At the Flicks

Welcome to another podcast in our occasional series – Director on Director. Writer / Director Phil Stubbs (Last Chancers) joins us again, to talk about another of his favourite directors, Tim Burton. Join us on a journey that starts with Tim's early days at Disney and ends with .... Tim's recent time at Disney. This is a journey that starts with imaginative characters set in fantastical worlds and...

Podcast regular Darren, joins the At the Flicks team to discuss our favourite foreign language films. Jeff's language skill are found lacking, as he tries to introduce each film in it's native tongue! For this Podcast we each select two films (8 in total) that are personal favourites of ours. By the end of the show, we all had at least a couple of gems that we wanted to watch. Our selection of for...

In this show, we chat to fellow Podcaster Em from Verbal Diorama about female superheroes. We discuss the portrayal of female heroes in movies past, present and future. Em in her signature chatty style, regales the team with her views of the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She even has some positive thoughts on the much maligned 1992 movie of the same name. We talk about the role of the incre...

Welcome to our mid month show, which is as usual packed with a variety of goodies for you. We chat to Jardiel the creator of the film distribution company Pulp Cereal, which deals in films and TV with pulp fiction roots. Learn – as we did – about such classic serials as Flash Gordon, The Shadow and The Tiger Woman.  Elijah is also back as we start the first of a long running series of chats on the...

We have a very special double bill for you in this episode. First up, we speak to Emma who attended the London Film Festival for the first time this year. Emma tells us the highlights she saw there. If you are anything like us, your 'what-to-watch' list is about to explode, as you add some of these fantastic titles. From a new person on the show, we then catch up with Declan who has a round up of...

Welcome to our monthly review show. Sorry, it's a little late this month. The reason is explained in our "Next Month" segment. This show features reviews of Joker, The Irishman and many others. New team member Darren returns to detail his favourite four films of the month for his segment, Darren's Dash! Regular contributor Steve Wright from Cineworld details all of the films that you can catch at...

You asked for it - you now have it! There was much debate with our listeners over show 52, Actors Of Our Generation. Some of our choices were questioned - "Why don't you like Ryan Gosling?", "Surely Matt Damon should be on the list?" and, perhaps most telling of all, "Where is Rebel Wilson?" Now we have broadened the debate. Let's look at the actors of the previous generation. Do you agree with ou...

On this show, Jeff admits he's wrong! It doesn't happen often (well, never) so listen out for it. As for the rest of the show, we have an interview with young South African film composer Daniel Gadd. Make a note of that name, he is a talent to watch. Daniel talks about his musical roles on some very big British films and the documentaries he has been involved with. Listen out for his excellent sco...

"I love the smell of a podcast in the morning, it smells like victory"! With those words ringing in your head, it's time to go back into the jungle. The helicopter blades are whirring and Ride Of The Valkyries is queued up ready to play. All of this can only mean one film - Apocalypse Now. Or to be more specific, Apocalypse Now : Final Cut. Film maker Sam Pope, a huge fan of the Francis Coppola's...

Regular listeners to the show know what a stickler for detail our Neil is. He has to review and approve everything before we are allowed to upload each podcast. Unfortunately the end of September also clashed with the annual Tory party conference, for which Neil has a season ticket. So we had to wait for his return before we could get his seal of approval and then put the show out. Sorry about tha...

For the 2019 International Day of Older Persons, the At The Flicks team invite you to meet Dingle. Dingle, who is now in his leisure years, looks back on his love of films, which comes from his youth. The particular focus of our discussion is his visits to Saturday Morning cinema in the late 1940's. Prepare to be enthralled as Dingle describes his typical Saturday, which revolved around his mid mo...

This month the At The Flicks team speak to Phil Foster aka Phil The Bear about his latest director retrospective. Welcome to the fast talking, blood splattered world of Quentin Tarantino. For this very special discussion, we are joined by film maker Sam Pope, who is also a Tarantino fan. In a sense this podcast is the young against the old. Phil and Sam are like the Vega twins in cool suits and sn...

The 'At The Flicks' team are proud to present our latest and a very special podcast. Special because this month we are actually ahead of the curve, interviewing and reporting on landmark films that are coming in the future. First up we have an interview with Stefen Harris, whose excellent thriller Blue Moon is currently winning awards on the festival circuit. Stef gives us a fascinating insight in...

For this podcast short Neil dares to be different. In a bold move, he seized control of the order paper making Graham and Jeff listen to him for the entire day. Luckily we were able to distil that working day down to its most interesting parts as Neil tells us over and over again, about his love for foreign films. In a vein effort to get Jeff to watch more cultured films, Neil compares foreign lan...

Our apologies for the delay in releasing our end of month show. We were all set to upload then suddenly Neil used his veto to prorogue the podcast. Neil felt he should be in charge and have final say, and there should be less comments about him from Jeff. Needless to say, the others joined forces in a loose collation to bring back power for the people. Thankfully, sense prevailed and the proroguin...

Who are the Actors of our generation? This is the question we tackle with the aid of regular guest Phil Foster. Each presenter picks two actors, one male one female and argues why they think their particular picks will be remembered in fifty years as the actors of this generation. The only stipulation for inclusion in the list, is that the actor has to be born after 1973! The team discuss the qual...

It's holiday time! Yes, even for us. Your At The Flicks team are off to the coast while listening to the classic Cliff Richard track Summer Holiday on repeat to annoy Jeff. Before we go, we have prepared a unique and very entertaining mid month show for you. The team aren't on it which in itself some of you might find a blessing. Instead we have an interview and the latest from Lucy on the state o...

To mark our 50th Show; Jeff, Neil and Graham sit down to reminisce about the audio journey from our first show 18 months ago, right up to this one and onto our plans for the rest of this year. We talk about Jeff's idea of starting a Podcast! His original idea of capturing and sharing our post cinema discussions, or as Jeff so eloquently put it: "three old codgers, in a pub, talking bollocks about...

This week friend of the show Darren joins us as a guest reviewer. He starts in fine style reviewing Spider-Man : Far From Home. Like Darren, Neil and Graham find much to like in this latest outing from the web slinger. As for Jeff, he has another comic book hero rant, until we manage to find his meds and calm him down! Other films reviewed this month include Midsommar, Yesterday, Apollo 11 and Cab...

Think you know your Coen Brothers? Think again? This month, Phil Foster of Phil the Bear's Blog, talks us through his incredible retrospective article on the Coen brothers filmography. From Raising Arizona parenting tips, to looking after cats with Llewyn Davis, it's all here. In this absorbing, funny and informative episode, Phil details the five Coen Brothers movies that he thinks are modern mas...

We at the At The Flicks team love our show. However we don't exclusively listen to ourselves speaking (Jeff being the exception). There are some great movie podcasts out there that we love to check out. One such podcast is Verbal Diorama (yes, you read that right; the explanation for that fascinating title is revealed during the interview). Verbal Diorama is the brainchild of Em. The reason we lik...

The “At the Flicks” team are very proud and honoured, to bring you a very special podcast which concentrates on a single short film.   Stroud's Secret Suffragist: The Film   This film was one of the highlights of the 2019 Stroud Film Festival. This local film gives a fascinating insight into the life of Margaret Hills. One hundred years ago, Margaret was a leading member of the Suffragist movement...

Our traditional end of month show is a little late. Two reasons for that 1) A new review format which took a little bit of tinkering with. Don't worry though, it might be a new review format, but it is the same old men (thanks for pointing that out Phil) 2) A July 4th treat for our American listeners! Yes we have shaken up the review format and even woken Neil up in the process! Our reviews are sh...

This month in our monthly catch up with Phil, we tackle the big one. Bigger than what's the meaning of life, bigger even than why does Graham like Mel Gibson so much. It is Cinema Vs Streaming where are we and what is the future? Can cinema compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime? It was such a big topic that we had to bring in reinforcements. Joining the team for this show (and hopeful...

We are honoured this month to have an interview with music producer and composer Rupert Christie. As a composer, Rupert scored the very successful British movie Fisherman's Friends and also, as a producer, was responsible for their phenomenal chart topping success. Rupert talks in detail about his involvement on the film and his work on other features with Michael Kamen such as Open Range. Compose...