Culturefly On The Wall

A cracking episode with a smorgasbord of reviews from Hotel Artemis to Mission: Impossible – Fallout, with Hamlet, the Royal Academy and plenty more in between.

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00:00 – Intro

02:07 – Hotel Artemis and First Reformed

09:07 – Streaming Recs

13:47 – Reginald D. Hunter (in Edinburgh in August) and Orange is the New Black (Netflix)

18:07 – Hamlet at Shakespeare’s Globe (until 26th August) and The Lehman Trilogy at the National Theatre (until 20th October)

26:57 – Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth at the Bodleian Library (until 28th October) and 250th Summer Exhibition & The Great Spectacle at The Royal Academy (until 19th August)

33:57 – Mission: Impossible – Fallout

41:37 – Outro

A jam-packed episode with everything in it from Homo sapiens to Michael Jackson, and from Elastigirl to Fantasia. All in a sweet, digestible 30-ish-minute chunk.

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00:00 – Intro

01:23 – Incredibles 2

07:20 – Streaming Recs

12:02 – Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and Michael Jackson: On The Wall at the National Portrait Gallery (running until 21st October 2018)

00:00 – A small taste of what is to come at the Edinburgh Festival: Other People’s Teeth, Tom Ward and Austentatious

00:00 – Sounds and Sorcery: Celebrating Fantasia (running until September 30th 2018) at The Vaults

24:05 – The First Purge

30:21 – Outro (Mission Impossible excitement…)

This week’s episode has a lot to be happy about. Taylor Swift, Oceans 8 and Adrift are all up for discussion with The Happy Brain, by Dean Burnett, on hand to provide a little insight on happiness itself.

No heist needed to listen to this episode, just plug in and have a listen.

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00:00 – Intro

01:23 – Oceans 8

07:20 – Streaming Recs

12:02 – The Happy Brain by Dean Burnett, Adrift and Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney documentary

24:05 – Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium

30:21 – Outro

The World Cup is in full swing so witness Jo, who likes football, and Simon, who doesn’t, discuss film, theatre, art and how you can stop looking at your damn phone! Yes, it’s you I’m talking to, reading the phone on your morning commute.

Cartoon Salad’s The Breadwinner, the new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Laura Linney and Alfred Molina on the West End and a bunch of post-World War One art at the Tate Britain.

So much is up for discussion and all wrapped in a neat 35-minute podcast box.

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00:00 – Intro

01:35 – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

08:30 – Streaming Recs

12:47 – Red (at Wyndham’s Theatre) and My Name is Lucy Barton (at The Bridge Theatre)

20:50 – How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price and Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One (at Tate Britain)

27:56 – The Breadwinner

33:18 – Outro

On the new Culturefly on the Wall podcast we review two intriguing franchise blockbusters. Listen in to Simon talk about Solo: A Star Wars Story and Jo reflect on Deadpool 2.

We also report on the latest happenings from London’s Southbank, Shape of Light at the Tate Modern and The Two Noble Kinsmen at Shakespeare’s Globe.

There are also some mildly political streaming recommendations and reviews of Jeune Femme and the start of The Handmaid’s Tale series two.

Join us for much chat and some particularly lovely soundtrack choices!

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00:00 – Intro

01:32 – Solo: A Star Wars Story

07:45 – Streaming Recs

11:45 – Shape of Light (at Tate Modern) and The Two Noble Kinsmen (at Shakespeare’s Globe)

18:20 – The Handmaid’s Tale series 2 and Jeune Femme

24:10 – Deadpool 2

30:40 – Outro

This special episode is an interview with James McAllister of The London Economic as he returns from the South of France after attending the Cannes Film Festival.

The awards are announced and James has sipped a sharp cup of coffee to discuss how the festival excelled itself this year…

For more of James, follow him on Twitter here: @jamesmca90 and see his full coverage for The London Economic here.

In this episode, we discuss:

The House That Jack Built (Directed by Lars von Trier and starring Matt Dillon)

Solo: A Star Wars Story (Directed by Ron Howard and starring Alden Ehrenreich)

The Eyes of Orson Welles (Directed by Mark Cousins)

Mandy (Directed by Panos Cosmatos and starring Nicholas Cage and Andrea Riseborough)

BlackKklansman (Directed by Spike Lee and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver)

Cold War (Directed by Paweł Pawlikowskil and starring Joanna Kulig)

Image Book (Directed by Jean-Luc Godard)

Girl (Directed by Lukas Dhont)

Girls of the Sun (Directed by Eva Husson)

Burning (Directed by Lee Chang-dong)

Climax (Directed by Gaspar Noé)

Tully, Brighton and Dorset are all key features of this week’s Culturefly On The Wall podcast – the 30th episode we have recorded!

We have theatre in The Bridge Theatre’s production of Nightfall, non-fiction in Jordan B. Petersen’s controversial 12 Rules for Life and art in the opening of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Grab a cuppa, slip into your slippers and enjoy!

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00:00 – Introduction

01:25 – Tully

06:05 – Streaming Recs

10:42 – Nightfall (at The Bridge Theatre) and 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Petersen

18:55 – Brighton Festival coverage and Tacita Dean: Landscape at the Royal Academy of Arts

25:55 – On Chesil Beach

32:40 – Conclusion

Here is a little, 10-minute bonus of Infinity War content.

This one is for the fans who have seen the film already. The film ends on a cliffhanger with millions of possibilities ahead of us, and Jo and I, briefly, discuss them…

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A Bank Holiday and an episode of Culturefly on the Wall. What treats!

We start by discussing some new low budget films on general release, taking a gentle ride with Lean on Pete and delving in the mysteries of Beast. By the end there’s also a heated debate on the latest Marvel behemoth, Avengers: Infinity War.

Mixed in are some thoughts on Art Capital: Art for the Elizabeth Line and Iself Collection: Bumped Bodies at the Whitechapel Gallery as well as Michelle McNamara’s chilling book on the Golden State Killer I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. There’s a veritable smorgasbord of streaming recommendations. Sunny days are here again.

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00:00 – Introduction

2:20 – Lean on Pete and Beast

9:40 – Whitechapel Gallery and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

16:35 – Streaming Recommendations

22:20 – Avengers: Infinity War

31:30 – Conclusion

It’s nearly May so the perfect time for a jolly sunny episode of Culturefly on the Wall.

Considering the new films on general release we reflect on comedy drama Funny Cow, discuss gay teen drama Love, Simon and shout about A Quiet Place.

Plus opinions on The Trouble with Apu, All Too Human, Russell Brand’s Re:Birth and how to decide what to watch. Come stream with us!

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00:00 – Introduction

2:05 – Love, Simon

9:22 – Streaming Recommendations

12:42 – All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life (Tate Britain) and The Trouble with Apu (on Tru TV and YouTube)

20:10 – Funny Cow and Russell Brand: Rebirth

26:46 – A Quiet Place

33:30 – Conclusion