Episode 174 Preview: THOR
Episode 174 – In which Gareth walks out of THOR half-way through, I tough it out, and much hay is made regarding all manner of movies, bad and good. Recording this Wednesday.
It’s My OF GODS AND MEN: Or Why FAST FIVE Restores My Faith in Humanity
On this week in which I’ve been despairing at seeing people I used to respect cheering the death of a human being I was lucky enough to screen FAST FIVE – a film that cheered me up no end and is the equivalent for me to what OF GODS AND MEN is to Gareth.
BATTLE: LOS ANGELES – This Generation’s CASABLANCA?
Probably not. Now, however you feel about the movie am sure you’ll enjoy our lively podcast on the matter – should be released this coming Monday or Tuesday. Enjoy.
Episode 160 Recording This Sunday
As always I’m amazed Gareth and I have been able to transcend our logistical difficulties* to record 159 episodes of The Film Talk.
The Film Talk is Now an Android App!
Right so it’s not just you iOS folks who now get to enjoy all the fun of the The Film Talk in a portable streamable format – because Dear Listener TFT is now an Android App!
Sex and the City 2 is the Most Pro-Muslim, Pro-Middle East Pop Culture Work of the Post 9/11 Era
Or so Gareth says. Podcast Review online later this evening.
Start the Week
An Education Hi there folks – a new week, the sun is shining (but it’s making no impact on the snow in my garden, and the car windscreen isn’t going to clear for a while), Buddy Miller is doing his thing on the – what do you call ‘em these days? hi-fi?, a sealed Netflix [...]
The Film Talk – Behind the Scenes Action!
Hey there Film Talk listeners, (and hopefully members!), I’ve been very impressed, like you I’m sure, with the good Dr.’s posts of late – blogging from a film set in New Zealand his prose inspires and his musings on the transcendence of our experience on this tiny globe is some of the best writing I [...]
A Week in the Life of The Film Talk, Part 2: Antichrist and Arthur
Four New TFT Members of the Week We’ve been busy this week at TFT Central – so busy, in fact, that we haven’t managed to produce posts as regularly as we’d like. Jett and I spent last night at a cabin in the woods of Tennessee, a perfect location to ruminate on our shared expereince [...]
A Week in the Life of The Film Talk #1/The Film of our Lifetime
We Have a Winner It’s been a momentous week in the life of The Film Talk – we’re crossing the rubicon of a century, with our hundredth episode on-line now. It’s a massive episode, packed to the brim with our reviews of ‘The Messenger‘ (a nominee as Jett’s film of the year) and ‘The Box‘ [...]
This Week's Podcast: 'Tetro' and 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
UPDATE – Thursday July 30th – The ‘Tetro’ and ‘Harry Potter’ show is now online: The Film Talk – Part 77 – Tetro / Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – – – Apologies to those who were expecting The Show to be online at the start of the week – due to logistical issues [...]
Latest Podcast: The Work of Andrei Tarkovsky
Just because Gareth and I are here in Costa Rica for the big event does not mean the podcasts stop Dear Listener! Click below to hear our thoughts on that most profound of artists, Andrei Tarkovsky, as well as an interview with Dmitry Trakovsky, director of ‘Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky’. The Film Talk – Part 74 [...]
This Week's Podcast: Jett vs. Gareth on 'The Hangover'
Welcome to Monday, Dear Listeners; we’ve had a busy weekend with viewing and recording; and the new episode of TFT is now available for your listening pleasure. We talk about ‘Up’, which both of your genial co-hosts liked a lot (Jett a great deal) and ‘The Hangover’, which divided our team in two. In short [...]
This Week's Podcast Reviews: 'Up' and 'The Hangover'
With any luck this week’s podcast will be reviews of ‘Up’ and ‘The Hangover’. Gareth is in New York and might be hard to get hold of – but will try my best to reach him, record and upload the show by tomorrow Dear Listener. Listen Now!: The Film Talk – Part 69 – Up [...]
Tarkovsky: Maybe Our Favourite Director
Jett: ‘If there were one film to take to a desert island and the only one I could see for the rest of my life, it would be ‘Andrei Rublev’. It’s an astonishing, engrossing film that feels like it was shot in the time it was set. In the 14th century.’ Gareth: ‘I probably haven’t [...]
This Week's Podcast: Terminator Salvation
Yikes – so many explosions – this week’s podcast is our in-depth look at ‘Terminator Salvation’: The Film Talk – Part 68 – Terminator Salvation
Not Everyone Loves the New 'Star Trek' Movie
As discussed in the podcast, Gareth and I are huge fans of the new ‘Star Trek’: The Film Talk – Part 65 – Star Trek Yet not everyone out there enjoyed it/found it worthy – in fact there are some folks who despise the pic. I selected the two below as examples because they both [...]
This Week's Podcast: 'For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism'
As my co-host Gareth Higgins is away for several days in the service of quite a big ceremony, this week’s podcast brings just myself and an interviewee; recorded at this year’s Nashville Film Festival: critic Gerald Peary discussing the future of film criticism and his documentary ‘For the Love of Movies: The Story of American [...]
Angels and Demons: Some further thoughts
Our podcast review of ‘Angels and Demons’ is now on-line, with just the kind of vital theo-political comments you’d expect from myself and Jett Loe. In other words, I had a cheesy grin on my face for the first hour, because this film knows exactly what it’s doing: it’s having fun, and taking us on [...]
Podcast Review Coming Up: 'Angels and Demons'
This week’s upcoming podcast will be, incredibly, our review of ‘Angels and Demons‘. I say incredibly because…well…it’s ‘Angels and Demons’. Looking at the photos in this post I must admit a certain creeping fear has come over me in regards to screening this picture. I ask all listeners out there to think good thoughts and [...]
Star Trek Lens Flare Action
On this week’s podcast: The Film Talk – Part 65 – Star Trek Gareth and I talked in-depth about many aspects of the new Trek pic – with a special focus on how the picture fits into the new Obama Administration re: the villian from the last Bush blockbuster becoming the first hero of an [...]
This Week's Podcast: 'Star Trek' – Including TFT+
In this week’s podcast Gareth and I have a discussion on the function of the new ‘Star Trek’ film – what are its metrics for success – and talk in-depth about the reasons why Trek films were dormant during the Bush Administration; the different approaches taken by the actors of the film and many other [...]
Looking Forward to the New Star Trek Movie? A Podcast Preview
This week’s podcast will feature our in-depth analysis of the new ‘Star Trek’ picture as well time spent each discussing our favorite film from the series. Mine is, of course, the deeply underrated ‘Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’ which I think is by far the best pic in the ‘franchise’. I don’t know which [...]
Latest Podcast: Wolverine and State of Play
Gareth and I have vastly different experiences watching ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ and end up agreeing to disagreeing regarding the merits of the pic in this week’s podcast, (we also discuss for no real reason the Russell Crowe/Ben Affleck film ‘State of Play’): The Film Talk – Part 64 – Wolverine / State of Play
