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Two Reel Cinema Club
Приєднався 20 кві 2022
A podcast from screenwriters James Ruzicka and Andres Llorente. Every episode we watch two movies, one old, one new, and try to connect the dots.
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 140: Popcorn Counter: Recording Robert Altman
We’re in conversation with probably the world’s number one sound recordist this week, friend of the pod Mike Primmer, who was the man holding the boom in last week’s film A Prairie Home Companion. Join us for not only the best recorded Popcorn Counter ever, but also for some incredible insights into the making of this 2006 classic. How many takes does Robert Altman like to shoot? What’s Woody Harrelson’s guitar playing like? How pregnant was Maya Rudolf? And how was Paul Thomas Anderson involved? Plus some fresh news on the current state of the film industry in California and beyond, and some reflections on the tenth anniversary rerelease of Interstellar.
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If you enjoyed the show, find us on social media:
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 139: Saturday Night vs A Prairie Home Companion: Saturday Night Companion
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Stop singing that Whigfield hit from 1994 and instead join us for a look at Saturday Night, the brand new feature film comedy from Jason Reitman about the first broadcast of US television institution Saturday Night Live. With its fairly soft plot, character based comedy, constantly moving camera and huge ensemble cast it looks a lot like a Robert Altman movie - which is a lucky coincidence, bec...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep138: Popcorn Counter Quiz Night: Watching the Detectives
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It’s quiz night once again at the Popcorn Counter this week, in what we’re going to call ‘Pop Quiz’ from now on. This time: detective movies. Can you name forty detective movies given our cryptic, random and rambling clues? Score over 28 to earn our undying respect. In between the questions, we wonder about Orson Welles’ shooting style, recall some outstandingly well recorded dialogue, and summ...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 137: Woman of the Hour vs Dirty Harry: Murder of the Hour
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Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman of the Hour is our new film at the Two Reel Cinema Club this week, a true life serial killer thriller that mixes perky humour and dreadful violence to powerful effect. We’re comparing it to one of the granddaddies of serial killer movies, 1971’s Dirty Harry. Which film is stacked to the rafters with Christian imagery? Which film takes no interest in the v...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 136: Popcorn Counter: Musical Elevators
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It’s not an episode for those with claustrophobia this week, as we get stuck in the elevator on the way to the Popcorn Counter for the second time. At least we have our microphones, so we take the opportunity to practice our best elevator pitches. With Joker: Folie à Deux fresh in our minds, are there any other well known properties that would benefit from a musical redo? Which three films from...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 135: Joker: Folie à Deux vs Umbrellas of Cherbourg: Joker's Umbrella
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When Joker made nearly $1.1bn at the box office, a sequel was more or less assured. But who expected a musical? Join us this week as we watch Joaquim Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux and ask: is it possible to turn a comic book movie into anything? What does the film say about the state of the world? Is society a civilising force or a tissue-thin cover for anarchy? And how does this...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 134: Popcorn Counter: Death of an Industry
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Join us at the Popcorn Counter this episode, where we ask: where now for the film industry? You, like us, may have read recently about the current contraction of Hollywood and the collapse of streaming. Is cinema’s obituary mere alarmism or an uncomfortable truth? What will happen to the small and mid sized movies? Where are the opportunities for new and established writers going to come from? ...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 133: The Substance vs Face/Off: Substance Misuse
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We’re not entirely sure which of us is which this episode, as we stagger out of the new queasy feminist body-swap horror epic The Substance, and into John Woo’s classic body-swap action adventure Face/Off. These two have plenty in common, with actors chewing the scenery and flesh and blood everywhere. But which film is the most joyful? Which film has the most convincing medical procedures? Whic...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 132: Popcorn Counter: The Ghost of Orson Welles
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Everyone loves a ghost story … but gather around in the darkest, quietest corner of the popcorn counter this episode as we tell you a strange and chilling story about how EVERY film is really a ghost story. Well, kind of. We try our theory out on not just The Sixth Sense and Ghost, but The Shining, It Follows, Oculus, Ring, and even Vertigo and Citizen Kane… So what are ghost films really about...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 131:Beetlejuice Beetlejuice vs The Others: The Other Beetlejuice
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This episode we’re descending into hell and watching Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, confirming that ‘belated sequels to hits from the 80s’ looks like it’s going to be a thing… Most of the cast is back, as are a number of the same gags. But instead of comparing it to the 1988 original movie, Beetlejuice, we’ve spread our net a little wider to draw parallels with the masterful 2001 Nicole Kidman slow b...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 130: Popcorn Counter: Going Interstellar
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You may think you’ve heard some nerdy podcasts in the past, but we’re going to ask you to buckle up your space suits and accelerate away from the Earth with us into the nerdiest possible sector of the whole galaxy this episode. We’ve seen a few films set in the deepest reaches of space recently - but out of the whole cinematic canon, which film is set FURTHEST from Earth? We’ve done some resear...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 129: Popcorn Counter: Scary Movies
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It’s all scary monsters and super creeps at the Popcorn Counter this episode. Join us as we shelter from a storm and count down our 13 favourite scary movies. (Please note, however, that ‘scary’ doesn’t always mean ‘good’.) Including a French film we wish we’d never seen, a Richard Burton film we probably didn’t see, or at least don’t remember very clearly, and a satanic film that should be avo...
Two Reel Cinema Club EP 128: Alien: Romulus vs Alien: Loving the Alien
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If there’s one thing we know about the xenomorphs in the Alien films, it’s that they’re very, very good at reproducing themselves… Join us this episode as we watch the new sci-fi horror picture Alien: Romulus and its 1979 sci-fi horror granddaddy, Alien, and ask ourselves: is it possible we might have watched the same film twice? Romulus may be filled with callbacks and fan service and easter e...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 127: Popcorn Counter: In Dreams
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Going to the cinema is like experiencing a shared dream. (Especially when the film is so bad we fall asleep in it - and that’s happened to us more than a few times.) But who is the finest auteur of films as dreams? Is it Federico Fellini, or David Lynch, or is it Arnold Schwarzenegger in a blockbuster from 1990? Join us at the Popcorn Counter this episode as we mooch about in the dreamscape, dr...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 126: Twisters vs The Wizard of Oz: Twisted Wizards
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We’re processing trauma and fighting a mighty wind at the Two Reel Cinema Club this episode, as we go to see the new weather-based action sequel Twisters, and compare it to the 1939 family classic The Wizard of Oz. Twisters can’t stop quoting from Oz, but the parallels don’t end there: both films centre around powerful women and both films are about trying to get back to the Midwest. But we sti...
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 125: Popcorn Counter: The Song-Movies-Name-Quiz
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 125: Popcorn Counter: The Song-Movies-Name-Quiz
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 124: Popcorn Counter: Community in Conspiracy
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 124: Popcorn Counter: Community in Conspiracy
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 123: Fly Me To The Moon vs Capricorn One: That's No Moon
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 123: Fly Me To The Moon vs Capricorn One: That's No Moon
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 122: Popcorn Counter: Funny Ha Ha
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 122: Popcorn Counter: Funny Ha Ha
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 121: I Used to be Funny vs Punchline: I Used to be a Punchline
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 121: I Used to be Funny vs Punchline: I Used to be a Punchline
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 120: Popcorn Counter: The Eponymous Movie Quiz
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 120: Popcorn Counter: The Eponymous Movie Quiz
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 119: Am I Ok? vs Maurice: Is Maurice Ok?
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 119: Am I Ok? vs Maurice: Is Maurice Ok?
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 118: Popcorn Counter: Robot Rumble
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 118: Popcorn Counter: Robot Rumble
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 117: Robot Dreams vs Metropolis: Metropolitan Robots
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 117: Robot Dreams vs Metropolis: Metropolitan Robots
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 116: Popcorn Counter: I Am Number Four. Or Five.
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 116: Popcorn Counter: I Am Number Four. Or Five.
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 115: Furiosa vs Mad Max Fury Road: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Road
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 115: Furiosa vs Mad Max Fury Road: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Road
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 114: Popcorn Counter: Elevator Pitches of the 80s
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 114: Popcorn Counter: Elevator Pitches of the 80s
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 113: The Fall Guy vs The Fall: Taking The Fall
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 113: The Fall Guy vs The Fall: Taking The Fall
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 112: Popcorn Counter: Dead Presidents
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 112: Popcorn Counter: Dead Presidents
Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 111: Civil War vs Land and Freedom: Civil War Land
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Two Reel Cinema Club Ep 111: Civil War vs Land and Freedom: Civil War Land
They are greedy. It's their own fault.
I hate to say, 'it's capitalism'... but I think the problem might be: 'it's capitalism'.
Along with the play 'Days of Hope', Land and Freedom is one of Jim Allen's masterpieces of socialist drama - both are becoming established in the canon of left wing cinema
It's a beautifully written film, we couldn't agree more. 'Days of Hope' is a new one on us - a BBC TV drama from 1975 with Alun Armstrong and a small part for a young Stephen Rea! We're going to see if we can track it down...
Its a satire comedy
Based loosly off stalag 17 the movie
This'll be Hogan's Heroes, yes? Very interesting - didn't know that.