Filibuster

Dallas and Lee pick their favourite streaks of a director's work and review If Beale Street Could Talk

Lee Hutchison and Jamie Mackay sit down to talk with writer/director Joe Cornish about his new film, The Kid Who Would Be King. Joe shares with us how the film went from an idea he had at age 11 to big screen adventure, shooting action scenes with child actors, the importance of the casting process, the legacy of Attack the Block and the challenges and excitement of working in Hollywood.

Founded in 2011 by Megan Ellison, Annapurna Pictures has been one of the most exciting film producers and distributors with films from Richard Linklater, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, Barry Jenkins and the Coen Brothers. Lee Hutchison and Dallas King pick their top 5 films released to date and examine the success of Annapurna Pictures.

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King pick out their 10 must see films at the Glasgow Film Festival which launches on February 20th. We also review Vice, the RSNO's Sci-Spectacular concert and share our #52FilmsByWomen recommendations for the week. Book tickets for the Glasgow Film Festival at http://glasgowfilm.org

M. Night Shyamalan's Glass arrived in cinemas this week, Lee and Dallas review the film and cast their eyes back upon Unbreakable and Split. Our duo also discuss the film that is ironically making waves on social media this week, FYRE and launch a new feature highlighting films in cinemas and streaming directed by women for listeners to take part in the #52FilmsByWomen pledge. We also have a speci...

The BAFTA awards in the UK are often seen as a preview of what will unfold with the Academy Awards but the award ceremony has it's detractors, Dallas King and Lee Hutchison examine the criticism and discuss ways to improve one of the biggest nights in the UK film calendar. We also have a special offer for listeners thanks to our friends at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, you can get 20% off...

Lee and Dallas are back for their 150th episode of Filibuster! The duo pick their top 5 movies of 2018 and the movies that have them most excited coming out this year. We also have a special offer for listeners thanks to our friends at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, you can get 20% off tickets to their Sci-Fi Spectacular concert. (Fri 25 Jan in Edinburgh and Sat 26 Jan in Glasgow) It will...

Lee and Dallas are away for the holidays but have left their second Christmas specials underneath your podcast app to enjoy featuring some our favourite interviews from 2018 featuring musicians, producers, actors, comedians, directors and much more! Running order: Hell is for Heroes (British Rock Band) - 00:01:36 Ira Steven Behr (Writer/Producer/Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - 00:22:22 Brian Huskey...

It's taken us 148 episodes but we finally have a clip show! Lee and Dallas are away for the holidays but have left the first of two Christmas specials underneath your podcast app to enjoy featuring some our favourite interviews from 2018 featuring authors, documenterians, legends, writers, directors and musicians. Running order: Michael Moore (political documenterian) - 00:01:33 Fran Healy (Lead s...

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King are joined again by critic, podcaster and author Darren Mooney to discuss his latest book, Christopher Nolan: A Critical Study Of The Films. Darren Mooney is a pop culture critic currently working in Dublin, Ireland. He runs his own website (the m0vie blog), hosts a film podcast (The 250), and is a member of the Online Film Critics Society. You can buy Christopher Nol...

It's been an exciting year for Scottish cinema with Calibre and Outlaw King and now to end 2018, we have a Glasgow high school zombie comedy musical, Anna and the Apocalypse. Lee and Dallas review the movie and discuss why it's destined for cult status. Lee also spoke with Ella Hunt who sings, dances and murders the undead as Anna and Malcolm Cumming after the UK premiere at the Edinburgh Internat...

Much like our friends at Nerd Nuptial, Lee and Dallas are huge fans of the David Fincher adaptation of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Inspired by watching 'The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story', we pick out movies which involved recasting that were incredibly successful in their eyes from sci-fi franchises to creative casting following a death. We also review Bohemian Rhapso...

Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria, the iconic 1977 Dario Argento film is one of the most anticipated releases of the year for Lee Hutchison and Dallas King and they share their thoughts on a movie that is dividing audiences and provoking passionate debate among film fans. Lee and Dallas also look back at the original movie and how the two movies diverge and does it still hold up over 40 years l...

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison celebrate a big week for Scotland's film industry and pick their top 5 films set in Scotland and review the latest Netflix movie, Outlaw King starring Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce. We also have interviews from the Outlaw King red carpet with Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, James Cosmo, Tony Curran and producer Gillian Berrie from the UK premiere in London. The duo...

Dallas and Lee are reunited and share their film reviews, experiences and W.T.F moments from the 2018 London Film Festival and the MCM Comic Con.

The Nerd Party attended the London Film Festival this year and we were lucky to speak with many of the stars, directors, producers and talent attending. 00:00:59 - 00:05:18 - Fahrenheit 11/9 (Michael Moore) 00:05:26 - 00:05:42 - Suspiria (Mia Goth) 00:05:54 - 00:13:41 - Lizzie (Craig William Macneill) 00:13:58 - 00:18:48 - Outlaw King (Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tony Curran & Gillian Berrie...

Destination Star Trek, the worlds largest Star Trek convention returned to Birmingham and celebrated the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Alongside the usual panels, autographs and photo opportunities, fans were treated to the world premiere of the crowd funded documentary, 'What We Left Behind' which reunited the creative talent from Deep Space Nine to reflect on the show and exami...

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King preview an exciting October ahead for Filibuster with coverage of the BFI London Film Festival, Destination Star Trek convention & MCM London Comic Con to come. We discuss the movies we've seen in the past week including reviews of The Rider, A Star is Born, Skate Kitchen and The Little Stranger. Lee picks out his London Film Festival highlights and takes you behind t...

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison review Climax, Crazy Rich Asians, A Simple Favour, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. and Bodyguard.  Lee also takes his turn to try and convince Dallas to put a studio trend, plot device, marketing choice, filmhouse trend and audience issue into ROOM 101! 

Lee and Dallas are back and review the films they've been watching over the past two weeks such The Predator, Cold War, The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Upgrade.  Our duo have enjoyed over the years visiting film locations around the globe and share the 5 locations they'd love to visit.  which film locations would you like to visit?

In 1995 at the peak of the Star Trek franchise, a new spin-off series premiered to launch the UPN network, Star Trek: Voyager.  Starfleet and Maquis working together to return to Earth, an unexplored area of the galaxy filled with new races and threats had fans excited by the potential of the series. As always with Star Trek, Voyager split opinion with some claiming it's the finest of the franchis...

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King pick their top five European language films and share some of their special memories associated with them. Lee speaks with director Scott Mann about his latest movie, Final Score starring Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan. A group of heavily armed criminals take control of a stadium packed with 35,000 football fans. Ex-soldier Michael Knox (Bautista) is forced to use s...

This week Dallas King and Lee Hutchison review the weeks big releases, the new Spike Lee joint, BlacKkKlansman & The Equalizer 2 and discuss the fallout from Danny Boyle's exit from Bond 25 and where next for the 007 franchise. We also continue our #52FilmsByWomen coverage by reviewing The Spy Who Dumped Me, To All The Boys I Loved Before and highlighting other films to check out and debating if a...

Dallas has finally seen 'Hearts Beat Loud', did the film live up to Lee's hype? Now they can finally discuss the movie that they've waited all summer to talk about with each other.  We're also joined by Bret Haley, director and co-writer of 'Hearts Beat Loud',  who spoke with Lee during the Edinburgh Film Festival about the making of the movie, representation, working with this all star cast and O...

Lee Hutchison is joined for interviews and conversations with an incredible diverse range of talent and performers who have come to Edinburgh for the largest arts festival in the world. (01:25) Laetita Dosch  French actress Laetitia Dosch speaks with us about her roles as The Woman in 'La Maladie de la Mort' and in 'Jeune Femme'. Book tickets for Edinburgh -  www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2018/maladie Bo...