on 10 years.
Richard Lawson· Host1:23
Oh, wow.
Ben Frisch· Panelist1:23
Yeah. Oh, oh wow. Yeah. I don't, I don't think it's been the whole time, but I think I started listening when you first started covering Dragula.