The Glacé Film Club

The Bikeriders draws on material from Danny Lyon's photo-book - it tells the story of The Vandals Motorcycle Club, a fictional version of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, that came out of Illinois in the 1930s. Jeff Nichols' direction focuses on what it means to be part of a community, what it means to be a man, and how these are culturally constructed. Check out the latest review!  Hosted on Aca...

Kinds of Kindness explores patriarchal power, constructs of the self, and what it means to love. Kinds of Kindness is a bizarre exploration of human desire - Yorgos Lanthimos isn't kind to the viewer with this cinematic triptych. We were left wanting some more kindness. Check out the latest review to see what we thought! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wes Anderson's latest adaptation of a Roald Dahl anthology is a meditation on how we make sense of what we see, beyond what’s immediately visible. Henry Sugar is a bachelor who discovers a medical journal about a man who can see without his eyes. It suggests that reality can be something that is felt and thought rather than literally ‘seen’. Phantasmagorical in nature, as always Anderson...

Brian De Palma’s 1983 ‘classic’, Scarface, tells the story of Tony Montana, a Cuban political refugee escaping Castro’s communist regime. He seeks political asylum in Miami and becomes a powerful drug lord. His success is short-lived, however, when his regime is toppled by his own hubris. 1980s masculinity is in full show here! Check out the latest review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut, American Fiction, follows the story of writer Thelonius ‘Monk’ Ellison - he’s disillusioned with how black Americans are portrayed through literature. He decides to write a satirical ‘black’ book to highlight the essentialism of race politics. A comment on race, narrative, and history, this sees Jeffrey Wright give a stunning performance, challenging the zeitgei...

In conversation with Marcus in the latest episode is Festival Director at Manchester Film Festival, Neil Jeram-Croft. The 10th edition of the film festival begins on the 15th March running until 24th March 2024. Neil very kindly sat down with Marcus to share stories about how he started the festival a decade ago, what attendees can expect from the festival and what drives him and the team to keep...

Jonathan Glazer's latest film, The Zone of Interest, is a powerful reflection on genocide in 1940s Europe. Combining Kubrick-esque cinematography with documentary-style precision, Glazer's film speaks to the present as a warning, that humans have historically and are presently, complicit in mass genocide. Silence is not an option. It pushes us to think about the weight of history and how it r...

In the latest conversation episode, Marcus spoke with Director of the short documentary "Life Over Death", Gillian Davies. During their conversation Marcus and Gillian spoke about the film that won Best Documentary at Worcester Film Festival in 2023. The film explores the charnel house underneath the home of the Bishop of Worcester, the history behind it and how it inspired the bishop's late wife...

Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers is a powerful evocation of memory, trauma, loss, and sexuality. It follows the story of Adam, a reclusive screenwriter living in London, who is coming to terms with the death of his parents - they died when he was a child. He also meets Harry, a troubled soul who is living in his apartment block. The two strike a relationship, they navigate the sinews of memory a...

Alexander Payne's latest film 'The Holdovers', takes us back to a 1970s New England boarding school. It meditatively explores familial relationships, trauma, class, race, and masculinity... just some of the big concepts that determine our contemporary! Check out the latest review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film is an absurdist comment on the zeitgeist. Addressing themes of innocence, patriarchy, sexual liberation, and ideas of being, Poor Things is a surreal black comedy drama examining how all these mesh. It follows the story of Bella Baxter, a woman with a child's mind, and how she navigates the world. It seems like a comment on modernity. Check out the latest review! Host...

One Life follows the story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton and his team who helped secure the safety of over six hundred, largely Czech-Jewish children, following Hitler's invasion of the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia in 1938. An essential piece of filmmaking that speaks to the times in which we live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Christmas special is upon us! A staple for most living room television sets, and an ITV yearly favourite, Richard Curtis' 2003 Love Actually captures how love is expressed through nine seemingly intimate storylines. Every year this divides the nation, but we thought we'd add our own thoughts to this yearly staple. Check out the latest review!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn is an ethereal meditation on power, dynasty, sex, and money. Oliver Quick is invited to spend the summer with his friend Felix, descendent and presumably heir, to a luscious estate in the countryside. What starts off as a friendly trip quickly turns into an extended summer of debauchery and murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ridley Scott’s latest epic sees Joaquin Phoenix portraying one of the most famous commanders in history. Rooted in showcasing the constructions of power and nationhood endemic in 18th century France, Scott’s Napoleon is a meditative depiction of a man whose power is often shown to be adolescent and pathetic. Yet, it also manages to capture his enduring legacy as a military commander and an archite...

Joel and Ethan Coen's 1987 absurdist film Raising Arizona, is a critique of American culture during Reagan's reign. Family 'values' and capitalism are the Coen's victims in this satire, but as with every Coen exploration, they continue to find even more surreal ways to dissect the values and culture of America. Check out the latest review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Kirk Douglas, a Thracian slave, leads a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 epic! Adapted by Dalton Trumbo, Spartacus was written at a time of heightened anti-Communist sentiment - the movie tells us that meaning can be found from the past to help our present. Check out the latest review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martin Scorsese's latest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon, focuses on narratives of power and voice in the Osage Community in 1920s Oklahoma. The film focuses on the murders of several Osage, and how their communities were destroyed through the relentless march of white American capital. Check out the latest review now.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eve Hewson plays Flora, a single mother living in Dublin who wants to connect with her son. Rescuing a discarded guitar from a skip, she uses music to build a bridge to her son, aided by the effortlessly 'LA cool' Jeff, played by Joseph Gordon Levitt. John Carney's 2023 'Flora and Son' shows how music can surpass trauma in a world where there feels as though there aren't any options left...

Another year and another visit to the wondrous Worcester Film Festival. Marcus headed down to Worcester, microphone in hand to take in a selection of high end films, meet a bunch of passionate filmmakers and catch up with old friends. Of course, in the process he didn't want you listeners to miss out on all the goings on, so as a special episode we've put together an overview of proceedings at the...

Wall Street labels unsophisticated and uneducated investors who can be easily exploited, 'dumb money'. These 'dumb money' socialites, existing in the margins of the internet, artificially inflate a 'penny stock' retailer 'GameStop' by investing all their life savings in it. Hedge funds, who bet in favour of the company going under, are now losing billions of dollars because of...

In our latest episode Marcus sat down for a conversation with Senior Entertainment Reporter at Bauer Media, Olivia Marks. Olivia interviews some of the biggest actors in the world with clips of her at press junkets and red carpet events going all across the internet. Olivia has a unique ability to strike up an instant rapport with the actors she is chatting to, leading to many fantastic interviews...

Celine Song's directorial debut sees Greta Lee and Teo Yoo grapple with notions of identity, language and place. Nora and Hae Sung are childhood friends who are separated after Nora's family emigrates to Canada. Two decades later they are reunited in New York, where the past is achingly part of their present. Are they in love with the idea of their past or the idea of the present? Check out t...

Award winning director, writer and poet Luke Morgan joins Marcus for a wonderfully fascinating conversation about his drive for filmmaking, what inspires his continuing flow of ideas as well as sharing some insights into the projects he's worked on. It is clear that working on creative endeavours means so much to Luke on a deep level and that passion and connection with what he does really comes t...

After a short break to recharge our batteries and top up the film watching desire, we're back for a brand new series. Kelly Fremon Craig's 2016 coming of age movie, The Edge of Seventeen, makes you think about what it means to grow up. Adults, teenagers, children - we're all trying to navigate how we feel and what our identity actually 'is'. This movie captures something special - check...