Little Film Club

This year our transatlantic differences lended to us having seen many different Oscar/BAFTA front runners. However based on trailers, film Twitter consensus and our crap opinions we have predicted the awards season. Listen to see if we were right or if we are more clueless than we thought.

(Spoilers) On this episode Graeme and Paisley will chat a bit about one of the best shows from 2020! I May Destroy You did in fact destroy us but also warmed our hearts to extreme apathy. I May Destroy You is a British-American drama television series created, written, co-directed, and executive produced by Michaela Coel for BBC One and HBO. The series is set in London with a predominantly Black British cast. Coel stars as Arabella, a young woman who seeks to rebuild her life after being raped.

On this episode we’re talking about the new Netflix drop, Malcolm & Marie. There will be spoilers! Find out whether we liked it or loathed it, (spoiler we loathed). Malcolm & Marie is a 2021 American black-and-white romantic drama film written and directed by Sam Levinson. The film stars John David Washington and Zendaya (who both also produced) as the title characters, a director and his girlfriend, whose relationship is tested on the night of his latest film's premiere.

We’re talking a little current events, then awkwardly Segway into the horny new Netflix show. We all need a little escapism so light a single candle and glue yourself to your couch. There are spoilers so if you haven’t finished (what are you doing?) FINISH NOW.

On this episode we’re just having a regular ol chin wag about the state of things. Discussing some of our favorite movie seasons of past and what we are looking forward to in the new year.

This week we’re having a quick dive into Happiest Season, A young woman with a plan to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

On this episode we are talking about the new series of The Crown, we will discuss the first five episodes. On this episode we will gush on Gillian Anderson’s camp rendition of Maggie Thatch, complain about Prince Charles’ fuckery and all things Queens.

Join us as we talk about the new Borat film and whether or not we think it holds up in the polarized year we find ourselves in.

On this bonus episode we rant about Twilight and New Moon.

On this bonus episode we’re talking about the newly released horror, Saint Maud. We’re joined in this episode with our UK correspondent Alex Walch. Maud is a reclusive young nurse whose impressionable demeanour causes her to pursue a pious path of Christian devotion after an obscure trauma. Now charged with the hospice care of Amanda, a retired dancer ravaged by cancer, Maud's fervent faith quickly inspires an obsessive conviction that she must save her ward's soul from eternal damnation, whatever the cost.

Kicking off sp00oOky season with cult classic I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Joined by Little Film Club listener Allison Brooke Lawrence to discuss British romantic comedies.

After the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we thought it would be timely to dive into her Netflix doc RBG and also her biopic, On The Basis of Sex. We’ll be discussing how we heard the news, what’s happening now there’s a vacancy on the court and more. Also remember to check your voter registration US listeners!

This week we’re talking about one of the most culturally relevant and best films of the past Decade The Social Network. We discuss the cast, the villains and heroes and score. We also talk a bit about what an updated story would have to say in the context of the current political landscape.

On this episode we are doing our very best to explain what the hell Tenet was about and how we found the film. We will also touch on what it was like being back in the cinema and the future of the blockbuster.

On this episode we’re taking Cruel Intentions and realizing this cult classic is insanely problematic but classic nonetheless. We’ll talk about about what it’s like to watch it now versus years ago, cancelling Ryan Phillipe (?) and praising the performances of Selma Blair, Sarah Michelle Gellar and our favorite white woman Reese Witherspoon.

Do you guys remember the Game of Thrones finale? Oh you know the most disappointing ending THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. Bran as king? Cersei dead under rubble? No prophecies?? What happened when Tyrion brought a honeycomb to a brothel??

On this episode we’re watching another double feature with Midsommar and Hereditary. Join us to find out how these films entered our lives via a Dua Lipa concert and peer pressuring our friends and family to see it with us. We will be unpacking the subjects of familial trauma and bad breakups. All hail Paimon! Just joking, all hail Florence Pugh.

On this episode we’re talking about Gone Girl the 2014 explosive thriller. Listen to find out how we feel about the cast, the crime and whether or not Ben Affleck is relevant.

On this episode we’re talking about The Bling Ring and Spring Breakers, two films that explore drugs, violence and crime. These two films are chaotic as well as hilarious but we will be unpacking whether or not the films hold up as well as the morality and meaning behind them.

Bonus episode alert! We thought we would do something a little different this week and talk about a TV series with cinematic ambition! Normal People dropped late April and has been on our minds ever since! The show takes us on a journey into the lives of Marianne and Connell as their relationship grows, bends and breaks during their time in secondary school following them into university. Also we are TEAM CONNELL.

Pride month may be over but our continued love for queer culture and films is not! For this episode we have revisited some of our favorite queer films as well as some we haven’t seen before. Please join us in conversation about the evolution of queer cinema and the influence it has on society big and small. From the protest and activism in BPM to Pauli becoming a literal falcon in Lost and Delirious, we’re chatting about all of it.

We love 2004! Not only for the low rise jeans and white tank tops but the films too! On this episode we will be having a little blast from the past talking about the cult classics and box office sensations from a very special year. We’re talking everything from Mean Girls to Troy to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Also FUCK GEORGE BUSH X

This week we’re talking about a new release! The King of Staten Island is a new feature from Judd Apatow starring Pete Davidson as our leading man. In this episode we will mainly discuss how much we want Pete Davidson for ourselves, the bluesy feels you get when you’re back in your home town and how we feel about Judd Apatow.

In this episode I’ll be speaking to my friend and long term movie pal Graeme Guttmann about the documentary film LA 92. We will be discussing Black Lives Matter, police brutality and protest.

In this episode Alex and I discuss the 2015 comedy/drama Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. We will be chatting high school, movie dates and my undying love for the film’s leading man.