The Horror Cut

Welcome to EP83 of Choose Film. It's time to name your van, get on the road and find your size of shit bucket we're discussing Chloé Zhao's Nomadland with director Jane Ashmore.

SYNOPSIS
A woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
Twitter - @janeyash
Web - http://www.janeashmore.co.uk

CREATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Book - Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38212124-nomadland

Anime Cyberpunk Edgerunners
https://www.netflix.com/title/81054853

BIO
Jane Ashmore is a director based in London, UK, specialising in television drama work. She began her career by working as a runner at the BBC whilst still an undergraduate student studying Theatre, Film & TV at the University of Bristol. She worked as a freelance assistant director on a variety of drama and comedy productions until she began directing full-time in 2016 on continuing TV drama series including EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale. LOVE (a short film) her first film has won over 30 awards including Best Film at the 2022 Ealing Film Festival, Best UK Short Film at The New Renaissance Film Festival and Best Female Director for Jane herself, at The 2022 London Director Awards.

Welcome to EP82 of Choose Film. It's time to grab you bob sleigh, learn to ride and protect that luck egg. We're joined by filmmaker, fight choreographer and fellow podcaster Carter Ferguson to discuss Cool Runnings.

Synopsis
Four Jamaican bobsleighers dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory

Links in Conversation
Twitter: @fight_director / @FilmProProdPod
Podcast: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/podcastapps
Website: fightdirector.com

Creative Recommendations
The Banshees of Inisherin | Comedy/Drama ‧ 1h 54m | Disney +

Scottish tv show  - Dirty Water
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15805766/
March 1st

Welcome to EP81 of Choose Film. Pick up your Chihuahua, pull on your best pink formalwear and get yourself to to Havard. We're joined by editor, writer & fellow podcaster Sarah Buddery to discuss Legally Blonde.

Synopsis
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blonde. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back.

Links In Conversation
Twitter - @sarahbuddery / @jawsforaminute
https://www.looper.com/author/sarahbuddery/
insta - @sarah_buddery / @jawsforaminute

Creative Recommendations
The Devil Wears Prada - Book
https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/lauren-weisberger/devil-wears-prada/9780007156108?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIub3o5e2P_QIViLHtCh0H6wX_EAQYASABEgLOqvD_BwE#GOR000410001

Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast
https://twitter.com/RamblinAmblin?s=20&t=c4OEC_bBKZFRUyDK3P5PrA

Sh*t You May Not Have Seen podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ybQszNBmBMts3nLUcAOEC?si=e4453c32c9e54577&fbclid=IwAR2YpioucxBJ4_nNF0eLoU798Gko56nwml9NI9RWD9RaYjvX9q6txRb1T6g&nd=1

Sarah's Bio
Sarah is an editor and writer for Looper and co-hosts the Let's Jaws for a Minute podcast. As well as Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece, Sarah is hugely passionate about animation, particularly stop-motion and the Walt Disney animated classics.

Welcome to EP80 of Choose Film. Its time to get your ballroom shoes on and hit that dance floor, we are joined by writer / director Catriona MacLeod to discuss Baz Luhrmann debut feature Strictly Ballroom.

Synopsis
A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true.

Links in conversation
Twitter - @ThatCatLoud
Insta - thatcatloud
Web - catloud.co.uk

Creative Recommendations
Last of us TV Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLtkt8BonwM

Shirley — Feature Film
Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2oA35q212E

The Express - Amazon Prime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaTcy1Vvbi0

Not quite my tempo. Are you rushing or are dragging. Welcome to EP79 of Choose Film podcast. DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!!
We are discussing Damien Chazelle's Whiplash with fellow podcast Martin Harries from Film vs Film Podcast

Synopsis
Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young man's life. But Andrew's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability and his sanity.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION

Twitter - @fvf_podcast
Insta - filmvsfilmpodcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/film-vs-film-podcast/id1540448632

Creative Recommendations

The Banshees of Inisherin
Comedy/Drama ‧ 1h 54m - Disney +

Podcast - True Crime All The Time Podcast
https://www.truecrimeallthetime.com/

Whiplash - Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cVTwARzXxQ

Welcome to EP77 of Choose Film . It’s time to Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge as we are joined by fellow filmmaker Mark Peberdy to discuss Rawson Marshall Thurber’s ‘Dodgeball’

Synopsis
Average Joe's Gym and its owner, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), are both down on their luck. A fancy competing gym called Globo-Gym, run by the maniacal health nut White Goodman (Ben Stiller), is about to put Average Joe's out of business unless Peter can raise $50,000 to keep his mortgage. To save the gym, Peter and a ragtag group of Average Joe's members and employees enter a dodgeball contest with a big cash prize. In response, White forms his own Globo-Gym team to rout the competition.

Links in conversation
https://www.comharra.com/
Email: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/ComharraSL

Creative Recommendations

Book/diary — Everyone's A Critic 52 Week Movie Challenge:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everyones-Critic-Week-Movie-Challenge/dp/1691348139/ref=asc_df_1691348139/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=394229390319&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1160169699253643869&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046879&hvtargid=pla-842199274308&psc=1&th=1&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=85953219350&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=394229390319&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1160169699253643869&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046879&hvtargid=pla-842199274308

BOOK  — Amanda Brown’s Legally Blonde
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legally-Blonde-Amanda-Brown/dp/0751534552/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15USESEY6HZA5&keywords=amanda+brown+legally+blonde&qid=1673180455&s=books&sprefix=amanda+brown+legally+blonde%2Cstripbooks%2C71&sr=1-1

Feature Film — Glass Onion 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xR_lBtEvSc

Welcome to 077 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast.

Grab you duffle coat, take a walk down the beaches of Wales and don’t leave the cinema early… the filmmakers will know. We are joined by Niamh Mckeown to discuss Richard Ayoade’s Submarine.

Synopsis
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.

Links in conversation
Insta - keownmcniamh
twitter - @keownmcniamh
niamhmck.com

Creative Recommendations
M ll R R O R S
https://www.facebook.com/WEAREMIIRRORS
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MIb0klsPLrZ1omaIYzSoE

Bad Beans 48hr film project  | Short Film
https://www.48hourfilm.com/en/glasgow-gb/films/57507

Decision to Leave
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12477480/

Young Fathers - 'I Saw' (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyC0JUfZrU

BBC STUNNERS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0cgp88n/stunners

Niamh’s Bio
Niamh is a screenwriter and director based in Edinburgh who tells stories about wild funny women. Her short films include GOOD GIRLS, FARMLAND, AUNTIE EMPIRE, FLOOERS and most recently GINNY REAPER. Last year, Niamh took part in the Channel 4 Shadow Director scheme where she shadowed on Robert Popper’s new show, I HATE YOU. Shortly after, Niamh went on to direct comedy pilots STUNNERS and THE FARM for BBC Studios. Currently, Niamh is developing a six-part television series while working towards her debut feature film. 

Welcome to 076 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast.

Hop onboard the Nostromo, dodge a facehugger and remember to talk about the bonus situation? We are discussing Ridley Scott's OG 'ALIEN with Scare Scotland's Stevie Douglas.

Synopsis
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.

Links in conversation
SCARESCOTLAND INFO
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ScareScotland
Insta - scarescotland
Website - https://www.scarescotland.co.uk/

Creative Recommendations
Unproduced Alien 3 Scripts
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/files/scripts/alien-3-william-gibson-1988-01.pdf
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/files/scripts/alien-3-john-fasano-1990-03-29.pdf

audio drama - The Tower
https://www.tincanaudio.co.uk/thetower

Alien 3 - Wreckage and Rage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzWRjukjK24

Welcome to 075 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Its time to munch down on a chapstick, sort out you taxes and get ready to verse jump as we are joined by 'The Director's Toolbox's' very own Robert Macfarlane to discuss 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

Synopsis
A Chinese immigrant gets unwillingly embroiled in an epic adventure where she must connect different versions of herself in the parallel universe to stop someone who intends to harm the multiverse.

Links in conversation
The Director Toolbox
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheDirectorToolbox/featured
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/thedirectortoolbox/
https://www.facebook.com/RobertMacfarlaneDirector

Creative Recommendations

48hr film- BOUND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0shnXrwB7I

Fresh Guacamole by PES | Oscar Nominated Short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJdJIwCF_Y

Nati Dreddd
singer songwriter based in Scotland
insta - natidreddd

Robert's Bio

Welcome to 074 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. It’s time to take a trip through the slums, go 50-50 and phone a friend. We’re discussing Slumdog Millionaire.

Synopsis
As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salim finds the life of crime agreeable, but Jamal scrapes by with small jobs until landing a spot on the game show.

Creative Recommendations
Short Film | Balcony
https://vimeo.com/328045341

Pitch meeting
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Kq-yEt1iYsbUzNOoIRK0g/about

Short Film | Coming Of Age
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsj2qMraqJQ

Charlie’s Bio
Charlie is a Glasgow-based filmmaker, who's been making short films and sketches for years. He completed directing and editing duties on the comedy pilot series Dirty Water earlier this year, which is based on John Stuart's stage-play. Currently, he works in the post-production department at IWC Media, home of Location, Location, Location, and many other factual and lifestyle shows. He lives in the southside of Glasgow with his partner-in-chains, Luca.