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Poets Ella Frears and Will Burns were at the shop to read from and talk about their new collections. Ella's Goodlord, from Rough Trade Books, takes the form of a long, lyrical email to an estate agent, interrogating our obsession with ‘property' with Frears' characteristic humour and sharpness, while Will's Natural Burial Ground (Corsair) is the second collection from a writer Max Porter has described as ‘a soulful English poet of the kind we don't make enough of'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode we speak to Ella Frears about her incredible fictional memoir Good Lord. Taking the form of a single 30,000 word email it is a genre-defying, stream of consciousness address directed toward Ava, an unsuspecting estate agent. Ella's writing is both fearless and full of energy, ranging widely across the common spaces of our lives to take in the wild precarity of the housing market, endemic violence towards women in the UK today and much more. Good Lord is provocative, disconcerting and very, very funny. It poses searching questions about expectation, what we allow and what we all really know. ‘All the hot women I know have Ella Frears on their bedside tables'  Sheena Patel‘A witty, indignant and poignant look at the way our desire for a place to call home has been misshapen and distorted by the morbid pathologies of the market.' Keiran GoddardGood Lord is published by Rough TradeField is made entirely possible through the backing of our patreon supporters. Just three quid a month is all the difference. That's half the price of amazon prime and at least double the karma. If you want to get involved go to: www.patreon.com/fieldzine@fieldzine www.fieldzine.comwww.patreon.com/fieldzine

Ella Frears is a poet and artist based in London. Her collection Shine, darling was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for best first collection, and the TS Eliot prize for poetry.  Writers/artists mentioned John Cooper Clarke, Sylvia Plath, William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Toni Morrison, William McGonagall. Book mentioned Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood.

Stress Test is an anxiety dream come to life – poets produce new work under timed conditions to perform live on the radio.You can catch the full show with all the fun and tracks here on our Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/rough-trade-books-stress-test-27072023/This is the Soho Radio podcast, showcasing the best broadcasts from our online radio station in the heart of London.Across our Soho channel, we have a wide range of shows covering every genre alongside chat, discussions and special productions.To catch up on all things Soho Radio head on over to mixcloud.com/sohoradio, tune in live anytime at sohoradiolondon.com or get the app..Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/soho-radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ella Frears discusses the art, writing, music and moments big, small and unexpected that move us to Tears.You can catch the full show with all the fun and tracks here on our Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/rough-trade-books-tears-for-frears-24072023/This is the Soho Radio podcast, showcasing the best broadcasts from our online radio station in the heart of London.Across our Soho channel, we have a wide range of shows covering every genre alongside chat, discussions and special productions.To catch up on all things Soho Radio head on over to mixcloud.com/sohoradio, tune in live anytime at sohoradiolondon.com or get the app..Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/soho-radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, two outta three ain't bad... This week: "John Wick: Chapter 4" [00:01:42] hit theaters and the gang was there on opening night. You know this franchise, it's very likely that you love it. Hear everyone's favorite parts , performances, and larger questions for the Wick Universe. "The Lost King" [00:35:40] is up next and, if it's under your radar, the gang highly recommends that you put it on. Frears! Hawkins! Coogan! Richard III! It's either a very loose or very accurate (depending on who you believe) biopic of Philippa Langley's real-life quest to find the buried remains of King Richard III under a parking lot in the UK. Probably the only film in history where the villain is the University of Leicester. "A Good Person" [01:02:12] is not a good movie. Tune in to hear why. The episode concludes with a look back on all of the ~40 films that comprised the first quarter of 2023 through the lens of last year's awards show. Hear some of the early contenders for favorite film, director, actor and actress, supporting cast, script, girl boss, sigma male, chillest vibe, theater experience, and of course the Hater's Ball worst film so far. As always: moviemasters760@gmail.com for all questions, concerns, comments, and movie recommendations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rmmu/support

In this episode, poet Ella Frears talks about the poem that has been a friend to her: The The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot. Ella Frears is a poet and artist based in London. Her debut collection, Shine, Darling, (Offord Road Books, 2020) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for both the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. Her latest pamphlet I AM THE MOTHER CAT written as part of her residency at John Hansard Gallery is out with Rough Trade Books (2021).  Ella was recently named Poet in Residence for the Dartington Trust's grade II listed Gardens, selected by Alice Oswald. She is a trustee and editor for Magma Poetry and has been Poet in Residence for the National Trust, Tate Britain, The John Hansard Gallery, K6 Gallery, SPUD (the Observatory), conservation organisation Back from the Brink, and was poet in residence at Royal Holloway University physics department, writing about the Cassini Space Mission. https://ellafrears.com Ella is in conversation with The Poetry Exchange hosts Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer.

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate 40 years of Film4 with a quartet of famous film-makers who have been part of its rich history and legacy. Founded in 1982, Film4 soon became an iconic and vital voice in British film. It has fostered a reputation for producing gritty, diverse stories from unheard voices as well as championing the more leftfield and experimental side of British cinema. Ellen looks at Film4's origins in conversation with Stephen Frears who directed the very first Film4 film, Walter. Walter stars Sir Ian McKellen as a young man with learning difficulties and the film documents his struggles in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. Frears continued to explore life in 80's Britain in the now iconic and still ground-breaking My Beautiful Laundrette. Stephen and Ellen discuss what the film meant at the time and why it remains relevant. Mark talks to Gurinder Chadha. In 1993 her Film4 produced debut, Bhaji on the Beach, became the first full-length feature film made by a British Asian Woman. Gurinder and Mark discuss the importance of Film4 in championing minorities and what the British film industry was like before and after Film4's emergence. Ellen chats with Ben Wheatley about Film4's response to his irreverent 2011 folk horror film Kill List as well as the multi-platform release of 2013's A Field in England. They talk about how Film4 has always made space for the more uncommercial and experimental side of British cinema. Finally, Mark talks to Clio Barnard about her 2013 Film4 debut, The Selfish Giant. A social realist adaptation of an Oscar Wilde story, Clio discusses how Film4 supported her as an artist and allowed her to share her unique and touching tale. This week's Viewing Note is courtesy of former Film4 head and veteran producer, Paul Webster. Producer: Hester Cant A Prospect Street production for BBC Radio 4

Ella Frears is a poet and visual artist based in south-east London. She has had poetry published in the LRB, Poetry London, Ambit, The Rialto, Poetry Daily, POEM, and the Moth among others. Her pamphlet Passivity, Electricity, Acclivity was published by Goldsmiths Press 2018. Her debut collection, Shine, Darling is published by Offord Road Books, and came out in April, 2020. Suzannah V Evans spoke with Ella Frears at the StAnza Poetry Festival in 2019. Frears reads her poems and discusses sand, vintage porn, and the interplay between her roles as a writer and visual artist.

Will Frears is an award-winning theatre and film director. His New York credits include Misery (Broadway), Still Life (MCC), The Water's Edge (Second Stage), Pen (Playwright's Horizons), Terrorism (The New Group/Play Company), Rainbow Kiss (The Play Company), Where We're Born (Rattlestick), God Hates the Irish (Rattlestick), and the Pulitzer finalist Omnium Gatherum. His film credits include All Saints Day and Coach. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, New York Magazine, The London Review of Books, and Eight by Eight. He holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Will Frears in interviewed by Jillian Jetton '23 and Michelle Cowles '22 The SLC Performance Lab is produced by ContemporaryPerformance.com and the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Theatre Program. During the course, visiting artists to the MFA Theatre Program's Grad Lab are interviewed after leading a workshop with the students. Grad Lab is one of the core components of the program where graduate students work with guest artists and develop group-generated performance experiments.

This episode I have a returning guest, Jon Spira who directed Elstree 1976 and Hollywood Bulldogs is back to talk about his new series streaming on Britbox, namely Reel Britannia. Jon has written and directed this himself and it's a blast. I'm fortunate enough to have watched the first three episodes before I spoke to Jon. The fourth episode is just being finished up as I speak.I hope you enjoy our conversation.Britbox.comElstree 1976 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4558042/Hollywood Bulldogs - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12142914/

Google describes Gowanus in these terms, “In a former industrial zone around Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, Gowanus is a developing area with a mix of classic rowhouses and converted warehouses. Hipsters and creative types head up studios and cool art galleries. After dark, the neighborhood livens up as young professionals spillover from the nearby Barclay's Center Arena and head to the trendy bars, casual eateries and funky music venues around 4th Avenue.”Gowanus is also the site of an artistic experiment, community center and creative laboratory for directors and choreographers (those creatives writing their drafts in three dimensions) called the Mercury Store which was founded by and is directed by Will Frears. Will and his team have thoughtfully engineered a space that allows the asking of the most difficult questions with the most love for those who are brave enough (maybe foolish enough) to try to rethink what the creative process looks like for performance art – theater, dance and the like. In moments, the Mercury Store plays revolutionary to creative processes that need to be shook; then it is a gathering spot for old friends to run into one another and share an idea or conversation. And while the space is beautiful and the goal is equal parts ambition, loftiness and trailblazing, at the center of it all sits Will Frears, searching for the answer to the central question that he posits in our conversation, “What would it be like if you just stood in the middle of your process for a minute and thought about ‘Well what do I need?'” The answer to his question? Deciding that he can be happy. And that happiness includes his wife Amy, walking his girls to school and his building in Gowanus.The Mercury StoreWill Frears on FacebookPatrick's WebsitePatrick on IGAt the Podium on IGPatrick on LinkedIn

Bentornati in Bookatini - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri. L'episodio 28 è dedicato ai libri a tema “Era meglio il libro?” - adattamenti cinematografici ben riusciti. Nell'episodio di oggi abbiamo chiacchierato di questi libri e di questi film: -Camera con vista, di E.M.Forster, Mondadori editoreFILM: Camera con vista, di James Ivory-Le relazioni pericolose, di Choderlos de Laclos, Feltrinelli editoreFILM: Le relazioni pericolose, di Stephen Frears-Shutter island, di Dennis Lehane, Longanesi editoreFILM: L'isola della paura, di Martin Scorsese-Un giorno, di David Nicholls, Neri Pozza editoreFILM: One day, di Lone SherfigAltri libri e film citati:-Chiamami col tuo nome, di André Aciman, Guanda editoreChiamami col tuo nome, di James Ivory-Mystic river, di Dennis Lehane, TEA editoreMystic river, di Clint Eastwood-La casa buia, di Dennis Lehane Piemme editoreGone Baby Gone diretto da Ben AffleckValmont, diretto da Milos Forman-Il talento di Mr. Ripley, di Patricia Highsmith, La nave di Teseo editoreIl talento di Mr. Ripley, di Anthony Minghella-Molto rumore per nulla, di William Shakespeare, Feltrinelli editoreMolto rumore per nulla, di Kenneth BranaghPotete contattarci, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividete con noi le vostre letture su questo tema contattandoci nella pagina Instagram Bookatini_podcast, dove potete trovare anche le nostre live, in onda a mercoledì alterni La sigla di Bookatini è scritta e suonata da Andrea Cerea

After celebrating “The Hi-Lo Country” we couldn't help ourselves, and we fell into the deep well of Stephen Frears' filmography. You have nothing to Frear but Frears himself. How is the world wrong about this artist? From Andras: I thought I knew Stephen Frears as a director but after bingeing most of his films I realized I've been viewing him through an American lens. No doubt he made some solid Hollywood movies but it's the UK work that reveals his true quality. Find all of our episodes at www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @theworldiswrongpodcast Check out: The Director's Wall with Bryan Connolly & AJ Gonzalez & The Radio8Ball Show hosted by Andras Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Frears' noir western melodrama came and went without making any significant impact in 1998 and remains unavailable on any streaming source as of this recording. We think it's time this film and it's journeyman director got some renewed attention. “The Hi-Lo Country” serves as our jumping off point to explore Frear's complete filmography. Directed by Stephen Frears. Written by Walon Green. Produced by Martin Scorsese. Starring Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette, Penelope Cruz, Sam Elliott, Cole Hauser, John Diehl, Darren E. Burrows, Sandy Baron & Katy Jurado. How is the world wrong about this movie? From Andras: At the time it came out, the world ignored The Hi-Lo Country, and lack of availability has kept it obscure to this day, but this film and its soulful performances by so many great stars of the 90's thoughtfully directed by Stephan Frears hearkens back to films like “Giant” and “East of Eden”, as well as Frears' own filmography which we explore in this episode. We're featured on The Pure Cinema Podcast's Patreon channel with Brian Saur & Elric Kane this week. Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-world-is-51730149 (We highly encourage you to subscribe to their pod and support their Patreon). And here's the link to view The Hi-Lo Country on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/562083005 Find all of our episodes at www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @theworldiswrongpodcast Check out: The Director's Wall with Bryan Connolly & AJ Gonzalez & The Radio8Ball Show hosted by Andras Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frank discovers Ella Frears at a motorway services and shares some intimate notes. Collection referenced: Shine, Darling by Ella Frears Poems referenced: Midpoint by Ella Frears The Film by Ella Frears

Frank discovers Ella Frears at a motorway services and shares some intimate notes. Collection referenced: Shine, Darling by Ella Frears Poems referenced: Midpoint by Ella Frears The Film by Ella Frears

Creadas a partir de las durísimas experiencias de infancia y adolescencia vividas por su realizador, My Childhood (1972), My Ain Folk (1973) y My Way Home (1978), ocupan un lugar clave en el cine británico de principios de los años 70 no sólo porque adelantan temas sociales que cineastas como Leigh, Clarke o Frears harían suyos en plena era Thatcher, sino por lo especial y único del talento de Bill Douglas a la hora de exponerlos en pantalla. La precisión, el rigor y la distancia que Douglas aplica al momento de plasmar estos recuerdos recuerda, a ratos, la frontalidad del mejor cine mudo, la inmediatez de Rossellini, la plasticidad abstracta de Bresson. ¿Cómo es que alguien consigue esto de golpe, en su segundo filme y luego sólo redobla y triplica la intensidad en la misma dirección? De eso y otras cosas se habla en este podcast.

Anna Howard is seeking answers for the death her son, Mikey Frears. “I just want justice for my son,” she said. By the account of friends and family, Frears was a physically healthy man of 27. How he ended up dead last week inside the Erie County Holding Center has Howard and other friends and family seeking answers.

In this edition we feature poems from Cornish Poet, Ella Frears. Ella is one of the most prominent young poets in Britain at this time with her collection "Shine Darling" attracting praise from many quarters including the Guardian Newspaper in its selection of the best recent poetry books. Readers are asked to note that this episode contains strong language and explicit content which some readers may find offensive. Please avoid if this is likely to be the case. All poems are by Ella Frears and recreated here with Ella's permissionPoems are read by Tiffany Clare with soundscapes and music by Chris GregorySound design and editing are by Chris GregroyThe presenter is Hollye SangsterA quote from poet and critic Mark Waldron from the Offord Road website is recreated in part in this edition of the podcast.You can follow Ella Frears on twitter where she posts as https://twitter.com/EllaFrearsElla Frears is published by the excellent Offord Road Books who also publish Will Burns who was featured in an earlier edition of this podcast. You can follow Offord Road on twitter here https://twitter.com/OffordRoadBooksand visit their website here https://www.offordroadbooks.co.uk/You can purchase Shine Darling, Ella's acclaimed new poetry collection from which these poems are taken directly from Offord Road via this addressThis has been the third in our series of short podcasts featuring female poets from Cornwall. You can listen to the Sarah Cave edition here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3662434-sarah-cave-poetryAnd the Mary J Oliver podcast here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3755186-mary-j-oliver-and-cornwallStill to come in the series Lesley Hale and Angela Stoner. Please subscribe to hear these and all our other content the moment it is released

Ella Frears is a poet and visual artist based in south-east London. She has had poetry published in the LRB, Poetry London, Ambit, The Rialto, Poetry Daily, POEM, and the Moth among others. Her pamphlet Passivity, Electricity, Acclivity was published by Goldsmiths Press 2018. Her debut collection, Shine, Darling is published by Offord Road Books, and came out in April, 2020. Suzanna V Evans spoke with Ella Frears at the StAnza Poetry Festival in 2019. Frears reads her poems and discusses sand, vintage porn and the interplay between her roles as a writer and visual artist. Photo credit: Cat Goryn

Ryan and Angela discuss the works of the prolific and very talented Stephen Frears, including THE GRIFTERS, PRICK UP YOUR EARS, and 2017's VICTORIA & ABDUL. Also: how can Angela get her son to put down the laptop and watch a good movie?!  Next week: The Episode 100 reboot of Episode 1!

Have you heard this? Graham Isador guests with Rewatchability to talk about HIGH FIDELITY Steven Frear's 2002 drama, comedy, I dunno it transcends genre. It's really rare, this is the German label import. Yeah, John Cusack's in it, and Jack Black, Tim Robbins is really funny, not to mention Catherine Zeta Jones, Iben Hiejle and Lili Taylor among other women who have to put up with all this guy's bullshit. It's great. I mean, we loved it when were young angsty kids looking for idols, but do you think it holds up now? I think it's really good. Listen below to find out. Also, please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Also, follow us on Twitter. And please consider supporting our Patreon campaign. Special Thanks to our sponsors, Hello Fresh and Endy Mattresses To receive 50% off your first Hello Fresh box, use this code: REWATCH50 To receive $50 off any Endy Mattress purchase use code: PODCAST50 WARNING: this podcast contains strong language and immature subject matter, please be advised.

High Fidelity (2000) d. Stephen Frears Starring:John CusackIben HjejleTodd LouisoJack BlackLisa BonetCatherine Zeta-JonesJoan CusackTim Robbins This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan compare the soul sapping abyss of their previous relationships with that of Rob from High Fidelity. Steve talks about hunting down ex-girlfriends to demand answers and Ryan weighs the significance of romance in your teens vs. in your twenties. They both lament the demise of the mix tape and agree that Chicago is an awesome city. Rob Gordon (John Cusack) is the owner of a failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music the old-fashioned way -- on vinyl. Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed by the music scene, it's of no help to Rob, whose needle skips the love groove when his long-time girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), walks out on him. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood. Things discussed in the show: Welcome Back Kotter Film in Chicago Vice Documentaries vs. National Geographic Georgia Guidestones The Martian - Matt Damon The Revenant, Room The Oscars and white people CitizenFour Fleetwood Mac, Otis Redding, The Carpenters, Blink 182, Joni Mitchell Sara Gilbert Stiff Little Fingers, The Beta Band Beans and Bagels, Spoken Cafe Touch & Go Records Apocalypse Hoboken, Nil8 Skunk Ape!? Lounge Ax, Double Door, Chicago Reader, Biograph Theater, Three Penny Theater Mazzy Star, Pearl Jam, The Cure, Nick Drake, Ben Folds, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine, Shalloboi, Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, Leonard Cohen Lily Tomlin vs. Lili Taylor L.A. Confidential, Beverly Hills Cop The Professional - Luc Besson, Natalie Portman Sin City Kuffs - Christian Slater Suspiria - Dario Argento Lars Von Trier - The Element of Crime, Europa Amelie The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime Next week: Oldboy

I Paris möts många av världens ledare för att hitta lösningar på en av vår tids största utmaningar. Kino ställer sig frågan vad filmen har för betydelse i arbetet för en hållbar framtid?  Heta filmer nu är bland andra omdiskuterade Cowspiracy och Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything. Och så har Kinos Roger Wilson träffat kritikerrosade regissören Andrew Haigh, som hyllades för sin film Weekend 2011. Nu är han tillbaka med 45 years som har premiär på fredag. Kate och Geoff Mercers ska fira sin 45e bröllopsdag när ett brev landar på farstugolvet. Brevet innehåller an allvarsam nyhet som kommer att få konsekvenser för bröllopsfirandet och deras äktenskap. Kino har träffat både Stephen Frears och skådespelaren Ben Foster, inför premiären av Frears nya film The Program.  Filmen handlar om en av tidernas mest framgångsrika cyklist, Lance Armstrong, som avslöjades som storfuskare efter att ha fällts för dopning. Vi hör också journalisten David Walsh som avslöjade Armstrong.Programledare: Saman BakhtiariProducent: Agneta Nordin

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Put on your cinema goggles and get ready to get a decade's worth of moving pictures doled out directly into your earholes by your favorite film-going fanatics Sean, Brian, and special guest Zach! Embedded version!Or, download the show directly!Available in .M4A or .MP3 format. Or check out DoC in the iTunes Store or search us on your Podcasts app.E-mail us directly with any questions or comments and also to submit your own movie lists for consideration for our show-ending segment Rapid Fire Reviews! Our official e-mail address is: decadesofcinema@yahoo.comIf you are a Letterboxd user here's a DoC Episode #5 list there if you want to follow along at home and use it track which films from this episode you've seen!Without further adieu -- here's this episode's films!1920sThe Hands of Orlac (Wiene, 1924)1930sAll Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930)1940sThe Big Sleep (Hawks, 1946)1950sA Man Escaped (Bresson, 1956)1960sDavid Holzman's Diary (McBridge, 1967)1970sGrin Without a Cat (Marker, 1977)1980sThe Thin Blue Line (Morris, 1988)1990sDinosaur Island (Ray, Wynorski, 1994)2000sDirty Pretty Things (Frears, 2002)2010sJustin and the Knights of Valour (Sicilia, 2013)Rapid Fire ReviewsIn lieu of RFR on this episode our hosts and their special guest all discuss something they've seen recently they'd recommend as well as something they're looking forward to!Remember to e-mail us at decadesofcinema@yahoo.com to send in your comment, questions, and requests for the Rapid Fire Reviews segment! Thanks for the support and we'll see you at the movies!

Through music and misery, we ask the big questions this week. Specifically, Neil Miller and Geoff get philosophical over High Fidelity and debate whether we're truly defined by what we like (as opposed to what we're like) when it comes to relationships. Plus, Geoff describes a few ways to get into the TV show-writing business (and a few ways not to). And on our main stage, the stellar Stephen Frears joins us to talk about Philomena and capriciousness, and to offer perhaps the single most important piece of filmmaking advice the show has ever heard. You should follow Neil (@rejects), the show (@brokenprojector), Geoff (@drgmlatulippe) and Scott (@scottmbeggs) on Twitter for more on a daily basis. Please review us on iTunes

Comedian Dustin Meadows hosts a weekly show wherein he watches his favorite movies with other comedians who've never seen the film before. Dustin takes Jackie Mantey through the "closest thing to a romantic comedy that isn't awful" before diving headfirst into the things they love and the culture around it. *Artwork by Brandon Schneider

We've got a triple-feature of Film Roulette in Episode 93 of See You Next Wednesday! Dan is talking about the new Stephen Frears film Philomena, Casey caught up with Prisoners, and Greg suffered through almost three hours of fiddle-dee-dee with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.  Plus, we're talking about Inside Llewyn Davis, Anchorman 2, some documentaries (Spinning Plates, A Band Called Death), television shows (Brody Stevens: Enjoy... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After another brief hiatus Back to the Source is back! This week Thom and Mike are flicking through the pages of Nick Hornby's break-up masterpiece and asking whether Stephen Frears' cover version lives up to the original.

Film director Stephen Frears discusses the life of his mentor, Czech-born director, Karel Reisz, with the help of critic and Reisz's friend, John Lahr. Frears is one of Britain's most successful directors, responsible for "My Beautiful Laundrette", "Dangerous Liaisons", and "Dirty Pretty Things", among many others. Reisz is probably best known for "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning", and "The French Lieutenant's Woman". "Karel took me into his life and into his family and he took on the business of turning me into whatever it is I've become," Frears has said. "Without him, I wouldn't have become a film director". Matthew Parris chairs the discussion.

This is perhaps the most noir of all neo-noirs. Never has 1990 Los Angeles looked and sounded so much like 1950 Los Angeles. While Stephen Frears sets Jim Thompson's source novel at the time the film is made, he carefully trims away modern LA. The film moves between the Bryson Apartments, the racetrack, and scenes on a train. Gone are the glitter and glitz of modern downtown and its skyscrapers. In their place are the greed and grift that have always been the motor driving the City of Angels--forces so strong they tear families to shreds and answer prayers with death. This podcast is brought to you by Clute and Edwards of www.noircast.net. To leave a comment on this episode, or make a donation to the podcast, please visit "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir" at outofthepast.libsyn.com.