Film Maker / Film Watcher

Our "One-Take Wonders" episode examines movies where the camera purports to be uninterrupted. In homage to this filmic craft, Richard and Greg review three movies without the safety net of podcast editing... which probably explains why this episode is significantly longer than usual.

Rope (1948) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-03-rope

Russian Ark (2002) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-03-ark

Birdman (2014) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-03-birdman

This “Christmas Special” thing is in danger of becoming an annual tradition.
Three Christmas movies are reviewed: a holiday classic, a potential evergreen favourite, and an only-recent film.
Greg survives watching a horror film. Richard survives watching a musical. Both survive reviewing a film from last year.
They all live happily ever after.
Elf (2003) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-xmas-elf 
White Christmas (1954) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-xmas-white 
Krampus (2015) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-xmas-krampus

Season 2 continues with a different type of Confession from our reviewers.
From “What haven’t you seen yet?” to “Which films are a guilty pleasure for you?”
Which of our reviewers has a secret passion for one of the all-time turkeys, “Showgirls” – and will the other still speak to him?
History of the World: Part I (1981) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-02-history 
High School Musical (2006) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-02-musical 
Showgirls (1995) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-02-show 

They’re baaaaack!
And Richard and Greg have discovered that they actually do have an audience – so Season 2 opens with a By Request episode.
Christian, Kathleen and Marita are regular listeners who each nominated a favourite film to be reviewed.
(Our reviewers try not to take it personally that the first of these is “The Odd Couple”)
The Odd Couple (1968) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-01-odd 
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-01-picnic 
Sunset Boulevard (1950) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-02-01-sunset

Richard and Greg round off Season 1 with this episode punningly entitled “ODE to Cinema” – but you’ll have to listen to find out why…
This was meant to be a lovefest for these cinematic treasures. But it’s not all smooth sailing when Greg encounters the concept of a Director’s Cut.
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-10-cairo 
Cinema Paradiso (1988) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-10-paradiso 
Hugo (2011) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-10-hugo

Richard and Greg move on from their inner children – to unleash their Guy sides.
Action movies a-plenty from the late 20th Century (and Richard sees his first James Bond film from the pre-Daniel Craig era).
Cliffhanger (1993) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-09-cliff 
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-09-spy 
Die Hard (1988) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-09-hard 

Richard and Greg tap into their not-so-inner children as they review one old and two modern classic family movies.
Prepare yourselves for a shock as they turn their attention to a film that was in cinemas only a year ago!
The Incredibles (2004) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-08-incredibles 
Old Yeller (1957) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-08-yeller 
Paddington (2014) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-08-paddington 

In the spirit of the 2015 LA Femme Film Festival, Richard and Greg celebrate, support (and occasionally critique) three films directed by women.
You can read more about the Festival at www.lafemme.org 
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-07-zero 
The Kids Are All Right (2010) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-07-kids 
Bride and Prejudice (2004) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-07-bride 

Richard and Greg have a Big Night In. They watch three films with “big” in the title and go for a big finish. Which is mighty big of them.
The Big Chill (1983) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-06-chill 
The Big Lebowski (1998) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-06-lebowski 
Big Fish (2003) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-06-fish 

Richard takes Greg right back to a silent classic. They then review two films about multiple perspectives – or is that two perspectives on multiple films?
Modern Times (1936) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-05-modern 
Lantana (2001) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-05-lantana 
Rashomon (1950) http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-01-05-rashomon