Time Babble

Hey Babbler!This week we are babbling about River (2023), directed by Junta Yamaguchi, known for his earlier cult hit Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020). This film once again showcases his knack for turning high-concept sci-fi into intimate, character-driven storytelling. We clearly love this film, so you may well (you will) hear us gush with praise, as we reluctantly take it all apart and put it back together again. Like a beautiful time-jigsaw. Or poking a hole through a paper wall. Set in a

Hello dear Babbler and welcome to our next (or previous?) episode. This is also, rather excitingly, the first episode recorded live and completely uncut. Gasp! at our grammatical heresies. Swoon! over our incoherently repetitive and rambling digressions. Thrill! at the moment one of us needs to take a ‘Time Babble comfort break’. This week we bring you Je t’aime, je t’aime (1968) directed by Alain Resnais. Our film is all about Claude (the Riddler) Ridder, who is having a rough time of it. He’s

This week we are babbling about a film that needs no introduction.Which, in a way, is an introduction in itself. But what of it? What do you want from us? Consistency? Clarity? If so, maybe this isn’t the podcast for you… Or is it? Anyway, rambling philosophical questions aside, The Terminator was created (stolen?) in 1984 by a pre-Smurf obsessed little Jimmy Cameron, and features buns of all kinds: Mr Big Buns (obvs), and the two naked tight-tight buns of our post-lightning alley heroes, Arnold

This week we’re babbling about I’ll Never Forget You (1951).The film is a curious mix of sci-fi, noir and costume drama and was directed by Roy Ward Baker of Hammer and Amicus fame. It stars TYRONE POWER (possibly the best name on planet earth) as a man out of time, forever longing to go back and hang out with his ancestors during the ‘Age of Reason’. And so with a flash of lightning, back to a glorious technicolour 18th Century we go. Although it’s not quite as witty and intellectual as TYRONE

Welcome one & all, to Time Babble Series Four!To kick start this new series we invite you to join us in our attempt to change the course of world history. And when ‘we’ say ‘us’ we mean the protagonists of our ’their’ film… This week we are babbling about LOLA (2022), which was made when the world was still in lockdown, and the great plague was rife. The film was directed by Andrew Legge, and stars Emma Appleton alongside Stefanie Martini as two orphaned sisters who invent a magic machine that

Hey groovy cats! Strap on your time belts and join us for the final episode of Series Three. Do we have a treat for you! Well, when we say treat, we really mean: here is a film that no one can quite remember. And that film is Dimension 5 (1966), ‘directed’ by Frank Adreon and starring ‘old blue eyes’ himself, Jeffrey Hunter. The film was part of a series of made-for-television features, although some of them did sneak into cinemas. Our film features not-lifts, copy-cat corridors and art galleries

This week we have a special bonus episode for all you Babblers, as we venture nervously out into what is regularly described as the ‘real world’, for a live time travel theatre experience at the Leeds Playhouse. The Time Machine (2023) is a three person play, created by the Original Theatre company, starring George Kemp as George, Amy Revelle as Amy, and Michael Dylan as Michael. Clever stuff.ENJOY the palpable sense of FEAR of your hosts as they experience live theatre! LISTEN to them cower in

Clasp/cuddle lovingly your existential fear and dread tightly to your chest, and join us, as we explore one of the greatest films ever made: Wild Strawberries (1957), written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film stars many of Bergman regulars; Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, a small yet memorable cameo from Ming von Sydow, and Clive Dunn.The film follows Isak Borg (masterfully played by Victor Sjöström) over 24 hours, as he journeys to receive an honorary degree. On the way