Episode 192 – CHRONICLE / In Brief: THE DESCENDANTS / TINTIN / THE ARTIST
It’s a bite-sized, easy to digest, shorter, briefer and perhaps even more exciting version of TFT this week. Please do enjoy our reviews of CHRONICLE, THE DESCENDANTS, THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN and THE ARTIST. Running time: 27 minutes and 40 seconds – 26.6mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow [...]
Episode 191 – The Films of 2011 with Monte Hellman, Claudia Puig, Glenn Kenny, Carrie Rickey and Armond White
Hard to believe but true – our Films of 2011 Episode is now online! We’re honored to have guests Monte Hellman, Claudia Puig, Glenn Kenny, Carrie Rickey and Armond White on the show, all of whom, I’m sure you’ll agree, bring their own particularly special something to the party. Running time: 1 Hour 17 minutes and [...]
EPISODE 190 – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO / SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS / MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4 – GHOST PROTOCOL
Gareth and myself take an in-depth look at three blockbusters, one of which is great, the other good and the third just rubbish. Yep, it’s reviews of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4: GHOST PROTOCOL. Running time: 46 minutes and 24 seconds – 44.6mb Listen [...]
Episode 189 – HUGO / THE MUPPETS / A DANGEROUS METHOD / THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Preview
You know what? I think this ep is actually better than our Fifth Anniversary Episode. It has singing, sound effects, Fox Business News, Freud, Jung, 3D and a slight mention of Slavoj Zizek. What more could you want? Also reviews of HUGO, THE MUPPETS and A DANGEROUS METHOD. Running time: 1 Hour 03 minutes and 48 [...]
Episode 187 – DRIVE / THE IDES OF MARCH / The COYOTE REQUIEM Kickstarter Project
Thoughts on the beautiful and disturbing tone poem that is DRIVE and an exhortation to participate in the exciting new film COYOTE REQUIEM. Oh, and Gareth saw THE IDES OF MARCH apparently.
Episode 184 – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Want to understand the recent Riots in England Dear Listener? Than you must must must start with Joe Cornish’s brilliant sci-fi kitchen-sink action dramedy ATTACK THE BLOCK.
Episode 183 – RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES / WORLD ON A WIRE / THE KILLING
It’s almost too much action for one show Dear Listener: Gareth and I disagree more than a little bit on RISE OF THE PLAENT OF THE APES, cannot disagree for reasons that are obvious about Fassbinder’s WORLD ON A WIRE and explore a novel take on Stanley Kubrick’s THE KILLING.
Episode 182 – From the Member Archives: IRON MAN 2 / TALES FROM THE SCRIPT
It’s that hot and parched month of August Dear Listeners – and so we release a Treasure From the Archives, (let us not refer to it as a repeat), our thoughts on the action comic IRON MAN 2 and the horror of trying to make a living as a scriptwriter documentary TALES FROM THE SCRIPT.
Episode 181: CAPTAIN AMERICA / THE ROCKETEER / BEGINNERS / COWBOYS AND ALIENS / Special Guest: Zaid Abu Hamdan director of Bahiya & Mahmoud
Episode 181 – Gareth and I watch COWBOYS AND ALIENS so you don’t have to.
Episode 180 – HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 / PROJECT NIM / TABLOID / Special Guest: Jordan Bayne
Episode 180 – Incredibly we get Gareth to see another Harry Potter film – listen in for the thrilling result. No seriously, listen in. It is thrilling. Eight films worth of thrilling.
Episode 178 – SUPER 8 / Special Guest: William Eubank at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival
Episode 178 – We get another report from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival including an interview with director of LOVE William Eubank and some thoughts on the end to the myth of redemptive violence in the Summer blockbuster SUPER 8 are proferred.
Episode 177 – The 2011 Seattle International Film Festival / TABLOID / HOT COFFEE / X-MEN: FIRST CLASS / Special Guest Carl Spence
Episode 177 – We get Jett’s dispatches from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival including an interview with artistic director of the fest Carl Spence and brief thoughts on Errol Morris’ TABLOID and the must-see doc HOT COFFEE.
ROAD TO NOWHERE Feels Like It Was Shot Tomorrow
Monte Hellman’s new pic ROAD TO NOWHERE is so fresh in its digital image making it feels like it was shot tomorrow.
Episode 175 – MIDNIGHT IN PARIS / Brief Thoughts on THE HANGOVER 2, KUNG-FU PANDA 2 and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4
Episode 175 – Review of the brilliantly light and lovely MIDNIGHT IN PARIS; how THE HANGOVER 2 could have been saved and brief thoughts on KUNG-FU PANDA 2 and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4: ON STRANGER TIDES.
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.
Episode 173 – FAST FIVE / Special Guest: Jack Gill
In this week’s show Gareth and I mull over that great summer action film FAST FIVE and have on as a special guest an award-winning stunt coordinator from the movie Jack Gill.
Episode 164 – SUCKER PUNCH / Elizabeth Taylor / TOPSY-TURVY
In this week’s show Gareth and I discuss in some detail the new ‘video games as movie’ SUCKER PUNCH, the work of Elizabeth Taylor and one of Mike Leigh’s few period pieces TOPSY-TURVY.
Episode 163 – BATTLE: LOS ANGELES / LIMITLESS / The iPhone Film Festival
Is BATTLE: LOS ANGELES the most important film of the year so far? Gareth and I think so and say why in this episode. Also discussed are the Bradley Cooper vehicle LIMITLESS and the new iPhone Film Festival.
Episode 162 – The Oscars / RANGO / THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
Here it is – Gareth and I discuss how we managed to endure this year’s Oscars, talk about the lovely RANGO, suggest you become a Social Media Intern for a new feature, cry at SONG SUNG BLUE and reveal a strange personal story with THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU.
This Week in TFT: UNKNOWN, KABOOM and an Oscar Podcast
A brand new week here at The Film Talk folks – here’s what we’ve got coming up: Tony Youngblood on KABOOM, Brandon Nowalk on NEVER SAY NEVER and, though it pains me to even mention it, Gareth and I will be discussing this past Sunday’s Oscars.
Episode 159 – Oscar Nominations / BLACK SWAN Reconsidered / THE KING’S SPEECH
Good Lord it’s the 2011 Oscar nominations folks! Listen in nail-biting suspense as Gareth and I discuss the possible winners, possible losers, who should have been nominated, who just doesn’t belong, all that plus thoughts on THE KING’S SPEECH and BLACK SWAN is reconsidered.
ENTER THE VOID – See the Uncut Version Tonight at Midnight – Nuart Los Angeles
This is it folks. Your chance to see the most extraordinary new film I’ve seen in the four years of recording The Film Talk: ENTER THE VOID.
Episode 157 – NIGHT OF THE HUNTER / THIS WAY OF LIFE / Tom Burstyn Interviewed
A Tarkovsky Level Member request is our command as we review the over-rated yet beautiful THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and speak with THIS WAY OF LIFE director Tom Burstyn.
This Week in TFT
This Week in The Film Talk blogger and operative Brandon Nowalk discusses SOMEWHERE, an old story he says that’s beautifully realized; scribbler and agent Tony Youngblood will be submitting his Year’s Best list for your approval, (he assures me BLACK SWAN will not rear it’s head anywhere in the post); to top it off on [...]
