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BFI 63rd London Film Festival LFF '19
Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and special guest host & programmer & film writer, Paul Farrell @InPermafrost
His written reviews and essays can be found on MUBI Notebook and Hyperallergic.
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Today we discuss:
01:00 Introduction to Paul Farrell
02:00 63rd BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
07:00 Women filmmakers at festivals
10:30 Opening Gala: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (Armando Iannucci)
17:30 Headling Gala: GREED (Michael Winterbottom)
21:30 Closing Gala: THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese)
23:15 American Express Gala: KNIVES OUT (Rian Johnson)
31:00 The Mayor Of London's Gala: THE AERONAUTS (Tom Harper)
34:00 BFI Patron's Gala: A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOUR (Marrielle Heller)
37:30 Headline Gala: HOPE GAP (William Nicholson)
39:30 Debate: THE REPORT (Scott Z Burns)
47:00 Headline Gala: JOJO RABBIT (Taika Waititi)
52:40 American Airlines Gala: THE KING (David Michod)
54:45 Mayfair Hotel Gala: MARRIAGE STORY (Noah Baumbach)
59:00 Headline Gala: Le Mans '66 (James Mangold)
1:01:00 Festival Gala: EMA (Pablo Larrain)
1:03:50 Thrill Gala: BACURAU (Kieber Mendonca Filho)
1:05:30 Laugh Gala: The Dude In Me (Hyo-jin Kang)
1:08:45 Journey Gala: THE TWO POPES (Fernando Meirelles)
1:10:00 Create Gala: WESTERN STARS (Thom Zimny/Bruce Springsteen)
1:14:30 Special Presentation: BAD EDUCATION (Cory Finley)
1:19:00 Special Presentation: BLACKBIRD (Roger Michell)
1:21:00 BFI Flare Special Presentation: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Celine Sciamma)
1:24:45 First Feature Competition: THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (Joe Talbot)
1:29:00 Debate: HOPE FROZEN (Pailin Wedel)
1:32:00 Dare: GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY (Denis Cote)
1:35:00 Dare: FAMILY ROMANCE LLC (Werner Herzog)
1:40:00 Cult: COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (Richard Stanley)
1:47:00 Thank you to Paul and goodbye!
Many thanks to our special guest Paul Farrell!
You can follow him on Twitter @InPermafrost
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words'
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
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THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS d. Colm McCarthy
Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and special guest host & secular scholar, Carrie Lynn Evans @CarrieLynnLand
Her podcast and work can be found New Books In Secularism
or the New Books Network
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Today we discuss:
01:30 Introduction to Carrie Lynn Evans
03:40 NEWS
03:45 Isle Of Dogs and Wes Anderson - Cultural appropriation?
15:10 Faith-based Films - I Can Only Imagine (2018)(starring Dennis Quaid), The Shack (2017), God's Not Dead 3 (2018)
34:00 Women & Science Fiction Films - A Wrinkle In Time (2018), Ex-Machina (2015), Strange Days (1995)
1:01:00 Festival News: Cannes 2018 - New rules - critic screenings, Netflix and no heels
1:15:30 The UK Box Office Top 10
1:45:00 FEATURE FILM: THE GIRL WITH THE ALL THE GIFTS (2016) directed by Colm McCarthy
2:36:00 Spoiler discussion
2:49:00 Summary
2:51:00 Recommendations
NetFlix:
The Witch (2015) d. Robert Eggers
I Don't Feel At Home In this World Anymore (2017) d. Macon Blair
Amazon Prime
The Sense Of An Ending (2017) d. Ritesh Bhatra
BBC iPlayer:
Short Term 12 (2013) d. Destin Daniel Cretton
3:01:00 Our Final Line
Many thanks to our special guest Carrie Lynn Evans!
You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieLynnLand
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words'
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites. -
TAMPOPO d. Juzo Itami
Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and guest co-host John Fry @thesteadicamman
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Today we discuss:
03:00 Introduction to @thesteadicamman John Fry
06:00 The 90th Academy Awards @theAcademy Oscars results round-up
54:00 NEWS
54:10 The "Inclusion Rider" - Disability, LGBT, BAME representation in film
1:08:20 @Netflix releasing strategy - Annihilation
1:25:30 Festival News - 68th Berlin Film Festival @Berlinale, Glasgow Film Festival 2018 @GlasgowFilm
1:30:00 The UK Box Office Top 10 Countdown
2:03:00 FEATURE FILM: TAMPOPO d. Juzo Itami - The Criterion Collection
2:47:00 Recommendations
NETFLIX:
Hellboy d. Guillermo Del Toro
Annihilation d. Alex Garland
AMAZON PRIME
English Vinglish d. Gauri Shinde
BBC iPlayer:
Clouds Of Sils Maria d. Olivier Assayas
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites. -
THE RED SHOES d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
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Today we discuss:
03:50 Uma Thurman, The New York Post, Quentin Tarantino
22:00 The Cloverfield Paradox releasing strategy
36:00 68th Berlin Film Festival
47:10 Glasgow Film Festival 2018 #GFF18
57:20 The UK Box Office Top Ten
1:20:30 The Red Shoes d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
2:10:00 *COMPETITION TIME* Win a copy of Thelma d. Joachim Trier courtesy of Thunderbird releasing. Out on home release 26th February 2017
2:32:41 Home Streaming Releases recommendations - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer
NETFLIX:
Okja d. Bong Joon-Ho
Inside No.9 - Series 1 & 2
AMAZON PRIME
The Island d. Michael Bay
Amores Perros d. Alejandro González Iñárritu
BBC iPlayer:
Hypernormalisation d. Adam Curtis
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites. -
Best Of 2017
Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
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Today we discuss:
02:30 What constitutes a 'good' film?
09:30 Criteria for FilmSeekers Best of 2017
11:40 What constitutes a 'bad' film?
23:46 UK Box Office Top grossing films of 2017
34:47 FilmSeekers.com Best Films of 2017
35:00 mother! d. Darren Aronofsky
37:30 The Handmaiden d. Park-Chan Wook
43:45 Get Out d. Jordan Peele
54:24 BFI Sight & Sound Top 10 of 2017
57:04 Daphne d. Peter Mackie Burns
58:49 The Florida Project d.Sean Baker
1:01:50 Lady Macbeth d. William Oldroyd
1:03:50 Raw d. Julia Ducournau
1:08:00 Moonlight d. Barry Jenkins
1:27:37 God's Own Country d. Francis Lee
1:17:10 Brawl In Cell Block 99 d. S. Craig Zahler
1:24:21 Dunkirk d. Christopher Nolan
1:28:04 The Cure For Wellness d. Gore Verbinkski
1:29:54 A Ghost Story d. David Lowery
1:32:41 Personal Shopper d. Olivier Assayas
1:38:46 I Am Not A Witch d. Rungano Nyoni
1:40:40 Silence d. Martin Scorcese
1:43:20 Call Me By Your Name d. Luca Guadagnino
1:46:40 Baby Driver d. Edgar Wright
1:52:10 Blade Runner 2049 d. Denis Villeneuve
1:57:00 Honourable mentions:
20th Century Women d. Mike Mills
Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool d.Paul McGuigan
Ma Vie De Courgette d. Claude Barras
I Am Not Your Negro d. Raoul Peck
Atomic Blonde d. David Leitch
The Red Turtle d. Michael Dudok DeWitt
Toni Erdmann d. Maren Ade
Good Time d. Benny & Josh Safdie
2:02:00 *COMPETITION TIME* - Thelma d.Joachim Trier thanks to @TBirdReleasing
On DVD & streaming from 26th February 2018
2:03:30 Home Streaming Releases recommendations - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer
NETFLIX:
In Bruge d. Martin McDonagh
Power Rangers d. Dean Israelite
AMAZON PRIME
Mindhorn d. Sean Foley
The Big Sick d. Michael Showalter
BBC iPlayer:
Into The Forest d. Patricia Rozema
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good MP3 purchasing sites. -
SHOLAY d. Ramesh Sippy
Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
Thank you for downloading and listening!
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Today we discuss:
0:02:30 Who We Are To Contact Us
0:07:30 Listener's Letters
0:11:45 Film News - Aziz Ansari
0:15:20 Recommendation -Kaitlin Prest - 'NO'
0:22:00 Eliza Dushku, Sharon Stone
0:28:00 Dylan Farrow and Woody Allen
0:30:00 Star Wars - The Last Jedi - '46 Min Men's Cut'
0:34:00 Sundance Film Festival 2018
0:45:30 ONLY YOU w/ Laia Costa, Josh O'Connor via The Bureau -
0:51:00 UK Box Office Top 10
1:19:50 Main Feature Film: SHOLAY (1975) d. Ramesh Sippy starring Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Helen.
Thanks to Web Bist @WebisTrying and the Darn That Dream Podcast for our introduction to Sholay.
You can listen to his podcast Darn That Dream HERE
2:10:00 Home Streaming Recommendations for Netflix UK, Amazon Prime UK and BBC iPlayer
Amazon Prime UK - THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE d. Aki Kaurismaki, THE RED TURTLE d. Michael Dudok De Witt
Netflix UK - CREEP 2 d. Patrick Brice, SUPER DARK TIMES d. Kevin Phillips
BBC iPlayer - MADE IN DAGENHAM d. Nigel Cole 2:16:00 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us
Music credits:
Sholay Title Theme - Composed by Rahul Dev Burman
Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey - 'Yeh Dosti' pt I
Lata Mangeshkar - 'Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan'
R.D.Burman - 'Mehbooba Mehbooba'
Dialogue Excerpt: Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh
Soundtrack available through Universal India
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Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.
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