Shot/Reverse Shot

With Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012 about to kick off, myself and Ed see if we can handle the truth, talking about our shared dislike of bio-pics (and how to pronounce it), artifice and the documentary film making aesthetic and then cap it all off with a run down of some of our favourite documentaries.

This week sees myself and Ed discussing the finer points of Education on and in film. We speculate as to why Wonder Boys is the key film in the Marvel Universe, hit back at some listener criticism of Brick and I personally educate Ed in the ways of Soul Man. As usual, we meander off on tangents pondering on broader touchstones such as High School films vs College films, the merits of going to film school and a run down of the top 10 educators on film.

Enjoy!

This week Joe and Ed talk about unwarranted sequels, films about homecomings and discuss directors in desperate need of a return to form. Amongst the subjects of discussion are Brett Rattner's Midnight Run sequel, the masterpiece that is Five Easy Pieces and whether or not Martin Scorsese has made a great film since Goodfellas.

Along the way, there is a quad bike race in the street outside the studio, some pontification about the events between Lethal Weapon 2 and 3 and some seriously disturbed revelations about the fate of the title character in Hugo.

This week, myself and the husky manslice that is A Mighty Fine Blog's Edwin Davies talk TV. We discuss this year's Oscars telecast, have a bit of a chat about Sidney Lumet's Network, discuss the sheer idiocy of the short lived Ferris Bueller TV show and the Star Wars Holiday Special and then round things up with an in depth discussion about the current golden age of television.

WARNING: This podcast contains the phrase 'un-subtitled Wookie Jargon'.

This week. The Wooden Kimono's Joe Gastineau and A Mighty Fine Blog's Edwin Davies to talk about Britishness in film. They talk about what defines a British film, what state the British film industry is in and talk about some dreadful misadventures and missteps taken by British film types who should no better. Also features something about Barry Norman's Pickled Onions...

Having spent Episode 1 looking back on 2011, we thought it'd be nice to look forward at 2012 with our sophomore effort for which the theme was 'The Future'.

In the first half of the show, Joe is joined by A Mighty Fine Blog's Edwin Davies to discuss upcoming releases in 2012 and later on, the Alien films. In the second half, hopelies.com's Adam Batty and Front Row Reviews' Alex Rowland join me, as talk turns to the future of film itself.

As promised, part two of our 2011 round up, this time focussing on the films of the year.

After a dodgy pilot, a name change and a technical calamity resulting in what is now known as 'the Lostcast', we are pleased to present episode 1 proper of Shot/Reverse Shot, a series of mildly engaging, occasionally profound, but mostly gibberish podcasts. Shot/Reverse Shot sees The Wooden Kimono's Joe Gastineau, hopelies.com editor in chief Adam Batty and A Mighty Fine Blog's Edwin Davies attempt to talk coherently about films within the confines of a theme that changes from episode to episode. As it is that time of year, we thought we'd kick things off with the theme of '2011'. It was a mammoth recording session, meaning the podcast had to be split into two halves. In part one, we discuss the general events of the year and in part two, we run down our picks for the films of 2011. Enjoy!