In The Mood For Films

In which Donald, Wes and Rob wgo back to high school (again) They discuss the how we came to the film individually, what it means to us and context behind the creation of this early noughties masterpiece. We also consider this film alongside high-school set films such as Lehmann's nihilistically comic Heathers, the satirical Election by Alexander Payne, and the joy that Kleiser's Grease brings (or...

In which Donald, Wes and Rob walk down the mean streets of film noir and neo noir. They discuss the how we came to the film individually, what it means to us and context behind the creation of this 90s masterpiece. We also consider this film alongside other noirs from the period including Kasden's graphic retelling of man meets woman and death ensues, Fincher's take on the noir from 2014, Gone Gir...

In which Donald, Wes and Rob discuss the horrible beauty of Cronenberg's 1986 masterpiece The Fly. We discuss the how we came to the film individually, what it means to us and context behind the creation of this cinematic gem. We also consider other body horror films such as Schrader's controversial 1982 Cat People, Blomkamp's political homage to this strand of horror, 2009's District 9, and the c...

In which Donald, Wes and Rob the melancholy beauty of Wong Kar Wai's masterpiece In The Mood For Love. We discuss the how we came to the film individually, what it means to us and context behind the creation of this cinematic gem. We also consider Wong's other standout film Chungking Express and how this is, stylistically, very different film but covers similar themes of transglobalism and the ero...

In which Wes, Rob and Donald discuss the many facets of this seasonal classic. Other films discussed include Joe Dante's Gremlins, Wilder's The Apartment and one of Capra's less well known films, 1938s You Can't Take it with You. Oh, and we discuss whether James Stewart is a hot lead!

In which Donald, Rob and Wes discuss this enigmatic and eerie example of the Australian New Wave. Set in 1900, the film begins in Appleyard College, a girls private school, with students welcoming St Valentine's Day. The girls and some of the teachers go on the titular picnic to the ominous Hanging Rock. The day ends with three girls and a teacher going missing, and the repercussions of this on th...

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez . One of the most successful independent films of all time, it is a " found footage " pseudo-documentary in which three students ( Heather Donahue , Michael C. Williams , and Joshua Leonard ) hike into the Appalachian Mountains near Burkittsville, Maryland , to sh...

In which Donald, Wes and Rob discuss the phenomenon of the high school movie as exemplified by John Hughes's '80s classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In the US this location for films is so ubiquitous that it can be part of the horror, musical, comedy and even film noir genres. Other films we discuss are Wes Anderson's sophomore movie Rushmore, Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater's next film after...