The Film Angle

In this episode, Alex gives a mini-review of The Idea of You before he and Kris review the latest releases, The Fall Guy and Love Lies Bleeding. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list, Pather Panchali.

Stay to the end for more details on the upcoming rebrand!

(00:00) Intro

(02:36) The Idea of You

(06:10) The Fall Guy

(23:33) Love Lies Bleeding

(37:56) Pather Panchali

(55:23) The Film Angle Rebrand

(58:44) Outro

In this episode, Kris and Alex tease some big changes to the podcast before reviewing, In the Land of Saints and Sinners and gushing over Luca Guadagnino's new film, Challengers.

(00:00) Intro

(03:00) In the Land of Saints and Sinners

(21:56) Challengers

(55:41) Outro

In this episode, Kris and Alex do an unplanned horror double bill and review both Immaculate and Late Night with the Devil. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list, Charlie Chaplin's, City Lights.

In this episode, Kris and Alex review the latest film from Alex Garland; Civil War before reviewing the new Lindsay Logan Netflix collaboration; Irish Wish. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Fritz Lang's; M.

After an unplanned hiatus, Kris and Alex return with a bumper episode, reviewing their experience of watching Godzilla X Kong: The New empire in 4DX. Before getting to their planned Amazon Prime double bill with Ricky Stanicky and the remake of Road House. Finally they review the next blindspot on the BFI Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time list; Jean Luc Godard's Breathless.

There will be another break next week (sorry!) but we will be back again the week after for another great episode!!

In this episode, Kris and Alex do a Netflix double bill, reviewing both Damsel and Spaceman. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the iconic staple in the Italian neo-realism genre; Bicycle Thieves.

In this episode, Kris and Alex review the long-awaited sequel from Denis Villeneuve; Dune: Part Two. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Akira Kurosawa's most impactful film on the cinematic landscape; Rashomon.

In this episode, Kris and Alex rank the Best Picture nominees from the 96th Academy Awards; American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest.

In this episode Kris and Alex are joined by their first-ever guest, Alfie Hunter-Martin, to discuss his latest short film Cat Person. He then joins them to wax lyrical about the fascinating new release from Sony; Madame Web. Before getting more serious with the latest blindspot in the BFI, Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time list; Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker.

In this episode, Kris and Alex break format by discussing a BFI Sight & Sound, Top Ten Greatest Film of All Time; 2001: A Space Odyssey before Kris delves into a new Northern Irish indie; Ballywalter. They then both review the latest releases; The Iron Claw and American Fiction.

In this episode, Kris and Alex discuss the latest film from Jonathon Glazer; The Zone of Interest, as well as Andrew Haigh's latest; All of Us Strangers.

In this episode, Kris and Alex discuss Michael Mann's; Ferrari. They then get into the next two blindspots on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Alfred Hitchcock's; North by Northwest and Charles Burnett's; Killer of Sheep.

In this episode, Kris and Alex discuss Alexander Payne's; The Holdovers and Yorgos Lanthimos's; Poor Things. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Gillo Pontecorvo's; The Battle of Algiers.

In this episode, Kris and Alex discuss The Hunger Games franchise before reviewing the latest instalment; The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Stanley Kubrick's period epic; Barry Lyndon.

Podcast cover courtesy of Alex's Mum, Sue, who made him an amazing The Film Angle cake for his birthday!

In this episode, Kris and Alex review 2023 and drop their top ten films of the year.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex bring back "The Films That Streaming Forgot" challenge for a Christmas special.

They have challenged each other to watch a "Christmas" film from the forgotten depths of various streaming services. Kris has been challenged to watch Santa's Slay (2005) and Alex has had to watch Fatman (2020). Listen to find out if they are worthy of their forgotten status along with lots of silliness, singing and festivities.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the new film from William Oldroyd; Eileen. They then get into the next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the 1970 film written, directed and starring Barbara Loden; Wanda. Kris then reviews the film of the holiday season; Wonka, before they both reveal their film choices for next week's Christmas special of "The Films That Streaming Forgot".

In this episode, Kris and Alex review the new Ridley Scott epic; Napoleon. They then get into their next two blindspots on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; François Truffaut's debut feature; The 400 Blows and Carl Theodor Dreyer's deeply religious yet contemplative film; Ordet.

In this episode, Alex reviews the latest instalment in the MCU; The Marvels. Kris reviews the new Nic Cage movie; Dream Scenario. Together they then review Five Nights at Freddy's before getting into their next blindspots on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Chantal Akerman's very personal documentary; News from Home and Jane Campion's; The Piano.

In this episode, Kris and Alex review the new David Fincher film; The Killer, as well as the Cannes Palme d'Or winner; Anatomy of Fall and Todd Haynes's new film; May December.

In this episode, Kris and Alex get through three of their next blindspots on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 Russian war film; Battleship Potemkin, Billy Wilder's 1960 rom-com; The Apartment and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 German drama film; Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.

Many a tangent is taken, including a mini-review of How to Have Sex and the PS5 game; Spider-Man 2.

Kris and Alex are back! And in this episode, they review A LOT of films... Flora and Son, BlackBerry, Bottoms, I Like Movies, Saw X and Totally Killer to be precise. Before then delving into their most anticipated film of the year, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.

In this episode, Kris and Alex review the new sci-fi from Gareth Edwards; The Creator. They then review the new streaming release; No One Will Save You before getting into their next blindspots on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Buster Keaton's 1924 silent film; Sherlock Jr. and Jean Luc Godard's 1963 film; Contempt.

In this episode, Kris and Alex review two of their blindspots on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the 90's, Julie Dash directed; Daughters of the Dust. And Chris Marker's highly regarded documentary/travelogue; Sans Soleil.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the new R-rated talking dog comedy; Strays. They then get into their next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the 60s Italian epic from Federico Fellini; La Dolce Vita.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex congratulate themselves on making it to 69 episodes... they also revisit Kris's thoughts on the new horror film, Talk to Us, before reviewing the debut feature film from Celine Song; Past Lives. They then get into their next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the British 1940's classic noir film from Carol Reed, starring Orsen Welles; The Third Man.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the new Paul Schrader film; Master Gardener. They then get into their next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the Senegalese, Djibril Diop Mambéty directed; Touki Bouki from 1973.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex touch briefly on the strikes in Hollywood and the delay of Dune: Part Two, before reviewing the R-rated Jennifer Lawrence comedy; No Hard Feelings. They then get into their next blindspot on the BFI, Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Agnès Varda's 2000 documentary film; The Gleaners and I.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the Bruce Lee classic; Enter the Dragon on its 50th Anniversary. They also review a new British indie film, Medusa Deluxe before delving into the next blindspot on the BFI Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; the 1927, Fritz Lang directed, silent cinema and sci-fi classic; Metropolis.

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In this week's episode, Kris and Alex plunge deeper into their next blindspot on the BFI Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all Time list; Tarkovsky's historical epic Andrei Rublev. Let us know what you think of the episode and feel free to subscribe, rate and review us where you can!

In this episode, Kris reviews Talk to Me and then he and Alex delve into the next two blindspots on the BFI Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all time list; the French short film La Jetée and Powell and Pressburger's 40's ballet epic, The Red Shoes.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the cinematic event of the year; Barbenheimer! Spoilers follow, as they review both Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

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In this episode, after touching upon the (at the time up and coming) Barbenheimer weekend, Kris and Alex review the 7th installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise; Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. They then delve into the next blindspot on the BFI Sight & Sound, 100 Greatest Films of all time list; the 1954, Roberto Rossellini directed, Journey to Italy.

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In their 61st episode, Kris and Alex catch up on their next two blindspots in the BFI Sight & Sound Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time.

This week they discuss Imitation of Life (1959), a beloved Douglas Sirk melodrama that comments on the racial tensions engulfing 1940s America.

They also discuss L'Avventura (1960), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, regarded as a masterpiece of Italian cinema centering around a group of wealthy friends who must deal with the tragic aftermath of their friend Anna's disappearance.

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In their 60th episode, Kris and Alex discuss the Indiana Jones franchise before reviewing the latest and possibly final installment; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. They also review Wes Anderson's latest film; Asteroid City.

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In this episode, Alex reviews The Flash. Kris and Alex then take on another couple of Sight & Sound "blindspots" (kind of), Spirited Away and Sansho the Bailiff.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and another Sight & Sound blindspot, and their second Edward Yang film; A Brighter Summer Day.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review an unlikely duo of films; the latest live-action Disney remake, The Little Mermaid and another Sight & Sound blindspot; Béla Tarr's 7-hour Hungarian epic, Sátántangó.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex try to figure out what's going on in Ari Aster's latest film, Beau is Afraid. They also discuss Ben Affleck's latest, Air and the film that puts you on an FBI watchlist if you type it into Google; How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

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In the 55th episode of The Film Angle, Kris and Alex are allergic to vampires as they discuss the new horror-comedy Renfield. Kris also shares his unpopular opinion on the latest Disney remake Peter Pan & Wendy before delving further into the BFI Sight & Sound List of Greatest Films of All Time, featuring Celine and Julie Go Boating.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the newest entry to the MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 as well as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

WARNING: Minor spoilers of Dungeons and Dragons. Major spoilers for Guardians, though we do warn you after a few minutes of our non-spoiler thoughts!

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review Missing and Close, be warned, the subject matter is... heavy. Kris also reviews Rye Lane and teases his thoughts on Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves.

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After what is the podcast equivalent of a holiday slideshow, Kris and Alex review Blue Jean, Make Way for Tomorrow & What's Love Got to Do with It?

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In the 51st episode, Kris and Alex tease as they prepare to set sail for Ireland, as well as discussing Irish-language Oscar Nominee The Quiet Girl. They also delve further into their blindspots on the BFI Sight & Sound List of Greatest Films of All Time including, A Matter of Life and Death and Modern Times.

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In the 50th episode, after a small hiatus, Kris and Alex review Pearl, 65 and Shazam! Fury of the Gods. They also get to another couple of blindspots from the BFI, Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time list, The Spirit of the Beehive and Pierrot Le Fou.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex rank the Best Picture nominees from the 95th Academy Awards; Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, Triangle of Sadness, The Fabelmans, All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis and Tár.

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the latest entry in the MCU, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, SPOILERS ensue! They also get to another blindspot from the BFI, Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time list, The Earrings of Madame de..., as well as a blindspot entry just for Alex, Wong War Kai's Chungking Express. 

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review the recent BAFTA award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front, along with Brendan Fraser's comeback, The Whale. They also get to another blindspot from the BFI, Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time list, 60's Italian historical epic from Luchino Visconti; The Leopard. 

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review more blindspots from the recent BFI, Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time list; Edward Yang's Yi Yi and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu. They also talk about a few of their recent watches, Puss in Boots, The Apology and She Said. 

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In this episode, Kris and Alex review The Fabelmans and Babylon. They also get to another blindspot from the recent BFI, Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time list; A Man Escaped. 

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