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Burkina Faso is one of the most respected cinema nations in Africa, mainly heralded for their films in the 80s, 90s and early 00s. In this episode, we go through the key films of the nation, explore the works of Idrissa Ouedraogo and Gaston Kaboré, and list our favourites.

We will also ask why everything suddenly went so quiet, look at the current state of Burkinabe cinema, and explore how European/Western funding and distribution may colour how we see the cinematic contributions from the country.

Is stress actually a good thing, an experience worth seeking out, even paying for? Our answer seems to be: YES! 

Join us as we explore the joys of stress and whether what we have lovingly dubbed the "Stresser" has been missing from our lives as a staple genre all these years. After all, the horror genre is huge. Fear sells! Why should stress be any different?

Doubling the Canon is one of the most established internet projects designed to expand the cinematic canon. 

In this episode, we are joined by Lee Price, the founder of the DtC project to discuss everything from its origins, how it differs from They Shoot Pictures Don't They, voting strategies and the elephant of the room: if DtC is in trouble now that TSPDT lists 2,000 films. 

Oh, and is the system flawed for favouring less-seen films?

Can smiles and nods make us cry? For decades Yasujiro Ozu pointed his camera towards Japanese society, exploring its facade and values with a subtly critical eye. Politeness is the rule, appearance is key and traditions must be followed - but is it right, and does it make our protagonists happy?

Behind the smiles, nods and politenesses we do time and time again see the heartbreak and sharp critique, and occasionally, from the mouth of children, harsh truths will be brought home.

In this episode, we are breaking down Ozu's 4 biggest films:

Incredibly, these 4 films, his most acclaimed, take us from his breakthrough film until his very last, and allow us to explore his work in 4 different decades: the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.

We will also take a detour into [b]Early Summer[/b] (1951), to complete the Noriko trilogy, as well as a quick pit-stop at [b]Good Morning[/b] (1959), the colourful re-imagining of some of his ideas from I Was Born, But ...

We will trace the development of his style and how he became the Ozu we know and love, as well as highlight our favourites, talk through the heartbreaks and discuss why he affects us the way he does.

Special episode: RIP Michael Snow.

"Every few months someone will mention a film and I don't know what's going on and I feel like an old person!" - One of our hosts utter this about his awareness of hype, but are we all that immune?

Have you seen any film on the IMDb bottom 100? We have! In this episode, we explore why we go dumpster diving, and of course, the less extreme side of the same coin - why we watch films we know we probably won't like.   

You have done it too! Everyone has. There comes times, no matter how rare, that you sit down and tune into a film you just KNOW you won't like. Are you a masochist? Are we? Are we hoping to be proven wrong? Do we need to see bad cinema to know what good cinema is like? Follow along as we try to answer these and many more pressing questions, resulting in some of the most shocking revelations in Talking Images history: blood will be spilled.You have done it too! Everyone has. There comes times, no matter how rare, that you sit down and tune into a film you just KNOW you won't like. Are you a masochist? Are we? Are we hoping to be proven wrong? Do we need to see bad cinema to know what good cinema is like? Follow along as we try to answer these and many more pressing questions, resulting in some of the most shocking revelations in Talking Images history: blood will be spilled.

(well, ok ... not literally, but Adam's feelings will be hurt)

In this episode, we explore how Everything Everywhere All at Once was suddenly everything everywhere ... all at once.

Have you seen any of these? (ICMFFF2022 is here!)

Timestamps:

• Caught in the Net: 6.09 (Centerpiece)

In this episode Matthieu, Sol, Tom and Chris reveal their number 1 film favourite film of 2021 (and of course, it is 4 very different films).