Year Of The Film

Well well well, long time no see. Come in, sit down, and welcome to a groundbreaking new podcast post schedule format - it's the first ever at-most-bi-annual pod! How does it feel to be present at the re-writing of new media history? A bumper show this ep to make up for the gap in posting, with a trio of films plucked from the Chinese-influenced annals of 2004. Something for everyone in this episo...

BOO! Got ya, spooked ya. Enter, if you dare, Tobias Robert Little's spooktastic Criterion Crypt of bone-chilling Halloween movies! In this frightful selection of six of Toby's favourite over-looked Halloween classics there's something for everyone. Gorgeous pale vampires, mysterious men with smoky nostrils and more than one unexplainable shape glimpsed in the corner of a room. Let us know your fav...

Something a bit different for your lugholes this time - we are joined by the lovely Dave Taylor from 20th Century Flicks! Dave joins us to talk through our picks for the year of our Lord 1991 - the year in which Russ turned 3 which makes Toby feel extremely old. Dave runs (he claims) the oldest still-running video shop in THE WORLD. He also runs the Kino jukebox cinema and projects at the abandone...

We are BACK IN BUSINESS people - or for an alternative film reference you could say we're BACK IN THE HABIT or perhaps even STRIKING BACK (that could be Empire or Jay & Silent Bob, listener's choice). We've been away while Russ joined the Dad Club, making this episode the first offering in a glorious new era of Dad Pod Broadcasting. And what better Father's Day gift than to be forced to listen...

103 years have passed between the screening of these films, and you listening to three men you don't know talk about them. Incredible. This week we're all about the early days of cinema. We're talking white cultural tourism, we're talking the birth of horror, we're talking the Kuleshov Effect. As ever, please direct any thoughts, notes, opinions and tellings off to comments@yearofthefilm.com Thank...

This week we're going way back into the mists of time...five years before the iPhone 1...to a land that narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of the Y2K bug. Yes, it's 2002, the year that catapulted The Rock to stardom as the worst CGI scorpion man ever. As ever we've got a fantastic selection of films to chew over, along with regular features Industry Corner (which will become relevant at som...

That's right baby, we're back with a waffle-tastic bumper episode to kick start the new year! Or at least, sort of gently nudge the year along a bit. If it feels like it needs it. We're back to the swinging sixties this week, with all the usual features you know and (presumably?) love, as well as a couple of new bells and whistles that Toby got for Christmas. For comments, questions, film suggesti...

It's a very merry 'yippy-ki-yay, motherf*çker!' from us at Year Of The Film as we usher in our very first Christmas as a podcasting family. Like all classic christmas get-togethers there's presents, arguments about what does and does not constitute a christmas film, and even a listener email. What more could you want, Santa must have got our wish list! All merry/festive correspondence to be direct...

That's right baby, consider yourself teased. Watch this space for a fun, fireside fantasmagoria of a film-fuelled festive feast! And all the other f words. Year Of The Film Christmas Special coming your way on the 25th December (not the 28th December like we say in this teaser). Get in touch: comments@yearofthefilm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1970, what a year. The beginning of the biggest decade of filmmaking (according to Toby), the birth of the blockbuster (according to Toby), the year film changed forever (according to Toby), and oh! Look at that. Toby's birth year, what a coincidence. Warning: contains one instance of a failed gameshow format and brief questionable musical content. Get in touch: comments@yearofthefilm.com Hosted o...

Well here we are, our trusty friend the Spin Doctor is back on side, and has gifted us none other than his own birth year! And what an all-over-the-place selection of films we have this week. From Thewlisocalypse to Sly Stallone's innovative arms-only climbing technique, join us in 1993 for another selection of historical wonders. Although thinking of 1993 as 'history' makes me feel incredibly old...

1955. Everyone's favourite year in filmmaking history. You stop anyone on the street and ask them to list the Oscar winners from 1955 and they'll have gotten all the way to The Bridges at Toko-Ri before you can say 'please'. But is this episode in black and white, or in glorious technicolour? We'll let you decide. Get in touch! Correct our spurious facts. Tell us off. We've been bad naughty boys a...

Aliens, Top Gun, Short Circuit, HIGHLANDER for goodness sake! A massive year for film, and apparently an even more massive year for Toby, though he won't say why. And the revelation that, as all serious film podcasters know, the mark of quality is not the depth of your knowledge or how many films you've seen, it's just how many can you mention in passing within 90 minutes. By that metric, this is...

Welcome to Year Of The Film! The podcast where instead of seeking out the latest cinematic releases, we're going back into the history of film to find hidden gems and new favourites to share with you all. And what better way to kick off a podcast that eschews the mainstream in favour of unwatched oddities, than a massive conversation about Iron Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Get in touch!...

Roll up, roll up, and prepare your earholes for a shambolic journey through the history of film, with Toby Little, Greg Marsh and Russell Bailey. Every week we are handed a randomly generated year in filmmaking history, and attempt to sound intelligent talking about it. And mostly fail! Hopefully, enjoyably. Get in touch to fact check our many mistakes: comments@yearofthefilm.com Hosted on Acast....