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A weekly podcast where Andy Rankin and Jimmy Barnes watch an obscure yet acclaimed movie and then discuss.
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A Lord of the Rings character guide, looking at a different character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings in each episode of the podcast. Every week, Paul Ridd and Catherine Bray look at a character’s place in Tolkien’s mythos, their place in pop culture, literature and adaptations. We look at Peter Jackson’s adaptations, Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings (1978), the 1979 Mind’s Eye radio adaptation, Return of the King (1980) from Rankin-Bass, the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation, 2001 New Line ...
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That is one of the Mearas! Unless my eyes are cheated by some spell? He is the Lord of all horses: Shadowfax, the world’s greatest hovercraft inspo. Gandalf’s equine BFF discussed for over an hour? Sure, why not - it’s the tenth and last episode of the first series of Not Another Elf! Every week in this podcast, Paul Ridd and Catherine Bray look at…
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Shieldmaiden of the Mark, White Lady of Rohan, Lady of Ithilien - and certainly not a dry-nurse. In episode nine of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Another F**king Elf, we're saluting Eowyn, aka Dernhelm, hero of the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Every week in this podcast, Paul Ridd and Catherine Bray look at a character’s place in Tol…
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Pipeweed aficionado, squire to a king, ringleader of a conspiracy... it can only be the one and only Meriadoc Brandybuck. In this week's episode of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Another F**king Elf, we're going back to the Old Forest to assess Merry's leadership skills, and Paul remembers an old Radio 4 sitcom called Stockport, So …
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I know your face... it's Theoden Horsemaster, King of Rohan, Lord of the Mark. In this week's episode of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Another F**king Elf, we're asking where the f**k was Gondor when the Westfold fell? Every week in this podcast, Paul Ridd and Catherine Bray look at a character’s place in Tolkien’s mythos, their pl…
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He’s the bad boy of the wizarding world! He’s Darkside Gandalf! He’s Saruman of Many Colours, and he is fabulous. We're summoning the forces of Isengard in this week's episode of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Another F**king Elf, where every week, Paul Ridd and Catherine Bray look at a character’s place in Tolkien’s mythos, their p…
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Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow! He may not have made it into the films, but he sure made it into our podcast. But what is he? Hobbit saviour Tom Bombadil takes centre stage for this week's episode of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Another F**king Elf. Every week, Paul Ridd and Cathe…
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They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard! With legendary line deliveries from Orlando Bloom, voicework from C-3PO and the best skincare regime in the game, one of the oldest members of the fellowship takes centre stage in this week's episode. Legolas Greenleaf is our focus for this week's episode of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Anot…
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And after all, why not? Why shouldn't he keep it? This week, Paul and Catherine are looking at Bilbo Baggins, in all his forms, from Orson Bean to Ian Holm. Tolkien's most meta-textual character? Leonard Nimoy's greatest inspiration? All this and more in the latest episode of this in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide podcast. Every week, Paul…
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One does not simply walk into pop culture history. This week, Paul and Catherine are looking at Boromir, man of Gondor, in all his forms, from Michael Graham Cox to Sean Bean. Why is Bigwig from Watership Down the Boromir of Rabbits? Who is the People's Boromir? All this and more in the latest episode of this in-depth Lord of the Rings character gu…
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This episode: who is Gollum? Why do we actually kinda like him? Who played Gollum most effectively: Brother Theodore, Peter Woodthorpe, Andy Serkis - or someone else? And why is Gollum Donald Trump? Not Another F**King Elf is the Lord of the Rings character guide podcast that brings you an hour's deep dive into each of your favourite Lord of the Ri…
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Episode 10 - THE HITCH-HIKER (1953), Directed by: Ida Lupino
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A talented actor, writer, producer, and director, many call Ida Lupino the most significant female figure of the golden days of the Hollywood studio system. Inspired by the real-life psychopathic murderer Billy Cook, with elements adapted from a novel by blacklisted screenwriter Daniel Mainwaring, The Hitch-hiker is generally accepted to be the fir…
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Episode 9 - ENOUGH SAID (2013), Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
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Nicole Holofcener’s comedy-drama Enough Said is a film that plainly displays her unique gifts in bringing pathos, humour, and realism to her writing and direction. The New York Times said that "Line for line, scene for scene, it is one of the best-written American film comedies in recent memory." The Boston Globe called it a “work of deceptively in…
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Episode 8 - L'ATALANTE (1934), Directed by: Jean Vigo
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The first and last feature film by vivacious French director Jean Vigo before his untimely death at the age of twenty-nine, L'Atalante was poorly received upon its release in 1934, but now appears in the top ten of every recent critics' poll of the greatest films ever made. Initially a commercial and critical failure, (one prominent critic called i…
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Episode 7 - ESKIYA (THE BANDIT) (1996), Directed by: Yavuz Turgul
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An unprecedented success in Turkey upon it's release in 1996, Yavuz Turgul's quasi-mythic crime drama The Bandit is credited with kick-starting the Turkish film industry after domestic fare had failed to gain box office traction for years. Turkish film critic and historian Rekin Teksoy suggested the movie "brought Turkish audiences back into their …
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Episode 6 - IVAN'S CHILDHOOD (1962), Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
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Andrei Tarkovsky, still in his late twenties, was quoted as saying that his debut feature would establish whether or not he was capable of being a film director. Upon it's release in 1962, Ivan’s Childhood quickly gained Tarkovsky international recognition, eventually winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Ethereal landscapes, poetic …
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Episode 5 - THE CONFORMIST (1970), Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
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Based on the 1951 novel by Alberto Moravia, Italian master Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist is the story of a member of the Fascist Italian secret police who is dispatched to Paris to assassinate his mentor, all the while dealing with his past, his obsessions, and his repressed homosexuality. The lighting, design and camerawork are still inspir…
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Episode 4 - MUSEO (2018), Directed by: Alonso Ruizpalacios
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On Christmas Eve, 1985, 140 priceless pre-Hispanic pieces were stolen from the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. A national shock, authorities searched relentlessly for years before details emerged about what's considered to be the biggest heist in Mexican history. Winner of the Silver Bear for best script at the Berlin International …
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Episode 3 - JOHNNY GUITAR (1954), Directed by: Nicholas Ray
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In episode 3, Jimmy and Andy watch 1954's "Johnny Guitar", directed by Nicholas Ray (best known for directing "Rebel Without a Cause"). Joan Crawford is butch and dazzling as a gun-toting, strong willed saloonkeeper in this underappreciated classic that Francois Truffaut called a "hallucinatory" western. Roger Ebert felt the film contained a hidden…
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Episode 2 - ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (1974), Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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On episode 2 we watch Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 film "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul", hailed by many as a masterpiece and a touchstone of German New Wave cinema of the 1970s. Check us out: Patreon: http://bit.do/eSgD8 Insta: @desperatelyseekingcinema Twitter: @desperatecinema Facebook: Desperately Seeking Cinema Jimmy: Insta @jimmydbarnes Twitter @…
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Episode 1 - UGESTSU (1953), Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Andy Rankin and Jimmy Barnes watch Kenji Mizoguchi's 1953 film, "Ugetsu", considered to be one of the greatest Japanese movies of all time, and then immediately discuss. Check us out: Patreon: http://bit.do/eSgD8 Insta: @desperatelyseekingcinema Twitter: @desperatecinema Facebook: Desperately Seeking Cinema Jimmy: Insta @jimmydbarnes Twitter @jimmy…
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