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We've just watched Brazil (1985) at the Bristol Old Vic. This was part of the Bristol Slapstick Festival and there was a Q and A with the director, Terry Gilliam. We loved watching the film with other people, but has it stood the test of time?

Paddy and Niel run through 10 of their favourite films. 

”All These Years, You’ve Been Playing Me for a Sucker”

This week, Niel and Paddy watch "A Touch of Evil"(1958) starring Orson Wells, Janet Leigh and the legendary Charlton Heston as the least convincing Mexican since Speedy Gonzales. The film is famous for its trick shots and long takes, but is this a case of style over substance?

One is starved for Technicolor up there.

We went to our local indie cinema, the Watershed, to watch "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946). This film holds a place in both our hearts from BBC2 Sunday afternoons, and seeing it at the cinema was amazing. Do we still love it after all these years?

I Write with a Goose Quill Dipped in Venom

In this episode, we watch Laura (1944). Is it a classic film-noir or a hammy melodrama? Paddy and Niel do not agree and get into unnecessary detail.

Stay Gold, Ponyboy

In this episode we watch The Outsiders (1983). It features a great director with an amazing cast and is adapted from a classic book, so surely it will be brilliant?

All of our shows are secret shows.

In a break from tradition, we watch a new(ish) film - Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010). We love the film, and try to work out why it was a box office disaster.

Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.

In this episode, we watch the 1974 Neo-Noir, Chinatown. 

This is undoubtedly one of the powerhouse films of the 70's, with outstanding performances from Dunaway and Nicholson, but why do we feel so uncomfortable watching it?

Rome! By all means Rome!

Paddy gets misty-eyed over the classic 1953 William Wyler movie, "Roman Holiday", starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Is Niel as impressed?

A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother

We watch the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie, Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. We chat and get into nerdy detail about why it's a classic and what makes it so effective.