Kinotomic

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the twentieth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 20 we will be discussing Sci-Fi, with a discussion on 'Metropolis', directed by Fritz Lang; and 'Dark City', directed by Alex Proyas. We discuss silent film rediscoveries, payoffs and twists, and the current state of cinema. Leave a rating and a review, and THANK YOU for listening!! Twitter: @kino...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the ninteenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 19 we will be discussing 'Gold Diggers Of 1933', starring Joan Blondell and Warren William; along with 'Team America: World Police', directed by Trey Parker. We discuss the puppets, politics, humour and musical numbers. Scott Tobias on 'Team America: World Police': https://film.avclub.co...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the eighteenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 18 we will be discussing Westerns. Dani's film is Nicolas Ray's 'Johnny Guitar', starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden and Mercedes McCambridge. With Nick pairing it with Robert Altman's 'McCabe & Mrs Miller', starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. We discuss the frontier...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the seventeenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 17 we will be discussing Akira Kurosawa's epic 'Ran'; and the Tom Cruise starring 'The Last Samurai'. We discuss all things Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, and Tom Cruise. Criterion essay on 'Ran': https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/402-ran-apocalypse-song NY Times Article on Akira...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the sixteenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 16 we will be discussing Bob Fosse's semi-biopic 'All That Jazz', starring Roy Scheider; and François Truffaut's love-letter to moviemaking 'Day For Night', starring Jacqueline Bisset. We discuss the French New Wave, moviemaking, and showbusiness. The 400 Blows turns 60: https://bangalor...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the fifteenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 15 we will be discussing John Huston's melodrama 'In This Our Life', starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland; and Julia Ducournau's cannibal movie 'Raw', starring Garance Marillier and Ella Rumpf. We discuss sisters, the career of Olivia de Havilland, cannibalism, and horror movies...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the fourteenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 14 we will be discussing Frank Capra's 'The Bitter Tea Of General Yen', starring Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther; and John Carpenter's 'Big Trouble In Little China', starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall. We discuss Asian stereotypes, Stanny, director partnerships, and references to S...

Send a text Bonus Ep. 4. On Monday the 6th of July, it was announced that the composer, Ennio Morricone passed away at the age of 91.  As Nick and Dani discussed his passing, his legacy, we decided to use the podcast to take the opportunity to talk about 'Cinema Paradiso', directed by Guiseppe Tornatore; then discuss his legacy; and then give you our 3 favourite musical cues, the choices...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the thirteenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 13 we will be discussing 'Paid', starring Joan Crawford and directed by Sam Wood; and 'Oldboy', starring Choi Min-sik and directed by Park Chan-wook. We discuss revenge, twists, and endings. Oldboy and Greek Tragedy: https://keithtselinguist.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/greek-tragedy-in-east-asia-old...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the twelfth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 12 we will be looking at Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; and Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name, starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. Dani and Nick talk Europe, first love, and peaches. Leave a rating and a review, and THANK YOU for listening!! Contact us:...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the eleventh episode of KINOTOMIC. In this episode we try something different, with Dani introducing Nick to the Historical Epic of Troy from 2004, directed by Wolfgang Peterson and starring Brad Pitt; and Nick introducing Dani to the stop-motion mythos of Jason And The Argonauts, directed by Don Chaffey with special-effects by the great Ray Harryhausen from 1963...

Send a text Bonus Ep. 3. Nick and Dani take the opportunity to discuss Victor Fleming's 'Gone With The Wind', starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable; the film as a work of cinema, its production background and its place in 2020.  We talk about the world in 2020, and what the film says about Race in the 1930s and in the present day. The Importance of Scarlett's Dresses in 'G...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the tenth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 10 we will be discussing Romantic Dramas. The focus will be on Wong Kar Wai's 'In The Mood For Love', starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung; and the Victor Fleming directed 'Red Dust', starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Mary Astor. We talk forbidden love, scandal, and Maggie Cheung's dres...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the ninth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 9 we will be discussing Phantoms! (not the Ben Affleck film). We will explore the Universal classic, The Phantom Of The Opera starring Lon Chaney. Then will revel in Brian de Palma's rock-opera, Phantom Of The Paradise. In this weeks episode, Dani and Nick disagree over the Paradise and the Opera. Cinephelia And Bey...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the eighth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 8 we will be discussing all things noir. First with In A Lonely Place, directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart, and then with Brick, a high-school noir directed by Rian Johnson and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Vivian Sobchack quote from her essay 'Lounge Time: Postwar Crises and the Chronotope of Fi...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the seventh episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 7 we will be discussing A Stolen Life, directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Bette Davis, and the unfairly underseen Birth directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Nicole Kidman. In this episode Nick remakes A Stolen Life with a new cast, and Dani changes her theory on Birth's reincarnation. Be Kind Rewind&apo...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the sixth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 6 we will be discussing The Neon Demon, by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, and What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. We talk about the ugliness in Refn films, and Dani talks about the star personas of Davis and Crawford. We find reference points with the Fast & Furious series,...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the fifth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 5 we will be discussing Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg. We talk about childhood, child actors, and find a connection to Under Seige. Leave a rating and a review, and THANK YOU for listening!! Contact us: kinotomic@gmail.com Support the show

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the fourth episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 4 we will be discussing Paul Verhoevan's satrical war/action film, Starship Troopers and King Vidor's Silent epic-war film, The Big Parade. "Would you like to know more?" Leave a rating and a review, and THANK YOU for listening!! Contact us: kinotomic@gmail.com Support the show

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the third episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 3 we will be discussing Musicals! We talk 1960s gangland New York in West Side Story, and post-apocalyptic gangland Tokyo with Tokyo Tribe. We wish West Side Story was a different movie, and Dani survives her first Sion Sono film. Michael Bay article: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/movies/watching-movies-with-michael...

Send a text Bonus Ep. 2. Nick and Dani introduce ourselves. We talk about our favourite films (sortof), our background in Film, how much we miss the cinema, and our most memorable cinema experiences. Leave a rating, a review and subscribe. Thank you for listening!! Contact us: kinotomic@gmail.com Support the show

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the second episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 2 we will be discussing Miami Vice, directed by Michael Mann and starring Colin Farrell's moustache, along with the classic Michael Curtiz directed Film-Noir, Angels With Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney. We attempt to find out why Nick loves Miami Vice so much, discuss the star power of Cagney and Bogart, and bo...

Send a text Join Dani and Nick for the first EVER (proper) episode of KINOTOMIC. In Episode 1 we will be discussing Sherlock Jr and The Playhouse, both directed and starring Buster Keaton, along with Jackass: The Movie. We discuss the surprising similarities between a great of Silent comedy, and a bunch of MTV nutters with free-reign to hurt themselves. Leave a rating and a review, and THANK YOU f...

Send a text Bonus Ep. 1. Nick and Dani talk about Parasite, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire & 1917. This is more of an introduction episode, sent to friends and family to get feedback, but is here for all to listen. We talk about how brilliant Bong Joon-Ho is, how much fire can fire be, and whether 1917 actually does what its supposed to do. Leave a rating, a review and subscribe. Thank you for lis...