Films Of Every Colour

FOEC slips on its gauntlets and fighting wedges to kick ass for Wonder Woman and discuss the state of female superheroes on screen in the era of shared cinematic universes. You can share your thoughts on all things super-heroic and cinematic by writing to foecpod@gmail.com

FOEC's look back over the Alien series concludes with reviews of Prometheus and Alien Covenant, in which we dissect our lack of enthusiasm for the central premise of Ridley Scott's new era of Alien prequels. Perhaps unsurprisingly, our discussion ends with some fantasy filmmaking, and asks, Which OTHER directors would we like to see tackling the Alien universe?

As huge fans of the Alien series, Sandy, James, Jeremy and Joe nerd out hard over the third and fourth entries in the series, ahead of FOEC's upcoming review of Alien Covenant. Send your feedback and Alien-related thoughts and memories to foecpod@gmail.com and we will gladly read your feedback on the third episode of our Alien special!

Part 1 of FOEC's 3-part special on the Alien franchise. Send feedback to foecpod@gmail.com Our regular hosts are joined by special guest Joe to discuss the impact and brilliance of Alien and Aliens. Over the next two weeks we will have episodes on Alien3, Resurrection, Prometheus and the series' latest entry, Alien Covenant

FOEC reviews the live action iteration of the classic manga/anime Ghost in the Shell, followed by a discussion in which we discuss the successes and failures of American remakes of Asian films by giving side-by-side reviews of Ring and The Ring, and Infernal Affairs and The Departed.

Sandy and Jeremy are joined by London-based filmmaker Francesca Castelbuono to review 'Moonlight', discuss its unexpected Oscar success and discuss two more films to have brought LGBT stories into populist cinema, namely Todd Haynes' 'Carol' and Roland Emmerich's 'Stonewall'

We review Maren Ade's nebulous comedic masterpiece, Toni Erdmann, and discuss the comic archetype of the "chaotic intruder" by getting all Freudian on the Bill Murray vehicle What About Bob? and Jim Carrey's oft-maligned dark comedy, The Cable Guy/

The release of 'Silence' marks the end of Martin Scorsese's 27-year-long journey to film Shusake Endo's powerful novel about Jesuit missionaries in 17th Century Japan. We take this as an opportunity to discuss the other films in Scorsese's canon, which grapple with the power and agony of faith.

Sandy, James, Jeremy and Liz recommend their favourite scary movies, Westerns, animations, documentaries and favourite movies overall from UK cinemas in 2016, along with a truck-load of recommendations sent in by friends of the show.

In this episode we pair a full review of Gareth Edwards' Rogue One with a look back over the history of Star Wars spin-offs, including a fiercely contested recommendation of the two made-for-TV Ewok movies.

After some spoiler-free and spoilerising segments on Denis Villeneuve's 'Arrival', Sandy James and Jeremy compare this 21st Century depiction of first contact with the optimistic visions of 'Close Encounters' and 'Contact', as well as the less optimistic, more explodey 20th Century vision of 'Independence Day'.

Herzog's two latest documentaries touch on many themes common across his work: obsession, scientific exploration and mankind's mythological connections with forces beyond our comprehension. First up is Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, which is currently playing in UK cinemas. Next is Into the Inferno, which is now available on Netflix. We close this episode with a discussion of the themes in Herzog's recent documentaries and we give recommendations for next steps in exploring Herzog's documentary catalogue.

Sandy and Jeremy are joined in this episode by the very wonderful Liz to review exciting future releases like The Eagle Huntress, Mascots, Arrival, The Handmaiden, Manchester By The Sea, Mindhorn, Don't Think Twice, Una, The Salesman, The Red Turtle and many, many more!

Episode Five of the FOEC podcast is dedicated to the animation of America's premier stop-motion animation studio, Laika, whose films have delighted the three FOEC podcast hosts and built up a great deal of anticipation for Laika's latest, most ambitious release to date, Kubo & the Two Strings. But will Kubo live up to our sky-high expectations?

The order of this fourth edition of the FOEC podcast is DESIRE. The newest film from Pedro Almodóvar prompts Sandy, James and Jeremy to run through a potted history of Pedro Almodóvar's career, from his rough and ready beginnings in the New Madrid Scene of the 1970s to his great commercial success in the 1990s and his emergence as one of European cinema's premier auteurs with All About My Mother.

After our their review of the documentary by Stig Björkman, Sandy, James & Jeremy jump into a discussion of Ingrid Bergman's greatest screen performances from the different periods of her career.

FOEC podcast hosts Sandy, James and Jeremy discuss the frantic but unsurprising new entry in the Bourne series and follow their review with a discussion of how the Bourne series has influenced contemporary action cinema.

In the inaugural episode of the FOEC podcast, three devotees of Roald Dahl discuss Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The BFG and look back over Roald Dahl's legacy on film.