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)
Links
Instagram -
@callitfriendopodcast
@munnywales
@andyjayritchie
Letterboxd –
@andycifpod
@fat-tits mcmahon
Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com
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174. The Witches of Eastwick (1987) & Terms of Endearment (1983)
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)
Links
Instagram -
@callitfriendopodcast
@munnywales
@andyjayritchie
Letterboxd –
@andycifpod
@fat-tits mcmahon
Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com
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173. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) & Silence (2016)
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)
Links
Instagram -
@callitfriendopodcast
@munnywales
@andyjayritchie
Letterboxd –
@andycifpod
@fat-tits mcmahon
Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com
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1:38:35
172. North Dallas Forty (1979) & Breaking Away (1979)
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)
Links
Instagram -
@callitfriendopodcast
@munnywales
@andyjayritchie
Letterboxd –
@andycifpod
@fat-tits mcmahon
Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com
Limmy - How American sports sound to me - https://youtu.be/Gz2SX5dwO84?feature=shared
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171. Black Narcissus (1947) & The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
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)
Links
Instagram -
@callitfriendopodcast
@munnywales
@andyjayritchie
Letterboxd –
@andycifpod
@fat-tits mcmahon
Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com
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