MidLife Film CatchUp

For the tenth episode Chris and Sam are joined by Sam's oldest friend James Cundill to analyse Sally Potter's 1992 costume drama Orlando. As well as critiquing Tilda Swinton's performance, considering their own relationship to the costume drama genre, the trio debate gout, time travel and small victories. Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner Music by Doctor Turtle Howie Mitchell and Charlotte...

Chris and Sam enter the world of Gun Van Sant's street hustlers when examining My Own Private Idaho (1991) and recall violence and espionage in their own lives in the year of release. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams Jahzzar Lobo Loco Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the start of a new decade and Chris and Sam are debating Scottish confectionary, there's fear of fainting, and Jane Campion's biopic of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, An Angel At My Table, is being dissected. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams Jahzzar Loco Loco Follow Midlife Film Catch-up on instagram @filmcatchup Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Sam and Chris try to stay on track for Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train (1989). Sam grieves over a pet called ‘Rambo’ and Chris starts his wheeler dealing phase. Follow the Midlife Film Catch-Up on Instagram @filmcatchup Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by: Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams The Pop Winds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris and Sam come home to Liverpool in this episode as they 'gorge' on Terrence Davies' 'delicious' Distant Voices, Still Lives. There's a troubling memory of Little and Large and Chris misuses the word 'cute'. Follow the Midlife Film Catch-Up on Instagram @filmcatchup Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by: Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams The Pop Winds Hosted on Acast. See acas...

TW: sexual abuse, slavery Chris and Sam are joined by a special guest in week five of the Midlife Film Catch-up project. Chris's brother Mike helps out navigating some problematic source material in Werner Herzog's Cobra Verde (1987). We also hear about Mike's early illnesses, back slapping and Sam starts 'Playschool'. Follow the Midlife Film Catch-Up on Instagram @filmcatchup Presented by Sam Tur...

We enter the world of Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki. Chris's life in 1986 takes a left turn and Sam introduces his neighbours. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by: Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams The Pop Winds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris reveals his first memories but what's Sam up to while he's off school? Mostly, it's Albert Brook's directorial debut that comes under the microscope as we move to the middle of the 1980s. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by: Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams The Pop Winds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots to unpack for Alex Cox's satire of Regan/Thatcher's 80s. Who's more punk - Sam or Chris and what's going on with Chris's neighbour? Great soundtrack chat and a lattice of coincidence. Watch along, follow us on instagram @filmcatchup, email filmcatchup[@]gmail.com Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams The Pop Winds Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

We start at the beginning (sort of). Gandi, The Cribs, and Knopfler are discussed during this dissection of Bill Forsyth's cult classic. It's 1983: flash cars, cosmology and globalisation. Let's dive in. Watch along, follow us on instagram @filmcatchup, email filmcatchup[@]gmail.com Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams The Pop Winds Hosted on Aca...

Subscribe to the Midlife Film Catch-Up, a podcast that takes a deep dive into a different film every week and reflects on the year it was made. A different film made in every year in the lives of hosts Chris and Sam. Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.