Lockdown Film Festival Conversations

In this week's episode we discuss Paweł Pawlikowski's 2013 film, Ida. A novice nun, about to take her vows, finds out that her parents were Jews killed during the war and travels with her aunt to find their burial place. Thank you for listening to this podcast over the last year, we are extremely grateful to all of you. Keep an eye out for our new podcast, Viewer's Commentary, coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts. 

In this week's episode we discuss Lynne Ramsay's 2017 film, You Were Never Really Here. A traumatised veteran, now working as a mercenary tracking down missing girls, uncovers a sprawling violent conspiracy as a job goes awry when rescuing a Senator’s daughter.

In this week's episode we discuss Michael Mann's 1992 film, The Last of the Mohicans. A white trapper, raised by a Native American father, tries to  protect the daughters of a British military colonel from a vengeful Huron, as the fight for control of North America rampages on.

In this week's episode we discuss Sarah Gavron's 2019 film, Rocks. A teenage girl has to take care of and protect her younger brother, after their mother abandons them, or face the pair being placed into social care.

In this week's episode we discuss Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 film, Akira. After a collision with a child possessing supernatural abilities, a biker gang member gains dangerous telekinetic powers that threaten the status quo of dystopian Neo-Tokyo.

In this week's episode we discuss Tony Kaye's 1998 film, American History X. A former neo-Nazi, newly reformed after a traumatic stint in prison, tries to stop his younger brother from being further indoctrinated into the ideology that he is trying to run away from.

In this week's episode we discuss Richard Kelly's 2001 film, Donnie Darko. After escaping death from a bizarre accident, teenager Donnie experiences visions of a man named Frank, dressed in a rabbit costume, who tells him to commit a series of crimes before the ends in 28 days.

In this special episode, we discuss the thirteen films we gifted to one another to celebrate the 12 months since our first film club discussion back in May 2020. The films we talk about are listed below:

- All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)

In this week's episode we discuss Armando Ianucci's 2017 film, The Death of Stalin. A power vacuum is created following the sudden death of Joseph Stalin, leading to a mad scramble for the Council of Ministers to determine his successor.

In this week's episode we discuss Jordan Peele's 2019 film, Us. A family of four fight to survive after their holiday is disrupted by the sudden appearance of their doppelgängers.