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Finally, finally, Sean convinced Andy to discuss a Wes Anderson film. As it's Episode 237, we discussed Hotels in films with Kubrick's classic The Shining and Wes Anderson's Oscar-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel. Timings for this week are: The Shining (03:29) The Grand Budapest Hotel: (40:37) Next week we will be exploring Thanksgiving Movies Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠...

This week we get examine the notion of how it's not paranoia if they're watching! aka The Drugs Aren't Alright. The films are the Gus Van Sant 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy and Danny Boyle's seminal 1996 film Trainspotting. Timings for this week are: Drugstore Cowboy (03:29) Trainspotting: (29:46) Next week, the theme for episode 237 will be cinematic hoteliers. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week we get examine two films that show public transport can be a bit of a pig... the films are the original 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the 1994 Speed. Thirty years apart but still interrupted journeys! Timings for this week are: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (02:29) Speed: (27:46) Next week, the theme will be it's not paranoia if they're watching. Follow us on social me...

This week we get examine two horror parodies with the Mel Brooks classic, Young Frankenstein and ahead of Edgar Wright's The Running Man being released, we look back at his feature directorial debut in Shaun of the Dead. You've got red on you. Timings for this week are: Young Frankenstein: (03:17) Shaun of the Dead: (34:50) Next week, we will be discussing inconvenient public transport. Follow us...

This week we get meta with horrors that break the fourth wall. We see Freddy Krueger's return in Wes Craven's New Nightmare and the Drew Goddard's 2012 film, The Cabin in the Woods. Timings for this week are: Wes Craven's New Nightmare: (02:50) The Cabin in the Woods: (29:50) Next week, we will be discussing horror parody. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week we get creeped out with the theme of primal fear and isolation with the original 1922 Nosferatu and the 2015 Robert Eggers' debut, The VVitch Timings for this week are: Nosferatu: (02:56) The VVitch: (31:30) Next week, we will be discussing horrors that break the fourth wall. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠...

This week we welcome the ball of fun and energy that is Steven Geekface from So Geeked About Movies to discuss good/bad robots - to differing results. We examine James Cameron's original badass action film The Terminator and the ecclectic Short Circuit. Timings for this week are: The Terminator: (06:36) Short Circuit: (39:57) Find Steven online at https://linktr.ee/stevengeekface Next week, we wil...

Andy and Sean look back at some of the great films and career of the late Robert Redford. Follow us on social media: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Threads⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠ ⁠Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Join our discord server here: ⁠https://discord.gg/7ykEzkuS⁠ Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instag...

This week we welcome a guest host for the first time ever! We have Bo Nicholson hosting a film quiz in a Sean vs Andy clash for the ages. Find Bo on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/BoNicholson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ His Film Stories Podcasts are Movieversaries and Academy Watch. Timings for this week are: Round 1 Questions (03:53) Round 1 Answers (23:50) Round 2 Questions (33:02) Round 2 Answers (38:50) Round 3 Questions (4...

This week we check in with nosy neighbours by exploring the seminal Hitchcock classic, Rear Window and the Joe Dante 80's cult film, The 'Burbs. Timings for this week are: Rear Window: (03:09) The 'Burbs: (30:17) Next week, we will be joined by Bo Nicholson as we have a special end of summer episode. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week we look at iconic rugs in movies with Disney's 1992 seminal Aladdin and the Coen Brothers cult classic The Big Lebowski. Rugs play important roles, but do they tie the room together. The threads abide. Timings for this week are: Aladdin: (03:47) The Big Lebowski: (28:58) Next week, we will be discussing nosy neighbours. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T...

This week we examine two 'family friendly' noir films. The films are the 1976 Alan Parker musical Bugsy Malone and the 1988 Robert Zemekis-helmed Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Timings for this week are: Bugsy Malone: (04:15) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: (25:58) Next week, we will be discussing iconic cinematic rugs. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week, we explore important film firsts with the wonderful Luke Tomlinson from Impropod. The films this week are the first synchronised dialogue in the 1927 The Jazz Singer and the first feature length animated film in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Timings for this week are: The Jazz Singer: (10:48) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: (35:30) Next episode we'll be looking at family friendly no...

This week we discuss outsider golf movies to celebrate the upcoming release of Happy Gilmore 2, we examine the first - how has it held up? We also explore the 2021 Mark Rylance starring The Phantom of the Open. There may be a few names dropped for that one. Timings for this week are: Happy Gilmore: (03:10) The Phantom of the Open: (30:34) Next week, we will be joined by Luke Tomlinson from Impropo...

What happens when animated films don’t follow every footstep, pratfall, or punch with a musical sting? This week, we’re diving deep into two extraordinary scores that rise above the usual cartoon tropes: Jerry Goldsmith’s rich, haunting work on The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Disney’s Mulan (1998). With special guests Clark and David from The Goldsmith Odyssey, we explore how these composers use the...

This week we discuss aliens in human costumes with two films that tonally look very different but share this DNA. First up is the Nicolas Roag 1976 David Bowie vehicle, The Man Who Fell to Earth and the 1997 Will Smith juggernaut, Men in Black. Be warned, there may be rapping. Timings for this week are: The Man Who Fell To Earth: (02:55) Men In Black: (30:34) Next week, we will be joined by both C...

This week, apropos of nothing in particular, we look at films that provoked a response from the Nazi's. The two films are Charlie Chaplain's 1940 incendiary foray into sound with The Great Dictator and the William Wyler portrait of English life, Mrs Miniver. Timings for this week are: The Great Dictator: (05:47) Mrs Miniver: (39:26) Next episode we will be joined by both Clark and David from the g...

This week, we celebrate Pride Month by exploring two LGBTQ+ films in our theme for Love in Exile. The films this week are the 1997 Wong Kar-Wai film that preceded In the Mood For Love (which we discussed in Episode 177), Happy Together and the Francis Lee 2017 British film, God's Own Country. Timings for this week are: Happy Together: (03:25) God's Own Country: (26:32) Next episode our theme will...

This week, we look at the influence of AI and robots with two human and robot movies. One film is Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier's debut feature film in Robot and Frank and the David Earl/Chris Hayward/Jim Archer collaboration, Brian and Charles. Timings for this week are: Robot and Frank: (03:54) Brian and Charles: (25:32) Next episode our theme will be Love in Exile. Follow us on social me...

This week, we explore town vs country folk in the deep south with the great Leslie Pitt of Afrofilmviewer and the Fatal Attractions podcast. The films this week are the 1972 duelling banjos classic Deliverance and the 2016 Jeremy Saulnier helmed Green Room. Timings for this week are: Deliverance: (08:13) Green Room: (38:30) Next episode our theme will be human and robot movies. You can find more o...

This week, we celebrate warm weather with New York Heatwaves. Two films that tell the story of their neighbourhoods - and we draft in an actual New Yorker to help us discuss! Timings for this week are: Do The Right Thing: (06:16) In The Heights: (37:56) Next episode our theme will be Town Vs Country in the Deep South. You can find more of Violet's appearances on her Linktree here:  ⁠⁠https://linkt...

This week, we examine the American legal system with two courtroom capers. The films being My Cousin Vinny and Legally Blonde. Both films take the unexpected lawyer and show them butting against the large system of the court. But how do the films hold up? Timings for this week are: My Cousin Vinny: (03:59) Legally Blonde: (32:30) Next episode our theme will be New York Heatwaves. Follow us on soci...

This week, we traverse the American frontier by printing the legend with James Stewart and John Wayne starring in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western, Unforgiven. Timings for this week are: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: (05:37) Unforgiven: (31:38) Next episode our theme will be Courtroom Capers. Follow us on social media: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠...

This week we're examining two European real-time movies (ish) with Richard Linklater's sequel to Before Sunrise (which we discussed in Episode 100), Before Sunset and Sebastian Schipper's 2015 film in one shot, Victoria. Timings for this week are: Before Sunrise: (04:47) Victoria: (30:16) Next episode our theme will be Printing the Legends. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Blue...

This week we're examining two directorial debuts by actors - and boy what a line up. The seminal Orson Welles debut Citizen Kane and the Robert Mitchum-starring, Charles Laughton film The Night of the Hunter Timings for this week are: Citizen Kane: (02:20) The Night of the Hunter: (36:40) Next episode our theme will be Alienated Pianist Films. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads B...