Cine-Lit (QUAD, Derby)

Welcome to Cine-Lit, a new podcast from the film programming team at QUAD in Derby, United Kingdom.

Hosted by two cinema programmers and a whole range of special guests, they will be exploring a variety of topics from mainstream cinema, the arthouses and the history of cinema.

Films you know, films you don't know and films you don't know you don't know.

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Always packed full of controversy, this week we’re discussing the 2020 Oscars nominations. 

We talk about the films that were nominated and those that weren’t, what would be on our ideal list, as well as what makes an acting role a Lead or a Supporting one.

Featuring Adam Marsh (Cinema Programmer), Rebekah Taylor (Film Officer), Laura O'Leary (QUAD Assistant Curator) and resident cult film expert Darrell Buxton.

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Join Adam and Rebekah for a special episode of the Cine-Lit podcast.

In this episode, together with QUAD’s resident film historian Darrell Buxton, they discuss the work of Alejandro Jodorowsky. From his early work to his breakout film El Topo, his Beatles-funded The Holy Mountain, his adaption of Dune that never got the green light and his 40+ years of comic book writing.

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In the latest episode of the Cine-Lit podcast, Adam and Rebekah are joined by film lecturer David Leicester.

Together they discuss Elias Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), currently showing in cinemas in a new restoration by the BFI.

As well as discussing the towering performances of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, they talk about Tennessee Williams' original play and how it relates to the film. They also cover Elias Kazan's controversial 1952 testimony as a witness before the House Committee on Un-American Activities at the time of the Hollywood blacklist.

Book to see A Streetcar Named Desire at QUAD, Derby.

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In this first part of a two part Cine-Lit podcast, Adam and Rebekah are joined by new regular contributor Film Historian Darrell Buxton.

Together they tackle the New Hollywood movement that took over Hollywood in the late '60s, the 1970s and the early '80s. This wide-ranging discussion incorporates the beginnings of the movement with films like Easy Rider and Bonnie And Clyde, through to the major successes, both critically and commercially, of films like The Godfather and The Exorcist.

Plus, they discuss the key movers and shakers in this period, including the likes of Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, the independent film production and distribution company American International Pictures (AIP), Robert Evans, Roger Corman and more.

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In this second part of a two part Cine-Lit podcast, Adam, Rebekah and Darrell continue their discussion on the New Hollywood movement. This time they are moving into the final days of the scene and discussing some of the reasons and films that led to its downfall.

They discuss the likes of Apocalypse Now, Star Wars, Jaws, Heaven’s Gate, Popeye and more, as well as the impact of figures like David Lynch, Robert Altman, Hal Ashby and Warren Beatty

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This latest episode of Cine-Lit, Adam is joined by regular contributor Film Historian Darrell Buxton.

In the midst of the lockdown that many are experiencing across the world, Adam and Darrell discuss Single Location movies. Movies where the protagonists are restricted to a single location, whether that be chained to a radiator in a dirty room (Saw) or trapped between a Rock and A Hard Place (127 Hours). They establish the parameters, the highlights and discuss why, if you are a low budget filmmaker, a single location movie might aid the creative process.

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In our recent two-part series focussing on The New Hollywood movement, regular contributor Film Historian Darrell Buxton boldly claimed that Roger Corman was the most important American film maker in post-war cinema.

So Adam decided to challenge Darrell to back up his argument in a wide-ranging conversation which focuses on Corman’s long career as a producer and director. Also covered is his role as a talent spotter and an influential cheerleader for some of the biggest names in modern cinema.

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Adam and Darrell reunite for another Cine-Lit podcast this time looking into the work of a director that maybe not so many people are aware of.

Inspired by Adam's comment that "There is always something to enjoy in a Brian Trenchard-Smith film." They are exploring the work of director Brian Trenchard-Smith, pioneer of the Ozploitation boom of filmmaking in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. In a career that comprises of action, drama, kung fu, family films, science-fiction, horror, thrillers and any other genre you can named, Trenchard-Smith has done it all in his over 50 year career. Focusing on five films from his filmography, Adam and Darrell discuss the merits of The Man From Hong Kong (1975), Stunt Rock (1978), Turkey Shoot (1981), BMX Bandits (1983) and Dead End Drive In (1986) and how these films encapsulate the career of BTS.

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Adam and Darrell jump back to the earliest days of cinema and take a look at the birth of the crime film in the first in a series of podcasts about the crime genre.

In this first podcast they cover the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes (1900), animal heroics in Rescued By Rover (1905), the significance of films like Underworld (1927), Fantomas (1913-1914), Dr Mabuse, Der Spieler (1922) before the sound of the Tommy Gun shattered the silence forever in films like Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931) and Scarface (1932).

Cine-Lit intends to drop back in on the crime genre periodically and explore more areas in this perenially popular genre.

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The Old Dark House, the reading of the will at midnight, the secret panels, the hidden rooms, the murderous criminal…. All the clichés that are as familiar as your own hand appear in this subgenre of the crime film.

We are talking Old Dark House mysteries covering James Whale’s iconic Old Dark House (1932), The Cat And The Canary, J B Priestley, Laurel And Hardy, Harold Lloyd and many more.

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Cine-Lit host Adam Marsh is joined by resident expert Darrell Buxton to delve into the history of RKO studios through five films that are currently available to view for free on the BBC iPlayer.

From the biggest star in Hollywood (King Kong) to, arguably, the greatest film ever made (Citizen Kane), RKO had a run from the late 1920s through to the mid 1950's and left an indelible mark on cinema history.

Here are five reasons to love…. RKO!

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Classic RKO films come to BBC iPlayer - Press Release from BBC Media Centre

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Cine-Lit take a left turn away from our historical deep dives, and this episode Adam and Darrell are delving into the fictional history of England's Screaming. The new book from the author Sean Hogan and the excellent PS Publishing, 'England's Screaming' attempts to weave together the fictional history of some of British horror's most fascinating characters.

England's Screaming is available to buy from PS Publishing - https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/englands-screaming-hardcover-sean-hogan-5047-p.asp

Three Mothers, One Father is available to buy from Black Shuck Books - https://blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-20/

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Adam and Darrell pick another topic to explore through five films and this time they have chosen the career and work of director Julien Temple.

Recorded on the weekend when Glastonbury 2020 was due to take place, we explore Temple's documentary on the famous festival as well as his Sex Pistols doc/propaganda exercise The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980).

Rounding out the five are his day-glo, 80s musical/comedy Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), the film that almost broke the British Film Industry Absolute Beginners (1986) and his 90s Mickey Rourke/Tupac vehicle Bullet (1996). We also find time to discuss Temple's extended pop promo for David Bowie, Jazzin' For Blue Jean (1984).

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Cine-Lit's Adam Marsh is joined by Derby QUAD's Peter Munford to talk about his passion for East Asian cinema and the films that inspired him to set up the monthly film night Satori Screen.

Covering a wide range of countries and genres we delve into Park Chan Wook's Vengeance trilogy, Jackie Chan's breakthrough movie, the most profitable movie ever made One Cut Of The Dead (2017), the incredibly influential anime Akira and an Indonesian ripoff film called Lady Terminator!

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Adam sits down with Steve Hatcher, organiser of the Doctor Who Convention Whooverville, to talk about the Doctor's visits to the big screen.

In the episode, we cover the two Amicus Dalek movies of the 1960s that starred British acting legend Peter Cushing as Doctor Who.

We look at the 1970s efforts to bring Who to the big screen with Tom Baker, and explore the various ill-advised attempts in the 80s and early 90s that led to the making of Doctor Who - The Movie starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.

Finally we talk about the 50th Anniversary special The Day Of The Doctor that played cinema screenings across the world.

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Adam and Darrell delve into the career of one of Hollywood's more enigmatic stars on the eve of his 70th Birthday. Bill Murray has been delighting audiences, wrongfooting Hollywood and forging filmmaking partnerships for over 40 years now.

Cine-Lit explores his career, looking at the late 70s / early 80s, the mega pop culture hit Ghostbusters, Murray's sole directorial effort and his partnerships with some of the most exciting talents in the world of film like Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola and Jim Jarmusch.

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Adam and Darrell are joined by film director and proud Derby lad, Dominic Burns, to explore an area of cinema that Dom is very passionate about. The 80s!

As the world reels from the shockwaves of Lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic, more than ever we need the power of a good comedy. The discussion here takes in 5 great films from the 1980s that may have escaped your notice.

We look at Ruthless People (1986) with Danny DeVito and Bette Midler, Richard Pryor in Brewster's Millions (1985), John Candy and Dan Ackroyd in The Great Outdoors (1988), Richard Dreyfuss in Let It Ride (1989) and Joe Dante's The Burbs (1989).

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The nights are drawing in and thoughts turn to horror as Halloween fast approaches. This episode of Cine-Lit looks at the work of the Italian maestro of horror Dario Argento.

From his early films - including his Animal Trilogy (Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Cat O' Nine Tails, Four Flies On Grey Velvet) which established the key characteristic of the giallo subgenre - to his Three Mothers films (Suspiria, Inferno and The Mother Of Tears) and everything inbetween. An auteur of horror, an incredible influence on cinema, Dario will go down in history as one of the key figures in horror cinema.

Adam and Darrell are joined by John Martin, co-founder of the influential British fanzine Samhain before editing and publishing his own Giallo Pages, devoted to spaghetti exploitation cinema. He is also the author of The Seduction of the Gullible: The Curious History of the British "Video Nasties" Phenomenon and remains the longest serving contributor to The Dark Side, the world's longest running and bestselling horror film magazine.

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Adam and Darrell welcome back Rebekah for a special Halloween edition of Cine-Lit where the team delve into the pair of Blaxploitation horror films.

Made during the height of the Blaxploitation boom in US filmmaking, a touch of vampiric class is brought to the funky streets of LA as Blacula stalks his victims. While Blaxploitation legend Pam Grier arrives for the sequel as Voodoo raises its head and, indeed, the dead in Scream, Blacula, Scream.

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The Cine-Lit team take a look at the filmmaking career of Steve McQueen, tracing the line from his art career and winning the Turner Prize, through to his film-making debut with the IRA Hunger Strike biopic Hunger, his follow up with Shame, then onto his Oscar winning triumph in 12 Years A Slave and Widows.

Just ahead of his new anthology series debuting on the BBC iPlayer in November, this is the perfect time to get up to speed.

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Cine-Lit goes festival crazy this episode as we celebrate the long-delayed return of Paracinema Film Festival and Derby Film Festival this November.

We catch up with the director of Day Of The Stranger, Tom Lee Rutter, to talk about the film, it's troubled, unorthodox shoot and what possessed him to make an acid western in Kidderminster!

See Day Of The Stranger on the Paracinema Film Festival website.

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As Paracinema barrells towards it's conclusion, Adam and Darrell catch up with Michael Fausti, director of Exit.

Exit bowled over the Paracinema selection committee with its style, confidence and mesmerising performances. An erotic horror thriller that leaves you with as many questions after you've watched it as you have going in, it impressed Darrell so much that he compared it favourably with David Lynch.

Exit screens at the Paracinema Film Festival website until midnight on Thursday and is also available on special edition Blu-ray directly from the Fausti Films website.

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Adam, Darrell and Rebekah bring the Christmas feels for this loose free form chat about their favourite (and not so favourite ) Christmas Movies.

Expect all the yuletide faves as the team chat Home Alone, Muppets Christmas Carol, It's A Wonderful Life as well as some lesser known seasonal films like Cash On Demand, Don't Open Until Christmas and.... Silver Linings Playbook?

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Normally at this time of year, Adam, Darrell and Rebekah would be discussing the Oscar nominations - the films that (deservedly or otherwise) were nominated and those that were overlooked. But because 2020 was… well, 2020, the Oscars for this year have been postponed.

So this month the team are looking back to the year which produced arguably the strongest ever line-up of Best Picture nominees - 1976.

Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, Bound For Glory and All The President's Men - any of these films would have been a worthy winner.

The team discuss the films in turn, how they relate to each other, how they were all commenting on US society and politics of the time, and how they stand up today.

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Cine-Lit tackles the biggest leading man in cinema history as Adam and Darrell take a look at the legacy of King Kong!

Following on from the podcast on RKO earlier last year, they look at the sequels, spin offs, Japanese Kaiju Kong films, the remakes and the new Kong films in Legendary's Monsterverse cinematic shared universe.

Taking the new publication "Giant Monsters Of Filmland" (co-edited by a certain Cine-Lit podcaster) as a launching point, this jaunt through the history of Kong coincides nicely with with the upcoming release Godzilla Vs King Kong.

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Adam and Darrell are joined by filmmaker Dominic Burns to discuss the films from 1994 that caught the attention of Oscar.

From stone cold classics like Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption, to the British offering Four Weddings And A Funeral, the Robert Redford directed Quiz Show and eventual Best Picture winner Forrest Gump.

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Adam and Darrell square up and take on the Terror of Tokyo in the latest episode of the Cine-Lit podcast.

They are joined by Satori Screen's Peter Munford to turn their gaze back over the 36 film, 67 year history of Godzilla! From his debut in 1954's Gojira (aka Godzilla) through to 2019's Godzilla: King Of Monsters.

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The Cine-Lit team has been looking back at Oscar shortlists of years past and talking about some truly great movies. This episode we switch gears and head to the bottom shelf and take a look at some of the worst movies of the past 40 years.

Cine-Lit joins forces with Johann and Edward from The Trash Tapes podcast to sift the rubbish from the gems as we look at the history of The Golden Raspberry Awards, aka The Razzies.

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After a couple of podcasts wrestling with cinema's greatest monsters, Adam and Darrell face down another Titan of Monster Cinema. Ray Harryhausen had a magical career bringing stop-motion life to films like the Sinbad trilogy, Mighty Joe Young, Clash Of The Titans, Hammer's One Million Years B.C. and the legendary Jason and the Argonauts.

Sure, the actors played their part but you were really paying to see such cinematic monsters like The Kraken, The Hydra, sword-wielding skeletons, Gwangi, Mighty Joe Young and, of course, the snake-haired Medusa.

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Adam and Darrell delve into the films of Norman J. Warren for this episode of the Cine-Lit podcast.

Norman passed away in March 2021 so we thought it was only right to pay homage and look at the man who was, in many ways, a one-man British Horror Industry in the late 70s/early 80s.

Norman was a regular at film festivals over the past thirty years where he was a familiar face and often challenged for the title of Nicest Man in Horror.

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Cine-Lit heads back to the crime vault for this latest podcast.

Adam & Darrell look at an unusual period in Walter Matthau's career. Known for his comedy roles in films like The Fortune Cookie and The Odd Couple, Matthau took a sharp turn into crime territory with a three-film run between 1973 and 1974.

Cine-Lit looks at this short blip (Charley Varrick, The Laughing Policeman and The Taking Of Pelham 123) in closer detail.

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Adam sits down with Darrell Buxton, not just Cine-Lit's resident expert but also editor extraordinaire of two new short story collections.

Darrell has assembled two collections of the BHF Book Of Horror Stories. Book Four is packed cover to cover with stories based on British Horror Films while Book Five is all killer no filler with horror stories based on song titles.

Featuring interviews with authors Ian Taylor, Selene Paxton-Brooks, Samantha Crosby and Neil Pike.

The Fourth BHF Book Of Horror Stories is available to order here, while the Fifth volume is available to order here.

All profits go to the NHS and Angelman UK charities.

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For this podcast Adam and Darrell take a look at the film career of Kathleen Turner. She arrived on the film scene in 1981 and was an immediate success establishing her as an A-List actor.

From the smouldering sexuality of Body Heat, to the mousey romance novelist of Romancing The Stone and outrageous roles for Ken Russell and John Waters, Turner has had a career that should be the envy of most Hollywood A-Listers.

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Steve Martin came out of the gate on the big screen and was pretty much an instant success (at least in the US). Four films in this initial six-year period (1979-1984) were directed by Carl Reiner.

Join Adam and Darrell as they explore what made this partnership so special and led to the creation of The Jerk (1979), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man With Two Brains (1983) and All Of Me (1984).

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Now we all know that Bowie was a genius, right? A musical giant whose name will live on long after we're dust. But will his acting roles live on? Join Adam J. Marsh and self-confessed Bowie-nut Darrell Buxton as they explore the acting career of David Bowie.

Covering films like The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976), The Hunger (1983), Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983), Absolute Beginners (1986) and perhaps his most famous film, Labyrinth (1986).

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Some musicians take to acting like a duck to water... but then others hit the water and sink fast! For this episode of Cine-Lit, Adam and Darrell are joined by Rob Lane of the Straight To Video podcast (and an actual musician!) to talk about some of the best (and worst) examples of musicians attempting the crossover into acting. 

You can check out more of Rob and the Straight To Video Podcast at stvpod.com

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In this episode we take a look at the film career of director Robert Altman. In a film career starting in 1967 (after 16 years in TV), Altman's breakout film was M*A*S*H (1970) which was followed by a string of stellar films throughout his life (with 15 films between 1970 -1980 alone). It is a career rich in common themes and traits in movies like the stellar Nashville (1975), 3 Women (1977), The Long Goodbye (1973) and many more.

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Adam and Darrell are joined by film lecturer David Leicester to discuss that particular strand of film, the Summer Holiday movie. In a year where many people don't have the luxury of a summer holiday abroad, Cine-Lit will be your travel guide to an aural trip away. David picks out five British Summer Holiday films for discussion including Holiday Camp (1947), Summertime (1955), Bhaji On The Beach (1993), Movern Callar (2002), and Unrelated (2007).

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To coincide with Prano Bailey-Bond's film Censor, set during the height of the moral panic surrounding Videotapes in the 1980s, Cine-Lit takes a look at the time period when headlines like "Ban Video Sadism!" were commonplace and common sense seemed to go out of the window. Joining Adam and Darrell for this discussion is John Martin, author of the book on Video Nasties "Seduction Of The Gullible."

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It is the 50th Anniversary of the Oscar-winning classic The French Connection. What better time, then, to take a look back and see if the film still holds up! Adam and Darrell head back to the mean streets of 1970s New York for William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971) before hopping the English Channel to France and the moyenne des rue of Marseilles for John Frankenheimer's The French Connection II (1975).

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It has been the longest time between Bond films since the late 80s but finally, the latest 007 adventure will be hitting cinema screens. Adam and Cine-Lit's resident expert Darrell Buxton are joined by Director (and Bond Mega Fan) Dominic Burns to explore the history of the character from its introduction in the 1950s novels, to the big screen spectacles that established him in popular culture.

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Rebekah Taylor (Film Officer at QUAD in Derby) and Louise Giadom from All3Media talk about what they felt about on-screen representation growing up Black British. Rebekah and Louise explore what films and television shows they were drawn to growing up and the people that are changing the narrative.

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Filmmaker Ian Harnarine, Director of Doubles With Slight Pepper, talks with Rebekah about the process of making his short film while also discussing Intersectional Representation.

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Rebekah talks to Caroline Wilson from UNDR LNDN about how she felt about on-screen representation growing up as a British Asian. We look at South Asian representation during the 1990s to now and the people that are changing the narrative.

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Two films celebrating birthdays this year are John Carpenter's Escape films, with the seminal Escape From New York celebrating its 40th Birthday while its much-maligned offspring hits 25 in 2021. Adam and Darrell head into the future of 1997 and 2013 to spend some quality time with Snake Plissken.

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Cine-Lit turns its attention to one of the icons of British Cinema history, Hammer Films and the horror that it was predominantly known for. Adam is joined by resident expert Darrell Buxton and editor of the Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film and Television, Kevin Lyons to discuss the series of Frankenstein films from the legendary company.

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Adam, Rebekah and our resident historian Darrell Buxton discuss the three films that Dean made before his untimely death in 1955 and why he is considered such a cultural icon to this day.

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For the final podcast of the series, we talk to Sontenish Myers and Melanie Grant about their films Cross My Heart and The Book Of Jasmine, which were both featured in the Caribbean Calling shorts programme, screened as part of the Reforming The Image season at QUAD. Rebekah talks to them about what creatively influenced them growing up as well as the process of making their short films in the Caribbean.

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Jump in the back seat as Adam and Darrell slow down long enough to discuss the nitro-fuelled franchise that is Mad Max. From 1979's Mad Max, through 1981's Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior), beyond Beyond Thunderdome (1985) to 2015's insanely magnificent Mad Max: Fury Road, this car wrecking, fuel injected, dystopian nightmare of a series has thrilled audiences for over 40 years, wowing fans and winning over critics. Pop your seatbelt and join us!

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As cinemas are currently revisiting the early 90s with Pablo Larrain's Spencer, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the genre of the Biopic. A perennial favourite with filmmakers, audiences and Oscar voters, the Biopic is a unique genre of cinema that casts its net over the wealth of human experience, and includes lots of famous people playing other famous people.

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In the second part of Cine-Lit's look at Hammer Horror, Adam and Cine-Lit's resident expert Darrell Buxton are rejoined by Kevin Lyons, Hammer expert and editor of the Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film and Television (www.eofftv.com), to sink their fangs into Hammer's run of Dracula movies. Between 1958 and 1974, Hammer went to places no other Dracula films had gone!

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'Tis the season once again, and sure you'll be revisiting those classic Christmas films like It's A Wonderful Life, Elf, Muppets Christmas Carol, etc. but adventurous viewers come hither, for there is a world of Alternative Christmas Films just waiting to reveal themselves to you. Adam and Darrell are joined by film producer (and self-confessed Christmas nut) Dominic Burns (Jay And Silent Bob Reboot) to offer some alternative Christmas fare.

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With a back catalogue that includes mockumentaries, coming-of-age dramas, comedies, courtroom dramas, psychological thrillers, fantasy, and rom-coms, it is difficult to know where to start with Rob Reiner's career. Adam and Darrell pick out five (or eight) and explore an eclectic and high-quality career covering films like This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally (1989), An American President (1995), plus A Few Good Men (1992), The Sure Thing (1985), Misery (1990)...

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Just in time for Robert Rodriguez's entry into the Star Wars universe with new Boba Fett series, Cine-Lit takes a look at the birth of Rodriguez's career and the trilogy that established him as a Hollywood director. We look at the lengths Rodriguez went to scramble together the $7000 dollar budget for El Mariachi, to becoming part of a cool indie cinema clique with Quentin Tarantino in the mid 90s, launching the Hollywood careers of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek before rounding off his trilogy with Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003), co-starring Johnny Depp.

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"Do you like scary movies?" In 1996 people didn't until Scream came along and reignited a stale mainstream horror scene. Birthing not just 3 sequels and a spinoff television series Scream also brought the slasher film into the 90s with a string of slashers filling cinema screens. Now in 2022, as the franchise is getting a sequel/relaunch with a new film, Cine-Lit delves into its history ahead of the latest appearance of Ghostface.

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Cine-Lit heads across the decades and the English Channel to take a deep dive into a five film series from one of the greats of world Cinema. Francois Truffaut's The Adventures of Antoine Doinel is a remarkable series that spans 20 years from the legendary The 400 Blows (1959) through Anotine & Colette (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed And Board (1970) before wrapping up with 1979's Love On The Run. Adam and Darrell are joined by multidisciplinary artist and photographer Camille Relet to talk all things Antoine.

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Cine-Lit goes to the seaside! In a change to the usual format of the podcast, resident expert (and roving reporter) Darrell Buxton tells Adam the history of the Horror-On-Sea festival in Southend and the low budget cinematic gems that have been screening there this past January.

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Before he became KUBRICK and the film criticism world bowed at his feet, director Stanley Kubrick got his foot in the door and established his credentials in two crime films, Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956). Adam and Darrell are joined by film lecturer David Leicester to discuss this brace of films that kickstarted one of the most revered sequences of films in cinema history.

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In a recording too epic to be constrained by one episode, Cine-Lit explores the films and legacy of the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise over two heart-pounding podcasts. Joining Adam and Darrell is Derby QUAD's Fright Club host and programmer Adam Crowther, as they talk about the man of your dreams, Freddy Krueger! In this first episode, we cover the genesis of the initial instalment, the release of the first film at the tail end of the slasher boom, the rehabilitation of Part II and the return of Wes Craven in Part III.

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In the second of our podcasts covering the knife-gloved legacy of Freddy Krueger, Adam, Darrell and Adam Crowther of QUAD's Fright Club cover parts IV-VI, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the horror match-up to end them all Freddy Vs. Jason and 2010's ill-judged remake. They also muse on possible future instalments in the wake of the box office success of Halloween Kills and 2022's Scream.

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David Lean is one of Britain's most celebrated filmmakers, the master of the epic with such classics as Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. But ever the contrarians, Cine-Lit heads back before Lean started to go epic with a pair of films based on the works of Charles Dickens that are among the best ever adapted for film. Adam, Darrell and Rebecca take a closer look at Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948).

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Adam and Darrell are joined by Italian horror expert and creator of the Giallo Pages fanzine John Martin to take a trip through six crime thrillers made by director Sergio Martino during the golden age of the Italian Giallo film. We look at the films and Martino's impact on this particularly violent strand of crime thriller, the Giallo. Films covered: The Strange Vice Of Mrs Wardh (1971), The Case Of The Scorpion's Tail (1971), Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972), All The Colours Of The Dark (1972), Torso (1973) and The Suspicious Death Of A Minor (1975).

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After covering the Count from Transylvania and Mary Shelley's monstrous creation, Cine-Lit once again cracks open the vault of horror from that most British of institutions, Hammer Films. This time we venture into parts unknown, into a multiverse of Hammer as we discuss a range of much-muted but never completed Hammer productions. In this instalment we discuss an unmade fourth Dick Barton, a non-Nigel Kneale Quatermass, a Richard Matheson scripted I Am Legend, a return to Denis Wheatley's world of the occult, Zeppelins Vs. Pterodactyls and a Hammer take on Cinema's biggest star, King Kong.

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Cine-Lit continues its adventures in "What If" country as we explore the unmade Hammer projects that were announced, mooted and, in some cases, scripted films, but that languish in the might-have-been archives. In this instalment, we look at the various attempts to bring more vampires back to Hammer with proposed new Count Dracula adventures, an unconventional biopic of Bram Stoker, and attempts to bring to the screen one of the most famous vampires from the world of comics. Also, we talk about the pitch and poster to bring Scotland's most infamous aquatic monster Nessie to the big screen.

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With the surprising news that Jon Hamm is starring in a new Fletch film, we thought now was as good a time as any to take a look at this interesting character.

Adam and Darrell are joined by Director (and 80s Film enthusiast) Dominic Burns to explore the origins of Fletch. From the novels by Gregory McDonald through to the hit movie Fletch (1985) starring Chevy Chase and the less successful sequel Fletch Lives (1989).

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Cine-Lit finally gets around to continuing its look at Crime Cinema in all its many forms. This time we are taking a look at the scourge of the underworld, the champion of deduction Sherlock Holmes. We are focusing on the run of 14 films made between 1939 - 1946 featuring Basil Rathbone as the Great Detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr John Watson. From direct adaptations to somewhat loose interpretations, from the late 1800s setting to fighting the Nazis, these Holmes mysteries encompass a lot of what we now come to regard as classic Sherlock Holmes.

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The Cine-Lit team once again delve into the world of fiction as we have author Sean Hogan on the show to tell us all about his new book, Twilight's Last Screaming. This book, like its predecessor, England's Screaming, brings together fictional characters from horror cinema (and beyond) and through a series of short stories tells a new story that spans the history of America and features an eclectic range of cinema's greatest heroes and villains.

Twilight's Last Screaming can be purchased direct from the publisher Black Shuck Books - https://blackshuckbooks.co.uk/tls/ - or wherever books are sold.

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The new Sight And Sound Top 100 Films Of All Time poll that is conducted every ten years, is due in late 2022. In anticipation of this Cine-Lit jumps headfirst into the canon. We begin at the dizzying heights of number one with the film that ended Citizen Kane's 50-year reign at the top, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.

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It is a term that is bandied about by part-time film lecturers and self-styled academics, but what is it? A term popularised by Alfred Hitchcock, the MacGuffin is the sometime incidental 'thing' that the characters in a film desire, need or are in search of. Adam and Darrell put aside their quest for the Maltese Falcon and run down the 39 steps to get to the bottom of the legendary MacGuffin.

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Cine-Lit ventures into What if territory as we take a free-form look at films that deserve a second crack at Hollywood. Adam and Darrell are joined by QUAD's Fright Club programmer Adam Crowther as they pick some cinematic gems and misfires that could be remade, rebooted or sequelised for new generations.

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Cine-Lit hits the mean streets of Gotham City as we rundown the lowdown on that nocturnal crimefighter Batman. As the rich history of Batman is a big subject matter, we break it down and cover Batman from 1989 through to the late nineties. In this episode, we talk about Tim Burton's initial two films, Joel Schumacher's two later films as well as the impact of the Batman: Animated Series on the history and legacy of Batman. Plus, Adam manages to wax lyrical about Prince too!

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Celebrating 35 years of serving and protecting, Robocop is returning to cinema screens this year and Cine-Lit takes a deep dive into the classic Paul Verhoeven original and the less than successful attempts to replicate the hit. Please note this podcast is free but you should be prepared to "Buy That For A Dollar!"

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Alfred Hitchcock made some of the most well-respected films of all time, Vertigo currently tops the Sight and Sound list of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time but what about some of Hitch's lesser works? Adam and Darrell take a look at two films shot and released during a particularly purple patch for the director. In the midst of films like Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest and Psycho, these two films seem to stand out like criminals in an identity parade. One is a black comedy while the other is based on a true story and leans heavily into film noir. Join us as we talk about Harry and Manny in The Trouble With Harry (1955) and The Wrong Man (1956).

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The End Is Nigh! Well, for Cine-Lit it is at least. For this final episode in an almost three-year run, including over 70 podcasts on a crazy range of subjects, we are bringing the curtain down on Cine-Lit. But we couldn't go out with a whimper when we could go out with a bang. Adam and Darrel sit down and talk about Great Movie Endings. And of course, with a great movie ending, there is always the possibility of a great movie resurrection...

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