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May 02, 2018 # 54 - Tully / Mary And The Witch’s Flower / Something Wild
On this week's show guest host Michael Leader is joined by Little White Lies editor David Jenkins and regular contributor Manuela Lazic to assess the latest theatrical releases. There's motherhood-based larks in Tully, from the tried and trusted director-screenwriter combo of Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody, plus charming animated fantasy in Mary and the Witch's Flower, the first film from Japan's Studio Ponoc. And for Film Club, to commemorate the one year anniversary of Jonathan Demme's passing, we revisit his cult screwball comedy from 1986, Something Wild.
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43 min
April 26, 2018 # 53 - Avengers: Infinity War / Beast / Hulk
With Infinity War out this week, we've assembled a suitably epic ensemble: James Richardson is joined by writer and broadcaster Carl Anka and Hannah Woodhead from Little White Lies. As well as Marvel's superhero extravaganza, the team turn their attentions to Michael Pearce's impressive debut feature Beast, a rural serial killer thriller set on the storied isle of Jersey. Lastly, we revisit pre-MCU flopbuster The Incredible Hulk, from otherwise acclaimed Hollywood director Ang Lee.
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42 min
April 19, 2018 # 52 - Let The Sunshine In / The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society / Beau Travail
This week we welcome the return of one of our favourite directors, Claire Denis, whose comedy-drama Let the Sunshine In features a career-best turn from Juliette Binoche. Also up for discussion is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – is it as clumsy and convoluted as its title suggests? James Richardson, David Jenkins and Sophie Monks Kaufman have their say, plus the gang revisits Denis' abstract odyssey from 1999, Beau Travail, for Film Club. And as we're celebrating a year since the very first Truth & Movies, some of the team pick their favourite films from the last 12 months.
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43 min
April 12, 2018 # 51 - Rampage / Western / A Fistful Of Dollars
In this week's episode, James Richardson is joined by Truth And Movies regulars, Hannah Woodhead and Elena Lazic. The films under scrutiny this week are The Rock fronted rollercoaster, Rampage and the intriguing German drama Western. And in tribute to Western, for Film Club, Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars is re-appraised, best known g Clint Eastwood's iconic turn as the man with no name and for Ennio Morricone's score.
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36 min
April 05, 2018 # 50 - Ghost Stories / Thoroughbreds / A Quiet Place / Wonderstruck / Don't Look Now
Strange things are afoot in Truth & Movies this week, as we settle in for Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's terrifying horror triptych, Ghost Stories, starring Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse. Similarly disconcerting – but for entirely different reasons – is Todd Haynes' time-skipping melodrama Wonderstruck. Plus there are quick looks at Thoroughbreds and A Quiet Place. And there's still more mystery in Film Club, in which Nicolas Roeg's haunting exploration of grief, Don't Look Now, gets a welcome reappraisal.
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40 min
March 29, 2018 # 49 - Ready Player One / Isle Of Dogs / Hook
On the show this week, James Richardson is joined by Matt Thrift and Adam Woodward to discuss Steven Spielberg’s CG-fuelled nostalgia joy ride Ready Player One, as well as Wes Anderson’s doggy odyssey Isle of Dogs. And for Film Club, we turn the clock back to 1991 and Spielberg’s Peter Pan spin-off Hook - does it deserve its reputation as one of the director’s lesser efforts?
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41 min
March 22, 2018 # 48 - A Wrinkle In Time / Unsane / Have A Nice Day / Gaslight
Joining James Richardson this week are David Jenkins and Hannah Woodhead from Little White Lies. On the docket are Ava DuVernay’s
glossy Disney fantasy A Wrinkle in Time, Steven Soderbergh’s lo-fi iPhone psychodrama Unsane, and the brilliant animated crime drama Have
a Day Day, from Chinese filmmaker Liu Jian. As ever we’re dipping into the annals of movie history once more for our Film Club, which this
week centres on George Cukor’s seminal 1944 film noir Gaslight.
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44 min
March 15, 2018 # 47 - Tomb Raider / The Square / Mary Magdalene / Annihilation / Street Fighter
It's a bumper show this week, with T&M regulars Manuela Lazic and David Jenkins joining James Richardson to mull over the high-octane Alicia Vikander vehicle Tomb Raider, as well as Alex Garland's eco-conscious sci-fi Annihilation, not-quite Jesus biopic Mary Magdalene, and Ruben Östlund's agreeably barmy Palme d'Or winner The Square. And for Film Club, the podders give 1994's Street Fighter a spin – is it the most underrated video game movie in history?
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1 hr 9 min
March 08, 2018 # 46 - You Were Never Really Here / Sweet Country / Mom And Dad / One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
In this, the latest episode of the movie podcast, James Richardson is joined by Hannah Woodhead and Sophie Monks Kaufman, to pick over the weeks film news and releases. And in another packed podcast, there's a look at the dark thriller, You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix. There's also the widescreen Australian historic drama Sweet Country. Nic Cage returns, with Selma Blair in tow, in the quite frankly bonkers horror/thriller Mom And Dad; a film helmed by Brian Taylor, the man responsible for the equally gonzo Crank: High Voltage. And for Film Club there's a re-assessment of Milos Forman's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, starring Jack Nicholson, and famous for being one of only 3 films to have won all 5 of the major Academy Awards.
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47 min
February 28, 2018 # 45 - Red Sparrow / A Fantastic Woman / Game Night / King Of New York
In the latest thrilling bumper instalment of the movie podcast, Jams Richardson, along with Elena Lazic and David Jenkins, chews over the week's film releases and news. Up for discussion is the Soviet spy thriller, Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence. There's the much feted Chilean drama, A Fantastic Woman, and the Jason Bateman/Rachel Adams comedy thriller, Game Night. And for Film Club, the team reassess Abel Ferrara's gritty 1New York crime flick, King Of New York, starring Christopher Walker and Laurence Fishburne in defining and iconic roles.
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44 min

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