Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? We delve into the murky, rain-soaked neon streets of 2019 Los Angeles for Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 sci-fi slow burner Blade Runner. Retired replicant hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is pulled back into duty when four illegal synthetic humanoids are reported to be loose in the... Continue Reading →
Episode 116: *batteries not included (1987)
Film chosen by Patrick Oh it's them. The little guys. My little munchkins! We’re strolling back to the Amblin Entertainment heyday with Matthew Robbins’ cute, nostalgic, intergalactic robot heartwarmer *batteries not included. Elderly corner café owner Frank Riley (frequent Hitchcock collaborator Hume Cronyn) and his flighty, seemingly bewildered wife Faye (Cronyn’s real-life partner Jessica Tandy)... Continue Reading →
Episode 114: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Funnily Enough, We Never Lose Our Luggage! We’ve snuck a sequel into your stocking this Christmas - Chris Columbus’ 1992 big city follow-up Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. After a familiar family blow-up on the eve of a Christmas trip (this time to Florida, where they don’t even have Christmas trees), mischievous Kevin... Continue Reading →
THE OPEN SLATE: Luke Selway
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about... Continue Reading →
Episode 113: The Thing (1982)
Film chosen by listener Darren Grab a t-shirt featuring this episode's cover image (expertly coloured and finished by our very own Scarious Artists, Matt, from a sketch by Devlin) at our Teemill store! “I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of... Continue Reading →
THE OPEN SLATE: Cat Laine
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about... Continue Reading →
Episode 111: Casino (1995)
Film chosen by Gali Back home, they would have put me in jail for what I'm doing. Here, they're giving me awards. We’re heading to the neon oasis in the desert for Martin Scorsese’s grandiose 1995 Vegas-set crime epic Casino. In 1973, gambling savant Samuel “Ace” Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is dispatched by his mob... Continue Reading →
THE OPEN SLATE: Aidan Dungait
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about... Continue Reading →
THE OPEN SLATE: Patrick Waggett
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about... Continue Reading →
Episode 110: Prometheus (2012) LV-RMP Series
LV-RMP Series Big things have small beginnings. Our LV-RMP series, where we explore every film in the Alien and Predator universe, finds director Ridley Scott making his long-awaited return to the genre, and franchise, that launched his illustrious career with 2012’s heady quasi-prequel Prometheus. A duo of young, ideologically divergent archeologists (Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green) believe... Continue Reading →
