Episode 51 - Day of the Outlaw

We return with a catch up about upcoming MoC releases, Criterion UK and a look at Andre de Toth's Day of the Outlaw. Enjoy!

From Masters of Cinema:

Revered by the likes of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, the great director Andre de Toth made some of the most gripping and unusual American films of the 1950s, and Day of the Outlaw stands as one of his finest.

Robert Ryan plays the ruthless cattleman Blaise Starrett who rides into the small, snowbound town of Bitters to settle a feud with homesteader Hal Crane (Alan Marshal) over access to land, with one eye on rekindling a past love affair with Crane's wife Helen (Tina Stuart). But once a band of brutal outlaws, led by the notorious Captain Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives), enters and takes the townspeople hostage, the situation becomes a powder keg ready to blow.

Set against extraordinary winter landscapes, this jagged, tightly-coiled Western is a riveting examination of shifting morals amid desperate circumstances, featuring brilliant performances and exemplary filmmaking.

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Episode 50 - La signora di tutti

What better way to reach episode fifty than to be joined by one of the most foremost and respected film critics and theorists of her generation, to discuss Max Ophuls' La signora di tutti we are honored to have Laura Mulvey join us. We hope you enjoy!

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Episode 49 - 2015 Review

It's that time of year when every podcast in the world does year in review show... only ours is possibly a bit later than every one else. We are joined by James Marsh for a look back at 2015 and Masters of Cinema.

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Episode 48 - Metropolis

Two parts today, firstly Joakim and special guest Aaron Balick will be taking a look at Metropolis and then in part two myself (Tom) will be joining for Joakim for a chat about the various version of Metropolis that have been released over the years. Enjoy!

From Masters of Cinema:

One of the biggest film events of the century, a “Holy Grail” among film finds, Fritz Lang’s 1927 sci-fi epic can finally be seen — for the first time in 83 years — as the director originally intended and as seen by German cinema-goers in 1927.

Shortly after that 1927 release, an entire quarter of Lang’s original version was cut by Paramount for the US release, and by Ufa in Germany, an act of butchery very much against the director’s wishes. The excised footage was believed lost, irretrievably so — that is, until one of the most remarkable finds in all of cinema history, as several dusty reels were discovered in a small museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2008. Since then, an expert team of film archivists has been working at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Germany to painstakingly reconstruct and restore Lang’s film.

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Episode 47 - Ruggles of Red Gap

 
Joining us today is Tina Hassannia to discuss Leo McCareys’ Ruggles of Red Gap which comes with a hearty recommendation to watch immediately!

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Episode 46 - The Offence

Nothing like a comedy to chase away those winter blues....which is why under no circumstances watch The Offence as it will chill you to your very soul.

James Marsh joins us for a trip to Depressionville.

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Ron Benson, founder and Director of Eureka Entertainment sadly passed away on the 19th October 2015. In his memory Eureka Entertainment has started a “Just Giving” page in support of the “Teenage Cancer Trust” https://www.justgiving.com/RonBenson/

Episode Forty Five - Ugetsu Monogatari

This week Joakim and Trevor Barrett from the Eclipse Viewer podcast discuss Ugetsu Monogatari.

From the Criterion Collection:

“Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers,” said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director’s supreme achievement. Derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss—with its exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real—is one of the most beautiful films ever made.

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