The Golden Hour Film Podcast

This week its Gone With the Wind, the highest grossing movie ever made (adjusted for inflation of course); it won countless Academy Awards with the likes of Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia De Havilland & Hattie McDaniel all starring. It was (eventually) directed by Victor Fleming & was a raging success for producer David O Selznick. The lads dont entirely agree on this one so we hope you...

Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 film noir about a shady newspaper columnist JJ Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) who employs press agent Sydney Falco (Tony Curtis) to end the relationship between JJs sister Suzie (Susan Harrison) and local Jazz player Steve Dallas (Martin Milner). Its an underrated gem from the 1950s directed by the equally underrated Alexander Mackendrick (The Ladykillers), and this we...

This week Harry & Shane discuss Stalag 17 (1953), directed by one of the greatest ever writer/directors Billy Wilder. Its a deeply personal film for the director that won an Academy Award, was a box office hit and successfully managed to work comedy & brotherhood into a film about a prisoner of war camp in World War 2. You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever...

This week Harry & Shane conclude the 1940s Alfred Hitchcock arc! Its Under Capricorn, its not very good, so we have surprise in store to send the arc of in style. All will be revealed soon! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourfilmpod/ T...

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This week Harry & Shane cover Alfred Hitchcocks 'The Paradine Case', potentially the most boring film we may cover on the podcast for some time. Listen to the lads slate this courtroom 'drama' & leave a like if you enjoyed this episode. Thanks! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content...

This week Harry & Shane discuss what may be Shanes favourite Hitchcock film ever, 'Notorious' (1946) directed by Alfred Hitchock. It stars Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant & Claude Rains who are all excellent. We will soon be wrapping up our 1940s Hitchcock arc and moving on to some smaller arcs, but in the meantime we have free space for you to recommend films for us to cover in the comments! A...

This week Harry & Shane discuss what might be the best silent film ever made, 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' (1920), a German silent expressionist film that has been dubbed the first ever horror film! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourf...

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Harry & Shane cover 'Poitín' (1978), directed by Bob Quinn, its the first ever Irish language feature film. They discuss the negative reception it received following it being aired on RTE on St Patricks Day of 1979, where the film thematically succeeds yet also often fails to deliver on its approach, and much more. You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcast...

Harry & Shane cover Ingmar Bergmans classic tale from the black plague, 'The Seventh Seal', in which a knight (Max Von Sydow) returns home from the crusades to be met by Death (Bengt Ekerot). The two engage in a chess match for the knights life which spans the runtime of the film, all the while the knight continues to attempt a doomed voyage home to his castle. You can also listen to the podca...

Harry & Shane discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman & Gregory Peck, nominated for six Academy Awards & featuring the iconic dream sequence from Salvador Dali, is Spellbound a classic Hitchcockian romantic thriller or one of his most overrated works of all time? You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. F...

This week Harry discusses the box office bomb 'Lifeboat' (1944) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, how it became a commercial failure and why its since considered an underrated Hitchcock survival film. You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourfilmpod...

This week Shane & Harry discuss Alfred Hitchcocks 'favourite film' Shadow of a Doubt (1943), how it succeeds in being a moody psychological thriller but also the pitfalls of this renowned film from the master of suspense. You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.in...

This week Harry is joined by Nathan from Maple Street Movies, as they discuss George Roy Hills 1969 classic western 'Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid'. Who do you want to see on the podcast next? Let us know in the comments! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www...

This week Harry & Shane discuss the underrated wrong-man thriller 'Saboteur', directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1942, starring Robert Cummings & Priscilla Lane. You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourfilmpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com...

This week Harry & Shane discuss one of Alfred Hitchcocks forgotten thrillers, Suspicion. Despite the film starring legendary actor Cary Grant & an Academy Award winning performance from the great Joan Fontaine, Suspicion has seemingly fallen by the wayside of Hitchcocks other thrillers. Is it because of its cop out ending? Is it due to studio interference? Is it because Cary Grant plays a...

This week Harry & Shane discuss Alfred Hitchcocks one and only comedy 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' (1941), a film neither of the lads particularly enjoyed to say the least. You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon Music or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourfilmpod/ Twitter: https://twitter...

Harry and Shane discuss one of Alfred Hitchcocks underrated thrillers, Foreign Correspondent (1940) You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Amazon or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhourfilmpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GHFilmPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegoldenhourfilmpodcast H...

Harry & Shane discuss Rebecca (1940), its remake and all things Alfred Hitchcock! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or whatever podcasting service you use. Follow us on our social media for bonus content!   Instagram:   / goldenhourfilmpod   Twitter:   / ghfilmpodcast   TikTok:   / thegoldenhourfilmpodcast   Harry Instagram:    / harrybailey888   Letterboxd: https:/...