This week, we discuss two films from Japanese director Shohei Yamamura.

The first is The Eel (1997), starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry.

The second is Black Rain (1989), based on the novel of the same name by Masuji Ibuse. The story centres on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its effect on a surviving family.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:10) – Talk to Me, My Girl, Headhunters, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Bear season 3

The Eel (00:28:00)

Black Rain (00:57:10)

Coin toss (01:13:20)

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This week, we discuss two films from two prominent New German Cinema directors.

The first is Until the End of the World (1991), an epic science fiction adventure drama directed by Wim Wenders. Set at the turn of the millennium in the shadow of a world-changing catastrophe, the film follows a man and woman, played by William Hurt and Solveig Dommartin, as they are pursued across the globe, in a plot involving a device that can record visual experiences and visualise dreams.

The second is Fitzcarraldo (1982), an epic adventure-drama written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski as would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a steamship over the Andes mountains to access a rich rubber territory in the Amazon basin.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:07) – A ton of stuff. Check out our letterboxd accounts for a rundown.

Until the End of the World (00:40:20)

Fitzcarraldo (01:03:30)

Coin toss (01:23:10)

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This week, we discuss two films featuring friend of the show Roy Scheider.

The first is The Seven-Ups (1973), a neo-noir mystery action thriller produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dirty, unorthodox tactics to snare their quarry on charges leading to prison sentences of seven years or more upon prosecution, hence the name of the team.

The second is Marathon Man (1976), a thriller directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:02) – Deadpool & Wolverine, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Turbo

The Seven-Ups (00:23:45)

Marathon Man (00:57:40)

Coin toss (01:25:30)

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The Seven-Ups: Re-edited In the Style of The French Connection - https://youtu.be/jcl1Sc4pjlE

The Seven-Ups Car Chase (1973) - https://youtu.be/9vACWV5sRcY

This week, we discuss two films from American director and choreographer Bob Fosse.

The first is All That Jazz (1979), a musical drama starring Roy Scheider. The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Fosse's manic effort to edit his film Lenny while simultaneously staging the 1975 Broadway musical Chicago.

The second is Star 80 (1983), a biographical drama film written and directed by Bob Fosse. It was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate" by Teresa Carpenter and is based on Canadian Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband Paul Snider in 1980. The film's title is taken from one of Snider's vanity license plates. The film was Fosse's final film before his death in 1987.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:05) – Fallout, Oppenheimer, Cabaret

All That Jazz (00:22:20)

Star 80 (00:54:35)

Coin toss (01:29:45)

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This week, we discuss two films from English director Jack Clayton.

The first is The Innocents (1961), a gothic psychological horror film starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave and Megs Jenkins. Based on the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by the American novelist Henry James, the screenplay was adapted by William Archibald and Truman Capote, who used Archibald's own 1950 stage play—also titled The Innocents—as a primary source text.

The second is Our Mother’s House (1967), a British drama film. It nominally stars Dirk Bogarde (who only appears in the film's second half) and principally features a cast of seven juvenile actors, including Pamela Franklin, Phoebe Nicholls and Mark Lester, with popular British actress Yootha Joyce in a supporting role. The screenplay was based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Julian Gloag.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:04) – Longlegs, Liar Liar, Beverly Hills Cop Axel F, Barbie, Twister, Twisters, Rififi

The Innocents (00:35:25)

Our Mother’s House (01:03:50)

Coin toss (01:20:45)

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This week, we discuss two films criticised for their depiction of gay people.

The first is Boat Trip (2002), a romantic comedy directed by Mort Nathan in his feature film directorial debut and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Vivica A. Fox, Roselyn Sánchez and Roger Moore. The film was a critical and commercial failure.

The second is Cruising (1980), a crime thriller written and directed by William Friedkin, and starring Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino and Karen Allen. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by The New York Times reporter Gerald Walker about a serial killer targeting gay men, particularly those men associated with the leather scene in the late 1970s.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:02) – Jumanji

Question: Is music the most powerful artform? (00:08:30)

Boat Trip (00:14:05)

Cruising (00:47:20)

Coin toss (01:18:00)

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This Aged Great! Episode 5: Cruising - https://youtu.be/eDkv1IXnefs?feature=shared

This week, we discuss two brutally violent films set in 19th century Australia.

The first is The Proposition (2005), a Western directed by John Hillcoat and written by screenwriter and musician Nick Cave. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Danny Huston and David Wenham.

The second is The Nightingale (2018), a historical psychological thriller written and directed by Jennifer Kent. Set in 1825 in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), it follows a young Irish woman convict (Aisling Franciosi) who seeks vengeance against the members of the colonial forces of Tasmania who have committed terrible crimes against her and her family.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:02) – Inside Out 2, Lethal Weapon 2, All of Us Strangers, Amy, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

The Proposition (00:26:25)

The Nightingale (00:51:35)

Coin toss (01:20:40)

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This week, we discuss two critically acclaimed feature films from first time directors.

The first is Killer of Sheep (1978), edited, filmed, written, produced and directed by Charles Burnett. Shot primarily in 1972 and 1973, it was originally submitted by Burnett to the UCLA School of Film in 1977 as his Master of Fine Arts thesis.

The second is George Washington (2000), written and directed by David Gordon. Its story centres on a group of children in a depressed small town in North Carolina who band together to cover up a tragic mistake.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:05) – Inside Out 2, Can I Tell You A Secret?, Welcome to Wrexham season 3, Sunderland ‘Til I Die season 3, Beverly Hills Cop, Colin Quinn: Our Time Is Up.

Killer of Sheep (00:27:04)

George Washington (00:46:30)

Coin toss (01:07:45)

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