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Cine-Lit

87 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Welcome to Cine-Lit, a podcast from the film programming team at QUAD in Derby, United Kingdom.

Hosted by a cinema programmer with a resident cinema expert plus the occasional special guests, they will be exploring a variety of topics from mainstream cinema, the arthouses, and the history of cinema.

Films you know, films you don't know and films you don't know you don't know.

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Episodes

Great Movie Endings

September 06, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

The End Is Nigh! Well, for Cine-Lit it is at least. For this final episode in an almost three-year run, including over 70 podcasts on a crazy range of subjects, we are bringing the curtain down on Cine-Lit. But we couldn't go out with a whimper when we could go out with a bang. Adam and Darrel sit down and talk about Great Movie Endings. And of course, with a great movie ending, there is always the possibility of a great movie resurrection... - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional...

The Trouble With Harry (1955) & The Wrong Man (1956)

August 30, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB

Alfred Hitchcock made some of the most well-respected films of all time, Vertigo currently tops the Sight and Sound list of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time but what about some of Hitch's lesser works? Adam and Darrell take a look at two films shot and released during a particularly purple patch for the director. In the midst of films like Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest and Psycho, these two films seem to stand out like criminals in an identity parade. One is a black comedy while...

Robocop

August 23, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Celebrating 35 years of serving and protecting, Robocop is returning to cinema screens this year and Cine-Lit takes a deep dive into the classic Paul Verhoeven original and the less than successful attempts to replicate the hit. Please note this podcast is free but you should be prepared to "Buy That For A Dollar!" - This episode was originally issued as a Cine-Lit Patreon Subscriber episode in May 2022. - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https:/...

Batman - 1989-1997

August 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB

Cine-Lit hits the mean streets of Gotham City as we rundown the lowdown on that nocturnal crimefighter Batman. As the rich history of Batman is a big subject matter, we break it down and cover Batman from 1989 through to the late nineties. In this episode, we talk about Tim Burton's initial two films, Joel Schumacher's two later films as well as the impact of the Batman: Animated Series on the history and legacy of Batman. Plus, Adam manages to wax lyrical about Prince too! - This episode ...

Reboots, Remakes and Sequels

August 09, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

Cine-Lit ventures into What if territory as we take a free-form look at films that deserve a second crack at Hollywood. Adam and Darrell are joined by QUAD's Fright Club programmer Adam Crowther as they pick some cinematic gems and misfires that could be remade, rebooted or sequelised for new generations. - This episode was originally issued as a Cine-Lit Patreon Subscriber episode in March 2022. - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https://cinelit...

MacGuffin!

July 19, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

It is a term that is bandied about by part-time film lecturers and self-styled academics, but what is it? A term popularised by Alfred Hitchcock, the MacGuffin is the sometime incidental 'thing' that the characters in a film desire, need or are in search of. Adam and Darrell put aside their quest for the Maltese Falcon and run down the 39 steps to get to the bottom of the legendary MacGuffin. - This episode was originally issued as a Cine-Lit Patreon Subscriber episode in February 2022. ...

Vertigo

July 05, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MB

The new Sight And Sound Top 100 Films Of All Time poll that is conducted every ten years, is due in late 2022. In anticipation of this Cine-Lit jumps headfirst into the canon. We begin at the dizzying heights of number one with the film that ended Citizen Kane's 50-year reign at the top, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the Cine-Li...

Twilight's Last Screaming with Author Sean Hogan

June 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

The Cine-Lit team once again delve into the world of fiction as we have author Sean Hogan on the show to tell us all about his new book, Twilight's Last Screaming. This book, like its predecessor, England's Screaming, brings together fictional characters from horror cinema (and beyond) and through a series of short stories tells a new story that spans the history of America and features an eclectic range of cinema's greatest heroes and villains. Twilight's Last Screaming can be purchased d...

Crime Cinema #2 - Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes

June 07, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Cine-Lit finally gets around to continuing its look at Crime Cinema in all its many forms. This time we are taking a look at the scourge of the underworld, the champion of deduction Sherlock Holmes. We are focusing on the run of 14 films made between 1939 - 1946 featuring Basil Rathbone as the Great Detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr John Watson. From direct adaptations to somewhat loose interpretations, from the late 1800s setting to fighting the Nazis, these Holmes mysteries encompass a lot o...

Crime Cinema #2 - Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes

June 07, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Cine-Lit finally gets around to continuing its look at Crime Cinema in all its many forms. This time we are taking a look at the scourge of the underworld, the champion of deduction Sherlock Holmes. We are focusing on the run of 14 films made between 1939 - 1946 featuring Basil Rathbone as the Great Detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr John Watson. From direct adaptations to somewhat loose interpretations, from the late 1800s setting to fighting the Nazis, these Holmes mysteries encompass a lot o...

Fletch / Fletch Lives

May 24, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

With the surprising news that Jon Hamm is starring in a new Fletch film, we thought now was as good a time as any to take a look at this interesting character. Adam and Darrell are joined by Director (and 80s Film enthusiast) Dominic Burns to explore the origins of Fletch. From the novels by Gregory McDonald through to the hit movie Fletch (1985) starring Chevy Chase and the less successful sequel Fletch Lives (1989). - This episode was originally issued as a Cine-Lit Patreon Subscriber e...

Hammer Horror - Unmade Hammer Part 2

May 10, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Cine-Lit continues its adventures in "What If" country as we explore the unmade Hammer projects that were announced, mooted and, in some cases, scripted films, but that languish in the might-have-been archives. In this instalment, we look at the various attempts to bring more vampires back to Hammer with proposed new Count Dracula adventures, an unconventional biopic of Bram Stoker, and attempts to bring to the screen one of the most famous vampires from the world of comics. Also, we talk ab...

Hammer Horror - Unmade Hammer Part 1

April 26, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MB

After covering the Count from Transylvania and Mary Shelley's monstrous creation, Cine-Lit once again cracks open the vault of horror from that most British of institutions, Hammer Films. This time we venture into parts unknown, into a multiverse of Hammer as we discuss a range of much-muted but never completed Hammer productions. In this instalment we discuss an unmade fourth Dick Barton, a non-Nigel Kneale Quatermass, a Richard Matheson scripted I Am Legend, a return to Denis Wheatley's wo...

The Crime Films of Sergio Martino

April 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

Adam and Darrell are joined by Italian horror expert and creator of the Giallo Pages fanzine John Martin to take a trip through six crime thrillers made by director Sergio Martino during the golden age of the Italian Giallo film. We look at the films and Martino's impact on this particularly violent strand of crime thriller, the Giallo. Films covered: The Strange Vice Of Mrs Wardh (1971), The Case Of The Scorpion's Tail (1971), Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972), All T...

What The Dickens? - David Lean's Dickens

March 22, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

David Lean is one of Britain's most celebrated filmmakers, the master of the epic with such classics as Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. But ever the contrarians, Cine-Lit heads back before Lean started to go epic with a pair of films based on the works of Charles Dickens that are among the best ever adapted for film. Adam, Darrell and Rebecca take a closer look at Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948). - This episode was originally issued as a C...

The Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise Part Two

March 01, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

In the second of our podcasts covering the knife-gloved legacy of Freddy Krueger, Adam, Darrell and Adam Crowther of QUAD's Fright Club cover parts IV-VI, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the horror match-up to end them all Freddy Vs. Jason and 2010's ill-judged remake. They also muse on possible future instalments in the wake of the box office success of Halloween Kills and 2022's Scream. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open....

The Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise Part One

February 22, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

In a recording too epic to be constrained by one episode, Cine-Lit explores the films and legacy of the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise over two heart-pounding podcasts. Joining Adam and Darrell is Derby QUAD's Fright Club host and programmer Adam Crowther, as they talk about the man of your dreams, Freddy Krueger! In this first episode, we cover the genesis of the initial instalment, the release of the first film at the tail end of the slasher boom, the rehabilitation of Part II and the r...

The Crime Films Of Stanley Kubrick

February 15, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Before he became KUBRICK and the film criticism world bowed at his feet, director Stanley Kubrick got his foot in the door and established his credentials in two crime films, Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956). Adam and Darrell are joined by film lecturer David Leicester to discuss this brace of films that kickstarted one of the most revered sequences of films in cinema history. - This episode was originally issued as a Cine-Lit Patreon Subscriber episode in August 2021. Become a...

Horror-On-Sea Festival Report

February 08, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB

Cine-Lit goes to the seaside! In a change to the usual format of the podcast, resident expert (and roving reporter) Darrell Buxton tells Adam the history of the Horror-On-Sea festival in Southend and the low budget cinematic gems that have been screening there this past January. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and f...

Francois Truffaut's The Adventures Of Antoine Doinel

January 18, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Cine-Lit heads across the decades and the English Channel to take a deep dive into a five film series from one of the greats of world Cinema. Francois Truffaut's The Adventures of Antoine Doinel is a remarkable series that spans 20 years from the legendary The 400 Blows (1959) through Anotine & Colette (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed And Board (1970) before wrapping up with 1979's Love On The Run. Adam and Darrell are joined by multidisciplinary artist and photographer Camille Relet to tal...

The Scream Franchise

January 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MB

"Do you like scary movies?" In 1996 people didn't until Scream came along and reignited a stale mainstream horror scene. Birthing not just 3 sequels and a spinoff television series Scream also brought the slasher film into the 90s with a string of slashers filling cinema screens. Now in 2022, as the franchise is getting a sequel/relaunch with a new film, Cine-Lit delves into its history ahead of the latest appearance of Ghostface. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/c...

Rob Reiner

January 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 66 MB

With a back catalogue that includes mockumentaries, coming-of-age dramas, comedies, courtroom dramas, psychological thrillers, fantasy, and rom-coms, it is difficult to know where to start with Rob Reiner's career. Adam and Darrell pick out five (or eight) and explore an eclectic and high-quality career covering films like This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally (1989), An American President (1995), plus A Few Good Men (1992), The Sure T...

Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy

December 28, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MB

Just in time for Robert Rodriguez's entry into the Star Wars universe with new Boba Fett series, Cine-Lit takes a look at the birth of Rodriguez's career and the trilogy that established him as a Hollywood director. We look at the lengths Rodriguez went to scramble together the $7000 dollar budget for El Mariachi, to becoming part of a cool indie cinema clique with Quentin Tarantino in the mid 90s, launching the Hollywood careers of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek before rounding off his tr...

Alternative Christmas Films

December 14, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

'Tis the season once again, and sure you'll be revisiting those classic Christmas films like It's A Wonderful Life, Elf, Muppets Christmas Carol, etc. but adventurous viewers come hither, for there is a world of Alternative Christmas Films just waiting to reveal themselves to you. Adam and Darrell are joined by film producer (and self-confessed Christmas nut) Dominic Burns (Jay And Silent Bob Reboot) to offer some alternative Christmas fare. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.pa...

Time Travel (Patreon exclusive episode)

December 01, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

Cine-Lit fires up the Deloreon, warms up the Quantum Accelerator and jumps aboard the TARDIS for the latest episode. We are talking Time Travel devices in Cinema, from hot tubs to police boxes, from weird contraptions to simply falling asleep, we look at the methods in which filmmakers have used to explain the miracle of Time Travel. - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further r...

Hammer Horror - Dracula

November 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

In the second part of Cine-Lit's look at Hammer Horror, Adam and Cine-Lit's resident expert Darrell Buxton are rejoined by Kevin Lyons, Hammer expert and editor of the Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film and Television (www.eofftv.com), to sink their fangs into Hammer's run of Dracula movies. Between 1958 and 1974, Hammer went to places no other Dracula films had gone! - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patre...

Biopics

November 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

As cinemas are currently revisiting the early 90s with Pablo Larrain's Spencer, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the genre of the Biopic. A perennial favourite with filmmakers, audiences and Oscar voters, the Biopic is a unique genre of cinema that casts its net over the wealth of human experience, and includes lots of famous people playing other famous people. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast...

Mad Max

November 02, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Jump in the back seat as Adam and Darrell slow down long enough to discuss the nitro-fuelled franchise that is Mad Max. From 1979's Mad Max, through 1981's Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior), beyond Beyond Thunderdome (1985) to 2015's insanely magnificent Mad Max: Fury Road, this car wrecking, fuel injected, dystopian nightmare of a series has thrilled audiences for over 40 years, wowing fans and winning over critics. Pop your seatbelt and join us! - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://ww...

James Dean

October 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Adam, Rebekah and our resident historian Darrell Buxton discuss the three films that Dean made before his untimely death in 1955 and why he is considered such a cultural icon to this day. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https://cinelitpodcast.wordpress.com. Edited by Steve Woodward at https://p...

Reforming The Image 4: Caribbean Calling - Filmmaking in the Caribbean

October 12, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

For the final podcast of the series, we talk to Sontenish Myers and Melanie Grant about their films Cross My Heart and The Book Of Jasmine, which were both featured in the Caribbean Calling shorts programme, screened as part of the Reforming The Image season at QUAD. Rebekah talks to them about what creatively influenced them growing up as well as the process of making their short films in the Caribbean. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber L...

Hammer Horror - Frankenstein

October 05, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Cine-Lit turns its attention to one of the icons of British Cinema history, Hammer Films and the horror that it was predominantly known for. Adam is joined by resident expert Darrell Buxton and editor of the Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film and Television, Kevin Lyons to discuss the series of Frankenstein films from the legendary company. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274/ - ...

Reforming The Image 3: South Asian Representation on Screen

September 28, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB

Rebekah talks to Caroline Wilson from UNDR LNDN about how she felt about on-screen representation growing up as a British Asian. We look at South Asian representation during the 1990s to now and the people that are changing the narrative. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274/ - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https://cinelitpodcast.w...

Escape From New York and L.A.

September 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Two films celebrating birthdays this year are John Carpenter's Escape films, with the seminal Escape From New York celebrating its 40th Birthday while its much-maligned offspring hits 25 in 2021. Adam and Darrell head into the future of 1997 and 2013 to spend some quality time with Snake Plissken. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the Cine-Lit website for addi...

Reforming The Image 2: Intersectional Representation on Screen

September 14, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

Filmmaker Ian Harnarine, Director of Doubles With Slight Pepper, talks with Rebekah about the process of making his short film while also discussing Intersectional Representation. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274/ - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https://cinelitpodcast.wordpress.com/ Edited by Steve Woodward at https://podcasti...

Escape From New York and L.A. (Patreon advance release)

September 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Two films celebrating birthdays this year are John Carpenter's Escape films, with the seminal Escape From New York celebrating its 40th Birthday while its much-maligned offspring hits 25 in 2021. Adam and Darrell head into the future of 1997 and 2013 to spend some quality time with Snake Plissken.  - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https://cinelitpodcast.wordp...

Bond, James Bond

September 07, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62 MB

It has been the longest time between Bond films since the late 80s but finally, the latest 007 adventure will be hitting cinema screens. Adam and Cine-Lit's resident expert Darrell Buxton are joined by Director (and Bond Mega Fan) Dominic Burns to explore the history of the character from its introduction in the 1950s novels, to the big screen spectacles that established him in popular culture. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - htt...

What The Dickens? - David Lean's Dickens (Patreon exclusive episode)

September 01, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

David Lean is one of Britain's most celebrated filmmakers, the master of the epic with such classics like The Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. But ever the contrarians, Cine-Lit heads back before Lean started to go epic with a pair of films based on the works of Charles Dickens that are among the best ever adapted for film. Adam, Darrell and Rebecca take a closer look at Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948). - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://o...

Reforming The Image 1: Black British Representation On Screen

August 31, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

Rebekah Taylor (Film Officer at QUAD in Derby) and Louise Giadom from All3Media talk about what they felt about on-screen representation growing up Black British. Rebekah and Louise explore what films and television shows they were drawn to growing up and the people that are changing the narrative. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274/ - Check out the Cine-Lit website for ad...

Bond, James Bond (Patreon advance release)

August 31, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61 MB

It has been the longest time between Bond films since the late 80s but finally, the latest 007 adventure will be hitting cinema screens. Adam and Cine-Lit's resident expert Darrell Buxton are joined by Director (and Bond Mega Fan) Dominic Burns to explore the history of the character from its introduction in the 1950s novels, to the big screen spectacles that established him in popular culture. - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274/ - Che...

The French Connection[s]

August 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

It is the 50th Anniversary of the Oscar-winning classic The French Connection. What better time, then, to take a look back and see if the film still holds up! Adam and Darrell head back to the mean streets of 1970s New York for William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971) before hopping the English Channel to France and the moyenne des rue of Marseilles for John Frankenheimer's The French Connection II (1975). - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Sub...

The French Connection[s] (Patreon advance release)

August 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

It is the 50th Anniversary of the Oscar-winning classic The French Connection. What better time, then, to take a look back and see if the film still holds up! Adam and Darrell head back to the mean streets of 1970s New York for William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971) before hopping the English Channel to France and the moyenne des rue of Marseilles for John Frankenheimer's The French Connection II (1975). - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscrib...

Video Nasties

August 10, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 57 MB

To coincide with Prano Bailey-Bond's film Censor, set during the height of the moral panic surrounding Videotapes in the 1980s, Cine-Lit takes a look at the time period when headlines like "Ban Video Sadism!" were commonplace and common sense seemed to go out of the window. Joining Adam and Darrell for this discussion is John Martin, author of the book on Video Nasties "Seduction Of The Gullible." - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscriber Link - h...

Video Nasties (Patreon advance release)

August 03, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56 MB

To coincide with Prano Bailey-Bond's film Censor, set during the height of the moral panic surrounding Videotapes in the 1980s, Cine-Lit takes a look at the time period when headlines like "Ban Video Sadism!" were commonplace and common sense seemed to go out of the window. Joining Adam and Darrell for this discussion is John Martin, author of the book on Video Nasties "Seduction Of The Gullible." - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Ch...

The Crime Films Of Stanley Kubrick (Patreon exclusive episode)

August 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Before he became KUBRICK and the film criticism world bowed at his feet, director Stanley Kubrick got his foot in the door and established his credentials in two crime films, Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956). Adam and Darrell are joined by film lecturer David Leicester to discuss this brace of films that kickstart one of the most revered sequences of films in cinema history. - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/6485274 - Check out the ...

Summer Holidays

July 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Adam and Darrell are joined by film lecturer David Leicester to discuss that particular strand of film, the Summer Holiday movie. In a year where many people don't have the luxury of a summer holiday abroad, Cine-Lit will be your travel guide to an aural trip away. David picks out five British Summer Holiday films for discussion including Holiday Camp (1947), Summertime (1955), Bhaji On The Beach (1993), Movern Callar (2002), and Unrelated (2007). - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://w...

Summer Holidays (Patreon advance release)

July 20, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Adam and Darrell are joined by film lecturer David Leicester to discuss that particular strand of film, the Summer Holiday movie. In a year where many people don't have the luxury of a summer holiday abroad, Cine-Lit will be your travel guide to an aural trip away. David picks out five British Summer Holiday films for discussion including Holiday Camp (1947), Summertime (1955), Bhaji On The Beach (1993), Movern Callar (2002), and Unrelated (2007). - Check out the Cine-Lit website for addit...

Robert Altman

July 13, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

In this episode we take a look at the film career of director Robert Altman. In a film career starting in 1967 (after 16 years in TV), Altman's breakout film was M*A*S*H (1970) which was followed by a string of stellar films throughout his life (with 15 films between 1970 -1980 alone). It is a career rich in common themes and traits in movies like the stellar Nashville (1975), 3 Women (1977), The Long Goodbye (1973) and many more. - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/ci...

Robert Altman (Patreon advance release)

July 06, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MB

In this episode we take a look at the film career of director Robert Altman. In a film career starting in 1967 (after 16 years in TV), Altman's breakout film was M*A*S*H (1970) which was followed by a string of stellar films throughout his life (with 15 films between 1970-1980 alone). It is a career rich in common themes and traits in movies like the stellar Nashville (1975), 3 Women (1977), The Long Goodbye (1973), and many more. - Patreon Subscriber Link - https://open.acast.com/public/p...

Rob Reiner (Patreon exclusive episode)

July 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 65 MB

With a back catalogue that includes mockumentaries, coming-of-age dramas, comedies, courtroom dramas, psychological thrillers, fantasy, and rom-coms, it is difficult to know where to start with Rob Reiner's career. Adam and Darrell pick out five (or eight) and explore an eclectic and high-quality career covering films like This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally (1989), An American President (1995), plus A Few Good Men (1992), The Sure T...

When Musicians Act

June 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

Some musicians take to acting like a duck to water... but then others hit the water and sink fast! For this episode of Cine-Lit, Adam and Darrell are joined by Rob Lane of the Straight To Video podcast (and an actual musician!) to talk about some of the best (and worst) examples of musicians attempting the crossover into acting.  You can check out more of Rob and the Straight To Video Podcast at stvpod.com - Become a Cine-Lit Subscriber - https://www.patreon.com/cinelit Patreon Subscribe...