For Screen and Country

Before we wrap this damn thing up, the guys look to the audience and choose The Dresser from the list of suggestions. Does this highly theatrical film starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay successfully stake its claim to be placed in the BFI Top 100? How does this movie manage to have such "big" acting that works so well on film? Did Brendan go too 'tiny film glasses' with his war metaphor theory? What about Jason's theory that Norman is in love with Sir? All that and more in this week's episode!

 

Next week: The next Audience Brit Pick will be Hell Drivers!

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The Dresser stars Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Eileen Atkins, Edward Fox, Sheila Reid and Michael Gough; directed by Peter Yates.

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This week, the guys wrap up the most recent (and final) batch of 20 movies on the BFI Top 100 with their awards and rank them from Best to Fine (seriously, there was not one bad movie in this bunch, folks!) Find out how similar your two hosts are with some of their rankings! Listen to their continued love for Julie Christie, which like this podcast, will NEVER die! Gasp at Jason's surprising movie pick for #1! All that and more in this week's big show.

 

Next week: An audience-chosen Brit Pick episode as the guys will be discussing The Dresser starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay.

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This week, the guys finally come to the end of the BFI Top 100 list with a discussion of The Third Man (the #1 film!) Is Holly Martens a good writer and how does it factor into the story itself? Could this movie have benefitted from a Se7en-like ad campaign? Does the unusual soundtrack work or is it distracting? And most importantly, how many Taye Diggs movies can Brendan name under pressure? All this and more in a landmark episode!

 

Next week: We rank the previous 20 movies covered on the show and give out some awards!

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The Third Man stars Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Ernst Deutsch, Erich Ponto and Orson Welles; directed by Carol Reed.

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USA: Criterion Channel and available to rent

Canada: Criterion Channel and available to rent on Amazon and Apple TV

UK: BFI Player and available to rent

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This week, the guys discuss the penultimate episode on the list in Gary Oldman's gritty, dark Nil By Mouth. They discuss everything about this grim film from the invasive camerawork getting in everyone's face, they debate the ending and what it says about abusive relationships, the guys get confused over a character's backstory, Jason teaches Brendan how to do drugs with a famous director getting involved and much more...

 

Next week: The guys talk about the final movie on the list - #1: The Third Man. Will it be the best British movie of all British time!?

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Nil By Mouth stars Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse and Edna Dore; directed by Gary Oldman.

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This week, the guys discuss another John Schlesinger film in the form of the 1963 comedy Billy Liar. How does this movie compare to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ally McBeal and Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Was 1963 the peak year for catchphrase comedians? They also talk about speaking in different dialects based on your audience, Julie Christie/fast food restaurant tie-ins and much, much more.

 

Next week: Since we know what's last, that leaves Nil By Mouth as the penultimate movie on the list!

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Billy Liar stars Tom Courtenay, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Helen Fraser, Gwendolyn Watts and Julie Christie; directed by John Schlesinger.

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USA: Kanopy and available to rent

Canada: N/A

UK: available to rent

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This week, the guys discuss sexuality and relationships in John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday. What is this film's weird connection with the actual Bloody Sunday riots? Is this the first time a gay character's sexual preference barely figures into anything outside of their relationship? How much of the movie is based on Schlesinger's own life? And are those children *really* smoking weed!?

 

The guys also draw next week's movie out of a hat! What will it be? Join us, won't you?

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Sunday Bloody Sunday stars Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, Maurice Denham and Tony Britton; directed by John Schlesinger.

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USA: Hoopla and Kanopy

Canada: Hoopla

UK: N/A

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This week, your hosts start to round the bend on this list as they discuss Mike Leigh's award-winning directorial effort Secrets & Lies, a film that asks questions about motherhood, family and race... but the latter is surprisingly the least discussed. The guys also talk the terrific one-scene characters, Mike Leigh's writing style allowing for more accurate representation of people of colour, how dangerous it is to bottle all your feelings up and more!

 

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Secrets & Lies stars Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Elizabeth Berrington, Lesley Manville and Ron Cook; directed by Mike Leigh.

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USA: Criterion Channel and HBO Max

Canada: Criterion Channel

UK: available to rent on Curzon Cinema

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Stand by your beliefs, hold strong and carry on! This week, the guys break down the Oscar-winning A Man for All Seasons detailing Thomas More's refusal to approve of Henry VIII's divorce and the repercussions that follow that. They break down the brief but powerful performances from Robert Shaw and Orson Welles, talk about why evangelical Christians (and the Vatican!) love this movie so much, they debate the merits of the cinematography, they discuss why the film works so well but could very easily fail with one false move... and more!

 

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A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Robert Shaw; directed by Fred Zinnemann.

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It's time to head back to the world of comedy one more time on this list with the British box office smash A Fish Called Wanda. How in the world did Kevin Kline shape his infamous and Oscar-winning performance as Wanda's narcissistic lover Otto? Does Michael Palin's portrayal of those affected by speech impediments hold up over time? This movie was going to be an even darker comedy at one point?! They also dive deep into the 'fish scene' and talk about what Kline was WILLING to do to make it work! All this and more in this week's episode - bon appetit.

 

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A Fish Called Wanda stars John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Tom Georgeson, Maria Aitken and Patricia Hayes; directed by Charles Crichton.

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USA: Epix, Hoopla, Tubi, Kanopy, Pluto TV and available to rent

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What better way to follow up last week's raunchy comedy than with an epic profile of a complicated soldier in the Powell & Pressburger classic The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Does this movie take shots at the British army through the title character's unwavering committment to tradition and morality? How dangerous was it to talk about Germany's justified anger in 1943? Was this secretly a progressive film for women? And none of you will be shocked when you find out the idenity of the man being 'mocked' during this whole ordeal! Plus - more.

 

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and James McKechnie; directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

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USA: Criterion Channel

Canada: available to rent on Apple TV

UK: Criterion Channel

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