There's some soul searching in this episode as Neil and Dario try and figure out how and why to watch cinema with the world in such a state of flux. Thankfully, the film under focus is apt for this purpose. Down in Falmouth Neil and Kingsley screen and discuss a seminal childhood film for all involved, a film that seems more prescient that ever: Paul Verhoeven's 80s sci-fi classic Robocop.
It seems the enduring relevance of Robocop is on other people's minds at the moment. Check out Abraham Riesman's recent piece for Vulture here.
Also, for more discussion about cinema in an age of repression and confusion and why film matters, check out this brilliant Film Quarterly panel hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Vital listening for these tumultuous times.
(Bonus) Alex Barrett & London Symphony
(Bonus) Brighton CineCity Co-Director Tim Brown
A New Leaf (w/ The Ballad of Shirley Collins filmmakers)
(Bonus) Blade Runner 2049
Crossings 2017
(Bonus) Social Realism?
(Reposting) Ep1 Repo Man
Screenplay Film Festival (With Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams)
Season 6 Trailer
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B. Ruby Rich (also with Club Des Femmes and Yance Ford)
The Levelling (with Hope Dickson Leach & Corrina Antrobus)
The Other Side of Hope (with academic Jaakko Seppälä)
Close-up (with Mania Akbari)
Taxi Driver
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (with director Juho Kuosmanen)
Professor Richard Dyer
Ben Wheatley
Victim (with writer David Blakeslee)
Feminist Surrealism and Film (with Dr Sabina Stent & Dr Felicity Gee)
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