Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow, the show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this special Halloween episode, we look at psychological horror films that are perfect viewing this All Hallows Eve. Steve discusses The Man Who Haunted Himself , a doppelganger story in which Roger Moore is stalked by a double who turns his life into a living hell. Dan looks at The Hole , in which teenage stars Thora Birch, Keira Knightley and Laurence Fox are trapped...
Oct 31, 2022•48 min•Ep. 13
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this episode, we look at the work of Tennessee Williams on screen, and two film adaptations of his plays starring Elizabeth Taylor. Dan argues that Suddenly, Last Summer is a near-perfect adaptation of Williams' work, mixing Southern Gothic and Queer Cinema with aplomb. Whereas Steve argues that the little-seen Boom! may have been a box-office bomb, but is an essentia...
Oct 26, 2022•44 min•Ep. 12
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole and examine high-stress/high-octane movies set over the course of twenty-four hours. Steve examines Martin Scorsese's After Hours , the film in which Griffin Dunne's potential one-night stand turns into one night in Hell. And asks the question - is this the most underrated Scorsese film? Dan analyses Crank , in which Jason Sta...
Oct 22, 2022•45 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this episode we celebrate the work of British director Stephen Frears and look at two seminal films of Frears' career. Steve discusses the gangster road movie The Hit and argues it will take you on a journey towards cinematic heaven. Dan argues that the music, romance and listing-obsessed movie High Fidelity should make it into your Top Five Rom Coms of all time. Have...
Oct 10, 2022•51 min•Ep. 10
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In today's episode, Steve discusses Sexy Beast and argues it is the last great British gangster film. Meanwhile, Dan makes the case for Shoot 'Em Up being the best film to have spoofed the action genre. As always, dear listener, you make the final decision as to whether Steve and Dan have argued their point successfully. Beware of spoilers (and Cockney accents!) Enjoy th...
Sep 29, 2022•43 min•Ep. 9
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow. The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In today's episode, Dan examines Wolfgang Peterson's classic submarine drama Das Boot . Is it the greatest war movie of all time, or should it just stay submerged? Continuing the Naval theme, Steve talks about his fondness for the Steven Seagal action film Under Siege . Is it a nineties classic, or just a waterlogged Die Hard ripoff? As always, dear listener, the final de...
Sep 21, 2022•50 min•Ep. 8
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this special War movie-themed episode, Steve discusses the World War Two murder mystery The Night of the Generals . Is it a perfect marriage of two genres - war and mysteries - or does it fail on all fronts? Dan argues that Rogue One is among the best films in the Star Wars series. Does it hit the target, or is it just another Lucasarts misfire? As always, dear listen...
Sep 04, 2022•53 min•Ep. 7
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this special Horror-themed episode, Steve discusses the Vincent Price comedy-horror Theatre of Blood , in which Price plays an actor who murders critics who have been rude about his performances. Is it a case of justifiable homicide or just Price chewing the scenery? Dan argues the merits of Paul WS Anderson's Hell in Space-themed Event Horizon. Is the film a neglecte...
Aug 12, 2022•55 min•Ep. 6
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this episode, Steve examines Ken Russell's biopic Lisztomania . Is it a work of genius or such a bad film that watching it could induce madness? Whereas Dan tries to salvage the reputation of the musical Xanadu . It was a notorious bomb, but can Dan persuade you that it was a missed opportunity with moments of brilliance?...
Aug 06, 2022•55 min•Ep. 5
A behind-the-scenes snippet of the preparation we put in and sacrifices we make in the name of entertainment....
Aug 04, 2022•2 min•Ep. 5
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this special James Bond-themed episode, Dan defends the gritty, serious Bond played by Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill to Steve who feels that Dalton just has a Licence to Bore. Whereas, Steve defends the tongue-in-cheek, light portrayal of Bond by Roger Moore in Moonraker to Dan who argues that the film should be shot into outer space. Enjoy!...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 4
(This episode was recorded shortly before the death of Electric Dreams star Lenny Von Dohlen was reported in the news.) Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow . The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In this episode, Steve defends Peter Greenaway's arthouse classic The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Love r to Dan who felt the title wasn't long enough. It should have been called The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover & the Bored Viewer . M...
Jul 13, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow. The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In our last episode, Steve defended the epic Barry Lyndon to Dan who thought it was an epic bore, and Dan defended The Expendables to Steve who argued it was ripe for the cinematic dustbin. In this episode, we look at neo-noir and the action thriller. Steve defends the George V Higgins adaptation Killing Them Softly to Dan who regarded it as slow torture. Meanwhile, Dan r...
Jun 30, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow. The podcast where we pit high art against low culture and vice versa. In tonight's episode, Steve Powell defends Stanley Kubrick's magnum opus Barry Lyndon to a sceptical Dan Slattery, and Dan argues that when it comes to big-budget action movies The Expendables is indispensable.
Jun 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Arthouse, Action Movies, Auteur Theory and Adventures Films, Highbrow Lowbrow is the podcast that has it all. Podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery argue about the merits, or lack thereof, of high and low culture. Steve and Dan each pick one film that could be classified as either highbrow or lowbrow and have to defend their choice to each other, even though they know it’s a film the other person hates. Get ready for some good-natured debates, verbal jousting and celebrity gossip that will...
Jun 13, 2022•48 sec
