Classic Films - Reviews and Reflections with Stuart Fernie
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Discussion and analysis of characters and themes in films and books that I have found particularly engaging, thought-provoking and inspiring.You may be interested in my YouTube channel (Fernie150) and my blog (stuartfernie.blogspot.com).Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/togetherLicense code: KVEVPPSTHACBJLGO
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Episode 148: Reflections on “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2009)
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Oct 09, 2026 |
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Episode 147: Reflections on “American Gigolo” (1980)
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Episode 146: Brief reflections on “Ace in the Hole” (1951)
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Episode 145: Characters and themes in “Suite Française” (2014)
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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Episode 144: Reflections on characters and themes in “Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street”
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Episode 142: Using film and song in the modern languages classroom
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Episode 143: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Yakuza”
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Episode 140: Discussion of reaction to Megalopolis
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May 25, 2026 |
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Episode 141: Discussion and analysis of characters and themes in “The Dirty Dozen”, from an existential perspective.
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May 25, 2026 |
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Episode 139: Characters and themes in “Sicario” (2015)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Episode 138: Reflections on « Dracula entre l’amour et la mort », the 2006 musical staged in Quebec
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Episode 137: Reflections on “The Invention of Lying”
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Episode 132: Characters and themes in “The Big Red One”
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 133: Characters and themes in “Casablanca”
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 134: Characters and themes in “Forrest Gump”
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 135: Characters and themes in “Emperor of the North”
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 136: Characters and themes in “The Professionals”
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 131: The arts, their purpose and their effect
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 130: The appeal of the James Bond films and thoughts on the portrayal of Bond
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 128: Reflections on “The Sand Pebbles” (1966)
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Episode 129: Reflections on “Being There” (1979)
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Episode 127: Reflections on “Nuremberg” (2025) and lessons that can be learned from it.
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Episode 126: Reflections on characters and themes in “Prime Cut”
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Episode 125: Characters and themes in David Lean’s “Hobson’s Choice”
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Episode 124: Reflections on characters and themes in The Wages of Fear (1953) - amended and updated.
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 123: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Offence” (1973)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Episode 122 Reflections on Danny Boyle’s “Trainspotting”.
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May 27, 2025 |
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Episode 119: Brief reflections on “Good Night and Good Luck”
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Episode 120: Brief reflections on themes and characters in “Spotlight”
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Brief reflections on Sidney Pollack’s “Three Days of the Condor”
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Episode 118: Reflections on the 2024 French film version of “The Count of Monte Cristo”
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Episode 117: Advice and questions to help in the analysis or discussion of films, and in producing an essay.
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Episode 116: Reflections on characters and themes in “Midnight Express”
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 115: Reflections on the Jason Bourne films and the nature of the conflict between Jason Bourne and the C.I.A.
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Episode 114: Advocating arts and humanities
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 113: Reflections on Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate”.
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Episode 112: Reflections on characters and themes in “Civil War”
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Episode 111 : Reflections on “The Ghost and Mrs Muir” (1947)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 110: Reflections on characters and themes in “Ad Astra”.
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 109: Reflections on duality in 19th century literature, its philosophical forebears and its successors.
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 108: Discussion of the use of humour in drama.
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Reflections on characters and themes in “Living” (2022), starring Bill Nighy
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Reflections on characters and themes in “Oui, mais…” (Yes, but…) (2001) directed by Yves Lavandier.
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Brief reflections on characters and themes in John Boorman’s “Hell in the Pacific” (1968).
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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My interpretation of the phrase “Il faut cultiver notre jardin”.
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Brief reflections on “Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and thoughts on other modern action/adventure films.
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Brief reflections on characters and themes in “Vera Cruz”, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster.
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Reflections on characters and themes in John Boorman’s “Point Blank”, focusing on the nature of the main character, Walker.
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Episode 99: Brief reflections on the principal characters and broad themes in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car”.
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 100: Reflections on characters and themes in Gabriel Axel’s “Babette’s Feast” based on the short story by Karen Blixen.
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 98: Reflections on characters and existential themes in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman”
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May 19, 2023 |
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Episode 96: Some thoughts on the place of acting in society and personal identity
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Episode 97: Some personal thoughts on Christianity, religion and fate.
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Episode 94: Reflections on characters and themes in “Full Metal Jacket”
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 95: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 92: Reflections on characters and themes in “We’re no Angels” (1955)
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Reflections on “Jojo Rabbit” (2019)
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 88: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947).
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 89: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Last Samurai”.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 90: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Magnificent Seven” (1960).
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Reflections on characters and themes in “Le Mans ‘66” (“Ford versus Ferrari”).
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 87: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Bridge at Remagen”.
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 83: Reflections on the Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy.
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Reflections on characters and themes in “Mr Holmes”.
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 85: Reflections on characters and themes in “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 86: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Long Good Friday”.
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 81: Reflections on Luc Besson’s “Angel-A”.
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Reflections on John Huston’s “The African Queen”.
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 16: Brief reflections on “Mr Holland’s Opus”, focusing on the principal character Glenn Holland.
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Reflections on John Frankenheimer’s “The Train”.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 77: Reflections on characters and themes in Clouzot’s “Quai des Orfèvres”.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 78: Reflections on characters and themes in Clouzot’s “Le Corbeau”.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Reflections on films about teaching.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 76: Reflections on characters and themes in “Le Salaire de la Peur” (The Wages of Fear).
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Multimedia – a narrowing of horizons?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Reflections on characters and themes in “Inherit the Wind” (1960).
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Episode 73: Reflections on themes and issues in “Molière” (2007)
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Episode 72: Steve McQueen and reflections on several of his films.
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Episode 71: Characters and themes in “Prometheus”
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Characters and themes in “Chinatown” (1973)
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Episode 69: Reflections on ideas, thoughts and themes in Charles Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal”.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 67: Reflections on “In the heat of the night”
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode 68: Reflections on “The League of Gentlemen” (1960)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Reflections on characters and themes in “Soylent Green”
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Reflections on “Bad Day at Black Rock” (1954)
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Reflections on Michael Crichton’s “The First Great Train Robbery”.
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Reflections on the Dreyfus Affair
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode 62: Reflections on characters and themes in Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona”.
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Episode 61: Reflections on characters and themes in Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal”
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 60: Discussion and analysis of characters and themes in “A Clockwork Orange”.
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Episode 57: Discussion and analysis of characters and themes in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.
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May 31, 2022 |
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Episode 58: Discussion and analysis of characters and themes in Todd Phillips’ “Joker”.
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May 31, 2022 |
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Episode 59: Discussion of Charles Foster Kane and themes in “Citizen Kane”.
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May 31, 2022 |
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Episode 56: Discussion and analysis of a selection of early Luc Besson films.
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May 21, 2022 |
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Episode 53: Characters and themes in Stanley Kramer’s “Judgment at Nuremberg”.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Characters and themes in Sidney Lumet’s “The Verdict”.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 55: Characters and themes in “Road to Perdition” directed by Sam Mendes.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 51: Characters and themes in Kieslowski’s Three Colours Trilogy.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 52: Characters and themes in Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now”.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 41: Discussion and analysis of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938)
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 42: comparison of Valjean and Javert from “Les Misérables”
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 43: Characters and themes in “Blade Runner”.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 44: Characters and themes in “Gattaca”.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 45: Characters and themes in “Highlander”.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 46: Characters and themes in “The Outlaw Josey Wales”.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 47: Characters and themes in “La Belle et la Bête” (1946)
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Characters and themes in “Seven Samurai”.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 49: Characters and themes in “Nightcrawler”.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 50: Characters and themes in “Spartacus” (1960).
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Discussion of characters and themes in “Gran Torino”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 35: Discussion of characters and themes in “The Bridge on the River Kwai”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 36: Discussion of characters and themes in “Unforgiven”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 37: Discussion of characters and themes in Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 38: Discussion of characters and themes in Roland Joffé’s “The Mission”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Discussion of characters and themes in Norman Jewison’s “Rollerball”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 40: Discussion of characters and themes in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film of “The Name of the Rose”.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 31: Reflections on characters and themes in the 1954 film version of “An Inspector Calls”.
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Episode 32: Reflections on characters and themes in the 1975 film version of “The Man Who Would Be King”.
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Reflections on characters and themes in the 1975 film version of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Callan discussion and analysis
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Public Eye discussion and analysis
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 26: Science-Fiction films and their history, scope and purpose.
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 27: Discussion of A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Sweet Smell of Success discussion and analysis
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Reflections on characters and themes in “No Country For Old Men”
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Reflections on characters and themes in “Five Easy Pieces”
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Episode 25: Reflections on characters and themes in “Untouchable”
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Reflections on characters and themes in Kevin Costner’s “Dances With Wolves”.
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 21 Reflections on “Night Moves” as a film noir and Harry Moseby as an existential hero.
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Reflections on characters and themes in “Dead Poets Society”
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Reflections on characters and themes in “Finding Forrester” (2000)
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Reflections on the nature of Film Noir with reference to Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon and Dirty Harry
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Third Man”
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Reflections on characters and themes in “Lonely are the Brave” (1960)
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Reflections on characters and themes in “Seven Days in May”
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Episode 14: Reflections on characters and themes in “Cool Hand Luke”
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Episode 12: Reflections on characters and themes in “Les Misérables”
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Episode 11: Reflections on characters and themes in “Don Quixote” and their relevance today
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Episode 10: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Hustler”
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 9: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Hill”
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Reflections on characters and themes in “Collateral”
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962)
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Wild Bunch”
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Searchers”.
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 3: Reflections on characters and themes in The Prisoner (1967 TV series)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 1: Reflections on characters and themes in “The Deer Hunter”.
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 4: Reflections on characters and themes in Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Reflections on characters and themes in “Jeremiah Johnson”
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Jan 31, 2022 |