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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Episode Forty Four - Park Row

This week Craig Skinner joins us to talk about Samuel Fullers Park Row.

From Masters of Cinema:

Iconic American filmmaker Samuel Fuller began his career as a tabloid reporter, and thrillingly drew on those skills and experiences in his extraordinary labour-of-love Park Row. An exhilarating tribute to the ideals of the free press and noble popular journalism, this two-fisted tale of battles on and off the printed page in 1880s New York is a major American rediscovery.

When Phineas Mitchell (Gene Evans), a visionary newspaperman, launches his own title The Globe, his eye-catching headlines and approach quickly ignite with the New York readership. But less impressed is Charity Hackett (Mary Welch), proprietor of long-established rival The Star, and attempts to undercut The Globe soon escalate into all-out war.

Packing more dynamite into eight reels than most directors unleash over a career, Fuller’s self-financed Park Row is a passionate, idiosyncratic work of gritty myth-making.

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