Shite & Sound

Happy Bisexual Visability Week! Celebrate, as is tradition, the glorious 35th anniversaries of Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' (Sept.1987), Abel Ferrara's 'China Girl' (Sept.1987), and Uther Shite (Sept.1987), with your hosts, Uther Shite & Finn "Sound" Nicolas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch John Ford's 'The Searchers' (1956), a western Uther strongly argues shouldn't be in the BFI Top Ten, and, S. Craig Zahler's 'Bone Tomahawk' (2015), a western Finn repeatedly implies should take its place. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn and Uther watch 'Man with a Movie Camera' (1929), a still-revolutionary poem of film, and 'Wind from the East' (1970), a shrill-revolutionary waste of celluloid. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' (1928) and 'Witchfinder General' (1968), career-best performances from two of the greats: Maria Falconetti (? I hardly know 'er Falconetti) and Vincent Price (in THIS economy?). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To celebrate 100 episodes, here is the first instalment of a new sub-series: Film's Filmvourite Films. Finn introduces Uther to the decadent, despairing directorial work of acid-camp maestro Herbert Ross. First up is 'The Last of Sheila' (1973), Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkin's poison pen murder-mystery-of-manners to Hollywood. And then on to: 'Pennies from Heaven' (1981), Dennis Potter's brutal musical portrait of toxic masculinity. As portrayed by Steve Martin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch '8½' (1963), the most Fellini a Fellini ever Fellini'd, and, 'Nine' (2009), which is among the films Rob Marshall has directed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched ‘Battleship Potemkin' (1925), Eisenstein's epochal Soviet propaganda, and ‘Battleship' (2012), Berg's eh-pochal Hasbro propaganda. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch Vigo's 'L'Atalante', easier to appreciate rather than actually enjoy, and Cameron's 'Titanic', easier to enjoy rather than actually appreciate. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'Breathless' (1960), Godard's explosive debut feature, and 'Gigli' (2003), Brest's explosive diarrhoea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'Apocalypse Now', a film made by maniacs (Coppola, Brando et al.), and 'Slow Bullet,' a film made by maniacs (video store employees). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'Late Spring' (1949), Ozu's pensive exploration of a father and daughter being separated by marriage, and 'Interstellar' (2014), Nolan's pensive exploration of a father and daughter being separated by a wormhole near Saturn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'Au Hasard Balthazar', Bresson's piercing stroll through rural life, and 'A Talking Cat!?!', a film with more punctuation in its title than good performances. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'Seven Samurai' (1954), Kurosawa's most magnum of his opuses, and 'The Last Samurai' (2003), Zwick's least stagnant of his so-sopuses. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched ‘Persona' (1966). Perhaps the greatest film ever made; a deeply insightful, psychologically rigorous, beautifully cinematic and incredibly performed treatise on modern identity. They followed it with ‘Single White Female' (1992). All that stuff too plus being quite horny. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn, Uther & special guest Josiah Day watched 'Mirror' (1975), Tarkovsky's exploration of memory, war and familial connection, and 'Night Watch' (2004), Bekmambetov's exploration of magic, war and someone using their own spine as a sword.Also: Uther's audio is a bit dodgy for some of this one. Sorry. Technical issues. Totally listenable though. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn, Uther and special guest TV's Ray O'Leary watched 'Singin' in the Rain' (1952), an effortless and effervescent musical tribute to the early years of cinema, and 'Xanadu' (1980), an affected and flat musical tribute to the burly years of opening nightclubs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched Antonioni, Bartolini & Guerra's 'L'Avventura' (1960), an elliptical love story of people desperate to be found (metaphorically), and Reitman & Browning's 'Six Days, Seven Nights' (1998), a hysterical love story of people desperate to be found (literally). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn, Uther and special guest Harry Thompson-Cook watch ‘Contempt' (1963), Godard's first swing at the movie business, and ‘The Other Side of the Wind (2018), Welles' last laugh at Hollywood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watch ‘The Godfather' (1972), a film on crime, and ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau' (1996), a crime of film. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'Ordet' (1855), Dreyer's undogmatic fable on religious themes, and 'The Exorcist II: The Heretic' (1977), Boorman's pragmatic fumble on ridicuous screams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn, Uther & special guest Briar Lawry watch 'In the Mood for Love' (2000), Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece, a slick and soulful ode to unspoken love with a place at the very top of almost all best-films-ever lists, and '2046' (2004), which he also made.Some of the other films mentioned: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire', 'Water Lillies', 'Amélie', 'Alien Resurrection', 'Delicatessen', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'The Lord of the Rings: Extended Editions', Good TV show 'Fringe', 'Sorry to Bother You', 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', 'Y tu mamá también', 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story', 'Groundhog Day', 'Big Trouble in Little China', 'Halloween', 'Labyrinth', 'The Witches', 'The Addams Family', 'John Wick - Chapter 3: Parabellum', 'Matilda', 'Alexander', 'JFK', 'Any Given Sunday', 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World', 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace', The Gods'father', 'Bad Taste', 'Night on Earth,' 'Down by Law', 'Dead Man', 'Paterson', 'Coffee and Cigarettes', 'Boyhood', 'Movie 43', 'Ashes of Time: Redux', 'Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull', 'After Hours', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Watchmen', 'The Matrix', 'Now You See Me 2', 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' (as always), the 'Ip' Men, 'Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai', 'Miami Vice', 'Mad Max: Fury Road', 'Witness', 'Titanic', 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World', 'Battleship', 'Psycho' (1998), 'Made', 'Hero', 'Lady in the Water', 'The 3 Extremes', 'Rabbit-Proof Chef', 'xXx', 'The Spirit', 'Da Kath & Kim Code', 'Inglorious Basterds', 'Only Lovers Left Alive', 'Imagine Me and You', 'Jackass Forever', 'Saw', 'Shortbus', 'Jurassic Park', 'Green Room', 'Zero Dark Thirty', 'Carol', 'House of Gucci', 'Red Rocket', 'Spencer', 'Mandy', 'C'mon C'mon', 'Zack Snyder's Justice League', 'Wrath of Man', 'The Times of Harvey Milk', 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things', the Missions: 'Impossible', 'Cloud Atlas', 'Snowpiercer', 'Eternity in a Day', 'Brazil', '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'BMX Bandits', the 'Fifty Shades', 'Belfast', 'Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar', 'Leap Day', 'Wild Mountain Thyme', 'Mask', 'Moonstruck', 'Trolls: World Tour', 'Son of the Mask', 'Synchronic', 'Marie Antoinette', 'Doubt', 'Joe vs. the Volcano', 'In the Heat of the Night', and 'The Third Man'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch Shinobu Hashimoto & Akira Kurosawa's 'Rashômon' (1950), a justifiably acclaimed masterpiece from one of the greats, and Alex Cox's 'Tombstone Rashomon' (2017), an unjustifiably unacclaimed minorpiece from one of the greats.Some of the other films mentioned: 'Network', 'Mandy', 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time', 'Dune', 'Enemy', 'Ali G Indahouse', 'The Seven Samurai', 'Ran', 'Ikiru', 'Petite Maman', 'Paul', 'Yojimbo', 'In the Heat of the Night', 'Inland Empire', 'Little Women', 'Annie', 'Ugetsu', 'Oliver!', the work of Hong Sang-soo, 'The Last Duel', 'The Outrage', 'Kurosawa's Dreams', 'Sátántangó', 'Ran', 'Licorice Pizza', 'Bloody Sunday', 'The Anderson Tapes', 'Possum', 'Annette', 'Team America: World Police', 'Spider-Man: Far From Home', 'My Darling Clementine', 'Gunfight at the OK Corral', 'Doc', 'Tombstone', 'Wyatt Earp', 'The Green Knight', 'Mars Needs Moms', 'The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain', 'The Matrix Resurrections, 'Candyman', 'Watchmen' (TV), 'Aquaman', 'Repo Man', 'Straight to Hell', 'Walker', 'Mishima', 'Dark Star', 'Assault on Precinct 13', 'Jupiter Ascending', 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp', 'Repo Chick', 'The Power of the Dog', 'Emmanuelle: A Hard Look', 'Oliver & Company', 'Cats', 'The Aristocats', 'The Aristocrats', 'The Queen', 'The Souvenir', 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Help', 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Yellow Submarine', and 'Get Back'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn, Uther & returning guest Steven Lyons watch Andreis Konchalovsky & Tarkovsky's 'Andrei Rublev' (1966), a film about why we make art, and Randy Feldman & Andrei Konchalovsky's 'Tango & Cash' (1989), an attempt to destroy it.Some of the other films mentioned: 'Big Trouble in Little China', 'Eraser', 'Labyrinth', 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence', 'The Man who Fell to Earth', 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me', 'The Prestige', 'Akira', 'La Jetée', 'Spawn' (again?), 'The Terminator's 1 & 2, 'Cactus Jack', 'Predator', 'Commando', 'The Apple', 'American Psycho', 'Unbreakable', 'Split', 'Glass', 'Hudson Hawk', 'Wah-Wah', 'The Producers', 'It's a Wonderful Life', 'Star Wars' (as always :( ), 'Dark Star', 'Starman', 'Starcrash', 'The Worst Person in the World', 'The Transformers: The Movie', 'Boogie Nights', 'Barry Lyndon', 'Ivan's Childhood', 'The Bourne Supremacy', the Evils 'Dead', 'Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!' (again?), 'Pokémon: Detective Pikachu'!, 'Mirror', 'Stalker', 'Solaris', 'The Sacrifice', 'Intolerance', Marvel generally (of course and as always, sigh), 'Titanic', 'Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure' (again??), the Lords 'of the Rings', Rankin and Bass' 'Hobbit', 'Following', the Batsmen, 'The Boondock Saints', 'The BFG', 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back', 'The Way of the Gun', 'The Last Samurai', 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe', 'Alien Resurrection', 'Vanilla Sky', 'The Expendables'es, 'Who Killed the Electric Car?', 'Titane', 'Spy Kids 3D: Game Over', The Lethals 'Weapon', 'Executive Decision', 'Casino Royale', 'Salt', 'Skyfall', 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider', 'Superman', 'Tommy', 'Bad Boys' (implicitly), 'Black Knight', 'Bad Boys for Life' (explicitly), 'Blade Runner', 'Burlesque', 'The Place Beyond the Pines', 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw', 'Enter the Dragon', 'The Lady from Shanghai', 'The Scorpion King', 'Memoria', 'Drive', 'Heat', 'Miami Vice', 'Public Enemies', 'Ali', 'Collateral', 'Collateral Damage', 'Stand by Me', 'Robot Jox', 'Seven Samurai', 'The Magnificent Seven', 'The Hateful Eight', 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', 'Seconds', 'The Manchurian Candidate', 'Ronin' and 'A Star is Born'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn, Uther & returning guest Ben MacGougan watch Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe & Roger Waters' 'Pink Floyd's The Wall' (1982), a musical about growing up in the shadow of World War II, and Doug & Rob Walker's 'Nostalgia Critic's The Wall' (2019), a musical about not knowing a single fucking thing about how to review things.Some of the other films mentioned: 'Histoire(s) du Cinema', 'Neil Breen 5 Feature Film Retrospective', 'Drive My Car', 'Memoria', implicitly 'Suspiria' (2018), 'Saving Private Ryan', 'The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps', 'Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure', 'Super Mario Bros.', 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', 'Spawn', 'The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle', 'Tommy', 'Rock N Roll High School', The High Schools 'Musical', 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Quadrophenia', 'Help', 'Blubberella', 'Gummo', implicitlly 'Titane', 'Robocop', 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', 'Naked', 'Folding Ideas: Nostalgia Critic and The Wall', 'Shoah', 'A Brighter, Summer Day', 'Spirited Away', 'Your Name', 'Weathering with You', 'Song of the Sea', 'Prince of Egypt', 'An American Tail: Fievel Goes West', 'We're Back - A Dinosaur's Story', 'Balto' 'The Time Machine', 'Mars Needs Moms', 'Kickassia', 'Suburban Knights', 'To Boldly Flee', 'Batman Forever', 'Batman & Robin', 'The Royal Tenenbaums', 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer', 'Clueless', 'Yesterday', 'Birdemic', 'Men in Black II', 'The Amazing Bulk', 'Drive', 'Speed', 'Gravity', 'The Tree of Life', '2001: A Space Odyssey', '2010: The Year We Make Contact', The Planets 'of the Apes', 'Koyaanisqatsi', 'Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!', 'The Power of the Dog', 'Cousins', 'How to Meet Girls from a Distance', and 'Annette'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther and special guest Liv McKenzie watch Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond's 'Some Like It Hot' (1959) (not as queerphobic as you remember), and Tom Brady & Rob Schneider's 'The Hot Chick' (2002) (even more queerphobic than you assume).Some of the other films mentioned: 'Under the Shadow', 'Halloween', 'Requiem for a Dream', 'Clueless', 'Mean Girls', '10 Things I Hate About You', 'She's All That', 'Scooby Doo', 'Scream', 'Scary Movie', 'The Grudge', 'Step-Brothers', 'Hot Rod', 'Bridget Jones' Diary', 'Bridget Jones' Baby', 'It Follows', the 'Twilight' series, 'The Batman', Spider-Man generally and 'No Way Home' specifically, 'Avengers: Infinity War', 'Shrek', 'Shrek 2', 'Elf', 'Kill Bill', 'The Animal', 'Punch-Drunk Love', 'Billy Madison', 'Happy Gilmore', 'Licorice Pizza', 'Murder Mystery', 'Hubie Halloween', '50 First Dates', 'Grown-Ups', 'The Wedding Singer', 'How to Marry a Millinaire', 'The Apartment', 'Irma la Douce', 'Empire', 'Memoria', 'Fight Club', 'James and the Giant Peach', 'Synecdoche, New York', 'A Scanner Darkly', 'Waking Life', 'It's Such a Beautiful Day', 'Vertigo', 'The Searchers', 'Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans', '2001 - A Space Odyssey', 'Un Chien Andalou', 'The Earrings of Madame de...', 'Ali - Fear Eats the Soul', 'Stalker', 'Blue Velvet', 'La Jetée', 'Mulholland Drive', 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', both Aces 'Ventura', 'The Mask', 'Mean Girls', 'Mission: Impossible III', 'Nightmare Alley', 'Psycho', 'Jaws', 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar', 'Celine and Julie Go Boating', 'Song of the South', 'Fantasia', 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer', 'Cruel Intentions', 'Jennifer's Body', 'Thirteen', 'Top Five', 'mid90s', 'Scream 4', 'Spencer', 'Birds of Prey', and 'Malignant'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' (2001), a justly acclaimed identity horror about women being chewed up by Hollywood, and Chris Sivertson & Jeff Hammond's 'I Know Who Killed Me' (2007), an unjustly derided identity horror starring a woman chewed up by Hollywood.Some of the other films mentioned: 'Guns Akimbo', 'Lord of the Rings', 'Sunset Blvd.', 'Submarine', 'The Innocents', 'Amadeus', 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'Ben-Hur', 'Blow Out', 'Dressed to Kill', 'Don't Look Up', 'Jennifer's Body', 'Bling Ring', 'The Neon Demon', 'Frances Ha', 'Lincoln', 'J. Edgar', 'Inside Llewyn Davis', 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', and 'The Babadook'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' (1979), a long, winding journey into the hearts and hopes of three men, and Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg, and David Mandel's 'EuroTrip' (2004), a short, spiralling journey by three men without hearts or hope.Other films mentioned: 'Paris, Texas', 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip', 'The Goonies', 'Star Wars', 'The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station', the 'Three Colours' trilogy, '2 Days in New York', 'Wild Hogs', 'Pig', 'The Honeymoon Killers', 'Locke', 'Doom', 'About Time', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Slaughterhouse-Five', 'Wrong Turn', 'Sonic the Hedgehog', 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', 'Herbie: Fully Loaded', the 'Before trilogy', 'Brazil', 'Waking Life', 'The Lighthouse', 'Anomalisa', 'On the Road', 'Gone in 60 Seconds', 'Snatch', 'The Midnight Meat Train', 'X-Men: The Last Stand', 'Age of the Dragons', 'Green Book', 'Hardcore', 'The Nest', and 'The Matrix Resurrections'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the final of three parts, Finn & Uther continue their titanic and officially certified job of finding the best film of 2021.The 16 finalists: Another Round, Dune, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0.1 Thrice Upon a Time, The Father, The French Dispatch, The Green Knight, James & Isey, Judas & the Black Messiah, The Last Duel, The Matrix Resurrections, The Nest, No Sudden Move, Petite Maman, Pig, The Power of the Dog, and Summer of Soul.Awards this episode include: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Writer, and Best Director.Other films recommended: Paddington, Paddington 2, Fantasia, The Undisputed Series, Dekalog, A Short Film About Killing, Camera Buff, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Work in Progress, Cry Macho, Wrath of Man, The Card Counter, Zeroes and Ones, Candyman, Neon Genesis Evangelion (all of it), Shin Godzilla, Ammonite, The World to Come, Nomadland, Gunpowder Milkshake, Old, Passing, Border, Tuca & Bertie, Nomadland, Gunpowder Milkshake, Widows, Envy, Mask Off, The Favourite, West Side Story, In Fabric, Minari, The Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins at an Andre Rieu concert, Yi-Yi, Night of the Hunter, Spirit of the Beehive, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Midsommar. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second of three parts, Finn & Uther continue their titanic and officially certified job of finding the best film of 2021.The 16 finalists: Another Round, Dune, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0.1 Thrice Upon a Time, The Father, The French Dispatch, The Green Knight, James & Isey, Judas & the Black Messiah, The Last Duel, The Matrix Resurrections, The Nest, No Sudden Move, Petite Maman, Pig, The Power of the Dog, and Summer of Soul.Awards this episode include: Best Editing, Best VFX/Animation, Best Debut, and Best Supporting Actor and Actress.Other films recommended: The Wizard of Oz, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Paddington, Paddington 2, Candyman, The Sparks Brothers, Shiva Baby, Promising Young Woman, Abigail's Party, The Other Side of the Wind, The Voyeurs, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, Top of the Lake, Top of the Lake: China Girl, An Angel at My Table, Dr. Strange, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Suicide Squad, Gemini Man, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Ruben Brandt Collector, Encanto, Luca, Earwig and the Witch, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, In the Heights, West Side Story, The Show, I Blame Society, Passing, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Prisoners of the Ghostlands, Titane, Aquaman, Blackkklansman, Godzilla vs. Kong, Jungle Cruise, No Time to Die, Rose Plays Julie, Small Axe, The Favourite, Malignant, Minari, Cousins, Nomadland, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Tick Tick... Boom!, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Pulp Fiction, Ocean's 11-13, Out of Sight, Sex Lies and Videotape, The Informant, Bottle Rocket, and The Irishman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the first of three parts, Finn & Uther begin their titantic and officially certified job of finding the best film of 2021.The 16 finalists: Another Round, Dune, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0.1 Thrice Upon a Time, The Father, The French Dispatch, The Green Knight, James & Isey, Judas & the Black Messiah, The Last Duel, The Matrix Resurrections, The Nest, No Sudden Move, Petite Maman, Pig, The Power of the Dog, and Summer of Soul.Awards this episode include: Best Fight or Dance Sequence, Best One-Scene Performance, Grossest/Gnarliest Moment, and, Best Cinematography.Other films recommended (it's a big one): Chasing Amy, Small Axe, Malignant, Star Wars - Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Paddington, Paddington 2, Drive My Car, Annette, Memoria, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat, Pretend It's A City, Tick Tick... Boom!, City Hall, Scott the Woz: Borderline Forever, Scott the Woz: The Dark Age of Nintendo, The Harder They Fall, Passing, Hand of God, F9: The Fast Saga, Nobody, Kate, Boss Level, Doctor Who: Heaven Sent, In the Earth, High-Rise, The Many Saints of Newark, El Camino, The Velvet Underground, Inside, The Hunt, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Godzilla vs. Kong, Gunpowder Milkshake, In the Heights, Monster Hunter, Nobody, The Suicide Squad, West Side Story (1957), West Side Story (1961), West Side Story (2021), Titane, Raw, The Night Comes for Us, The Duellists, West Side Story, Spookers, Love Story, Kaikohe Demolition, Those Who Wish Me Dead, The Show, Pieces of a Woman, Gertrud, Possession, The Old Man and the Gun, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Dril, Aquaman, Climax, The Dissident, Old, Apostle, Piercing, Seance, Heat, Kill Bill, Skins, Widows, Short Term 12, Get Out, BoJack Horseman, Death Note, Sorry to Bother You, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead, Black Panther, Long Day's Journey into Night, Zeroes and Ones, Lynch's Dune, Jodorowsky's Dune, Mandy, Ammonite, The Little Things, and the work of Joel Haver.Segments/Chapters:00:00:00 - Cold Open00:00:24 - Theme Music Intro00:00:51 - Intro to the Awards00:06:47 - Also-Rans/Things that Fell Through the Cracks00:31:53 - Another Round v. Petite Maman00:39:31 - Best Fight/Dance Sequence01:00:56 - James & Isey v. Summer of Soul01:09:39 - Best One-Scene Performance01:20:29 - The French Dispatch v. The Green Knight01:35:18 - Grossest/Gnarliest Moment01:42:50 - Judas & the Black Messiah v. The Green Knight01:48:48 - Best Cinematography01:55:30 - Outro01:57:59 - Theme Music Outro01:58:53 - Secret Bonus Chat See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch Claude Lanzmann's ‘Shoah' (1985), a 9 hour plus documentary on one of humanity's greatest crimes, and Uwe Boll's 2011 holocaust trilogy—‘Auschwitz', ‘Bloodrayne: The Third Reich' and ‘Blubberella'—another of humanity's greatest crimes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'The Godfather - Part II' (1974), probably the worst film Francis Ford Coppola made between 1972 and 1974, and 'Gotti' (2018, probably the worst film directed by a cast member of 'Entourage'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch Scorsese, Schrader and De Niro's 'Taxi Driver' (1976), recently remade as 'Joker,' and Ferrara, Ferrara and Ferrara's 'The Driller Killer' (1979), recently remade as 'Lady Bird'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watched neo-realist masterpiece, 'Bicycle Thieves' (1948), and child stunt show-reel, 'BMX Bandits' (1983), Nicole Kidman's screen debut and, for real, as good as 'Bicycle Thieves' but in exactly the opposite way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watch 'The General' (1926), American's favourite funny man going gaga for the confederacy, and 'The Dictator' (2012), the Sacha Baron Cohen film that's better than Brüno but worse than Borat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watch Fritz Lang's maximalist 'Metropolis' (1927), and Jim Wynorski's sexy-mall-fest 'Chopping Mall' (1987). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'Psycho' (1960), maybe Hitchcock's best, and 'Dressed to Kill' (1980), definitely De Palma's worst. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Finn & Uther watched Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' (1975) and Sion Sono's 'Guilty of Romance' (2011). Which may, judging by the ensuing crises of masculinity, have been a mistake.Other topics discussed: "How can we be men?" Villeneuve's masterstroke in 'Dune'. Sono's trilogy of hate and whether he's a monster or not. "Finn... How can we be men?" Valerie Solanas. Interpol x Lynch x climate destruction and other horrific hypothetical collaborations. "So, Finn, tell me: How can we be men?" And, of course, a long 'Tenet' bit in the end credits.It's a good one, this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'The 400 Blows' (1959), Truffaut finding one of the best child actors ever and giving them space to shine, and 'After Earth' (2013), Will Smith thinking that he can do the nepotism version of that. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watch 'La Dolce Vita' (1960), made by art cinema's best stylist, it's a great film exploring hot people and their despair. With that they watched, 'Paparazzi' (2004), made by Mel Gibson's hairstylist, it's a vile film endorsing white men and their rage. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'Journey to Italy' (1954), the nouvelle vague's wellspring, and 'Downhill' (2020), Force Majeure's offspring. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watch 'Pather Panchali' (1955), a film so good it invented a new kind of cinema, and 'Cinderella' (2021), un film de James Corden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This week, Finn & Uther watch 'Pierrot le Fou' (1965), a dubious classic by Godard, and 'The Honeymoon Killers' (1970), an even more dubious classic not by Scorsese. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Finn & Uther watched 'PlayTime' (1967), a film made by a maniac, and 'Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie' (1997), a film about a maniac. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watch 'Close-up' (1990), Kiarostami all-time brilliant docudrama about imposters and the pain of being unseen, and Jordan Owen and Davis Aurini's 'The Sarkeesian Effect' (2015), which really puts the "ugh! men!" into docughmentary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Finn & Uther (in separate rooms for the first time) watched 'The Battle of Algiers' (1966), Pontecorvo's brilliantly humane and incisively political episodic portrait of urban guerilla warfare. With that, they watched 'Red Dawn' (2012), which is basically the same as 'Battle of Algiers' just without the incisive, humane or brilliant parts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn, Uther & special guest Ben MacGougan watch Godard's 'Histoire(s) du cinéma' (1998), which is almost but not quite a film, and Breen's 'Neil Breen 5 Feature Film Retrospective' (2020), which is almost but not quite a crime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn, Uther, and Josh Davies watch City Lights (1931), Charlie Chaplin's class conscious slapstick about The Tramp falling in love with a blind woman, and Scent of a Woman (1992), the role that won Al Pacino his Oscar for Most Acting. They discuss how accurately these films depict blindness, the early career of Charlie Chaplin, and Josh's favourite movies. Uther gets a chance to talk about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Finn tries to keep track of how many times Pacino says “Hoo-Ah”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finn & Uther watch Ugetsu (1953), Kenji Mizoguchi's devastating supernatural story of love and horror. Our second film this week is Meet Joe Black (1998), 3 hours of Brad Pitt playing The Grim Reaper as an irritating houseguest. We discuss different film visions of the afterlife, Mizoguchi's skill at crafting films from folktales, and Brad Pitt's Jamaican accent. Uther conducts a seance while Finn gets in touch with his inner Shatner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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