Unfortunately there’s no podcast this week as we’ve just been too busy to record one, so instead let us present the first in an occasional series dedicated to remembering legends from the silver screen. The inaugural feature in this series is in praise of Blawp, the undisputed star of the classic 1998 sci-fi film LostContinue reading “Remembering Legends of the Screen: Blawp”
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I’m loud, darling, but never cheap
The IRA thriller-comedy-romance is a seldom represented genre in film. It feels at times like The Crying Game is actually two separate movies in one: a sort-of comedy romance bookended by a highly charged thriller about terrorism, which makes for an odd mix. It reminded me a bit of the ending to A.I., where suddenlyContinue reading “I’m loud, darling, but never cheap”
‘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…”
Get him whatever it is they drink, uh, coke-a-rama?
[SCENE: John, George and Ringo are sitting by themselves in a train compartment, travelling to their next gig. Paul enters.] PAUL: Hullo Lads. Just met a couple of London fellas. They call themselves 101 Films and apparently they’re going to do a podcast on our picture, A Hard Day’s Night! RINGO: That’s very exciting. GEORGE:Continue reading “Get him whatever it is they drink, uh, coke-a-rama?”
Princess Mononoke: Definitely Probably The Best Anime Ever Made
This week we’ve struggled through the fearsome heat in our ‘recording studio’ to bring you a podcast about, by our reckoning, the best animé ever made: Princess Mononoke. Admittedly, I somehow ended up saying it’s ‘definitely probably the best animé ever made’ in the podcast (which, let’s face it, doesn’t even make sense), but inContinue reading “Princess Mononoke: Definitely Probably The Best Anime Ever Made”
You Talkin’ To Me?
After a well-deserved summer break, we’re back, back, BACK with more podcast goodness. I imagine the question you’re thinking is “Did Lewis and Ian watch loads of great films for the podcast while they were on their summer break?”, and of course the answer is… er, no. Although we did talk about Prometheus a lotContinue reading “You Talkin’ To Me?”
Kind Hearts and Coronets: buy one Alec Guinness, get seven free!
We had a bit of a debate before this podcast over whether Kind Hearts and Coronets counts as ‘obscure’. Although we love finding out about underrated classic films, part of the reason we started this podcast was to have an excuse to watch some of the relatively ‘big’ films that have somehow passed us byContinue reading “Kind Hearts and Coronets: buy one Alec Guinness, get seven free!”
Orson, you’ve got a touch of evil on you… no, a bit to the left… look, let me get it
Touch of Evil is a film we’ve been meaning to watch for ages and, thankfully, it didn’t disappoint. Orson Welles puts in an astonishing turn as the corpulent, corrupt cop Hank Quinlan, and the film is also notable for featuring Charlton Heston as the least-convincing Mexican ever (but at least he didn’t try to do aContinue reading “Orson, you’ve got a touch of evil on you… no, a bit to the left… look, let me get it”
101 Films You Should Have Seen 