Lewis and Ian discuss the iconic Easy Rider, an almost plotless film about a long, meandering, ramshackle journey taken by two scruffy men. Sounds very familiar for some reason… Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
Life is a Cabaret old chum, and so, in its way, is the podcast game. Lewis and Ian rein themselves in and manage to only break into song once or twice while discussing 1972’s Cabaret. Pretty impressive when you consider how catchy those songs are. Topics include how great Liza Minnelli is, the quintessential English man that is Michael York and how creepy the song Tomorrow Belongs To Me is. Plus, a new jingle! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
This week we discuss Leon , the slightly creepy tale of a hitman and his 12-year-old ward, with added Gary Oldman action. Good old Gary Oldman. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
The Jazz Singer , the first Hollywood talkie. Le Voyage dans la Lune , the first science fiction film. Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze , the first copyrighted film. Psycho , the first film to show a flushing toilet. All important landmarks in film history. Lewis and Ian discuss none of these in this, the latest 101 Films special. Instead the 101 Film boys chat about their own film firsts, which variously involve queuing in the rain to see disappointing cartoons and trying to convince wear...
This week 101 Films take their typically amateurish look at Rushmore , a listener recommendation. The boys discuss fifty years of Chinamen, the greatness of Bill ‘Dr Peter Venkman’ Murray, how good Wes Anderson’s later films are and how the Kinks should have split in the early 70s. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
It’s the old, old story. Blind masseur comes to town, does a bit of gambling, meets a cross dresser and his/her sister and then brutally murders dozens of criminals. How many times have we heard that tale? And this is the plot of this week’s film, Zatoichi. Cliché! Still, the 101 Films boys found a lot to like in this, the first listener recommended film! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
Fargo : the first Coen Brothers film to make it onto our list, and possibly the best. Join us as we discuss the strange and far away world of 1987, the fledgling Steve Buscemi Fan Club, Babe the Baby Blue Ox, the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo , Swedish crime dramas, Mad Men and all sorts of other stuff that has little or no link to the film. So business as usual then. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing? Well it does provide an amusing backdrop for Duck Soup , the Marx Brothers comedy classic. Yes, this week 101 Films takes a look at the harrowing dramatisation of the first Freedonia-Sylvania War. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
Regular listeners to 101 Films probably picture Lewis and Ian as rugged, outdoor, macho types. Women want them and men want to be them, fine examples, as they are, of manhood. They weren’t always the confident adonises they are today. There was a time, believe it or not, that Lewis and Ian were sensitive and awkward teenage boys. This week 101 Films takes Lewis and Ian back to those adolescent days as they discuss Submarine . Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0....
101 Films has, of course, always been about love. Lewis and Ian are constantly expressing a love for cinema, a love for weak puns and, in particular, a love for the sound of their own voices. So it’s only fitting that 101 Films celebrates this most romantic time of the year with a podcast. Yes, it’s the 101 Films 2012 Valentine’s Day Special! Lewis and Ian discuss their favourite romantic films, wonder what happens in Heaven when someone remarries after a partner dies and manage to mess up a top...
The Third Man . The greatest British film ever made, and the 57th best American film ever made, confusingly. It also has the honour of being the 16th 101 Films You Should Have Seen (Probably) podcast. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
No matter how bad your day gets, take pity on the poor inhabitants of Earth in The Day The Earth Caught Fire . In their version of the early 1960s, massive nuclear tests have sent the planet spiralling to a fiery death in the Sun, which kind of puts your bad day to shame really. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
The Godfather : probably one of the greatest films ever made. Join us as we discuss Marlon Brando’s performance, how fantastic the film is, Al Pacino being awesome, hats, Zardoz , the influence of gangster films on gangsters, Lewis’s Butterfly Puzzle and George Lucas. Also listen out for the brand new Trivia Quiz jingle! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
This week Lewis and Ian pay homage to the giant-stone-flying-head film Zardoz . Listen as they discuss Sean Connery in a red nappy (of course), evil penises, Zardoz’s potential as a date movie, why people went to see On The Buses films in the 70s and how something so bad can be so interesting and enjoyable. They also get a bit carried away quoting dialogue. Sorry about that. ZARDOZ! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
This week Lewis and Ian watch the very unusual but pretty good Bubba Ho-Tep . They discuss Bruce Campbell’s fantastic performance, Desperate Dan and his Cow Pies, Bruce Campbell’s great performance, bad scarab-based effects, how depressing old age can be, and just how impressive Bruce Campbell’s performance was. Bruce Campbell! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
The hills are alive with the sound of montone singing and badly played ukulele – yes, this week Ian butchers a classic song from The Sound of Music , we ponder the mystery of exactly what naval captains get up to without a navy, and we wonder what happened to the lovely Liesl. Plus, we reveal the various names that The Sound of Music went by in other countries. WITH HILARIOUS CONSEQUENCES. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
CHRISTMAS!!! Tis the Season for 101 Films to throw off the shackles of their self-imposed rules and talk about films they’ve both seen. Yep, Lewis and Ian discuss their top ten Christmas films, plus the usual nonsense including such festive topics as acid rain, Christmas lesbians, murder and what the name of the Scottish one in the X-Men was. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
With Christmas just round the corner 101 Films gets in a seasonal mood by watching The Nightmare Before Christmas . Lewis and Ian discuss what a good un-Disney Disney film it is, what the British holiday lands might be, Tim Burton films and Edward Hands-Hands. Next week, our proper bona-fide Christmas Special! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
This week we look at Inception, the slightly trippy dream heist film. Other than a very long discussion about what dreams feel like, Lewis and Ian look at some Listener Letters, shush each other, and spend much of the podcast mispronouncing the name of pretty much every single actor in Inception. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story has a particular resonance for 101 Films, featuring as it does two egotistical men who love the sound of their own voices and who bicker and bumble their way through the adaptation of a novel that is confusing, meanders all over the place, and doesn’t really achieve what it sets out to do. We’ll let you draw your own parallels. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
This week we review The Fisher King , but we sound more like we’re in Twelve Monkey s: an unidentified plague has swept across 101 Films Towers, leaving Lewis and Ian as croaky, self-pitying shadows of their former selves. If you can put up with us hacking, coughing and spluttering for 40 minutes, you can enjoy our insights into why all men are selfish, why Robin Williams is good when he’s not being ‘Robin Williams’ and why Ian doesn’t seem to get on with Terry Gilliam’s films, even though he lo...
Sit back, relax, and enjoy our homage to Dark City, the best ever sci-fi film featuring Richard O’Brien (with the possible exception of Flash Gordon). Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
The boys over at 101 Films have been given a tricky case to crack – how to discuss a film’s plot without ruining it for those who haven’t seen it. Lewis and Ian do their best as they talk about the stupendous Chinatown. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
101 Films takes its first, and maybe last, trip to the Former Republic of Yugoslavia with Black Cat, White Cat. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
Welcome to Castle 101 Films. Warm yourselves by the fire. I will prepare some food. No, no, no, it is quite alright, my Masters will insist that you stay for their dinner… I mean dinner. Where are you going? No stay, I insist. You must stay, STAY FOREVER! HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Yes, in celebration of Halloween, Lewis and Ian clamber out of their coffins to watch the 1958 Hammer Horror version of Dracula. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
This week Lewis and Ian turn their attention to one of the great writer/actor/directors of the last 40 years (well, he was great for at least 20 of those years), Woody Allen, and one of his most well regarded films, Annie Hall . Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
Here we go then, the first proper 101 Films You Should Have Seen Podcast. After much discussion the boys decided to discuss a film Ian had never seen. That’s right, he had somehow gone through his entire adolescence without seeing Top Gun. TOP GUN!?! I know, how is that even possible? Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
It’s here! It’s here! The long-awaited sequel to 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better! Well, almost. On Thursday 13th October our new series of podcasts begins. To whet your appetite we have a short introduction to the podcasts: a trailer if you will. Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
