A Brief Observation on 'Observe and Report'
This film is either a serious satire on the encroachment of violence into everyday American life, the absurd over-reactions of the authorities to any infraction of their vision of the American Dream, the push-pull anaesthetising and goading of a generation through the over-diagnosis of mental health problems and the transformation of community retail into malls-as-mildly-sanitised-police-states, [...]
Delightful
There’s a fellow on Myspace who lists his favourite films as ‘Champion’, ‘Paths of Glory’, ‘Spartacus’ and ‘Lonely are the Brave’. These are all pretty strong movies, let’s face it. It’s clearly a fellow who likes Kirk Douglas. Turns out that it is Kirk Douglas. Kirk Douglas is one of those guys who exudes the [...]
A Return to the Commercial: Tomorrow's Podcast – Wolverine and State of Play
After a month of shows and posts about the Full Frame Documentary Festival in Durham and the Nashville Film Fest: The Film Talk on Film Festivals Gareth and I are taking a quick break from the world of independent film and will talk about the current state of commerical ‘Hollywood’ cinema. Join us tomorrow on [...]
Why Jett and I Have Free Tickets to the Movies
Because we walked out of this and they gave us free passes. We were busy. We had people to see. Things to do. The sun was shining. And by the time Jason Statham’s character had [UPLEASANT SPOILERS AHOY: DON'T READ ON IF YOU DON'T WANT TO] inserted a hot-tar cover shotgun into the backside of [...]
Today's Podcast: Pather Panchali
(In association with The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Weblog, TFT is posting and podcasting thoughts on the Society’s Satyajit Ray restrospective) The Film Talk – Part 63 – Pather Panchali
The Film Talk – Part 63 – Pather Panchali
(In association with The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Weblog, TFT is posting and podcasting thoughts on the Society’s Satyajit Ray restrospective) This Episode: Pather Panchali / Satyajit Ray / The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Weblog / Joseph Beuys / You Can’t Take It With You Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to [...]
Sita Sings the Blues
The film with this image as one of its centerpieces is currently available to watch for free at Reel 13. I’ll say it again. The film with this image as one of its centerpieces is available to watch for free at Reel 13. The creator (director, writer, animator, editor, pretty much everything else-er), Nina Paley [...]
Pather Panchali and the Films of Satyajit Ray
(In association with The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Weblog, TFT is posting and podcasting thoughts on the Society’s Satyajit Ray restrospective) There was a strange mental disconnect involving the escalators at the Regal Cinemas Green Hills during the Nashville Film Festival last week. The Festival screenings all took place on the lower level of [...]
Cinematic Shrines: Queen's Film Theatre
You know, Dear Listener, that The Film Talk is striving for something rare: to be a truly international cinema podcast. Your genial co-hosts Jett & Gareth are men of the world, widely travelled, for whom it would not be an overstatement to assert the core truth of country music: wherever they lay their hats, that’s [...]
Latest Podcasts: Hunger and Walton Goggins on That Evening Sun
We’ve just uploaded two podcasts back to back – first off Jett interviews The Shield’s Walton Goggins on his new film ‘That Evening Sun’: The Film Talk – Part 61 – That Evening Sun, Walton Goggins and Hillbilly Art Films then Gareth and Jett have what is perhaps the most serious discussion ever on TFT, [...]
The Film Talk – Part 62 – Hunger
This Episode: Steve McQueen’s Hunger Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter – – – ‘Hunger’ will be at the Belcourt Theatre till April 30th
Eddie Adams An Unlikely Weapon
You’ve seen Eddie Adams’ photographs before. You’ve turned away from the one that made him famous; that of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner, an image that some people credit with creating a turning point in the Vietnam War. Woody Allen covered a wall with the photo as a way of satirizing the [...]
No one Photographed Red Like Jack Cardiff
‘Black Narcissus’ Jack Cardiff has died, at the magnificent age of 94. He shot his last motion picture work only two years ago; and not only was he working til very late on in life, according to people who knew him, was one of the film world’s true gentlemen. It’s hard to think of anyone [...]
Latest Podcast: Walton Goggins on 'That Evening Sun'
This week’s show is now live: Walton Goggins on ‘That Evening Sun’: The Film Talk – Part 61 – That Evening Sun, Walton Goggins and Hillbilly Art Films – – – (Photo above of Raymond McKinnon, Hal Holbrook, Scott Teems and Walton Goggins at the Nashville Film Festival, adapted from an this image by Shelley [...]
The Film Talk – Part 61 – That Evening Sun, Walton Goggins and Hillbilly Art Films
In This Episode: Walton Goggins / That Evening Sun / Nashville Film Festival Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter
Nashville Film Festival Winners Announced
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) The winners at this year’s Nashville Film Festival have been announced – as per this post, when I [...]
Nashville Film Festival – Some Films to Look Out For
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) Here’s some ‘gems’ seen so far here at the Fest: American Harmony / Directed by Aengus James My [...]
Nashville Film Festival – Video Diary 5 – Copout
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) Jett just doesn’t have time to blog about the Festival what with all the hobnobbing and and suggests [...]
'In the Loop': The Best Political Satire since 'Dr Strangelove'?
I may just have seen the film of the year. A contemporary satire that deserves comparison with Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain, which starts hilarious, gets funnier, and more real, and even more uncomfortable until the laughs are intellectual but don’t become audible, because the truth of what is happening on screen can only evoke [...]
Nashville Film Festival – Video Diary 4 – William Shatner Red Carpet Action
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) Jett waits with high anticipation for the appearance of William Shatner at the Nashville Film Festival. – – [...]
Nashville Film Festival – Video Diary 3 – Saving Money at the Fest, Sort Of
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) Realising he is now an old man and must act accordingly, Jett tries to give you some tips [...]
'500 Days of Summer' – Nashville Film Festival
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) 500 Days of Summer / Written by Scott Neustadter - Michael H. Weber / Featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt – [...]
Nashville Film Festival – Video Diary 2 – Laminate Action
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) Yes, Dear Viewer it’s video diary time again- join me in the adventure as I try to obtain [...]
Two Remarkable Animated Films at the Nashville Film Festival You Must See: 'I Am So Proud of You' and 'Slaves'
(Jett is a Juror at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, (April 16th-23rd); he’ll be updating ‘The Film Talk’ throughout the Fest with thoughts on films seen both in and out of competition – as always Spoilers Ahoy) – – – I Am So Proud of You / By Don Hertzfeldt Normally. Normally. Normally I wait [...]
