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In France, they have TV shows about books!

Hidden, or Caché as it was originally called in France, is in many ways a film I shouldn’t like. Indeed, before I sat down to watch it I read the brief description of the film on IMDB and frankly it filled me with dread. I resigned myself to a tough two hours of struggling throughContinue reading “In France, they have TV shows about books!”

‘If you are going to be going… Might as well be coming.’

With all the ‘2012 end of the world’ nonsense floating around at the moment it seems fitting to return to the last time popular culture got itself into a lather over what is, essentially, a meaningless date. Back in the late 90s, society had a diabolical case of PMT – Pre-Millennial Tension. There was aContinue reading “‘If you are going to be going… Might as well be coming.’”

Yeah? What do you expect from a teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian?

It was a tricky old podcast this week. How do you talk about the horrific final days of Hitler’s Germany without being too depressing, but equally without being too lighthearted? We do our best to walk the line, but inevitably this week’s podcast has a slightly more sombre feel to it than usual, along withContinue reading “Yeah? What do you expect from a teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian?”

I’ve got a great idea for a movie…

The summer is here! Well, was here as it’s now nearly over! And if you live in the UK then it was sort of here for a week-and-a-half back in June and since then it’s just been raining. Woooh, summer! To celebrate, 101 Films is wheeling out a Special all about that institution of cinema,Continue reading “I’ve got a great idea for a movie…”

Oh, well, don’t get technical at a time like this…

His Girl Friday, the subject of this week’s 101 Films Podcast, is famous for many things: the fast-paced dialogue, the way Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell bounce off each other, the streak of jet-black humour that runs throughout the film. For Lewis and I though, the film’s greatest achievement is to introduce the concept ofContinue reading “Oh, well, don’t get technical at a time like this…”