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This week Mark and Joe welcome their first special guest to the show - Dan Maher. Dan is well known within the European gaming industry, sometimes under his alias, MrPointyHead, for his work with various gaming publications, Playstation and Xbox. He...

Welcome to the latest episode of Required Reading: A Film Podcast! Episode 14 sees Alex and Dan return to a director(s) for the first time ever on the podcast to cover the Safdie brothers’ latest – UNCUT GEMS. We both gave their last film (Good Time - 2017) the coveted ‘McCartney’ meaning two thumbs up. Will lightning strike twice? Listen as we discuss anxiety filmmaking, bejewelled furbies, colonoscopies and John Travolta’s attempt at pronouncing Idina Menzel. Let us know what you thought of the episode and perhaps suggest films from Netflix or Amazon video prime we could cover in the future by tweeting us @alxalxalx and @MrPointyHead  

This month, we chat with Dan Maher, who you may know as the host of Video Game Nation on Challenge TV, or as MrPointyHead from Inside Xbox. He's had a long and distinguished career, but I won't tell you more about that here, because that is what the podcast is! Support the podcast at patreon.com/SteveFromGo8Bit

Two men meet With precise irregularity Two: microphones laptops opinions One: film (Maybe a quiz or news too?) For this episode (ten, in cloying summer heat) A Driver is a driver A man is a town A town is a man A week is two hours And Not musch happens   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

The first co-winner of our ‘Blind Spot’ vote is Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which came courtesy of regular Reader Chris Schilling. It also has the honour of being the first flick that both Alex and Dan have already seen, and their joint revisiting of the multi-Oscar winning dramedy proves rich grist for the conversational mill. Does this inventively shot slice of magical realism hold up to a repeat viewing? Required reading for the next episode: Midnight Run (Netflix)   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

Funny, horrifying and ultimately tragic. Words that could equally be ascribed to RR:AFP as they could our feature film The Wailing. Director Hong-jin Na is already being held up alongside the likes of Chan-wook Park and Bong Joon-ho as the cream of the Korean directing crop, following acclaimed thriller The Chaser. But all the plaudits in the world mean nothing until Alex and Dan have delivered their definitive* verdict on his work. So settle down in your comfiest podcast-listening chair and prepare to be spirited away to a world of two blokes chatting about a film they just watched. Magical. *Not in the least bit definitive.   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

Yorgos Lanthimos doesn’t like to make things easy or comfortable for his viewers, as evidenced by his at-once surreal, mundane and shocking filmography, including Dogtooth and The Lobster. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, his second collaboration with Colin Farrell, is no different, a devastating tale of revenge livened up by his trademark understated flourish of the fantastical. Alex and Dan dissect this disquieting horror with surgical precision, while also taking time for some insulting trivia and a couple of experimental new features. Next film: The Wailing (Netflix)   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!    

A horribly misjudged attempt to do the right thing goes predictably awry for Robert Pattinson in the frantic, dangerous and grimy world of Good Time. Acclaimed directing duo the Safdie Brothers have been indie darlings since their 2007 debut The Pleasure of Being Robbed, but can they impress us and, by extension, our fellow Readers (or RR:AFPscallions, as we secretly call you)? There’s also news of the fate of Mad Max, an update on Shane Black’s The Predator and more essential VoD recommendations. Good time? Great time. The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

“Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know, it's serious.” The true-life travails of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon’s early relationship inspires The Big Sick, a romantic dramedy that deftly tackles the challenges of interracial and inter-faith love with a welcome dollop of levity. Listen as we completely fail to stay on target as we discuss the state of cinematic comedy, “The Apatow Effect”, disgraced naughty Hollywood men and Cannes snobbery.   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

Alex Garland’s fascinating rise from author to director continues with the Natalie Portman-starring sci-fi Annihilation. Was the film’s ‘demotion’ from US theatrical release to global Netflix exclusive a portent of a sophomoric duffer, or a sign of a lack of studio faith in quality hard sci-fi after Blade Runner 2049’s box office belly-up? Or both? Join D ‘n A as they reflect (refract?) on their journey beyond the Shimmer and offer up their interpretation of this prismatic headscratcher. PLUS! Some other stuff. The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

Kristen Stewart takes centre stage in this installment's focal flick Personal Shopper. Find out what we make of Olivier Assayas’ enigmatic, genre-skewing portrayal of grief and fabulous haute couture. Come for the detailed critique, stay for the copious deviations (including a mid-analysis quiz), a brief Oscar chat and our other VoD highlights.   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

Hi there, Alex here :) Welcome to the second episode of Required Reading: A Film Podcast. I thank you personally for downloading this podcast and being part of this book-club-but-with-films idea. I just think that we should look for the opportunity to connect with each other in alternative ways sometimes, and this is my attempt at doing something like that.  Let me know what you thought on twitter @alxalxalx - Dan is there as well @MrPointyHead DOWNLOAD NOW to hear Dan and I react to the jack-in-the-box du jour The Cloverfield Paradox. We also talk Star Wars news and share some of our other VOD picks.   The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto 1. All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video 2. We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch 3. Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss 4. Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it 5. Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

  The inaug-aural episode of Required Reading: A Film Podcast.   Friends Alex and Dan (attempt to) recreate the quintessential post-film, “So, what did you think?” conversation in podcast form, and invite our fellow ‘readers’ to join in.   The first film to fall under our critical gaze is Paul Verhoeven's 'Elle', starring Isabelle Huppert.    The "Required Reading: A Film Podcast" Manifesto: All main discussion films to be chosen from either Netflix or Amazon Video We’ll let you know via @MrPointyHead & @alxalxalx so you have time to watch Share your thoughts and questions for us to discuss Feel free to suggest our next film – tell us why you chose it Discussion will be thorough, so be sure to watch before you listen!

THIS EPISODE we are joined by Dan Maher a.k.a. MrPointyHead, who is most famous for beating my score on Punch Quest like some kind of stupid jerk.We talk about THESE GAMES:- Punch Quest- Assassin's Creed 3- Some other stuff possibly I can't rememberThen we do questions. Due to a ludicrous technical hitch, some stuff is missing off the end. Sorry. We'll make up for it by making the next episode even longer than usual. Haahahahahaha!