The Horror Cut

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cop Thrillers

Welcome to episode 035 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Filmmaker & Editor Vito Milazzo to discuss the epic, gripping & explosive  Michael Mann's Heat. 

Synopsis 
Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna (Al Pacino) attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife (Diane Venora) and the mental health of his stepdaughter (Natalie Portman). McCauley and Hanna discover a mutual respect, even as they try to thwart each other's plans.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
"Playing The Game", a new football documentary show on BBC Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ly38
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2763219/
INSTA - @vitolm
Twitter - @vitolm
thebowlinggreen.tv

SHORT FILMS
The Ballerina - Short Horror Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTtmpFIaFqc

The Interview | A Psychological Thriller Short Film by Barnaby Roper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc-lKTEkihc

Vito's Bio
Vito Milazzo has been a broadcast TV editor for the last decade, and in the last five years has built up a steady list of directing work for television and online. His BBC documentary "Playing The Game" centred on a former international footballer struggling with mental health issues, and can currently be seen on iPlayer. His short films include the psychological comedy-drama "Writer's Block", and the dystopian horror "The Quiet", which have both been screened at film festivals around the world and are available online. 

Vito has several projects in development, including a full series of "Playing The Game", a WWII short described as "Dambusters meets classic Godzilla" and a feature version of "The Quiet". 

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cop Thrillers

Welcome to episode 034 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by comedian and podcaster Lincoln van der Westhuizen to discuss the dark, gritty and kind of confusing MIAMI VICE, directed by Michael Mann 

Synopsis
A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx). Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION

Insta - @lincolnonthemic @samjgolin
BPLOT MOVIE PODCAST - https://link.chtbl.com/QrAD-lW8
Den of Thieves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HusPt_1-qto
Spring Breakers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDML4om8z8

SHORT FILMS
Re-Entry
A man dies in a car accident, then has a conversation with God about the meaning of life.
https://youtu.be/4jWTM_o5hJg

Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKtI9OfEpk

Lincoln van der Westhuizen's bio
Lincoln van der Westhuizen is a stand up comedian based in London and one half of B-Plot Podcast, a podcast that looks at two movies that dropped on the same day. 
One a blockbuster; one a flop.

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cop Thrillers

Welcome to episode 033 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast, and also Ep2 of our Cop Thrillers theme. Rebecca and Gary are joined by the wonderful Jasmine Lindemann to discuss the Mystery/Comedy/ Thriller Knives Out. 

SYNOPSIS
The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION

Link to Australian podcast DoGoOn about the Great Emu War
[Do Go On] 60 - The Great Emu War
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/66625617 via @PodcastAddict

Insta - @justjasjas
Insta - @letterstomisspiggy - Letters to Miss Piggy Pod!

SHORT FILMS
Troll Bridge
https://youtu.be/V7v_TdLviUE

Save Ralph
https://youtu.be/G393z8s8nFY

Toxic by Joe O'Neill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLP9UmXgKUQ

Jasmine Bio
Jasmine is a freelancer working in the arts, mostly festivals, events and theatre. Notably Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival and Clyde Opera Group. She has also produced and directed a few independent short films.  In 2021 Jasmine started a podcast (Letters to Miss Piggy) with fellow creative Abi Menzies all about the iconic Miss Piggy!

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cop Thrillers

Welcome to episode 032 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Actor David McKnight to discuss the gritty and disturbing SE7EN as part of our new season: Cop Thrillers.

SYNOPSIS
When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins. Somerset also befriends Mills' wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is pregnant and afraid to raise her child in the crime-riddled city.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
Instagram: davidmcknight_
Twitter: @McKnighty22

SHORT FILMS
The Silent Child — Oscar® Winning Short Film
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GbxFIVQv8c

Oh Sheep!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY5MmhLQBng

Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhWc3b3KhnY

DAVID'S BIO
David is a previous Langside college graduate and is currently training to receive his BA in acting and performance at New College Lanarkshire this year. He is very excited to get back into the industry after this year of  extended learning about his craft!

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics 

Welcome to episode 031 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. In this Bonus Reel episode, Rebecca and Gary wrap up the cinematic classic theme and discuss what classic films they would have loved to have covered, followed by your listeners reel. 

Also Rebecca decides once again to put Gary's film knowledge to the test. 

*****PLEASE NOTE -- WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES AND APOLOGISE FOR SOME SOUND QUALITY.*****

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics

Welcome to episode 030 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by fellow Podcaster Jamie Mackinlay (host of Just Get A Real Job podcast) to discuss the hilarious screwball comedy 'What's Up, Doc?'

SYNOPSIS
Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in music. The man seems a bit distracted, and that was before he met a strange woman who has devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. 

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
Twitter @justgetarealjob
Twitter @jammack2
Insta @justgetarealjob
Insta @jamie_mackinlay_

SHORT FILMS
Grandpa - Drama Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA1lXeAmyvU&t=105s

REBOOTED | Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rkn6rnsgc4

Home (1998) - Morag McKinnon
http://www.totalshortfilms.com/ver/pelicula/266

JAMIE'S BIO
Jamie Mackinlay is a 24 year old Screenwriter, podcaster and all round creative from Fife. Jamie has been based in Edinburgh for over six year and studied a BA in Film and Theatre at QMU between 2014-2018. After a year out, working full time as a support worker, and as a freelance culture reviewer. Jamie went back to uni to study an MA in Screenwriting at Screen Academy Scotland. Since graduating Jamie has been involved in a number of creative projects and has worked as a Runner and Covid Supervisor on several short film productions and commercials.
In November 2020 Jamie launched 'Just Get A Real Job' and is having a ball hosting and producing it.
Getting the chance to talk with and showcase emerging creatives from across the world has been an absolute joy for Jamie so far and he is very excited about this ever growing podcast.

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics

Welcome to episode 029 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Ellis Barthorpe (co-host of podcast ‘talkabout with Ellis & Gwilym') to discuss the 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

SYNOPSIS
In the Southwest during the Civil War, a mysterious stranger, Joe (Clint Eastwood), and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco (Eli Wallach), form an uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward money, then rescues him just as he is being hanged. When Joe's shot at the noose goes awry during one escapade, a furious Tuco tries to have him murdered. The men re-team abruptly, however, to beat out a sadistic criminal and the Union army and find $20,000 that a soldier has buried in the desert.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
Insta @ellisbarthorpe
Insta ‘talkabout with Ellis & Gwilym’ @focusfilmmovies
Film blog www.focusfilms.online
twitter @BarthorpeEllis
twitter @talkabout_pod

SHORT FILMS
SHE KNOWS - Horror Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6TYLOAB1hE

The Blue Umbrella
https://vimeo.com/300720030

MISCREANT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjht4AGNqhQ

ELLIS' BIO
Ellis is one of the hosts of film and entertainment podcast ‘talkabout with Ellis & Gwilym’ on which he talks with his co-host about film news, reviews and a random main topic of the week. He runs the podcast alongside his film review blog Focus Film.

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics 

Welcome to episode 028 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Filmmaker Liv Wilkinson to discuss the hugely popular 1996 black comedy crime film, Fargo

SYNOPSIS
"Fargo" is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
Twitter @livi_wilkinson
Insta @liv.filmnreview

SHORT FILMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNVLOuQNgpo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDXdLQZgjME

Liv's Bio
Liv has been studying film for a number of years, recently graduating from an MA in film. Following this, she worked at a video production company in Edinburgh during the winter of 2020, then becoming a trainee with ScreenSkills in the ‘AD’ department, and has taken on roles in high end TV. Liv hopes to continue in the industry to climb the ladder toward Director.

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics

Welcome to episode 027 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by the hilarious: Actor, Writer and Podcaster Joe O'Neill (from "Joe talks: the hunt for the greatest movie ever" podcast) to discuss black comedy crime film In Bruges

SYNOPSIS
After a particularly difficult job, hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) head to Belgium to hide out until things cool down. Ray hates the medieval city they land in, but Ken finds its beauty and peacefulness enchanting. Their experiences become increasingly surreal and possibly life-changing as they encounter tourists, locals and a potential romance for Ray.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
Twitter @JoeTalksPod
Twitter @actingjoe
Twitter @TheatreShadow
Insta @joetalkspod
Insta @littleshadowtheatre
Insta @joeyourownway_


SHORT FILMS

LEROY Short Film (2017)
https://vimeo.com/278454272

Joe O'Neill Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGmKGBhKJeo11RMkPKzmuLg

Sci-Fi Short Film - C600 (AWARD WINNING)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZs4SYfU6pA

JOE'S BIO
Joe studied performance in Bull Alley Theatre training company in Dublin from 2010-2013 & also in 2011 spent a summer studying in Lee Strasberg Film & Theater Institute in New York. 
Joe has written two full length plays ‘Bright eyes’ & ‘Goodbye to Marie’ while also has a series of short plays titled ‘the new Irish Playbook’ which has been performed across Ireland & England. 
Joe Has written 5 comedy short films ‘Coming out’ ‘Our Child’ ‘Is it ever okay to be a xenophobe’ ‘Millennials’ & ‘Man United Through Pain’ which has close to 800,000 views across Facebook/YouTube.
Joe is the artistic director of Little Shadow Theatre Company where Joe has produced many of his own plays and many of his contemporaries plays too.
Dedicated to creating & highlighting new work Joe created an (almost) annual festival also titled ‘The New Irish Playbook’ where Joe brings together new Irish playwrights and pairs them with directors and actors who have never worked together before to create truly original work.During lockdown, joe created ‘The isolation series’ where for 12 weeks joe brought together actors over Zoom to perform in an original scene written/directed by Joe each week.

Joe also started his own podcast ‘Joe Talks: The Hunt for the greatest movie ever!’

Where Joe has a new guest on every week and asks them to watch 3 best picture winners from consecutive years and asks them to rank these movies from 1st-3rd. These podcast are available to listen to on all streaming platforms

THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics 

Welcome to episode 026 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Scottish Director Steve Johnson  to discuss Christopher Nolan's mind boggling Memento.  

SYNOPSIS
Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
http://www.snjohnson.com
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8811620/
https://twitter.com/snjfilmmaker
https://www.instagram.com/snjfilmmaker/

SHORT FILMS

CAKE - Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vCr8TyaaPQ

ELEFANTE - Spanish Short Film
https://vimeo.com/86701482

The Neighbors' Window - Oscar Winning Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1vCrsZ80M4

STEVE'S BIO
BORN IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, BUT NOW RESIDING IN SCOTLAND, STEVE IS A SELF TAUGHT FILM DIRECTOR AND CINEMATOGRAPHER.

His love for film first began after seeing Star Wars at the Futurist Theatre in Liverpool. In 2003, Steve created Futuristfilm Ltd. To produce his own films. Later, in 2013, Steve established Futurist Digital Ltd. - a rental company based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering RED Digital Camera hire and training.

Over the years, Steve developed his skills on the Red Digital Cinema Camera and later became a freelance instructor and course producer for their REDucation courses. He has taught in many cities across the globe including Amsterdam; Berlin; Brisbane; Dubai; London; Los Angeles; Madrid; Moscow; Oslo and Singapore

Steve's second feature film 'Convergence' won Best Feature Film at the 2019 British Independent Film Festival and also gained nominations for Best Actor; Best Supporting Actress; Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.

Convergence also won Best Feature Film at the 2019 Cardiff International Feature Film