101 Films You Should Have Seen... Probably

This week 101 Films take their typically amateurish look at Rushmore, a listener recommendation. The boys discuss fifty years of Chinamen, the greatness of Bill ‘Dr Peter Venkman’ Murray, how good Wes Anderson’s later films are and how the Kinks should have split in the early 70s. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

It’s the old, old story. Blind masseur comes to town, does a bit of gambling, meets a cross dresser and his/her sister and then brutally murders dozens of criminals. How many times have we heard that tale? And this is the plot of this week’s film, Zatoichi. Cliché! Still, the 101 Films boys found a lot to like in this, the first listener recommended film! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

Fargo: the first Coen Brothers film to make it onto our list, and possibly the best. Join us as we discuss the strange and far away world of 1987, the fledgling Steve Buscemi Fan Club, Babe the Baby Blue Ox, the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Swedish crime dramas, Mad Men and all sorts of other stuff that has little or no link to the film. So business as usual then. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing? Well it does provide an amusing backdrop for Duck Soup, the Marx Brothers comedy classic. Yes, this week 101 Films takes a look at the harrowing dramatisation of the first Freedonia-Sylvania War. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

Regular listeners to 101 Films probably picture Lewis and Ian as rugged, outdoor, macho types. Women want them and men want to be them, fine examples, as they are, of manhood. They weren’t always the confident adonises they are today. There was a time, believe it or not, that Lewis and Ian were sensitive and awkward teenage boys. This week 101 Films takes Lewis and Ian back to those adolescent days as they discuss Submarine. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

101 Films has, of course, always been about love. Lewis and Ian are constantly expressing a love for cinema, a love for weak puns and, in particular, a love for the sound of their own voices. So it’s only fitting that 101 Films celebrates this most romantic time of the year with a podcast. Yes, it’s the 101 Films 2012 Valentine’s Day Special!

Lewis and Ian discuss their favourite romantic films, wonder what happens in Heaven when someone remarries after a partner dies and manage to mess up a top ten countdown. PLEASE NOTE – the podcast is for both happy Loved couples and single McSaddos. Enjoy! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

The Third Man. The greatest British film ever made, and the 57th best American film ever made, confusingly. It also has the honour of being the 16th 101 Films You Should Have Seen (Probably) podcast. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.

No matter how bad your day gets, take pity on the poor inhabitants of Earth in The Day The Earth Caught Fire. In their version of the early 1960s, massive nuclear tests have sent the planet spiralling to a fiery death in the Sun, which kind of puts your bad day to shame really. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.