Episodes

  • 108. Lamberto Bava - 1980 to 1992
    Jun 26 2025

    Steven and Sean continue their exploration of Italian genre cinema with a laid-back chat about the filmography of Lamberto Bava.

    Unlike his father, horror maestro and Giallo godfather Mario Bava, Lamberto carved out his own unique legacy by straddling the line between art horror and sleaze – usually opting for the latter – with a mix of gore, kinetic pacing and trashy fun; trading in typical Giallo elegance for rubber demons, dodgy cash-in knock-offs, synth soundtracks, and pure VHS-era pulp.

    On this episode we discuss Macabre (1980), A Blade in the Dark (1983), Blastfighter (1984), Devil Fish (1984), Demons (1985), You’ll Die at Midnight (1986), Demons 2 (1986), Delirium (1987) and Body Puzzle (1992).

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • 107. David Lynch Part 2 - 1990 to 2017
    Jun 5 2025

    Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their retrospective of the late director, David Lynch, and find themselves heavily in agreement in some areas of the auteur’s directorial filmography, but completely opposed in others. On this episode, we discuss Twin Peaks (1990 – 1992, 2017), Fire Walk With Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006).

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • 106. David Lynch Part 1 - 1977 to 1990
    May 29 2025

    With the recent passing of auteur filmmaker David Lynch fresh in mind, Steven Benjamin and Sean reflect on the director’s legacy and discuss their thoughts on his innovative and influential theatrical filmography. In part one we cover Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild At Heart (1990).

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 105. James Bond - 2025 Update
    Apr 24 2025

    With Amazon Studios now in control of the Bond franchise, we thought we’d share our hopes and fears for the future of 007. At least, that’s how this episode was originally planned! However, as Sean wasn’t part of our original Bond retrospective review series back in 2015 that we’ve just republished over the last 10 days, we have decided to hear out his ranked list of the 25 Eon produced Bond films, in ascending order, while Steven and Benjamin chime in with any updated opinions they have of each film as well as lambast Sean for his placement of certain films in the series! At the end of the episode we talk a little about what we originally planned, and lament over the direction we assume Amazon will be taking James Bond.

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    3 hrs
  • 104. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2021): Bond Part 9 - No Time to Die (2021)
    Apr 23 2025

    Originally recorded and published in 2021. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then!

    With Bond in the news again, and in the run up to our 2025 Bond update episode coming later this month, we’ve decided to reach way back into the depths of our archives and resuscitate one of our classic filmography review series’, our nine-part, complete James Bond movie retrospective, originally released back in 2015 to coincide with the release of Spectre (2015), plus a single-episode, stand-alone return in 2021 for a review of No Time to Die (2021).

    On the final part of our Bond retrospective series, Steven and Benjamin reconvened in 2021 for a response to the release of the latest film, No Time to Die (2021).

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 103. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 8 - Spectre (2015)
    Apr 22 2025

    Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then!

    With Bond in the news again, and in the run up to our 2025 Bond update episode coming later this month, we’ve decided to reach way back into the depths of our archives and resuscitate one of our classic filmography review series’, our nine-part, complete James Bond movie retrospective, originally released back in 2015 to coincide with the release of Spectre (2015), plus a single-episode, stand-alone return in 2021 for a review of No Time to Die (2021).

    On the final part of our original archive series from 2015, Steven and Benjamin review Daniel Craig’s 4th outing as James Bond in Spectre, which was just out in cinemas when this episode was originally published. Additionally, in the second half of this episode, Steven and Benjamin reflect upon the film series as a whole and share some of their favourite moments, cars, henchmen, villains and music from across the Bond films as well as some of their not-so favourites!

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • 102. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 7 - Daniel Craig (2006-2012)
    Apr 21 2025

    Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then!

    With Bond in the news again, and in the run up to our 2025 Bond update episode coming later this month, we’ve decided to reach way back into the depths of our archives and resuscitate one of our classic filmography review series’, our nine-part, complete James Bond movie retrospective, originally released back in 2015 to coincide with the release of Spectre (2015), plus a single-episode, stand-alone return in 2021 for a review of No Time to Die (2021).

    On part 7, Steven and Benjamin explore the first three movies from the Daniel Craig Bond era and talk about the stunts, the cars, the villains, the music and all the rest of it! Covered on this retrospective are Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008) and Skyfall (2012). Please note: Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021) were originally presented as stand-alone episodes and will be re-published as such over the next two days following this.

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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • 101. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 6 - Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002)
    Apr 20 2025

    Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then!

    With Bond in the news again, and in the run up to our 2025 Bond update episode coming later this month, we’ve decided to reach way back into the depths of our archives and resuscitate one of our classic filmography review series’, our nine-part, complete James Bond movie retrospective, originally released back in 2015 to coincide with the release of Spectre (2015), plus a single-episode, stand-alone return in 2021 for a review of No Time to Die (2021).

    On this episode, Steven and Benjamin stride into the 90s and early 00s with Eon Productions’ latest James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, to share their thoughts on Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002).

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    2 hrs and 14 mins