With the addition of School for Scoundrels to our illustrious list, Robert Hamer becomes the first director to have two of his films inaugerated into the 101 Films Hall of Fame (following our singing praise of Kind Hearts And Coronets last summer). There we were, thinking that one of the big guns would take theContinue reading “Hard cheese old boy!”
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Life isn’t like in the movies. Life… is much harder.
We’re back! Finally. Apologies dear Listener/Reader, Lewis and and I have been, well, a bit rubbish getting back to work after the Christmas break. Last year we released podcasts DURING the holidays. This year, we took the month off. Sorry about that. It won’t (it will) happen again. Hopefully this first podcast of 2013 isContinue reading “Life isn’t like in the movies. Life… is much harder.”
It’s the 101 Films 2012 Christmas Special!
For any listeners/readers who have Scrooge-like tendencies (Scrooge before the ghost visits of course), this might be the podcast for you. Although Lewis and I love Christmas – this is in fact our 4th Christmas Special podcast, we did two for 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better (see here and here) andContinue reading “It’s the 101 Films 2012 Christmas Special!”
You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie?
What is it about 101 Films and New York? Of the 44 films we have discussed, 7 of them, 16%, have been New York based. What does this mean? That New York is our spiritual home and that we should definitely record our 101st podcast there? Yes, lets say that. Lewis, pack your bags! Anyway,Continue reading “You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie?”
Run Lola Run provokes wave of nineties nostalgia
After a two-week break we’re back, back, BACK with a look at the classic German flick Run Lola Run (thanks to @msrainbowfudge for the recommendation). Our apologies for the lateness of this podcast – regular readers will know that we usually post every Thursday, but Ian ‘forgot’ to put up the podcast last night. YetContinue reading “Run Lola Run provokes wave of nineties nostalgia”
Always do the right thing. That’s it? That’s it.
This week we discuss arguably the finest film made by Spike Lee, Do The Right Thing. This was a reader recommendation from Eoin Boyle, which gives me the opportunity to say thanks to everyone who’s sent in their recommendations so far. We’re trying to do as many as we can, so keep checking back ifContinue reading “Always do the right thing. That’s it? That’s it.”
The world is strange in rendez-vous
There’s been a sophisticated continental air recently at 101 Film Towers. In Podcast 038 we discussed the French film Hidden. We then took a Scandinavian turn with Podcast 040 with a look at Let The Right One In. In this week’s podcast we once more don our stripey jumpers, berets and onions for a returnContinue reading “The world is strange in rendez-vous”
Halloween Special 2012: Frankenstein Double Bill
Welcome to our Halloween special: a traditional Hollywood ‘creature feature’ double bill featuring James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein and its (superior) 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein. As it’s Halloween, this week we’re recording in Ian’s ‘special dungeon’, or as he prefers to call it, his ‘sex attic’. We can assure you that any screaming you canContinue reading “Halloween Special 2012: Frankenstein Double Bill”
I’ve been twelve for a long time…
This week, in the first of two Halloween-themed podcasts, we’re looking at the splendidly creepy Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In. Although as Ian points out, it’s not really a horror film, more a sort of disturbing tale of isolation and companionship set against a backdrop of bleak housing estates, but with vampiresContinue reading “I’ve been twelve for a long time…”
She walks in beauty, like the night… only she’s cycling and it’s daytime
It was Ian’s turn to make a recommendation this week, and he came up with an absolute corker: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death (American viewers might know it better as Stairway to Heaven, although as we point out in the podcast, strictly speaking it should be called ‘Escalator toContinue reading “She walks in beauty, like the night… only she’s cycling and it’s daytime”
101 Films You Should Have Seen 