Awkward Double Bills

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Alan Clarke's exploration of English identity Penda's Fen from 1974, and Jonathan Demme's concert film Stop Making Sense from 1984.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

8:47: Discussion of Penda's Fen

44:23: Discussion of Stop Making Sense

1:08:34: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss George Lucas' coming-of-age drama American Graffiti from 1973, and Alex Cox's punk sci-fi comedy Repo Man from 1984.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

15:16: Discussion of American Graffiti

47:25: Discussion of Repo Man

1:15:19: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this bonus episode, Rob and Matt look back on the first ten episodes of the podcast, rank their top and bottom three of each other's picks, and discuss what draws them to the kinds of movies they like to watch.

Timestamps:

00:33: Catch-up and recently watched

11:40: Discussion of our top three favourites

43:38: Discussion of our three least favourites

1:02:42: Discussion of why we like the kinds of films we do

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Robert Wise's supernatural masterpiece The Haunting from 1963, and Billy Wilder's classic comedy The Apartment from 1960.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

13:45: Discussion of The Haunting

43:25: Discussion of The Apartment

1:08:36: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave drama film Contempt (Le Mépris) from 1963, and Dario Argento's classic giallo Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) from 1975.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

9:18: Discussion of Contempt (Le Mépris)

35:40: Discussion of Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)

59:35: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Joel Anderson's found footage mockumentary Lake Mungo from 2008, and Noah Baumbach's drama of divorce and coming of age The Squid and the Whale from 2005.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

7:10: Discussion of Lake Mungo

37:53: Discussion of The Squid and the Whale

1:06:36: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Wong Kar-wai's offbeat romantic drama Chungking Express from 1994, and Thom Eberhardt's sci-fi comedy-horror The Night of the Comet from 1984.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

9:06: Discussion of Chunking Express

40:12: Discussion of The Night of the Comet

1:06:36: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Liam Gavin's occult horror A Dark Song from 2016, and Howard Hawks' adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel The Big Sleep from 1946.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

6:10: Discussion of A Dark Song

31:51: Discussion of The Big Sleep

54:16: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Woody Allen's comedy-drama Hannah and Her Sisters from 1986, and Shunya Ito's women-in-prison exploitation classic Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion from 1972. We had some audio issues with this recording, which we hope won't cause too many issues for listeners.

Timestamps:

00:48: Catch-up and recently watched

5:53: Discussion of Hannah and Her Sisters

31:17: Discussion of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

47:05: Double feature challenge

Welcome back to Awkward Double Bills, a podcast in which a cinephile and a genre fan attempt to broaden each other's cinematic horizons, one film at a time. In this episode we discuss Michele Soavi's delerious horror masterpiece Dellamorte Dellamore (AKA Cemetery Man) from 1994, and George Cukor's classic screwball comedy The Philadelphia Story from 1940.