The Film Talk – Part 73 – Public Enemies
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Latest Podcast: 'Public Enemies'
Our latest podcast is now live – a Socratic Dialogue of sorts on Michael Mann’s ‘Public Enemies’. Listen to it here: The Film Talk – Part 73 – Public Enemies
You asked, so here it is: My Complete Sent-from-the-future review of 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'
I had a dream the other night in which I was visited by my The Film Talk co-host Jett Loe as an old man –he didn’t seem to remember me; but he gave me a transcript of a statement which he asked me to read on the show. I duly complied, but demand for a [...]
Jett's Biggest Adventure Yet
A quick note Dear Listener to say that posting will be very light over the next two weeks. I’m off to Costa Rica to marry the most amazing, astonishing woman I’ve ever met. ‘The Film Talk’ co-host Dr. Higgins will be joining me as best man so I don’t expect there will be too much [...]
Latest Podcast – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The latest podcast; the debacle that is ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’: The Film Talk – Part 72 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Film Talk – Part 72 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
This Episode: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter
Mark Kermode's Finest Review: 'Transformers' and the Work of Michael Bay
Our review of the ‘film’ Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen won’t be uploaded till tomorrow Dear Listeners. In the meantime I present Mark Kermode’s take on the pic. We’ll try to match his review’s insight into the work of director Bay, though this may not be possible.
Oscar Listens to The Film Talk!
Last week I posted about the problem facing the Academy Awards – the fact that films released later in the year crowd out space for remembering movies that we saw before September. I echoed a previous suggestion by Mr Ebert that the voting period should be cut in two; with films released from January – [...]
I've Fallen and Can't Get Up – AKA "Take One 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and Call Me in the Morning"
Should films subscribe to that doctor’s oath: “First do no harm?” This comes to mind this morning as I feel that watching ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ has caused irreparable harm to some aspects of my functioning – namely, the ability to integrate ideas/things together – put concepts into context. So horrible and possibly physically [...]
Latest Show: Glenn Kenny Interviewed
The latest show – Glenn Kenny of somecamerunning interviewed: The Film Talk – Part 71 – Glenn Kenny – – – (Photo above taken from this post)
The Film Talk – Part 71 – Glenn Kenny
This Episode: Glenn Kenny of somecamerunning and ‘The Girlfriend Experience‘ interviewed. Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter – – – (Image at top: Sasha Grey in ‘The Girlfriend Experience)
Il divo
“I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants,” says Giulio Andreotti, Italy’s dominant post-Second World War politician, in Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Il divo‘, the most exciting narrative fiction feature film I’ve seen this year. Sorrentino’s films look like Edward Hopper paintings, dreamed by [...]
A Love of Movies So Pure as to Make Me Blush
Special thanks to Arbogast for tunring me on to this astonishing video: As someone who loves watching and talking about films, yet isn’t obsessed by them, the vid above gives me some small glimpse into the strange, yet touchingly compelling world of the collector. – – – (I would add of course that this video [...]
This Week's Show: 'The Taking of Pelham 123' – 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' – 'Food, Inc.'
This week’s show is now live folks!: The Film Talk – Part 70 – The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 / The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / Food, Inc.
The Film Talk – Part 70 – The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 / The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / Food, Inc.
This Episode: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 / The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / Food, Inc. Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter
Films of the Year So Far, Part 3: Gran Torino
Gareth continues his Haiku-nominations. Jett takes no responsibility for anything Gareth says here. Best Picture nominee # 3 Gran Torino Clint’s got a sore throat And a heavy conscience too Can he make his day?
Films of the Year, So Far, Part 2: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Gareth continues his Haiku-nominations. Jett takes no responsibility for anything Gareth says here. Best Picture nominee #2 Toronto. Metal. Those were the days. Now we’re poor… Wait! Nostalgia pays!
'Kavi' Wins the Gold at the AMPAS' 36th Student Academy Awards
We’re chuffed here that ‘Kavi’ has taken the Gold at the 36th Student Academy Awards. I’m a big fan of ‘Kavi’: TFT Review of Kavi and will reiterate what I said in our original review – if you get a chance to watch the pic online or at a festival please do – it’s a [...]
2009 Film Awards Part 1: 'The Cove'
Sorry for the light posting over the past few days from me – it’s a crazy busy time and isn’t going to get any less intense for a couple of weeks, so this week I thought I’d try something that has worked on occasion in the past, and may either be a stroke of genius [...]
'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' – Watch the Whole Film Online Right Here Suckas
Dreading having to watch the remake/reboot/re-imagining of ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’ as mentioned here: ‘The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3′ – A Plea I’ve decided to watch the original to fortify myself – please join me Dear Viewers by clicking above to see New York in all its seedy 70′s glory [...]
'The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3' – A Plea
The Good Dr. Higgins is insistent that we review the reboot of ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’, ‘The Taking of Pelham 123′ for this week’s show. Dear Listeners – this prospect fills me with dread. A film obviously made by feeding ‘Swordfish’ and ‘Inside Man’ into Microsoft’s new search engine ‘Bing’ with a [...]
Director T-Shirts
Via Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule comes this series of T-Shirts with your favourite director’s names boldly emblazoned on the front: Director T-Shirts What would the ‘Tarkovsky T’ look like I wonder?
'Kavi'
Bonded Labor/Debt Bondage according to Anti-Slavery International: “A person becomes a bonded laborer when his or her labor is demanded as a means of repayment for a loan. The person is then tricked or trapped into working for very little or no pay, often for seven days a week. The value of their work is [...]
'The Girlfriend Experience': Are You A Prostitute Too?
Steven Soderbergh has managed to build an enviable career – he gets to make fun, huge projects like ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, and alternates these with smaller, self-consciously serious films such as ‘The Underneath’, ‘Kafka’, and ‘The Girlfriend Experience’, which I saw this afternoon at the Chelsea Clearview next door to the Chelsea Hotel, in, as you [...]
