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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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
327
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
328
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
329
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
330
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
331
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
332
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
333
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
334
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
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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
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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
337
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
338
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
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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
340
Gandhi (#34)
It's time for another epic as Brendan and Jason tackle the 1982 Richard Attenborough-directed biopic Gandhi. Is this one of the best performances of all-time with Ben Kingsley's Oscar-winning acting? Do the guys differ on their opinions of the movie as a...
85 min
341
Dr. No (#41)
This week, Brendan and Jason go back to the James Bond well with the movie that started it all - Dr. No. There were things that didn't hold up very well in Goldfinger but did this movie have more of the same? Were Jason's worries put to rest with there b...
103 min
342
Caravaggio (#93)
This week, the guys investigate a very strange sort of biopic where anachronisms matter not and historical accuracy be damned! Derek Jarman's strange spectacle Caravaggio is dissected (insofar as much as the guys can parse the happenings in it) while spe...
76 min
343
The Crying Game (#26)
This week, Brendan and Jason learn all there is to know about The Crying Game with #26 on the BFI Top 100. It's a film that was considered revolutionary at the time for its stance on gender politics but does it stand the test of time or is it dated in 20...
104 min
344
The Wicker Man (#96)
Happy Halloween! In celebration of the spookiest time of year, Brendan and Jason decide to talk all about The Wicker Man - the 1973 cult classic that inspired the Nicolas Cage remake. Is this film arguably just as weird as the film that succeeded it? O...
88 min
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Mini-Episode - Downton Abbey and Other Feats
A little side hustle...
In a bit of an excursion, Brendan and Jason take a week off from the list to discuss the new Downton Abbey film and also talk about other TV shows that have been adapted to the big-screen. What is the secret to making them great...
30 min
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The Belles of St. Trinian's (#94)
Bad News Bears... kinda. This week, Brendan and Jason go back to the more obscure flicks (at least to these doe-eyed Canucks) with 1954's The Belles of St. Trinian's. Much discussion is had about Alastair Sim and his amazing dual performance, the chara...
71 min
347
Elizabeth (#71)
Bow before your majesty! This week, Brendan and Jason dive into the second-most-recently released film on the list - 1998's Elizabeth. The guys discuss the large amount of historical inaccuracies and if it takes away from the film's quality or not, th...
94 min
348
Passport to Pimlico (#63)
What if you suddenly realized you were a foreigner in your own land?! That's what happens in this week's film as residents of a small town called Pimlico suddenly come in possession of a document that proves that they are indeed betrothed to Burgundy, ...
75 min
349
Lawrence of Arabia (#3)
EPIC. The long wait is over as Brendan and Jason finally tackle the David Lean epic to end all epics - Lawrence of Arabia. The film is dissected inside and out from the slightly problematic casting to the amazing performance by Peter O'Toole, the film'...
91 min
350
I'm All Right Jack (#47)
Down. With. Unions. This week, Brendan and Jason talk about I'm All Right Jack, an even-handed comedic attack on unions and labour bosses as well as government and corporations. The discussion ranges everywhere from the amazing performance from Peter S...
89 min