For Screen and Country
Brendan and Jason dive into the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films of All-Time list. What does that mean? Well, they'll be exploring each film's significance, if it deserves its place in history and answering questions and comments from you, the listeners.
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And Now For Something Completely Similar: Alfie...
Brendan and Jason revisit an old classic by discussing the REMAKE of Alfie!
91 min
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For Screen and Country Presents: What Were They...
Jason is away so please enjoy an episode of "What Were They Thinking?" where Jason guested to talk about "Hackers"
103 min
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Peeping Tom (#78) (w/Everything I Learned from ...
Brendan and Jason welcome Steve and Izzy back to the show to talk about the only remaining horror film on the list - "Peeping Tom."
101 min
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In Which We Serve (#92)
Time to go to war... again!
85 min
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The Dam Busters (#68)
Brendan and Jason go to war with the Dam Busters!
108 min
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Educating Rita (#84)
The guys break down Lewis Gilbert's take on the school system with "Educating Rita."
93 min
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Awards and Official Rankings Episode #3
More awards to be given out for the latest batch of 20 movies!
72 min
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Chariots of Fire (#19)
It's a movie all about running real fast... and faith.
100 min
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A Hard Day's Night (#88)
It's a HUGE jam-packed episode this week as Brendan and Jason discuss A Hard Day's Night and get into a lot of topics like the realistic rapid-fire rapport between the lads from Liverpool, Paul's grandfather as a representation for vice and/or sin, the f...
132 min
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A Matter of Life and Death (#20)
The guys get to discuss their third Powell & Pressburger offering and... could it be the best one thus far? Many things are debated and discussed in this episode including the use of a camera obscura, whether the film's plot is real or meant to be the vi...
88 min
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Genevieve (#86)
Vroom! Vroom! Honk! Honk! Get out of our way! Brendan and Jason talk all about the 1953 road movie Genevieve - a perfect example of a quaint film with today's modern lens that certainly would have been somewhat scandalous when it was released. The guys t...
94 min
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Gregory's Girl (#30)
This week, the guys talk about Gregory's Girl and much like the previous film, they are delighted to find some real strong female characters in this one. They discuss the arc of Gregory and compare him to title characters in Animal House and Revenge of t...
91 min
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Fires Were Started (#89)
This week, the guys return to the list with a very different type of film: Humphrey Jennings' docudrama about firefighters during the Blitz in WWII - Fires Were Started. The guys appreciate the way in which the film shifts its focus evenly between the fi...
60 min
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Brit Picks: The Gentlemen
For the final Brit Pick, the guys go back to an older request on Twitter and cover Guy Ritchie's surprise hit from earlier this year, The Gentlemen. Is it a return to form? Is Ritchie clinging too much to his old style or does he impart some wisdom he's ...
74 min
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Brit Picks: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This week, Jason presents his Brit Pick in the form of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and all its quotable silliness. The guys debate which Monty Python film should go on the list, they sing the praises of the unheralded Carol Cleveland, discuss the rea...
80 min
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Brit Picks: Paddington 2
For the first episode in our three-part Brit Picks series, Brendan brings forth the most critically-acclaimed sequel in recent memory (or possibly ever) known as Paddington 2. The guys talk about the beautiful colour palette in the movie, Hugh Grant's cr...
89 min
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The Servant (#22)
This week, Brendan and Jason watch a tale about a butler who is... much different from Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day. The year is 1963 and Dirk Bogarde is a sinister man with a plan up his sleeve in The Servant. The guys discuss some of the m...
89 min
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Alfie (#33)
What's it all about? That's the question about life that Brendan and Jason attempt to answer as they roll through the swingin' sixties with the 1966 hit Alfie. The guys debate about how the film plays through the view of a modern lens, they examine each ...
92 min
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Whisky Galore (#24)
Time to drink your socks off, kids! Brendan and Jason travel to the island of Todday to discover a bunch of very sad alcoholics that have run out of whisky! But it's an Ealing Comedy so it's funny! You'll chuckle at the ineptitude of Captain Waggett and ...
92 min
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Hope and Glory (#90)
This week, your hosts get in the bunker and brace themselves for John Boorman's tale of childhood wonder whilst living through the horrors of WWII in London with Hope and Glory. They discuss how the film takes a wholly refreshing spin on the typical 'war...
86 min
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The Day of the Jackal (#74)
Take aim as Brendan and Jason talk all about the meticulous attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle in the sniper thriller The Day of the Jackal. Could this film have influenced All the President's Men in some way as a procedural thriller? What diff...
94 min
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The Remains of the Day (#64)
Let us serve you up with another episode as Brendan and Jason delve into the Merchant Ivory classic The Remains of the Day about a loyal-to-a-fault butler and his staff. The guys wonder if Mr. Stevens truly has an opinion or if it's just repressed, they ...
92 min
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#PodcastBlackout
Hey guys. Thanks for continuing to listen to and supporting this show and we'll get back to our regularly scheduled episodes next week but we thought it would be important to show some solidarity and join in on the #PodcastBlackout. Please stay safe and ...
24 min
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The Red Shoes (#9)
Put on your dancing shoes as Brendan and Jason tappity-tap into your hearts with their second Powell and Pressburger film - The Red Shoes (#9 on the list). This discussion includes a breakdown of the highly controversial 15-minute ballet sequence, the gu...
97 min
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Brief Encounter (#2)
Is this one of the most realistic portrayals of romance in film history? Brendan and Jason debate that this week during their discussion of David Lean's "Brief Encounter" (#2 on the list). They also talk about the subplot that nicely mirrors the main lov...
87 min