Couple Indemnity

Izzy's next choice is the highly rated Merchant Ivory production The Remains of the Day (1993), based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, about the story of the unexpressed affection between Mr Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) - head butler at an English stately home shortly before World War II - and housekeeper Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson).
Director: James Ivory

For Hal's selection this week, we ventured to London to see the Oscar-nominated period horror film Sinners (2025) on the big screen for the full movie-going experience.

Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal identical brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are encountered by a supernatural evil. 

Director: Ryan Coogler

This week we are delighted to be joined again by Scott Phipps (host of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast, as well as his own shows Reel Britannia, The Stinking Pause and Rainbow Valley podcasts) who has selected Hal and Izzy to review Paper Moon (1973), the wonderfully endearing road comedy-drama starring real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal as protagonists Moze and Addie, who forge an unlikely partnership during the Great Depression.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Izzy's choice has landed on Valentines Day this week so she has decided to go big and select one of her all-time favourites for the podcast with About Time (2013), the British romantic comedy starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. 
At the age of 21, Tim (Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
Director: Richard Curtis

Hal has chosen the second French movie for the podcast this week with Priceless (2006), a romantic comedy starring Audrey Tatou and Gad Elmaleh. 
A shy waiter (Elmaleh) who works at a high-end hotel is mistaken for a young millionaire by the beautiful and intriguing fortune hunter Irene (Tatou). 
Director: Pierre Salvadori