discursion Podcast
1) Episode 21 - Twilight
The year 1990 saw the release of both Twilight and Twin Peaks, detective crime thrillers on the periphery which do not share the same level of recognition. In this episode, Dominic and Steven celebrat...Show More
2) Episode 20 - Right Now, Wrong Then
In episode 20 of discursion, Dominic and Steven take a second look at the twisty Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sangsoo, 2015) in its Grasshopper Blu-Ray edition, a film that provides two different versi...Show More
3) Episode 19 - Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
In episode 19, Dominic and Steven turn back the clock to 1941 with an almost forgotten Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu, recently resorted and released for home viewing by the British Film Insti...Show More
4) Episode 18 - Infernal Affairs
Steven and Dominic return with an exploration of secret identity and stylish chases in the Hong Kong-set action thriller, Infernal Affairs, recently remastered and released on home video for the Crite...Show More
5) Episode 17 - Medium Cool
Dominic and Steven reconsider Medium Cool (1969) and continue their discussion of films with moving cameras in episodes 14-16. This American cinéma vérité film was directed, shot and scripted by ...Show More
6) Episode 16 - The Last Laugh (Part 2)
Dominic and Steven examine a key sequence involving the moving camera in the second of two episodes dedicated to The Last Laugh (F. W. Murnau, 1924), available via Eureka's Masters of Cinema DVD serie...Show More
7) Episode 15 - The Last Laugh (Part 1)
Der Letzte Mann (released as The Last Laugh in the USA), directed by F.W. Murnau, is well known for its 'unbounded' moving camera techniques. The film has now been re-issued within a boxset by Eureka ...Show More
8) Episode 14 - Madame de...
Dominic and Steven revisit the Max Ophuls French classic 'Madame de...' (1953) which has been released by the BFI on Blu-Ray/DVD. Episode 14 beings a new season of podcasts, the theme of which emerges...Show More
9) Episode 13 - Mona Lisa
Steven and Dominic take a closer look at Mona Lisa (1986), the London crime film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson, with Michael Caine and Robbie Coltrane. Important the...Show More
10) Episode 12 - Cure
Dominic and Steven catch-up for another in-depth conversation about film, continuing the Season 2 theme of contemporary crime and mystery with Cure (1997), a Tokyo-set procedural directed by Kiyoshi K...Show More