25 years later and Amores Perros still feels like a shockwave. It’s one of the boldest directorial debuts of the 21st century and remains as powerful as ever. #AmoresPerros

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What we talk about when we talk about our favourite Coming-of-Age movies - The episode recorded as James was leaving home for uni

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New Episode! Coming-of-Age Movies

Join us as we choose our favourite films of the genre and explore why stories of growing up, friendship, and first love continue to resonate with audiences of all ages #FilmSky #Comingofage #podcast

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New episode! North by Northwest

It’s Hitchcock’s ultimate “wrong man on the run” thriller, but what will an 18-year-old make of its blend of style, wit and espionage, and will he get swept up in the fast-paced suspense?
#northbynorthwest #Filmsky #Hitchcock
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New Episode! The Big Sleep & The Long Goodbye

One classic Film Noir, one Neo Noir; both iconic adaptations of Chandler novels: but how will an 18-year-old react to hard-boiled dialogue, tangled plots, and a detective who talks to his cat? #FilmNoir #Filmsky

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It started as a rewatch of The Big Sleep and ended in a Bogart-Bacall spiral, obsessively binging on the films they starred in together as Hollywood’s greatest onscreen pairing:
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Dark Passage (1947)
Key Largo (1948)
#FilmNoir #Moviesky #Filmsky

Birmingham Hippodrome is just the finest room. 2 gorgeous nights including: massaging a hamster to get the knots out; why is Matthew shaving people’s groins?; explaining Trumpton to a 15 year old; nous devons safeguarder les enfants! #youhadtobethere

The final duel in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is like the most intense staring contest in film history. And although it’s just three men standing still, so much is happening #TheGoodtheBadandtheUgly #FilmSky

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New Episode! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Greed, war and the poncho-wearing cool of Clint Eastwood -
How will an 18-year-old respond to Sergio Leone’s mythic vision of the West and one of the greatest showdowns in cinema history?
#TheGoodtheBadandtheUgly

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New Episode! Midnight Cowboy

The first and only X-rated film to win Best Picture, it broke boundaries with its raw honesty — but how will an 18-year-old react to the gritty realism, surreal style and frank look at masculinity? #MidnightCowboy #Filmsky

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Some Bond films get all the love, but what about the underrated ones?

In our latest episode, we break down our favourite Bond films by actor and discuss which movies deserve more credit #JamesBond #BondMovies

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New Episode! James Bond Movies

Join us as we explore 007’s legacy and pick our favourite Bond film from each era, from Connery to Craig. #JamesBond #BestBond #podcast

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Rewatched ‘The Living Daylights’ and ‘Licence to Kill’ and was reminded how strong the short Dalton era was. A tough, no-nonsense Bond, TLD delivers gritty Cold War espionage, while LTK is unapologetically brutal and coldly sadistic - a full tilt, shark mauling revenge thriller
#jamesbond

New Episode! Taxi Driver

Scorsese’s iconic tale of loneliness and obsession still stuns, but how will a 17-year-old react to Travis’s descent into madness within the seedy underbelly of 70s New York?
#taxidriver #filmsky

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Thrilled to have a letter featured in the latest issue of @sightsoundmag.bsky.social - I share my thoughts on the end of Total Film as a print edition and the future of film magazines

Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back! An I.B. Technicolor 35mm print of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) screens December 6th & 7th.

Double Episode out now!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid + The Sting

Two all time classic movies and two huge movie stars, but how will a 17 year old react when faced with this much charm and charisma? #RobertRedford #PaulNewman

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