Shot/Reverse Shot

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Film and TV podcast in which a different theme, artist or film/show is discussed from episode to episode. High quality nonsense hosted by Edwin Davies and Emily Benita. (Host Emeritus: Matt Risby)

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Sunday Feb 22, 2015

84. Clint Eastwood

Sunday Feb 22, 2015

Shot/Reverse Shot have got sunshine in a bag this week because Matt and Ed are talking about the work of Clint Eastwood. In between discussing French documentaries and struggling to say "Joe Pesci," they delve into Eastwood's status as an icon of the Western genre, the merits of American Sniper (and the toxicity of the debate surrounding it), and lay into Jersey Boys with a passion and intensity alien to anyone involved with that film.

Sunday Feb 15, 2015

83. Why Do We Care About the Oscars?

Sunday Feb 15, 2015

With the Academy Awards mere days away, Matt and Ed discuss why exactly they care about the Oscars, especially since they both occasionally hypocritically dismiss them as not really meaning anything. In so doing, they talk about the real commercial and artistic impact that an Oscar nomination can have, wonder if the Academy secretly hate Martin Landau, and talk about some of the odder wins/snubs in Oscar history. They also try to predict who will win on Sunday, foolishly.

Notes:

- Here is the article by Mark Harris on the narrative of "X and Y" films in Oscar season that Ed mentions in the episode.

- Harris' book, Pictures at a Revolution, is an essential and entertaining work of film history that's especially interesting in examining what the Oscars can mean in a broader cultural context.

Sunday Feb 08, 2015

82. Historical Accuracy

Sunday Feb 08, 2015

Considering the ongoing controversy surrounding Ava DuVernay's civil rights drama Selma and its relatively minor deviations from history (as well as the ongoing non-controversy surrounding Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game and its multiple, egregious deviations from history) Matt and Ed decided to ask why historical inaccuracy is so often used as a criticism against works of fiction, where exactly the line between inaccuracy and artistic license lies, and wonder if Dave Lister holds the real truth behind the Kennedy assassination.

Sunday Feb 01, 2015

81. Why Are There So Few Perfect Trilogies?

Sunday Feb 01, 2015

This week, Matt and Ed ponder why it is that so many film series are able to produce two good-to-great films, then fumble it when they have to make a final film to round out the trilogy. What is it about third films that makes them so prone to failure, and why do some series manage to avoid those pitfalls? They try to answer those questions, though not without deviating into an apoplectic rant about Return of the Jedi.