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For our 40th episode we thought we would provide our listener with a public service. Films seem so much longer now, (they probably aren't, but that is what it seems). So, we at The Midnight Run Podcast have devoted this episode to shorter films. Picture the scene. You are at home on your sofa, bed, or sofa bed. It is 8pm, you have had your dinner and you want to watch a film, but you want to be in bed by 10. What are you going to watch? This episode is for films under 100 minutes long, so we are ticking your box.

All genres are on the table here, as it is purely based on the running time, but which genres do we think are more prominent in this category and which films would we recommend for an all day film marathon?

It is a great excuse to talk about the performances of (amongst others) Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice, Alicia Silverstone in Clueless and everyone in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

This subject is also littered with showy, scene stealing moments, so The Black Knight, Always Be Closing and complaining to a car rental dealership will all feature.

We have managed to contain all of this loveliness within 100 minutes. We would like to tell you that it was deliberately and brilliantly stage managed that way, but it wasn’t.