Celluloid Barbara

You have nothing to fear but fear itself, nothing to give but blood, sweat, and tears, nothing to lose but your change! Here he is boys, here he is world - heeeeeere's FATS! You're in for a brilliant film this week. I chose a 70s film for you Celluloid Barbarettes that I thought was a B-horror Movie, but turned out to be something so much more. A romantic psychological horror that nearly makes one weep at the end. Hopkins, Burgess and Ann-Margret are top of their game, and Attenborough's direction and Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack are a thing of real excellence and utter beauty. It really is very tasteful and terrifying in equal measure, which is a pretty hard thing to pull off. Myself, Andy and Jono completed our longest ever pod and we really hope you get a cinematic kick from our musings. The plot: A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart... See you soon.Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HAWKMEN...DIVE! A rapturous return to the podcasting havens. We clambered aboard our Rocket Cycle and pinged off to the Planet Mongo to do audio battle with Ming the Merciless. It was a joyous episode filled with sequins, ear blindly epic gold armous, gorgeous customers, glamorous sets, somewhat wooden acting, and some surprisingly scary moments to boot involving eyeballs (there was also some kinky BDSM thrown in for good measure). A short synopsis of the film - Flash Gordon is a 1980 space opera film directed by Mike Hodges, based on the King Features comic strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond. The film stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow and Topol, with Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed and Peter Wyngarde in supporting roles. The film follows star quarterback Flash Gordon (Jones) and his allies Dale Arden (Anderson) and Hans Zarkov (Topol) as they unite the warring factions of the planet Mongo against the oppression of Ming the Merciless (von Sydow), who is intent on destroying Earth. Now give it a listen you BASTARDS! Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oh what a thoroughly lovely episode this was. Myself and my good pal/co-host/photographer and all round Renaissance man Jono Bond plopped our little booties down in the garden to record a lovely podcast all about the fabulous Paul Thomas Anderson film, 'The Master'. In it we see the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman as quasi-religious charismatic cult leader Lancaster Dodd, poisoning the already (let's face it) dirty mind of Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Freddie Quell, a bent and broken WW2 veteran. We're huge fans of PTA, and had great fun yacking on about this underrated study in human malleability, belief, idols etc. This truly is a MASTERpiece. Apologies for the noisy bird that disturbed our podding halfway through! Although some say this actually improved the quality of our discussion. I'll let you be the judge! This was recorded the day before we hit the road with 'The Divine Comedy' and rocked the UK on the funnest week of our musical lives. Clamber aboard this ship of fools and drink deeply from our homemade ship fuel grog - although be warned, this hooch will be sure to poison ya. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 

Wozers, howzers, monkey in your trouzers! Here's our latest slice of piping hot pod. This was our first ever fan request episode - sent in by Amy Kelly, who wanted us to watch and yack on about the 80s SMASH 'Back to the Future'. And boy, oh boy, we YACKED. We yacked hard. Andy, myself and Jono really enjoyed it though, it's a fabulous time traveling yarn that has sent fans potty ever since it came out in the mid 80s, and now you can be sent loopy listening to us ruin the film for you. Live the American capitalist dream, jump in our DeLorean podmobile, and lets scoot off to the small, white picketed haven of Hill Valley, avoiding big jocks, and amorous mothers as much as possible. Toot toot! All aboard! Listen on to hear my slight trifles with Christopher Lloyd's performance as Doc Brown, the complications of hiring a sexual predator (seriously why the hell did they hire Biff?) and what we REALLY think of white 50s suburbia! Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 

SERIES 2 BEGINS IN EARNEST!After 20 episodes, and a little break, I decided to call this episode the beginning of Series 2. Gives it a nice little bit of neatness doesn't it, and who doesn't like that? 20 in series 1, who bloody knows how many in series 2? Before we gorged ourselves on perhaps the most famous British cult film of all time, this week we fired up the podmobile, stuffed it full of the finest wines known to humanity and shuttled off to Penrith. Only then did we strip naked, cover ourselves in deep heat, and begin podcasting as aggressively as humanely possible. Why of course it's Bruce Robinson's 'Withnail & I', the quintessential cult flick, a film that launched the careers of Richard E. Grant (I first pumped the air) and Paul McGann (Do you like craft beer?). Joining me was regular plodding podders, Jono Bon and Andy Blythe, and we had a great laugh, picking this fabulous cinematic marvel apart. Go off and watch this film, it's available for free on YouTube, it's got rather a wonderfully chilling and tragic performance by Richard Griffiths as the old lush, Uncle Monty. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 

'YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER PODCAST!'Bloody hell, it's been too long hasn't it? We've been busy putting out another smash hit (Rainy Days in June), so understandably our tiny brains have been on these other matters. But this week we bit down on Steven Spielberg's greatest achievement, 'JAWS'. We also welcomed in returning guest Andy Blythe, to chat about this flick, (his favourite ever film actually). Oh what a joy it was to yack on about Robert Shaw's scenery chomping, epic performance, plus, it was extra nice to see Andy on zoom sporting a 'Quint' cap, drinking from an Amity Island mug, and other such Jaws related memorabilia tumbling round him into shot. This was our 20th episode, and what a wild ride it's been... Keep on swimming, keep on back stroking, keep on doggy paddling across this wonderful globe of ours. Keep the faith, show Barbara some love, and shower us with affection, after all, it's Christmas 'n' that'. Andy's Twitter - @BliffingtonPlease rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 

After a bit of a break where we rocked the Isle of Wight Festival and skived off down to France, Celluloid Barbara returned to Monkey Planet to tackle the Sci-Fi epic 'Planet of the Apes'. It's a fabulous film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner that sees a group of very randy explorer/scientists visit a strange planet that has a topsy turvy society, where Chimps/Gorillas/Orangutans are king, and men are simply beasts. Tune in to hear our breakdown of this hairy quest, that'll leave you itching for more monkey content. Don't worry though, there's a whole slew of remakes/sequels/prequels for you to get your juicy hit of chimpy content. Also go and read the book by Pierre Boulle, it's gorillatastic. Well, with a name like 'Pierre Boulle', why wouldn't it be?  Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2   

Be afraid... Be very afraid! We're back! This week I was joined by Andy Blythe, cine enthusiast and all round good bloke. We picked apart the astonishingly weepy 'The Fly' (1986) from David Cronenberg.  It's a great flick about a man that mutates into a human/fly hybrid, and it's way more tender than it sounds. This slender film stars the terrific Jeff Goldblum, hand acting his little argyle socks off, and it also includes the great actress, Geena Davis, who plays anguish better than anyone throughout this tremendous movie. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2  

It was a skeleton staff at Celluloid Barbara HQ today, with quite possibly the worst audio recording ever put to tape. We sincerely apologise. This week we were looking at 'First Man', an astonishingly moving work by Damien Chazelle, including star turns by the stoic Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong and the Lemur-eyed Claire Foy as his supportive but concerned wife and ballast at home. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2  

This week we took a trip down the Cahulawassee River in our little canoe, and myself and Jono took on the mighty mountain men of Georgia. Watching and analysing John Boorman's Deliverance, we discussed Burt Reynolds outrageous attire, squealing piggies and striking banjo players! Listen in and make sure to watch this glorious film before you join us.Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2  

WHADDYA GOT? GREAT ASS!It's Al Pacino week at Celluloid Barbara HQ. We take a deep dive into one of his lesser known masterpieces, 'Danny Collins', where he plays a debauched and decadent rockstar relic from the 70s. It's a real tear jerker, and again, further proof of Pacino as one of the planet's greatest ever actors! Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 

The Garden GnomeBarbara BooksThe second short story from 'Barbara Books'.How far would you go to quieten the noise?Remember, you can enjoy this audio story with pictures if you visit the 'Barbara' channel on YouTube. 

This week we welcomed in special guest star, Joe Jackson, to discuss his favourite ever film: 'Ikiru', by Akira Kurosawa. A 1950s Japanese film about bureaucracy, ageing, and the sweet embrace of DEATH. So it's obviously a light romantic comedy! Listen in as Henry, Matty & Joe wrestle with this black and white epic in scintillating detail and ball aching honesty. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2 

The first in what we hope will be many Ghibli visitations, John & Jono clamber aboard Totoro's warm fuzzy belly and snuggle down for some podcast fun. A truly enchanting Hayao Miyazaki film, this is a quite simply a juggernaut in Japanese animation... Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

“Sometimes when I think of how good my book is going to be, I can't breathe.”Oh sweet lord it's another podcast from those legendary intergalactic Tydeman bros. We spent time on a sweet Sunday afternoon waxing lyrical about 'Capote', a 2005 biopic about the troubled and talented Truman Capote and his writing of his famous book 'In Cold Blood'. There were only two of us in this podcast so we hope you can hear the syrupy intimacy in our voices. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

WE'RE BACK! Celluloid Barbara lopes back into your life with Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice'. A woozy look into the 70s sleaze of Los Angeles, two of our hosts actually didn't make it through the film, so we instead engaged in a vicious trilogy, with a returning stab from the masterful Jono Bond. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

The Garden GnomeBarbara BooksThe first ever of our Barbara Books. Whatever lies at the end of Jeremy Specklesworth's garden?Remember, you can enjoy this audio story with pictures if you visit the 'Barbara' channel on YouTube. 

This week, we took on the gargantuan that is 'The Graduate'. A wonderful, epic comedic piece of celluloid that sees a little bloke have it off with a fiery cougar. But is there more than meets the eye? Vast lighters and low lit bars, driving while drunk, crashing weddings and problematic plot lines and problematic actors (we're looking at you Dustin Hoffman) it's all here in the rich, wonderful world of our podcast.Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

Our first ever guest, the mercurial Jono Bond swings by with his favourite ever film, Martin Scorsese's 'Silence'. It's a big old, swampy religious work, and there's a whole lot to wade through. Come with us through the reeds and bring your wellingtons. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

After some gremlins in the machinery fudged us, we splutter back into life with Luca Guadagnino's 'Call Me By Your Name'.  A wonderfully rich, sun kissed romance set in Northern Italy, we enjoyed rambling on about this masterpiece, and we hope you do too! Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

After two podcasts were lost to the icy tundra of technical difficulties, we make a valiant return with Lynne Ramsay's 'We Need To Talk About Kevin'. In it, a little sociopathic scrote makes his Mum's life misery. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

Terrible technical problems arose this week, as we were condemned to the frustrating perils of zoom. We flopped around Paris, lathering Jérémy Clapin's film 'I lost My Body' all over our... well... bodies. It's a wonderful moving animation with a terrific score, all about a little lost hand, and unrequited love. Check it out on Netflix before you listen, because, there's spoilers a plenty! Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

The BOREsome FOURsome became a GREASY THREEsome this week. We tackled Robert Redford's 1980 flick 'Ordinary People'. Social repression and the disintegration of an upper middle class famiy? Yes please! Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

In our first ever Christmas Special we tackled the monolith that is Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy. Less a series of films, more a part of our collective childhood cultural consciousness. We adore these films, and hope you get a kick out of our Christmas giddiness in discussing them. Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

A truly anarchic episode of fun and wonderment enjoyed by all (except the listeners). This week we dove headfirst into Tomas Alfredson's icy vampiric coming of age tale. We do hope you enjoy.Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

For our second episode, it's the astonishing John Cassavetes epic 'A Woman Under The Influence'. This piece of realist wonderment actually made one critic throw up in shock! The story follows a woman (Gena Rowlands) whose unusual behaviour leads to conflict with her blue-collar husband (Peter Falk) and family...Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2

After a nervy start, our brave boys find their feet and begin their filmic rambling. It's Jack's pick to start us off, and he chooses Annie Hall (1977), a greedy little film that won an astounding 4 Oscars! The film stars Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her.Please rate and review the podcast, it helps us soar up the charts and achieve world domination. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarathebandFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarathebandTwitter: https://twitter.com/barbaratheband2Website: https://www.barbaratheband.com/