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Episode 250 - Solo: A Star Wars Story and Us
To celebrate the milestone of 250 episodes (!) we chose our favourite film scores from the last decade with Sean picking John Powell's work (with John Williams contributions) from Solo: A Star Wars Story and Andy picking Michael Abel's score for Jordan Peele's Us. Timings for this week are: Solo: A Star Wars Story: (04:19) Vanya on 42nd Street: (35:54) Next week we will be exploring the seedy side of the Swinging Sixties. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Bonus Episode - Oscars 2026
This week we are looking back at the 98th Academy Awards and discussing the winners on Hollywood's Biggest Night Next week we will be celebrating episode 250 with our favourite film scores of the last decade. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 249 - Masters of the Universe and Street Fighter (With Special Guest Adam Brennan)
This week, we welcome back high-brow aficionado Adam Brennan to help us discuss two films based on 80s games and toys. The films this week are the 1987 He-Man adaptation Masters of the Universe and the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Street Fighter. Timings for this week are: Masters of the Universe: (06:54) Street Fighter: (35:44) Next week we will be celebrating episode 250 with our favourite film scores of the last decade. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 248 - The Last Picture Show and Vanya on 42nd Street
The original title for this theme was quiet desperation in the arts... however having now seen the films, we're plumping for people change, surroundings remain. Timings for this week are: The Last Picture Show: (04:19) Vanya on 42nd Street: (35:44) Next week we will be exploring Movies based on 1980's Toys and Games. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 247 - High Fidelity and (500) Days of Summer
This week we thumb our nose at Valentine's Day with looking at two films under the idea of hmm... maybe you're the problem buddy. The two films are the John Cusack-led High Fidelity and the 2009 quirky Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel (500) Days of Summer. Timings for this week are: High Fidelity: (07:19) (500) Days of Summer: (35:44) Next week we will be exploring Maybe You're The Problem Buddy. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 246 - A Matter of Life and Death and Interstellar
This week we celebrate Valentines Day by looking at inter-dimensional love with the 1946 classic A Matter of Life and Death and the parental love of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Timings for this week are: A Matter of Life and Death: (03:09) Interstellar: (32:44) Next week we will be exploring Maybe You're The Problem Buddy. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 245 - La Dolce Vita and Collateral
This week we dive into night life and moral decay with two very different cities: Rome and Los Angeles. The lauded Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita and the Michael Mann oozing-cool Collateral. Timings for this week are: La Dolce Vita: (02:33) Collateral: (35:32) Next week we will be exploring Inter-dimensional Love. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 244 - Metropolis and M3GAN
This week we examine one film where the rich sneer on the workers and another about the rise of AI and corporations monetising it. These are clearly all historical notions. These are the Fritz Lang silent classic Metropolis and the smash A24 hit M3GAN. Timings for this week are: Metropolis:(02:33) M3GAN: (42:32) Next week we will be exploring Night Life and Moral Decay. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 243 - 3 Idiots and Your Name
We return to our annual tradition of the highest films on the IMDb 250 that we've not seen with Sean's being the bollywood smash hit, 3 Idiots and Andy's being the 2016 animated Your Name. Timings for this week are: 3 Idiots: (02:17) Your Name: (32:44) Next week our theme will be Female Humanoids. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 242b - Best of the Year ft. Sinners and Train Dreams
In Part 2, we breakdown Sean's top 10 of the year as well as some others that didn't quite get in. A special focus on both Sinners and Train Dreams. Timings for this week are: KPop Demon Hunters: (03:19) Nearly Top 10: (10:19) Top 10 begins: (15:22) Sinners: (49:58) Train Dreams: (58:10) Next week we return with our top films on the IMDb 250 that we've not yet seen. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 242a - Worst of 2025 ft. War of the Worlds
This is part one of a two part episode where we examine the best and worst of the year. Given how good many of the films were, we overran so broke it into this first episode looking at Sean's bottom films of the year. Timings for this week are: War of the Worlds (23:45) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 241 - It's a Wonderful Life and A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
This week we are exploring brothers in Christmas films with the holiday classic, the seminal It's a Wonderful Life (yes, expect a James Stewart impression) and the brand new for Q4 2025, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie. Timings for this week are: It's a Wonderful Life (05:26) A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (44:23) We will return after the holidays with a round up of 2025. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 240 - Home Alone and The Holdovers
Many people travel for the holidays - Chris Rea famously - however some stay behind, whether that be deliberate or not. This week we explore those who don’t travel for the holidays in the classic Home Alone and the Oscar winning The Holdovers. Timings for this week are: Home Alone (04:55) The Holdovers (45:23) Next week’s theme will be brothers at Christmas. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 239 - Miracle on 34th Street and A Boy Called Christmas
As you get older, it's easy to become jaded, this week we're exploring that believing is seeing with the original 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street and the 2021 adaptation of a Matt Haig book, A Boy Called Christmas Timings for this week are: Miracle on 34th Street (04:55) A Boy Called Christmas (31:23) Next week’s theme will be not travelling for Christmas. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Rob Reiner Tribute
Andy and Sean honour the films of the great Rob Reiner. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 238 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Grumpy Old Men
It's beginning to look a lot like... the holiday season... we look at Buddy Thanksgiving films with the John Hughes travel film, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and the Lemmon/Matthau vehicle Grumpy Old Men. Timings for this week are: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (02:49) Grumpy Old Men (40:37) Next week’s theme will be believing is seeing. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 237 - The Shining and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Finally, finally, Sean convinced Andy to discuss a Wes Anderson film. As it's Episode 237, we discussed Hotels in films with Kubrick's classic The Shining and Wes Anderson's Oscar-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel. Timings for this week are: The Shining (03:29) The Grand Budapest Hotel: (40:37) Next week we will be exploring Thanksgiving Movies Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 236 - Drugstore Cowboy and Trainspotting
This week we get examine the notion of how it's not paranoia if they're watching! aka The Drugs Aren't Alright. The films are the Gus Van Sant 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy and Danny Boyle's seminal 1996 film Trainspotting. Timings for this week are: Drugstore Cowboy (03:29) Trainspotting: (29:46) Next week, the theme for episode 237 will be cinematic hoteliers. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 235 - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Speed
This week we get examine two films that show public transport can be a bit of a pig... the films are the original 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the 1994 Speed. Thirty years apart but still interrupted journeys! Timings for this week are: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (02:29) Speed: (27:46) Next week, the theme will be it's not paranoia if they're watching. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 234 - Young Frankenstein and Shaun of the Dead
This week we get examine two horror parodies with the Mel Brooks classic, Young Frankenstein and ahead of Edgar Wright's The Running Man being released, we look back at his feature directorial debut in Shaun of the Dead. You've got red on you. Timings for this week are: Young Frankenstein: (03:17) Shaun of the Dead: (34:50) Next week, we will be discussing inconvenient public transport. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 233 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare and The Cabin in the Woods
This week we get meta with horrors that break the fourth wall. We see Freddy Krueger's return in Wes Craven's New Nightmare and the Drew Goddard's 2012 film, The Cabin in the Woods. Timings for this week are: Wes Craven's New Nightmare: (02:50) The Cabin in the Woods: (29:50) Next week, we will be discussing horror parody. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 232 - Nosferatu (1922) and The VVitch
This week we get creeped out with the theme of primal fear and isolation with the original 1922 Nosferatu and the 2015 Robert Eggers' debut, The VVitch Timings for this week are: Nosferatu: (02:56) The VVitch: (31:30) Next week, we will be discussing horrors that break the fourth wall. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 231 - The Terminator and Short Circuit (With Special Guest Steven Geekface)
This week we welcome the ball of fun and energy that is Steven Geekface from So Geeked About Movies to discuss good/bad robots - to differing results. We examine James Cameron's original badass action film The Terminator and the ecclectic Short Circuit. Timings for this week are: The Terminator: (06:36) Short Circuit: (39:57) Find Steven online at https://linktr.ee/stevengeekface Next week, we will begin our Halloween season with primal fear and isolation. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Robert Redford Tribute
Andy and Sean look back at some of the great films and career of the late Robert Redford. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] 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/ 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
Episode 230 - The Great Film Quiz 2025 (With Special Host Bo Nicholson)
EThis week we welcome a guest host for the first time ever! We have Bo Nicholson hosting a film quiz in a Sean vs Andy clash for the ages. Find Bo on https://linktr.ee/BoNicholson His Film Stories Podcasts are Movieversaries and Academy Watch. Timings for this week are: Round 1 Questions (03:53) Round 1 Answers (23:50) Round 2 Questions (33:02) Round 2 Answers (38:50) Round 3 Questions (44:40) Round 3 Answers (47:35) Round 4 Questions (51:07) Round 4 Answers (57:30) Round 5 Questions (01:02:09) Round 6 Answers (01:06:29) Round 7 Questions (01:10:16) Round 7 Answers (01:17:38) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 229 - Rear Window and The 'Burbs
This week we check in with nosy neighbours by exploring the seminal Hitchcock classic, Rear Window and the Joe Dante 80's cult film, The 'Burbs. Timings for this week are: Rear Window: (03:09) The 'Burbs: (30:17) Next week, we will be joined by Bo Nicholson as we have a special end of summer episode. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 228 - Aladdin and The Big Lebowski
This week we look at iconic rugs in movies with Disney's 1992 seminal Aladdin and the Coen Brothers cult classic The Big Lebowski. Rugs play important roles, but do they tie the room together. The threads abide. Timings for this week are: Aladdin: (03:47) The Big Lebowski: (28:58) Next week, we will be discussing nosy neighbours. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 227 - Bugsy Malone and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
This week we examine two 'family friendly' noir films. The films are the 1976 Alan Parker musical Bugsy Malone and the 1988 Robert Zemekis-helmed Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Timings for this week are: Bugsy Malone: (04:15) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: (25:58) Next week, we will be discussing iconic cinematic rugs. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 226 - The Jazz Singer and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (With Special Guest Luke Tomlinson)
This week, we explore important film firsts with the wonderful Luke Tomlinson from Impropod. The films this week are the first synchronised dialogue in the 1927 The Jazz Singer and the first feature length animated film in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Timings for this week are: The Jazz Singer: (10:48) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: (35:30) Next episode we'll be looking at family friendly noirs. You can find more of Luke here: Instagram Website Youtube Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 225 - Happy Gilmore and The Phantom of the Open
This week we discuss outsider golf movies to celebrate the upcoming release of Happy Gilmore 2, we examine the first - how has it held up? We also explore the 2021 Mark Rylance starring The Phantom of the Open. There may be a few names dropped for that one. Timings for this week are: Happy Gilmore: (03:10) The Phantom of the Open: (30:34) Next week, we will be joined by Luke Tomlinson from Impropod to discuss Cinematic Firsts. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 224 - The Secret of NIMH and Mulan (With Special Guests Clark and David from The Goldsmith Odyssey)
What happens when animated films don’t follow every footstep, pratfall, or punch with a musical sting? This week, we’re diving deep into two extraordinary scores that rise above the usual cartoon tropes: Jerry Goldsmith’s rich, haunting work on The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Disney’s Mulan (1998). With special guests Clark and David from The Goldsmith Odyssey, we explore how these composers use themes, atmosphere, and emotional undercurrents—not just action cues—to tell deeper stories. No Mickey Mousing here — just powerful, cinematic composition in animated form. 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 The Goldsmith Odyssey here: Bluesky X/Twitter Podcast Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 223 - The Man Who Fell To Earth and Men In Black
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 Mickey Mouse. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 222 - The Great Dictator and Mrs Miniver
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 on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 221 - Happy Together and God's Own Country
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 Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 220 - Robot and Frank and Brian and Charles
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 Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 219 - Deliverance and Green Room (With Special Guest Leslie Pitt @afrofilmviewer)
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 on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 218 - Do The Right Thing and In The Heights (With Special Guest Violet Hammond)
EThis 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 Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 217 - My Cousin Vinny and Legally Blonde
EThis 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: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 216 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Unforgiven
EThis 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: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 215 - Before Sunset and Victoria
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: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers and that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 214 - Citizen Kane and The Night of the Hunter
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: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers or that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 213 - Five Easy Pieces and The Talented Mr Ripley
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: [email protected] Join our Discord: Frame to Framers or that of the wider Film Stories Podcast Network Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Gene Hackman Tribute
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: [email protected] 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/ 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
Episode 212 - Y Tu Mamá También and The Motorcycle Diaries
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: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 211 - West Side Story and The Warriors
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 Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 210 - Seven Samurai and Harakiri
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: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
David Lynch Tribute
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: [email protected] The episode references a Youtube video titled The Terrible Secret of Mullholland Drive by Twin Perfect and can be found here: https://youtu.be/OiCfHW3N3vo?si=cA1l5tWB7nkv8wHC Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Bonus Episode - Spicy Takes 2024 (With Special Guest Bo Nicholson)
EIn 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 find Bo's links on his linktree here and his Film Stories Podcast Network shows are Movieversaries and Academy Watch. We'll be back in 2 weeks with our traditional theme of highest ranking movies of the IMDb 250 we've not seen. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 208 - Best of 2024 ft. The Substance and The Wild Robot
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: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ 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
Episode 207 - Jack Frost and Hot Frosty
EBaby, 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: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: https://filmstories.co.uk/ Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - The following music was used for this media project: Music: Christmas Theme 2 by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4775-christmas-theme-2 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/ Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices