Welcome to the home of forgotten films. Each week, Joe Devine & Adam Richmond discuss a different film that they’ve seen before, but forgotten existed. They discuss cinema, memory, culture and history – as well as play silly games about cheese, budgets, and re-casting.
Listeners needn’t have seen the film, but are welcome to watch (or re-watch) before episodes for a different perspective. And at the end of each show, Adam & Joe read out forgotten film lists to each other, to find the film that becomes the focus for next week’s episode.
15: King Arthur, the Clive Owen conundrum, and cheese as directors
Oct 09, 2023
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Your hosts dig into Jerry Bruckheimer's canon, he produced this 2004 flick, directed by journeyman Antoine Fuqua. They talk the appeal of Clive Owen, gush over Ray Winstone and generally tear this wet paper bag of a film to shreds.
14: Logan, Hugh Jackman, and superheroes (Powered by Kellogg’s)
Oct 02, 2023
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Joe & Adam dig into the Rated R, superhero-mega success Logan from 2017. Which cool products were placed in this movie? Is Marvel a genre (they know it’s a Fox flick but are happy to conflate the two)? Also, off the beaten track, Joe wonders if movie songs can transcend their cinematic confines. All of this and more in today's podcast.
13: Half Nelson, the Ryan Gosling Game, and ideas for muting film criticism
Sep 25, 2023
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Joe & Adam dig into Half Nelson, the critical darling from 2006 directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and starring a young Gosling. They talk white saviours, and generally struggle to get a handle on what the film is actually about. There is a fun Gosling Game to be played though.
12: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, films that hit different, and Daddy’s Doorway
Sep 18, 2023
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Joe & Adam reconnect with the stunning 2007 flick, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, directed by Julian Schnabel. They thought they’d seen it, but only their younger selves had really. They’re older now, and the rewatch hits harder than they could have imagined - particularly when it comes to ‘dad’ chat.
11: The Recruit, CIA Hogwarts and Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken
Sep 11, 2023
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It’s the Goblet of Fire problem all over again in this 2003 spy thriller flick from director Roger Donaldson. Joe & Adam wilfully ignore this blandest of bores and get waylaid by cinema ticket stub collections and ‘going to the movies’ by way of having a personality.
10: The Ninth Gate, Euro puddings, the devil’s business; and the pleasures of story structure
Sep 04, 2023
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The Ninth Gate (1999), directed by Roman Polanski, is described as a horror-thriller (despite not being scary nor exciting). It has three spooky tomes though and a great game of spot the difference. Depp stars as the laconic book detective embroiled in the satanic silliness, with Emmanuelle Seigner as the femme fatale. Joe & Adam discuss the film, story structure and the great soundtrack… and as an end of episode treat, some other films they've seen recently, including Oppenheimer and Memento.
9: Kingdom of Heaven, swords and silliness, and ethical absolutism
Aug 28, 2023
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The eminent director of Gladiator tries his hand at more historical epicness, this time in more unwiedly fashion… but boy, what a cast. What. A. Cast. Joe & Adam chew over the 2005 adventure flick, its insensitivities, its silliness and its cast… did we mention the cast?
8: Anger Management (Charity Shop Special)
Aug 24, 2023
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Welcome to a non-canon MYFYF Special Episode. The Charity Shop Special special episode to be exact. Joe & Adam let the Charity Shop Gods reveal/decide/imply the film of choice here… and alas, they delivered the 2003 ‘comedy’ Anger Management, directed by Peter Segal. The chaps get tied up with how to pronounce Sandler and the filmographies of both. And more. So much more.
7: The Science of Sleep, the music video of it all and the show finds its true name
Aug 21, 2023
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Michel Gondry writes and directs this 2006 film, starring Gael García Bernal & Charlotte Gainsbourg. Joe & Adam discuss Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, people's responses to the subconscious, and film critics. Plus other stuff, I can't remember.
6: Reign of Fire, why dragons don’t work and many things post-apocalyptic
Aug 14, 2023
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A scorched Earth with nothing to live for - no, not reflections on our modern lives, but a look back at the 2002 dragon flick Reign of Fire, directed by Rob Bowman. Joe & Adam reflect on the proto-serious Christian Bale and scenery-chewing Matthew McConaughey (but have most time for the diamond in the rough Gerard Butler). They also dig into the post-apocalyptic genre, and Joe gets his size-14s stuck in an I-am-Legend shaped hole.
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