FilmSeekers Podcast

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and special guest host & programmer & film writer, Paul Farrell @InPermafrost His written reviews and essays can be found on MUBI Notebook and Hyperallergic. Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, facebook.com/FilmSeekers or why not visit FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 01:00 Introduction to Paul Farrell 02:00 63rd BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 07:00 Women filmmakers at festivals 10:30 Opening Gala: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (Armando Iannucci) 17:30 Headling Gala: GREED (Michael Winterbottom) 21:30 Closing Gala: THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese) 23:15 American Express Gala: KNIVES OUT (Rian Johnson) 31:00 The Mayor Of London's Gala: THE AERONAUTS (Tom Harper) 34:00 BFI Patron's Gala: A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOUR (Marrielle Heller) 37:30 Headline Gala: HOPE GAP (William Nicholson) 39:30 Debate: THE REPORT (Scott Z Burns) 47:00 Headline Gala: JOJO RABBIT (Taika Waititi) 52:40 American Airlines Gala: THE KING (David Michod) 54:45 Mayfair Hotel Gala: MARRIAGE STORY (Noah Baumbach) 59:00 Headline Gala: Le Mans '66 (James Mangold) 1:01:00 Festival Gala: EMA (Pablo Larrain) 1:03:50 Thrill Gala: BACURAU (Kieber Mendonca Filho) 1:05:30 Laugh Gala: The Dude In Me (Hyo-jin Kang) 1:08:45 Journey Gala: THE TWO POPES (Fernando Meirelles) 1:10:00 Create Gala: WESTERN STARS (Thom Zimny/Bruce Springsteen) 1:14:30 Special Presentation: BAD EDUCATION (Cory Finley) 1:19:00 Special Presentation: BLACKBIRD (Roger Michell) 1:21:00 BFI Flare Special Presentation: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Celine Sciamma) 1:24:45 First Feature Competition: THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (Joe Talbot) 1:29:00 Debate: HOPE FROZEN (Pailin Wedel) 1:32:00 Dare: GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY (Denis Cote) 1:35:00 Dare: FAMILY ROMANCE LLC (Werner Herzog) 1:40:00 Cult: COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (Richard Stanley) 1:47:00 Thank you to Paul and goodbye! Many thanks to our special guest Paul Farrell! You can follow him on Twitter @InPermafrost Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words' Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and special guest host & secular scholar, Carrie Lynn Evans @CarrieLynnLand Her podcast and work can be found New Books In Secularism or the New Books Network Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, facebook.com/FilmSeekers or why not visit FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 01:30 Introduction to Carrie Lynn Evans 03:40 NEWS 03:45 Isle Of Dogs and Wes Anderson - Cultural appropriation? 15:10 Faith-based Films - I Can Only Imagine (2018)(starring Dennis Quaid), The Shack (2017), God's Not Dead 3 (2018) 34:00 Women & Science Fiction Films - A Wrinkle In Time (2018), Ex-Machina (2015), Strange Days (1995) 1:01:00 Festival News: Cannes 2018 - New rules - critic screenings, Netflix and no heels 1:15:30 The UK Box Office Top 10 1:45:00 FEATURE FILM: THE GIRL WITH THE ALL THE GIFTS (2016) directed by Colm McCarthy 2:36:00 Spoiler discussion 2:49:00 Summary 2:51:00 Recommendations NetFlix: The Witch (2015) d. Robert Eggers I Don't Feel At Home In this World Anymore (2017) d. Macon Blair Amazon Prime The Sense Of An Ending (2017) d. Ritesh Bhatra BBC iPlayer: Short Term 12 (2013) d. Destin Daniel Cretton 3:01:00 Our Final Line Many thanks to our special guest Carrie Lynn Evans! You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieLynnLand Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words' Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and guest co-host John Fry @thesteadicamman Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 03:00 Introduction to @thesteadicamman John Fry 06:00 The 90th Academy Awards @theAcademy Oscars results round-up 54:00 NEWS 54:10 The "Inclusion Rider" - Disability, LGBT, BAME representation in film 1:08:20 @Netflix releasing strategy - Annihilation 1:25:30 Festival News - 68th Berlin Film Festival @Berlinale, Glasgow Film Festival 2018 @GlasgowFilm 1:30:00 The UK Box Office Top 10 Countdown 2:03:00 FEATURE FILM: TAMPOPO d. Juzo Itami - The Criterion Collection 2:47:00 Recommendations NETFLIX: Hellboy d. Guillermo Del Toro Annihilation d. Alex Garland AMAZON PRIME English Vinglish d. Gauri Shinde BBC iPlayer: Clouds Of Sils Maria d. Olivier Assayas Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 03:50 Uma Thurman, The New York Post, Quentin Tarantino 22:00 The Cloverfield Paradox releasing strategy 36:00 68th Berlin Film Festival 47:10 Glasgow Film Festival 2018 #GFF18 57:20 The UK Box Office Top Ten 1:20:30 The Red Shoes d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 2:10:00 *COMPETITION TIME* Win a copy of Thelma d. Joachim Trier courtesy of Thunderbird releasing. Out on home release 26th February 2017 2:32:41 Home Streaming Releases recommendations - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer NETFLIX: Okja d. Bong Joon-Ho Inside No.9 - Series 1 & 2 AMAZON PRIME The Island d. Michael Bay Amores Perros d. Alejandro González Iñárritu BBC iPlayer: Hypernormalisation d. Adam Curtis Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 02:30 What constitutes a 'good' film? 09:30 Criteria for FilmSeekers Best of 2017 11:40 What constitutes a 'bad' film? 23:46 UK Box Office Top grossing films of 2017 34:47 FilmSeekers.com Best Films of 2017 35:00 mother! d. Darren Aronofsky 37:30 The Handmaiden d. Park-Chan Wook 43:45 Get Out d. Jordan Peele 54:24 BFI Sight & Sound Top 10 of 2017 57:04 Daphne d. Peter Mackie Burns 58:49 The Florida Project d.Sean Baker 1:01:50 Lady Macbeth d. William Oldroyd 1:03:50 Raw d. Julia Ducournau 1:08:00 Moonlight d. Barry Jenkins 1:27:37 God's Own Country d. Francis Lee 1:17:10 Brawl In Cell Block 99 d. S. Craig Zahler 1:24:21 Dunkirk d. Christopher Nolan 1:28:04 The Cure For Wellness d. Gore Verbinkski 1:29:54 A Ghost Story d. David Lowery 1:32:41 Personal Shopper d. Olivier Assayas 1:38:46 I Am Not A Witch d. Rungano Nyoni 1:40:40 Silence d. Martin Scorcese 1:43:20 Call Me By Your Name d. Luca Guadagnino 1:46:40 Baby Driver d. Edgar Wright 1:52:10 Blade Runner 2049 d. Denis Villeneuve 1:57:00 Honourable mentions: 20th Century Women d. Mike Mills Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool d.Paul McGuigan Ma Vie De Courgette d. Claude Barras I Am Not Your Negro d. Raoul Peck Atomic Blonde d. David Leitch The Red Turtle d. Michael Dudok DeWitt Toni Erdmann d. Maren Ade Good Time d. Benny & Josh Safdie 2:02:00 *COMPETITION TIME* - Thelma d.Joachim Trier thanks to @TBirdReleasing On DVD & streaming from 26th February 2018 2:03:30 Home Streaming Releases recommendations - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer NETFLIX: In Bruge d. Martin McDonagh Power Rangers d. Dean Israelite AMAZON PRIME Mindhorn d. Sean Foley The Big Sick d. Michael Showalter BBC iPlayer: Into The Forest d. Patricia Rozema Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good MP3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 0:02:30 Who We Are To Contact Us 0:07:30 Listener's Letters 0:11:45 Film News - Aziz Ansari 0:15:20 Recommendation -Kaitlin Prest - 'NO' 0:22:00 Eliza Dushku, Sharon Stone 0:28:00 Dylan Farrow and Woody Allen 0:30:00 Star Wars - The Last Jedi - '46 Min Men's Cut' 0:34:00 Sundance Film Festival 2018 0:45:30 ONLY YOU w/ Laia Costa, Josh O'Connor via The Bureau - 0:51:00 UK Box Office Top 10 1:19:50 Main Feature Film: SHOLAY (1975) d. Ramesh Sippy starring Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Helen. Thanks to Web Bist @WebisTrying and the Darn That Dream Podcast for our introduction to Sholay. You can listen to his podcast Darn That Dream HERE 2:10:00 Home Streaming Recommendations for Netflix UK, Amazon Prime UK and BBC iPlayer Amazon Prime UK - THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE d. Aki Kaurismaki, THE RED TURTLE d. Michael Dudok De Witt Netflix UK - CREEP 2 d. Patrick Brice, SUPER DARK TIMES d. Kevin Phillips BBC iPlayer - MADE IN DAGENHAM d. Nigel Cole 2:16:00 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us Music credits: Sholay Title Theme - Composed by Rahul Dev Burman Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey - 'Yeh Dosti' pt I Lata Mangeshkar - 'Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan' R.D.Burman - 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' Dialogue Excerpt: Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh Soundtrack available through Universal India FilmSeekers.com Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com We discuss: 0:02:30 Film News: Sexual Harassment, Smoking In French Films. 0:38:20 Festival news: The Independent Spirit Awards, BIFA Awards 0:49:20 The UK Box Office Top 10 1:15:30 Our main feature film: SANTA SANGRE directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky 1:44:00 Interview with John Fry - Steadicam Operator 2:08:45 The FilmSeekers.com Quiz 2:23:40 Competition time: TOM OF FINLAND now out on DVD 2:27:00 Home Streaming Releases - Amazon Prime, Netflix, BBC iPlayer 2:32:00 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us Thank you to Peccadillo Pictures for our competition! Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 02:30 Film News: Film Scum 21:50 The BIFA Awards 24:45 I Am Not A Witch 29:30 Netflix Streaming Sports 33:00 Festival: Film Bath http://filmbath.org.uk 41:00 Festival: AFI Fest 46:15 UK Box Office Top 10 1:08:30 Main Feature 1:13:00 The Shape Of Water 1:22:30 Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool 1:29:30 Funny Cow 1:32:30 Journeyman 1:37:20 Brawl In Cell Block 99 1:42:00 Call Me By Your Name 1:48:00 Gemini 1:52:30 Home Streaming Releases - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer 2:02:35 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us Thanks to BFI for their hosting of London Film Festival & all the distributors for film audio. You can buy tickets for FilmBath http://www.filmbath.org.uk You can read more about the F-Rating: http://f-rated.org/ Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com Today we discuss: 03:10 Brimstone 05:30 Blade Runner 2049 17:00 New York Film Festival 20:00 Intouchable/The Upside 23:18 61st BFI London Film Festival 24:30 How A Festival Works 28:30 Gala Films 40:20 Special Presentations 44:00 First Feature Competition 45:50 Love Strand 48:00 Documentary Strand - Roller Dreams 51:45 Laugh Strand 55:00 Dare Strand 56:10 Thrill Strand 59:10 Cult Strand 1:04:00 Journey Strand 1:08:30 Home Streaming Releases - Netflix, Amazon Prime & BBC iPlayer 1:12:55 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us Thanks to BFI for use of London Film Festival ident & Sony Pictures for Blade Runner 2049 featurette. You can purchase tickets & explore the titles for London Film Festival from https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out FilmSeekers.com We discuss: 02:00 Feedback from listeners and coming soon to the podcast 10:00 Film News: Representation of disability and GRT in film, MoviePass, Harry Dean Stanton 32:00 Festival news: TIFF Toronto Winners, NYFF New York Film Festival, LFF London Film Festival 1:03:00 The UK Box Office Top 10 1:16:00 Our main feature film: MOTHER! directed by Darren Aronofsky 2:03:45 Competition time: MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE winners 2:06:00 Home Streaming Releases - Amazon Prime, Netflix, BBC iPlayer 2:17:30 Thanks and ways to get in contact with us Thank you to Paramount Pictures for mother! audio clips. Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.

Our very first episode! Hosted by head of FilmSeekers.com Neil Ramjee @FilmSeekers and co-host Mike Ross @TheLateGreatMR Thank you for downloading and listening! *Please subscribe to get our latest episodes!* We want to hear from you! Tell us about your films and experiences at the cinema: Email us: hello@FilmSeekers.com Follow us @FilmSeekers on Twitter, Facebook.com/FilmSeekers and check out, of course, FilmSeekers.com We discuss: 02:00 Film News - White-washing, Darren Aronofsky's MOTHER!, Star Wars IX 25:00 Film Festivals - Venice Film Festival, TIFF, London Film Festival (special announcement) - we pick films to add to your watchlist and tell you why! 51:00 The UK Box Office Top 10 - including a mini review of GOD's OWN COUNTRY by Francis Lee 1:14:00 Our main feature film: DETROIT directed by Kathryn Bigelow 1:47:30 The FilmSeekers.com Quiz - Mike Ross (first contestant) 1:56:00 Competition time: MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE courtesy of Thunderbird Releasing 2:00:00 Home Streaming Releases - Amazon Prime, Netflix, MUBI 2:05:00 Ways to get in contact with us 2:06:00 Thanks. Lots of them. Thank you to Thunderbird Releasing and Picturehouse Entertainment for help with compiling this episode. Music credits: Intro: Big Num - 'Too Clever For Words', Quiz: Antony Raijekov - 'By The Coast' Outro: Big Num - 'Vital Part You're Missing' Available on all good mp3 purchasing sites.