On this week's Reel Talk: Jonathan and Honey head to the cinema to see the new release Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Honey visits her favourite cinema to see Hoard and Jonathan can't make it through the new Amazon Prime movie Atlas.The pair also talk medieval cat art and Honey recounts her weekend dressed in a fake moustache and jodhpurs.Remember, if you want to get involved you can email us at reeltalk@global.comListen and subscribe to Reel Talk on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 139 marks something of a first as Chris and Alex play ‘The Fantasy Adventure Board Game’ Dungeons & Dragons originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974, taking on its array of characters, weapons, and quests live during the podcast with special guest (and Dungeon Master) Dr Cat Mahoney, Derby Fellow in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool. Cat is the co-editor with Jilly Boyce Kay and Caitlin Shaw of The Past in Visual Culture Essays on

KICK OFF THE SUNDAY SHOES... Ooh-wee, Marie, we're doing another big movie song! This episode is all about Kevin Bacon's starring turn in Footloose. Shockingly, this one has the iconic "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, as well as "Let's Hear It For The Boy" by Deniece Williams amongst other songs. Alex's cat steals in the show in the post-credits, Ben takes offence at a quiche and Dietrich is not having a good time. Find us on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram &

The creatures dive into the lurid and wonderful world of Sergio Martino with his Black Cat adaptation Your Vice Is A Locked Room and Only I Have The Key. They discuss the masters of Italian film and adaptive screenwriting, as well as cats who eat eyes. cw: SA

"You brought men to the fight?" This week we're looking at some Japanese exploitation films starting with Pinky Violence and the delightful Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss.

On this week's Reel Talk: Honey and Jonathan unpick one of the current Netflix favourites 3 Body Problem, Honey heads to the cinema to watch the religious-horror Immaculate and the two binge Season 3 of Girls5eva.Jonathan is contemplating going on cat-cage rest and the pair rank priest hotness on a scale from Andrew Scott's sexy Fleabag priest to Russell Crowe saying 'cuckoo'. It's a complicated grading system.Remember, if you want to get involved you can email us at reeltalk@global.comListen and

The creatures are back in Japan for the Gothic B&W classic Kuroneko. They discuss the term "Lynchian", touch on the Oscars and hash out editing techniques across cultures.   cw: SA

The cats are back to tackle a double-feature: one shadowy classic of psychological horror and one erotic fantasy set to incendiary David Bowie tunes. And they're both called Cat People! Black Cat Strut continues here on HFC.   cw: incest

David Hast and Scott Vander Werf explore the horror films of producer Val Lewton. From ‘Cat People’ and ‘I Walked With a Zombie’ to ‘The Leopard Man’ and ‘Bedlam,’ Lewton produced 9 movies for RKO Pictures in the 1940’s that stand alone among genre classics

The Black Movie Podcast - S2E9 - Shaft (2000)They say this cat James is a bad mother (Shut your mouth). But he's just talking about Shaft. That's right this week James and the crew are not coping out and break down the 2000 classic Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale, and a deranged performance by Jeffrey Wright. Learn more: IMDB} Where to Watch: Paramount+ (Stream), AppleTV (rent) Who knew that when you schedule something for the 29th in 2023 it doesn't go out until

In this brand new non-canon miniseries, the creatures are paying tribute to their nocturnal feline friends with nine monumental cat movies. The first insallment is an analysis of Edgar G. Ulmer's The Black Cat, starring legends Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. The creatures also tackle Flash Gordon, Argylle and Profondo Rosso as they streeeetch out and watch a Universal classic.

We begin Romance Month with one of the most unconventional romantic films of all time with one hell of a soundtrack: Harold and Maude. Adam's Corners Adam Long joins the episode to talk all about Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, and that soundtrack by Cat Stevens.Written by Colin Higgins as his senior film thesis, it follows the titular Harold and Maude, one obsessed with death, one obsessed with living life, as they fall in love. To say its an unconventional relationship may be to understate the genuine

Val Lewton, producteur poète et visionnaire, a révolutionné le cinéma d'horreur en produisant seulement 11 films.👻🎬Son style unique se fonde sur une esthétique de la suggestion et une poésie empreinte de symbolisme. 📚💫En s’entourant de talents comme les cinéastes Jacques Tourneur ou Robert Wise, Val Lewton a réussi à faire de l’unité B des studios RKO une machine à succès avec des chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique comme Cat People( La Féline), I Walked with a Zombie (Vaudou) et The Leopard Man

If I want a promotion, I better make sure I don't diss a gypsy or they might just... Drag Me to Hell (2009) Join Davis Dillingham & Ryan King as they discuss Sam Raimi's unique cinematic campy style, Mrs. Ganush's disgusting throat sludge & unnecessary cat killings. In addition, what are the scariest & funniest moments in the movie? Who do we think won (People who don't take care of their business vs. Equality) and lost (Clay vs. Ganush's dentures) the sequel? What

En aquest capítol podeu escoltar: "Les neus del Kilimanjaro", "Duel al fons del mar", "Sinuhé, l'egipci" i "El príncep dels actors". Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) està considerat un dels grans compositors de música de cinema de tots els temps; artífex i pioner d'una nova manera de concebre el tractament sonor de les imatges. Es va iniciar de ben jove com a autor de música per a programes radiofònics i dramàtics, col·laborant amb Orson Welles, que li va demanar també la banda sonora per a la seva

En aquest capítol podeu escoltar: "El fantasma i la senyora Muir", "Ultimàtum a la terra" i "On dangerous ground". Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) està considerat un dels grans compositors de música de cinema de tots els temps; artífex i pioner d'una nova manera de concebre el tractament sonor de les imatges. Es va iniciar de ben jove com a autor de música per a programes radiofònics i dramàtics, col·laborant amb Orson Welles, que li va demanar també la banda sonora per a la seva primera producció,

En aquest capítol podeu escoltar: "Ciutadà Kane" (selecció); "Jane Eyre" (Suite); "Concerto macabre" per a piano i orquestra (per al film "Hangover Square"). Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) està considerat un dels grans compositors de música de cinema de tots els temps, artífex i pioner d'una nova manera de concebre el tractament sonor de les imatges. Es va iniciar de ben jove com a autor de música per a programes radiofònics i dramàtics, col·laborant amb Orson Welles, que li va demanar també la banda

En aquest capítol podeu escoltar: "Currier and Ives Suite"; "Moby Dick", cantata (extractes); Simfonia núm. 1 (quart moviment). Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) està considerat un dels grans compositors de música de cinema de tots els temps, artífex i pioner d'una nova manera de concebre el tractament sonor de les imatges. Es va iniciar de ben jove com a autor de música per a programes radiofònics i dramàtics, col·laborant amb Orson Welles, que li va demanar també la banda sonora per a la seva primera

En aquest capítol podeu escoltar: "Ciutadà Kane" (Suite); "The devil and Daniel Webster" (Suite); "Els magnífics Amberson" (Variacions). Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) està considerat un dels grans compositors de música de cinema de tots els temps, artífex i pioner d'una nova manera de concebre el tractament sonor de les imatges. Es va iniciar de ben jove com a autor de música per a programes radiofònics i dramàtics, col·laborant amb Orson Welles, que li va demanar també la banda sonora per a la seva

We continue Musical Month Deux with a look at one of the most critically and commercially reviled films of the last decade that also happens to be based off the first megamusical: Cats (2019). Scary Stories We Tell's Emma Mantell kicks off the New Year right by joining the first recorded episode of 2024 to talk about various celebrity-cat hybrids, the lack of buttholes, and why Tom Hooper may never work again.Directed by Gillian Armstrong, the film follows Jo Kennedy as a young waitress in Sydney,