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.
276
Isolation Spectacular: The Girl with All the Gifts
To cap off this exciting excursion off the list, Brendan and Jason examine a film that may be a cautionary tale for our current world situation. Okay... maybe that is a BIT exaggerated but the movie looked intriguing and we needed a reason to watch it, a...
86 min
277
And Now For Something Completely Similar: St. T...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
After the first film which focused on a raucous all-girls school, what's the next logical step? Yes, that's correct: pirates...
80 min
278
And Now For Something Completely Similar: Blow Out
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
This week, the guys breathe a sigh of relief as they discuss Blow Out, Brian De Palma's answer to Antonioni's 60s counter-cu...
85 min
279
And Now For Something Completely Similar: St. T...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
This week, Brendan and Jason don their uniforms for the wild and wacky antics of the girls at one of the worst schools in th...
80 min
280
And Now For Something Completely Similar: Eliza...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
This week, the guys discuss the sequel to the 1998 hit Elizabeth (#71 on the BFI Top 100) aptly titled Elizabeth: The Golden...
81 min
281
And Now For Something Completely Similar: The 3...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
While maintaining social distance, Brendan and Jason discuss the BBC television adaptation of The 39 Steps released in 2008....
73 min
282
And Now For Something Completely Similar: The W...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
With the surprisingly low-ranked and eerie 1973 original The Wicker Man already on the list, Brendan and Jason welcome back ...
81 min
283
And Now For Something Completely Similar: Lawre...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
Following the legendary Lawrence of Arabia (#3 on the list), the guys talk about the follow-up nearly thirty years later - L...
58 min
284
And Now For Something Completely Similar: The R...
Brendan and Jason go back to films somewhat related to movies on the BFI Top 100 with And Now for Something Completely Similar.
First up on the docket is Ken Russell's The Rainbow, an adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's book of the same name and the film tha...
80 min
285
Mini-Episode: 1917
In a departure from the usual claptrap, your hosts take a look at a recent (!) movie in the form of the Oscar-winning film, 1917. Marvel at Jason's encyclopedic knowledge of war history, weigh in on the debate about the "one continuous take" being immers...
35 min
286
The Ladykillers (#13)
It's time to get dark as Brendan and Jason tackle the black comedy The Ladykillers featuring Jason's hottest take on a film thus far! The two also spend most of the episode praising the performances of Alec Guinness and Katie Johnson, they talk about Pet...
74 min
287
Brassed Off (#85)
It's time to get your bassoons, flugels and what-not and talk all about the 90s tale of a poor coal mining town on the brink of mass unemployment - Brassed Off. Brendan and Jason discuss everything in the film including the incredibly misleading marketin...
78 min
288
The Long Good Friday (#21)
British gangsters galore! This week, Brendan and Jason talk all about The Long Good Friday (#21 on the list), the film that established Bob Hoskins as an acting phenomenon. They'll talk all about Hoskins' tour-de-force performance especially during the f...
83 min
289
Shakespeare in Love (#49)
Pre-conceived notions are challenged this week as the guys discuss Shakespeare in Love (#49) aka the flick that won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan. Brendan and Jason also debate the ending, talk about the surprising performance from Ben Affleck, t...
86 min
290
Great Expectations (#5)
Back to David Lean with his take on the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations, which is apparently the FIFTH best British movie of all-time! The guys dive into the early work of Lean and how a seemingly smaller-scale film still brandishes his vast f...
79 min
291
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (#14)
Albert Finney is an angry young man... and he starts off the next batch of 20 movies with the kitchen sink drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Brendan and Jason discuss Finney's earlier acting days, the way in which the film approaches some very del...
74 min
292
Awards and Official Rankings Episode #2
The time has arrived.
Brendan and Jason have covered the next round of 20 films (40 in total!) on the BFI Top 100 and so comes the moment to crown performances, cinematography and... racism? Ah yes, truly the most wonderful time of the year. We also ge...
59 min
293
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (#72)
Teaching is one of the most underrated professions in the entire world and so what could be better to celebrate them than by discussing the 1939 classic, Goodbye Mr. Chips. The guys discuss some of the lamest schoolboy pranks, the performance of Robert D...
84 min
294
Hamlet (#69)
To pod or not to pod? That is the question that Brendan and Jason attempt to answer this week when they discuss the 1948 version of Hamlet (#69 on the list). Is this as worthy as Olivier's Henry V? Are Olivier's interpretations truly the definitive repre...
82 min
295
Brit Picks: Under the Skin
In the conclusion of the Brit Picks mini-series, Brendan and Jason go to the audience and end up discussing the very divisive Jonathan Glazer (again) film, Under the Skin. The fearsome duo end up discussing the very nature of humanity as presented in the...
80 min
296
Tidbit: Jean and Jimmy
In a quick little aside, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien is joined by Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart to ring in the new year!
Brendan and Jason return next week with a full episode as they discuss the final Brit Pick - Under the Skin.
Fu...
6 min
297
Tidbit: Santa Claus Visits the Show
No full episode this week but not to worry because your favourite Southern gentleman, Santa Claus himself, paid the show a little visit to spread some down-home Christmas cheer.
Next week: More nonsense! The show returns with a final edition of Brit Pi...
3 min
298
Brit Picks: Scrooge
In the final full-length episode of 2019, Brendan and Jason talk about a Christmas movie that ought to be in consideration for a revival of the BFI Top 100 - the 1951 television staple Scrooge. Many things are pondered in this episode - are the Cratchett...
73 min
299
Brit Picks: Happy-Go-Lucky
DISCLAIMER: There was a bit of an audio malfunction this week so Jason sounds like he's in another room or very far away. Rest assured, it will be normal going forward after this week's episode. The audio is still fairly clear.
Brendan completely chang...
69 min
300
Brit Picks: Sexy Beast
This week, the guys bring the first of four off-brand episodes with an in-depth discussion of a possible future BFI Top 100 list contender in Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast. Jason makes his case for the possible canonization of this film and they go deep o...
76 min