This week we discuss aliens in human costumes with two films that tonally look very different but share this DNA. First up is the Nicolas Roag 1976 David Bowie vehicle, The Man Who Fell to Earth and the 1997 Will Smith juggernaut, Men in Black. Be warned, there may be rapping. Timings for this week are: The Man Who Fell To Earth: (02:55) Men In Black: (30:34) Next week, we will be joined by both Clark and David from the great The Goldsmith Odyssey podcast as we discuss Animated Scores That Don't...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 3 min
This week, apropos of nothing in particular, we look at films that provoked a response from the Nazi's. The two films are Charlie Chaplain's 1940 incendiary foray into sound with The Great Dictator and the William Wyler portrait of English life, Mrs Miniver. Timings for this week are: The Great Dictator: (05:47) Mrs Miniver: (39:26) Next episode we will be joined by both Clark and David from the great The Goldsmith Odyssey podcast as we discuss Animated Scores That Don't Mickey Mouse. Follow us ...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 10 min
This week, we celebrate Pride Month by exploring two LGBTQ+ films in our theme for Love in Exile. The films this week are the 1997 Wong Kar-Wai film that preceded In the Mood For Love (which we discussed in Episode 177), Happy Together and the Francis Lee 2017 British film, God's Own Country. Timings for this week are: Happy Together: (03:25) God's Own Country: (26:32) Next episode our theme will be films that provoked a response from Nazi Germany. Follow us on social media: Instagram ...
Jun 19, 2025•56 min
This week, we look at the influence of AI and robots with two human and robot movies. One film is Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier's debut feature film in Robot and Frank and the David Earl/Chris Hayward/Jim Archer collaboration, Brian and Charles. Timings for this week are: Robot and Frank: (03:54) Brian and Charles: (25:32) Next episode our theme will be Love in Exile. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebo...
Jun 12, 2025•48 min
This week, we explore town vs country folk in the deep south with the great Leslie Pitt of Afrofilmviewer and the Fatal Attractions podcast. The films this week are the 1972 duelling banjos classic Deliverance and the 2016 Jeremy Saulnier helmed Green Room. Timings for this week are: Deliverance: (08:13) Green Room: (38:30) Next episode our theme will be human and robot movies. You can find more of Leslie here: Instagram Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Follow us...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 12 min
This week, we celebrate warm weather with New York Heatwaves. Two films that tell the story of their neighbourhoods - and we draft in an actual New Yorker to help us discuss! Timings for this week are: Do The Right Thing: (06:16) In The Heights: (37:56) Next episode our theme will be Town Vs Country in the Deep South. You can find more of Violet's appearances on her Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/violet.h.310 Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 26 min
This week, we examine the American legal system with two courtroom capers. The films being My Cousin Vinny and Legally Blonde. Both films take the unexpected lawyer and show them butting against the large system of the court. But how do the films hold up? Timings for this week are: My Cousin Vinny: (03:59) Legally Blonde: (32:30) Next episode our theme will be New York Heatwaves. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame...
May 15, 2025•57 min
This week, we traverse the American frontier by printing the legend with James Stewart and John Wayne starring in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western, Unforgiven. Timings for this week are: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: (05:37) Unforgiven: (31:38) Next episode our theme will be Courtroom Capers. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Join our Discord: Fr...
May 08, 2025•57 min
This week we're examining two European real-time movies (ish) with Richard Linklater's sequel to Before Sunrise (which we discussed in Episode 100), Before Sunset and Sebastian Schipper's 2015 film in one shot, Victoria. Timings for this week are: Before Sunrise: (04:47) Victoria: (30:16) Next episode our theme will be Printing the Legends. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and th...
Apr 09, 2025•54 min
This week we're examining two directorial debuts by actors - and boy what a line up. The seminal Orson Welles debut Citizen Kane and the Robert Mitchum-starring, Charles Laughton film The Night of the Hunter Timings for this week are: Citizen Kane: (02:20) The Night of the Hunter: (36:40) Next episode our theme will be Alienated Pianist Films. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Join our Discord: Frame to Framers or ...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 4 min
This week we're exploring Isolated Pianists with two loners looking for their place within society. One in rural America with the Jack Nicholson classic, Five Easy Pieces and one in luxurious Italy with Anthony Minghella's 1999 film, The Talented Mr Ripley. Timings for this week are: Five Easy Pieces: (03:33) The Talented Mr Ripley: (33:03) Next episode our theme will be Alienated Pianist Films. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.fram...
Mar 12, 2025•58 min
Andy and Sean look back at some of the great films and career of the late Gene Hackman. Next episode our theme will be Alienated Pianist Films. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Join our discord server here: https://discord.gg/7ykEzkuS Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ ...
Feb 27, 2025•24 min
Traverse across South and Central America with us ad we examine two South American Road Trip Movies with the Alfonso Cuarón film Y Tu Mamá También and the adaptation of Che Guevara's early diaries, The Motorcycle Diaries Timings for this week are: Y Tu Mamá También: (02:04) The Motorcycle Diaries: (33:07) Next episode our theme will be Alienated Pianist Films. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film Stories ...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Come out and playayayyyyyyy.... This week we discuss gangs of New York - but not that one. The films being the 1961 musical adaptation of West Side Story and the 1979 dystopian cult movie The Warriors. One of the boys is a little grumpy about one of the movies... but which one?? Timings for this week are: West Side Story: (03:00) The Warriors: (29:25) Violet West Side Story Appendix (54:55) Next episode our theme will be Central American Road Trip Movies. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twi...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 3 min
In another of Frame To Frame's traditions, we look at the highest films on the IMDb 250 that we have not seen, alighting on two Japanese Samurai movies - the Kurosawa classic Seven Samurai and the Masaki Kobayashi thriller Harakiri. Timings for this week are: Seven Samurai: (04:50) Harakiri: (32:14) Next episode our theme will be gangs of New York - but not that one. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film S...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr
To mark the passing of David Lynch, we discuss his art and legacy. In addition, you can listen back to our chat with Freda Cooper when we discussed The Straight Story on Episode 154 and our chat with Bo Nicholson when we talked Mllholland Drive on Episode 159. Timings for this episode are: Tribute (00:58) The Straight Story (22:25) Mulholland Drive (51:21) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com The episode references a ...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 29 min
In a special episode, we welcome the highest returning guest back, Bo Nicholson to discuss our film related spicy takes as well as the wider Film Stories Podcast Network discord submissions. Timings for this week are: (7:05) Spicy Take 1 - Bo (17:06) - mailbag #1 (33:12) Spicy Take 2 - Sean (44:42) Mailbag #2 (51:25) Spicy Take 3 - Andy (1:06:25) Spicy Take 4 - Bo (1:12:35) Spicy Take 5 - Sean (1:16:46) - Spicy Take 6 - Sean (1:19:32) - Spicy Take 7 - Bo (1:25:15) - Spicy Take 8 - Andy You can f...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 39 min
We're back! We're celebrating 2024 by giving some of our own, unique awards and go into our two favourite films of the year, The Substance and The Wild Robot Timings for this week are: Awards (10:00) The Substance (55:18) The Wild Robot (01:20:30) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Fil...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Baby, it's cold outside... stay in and watch movies! Our second seasonal episode this year will be on snowmen coming to life. This time is the turn of the 1998 Michael Keaton vehicle Jack Frost and the 2024 Netflix smash, Hot Frosty. Timings for this week are: Jack Frost (02:10) Hot Frosty (29:34) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Tw...
Dec 19, 2024•53 min
Tis the season to watch movies! Fa-la-la-la-la. We’ve chosen two sequels to two movies we’ve done previously that are Christmas movies. The starting point is of course, Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 and we pair that with the Renny Harlan directed, Die Hard 2: Die Harder Timings for this week are: Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (03:22) Die Hard 2 (47:38) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film Stories Podcast Ne...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 39 min
This week, to celebrate the release of Moana 2, we examine Polynesian Musicals. The films this week being the Elvis Presley led Blue Hawaii and the Disney animated 2016 film Moana. Timings for this week are: Blue Hawaii (03:22) Moana (26:30) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stor...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min
This week welcome the great Craig McKenzie from Kneel Before Blog, Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet to discuss superhero films where the main characters destroy a toilet. The two films are X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Amazing Spider-Man Timings for this week are: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (04:51) The Amazing Spider-Man (34:18) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 11 min
To honour Halloween, we look at two found footage horror films from the 21st century. This week, it's the turn of Japanese film Noroi: The Curse and the hit from earlier this year, Late Night With The Devil Timings for this week are: Noroi (03:50) Late Night With The Devil (34:51) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn mo...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 7 min
This week we discuss writing as torture with one of us actually being a tortured writer. The films are the Stephen King adaptation Misery and the Coen Brothers classic Barton Fink. Timings for this week are: Misery (02:33) Barton Fink (30:49) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min
This week, we'll be discussing two films that depict writing as torture. Considering one of us is a published author, who really pitched the theme? Episode will be available from 16/10. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2024•9 min
This week we welcome film critic Van Connor to discuss Urban Meltdown movies with the 1993 Joel Schumacher thriller Falling Down and the soon-to-be-sequelised, Todd Phillips' 2019 Joker. It's a long one folks, strap in. Timings for this week are: Falling Down (03:42) Joker (48:51) You can find Van Connor on instagram and his podcast Off/Screen on YouTube and any podcast provider. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com G...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 43 min
This week we to celebrate the 200th episode, we break the formula to examine the film that… well simply cannot be paired with another. We watch the film and provide views and thoughts alongside as The Room simply breaks all previously held notions on film analysis and criticism. This isn’t a watch along, it’s not real time however it is chronological and we aim to contextualise each of the random outbursts of laughter the film provokes. There may have been alcoholic beverages consumed during the...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 200
This week we examine two films that influenced music artists - namely Queen and Gorillaz - with A Night at the Opera, the Marx Brothers classic and the Clint Eastwood starring Don Siegel film Dirty Harry. Timings for this week are: A Night at the Opera (04:56) Dirty Harry (26:49) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn mor...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 4 min
This week we discuss surveillance movies by exploring two different films that really examine their subjects. The films are the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola film The Conversation and the 1992 Phil Alden Robinson film, Sneakers. Timings for this week are: The Conversation (02:19) Sneakers (40:15) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcas...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 19 min
We're watching... We're listening... make sure you check out this week where we discuss two films that heavily feature surveillance. Which ones will they be? Listen in to find out.... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: frame.to.frame250@gmail.com Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 24, 2024•8 min
