The Glacé Film Club

Starter for 10 is a coming of age tale that follows the character of Brian Jackson, a working-class lad from Southend on Sea who wants to go to university - he loves knowledge and what it represents. Set against the backdrop of 1980s Bristol, Brian enlists for the University Challenge quiz team - a homage to his late father who he used to watch it with. Love, class and intellectual...

Everything Everywhere All at Once was described by the New York Times as a 'swirl of genre anarchy'. Pinned as the 'anti-Marvel' this movie bends time and makes you think about how your life can be reimagined. How you ask? Through a multiverse bagel. Yes. Sounds absurd? That's what this movie is - absurd. Through the absurdity there is also humour and redemption. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Roadrunner is a reflection on the late Anthony Bourdain - chef, traveller, documentarian. Bourdain came to 'public attention' after the publication of his memoir 'Kitchen Confidential'. The documentary tracks his life from the publication of Confidential through to his suicide in 2018 - the film reflects on who is he was, his impact as a traveller, and how time can reshape how one is remembered. T...

Top Gun: Maverick: a summer popcorn movie built on a legacy. Maverick is called back to train a group of elite fighter pilots to destroy a missile site. He has to navigate and come to terms with his past. That's basically it. Set against the backdrop of a sun-drenched California with a great 80s soundtrack... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 50 is finally upon us! 2007 marked the start of a global financial crash. Adam McKay's drama focuses on a group of hedge fund suits who spot a gap in the market – the gap… to bet against the housing market and profit from the chaos of the crash. Funny, thought-provoking, and utterly devastating,... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are flaneuring around 1950s Rome in search of new experiences. This movie helps you find the extraordinary in the ordinary, whether it be walking through a fruit market or trodding in the footsteps of those long past in the Colosseum. This film makes you question inherited power, media culture, and... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Adam Sandler, you could say, breaks his typecast here – Sandler plays a character called Howard Ratner, a Jewish-American jewel ‘expert', who is running around NYC trying to pay off his debts. Oh, he's also a gambling addict. The movie is about masculinity, money fetishism, and the chaotic underworld of a man on the edge.... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Set in the dark underbelly of 1970s New York City, Travis Bickle obtains a job as a taxi driver in an attempt to cope with his crippling insomnia – a symptom of his trauma sparked by the Vietnam War. Loneliness, racism, poverty, and misogyny all make up the tapestry of an NYC bathed in 1970s social and... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boiling Point is a damning indictment of the hospitality industry and performativity that comes with it. Told through one sweeping shot, Boiling Point immerses you in the high-stakes, high-threat environment of a ‘hip' and ‘trendy' up and coming restaurant in London. You are a participant in the chaos of the night. This one had us ranting... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Roger Kint is one of the only survivors of a massacre at an LA dock. He narrates his story through flashbacks alluding to a mysterious ‘devil’ crime lord known as Keyser Söze – the mastermind of a criminal web. This one had us scratching our heads about how narrative is constructed. Check out the latest... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The mysterious killing of Gotham's mayor by a villain called “The Riddler” leads The Batman down a trail of intrigue, uncovering a deceitful web of corruption amongst a deadly crime syndicate and Gotham's police department. Set in the fictional New York-esque Gotham City, The Batman must save the city from eating itself into a state... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival has been hailed as the ‘Black Woodstock'. Multi-instrumentalists like Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, BB King, Sly and the Family Stone all performed here, yet after the festival ended the footage was locked away for 50 years. Nobody wanted to publish it. This documentary is a cultural archive and poses the... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

The Glacé Film Club take their first steps into the world of musicals via the Oscar-nominated “tick, tick…BOOM!”. Jonathan Larson, an aspiring composer of musical theatre, is ‘down and out' in NYC in the 1990s. Working in diners around the city, he is desperately trying to stitch together his ‘era-defining' musical drama before he reaches the dreaded... Read more » Hosted on Acast...

We're taking a step away from award season and jumping back a few years for this week's review. But as we step back, we take a hop into the future with the AI orientated film, “Her”. Set in a Los Angeles of the near future, Theodore is a lonely misanthrope – he believes in the... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Child Of Deaf Adults. That's what CODA stands for and that's what the film is about. Ruby, played by Emilia Jones is the only member of her family that isn't deaf and throughout her life has took on the role as the family's translator. The unique angle CODA comes from is a refreshing insight into... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's award season and with it The Glacé Film Club podcast is back for a new series. We haven't messed about with our returning episode, diving straight into the Oscars with a film that has been nominated for the 2022 Best Picture, Licorice Pizza. The 2021 coming of age drama sees 15-year-old child actor Gary... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, the film in question is the 2007 release “Atonement”. The reviewers lined up to give their insight into the ins and outs of the picture are of course Callum and Marcus. A truly influential modern classic lent itself perfectly to the prying filmic minds of The Glacé Film Club members. The period... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Marcus is joined by Writer/Director, Hendrik Harms. Beyond Hendrik's writing and directing is he also the organiser of Worcester Film Festival, which will be taking place between the 14th – 16th October for its inaugural year. Hendrik released his first film in 2018 (The Music Box) and has gone on to write... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

We love a classic here at the Glacé Film Club and this episode is another one of the times where Callum and Marcus indulge in some vintage cinema. Released in 1942, “Casablanca” has long been lauded as one of the greatest films of all time. Set during the Second World War, “Casablanca” gives a peek... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big news as we return to the podcast airwaves, Matt is back! On top of this, you're getting an exclusive audio release of our upcoming video podcast. What a big day for the Glacé Film Club fans across the globe! Just picture the scene, Matt and Marcus lodged comfortably in two wingbacked chairs with a... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2009 Up In The Air was released, in 2021 the Glacé Film Club sat down to review it. The Comedy-Drama starring George Clooney, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga went on to be nominated for as many as 6 academy awards. Not too shabby eh? The plot follows the life of Ryan, who has the... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Never shying away from the big reviews, Callum & Marcus have only gone and tackled the Best Picture from the 2021 Oscars. That's right, it's Nomadland. To enhance the excitement even further, the guys actually went to the cinema together to watch this one. A returning novelty that isn't going to wear off for a... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We couldn't have gone much bigger with this one. We knew one day this day would come and here it is. In this episode, Callum and Marcus take on what is often to referred to as the greatest film of all time, ‘Citizen Kane'. The 1941 release takes us deep into cinema history. The lifetime... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fresh off the back of it's Oscar win for Best Sound & Film Editing, The Glacé Film Club guys dived into this story of an American heavy metal drummer and his struggles following the loss of his hearing. Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke play a couple who as the film begins, are taking their two... Read more » Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.