Souleymane's Story (L'Histoire de Souleymane) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the Zurich Film Festival later in the year. Ewan got to sit down with the writer-director Boris Lojkine and talk about his latest film about a bike-peddling immigrant delivery driver racing through the streets of hectic Paris as he tries to get his papers.
A Very Late But Extensive Zurich & Gent Film Festival Recap
Ewan and Kevin sit down to talk about some festival movies...
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A Conversation with Shiori Itō about BLACK BOX DIARIES
Journalist Shiori Itō talks about her award-winning documentary Black Box Diaries and shares details about the production, its toll on her, and how it feels to share the movie with an audience.
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205 - Can THE APPRENTICE Make Movies Great Again?
Ewan reports back from the Zurich Film Festival with reviews for A Real Pain, Memoir of a Snail, Conclave, We Live in Time, Blitz, The End, and the award-winning Black Box Diaries. Lachlan finished Stalker and continued his deep dive into Andrei Tarkovsky's filmography with Solaris. They discuss the historic flop of Joker: Folie à Deux, a potential second season of Obi-Wan with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Nolan's next movie. Finally, they review The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi starring Sebastian Stan & Jeremy Strong.
204 - Joker: Folie à Deux is Baffling...
Ewan & Lachlan review Joker: Folie à Deux, discuss the return of Daniel Day-Lewis, and discuss the trailers for Babygirl, Nosferatu, Juror Nr.2, Better Man & Companion. Ewan reviews the first day of the Zurich Film Festival with On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, My Favorite Cake, Heretic, One Falling, The Last Showgirl & Aiming High. He also rewatched Grave of the Fireflies and caught The Front Room, Apartment 7A & Rez Ball. Lachlan finished Stalker and has some new Blu-rays to show off, the highlight being a special (bloody) edition of American Psycho.
202 - The Substance, Lionsgate & AI, and Netflix Geeked Week
Ewan and Lachlan talk Emmies, lineups for the film festivals in Zurich & Gent, and the trailers for Mickey17, Blitz, and Brothers. Ewan got reviews for The Penguin, Agatha All Along, Transformers One, Wolfs, The Wild Robot & Rebel Ridge and Lachlan has thoughts on Lionsgate usage of Generative AI. Finally, they review the disgusting (complimentary) instant horror classic The Substance with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.
Why Everyone Hates THE EXORCIST BELIEVER.
Ewan and Lachlan discuss the current state of Horror and share their thoughts on The Exorcist Believer. Lachlan rewatched Talk To Me, started One Piece and is struggles with his hay fever for the second time this year. Ewan is back from the Zurich Film Festival and spotlights a couple of films he liked before a more extensive recap later this week. Finally, they both caught Wes Anderson's four short films based on Roald Dahl's stories and finished the @ahsokaofficial series.
Is THE CREATOR the Best Sci-Fi Movie of the decade?
The WGA Strike has come to a close and Ewan presents everything you need to know about the deal. Lachlan watched No One Will Save You, Ewan spills his thoughts on the first five movies he watched at the Zurich Film Festival and the two discuss the current state of Sci-Fi Movies. Finally, they share their spoiler thoughts on Gareth Edward's The Creator.
Christian Jungen ZFF Artistic Director shares his favorite Animated Films
Today on Four Favorites, the Artistic Director of the Zurich Film Festival and former film critic, Christian Jungen, shares his four favorite animated films from Dreamworks, Pixar, and some European productions.
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18th Zurich Film Festival Recap - w/Alan Mattli
Today, Ewan and guest film critic Alan Mattli discuss the 18th Zurich Film Festival. The collective 75+ films watched between the two give them more than enough to talk about as they share their favorites, hidden gems, and letdowns of the festival. Films include: Aftersun / The Banshees of Inisherin / Crimes of the Future / Broker / Armageddon Time / R.M.N. / Fire of Love / All Quiet on the Western Front / The Menu / Bones And All / Corsage / Triangle of Sadness / The Son / and much more!
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#71 - Zurich Film Festival Recap w/Alan Mattli and Christoph Schelb
The French Dispatch, The Power of the Dog, The Last Duel, The Lost Daughter, A Hero, Pleasure, The Worst Person in the World, Lamb and Mass only to name a few of the films that played at 17th Zurich Film Festival. Ewan is joined by film critic Alan Mattli from Facing the Bitter Truth and Maximum Cinema to discuss what they saw at the fest. Later on Christoph Schelb, editor-in-chief at OutNow.ch joins to share his Top 5 as well.
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Timecodes: Intro Banter, ZFF experience overall & award predictions 0:00
Alan's Top 3: The French Dispatch: 12:47 - Bad Luck Banging: 14:48 - Red Rocket: 16:10
Ewan's Top 4: The Worst Person in the World: 19:12 - Mass: 21:28 - The Power of the Dog: 23:10 - The Lost Daughter: 25:49
Christoph Schelb's Top 5: 28:49 (The Sparks Brothers / Boiling Point / Spencer / Official Competition / Mass
Galas - A Hero: 35:57 - Compartment No. 6: 40:11 - The Hand of God: 44:54 - The Last Duel: 50:17 - Spencer: 52:12 - The Card Counter: 53:06 - And Tomorrow You Are Dead: 53:33 - Blue Bayou: 55:34
#LetSexplore - Paris, 13th District: 57:10 - Death of a Virgin: 61:07 - The Dilemma of Desire: 62:46 - Pleasure: 64:08
Competitions: Focus: 65:52 - Feature: Ninjababy: 66:35 - Lamb: 69:20 - Boiling Point: 73:25 - Aloners: 74:49 - Documentary: 76:35
Memoria: 78:30 - The Sparks Brothers: 86:10 - The Souvenir Part II: 87:53 - The Innocente: 88:55 - A Swan Song: 90:05 - Mr. Bachmann and his Class: 91:26
The Man Who Sold His Skin: 93:30 - The Return: Life after ISIS: 94:25 - Flee: 96:59 - Writing with Fire: 97:43 - All Light, Everywhere: 98:00 - Hive: 98:50
Outro: 99:40
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#30 - Zurich Film Festival 2020 - Deep Dive
Ewan, Michelle, and special guest Alan Mattli discuss their Top 15 film highlights from the 16th annual Zurich Film Festival (ZFF). The mentioned films include Nomadland, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, One Night in Miami..., There is no evil, The Painter and the Thief, Welcome to Chechnya, The Father, Shirley, Time, Josep, Jacinta, The Disciple, Sweat, Moving On, Kajillionaire, Shithouse, I Carry You with Me, Identifying Features, Caught in the Net.
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