Holmes Movies Podcast

Anders Holmes
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When not writing screenplays or working on films that will probably never see the light of day, Anders Holmes is trying his hand at podcasting. Check out his podcast, Holmes Movies, where he picks one film and discusses it with a guest. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. The Movies And Me - Episode 8 - Callum Burn (II)

    5h ago

    The Movies And Me - Episode 8 - Callum Burn (II)

    Welcome to the eighth episode of The Movies And Me, a podcast project of ours where in each of these episodes we sit down with a filmmaker, writer, someone who works in the film industry or just someone who is a big cinephile who just lives for movies. We talk about their creative projects and also discuss their four favourite films that have inspired them to go out and have a career in film. Or four films that have least inspired them to seek out the career they have today. On this episode, we welcome back Anders's old Met Film School friend Callum Burn to the podcast. On the first episode of The Movies And Me series, we talked with Callum about his film Battle Over Britain, a Second World War film. Now, Callum is here to talk about his new film: Landship set during the First World War. The film is having it's premiere at the Raindance Film Festival on the 20th June and it will be released in select cinemas on June 26th. Following that, it will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and several streaming services to the territories the film has already been sold to. Produced through his production company Tin Hat Productions, Landship is set during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Brief synopsis from their website: "At the spear head of a British offensive, the nine-man crew of Battle Tank F41 'Fray Bentos' become bogged down in a shell crater in no-man's-land, just yards from the German front line. Over the course of sixty gruelling hours, Officer Commanding, Captain Donald Richardson, struggles to maintain discipline, as he and his crew come under repeated attack from an insidious enemy that appear from nowhere out of the dense smog that hangs across the battlefield." Along with discussing the project, we discuss with Callum the kinds of films that inspired and helped shape the project. We enjoyed this chat with Callum and we look forward to seeing the film. And hope you do as well! Follow Callum and Tin Hat Productions on their Instagram page. Plus their channel on YouTube. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch and Mark Frost's iconic TV show Twin Peaks. Also check us out on Letterboxd too! Anders Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 5m
  2. Fascism On Film - Episode 13 - The Manchurian Candidate

    May 31

    Fascism On Film - Episode 13 - The Manchurian Candidate

    Welcome to the twelfth episode of our ongoing series: Fascism On Film. Each episode of this series, the Holmes Brothers look and review a film that has to do with fascism. During the episodes, the brothers look and see how the aspects and portrayal of fascism shown in the film relate to current and/or past events. On this Fascism on Film episode, the Holmes Brothers look at and discuss the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer and released in 1962 during the height of The Cuban Missile Crisis. This is the second John Frankenheimer film we have talked about in this series. The other film was Seven Days In May. The Manchurian Candidate stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury. Laurence Harvey plays Raymond Shaw, a Korean War veteran who returns to America after receiving the Medal of Honour. During the war, him and his commanding officer Captain Bennett 'Ben' Marco (Sinatra) plus the rest of their platoon are captured by Soviet and Chinese soldiers. They were brainwashed and Shaw has been turned into a sleeper agent as part of a plot to overthrow the US government. Plagued by nightmares, Marco tries to uncover the plot before it is too late. Shaw's mother, Eleanor Iselin (Lansbury), is married to John Iselin. A senator whose career Eleanor is trying to manage. We hope you enjoy this episode and stay tuned for more episodes of this Fascism On Film series. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch and Mark Frost's iconic TV show Twin Peaks. Also check us out on Letterboxd too! Anders Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 4m
  3. Fascism On Film - Episode 12 - Burn!

    May 16

    Fascism On Film - Episode 12 - Burn!

    Welcome to the twelfth episode of our ongoing series: Fascism On Film. Each episode of this series, the Holmes Brothers look and review a film that has to do with fascism. During the episodes, the brothers look and see how the aspects and portrayal of fascism shown in the film relate to current and/or past events. On this Fascism on Film episode, the Holmes Brothers look at and discuss the historical drama from Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo: Burn!. The film stars Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori and Evaristo Márquez. Brando stars as a British agent provocateur called Sir William Walker who is sent to the island of Queimada, an island in the Lesser Antilles and a Portuguese colony. He is asked to overthrow the island through a slave revolt in order for the British sugar trade to profit from. Walker meets and befriends José Dolores who becomes a leader of the slave rebellion. Things turn complicated when Dolores leads a revolt against the new rulers. Brando said he did the best acting of his career on the film Burn! despite how difficult it was to make. Even though they quarrelled on set, Evaristo Márquez had to act as mediator between them, Brando said Pontecorvo was one of the three best directors he ever worked with. The other two were Elia Kazan and Bernardo Bertolucci. We hope you enjoy this episode and stay tuned for more episodes of this Fascism On Film series. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch and Mark Frost's iconic TV show Twin Peaks. Also check us out on Letterboxd too! Anders Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 10m
  4. Fascism On Film - Episode 11 - Berlin Express

    Apr 25

    Fascism On Film - Episode 11 - Berlin Express

    Welcome to the eleventh episode of our ongoing series: Fascism On Film. Each episode of this series, the Holmes Brothers look and review a film that has to do with fascism. During the episodes, the brothers look and see how the aspects and portrayal of fascism shown in the film relate to current and/or past events. On this Fascism on Film episode, the Holmes Brothers look at and discuss the post-war spy thriller from Cat People director Jacques Tourneur: Berlin Express. The film stars Robert Ryan, Merle Oberon, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas, Robert Coote and Reinhold Schünzel. A group of strangers from various places, the UK, USA, Russia and Europe, are travelling together on a train to Berlin. Onboard the train with them is Dr. Heinrich Bernhardt a diplomat who becomes the target of a Nazi Assassination plot. Upon arriving in bombed out Frankfurt, Robert Ryan and co head out into the ruined city to find Heinrich before it is too late. The film makes very good to use the real locations that still show the marks of the Second World War to give a moody and harsh authenticity that feels reminiscent of Carol Reed's The Third Man. A suspenseful and fast paced noir spy caper. Available to watch on the Criterion Channel. We hope you enjoy this episode and stay tuned for more episodes of this Fascism On Film series. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch's brilliant film Mulholland Drive. Also check us out on Letterboxd too! Anders Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min
  5. Fascism On Film - Episode 10 - The Secret Agent

    Mar 28

    Fascism On Film - Episode 10 - The Secret Agent

    "'I'm not a violent person. But this guy... I would kill him with a hammer. I'd smash his whole head with a hammer." Welcome to the tenth episode of our ongoing series: Fascism On Film. Each episode of this series, the Holmes Brothers look and review a film that has to do with fascism. During the episodes, the brothers look and see how the aspects and portrayal of fascism shown in the film relate to current and/or past events. On this Fascism on Film episode, the Holmes Brothers look at and discuss the Oscar nominated film from director Kleber Mendonça Filho: The Secret Agent. Released in 2025. This year at the 98th Annual Academy Awards, the film was nominated for four Oscars. One of the nominations was for Wagner Moura in the Best Actor category. Wagner Moura plays Armando who is using the name Marcelo as a cover. Set in 1977 during a time of mischief and political turmoil in Brazil under military dictatorship, Armando travels to Recife during the carnival holiday. His son Fernando is there, living with Armando's late wife Fátima's family. He is former professor and is trying to escape and flee the country. In order to not face any persecution for what happened years before the events of the film. The Secret Agent is a blend of so many different styles and tones. At it's heart is a Neo-Noir-ish historical political thriller, but it does seamlessly shift into bizarre but compelling territories. A sophisticated film made for grown ups and is shot and told in an unconventional way. We hope you enjoy this episode and stay tuned for more episodes of this Fascism On Film series. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch's brilliant film Mulholland Drive. Also check us out on Letterboxd too! Anders Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 6m
  6. Alternative Oscars - Episode 26 - 28th Academy Awards

    Mar 15

    Alternative Oscars - Episode 26 - 28th Academy Awards

    It’s Awards Season yet again. Here on the Holmes Movies Podcast that means, it is time for the Alternative Oscars episodes! AKA the Anders and Adam-emy Awards! Each episode for this series we pick a different year in Oscars history and attempt to correct the record, stripping the undeserving of their garlands while recognising those who were cruelly overlooked. This time, we will be casting our eye back to… the 28th Academy Awards. The event celebrated all the films released in the year of 1955. The event was held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California and the NBC Century Theatre in New York City. The Lost Angeles host was Jerry Lewis. The New York hosts were Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Claudette Colbert. This year at the 28th Annual Academy Awards, Delbert Mann's film Marty won Best Picture and Best Director. Plus Best Actor in a Leading Role for its start Ernest Borgnine. Grace Kelly was at the ceremony as a presenter and this was just when she was about to retire from acting. She would then become the Princess of Monaco. This was also the last year where International Films received a Special/Honorary Oscar. The Best Foreign Language Film award would be handed out for the first time next year at the 29th Annual Academy Awards. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch's brilliant film Mulholland Drive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 4m
  7. Alternative Oscars - Episode 25 - 90th Academy Awards

    Mar 12

    Alternative Oscars - Episode 25 - 90th Academy Awards

    It’s Awards Season yet again. Here on the Holmes Movies Podcast that means, it is time for the Alternative Oscars episodes! AKA the Anders and Adam-emy Awards! Each episode for this series we pick a different year in Oscars history and attempt to correct the record, stripping the undeserving of their garlands while recognising those who were cruelly overlooked. This time, we will be casting our eye back to… the 90th Academy Awards. The event celebrated all the films released in the year of 2017. The event was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 4th 2018. The host was Jimmy Kimmel. He had hosted the year before. The 90th Annual Academy Awards was a year after the La-La Land/Moonlight Best Picture fiasco. It was the year when Guillermo Del Toro's film The Shape Of Water won 4 Oscars, it was nominated for 13. Timothée Chalamet, at that point 22, was the third youngest person to nominated in an acting category. Greta Gerwig was nominated for Best Director for Lady Bird, the 5th female filmmaker to be nominated in that category. Jordan Peele was the first African American to win Best Original Screenplay. Rachel Morrison became the first woman nominated for Best Cinematography. It was the year of genre films. Slowly but surely, the Academy is slowly starting to acknowledge and award Oscars and nominations for horror films and other genre films of that ilk. We head back in our time machine to right the wrongs of this year. In our opinion, who should have won? Listen to the episode and find out who we think should have won. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch's brilliant film Mulholland Drive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  8. Robert Duvall Special

    Mar 7

    Robert Duvall Special

    "The English have Shakespeare, the French have Molière, and the Russians have Dostoyevsky. What do we own? What do we have? The Western". A few weeks we lost a great and legendary actor who was also one of our top favourite actors. The great Robert Duvall passed away at the age of 95 on the 15th of February 2026. An actor regarded for his amazing versatility, immense range of performances, an actor who always strived for authenticity and realism. He could be big and theatrically booming but he could also be low-key and subtle. A terrific actor. He starred in many films. The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part 2, Network, Lonesome Dove, Tender Mercies, Jack Reacher, Days of Thunder, Falling Down, To Kill a Mockingbird, M*A*S*H and of course Apocalypse Now. One of the most dedicated and respected actors of his generation. We wanted to pay tribute to Duvall on this episode and hope we did a good job with that. Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel. Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen at work in the horror, car chase thriller Delivery Run, co-written with & directed by Joey Palmroos. The film has been released digitally and also in select cinemas in the US and the UK. In Finland it was released on Apple TV after finishing its limited cinema run and was the Number 1 film for multiple weeks. You can read a review about it here on the Fangoria website. The film is now available to watch in the other Nordic territories like Sweden, Oslo and of course Denmark. If you live in Denmark, you can watch the movie here on Apple TV by clicking this link. Follow us on our Instagram page. For obvious reasons, we are no longer on Twitter. You won't find us there. Perhaps we will make a BlueSky account, so keep an eye out for that. Follow our Letterboxd page where you can see what we were recommending to each other over the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Check out our blog and read Anders's recent review on David Lynch's brilliant film Mulholland Drive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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When not writing screenplays or working on films that will probably never see the light of day, Anders Holmes is trying his hand at podcasting. Check out his podcast, Holmes Movies, where he picks one film and discusses it with a guest. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Anders Holmes
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    217
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2022 Anders Holmes
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    Holmes Movies Podcast