John le Carré adaptations, how director Anton Corbijn’s choices bring a grounded style to an old-fashioned film, and Philip Seymour »
Film grammar in a comedy, Rachel McAdams and Jesse Plemons’ incredible performances, and the film as a game. Episode 362: Game »
Entry two in Alan J. Pakula’s paranoia trilogy, Warren Beatty’s role as producer, conspiracy theory action films, and silent tension. Episode 361: »
Michael Haneke’s use of static images, media criticism, and control in a divisive film. Episode 360 – Funny Games »
Damien Chazelle’s documentary-inspired approach, iconography, the moon landing sequence, music, Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, balsa wood, and more. Episode 359 – First »
The prevalence of disaster movies in the 1970s, Irwin Allen and John Guillermin’s collaboration, and orange/brown colour palette. Episode 358 – »
The good and bad of David Fincher’s meticulousness, stunt casting, authorship, gestures, Citizen Kane, and Charles Dance. Episode 357 – Mank »
The hits and misses contained within Christopher Nolan’s latest, including casting, the conflicting thematic and stylistic ideas running through the film, »
How Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece communicates and comments on the act of looking, ensemble staging and the reasoning behind it, the »
Jordan Peele’s unpredictable career arc, the unexpected twist behind Lupita Nyong’o’s performance, the family dynamic, and the film’s presentation of »
