Episode Twenty Five - F for Fake

Its fair to say that Orson Welles didn't have a great deal of luck when it came to Hollywood. If his films weren't being reedited without his permission they were being shelved and cancelled all around him. Eventually moving to Europe Welles could have spent the rest of his life sulking; only he had better things to do, make more films.

F  for Fake is something of an oddity even by Welles' standards. A kind of film within a film, F for Fake is an exploration of art and film itself and before anyone says anything no it is not pretentious.

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Episode Twenty Four - Q3 2014 Roundup

We return with a look at the Quarter Three 2014 releases and a brief duscussion as to why booing at Cannes is really, really annoying.

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Episode Twenty Three - Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

We return with the second of Fritz Lang's Mabuse trilogy with a look at Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse. As ever we have enlisted some help to help us sound more intelligent and it is with great pleasure that Jaime Christley joins us to discuss the film and to drop the bombshell that Ministry of Fear is actually a good film!

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Epiosde Twenty Two - Fear and Desire

Everyone has to star somewhere including the greatest filmmakers of all time like Stanley Kubrick. Fear and Desire was buried by Kubrick and bar the odd bootleg it remained unseen for years. After his death Fear and Desire has found its way onto Blu Ray and along with the question should it have been released in the first place, the most important thing is - is it actually any good?

In this episode we enlist the help of The Hollywood Gauntlets John Jansen to discuss Fear and Desire and some other stuff including Star Wars and whether or not Dr Stangelove is actually funny or not. Enjoy.

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Episode Twenty One - Accattone

The Masters of Cinema Cast returns with one of the collections stalwarts Pier Paolo Pasolini with his debut feature Accattone.

In this episode Joakim is joined by filmmaker and journalist Bilge Ebiri to discuss what was once described as the beginning of the 'second wave' of Italian neo realism.

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Episode Twenty - Quarter Two 2014 releases

A new show in which have a chat about stuff and nonsense and a look at upcoming Masters of Cinema releases.

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Episode Nineteen - Rumble Fish

When it was announced Masters of Cinema were going to be including a Francis Ford Coppola film our initial hopes were of course Jack would be making appearance. Instead, we were graced with one of Coppola's lesser known and discussed work Rumble Fish.

Made in a period when Coppola's stock in Hollywood was low, Rumble Fish is one of the directors more personal stories. In this episode Joakim is joined by Scott Nye to share his thoughts on what Coppola himself has stated is one of his personal favorites.

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