The latest Movie of the Month has been decided upon!
Once again it’s proved that attempting to predict the Movie of the Month winner can be far from reliable as a group of movies including some established classics and topical films instead provides us with a decidedly under-seen flick in the form of… Streets of Fire.…
...Deadline: 30th July 2016
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Hello everyone, this is your reminder that you have two weeks left to submit pieces you’ve done about the films of Kathryn Bigelow for this months Director’s Chair. For a reminder of the rules of Director’s Chair, along with the list of films directed by Kathryn Bigelow, go back to my original post. I look...
What would you do if you were stuck on the 135th storey of a giant skyscraper and a fire burst out over 50 floors below you? If you answered “Listen to a podcast on The Towering Inferno” then congratulations, you’re in the right place!
Jay Cluitt was joined by JD Duran, Mario Brown and Richard Kirkham to help guide you through the dos and don’ts of burning building etiquette as they discuss the...
It’s time to vote for the next Movie of the Month! You can vote at the bottom of the page. but first here’s one of the most eclectic mix of candidates and their champions:
Streets of Fire (1984) [Richard Kirkham, Kirkham A Movie A Day]
Point Break (1991) [Joel Burman, The LAMB]
Trainspotting (1996) [Tony Cogan, Coogs Reviews]
Deadline: July 30th 2016
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Hello everyone, it’s once again time to announce the person in the seat for this months Directors Chair. In the 3 months I have been doing this feature, I have featured only male directors, I think it’s past time that I included some women on here. Furthermore, the past two features I’ve done have been for...
The latest Movie of the Month has been decided upon!
It was another exceedingly tight race for July’s Movie of the Month champion, with three films battling it out at the top spot. However, persistence has once again proven successful, as the winner of the latest poll goes to… The Towering Inferno.…
...Once again, it’s time to round up posts on Director’s Chair. Now before I put them in I will say that I didn’t expect to get a lot of responses this time around. I’m glad that I was able to get some responses for this feature but I know that with Satoshi Kon and the last director I chose, Derek Jarman, I may have gone a bit too obscure with my choices. Let me say then that for the next few months, the directors that I...
Women being thrown into dumpsters. Purification via Lake Minnetonka. A puppet in a cup. Yep, this month we’re talking about Purple Rain.
Movie champion Nicole Ayers celebrated her first Movie of the Month win by discussing this concert movie/biography/who the heck knows alongside Jay Cluitt, Mario Brown, Jeanette Ward and Nolahn. Between them they cover all aspects of the film from the soundtrack, the costumes and...
It’s time to vote for the next Movie of the Month! You can vote at the bottom of the page. but first here are the candidates and their champions:
The Towering Inferno (1974) (Jay Cluitt, Life Vs Film)
Local Hero (1983) (Anna, Defiant Success)
Independence Day (1996) (Jeanette Ward, The Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl)
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It’s finally here! Just when you thought we were never going to record our Godfather Trilogy show we pull you back in with a special bonus show dedicated to it!
Jay Cluitt was joined by Godfather super-fans Nick Rehak and Will Slater to go discuss all three Godfather films. This was supposed to be a mini show with just the three of us talking briefly about the films, but you can tell by the infamous Airport franchise show...
Deadline: 25th June 2016
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Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that I’m looking for posts on the films of Satoshi Kon for this month’s run of Director’s Chair. For a quick reminder on the rules and the films of Satoshi Kon that I’m looking for, along with a brief introduction of Kon, go back to my original post here. And one...
Deadline: Saturday June 25th
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Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Director’s Chair. Seeing how the past 2 ones have been for live action films, I thought it would be interesting to go into the realm of animation. Now whenever people talk about the greats of animation, a few names keep cropping up: Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, John...