This week we’re looking at Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker, Mike Cheslik’s Hundreds of Beavers and Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One

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Closing music: Jean Kayak and His Acme Applejack (From "Hundreds of Beavers") · Wayne Tews & The Seafield Monster Sextet, ℗ 2024 Landlock Audio

Reviews of Shaun Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine, Osgood Perkins’ LongLegs and Josh Margolin’s Thelma with June Squibb

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We talk about the Mubi Festival in Manchester, Mark Kermode Live at the BFI Imax, recent viewing and the sad passing of Shelley Duvall.

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Reviews of Ti West's MaXXXine, Osgood Perkins' Long Legs, Mike Cheslik's Hundreds of Beavers and Levan Akin's Crossing

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In this episode, we finish our review of the first half of 2024 citing the best and most notable films in what's becoming an amazing year in cinema.

Intro clip from Yorgos Lanthimos' "Kinds of Kindness" from Element Pictures, Film4, and TSG entertainment distributed by Searchlight Pictures

In this episode, we start our review of the first half of 2024 citing the best and most notable films in what's becoming an amazing year in cinema.

Intro clip from Andrew Haigh's "All of Us Strangers" from Film4, TSG Entertainment, and Blueprint Pictures distributed by Searchlight Pictures

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In this episode, we begin our look at the cinema of crime focussing on the heist movie.

Intro clip from Sidney Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon" from Artists Entertainment Complex and distributed by Warner Bros

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In this episode, we continue our journey through the cinema of the strange finishing our look at the surreal as well as introducing films as metaphor, fairtale and the unsettling.

Intro clip from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" from Ciby 2000 and Asymmetrical Productions, distributed by October Films and Ciby 2000

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