Stephen Frears Special: The Hit vs. High Fidelity

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 we argued our case successfully? As always, dear listener, the final decision is up to you. Spoilers ahead. Enjoy the show.

(A Spotify playlist to accompany this episode can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uzBAFfgCjeuBaIArA3NoO?si=03f9db7138bb4b7c)