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Jackie and Greg discuss Satyajit Ray’s PATHER PANCHALI from 1955. Topics of discussion include Ray’s mastery of the medium, Ravi Shankar’s glistening score, whether the film romanticizes poverty or not, and why it’s one of the best films ever made.#41 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012#35 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The Greatest Films of All Time" list. https://www.bfi.org.uk/si...
Subscriber-only episodeJackie and Greg are trapped in a post-Manson Los Angeles for Russ Meyer's BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS from 1970. Topics of discussion include the film's origins as a non-sequel, its screenplay by Roger Ebert, how it fails as a satire, and whether the film's bad taste...
Published 08/27/24
Jackie and Greg bear witness to the decadence and raging sexuality of a small English mining town for Ken Russell's WOMEN IN LOVE from 1969. Topics of discussion include the film's origins as an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's classic novel, the quartet of characters at the center of the film, how...
Published 08/20/24