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Discussing Sight and Sound's Top 100 Greatest Films, one masterpiece at a time. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast, hosted by Tim Coleman.

Tim Coleman


    • May 5, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 26m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 90:26


    This month Tim is joined by Jordan Farley (from The Movie Wingman) to discuss Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Once Upon A Time in the West is =95 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Jordan's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can sign up to our Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Bluesky: @top100pod.bsky.social  Instagram: @thetop100pod Letterboxd: The Top 100 Email: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Interview with Ousmane Sembène here. Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Black Girl (1966)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 66:06


    This month Tim is joined by Leila Latif (host of the Little White Lies podcast Truth & Movies) to discuss Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl (1966). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Black Girl is =95 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Leila's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can sign up to our Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Bluesky: @top100pod.bsky.social  Instagram: @thetop100pod Letterboxd: The Top 100 Email: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Interview with Ousmane Sembène here. Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 82:52


    This month Tim is joined by Amber T (News Editor for Fangoria) to discuss Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari (1953). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ugetsu Monogatari is =90 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can support the pod by joining Moving Pictures' Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Bluesky: @top100pod.bsky.social  Instagram: @thetop100pod Letterboxd: The Top 100 Email: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    The Oscars 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 91:02


    This special bonus episode Tim is joined by film critic Matt Maytum to discuss The Oscars 2025. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– You can read Matt's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can support the pod by joining Moving Pictures' Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Bluesky: @top100pod.bsky.social  Instagram: @thetop100pod Letterboxd: The Top 100 Email: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Get Out (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 102:11


    This month Tim is joined by Amon Warmann (Contributing Editor for Empire) to discuss Jordan Peele's Get Out (2017). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Get Out is =95 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Amon's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can support the pod by joining Moving Pictures' Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Bluesky: @top100pod.bsky.social  Instagram: @thetop100pod Letterboxd: The Top 100 Email: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    David Lynch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 52:03


    This episode Tim is joined by Mike Muncer (host of the Evolution of Horror and Twin Peaks podcast The Detective and the Log Lady) to celebrate the legacy of David Lynch, who died this month aged 78. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can support the pod by joining Moving Pictures' Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Bluesky @top100pod.bsky.social or on Instagram @thetop100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Photo of David Lynch from GQ. David Lynch 'Donut' Quote - here. David Lynch's reaction to somoeone suggesting he cut a scene - here. Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Some Like It Hot (1959)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 79:02


    This episode Tim is joined by Jane Crowther (Editor in chief for Hollywood Authentic) to discuss Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Some Like It Hot is =38 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Jane's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can support the pod by joining Moving Pictures' Patreon channel here for just £1/$1 pm. Alternatively you can make a donation to the runnning costs of the pod via Buy Me A Coffee here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Bluesky @top100pod.bsky.social or on Instagram @thetop100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Casablanca (1942)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 86:05


    This episode Tim is joined by Helen O'Hara (Editor-at-Large for Empire) to discuss Michael Curtiz's Casablanca (1942). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Casablanca is =63 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Helen's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. You can support the pod by joining Moving Pictures' Patreon channel here. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Bluesky @top100pod.bsky.social or on Instagram @thetop100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Imitation of Life (1959)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 78:48


    This episode Tim is joined by Alistair Ryder to discuss Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Imitation of Life is =75 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. You can read Alistair's own Sight & Sound Top 10 here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Bluesky @top100pod.bsky.social Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    The Shining (1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 89:30


    This week Tim is joined by Lakkaya Palmer to discuss Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining (1980).  Please note that this episode includes discussions about domestic violence and child abuse. If you have been affected in any way by these issues and need support help is available from UK charities such as Women's Aid, Refuge, NSPCC, Childline, Victim Support and the NHS website here. If you're in the US you can contact the National Domestic Violence hotline here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Shining is =88 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0.Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Taxi Driver (1976)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 125:47


    This month Tim is joined by film journalist Jamie Graham to discuss Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Taxi Driver is 29 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. Jamie's personal Top 10 list is available here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Clip of Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver from GQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szAkDLWp-M&t=5s Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Sunset Blvd. (1950)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 83:30


    This month Tim is joined by the Rosie Fletcher - co-editor in chief at Den of Geek - to discuss Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd. (1950). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sunset Blvd. is =78 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. Rosie's personal Top 10 list is available here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Stalker (1979)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 127:09


    This month Tim is joined by the film critic and curator Michael Brooke to discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Stalker is =43 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. Michael's personal Top 10 list is available here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 121:44


    This month Tim is joined by the writer and actor James Swanton to discuss F.W. Murnau's masterpiece Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is no.11 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. James' personal Top 10 list is available here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Man With A Movie Camera (1929)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 97:36


    This month Tim is joined by the host of A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast Ally Pitts to discuss Dziga Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera (1929). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Man With A Movie Camera  is no. 9 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com Check out our Letterboxd list of our guest's greatest films. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Rashomon (1950)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 90:42


    This month Tim is joined by the critic, filmmaker and Japanese cinema scholar Jasper Sharp to discuss Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Rashomon  is =41 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. Jasper's article on Rashomon for the BFI is available here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Blue Velvet (1986)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 99:01


    In our first deep dive episode on a film from the Sight & Sound list, Tim is joined by Mike Muncer from The Evolution of Horror to discuss David Lynch's American nightmare, Blue Velvet (1986). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Blue Velvet is =85 on the Sight & Sound critic's list. Mike's personal Top 10 list is available here. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Introduction to the Sight & Sound Greatest Films list

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 74:54


    In our first episode Tim is joined by film critic Andrew Pope to give an overview of the Sight & Sound list, and how the 2022 results differed from those in previous years... –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Correction: In this episode we discuss how there are three films in the Top 100 made since the previous list in 2012 - Get Out, Moonlight and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. In fact there is a fourth, Parasite (=90). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Check out the Sight & Sound critic's list here. Andrew's personal Top 10 list is available here. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Additional music: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos

    Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 12:37


    Welcome to The Top 100: a podcast discussing Sight & Sound's Greatest Films list, one masterpiece at a time. Hosted by Tim Coleman. A Moving Pictures Film Club podcast. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by FrEQ Audio Recordings. Check out the Sight & Sound critic's list here. Follow us on Twitter / X @top100pod Get in touch via emai: top100pod@gmail.com

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