MidLife Film CatchUp

A special guest joins Chris and Sam for this episode of the Midlife Film Catch-up focussing on the year 2015. Sam met Dr Carl Roberts in a pivotal year in his life and it was also the year Andrew Kottering released the film By Our Selves. In this edition we re-visit fruit, Chris's comic creation Top Joe, and friendship. Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Music by Joe Booker Hosted on Acast....

We reach the year Chris and Sam first met and the year Ognjen Glavonic released Zivan Makes a Punk Festival. A documentary about the mercurial Zivan Pujic Jimmy, a dreamer and schemer who each year organses a punk festival in his Serbian village. There's more on the interdental brushes industry, the early days in White Rose house and geese. Music by Joe Booker Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Tu...

Hurtling into 2013 Chris and Sam explore Andrew Bujalski's idiosyncratic mockumentary Computer Chess. Our hosts discuss their lives in 2013 and Chris introduces another one of his bugbears. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Joe Booker Follow us on Instagram @filmcatchup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris and Sam dissect an early film from Greek weird waver Yorgos Lanthimos. Did Alps (2012) capture the imagination of the middle-aged duo? Elsewhere, Smithdown Road is ringing in the changes, geese are attracting cignets and we learn about Chris and Sam's lives in various continents in 2012. Follow us on instagram @filmcatchup Music by Joe Booker Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Hosted...

We enter the 29th chapter of the Film Catch-up project and Chris and Sam consider GSM, lizard consent and foreign confidence. It's 2011 and our duo are exploring the highly rated Colombian film Silence In Paradise and delving into their respective lives in the year 2011. Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Music by Joe Booker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's been a lot of changes in the internal and external worlds of Sam and Chris; new outlooks, new perspectives, new kebab shops. In this episode we delve into Werner Herzog's exploration of the Chauvet Caves and their 32,000 year-old paintings. We also travel back to 2010 when Chris was settling into the paradise of Mauritius and Sam was inhabiting Chinatown. Music by Joe Booker Presented by C...

Chris and Sam discuss the Safdie Brothers' 2009 film 'Daddy Longlegs' before Sam heads off travelling. Also up for discussion are clowns, eye sizes and dilutants. Music by Joe Booker Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A festive special. Sam and Chris review 'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale' (2010) and reflect upon reaching the Film Catchup halfway point. They also talk hazard lights, Bonjela, decanting wine and workshop some of Sam's standup material. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Joe Booker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A stop gap as Chris catches up, this is a bonus episode in which Chris and Sam share their five all-time favourite albums. Bit of fun. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Joe Booker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris and Sam are back after a short hiatus. The film is an Austrian revenge thriller with twist, the year is one of the best of Sam's life to date. We learn what's been happening in the weeks since we last heard from our hosts and there's more chat about condiments. Music by Joe Booker Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An important year in the lives of our hosts and an important film for Brad Pitt. We're talking 2007 and the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Also in this episode: We're joined by guest Ed Beamer, Chris goes gonzo in Hong Kong, Ed and Sam 'do' Europe and Sam's first relationship breaks down. Lots to unpack. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins. Music by Joe Booker. Hoste...

It's another rite de passage film this week as Chris and Sam delve into the first of Joachim Trier's Oslo Trilogy, Reprise. Two aspiring young creatives juggle with the trials and tribulations of gender politics and mental health, and Trier's film is equally interesting. If you enjoy Midlife Film Catch Up please buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/filmcatchup. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins. M...

Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is under Chris and Sam's collective microscope this week. We're also launching a crowd funder to improve the listener experience - link below. There's more stand-up workshopping, fun with condiments and mid-00s capers. www.ko-fi.com/filmcatchup Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Music by Joe Booker. Hosted on Acast....

Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 was released in the year 2004. In this year, Chris returned to Hong Kong, Sam went to St Andrews Gardens, and both presenters embarked on respective musical projects. We also cover butter vs margarine, gift giving and My Name Is Earl. Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner. Music by Joe Booker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A pivotal year in Sam's life and the year Andrey Zvyagintsev's Golden Lion-winning drama The Return hit screens. In our episode on 2003, Chris and Sam delve deeper into Chris's aversion to the sound of running water, 'Monster Munch Gate' is reopened and fox sex. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Joe Booker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Chris are in the same room to record our returning episode after a short break. It's 2002 in the Film Catch-up project and the film under the microscope is Scottish indie sensation Morvern Callar starring Samantha Morton But more importantly, how important is it to pre-heat an oven? Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner. Music by Joe Booker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Sam and Chris are joined by a special guest to dissect Toshiaki Toyoda's high energy high school drama Blue Spring. It's the year Chris lived in Hong Kong, therefore our hosts welcome Liam, Chris's colleague while teaching abroad. It's also the year that that would change world history, the year News Round's Lizo was the name on everyone's lips and the New Rock Revolution was amping up. Presented...

Before Birdman, The Revenant and Babel, Alejandro González Iñárritu directed Amores Perros (2000), a triptych film about love and dogs. Before this podcast, Chris worked in a One-Stop Shop with a spiritually wounded man and Sam worked as a pot wash with garlic bread duties. Episode 18 of Midlife Film Catch Up sees our hosts reaching adulthood at the turn of the century. Presented by Chris Jenkins...

Sam's friend Norm takes the hybrid role of guest/co-host as we reach 1999 in the MLFCU project. Sam and Norm talk about Pedro Almodóvar's award-winning classic All About My Mother as well as their adolescence in East Yorkshire. There are also brit-pop urinal meetings, self-help advice and mini discs. Presented by Sam Turner and Nicholas Amann Music by Joe Booker Follow Midlife Film Catch-up on Ins...

On the banks of the Danube small time hustlers Matko and Zare are getting into all sorts of bother. Meanwhile in Southampton, Chris Jenkins is loving life as a sandwich board executive. Our presenters are not in agreement on the merits of Emir Kusturica's award-winning caper, nor on the subculture to which Wallace and Gromit belong. Expect fireworks, frivolity and lots of geese. Music by Joe Booke...

Twenty four contestants in Longview, Texas spend days without sleep in a bid to win a Nissan pick-up truck. Chris and Sam have under an hour to discuss a film from, and their lives in, the year 1997. It's high octane stuff, it's a human drama thing, it's Midlife Film Catch-Up. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins. Music by Joe Booker. Follow the Midlife Film Catch-Up on Instagram @filmcatchup...

Chris and Sam examine a film by one of Chris's favourite directors, Takeshi Kitano, as we reach 1996 in a project which is taking the duo through a film released every year of their lives. Kids Return leads to discussion on Japanese mores, fighting, and Warhammer. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins. Music by Joe Booker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Richard Linklater's much-loved romantic tale of two young pseudo-philosophers win the middle-aged hearts of Chris and Sam? Is there an ideal footwear to walk the streets of Vienna? What is G Funk? Lots of questions for episode 13 as our hosts reach the middle of the 1990s. Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Music by Joe Booker Follow the podcast on instagram @filmcatchup Hosted on Acas...

Guest co-presenter Joe Booker joins Sam this week to discuss Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang's Golden Bear winner Vive L'Amour. How will a new presenter change the energy of the podcast? Joe and Sam discuss their lives in 1994, Chris leaves an answerphone message and there are session aims and changes to the format. Presented by Sam Turner and Joe Booker Music by Joe Booker Follow Midlife Film...

Martin Scorsese's high society drama The Age Of Innocence is discussed as Sam and Chris reach 1993 in their project to see an unwatched film for every year of their lives to date. Daniel Day-Lewis, facial hair, staying up all night; lots to discuss, much to debate, do write in. @filmcatchup Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Music by Joe Booker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...