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Reel 47b: Concept Album Musicals, part 2

December 29, 2022 07:17 - 1 hour - 48.8 MB

In this half of the show, we spend nearly an hour talking about Pink Floyd—The Wall, based on the 1979 album The Wall, by Pink Floyd. It was directed by Alan Parker, with animated segments produced by Gerald Scarfe, based on his artwork for the original album. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Next time, we wrap up the musical films with a view from the fan's perspective. First we start with Almost Famous, a film we've wanted to discuss almost since Episode One. Then it's on to 24-Hour Party People, a...

Reel 47a: Concept Album Musicals, part 1

December 29, 2022 07:17 - 39 minutes - 32 MB

It's the last of the "lost" episodes and the second-to-last of the series of musical episodes. In this half we look at 1979's Quadrophenia, based on the 1973 album of the same name by The Who. It's a period piece set in 1964 and it outlines the days leading up to a wild weekend for both the Mods and the Rockers as they descend upon Brighton Beach. This part of the episode also features my 11-month-old grandson, who sat on my lap for most of the time, so you can hear him banging about on st...

SHORT SUBJECT: The BFI 100 Greatest Films Ever, 2022

December 14, 2022 05:13 - 15 minutes - 13 MB

Hey, gang: What we've got here is a brief piece on the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest Films Ever (2022 edition). The BFI has compiled this list every ten years since 1942, drawing on the opinions of film critics worldwide, and the list gets published in their magazine Sight and Sound. Given that the film chosen for the top of the list was rather an unusual one, Sean wanted to take a few minutes to react to that, and to some of the process involved, and Claude, as usual, worked har...

Reel 46b: Bowie Musicals, part 2

December 07, 2022 06:30 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB

In this second half of the show, we take a look at Labyrinth, starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. It's directed by Jim Henson, so you know the bulk of the remaining cast is wearing a lot of felt. COMING ATTRACTIONS: It's the last of the Lost Episodes as we present films that are based on concept albums. First, from 1979 it's Quadrophenia, and then we look at Pink Floyd: The Wall from 1982. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordsandmovies/support

Episode 46a: David Bowie Musicals, part 1

December 07, 2022 06:30 - 44 minutes - 35.7 MB

It's the second of our three "Lost Episodes," and again I think we've covered all of the topics that we did the first time. The downside is that Sean wasn't feeling well when we did this re-record, and you can hear he's missing a little of his usual zip. But don't let that stop you from enjoying our peek at a pair of musicals that have David Bowie in them, and in a singing part, besides. Both of these films are from 1986. Our first entry is Absolute Beginners, directed by Julien Temple. ...

Reel 45b: Before the Revolution, Part 2

November 22, 2022 04:08 - 53 minutes - 43.5 MB

In this half of the episode we take a look at Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by the Coen Brothers. In this case we have a (probably circular) story that takes place shortly before Bob Dylan first gained notoriety in the Greenwich Village area. Llewyn (Oscar Isaac) was once half of a folk duo, but now he's striking out on his own, for reasons which become clear as the film progresses. It's a dark comedy with a lot of interesting coincidences, as Coen Brothers films are wont to be. ...

Reel 45a: Before the Revolution, Part 1

November 22, 2022 04:07 - 48 minutes - 39 MB

From a musical standpoint, there's always a time you can point to and see--in retrospect--that things were about to change in a big way. In this episode we look at a pair of films that take place right before a couple of upheavals in the music industry. And interestingly enough, they take place only a couple of years apart. In this part of the episode, we're looking at Honeydripper, the 2007 film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Danny Glover as a southern bar owner with a ...

Reel 43b: Dublin Calling, Part 2

November 06, 2022 19:06 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

In Part II of our Lost Episode, we look at another musical set in Dublin. It's 2007's Once, written and directed by John Carney, and starring Glen Hansard (see?) and Markéta Irglová, a couple you'll root for throughout the film and never mind that she's got a husband. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In our next episode, we look at two musical films that are period pieces. Specifically, they take place shortly before a seismic shift in the music scene. First, from 2007 is the criminally-underrated Ho...

Reel 43a: Dublin Calling, Part 1

November 06, 2022 19:06 - 46 minutes - 37.4 MB

The Lost Episode has returned! OK, we'll level with you. We had to re-record it. At any rate, this time around we're looking at two musical films that are both set in Dublin, Ireland, and coincidentally (or maybe not--you decide when the dust settles) they share a specific actor. We start with The Commitments in Part 1, the 1991 film directed by Alan Parker. In this film we see a scruffy group of folks who aspire to become a soul band in the Atlantic/Stax/early Motown tradition. The band ...

Reel 44b: When Musicians Direct, Part 2

October 24, 2022 03:57 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

Part Two of our episode takes us to Scotland in 2014 and Stuart Murdoch's film God Help The Girl. "Who is Stuart Murdoch?" you ask. It's a fair question. Murdoch is the leader of the band Belle and Sebastian. And it's worth noting that in 2009 he released an album of a music project he worked on which was also titled God Help The Girl, a collection of songs about girls and young women, sung by female singers. Perhaps the most notable of those would be Catherine Ireton, who performs on abou...

Reel 44a: When Musicians Direct, part 1

October 24, 2022 03:57 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MB

No, you're not missing an episode. We are. We still have no idea how it happened, but our recording of Reel 43 is completely and irrevocably lost. It's disappeared altogether. But take heart: Sean and I are going to re-record the episode and expedite post-production and uploading so nobody loses count (and when Sean says later on "It's Episode 50!" he won't sound weird for saying so). Anyways. This time around we're looking at a pair of movies that were directed by people who are bette...

Reel 42b: Off-Beat Musical Biopics, Part 2

September 19, 2022 01:06 - 50 minutes - 40.9 MB

In this second half of the episode, we look at two major phases of the life of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson in Love and Mercy, a film from 2014 directed by Bill Pohlad. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In our next episode we spend some time in Dublin, with a pair of films that have many points in common, including one that's led to an interesting theory tying them together. First up is The Commitments, Alan Parker's 1991 film about a band's rise and fall. From there we jump to 2007 to talk about a...

Reel 42a: Off-Beat Musical Biopics, Part 1

September 19, 2022 01:05 - 52 minutes - 42.4 MB

In this half of our episode, we spend the better part of an hour talking about 2007's I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' story about the life of Bob Dylan told through the viewpoints of several fictional characters, all of whom represent Dylan during different phases of his life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordsandmovies/support

Reel 41b: In the Record Store, part 2

August 22, 2022 03:19 - 57 minutes - 46.5 MB

With today's episode drop, we're moving into a new mini-block of themed episodes, all of which involve music in one way or another. And in this episode we start where most people did when it came to music back in the day: in the record shop. This despite the fact that by the time either of these films came out, vinyl was considered a more or less quaint format for music. Part 1 featured Empire Records, from 1995. Now we look at High Fidelity (2000), directed by Stephen Frears and starring J...

Reel 41a: In the Record Store

August 22, 2022 03:19 - 49 minutes - 40.1 MB

With today's episode drop, we're moving into a new mini-block of themed episodes, all of which involve music in one way or another. And in this episode we start where most people did when it came to music back in the day: in the record shop. This despite the fact that by the time either of these films came out, vinyl was considered a more or less quaint format for music. We begin with 1995's Empire Records, directed by Allan Moyle and starring a lot of people who weren't honest-to-god stars...

Reel 40b: You Can Like Both, Part 5b

July 04, 2022 04:12 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MB

In this second half of Episode 40, we look at Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line, which spends its time at Guadalcanal, the first major offensive in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. COMING ATTRACTIONS: We're finally breaking away from this series (though we hope you had fun with it) and moving into a bunch of films that have lots of music in them. First, we're taking a trip to the record store to peek in on Empire Records, directed by Allan Moyle and starring a bunch of people s...

Reel 40a: You Can Like Both, Part 5a

July 04, 2022 04:12 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

World War Two may still be the one with the most films made about it. In the final part of our YCLB series, we take a look at two relatively recent films that each concentrate on the time around a specific offensive, though in different theaters. In this first half, we're taking a long look at Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998), which begins with the Normandy Invasion and ends only about a week later (with a couple of modern-day scenes bookending the film). But stay tuned! In ...

Reel 39b: You Can Like Both, Part 4b

June 07, 2022 03:08 - 1 hour - 51.7 MB

As promised, here's the second half of the episode, where we take a deep look at 1983's The Big Chill, co-written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordsandmovies/support

Reel 39a: You Can Like Both, Part 4a

June 07, 2022 03:08 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MB

Our recent decision to release an episode in two parts proved to be rather popular, since we've been getting into Epic Length shows lately. So what you'll see in the future is more of the same: both halves will be released back-to-back, so that you can listen to each segment at your leisure. Plus it should make the downloading go a little bit more quickly. Now, over the next couple of episodes we'll still be talking as though there's going to be a break and then immediate resumption of the...

Reel 38: You Can Like Both, Part 3

May 23, 2022 03:03 - 1 hour - 81.1 MB

We continue our series of films where people are often asked to choose between one and the other, and this time around it's a little clearer WHY there's a choice to be made, but we also argue that You Can Like Both. Really, you can. We don't judge. Usually. Both of these films were released in 1964, so we open up with Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick. On the back end, we have Fail-Safe, directed by Sidney ...

Reel 37b: You Can Like Both, Part 2b

May 09, 2022 03:04 - 58 minutes - 47.5 MB

In which we address the Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life, and how Mary's wish when she breaks the glass kills George's father, causes the Great Depression, sends an angel to prevent George from killing himself and helps raise the money that keeps him out of jail. In short, Mary is the twisted monster responsible for George never leaving Bedford Falls, even if it's "only" to go to prison. OK, we're kidding. We don't talk about any of that. But we still have a great discussion. As no...

Reel 37a: You Can Like Both, Part 2a

May 09, 2022 03:03 - 56 minutes - 45.4 MB

When Sean first proposed this series of episodes, and the film pairs that would be involved, Claude was kind of baffled with this particular one. Both of these films are amazing, and why would anyone be forced to choose between them? They have different subject matter, different directors, different storylines...about the only thing they have in common is that they were both released in 1946. But apparently the either/or for these films is a thing, so here we are. Both The Best Years of ...

Bonus Audio: Sean Takes on the Auteur Theory

May 03, 2022 02:54 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

This one isn't an outtake so much as it is a little bit of extra stuff we did after recording Episode 36. But we made the template and we're gonna keep using it. In this clip, Sean had some comments about Auteur Theory when it comes to film, and Claude mostly let him do his thing, though there's a small portion in there where he gets to say his piece as well. Enjoy! Episode 37 will be out in just a few days. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordsandmov...

Reel 36: You Can Like Both, Part 1

April 23, 2022 00:41 - 1 hour - 90.4 MB

Once in awhile, people get weirdly divided in their loyalties to things: Coke vs. Pepsi, Star Wars vs. Star Trek, Ford vs. Chevy, Harleys vs. Hondas, and so on. What we don't really get is how comparisons like this apply to movies. You can like this film or that film, but there's something inherently wrong with you if you like both of them. Well, we're here to explain to you exactly the opposite: two films can have different approaches to a similar theme, but you can, in fact, like both of...

Short Subject: Reel 35 Outtake

April 14, 2022 01:49 - 10 minutes - 8.8 MB

This was a chunk of Episode 35 that went off-topic and we decided to cut it for time, but also thought most of what was said was actually kind of important. So we present you with this Bonus audio, to keep your appetite whetted. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordsandmovies/support

Reel 35: Scorsese and Christianity

April 08, 2022 05:48 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

Martin Scorsese has never shied away from the fact that he is a Catholic, and that his religion oftentimes informs his work. There are few places where it's more overt than in the two films we cover this week. First we have 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ, which portrays a side of Jesus (Willem Dafoe) that many of us suspected he had, but most of which is never portrayed in the Bible. Roughly the last third of the film gives us a "what if" scenario that had a lot of religious conserva...

Reel 34: Epic Altman

March 25, 2022 04:28 - 1 hour - 80.4 MB

In which we take nearly six hours of film and reduce it to about eleven minutes of synopses and and hour or so of scintillating discussion. Robert Altman's work had a lot of "trademarks" that delineated his films: overlapping dialogue, huge casts, multiple storylines and a way to subvert whatever genre he was working in. And in this episode we look at a pair of epic-length films which do nearly all of these, but there's an interesting difference between the two. In 1975's Nashville, Altm...

Reel 33: Modern-Day Kurosawa

March 10, 2022 05:27 - 1 hour - 71.1 MB

By "Modern-Day" we meant that we're looking at a pair of films that aren't the period pieces for which Akira Kurosawa is so well-known, but rather films that are set in the present day. First on your screen is 1949's Stray Dog, a police drama that follows a young detective trying hard to undo a mistake he'd made. Then we jump to 1963's High and Low, which starts out as corporate intrigue but quickly morphs into a taut thriller. Both films feature Toshiro Mifune, because Akira Kurosawa. C...

Reel 32: Cop & Crook Team Up

February 24, 2022 17:59 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

In this episode we first take a look at The Killer, a film from 1989 directed by John Woo. It stars Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee and Sally Yeh, and nobody's motivation is what you think it is. Are people acting out of malice, avarice, guilt or something else? From there we move to 2002 and So Close, directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, Zhao Wei and Karen Mok. Once again, everyone has some deeply buried motives. Perhaps they're so deep that they're only released through subtext. You really...

Reel 31: Pacino and DeNiro Together

February 09, 2022 05:21 - 1 hour - 71.7 MB

It's not our worst title, but it does get to the point. Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro appeared in four films together. And that's if you count The Godfather Part II, in which they shared zero screen time because they appeared in separate timelines. So that really makes three, including a 2008 movie called Righteous Kill, which was bad enough that even Robert DeNiro regretted making it. And he was in What Just Happened the same year, so. Maybe 2008 just wasn't Robert DeNiro's Year of Qualit...

Reel 30: Elmore Leonard

January 21, 2022 05:58 - 1 hour - 85.2 MB

In this episode we're looking at two of the better examples of films based on Leonard's novels. First we're watching Jackie Brown (1997) directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Pam Grier. Jackie Brown is based on his 1992 novel Rum Punch. There are a bunch of actors in this film who you may think at first are badly miscast, but as you settle in you discover just how right they were for the parts they're playing. After that we move on to Out of Sight (1998), directed by Steven Soderbergh ...

Reel 29: Pictures From a Revolution

January 06, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MB

We've got another overstuffed episode this time around as we take a look at two films from 1967. First up is BONNIE AND CLYDE, directed by Arthur Penn and starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. It's a romanticized (Claude can spell it, but he can't say it) version of the story of a pair of outlaws who came to a violent end (as so many of them do). It's also the source of a bunch of tropes, from a Film Language standpoint. But that's not to take away from the impact that our other film, T...

Reel 28: Miracle Movies

December 26, 2021 05:59 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB

Happy Holidays! This episode features a couple of films that have a Christmas component and happen to have "Miracle" in the title. First we look at the 1944 screwball comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, directed by Preston Sturges. From there it's on to Miracle on 34th Street, the 1947 film directed by George Seaton. Also of note is that Claude was actually RIGHT about Kris Kringle bopping Sawyer on the head with an umbrella. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In our first episode of 2022, we're go...

Reel 27: Gangsters Fighting Nazis

December 09, 2021 03:51 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

Back in the World War II era, the Nazi Party was so unpopular that even the organized crime syndicates didn't care for them. (No kidding, you can look it up. Start with Meyer Lansky and the Jewish Mob in the early 1930s.) And the idea of gangsters defending their territory as "good guys" made its way to Hollywood and a couple of films featuring mob figures fighting against Nazis came out until the Hays Code reached out and noted that villains in films shouldn't be portrayed as heroes, never ...

Reel 26: Life During Wartime

November 25, 2021 08:10 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

Strap in, because we're in for a funky ride. In this episode we're looking at two films that each feature a married couple and how they cope with a wartime situation. In 1967's Weekend, Jean-Luc Godard gives us a truly awful couple in Corinne and Roland, each of whom is already plotting to kill the other as the film begins. The film as a whole is a funhouse mirror of a look at a general breakdown of society. This is NOT a film for the squeamish, and yet it's darkly comic all the way throug...

Reel 25: 1970s Conspiracy Thrillers

November 09, 2021 20:27 - 1 hour - 86.7 MB

In the 1970s, theories abounded when it came to the question of the 1963 Kennedy assassination. It probably wasn't the beginning of the Conspiracy Theory Crowd, but things certainly accelerated from there. And of course some of this stuff boiled over into Hollywood, which made a few films that touched on the events of November 22, 1963, often in the form of thinly-veiled stories. In this episode we're looking at two of them: 1974's The Parallax View, directed by Alan J. Pakula, and Winter ...

Reel 24: Foreign Correspondents

October 28, 2021 06:34 - 1 hour - 81.1 MB

There are a lot of American films that have covered wars from the point of view of the soldier. In this episode, we cover a pair of films that covered real-life wars from the point of view of the journalists who were sent to cover the events. Unfortunately these journalists learn that it's tough to be objective when they discover that they're taking sides just a little more than they initially thought. First we have Under Fire (1983), directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Nick Nolte,...

Reel 23: Little Womens

October 14, 2021 04:40 - 1 hour - 101 MB

We've got a righteously overstuffed episode this week as we look at three (and briefly a fourth) screen adaptations of Lousa May Alcott's Little Women. We start with the 1933 version directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo March. Then we take a glancing blow at the 1949 adaptation before moving on to 1994's version, which was directed by Gillian Armstrong and stars Winona Ryder. Finally we wrap up with the 2019 edition, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Rona...

Reel 22: Southern Stories

September 28, 2021 05:09 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

Join us as we travel south to examine life in a couple of small towns. FIrst we're in a nondescript mid-Texas town in 1976, in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993), a bittersweet comedy that follows a bunch of teenagers through the first day of summer vacation. Next, we move to the Florida Panhandle, but don't worry, it won't be crowded because it's the off-season. Ruby in Paradise, written and directed by Victor Nunez and also from 1993, gives us the story of a young woman who's ...

Reel 21: Ex-Spies

September 14, 2021 02:45 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

We have a pretty packed episode, as Sean shares a bunch of film history in the first half, all of which ties to the first of our films in this episode. First up on your projector is Ronin, from 1998, directed by John Frankenheimer. That gives us plenty of room to just sit back and enjoy the ride when we talk about Duplicity (2009), written and directed by Tony Gilroy. Each film takes a vastly different look at the post-service lives of spies. What do they do when they're no longer government...

Reel 20: Depression Comedies

August 30, 2021 04:35 - 1 hour - 78 MB

In this episode we take a look at a pair of comedies that are set during the Great Depression: Sullivan's Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, directed by the Coen Brothers. And while they couldn't be more different in overall content, they have many, MANY things in common. It's an overstuffed episode and we probably only scratched the surface. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In Reel 21 we look at the lives of some ex-spies and see how they're getting on. First up is...

Reel 19: War is Absurd

August 15, 2021 20:14 - 1 hour - 71.1 MB

Sean went to Boston and DIDN'T HAVE CLAM CHOWDER. Claude went to Nashville to attend a podcasting conference. We've had a busy few weeks, gang. But here's Reel 19, where we take on The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933), directed by Leo McCarey, and Mike Nichols' Catch-22 (1970). Each film highlights the absurdities of war--how they start and how crazy it gets once you're in the thick of it. COMING ATTRACTIONS: When Reel 20 is racked up, we'll be looking at Sullivan's Travels and O Broth...

Reel 18: It's How You Play the Game

July 25, 2021 06:14 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

This episode nearly didn't make it to you, several times. The universe may have been conspiring against us. And that's a shame because this is one over-stuffed show. In this episode we take on 1988's Bull Durham, written and directed by Ron Shelton. Shelton's experience as a ballplayer shows in the minute details he presents to the viewer. After that, we move on to Without Limits, directed by Robert Towne. It relates the story of Steve Prefontaine, a phenomenal track star of the early 1970...

Reel 17: Foreign Exchange, Part 4

June 30, 2021 05:15 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Sean and Claude close out their series on foreign films and their English-language remakes with this look at another Akira Kurosawa movie, Yojimbo (1961), and its English remake, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), directed by Sergio Leone. It's pretty clear that Kurosawa has grown since 1954's Seven Samurai, and we talk a little more about how Kurosawa and Hollywood managed to affect and inform each other's work. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In Reel 18 we look at a pair of sports movies, but not the us...

Reel 16: Foreign Exchange, Part 3

June 01, 2021 05:20 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

For this episode you're going to need a lot of popcorn, movie fans, because this is an overstuffed show where we discuss a couple of very long movies. Combined, they're clocking in at over five hours and change. First up is the 1954 film Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It's a favorite of both Sean and Claude, and pretty much anyone else who happens to be somebody. Seven Samurai's influence can be seen in many, many films, from the basic plot structure to the numerous character tr...

Bonus Track #2

May 27, 2021 02:52 - 2 minutes - 2.77 MB

Another outtake track, where I start complaining about the state of arts schools in this part of the country. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wordsandmovies/support

Reel 15: Foreign Exchange, Part 2

May 19, 2021 06:09 - 1 hour - 76.8 MB

Our look at non-English language films and their English counterparts continues with a review of the films Infernal Affairs (2002), co-directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. and The Departed, the 2006 film directed by Martin Scorsese. In this case the films aren't clones of one another to the extent that we saw in the last episode, but the storylines remain quite close despite the big cultural jump from Hong Kong to Boston. But whether you watch it in English or in Chinese (or both—no reason ...

Bonus Track

May 04, 2021 03:27 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MB

Hi there: This is an outtake from our past episode that I had to cut because the episode was running so long. But it was just amusing enough that I thought you'd find it fun. The only sad part is that you don't get to see Sean's face, looking for a way to respond to my weird little rant before he finally finds his answer. Stuff like this is why I think I may have adult ADHD, because he puts up with stuff like this more often than anyone should have to, without getting paid for it. --- ...

Reel 14: Foreign Exchange, Part 1

April 28, 2021 04:47 - 1 hour - 77.2 MB

As we noted last week, we're accelerating the rate of episode releases for a couple of weeks to make up for the lengthy gap in our recent output. This week is the first of a series of films in which we look at both the foreign original version and compare it to the American English edition. This week we're looking at Abre los Ojos ("Open Your Eyes") and Vanilla Sky. Abre los Ojos is a 1997 film directed by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Eduardo Noriega and Penelope Cruz. Vanilla Sky is a 200...

Reel 13: Love, Maybe

April 21, 2021 03:44 - 1 hour - 84.3 MB

So, where have we been? Actually, it's Claude's fault that the episode is so late. What with school reopening, plus some personal drama coming from a couple of directions, it's been a rough few weeks and apologies all around. To make up for it, Reel 14 will also be coming out in no more than a couple of days. At any rate, this time around we've got a couple of wonderful, bittersweet films that explore relationships between a man and a woman that go deep enough that one could even use the w...