This week, we discuss two films from acclaimed director Jane Campion.

The first is In the Cut (2003), a psychological thriller that delves into desire and danger as a woman becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

The second is The Piano (1993), which tells the haunting story of a mute pianist whose arranged marriage in colonial New Zealand ignites a turbulent journey of passion and autonomy.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound, Wild Zero, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Matewan

In the Cut (00:15:30)

The Piano (00:47:00)

Coin toss (01:14:00)

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This week, we discuss two depressing Scandinavian films.

The first is Aniara (2018), which follows a spaceship of passengers drifting hopelessly through space, confronting existential despair after veering off course.

The second is Melancholia (2011), which centres on two sisters grappling with personal and cosmic doom as a rogue planet threatens to destroy Earth.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Andor season two, Rogue One

Aniara (00:35:30)

Melancholia (00:52:10)

Coin toss (01:15:50)

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This week, we discuss two films starring Jack Nicholson.

The first is The Witches of Eastwick (1987), which blends dark comedy and supernatural chaos as three women discover their powers, and a devilish visitor, in a small town.

The second is Terms of Endearment (1983), which traces the complex, tender and often turbulent bond between a mother and daughter over decades of love and loss.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – Dig! XX, Sinners, Thunderbolts*, A Real Pain, Warfare

The Witches of Eastwick (00:32:00)

Terms of Endearment (01:04:45)

Coin toss (01:36:15)

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This week, we discuss two Martin Scorsese films dealing with Christianity.

The first is The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which presents a deeply human portrait of Jesus, torn between divine duty and earthly desires.

The second is Silence (2016), which follows two Jesuit priests facing persecution and crisis of faith while searching for their mentor in 17th-century Japan.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:03) – Civil War, Drop, Spotlight

The Last Temptation of Christ (00:26:20)

Silence (00:59:53)

Coin toss (01:33:00)

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This week, we discuss two American sports films from 1979.

The first is North Dallas Forty (1979), which exposes the gritty underside of professional American football, where painkillers, politics and profit overshadow the game

The second is Breaking Away (1979), which follows a group of working-class friends navigating identity, dreams and class divisions in a college town through the lens of competitive cycling.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – The Last of Us S02E01, Interstellar, Black Mirror season seven, The French Dispatch

North Dallas Forty (00:35:43)

Breaking Away (01:04:15)

Coin toss (01:34:40)

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Limmy - How American sports sound to me - https://youtu.be/Gz2SX5dwO84?feature=shared

This week, we discuss two classic British films from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

The first is Black Narcissus (1947), which explores the psychological unraveling of nuns in a remote Himalayan convent as desire and isolation take hold.

The second is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), which traces the life of a British officer through love, war and friendship, challenging ideas of honour and aging.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – Andor season one, The White Lotus season three, The Amateur, Sully

Black Narcissus (00:28:00)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (00:46:00)

Coin toss (01:06:30)

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This week, we discuss two historical dramas about political resistance.

The first is Peterloo (2018), which tells the harrowing story of the 1819 massacre in Manchester, where peaceful protesters were met with deadly force while demanding political reform.

The second is The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006), which follows two brothers caught on opposite sides of Ireland’s fight for independence and the ensuing civil war.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – Better Call Saul, Threads, Big Hero 6, Small Things Like These, A Complete Unknown

Peterloo (00:39:20)

The Wind that Shakes the Barley (01:06:40)

Coin toss (01:33:35)

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This week, we discuss two horror films from director Tobe Hooper.

The first is The Funhouse (1981), which follows a group of teens who sneak into a carnival funhouse for a night of thrills, only to be hunted by a monstrous killer lurking within.

The second is Poltergeist (1982), which tells the story of a suburban family whose home becomes haunted by vengeful spirits, leading to a desperate fight to rescue their youngest daughter from the supernatural realm.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:00) – The Last of the Mohicans, Novocaine, The Irishman, Breaker Morant, Fourth of July, The Beatles: Get Back, Beautiful Boy, Emilia Perez

The Funhouse (00:33:10)

Poltergeist (00:52:45)

Coin toss (01:16:48)

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