Double Reel Film Podcast

Continuing Issue 74 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal where we put two films up for judgement. First up, it's a Remake on Trial and we ask whether they should have made another screen adaptation of Thomas Harris's Red Dragon after Michael Mann's version from the 80s. Then we offer a Parole Board hearing to a film that didn't wo...

Continuing Issue 74 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's time for Classics and Hidden Gems were we discuss a film one or both of us hasn't seen before and a lesser known film we think you should check out. Our theme this month is serial killers and the Classic is the Oscar-winning, starmaking hit The Slience of the Lambs which Alan hasn't seen. Then w...

Here comes Issue 74 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, starting with Double Reel Monthly. We cover news, new releases and reviews of new and notable films we watched this month including Disclosure Day, Backrooms, Masters of the Universe, Scary Movie 6, The Sheep Detectives and The Smashing Machine. We also discuss in the latest in our annual projects - Alan's wander aro...

Concluding Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. It's a Spotlight episode, with James, Alan and Deborah taking a closer look at the niche subgenre of films about possessed vehicles. We talk origins, the early 70s attempt Killdozer, its glorious mid-80s apex with The Wraith and few mentions of the mad and drug-addled production of Maximum Overdrive. The...

Continuing Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal and like the previous part of the issue we're focusing on films from 1976 that are having their 50th anniversary. For our Remake on Trial we ask if there was any reason to do an updated version of King Kong with Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange. For our Parole Board we ask if a...

Continuing Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's time for Classics and Hidden Gems featuring films from 1976 that are turning 50 this year. First up for our Classic, Alan finally gets round to watching Scorsese's legendary Taxi Driver. Then for our Hidden Gem we look at a lesser known film from that year, the detective spoof Murder by Death. D...

Here's Issue 73 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. First up it's Double Reel Monthly, with news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched including Remarkably Bright Creatures, Michael, Undertone, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Hokum and Apex. Alan and James also discuss the films they watched for their annual projects. Next week we'll bring you the second part of the...

Concluding Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is a Spotlight episode on Taika Waititi. Author and friend of the pod Deborah Fox joins James and Alan to talk about his career, taking a closer look at Jojo Rabbit and Next Goal Wins All the other parts of Issue 72 are available to download as well, and Issue 73 will be with you from May 25th.   Check out Debor...

Continuing Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast of the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal and still on the theme of courtroom and legal films. Our Remake on Trial asks if there was a good reason for David Mamet to update a 1940s film of an Edwardian court case with 1999's The Winslow Boy. Then have our toughest case yet on the Parole Board: is there any way, any way at all, to...

Continuing Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems, where we catch up with a great film one of us hasn't seen before and tell you about a lesser-known film you should check out. Our theme this month is Legal and Courtoom films and for our Classic, Alan finds out whether he can handle the truth when he finally watches A Few Good Men. T...

Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd starts here. First up is Double Reel Monthly, discussing news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched recently and the latest in our annual projects for 2026. Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems, the week after is the Remakes Tribunal and we'll finish off with a Spotlight episode with a special guest. C...

A special episode of Double Reel while you're waiting for the next issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We were very excited to get a special guest on the pod, writer-director Ben Barlow who is here to talk about his new film Lurking, which will be out later this year.  We talk about Ben's career to date and outlook on filmmaking and then he gives us the lowdown on h...

Concluding Issue 71 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal where we put two more films up for judgement, both from 1986 and having their 40th anniversary. For our remake on trial we ask whether the 80s update of 50s sci fi classic Invaders from Mars deserves to exist. Then we have a parole hearing for a film in movie jail to see it it can be reh...

Continuing Issue 71 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems, where we talk about a highly-regarded film we've only just got round to watching and pick out a lesser-known film we think you should try out. The theme is films from 1986 having their 40th anniversary and for our Classic James finally watched the Jim Henson/David Bowie mashup Labyr...

Kicking off Issue 71 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd. This is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, notable films we've watched this month and the latest in our annual projects.  The next part of the issue will be Classics and Hidden Gems, including films of 1986 having their 40th anniversary. The Remakes Tribunal will follow that on the same the...

Concluding Issue 70 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This part is a Spotlight on famed Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, featuring special guest Deborah Fox. We talk about how we found Bong in the first place and what his films mean to us, and focus on his Oscar winning Parasite and his follow up Mickey 17. All other parts of Issue 70 are already out, and Iss...

Continuing Issue 70 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal putting two more films up for judgement and continuing our Dirty Cops theme. First up a remake on trial, asking if Blue Streak was right to reboot an old British caper film and deserves to exist. Then we have a parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time. Would a remake fix...

Continuing Issue 70 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme for this issue is dirty cops. First up for our Classic, Alan finally gets round to watching Denzel Washington's Oscar winning turn in Training Day. For our Hidden Gem, we tell you why you should check out the intense 1990 thriller Internal Affairs. Part one...

Double Reel is the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, and Issue 70 starts here. First up is Double Reel monthly with a look at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched this month and our annual project films. New cinema releases we review include Marty Supreme and No Other Choice and we've got some new streaming films for you as well - Dust Bunny, Wrecking Crew a...

Concluding Issue 69 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is a Spotlight on the supreme cinema stylist Michael Mann, and returning guest Calum from the Screen 1 Film Podcast helps us break down his unique filmmaking. We take a  close look at the indisputed classic heist epic Heat from 1995, and the much more disputed but endlessly fascinating 2006 reboot of Miami Vice....

Continuing Issue 69 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal where we put two films up for judgement. Firstly a remake of a well-known film where we ask if it deserves to exist and how it compares to the original - this issue we continue our Westerns theme with True Grit, the Coen Brothers' new version of the 1969 John Wayne film. Then...

Continuing Issue 69 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems and the theme for this month is Westerns. We're joined by special guest David Bayles (Alan's brother), and first up for our Classic Alan and I finally sit down to watch the iconic John Ford/John Wayne epic The Searchers. Then we tell you about a lesser known western that...

Continuing Issue 69 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. In this second slice of Double Reel Monthly we talk about the new and notable films we watched recently: Song Sung Blue, Train Dreams, Avatar Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, Spinal Tap II The End Continues, Wake Up Dead Man and Citizen Kane. We also unveil our new film watching projects for 2026. Alan is wat...

Here's Issue 69 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Double Reel Monthly was such an epic that we've had to split it into two parts, starting with the highly prestigious* 5th Annual Double Reel Awards for excellence and otherwise in 2025. Find out our picks for best acting performances, best films, who had the best year, worst decision, worst film and more besides.   The r...

Thought Christmas was over? Think again. Whether you love Christmas and you're trying to keep it going or you've had enough for one year and you want to exorcise the spirit, we've got a January treat for you. Returning guest and author Deborah Fox joins Alan and James to talk about alternative Christmas films. In Krampus a terrifying spirit from the old country punishes those who don't respect the...