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Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Shane and Matthew look for their dignity as they join The Party of Dynamic Erection in a bid to better understand British male... stuff.
Trailer for Little Malcolm: https://youtu.be/K3DseWf-Nlc
Article from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/30/george-harrison-little-malcolm-handmade
Mike Leigh on David Halliwell: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/07/mike-leigh-on-playwright-david-halliwell-little-malcolm
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
For the 2020 Halloween Special Shane and Matthew head to Pittsburg to drink some blood with George A. Romero's 'Martin' from 1977.
Notes:
A guided tour of the locations from 'Martin': http://martinthereisnomagic.blogspot.com/
Matthew's reading recommendation: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martin-Midnight-Movie-Monographs-Winship/dp/1786360527
Original trailer for 'Martin': https://youtu.be/NNIGTSdKPl0
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Shane and Matthew flash their assets and high-kick their way through Michael Ritchie's exquisite beauty pageant satire 'Smile' from 1975.
Notes:
Trailer for Smile: https://youtu.be/tbdKZQcxKYM
BFI Championing Bruce Dern: https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/championing-bruce-dern-king-marvin-gardens
Local history of 'Smile' from Santa Rosa: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/gaye-lebaron-when-smile-made-santa-rosans-do-anything-but/?artslide=2
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Matthew and Shane duke it out in the back streets of Hell's Kitchen, trying to survive on peanuts, salami and some goofy one-liners.
Notes:
Trailer for Paradise Alley: https://youtu.be/mxXdouKmoOY
1978 NY Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/10/archives/movies-rocky-goes-to-limbo-in-paradise-alleyrocky-as-wrestler.html
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Matthew and Shane go crazy scrutinising their masculinity with Donald Cammell's 'White of The Eye' (1987).
Notes:
Trailer for 'White of The Eye': https://youtu.be/u4WMa5SfqJg
'White of The Eye' at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094320/
Arrow Films release info: https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/white-of-the-eye-dual-format/FCD900
Kermode's excellent intro for 'White of The Eye' on BFI Player: https://youtu.be/QbOFXh2CW1Q
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Shane and Matthew are cursed to battle for eternity as they slice through Kihachi Okamoto’s The Sword of Doom from 1966.
Notes:
2017 article on Tatsuya Nakadai: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/tastuya-nakadai-the-sword-of-doom/
The Sword of Doom at Criterion: https://www.criterion.com/films/925-the-sword-of-doom
The Sword of Doom HD Trailer: https://youtu.be/FGhpT8PGslA
Saturday Jan 04, 2020
Saturday Jan 04, 2020
Matthew and Shane get their brains sucked dry by David Cronenberg's horror/thriller Scanners from 1981.
Notes:
Scanners at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455
Stephen Lack interview at Film Comment: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-stephen-lack/
UK 'X' certificate trailer for Scanners: https://youtu.be/tqvPviqbb4c
Saturday Dec 21, 2019
Saturday Dec 21, 2019
The Xmas Special: Matthew and Shane sit down for a holiday movie that ticks all the boxes. Paul Newman stars in Robert Benton's adaptation of Nobody's Fool (1994).
Notes:
Nobody's Fool at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110684/
The locations of Nobody's Fool: www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/rob/?p=2262
NY Times period review: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/23/movies/film-review-paul-newman-in-blue-collar-gear.html