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Ready For Close-Up
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December 23, 2025
Episode #38 - Our Year in Movies 2025
It's one year later and that time of year again to review our year in movies 2025! Andy and Sam have both had a rich cinematic experience this time round, from attending film festivals and joining the Letterboxd crowd to catching up with both classic cinema and the purportedly best films of the year. They have each picked three personal favourites: Ranging from award season layovers and festival darlings to very recent releases, they finally settle on three shared highlights of the year, all of which deserve the label 'visceral experience' for sure. Listen in and travel through our 2025 in movies with us!
December 28, 2024
Episode #37 - Our Best of 2024!
It's the end of the year again and Andy and Sam have coordinated their Best of 2024 lists of films they loved, admired, marvelled at or were so sickened by that they almost left the cinema! In an epic roundup, they not only talk about the splendid year this has been for the cinematic experience in general, but they discuss in detail their 10 top picks of the year. This (somewhat unexpectedly) includes anything from animated powerhouses to spectacular sequels, gruesome body horror to teenage romance, witchy musicals and sexy tennis pulp to catholic politics. Overall, they find cinema to be in an excellent spot, catching up with delayed releases yet at the same time opening up new avenues for surprising highlights. It's a wrap, 2024, but we can't wait for the new year to dazzle us!
October 28, 2024
Episode #36 - Giallo! When Italian thrillers were all the rage
Giallo was by far the most productive and popular genre of Italian cinema of the 1960 and 70s: Shockingly bloody, daringly sexy and graphically gory murder mystery thrillers were all the rage and sold extremely well internationally, too. Directors like Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and Aldo Lado pushed boundaries with exciting visuals, experimental soundtracks and putting well known stars at the mercy of often leather-gloved or black-cloaked killers. What Andy and Sam find so fascinating is that despite their clear flaws (including terrible dubbing and questionable gender roles), they have proven enormously influential on modern horror thrillers and provide a fascinating glimpse into Italian society coming to terms with institutional repression.
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