FilmSeekers Podcast

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and special guest host & programmer & film writer, Paul Farrell @InPermafrost
His written reviews and essays can be found on MUBI Notebook and Hyperallergic.
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Today we discuss:
01:00 Introduction to Paul Farrell
02:00 63rd BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
07:00 Women filmmakers at festivals
10:30 Opening Gala: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (Armando Iannucci)
17:30 Headling Gala: GREED (Michael Winterbottom)
21:30 Closing Gala: THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese)
23:15 American Express Gala: KNIVES OUT (Rian Johnson)
31:00 The Mayor Of London's Gala: THE AERONAUTS (Tom Harper)
34:00 BFI Patron's Gala: A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOUR (Marrielle Heller)
37:30 Headline Gala: HOPE GAP (William Nicholson)
39:30 Debate: THE REPORT (Scott Z Burns)
47:00 Headline Gala: JOJO RABBIT (Taika Waititi)
52:40 American Airlines Gala: THE KING (David Michod)
54:45 Mayfair Hotel Gala: MARRIAGE STORY (Noah Baumbach)
59:00 Headline Gala: Le Mans '66 (James Mangold)
1:01:00 Festival Gala: EMA (Pablo Larrain)
1:03:50 Thrill Gala: BACURAU (Kieber Mendonca Filho)
1:05:30 Laugh Gala: The Dude In Me (Hyo-jin Kang)
1:08:45 Journey Gala: THE TWO POPES (Fernando Meirelles)
1:10:00 Create Gala: WESTERN STARS (Thom Zimny/Bruce Springsteen)
1:14:30 Special Presentation: BAD EDUCATION (Cory Finley)
1:19:00 Special Presentation: BLACKBIRD (Roger Michell)
1:21:00 BFI Flare Special Presentation: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Celine Sciamma)
1:24:45 First Feature Competition: THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (Joe Talbot)
1:29:00 Debate: HOPE FROZEN (Pailin Wedel)
1:32:00 Dare: GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY (Denis Cote)
1:35:00 Dare: FAMILY ROMANCE LLC (Werner Herzog)
1:40:00 Cult: COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (Richard Stanley)
1:47:00 Thank you to Paul and goodbye!

Many thanks to our special guest Paul Farrell!
You can follow him on Twitter @InPermafrost

Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words'
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and special guest host & secular scholar, Carrie Lynn Evans @CarrieLynnLand
 Her podcast and work can be found New Books In Secularism
or the New Books Network
Thank you for downloading and listening!

*Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!*
We want to hear from you!
Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: [email protected]
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Today we discuss:

01:30 Introduction to Carrie Lynn Evans
03:40 NEWS
03:45 Isle Of Dogs and Wes Anderson - Cultural appropriation?
15:10 Faith-based Films - I Can Only Imagine (2018)(starring Dennis Quaid), The Shack (2017), God's Not Dead 3 (2018)
34:00 Women & Science Fiction Films - A Wrinkle In Time (2018), Ex-Machina (2015), Strange Days (1995)
 1:01:00 Festival News: Cannes 2018 - New rules - critic screenings, Netflix and no heels
1:15:30 The UK Box Office Top 10
1:45:00 FEATURE FILM: THE GIRL WITH THE ALL THE GIFTS (2016) directed by Colm McCarthy
2:36:00 Spoiler discussion
2:49:00 Summary
2:51:00 Recommendations
NetFlix:
The Witch (2015) d. Robert Eggers
I Don't Feel At Home In this World Anymore (2017) d. Macon Blair
Amazon Prime
The Sense Of An Ending (2017) d. Ritesh Bhatra
BBC iPlayer:
Short Term 12 (2013) d. Destin Daniel Cretton
3:01:00 Our Final Line
Many thanks to our special guest Carrie Lynn Evans!
You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieLynnLand

 Music credits:
 Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words'
 Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
 Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and guest co-host John Fry @thesteadicamman
 Thank you for downloading and listening!
 
 *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!*
 We want to hear from you!
Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: [email protected]
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 Today we discuss:
 
 03:00 Introduction to @thesteadicamman John Fry
 06:00 The 90th Academy Awards @theAcademy Oscars results round-up
 54:00 NEWS
 54:10 The "Inclusion Rider" - Disability, LGBT, BAME representation in film 
 1:08:20 @Netflix releasing strategy - Annihilation
 1:25:30 Festival News - 68th Berlin Film Festival @Berlinale, Glasgow Film Festival 2018 @GlasgowFilm
 1:30:00 The UK Box Office Top 10 Countdown
 2:03:00 FEATURE FILM: TAMPOPO d. Juzo Itami - The Criterion Collection
 2:47:00 Recommendations 
 NETFLIX:
 Hellboy d. Guillermo Del Toro
 Annihilation d. Alex Garland
 AMAZON PRIME
 English Vinglish d. Gauri Shinde
 BBC iPlayer:
 Clouds Of Sils Maria d. Olivier Assayas
 Music credits:
 Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
 Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
 Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
 Thank you for downloading and listening!
 
 *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!*
 We want to hear from you!
Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: [email protected]
 Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com
 
 Today we discuss:
 
 03:50 Uma Thurman, The New York Post, Quentin Tarantino
 22:00 The Cloverfield Paradox releasing strategy
 36:00 68th Berlin Film Festival
 47:10 Glasgow Film Festival 2018 #GFF18
 57:20 The UK Box Office Top Ten
 1:20:30 The Red Shoes d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
 2:10:00 *COMPETITION TIME* Win a copy of Thelma d. Joachim Trier courtesy of Thunderbird releasing. Out on home release 26th February 2017
2:32:41 Home Streaming Releases recommendations - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer 
NETFLIX:
Okja d. Bong Joon-Ho
Inside No.9 - Series 1 & 2 
AMAZON PRIME
The Island d. Michael Bay
Amores Perros d. Alejandro González Iñárritu
BBC iPlayer:
Hypernormalisation d. Adam Curtis
 
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
 Thank you for downloading and listening!
 
 *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!*
 We want to hear from you!
 Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: [email protected]
 Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com
 
 Today we discuss:
 
 02:30 What constitutes a 'good' film?
 09:30 Criteria for FilmSeekers Best of 2017
 11:40 What constitutes a 'bad' film?
 23:46 UK Box Office Top grossing films of 2017
 34:47 FilmSeekers.com Best Films of 2017
 35:00 mother! d. Darren Aronofsky
 37:30 The Handmaiden d. Park-Chan Wook
 43:45 Get Out d. Jordan Peele
 54:24 BFI Sight & Sound Top 10 of 2017
 57:04 Daphne d. Peter Mackie Burns
 58:49 The Florida Project d.Sean Baker
 1:01:50 Lady Macbeth d. William Oldroyd
 1:03:50 Raw d. Julia Ducournau
 1:08:00 Moonlight d. Barry Jenkins
 1:27:37 God's Own Country d. Francis Lee
 1:17:10 Brawl In Cell Block 99 d. S. Craig Zahler
 1:24:21 Dunkirk d. Christopher Nolan
 1:28:04 The Cure For Wellness d. Gore Verbinkski
 1:29:54 A Ghost Story d. David Lowery
 1:32:41 Personal Shopper d. Olivier Assayas
 1:38:46 I Am Not A Witch d. Rungano Nyoni
 1:40:40 Silence d. Martin Scorcese
 1:43:20 Call Me By Your Name d. Luca Guadagnino
 1:46:40 Baby Driver d. Edgar Wright
 1:52:10 Blade Runner 2049 d. Denis Villeneuve
 1:57:00 Honourable mentions:
 20th Century Women d. Mike Mills
 Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool d.Paul McGuigan
 Ma Vie De Courgette d. Claude Barras
 I Am Not Your Negro d. Raoul Peck
 Atomic Blonde d. David Leitch
 The Red Turtle d. Michael Dudok DeWitt
 Toni Erdmann d. Maren Ade
 Good Time d. Benny & Josh Safdie
 2:02:00 *COMPETITION TIME* - Thelma d.Joachim Trier thanks to @TBirdReleasing
 On DVD & streaming from 26th February 2018
 2:03:30 Home Streaming Releases recommendations - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer
 NETFLIX:
In Bruge d. Martin McDonagh
Power Rangers d. Dean Israelite
AMAZON PRIME
Mindhorn d. Sean Foley
The Big Sick d. Michael Showalter
BBC iPlayer:
Into The Forest d. Patricia Rozema
 
Music credits:
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good MP3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
 Thank you for downloading and listening!
 
 *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!*
 We want to hear from you!
Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: [email protected]
 Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com
 
 Today we discuss:
 
 0:02:30 Who We Are To Contact Us
 0:07:30 Listener's Letters
 0:11:45 Film News - Aziz Ansari
 0:15:20 Recommendation -Kaitlin Prest - 'NO'
0:22:00 Eliza Dushku, Sharon Stone
0:28:00 Dylan Farrow and Woody Allen
0:30:00 Star Wars - The Last Jedi - '46 Min Men's Cut'
0:34:00 Sundance Film Festival 2018
0:45:30 ONLY YOU w/ Laia Costa, Josh O'Connor via The Bureau -
0:51:00 UK Box Office Top 10
1:19:50 Main Feature Film: SHOLAY (1975) d. Ramesh Sippy starring Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Helen.
Thanks to Web Bist @WebisTrying and the Darn That Dream Podcast for our introduction to Sholay.
You can listen to his podcast  Darn That Dream HERE
2:10:00 Home Streaming Recommendations for Netflix UK, Amazon Prime UK and BBC iPlayer
Amazon Prime UK - THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE d. Aki Kaurismaki, THE RED TURTLE d. Michael Dudok De Witt
Netflix UK - CREEP 2 d. Patrick Brice, SUPER DARK TIMES d. Kevin Phillips
 BBC iPlayer - MADE IN DAGENHAM d. Nigel Cole 2:16:00 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us
 
 Music credits:

Sholay Title Theme - Composed by Rahul Dev Burman
Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey - 'Yeh Dosti' pt I
Lata Mangeshkar - 'Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan'
R.D.Burman - 'Mehbooba Mehbooba'
Dialogue Excerpt: Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh
Soundtrack available through Universal India

FilmSeekers.com
Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR
 Thank you for downloading and listening!
 
 *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!*
 We want to hear from you!
Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: [email protected]
 Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com
 
 We discuss:
 
 0:02:30 Film News: Sexual Harassment, Smoking In French Films.
 0:38:20 Festival news: The Independent Spirit Awards, BIFA Awards 
 0:49:20 The UK Box Office Top 10 
 1:15:30 Our main feature film: SANTA SANGRE directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
 1:44:00 Interview with John Fry - Steadicam Operator 
 2:08:45 The FilmSeekers.com Quiz
 2:23:40 Competition time: TOM OF FINLAND now out on DVD 
 2:27:00 Home Streaming Releases - Amazon Prime, Netflix, BBC iPlayer
 2:32:00 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us
 
 Thank you to Peccadillo Pictures for our competition! 
 Music credits:
 Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words',
 Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing'
 Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.