The Recommendation Game

A 3 hour epic about Nazis on trial sounds like a risky pick for Ricardo, but there is a velvet-robe-wearing Maximilian Schell, at his most winning, so I reckon we'll be grand.

So much winning.

Warning, may contain a Russian Sean Connery impression...

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We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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Guns! Helicopters! Hot water bottles!

Hunt for the Wilderpeople seems to have it all, but was Ric won over by its charms, that is the question. Take a journey with us to the heart of the New Zealand bush with Sam Neil at his gruffest and most bearded.

You may also have spotted Taika in his lesser seen work The Green Lantern, sporting some fantastic hair: http://bit.ly/2kXJzU6

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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The female wolfpack, perhaps a genre that needs expanding, and this weeks film is a fine introduction. It's Ricardo's turn to pick and we're talking Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang (2015).

Forced marriages in Turkey and somehow Trump gets a mention...

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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1960's Poland is our setting this week with Pawel Pawlikowski's 2013 film Ida. You may remember him from 2004's My Summer of Love which brought us Emily Blunt and another terrifying Paddy Considine performance, but this is something completely different. Moody and austere on its surface, Ida is certainly a very original piece of work. But what will Ricardo think?

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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This week we're talking about the criminally under seen Scarecrow, the 1973 film by the criminally underrated Jerry Schatzberg.

Anyone would think we had a thing for Gene Hackman....

Note: Ricardo apologises to Roland Joffe for saying that he directed 'Revolution', that of course was Hugh Hudson

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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We're delving into the world of documentary this week with Carol Morley's 2011 film, Dreams of a Life. Just hope Orla's ready for a fight...

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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It's made numerous Sight and Sound top 10 lists, but will Orla like it? This week we're looking at the John Ford classic you've never heard of; My Darling Clementine from 1946.

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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This week it's all about Vampires and Westerns, although more the former, Ricardo would argue. We're talking about Ana Lily Amirpour's 2014 film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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Welcome to 2017! We're starting it off on a cheerful note with Oliver Stone's 1989 Vietnam epic Born on the Fourth of July.

Contains just the right number of Baldwin brother references

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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We are indeed. This week we're talking about Lukas Moodysson's

2013 film We Are The Best!

Bonus section: Listener mail! We're revisiting the work of Miyazaki

This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.

We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies

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