
Episode 21 - Twilight
The year 1990 saw the release of both Twilight and Twin Peaks, detective films set on the periphery which do not share the same level of recognition. In this episode, Dominic and Steven celebrate the former, Hungarian hi

Hosted by Dominic Lash and Steven Roberts · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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A podcast about classic, cult and contemporary films recently released on home media, with Dominic Lash, Steven Roberts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dominic Lash and Steven Roberts hosts discursion: a film podcast, a tv show with 21 episodes published.

The year 1990 saw the release of both Twilight and Twin Peaks, detective films set on the periphery which do not share the same level of recognition. In this episode, Dominic and Steven celebrate the former, Hungarian hi

In episode 20 of discursion, Dominic and Steven take a second look at the twisty Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sangsoo, 2015) in its Grasshopper Blu-Ray edition, a film that provides two different versions of one filmmaker

In episode 19, Dominic and Steven turn back the clock to 1941 with an almost forgotten Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu, recently resorted and released for home viewing by the British Film Institute. The director's

Steven and Dominic return with an exploration of secret identity and stylish standoffs in the Hong Kong-set action thriller, Infernal Affairs, recently remastered and released on home video for the Criterion Collection.

Dominic and Steven reconsider Medium Cool (1969). This American cinéma vérité film was directed, shot and scripted by Haskell Wexler, who extensively used handheld cameras before the era of Steadicam technology, partly t

Dominic and Steven examine a key sequence involving the moving camera in the second of two episodes dedicated to The Last Laugh (F. W. Murnau, 1924), available via Eureka's Masters of Cinema DVD series. Part of a mini-se

Der Letzte Mann (released as The Last Laugh in the USA), directed by F.W. Murnau, is well known for its 'unbounded' moving camera techniques. The film has now been re-issued within a boxset by Eureka Masters of Cinema. D

Dominic and Steven revisit the Max Ophuls French classic 'Madame de...' (1953) which has been released by the BFI on Blu-Ray/DVD. Episode 14 beings a new mini-series of podcasts on interesting camera movements, the theme

Steven and Dominic take a closer look at Mona Lisa (1986), the London-set film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson, with Michael Caine and Robbie Coltrane. Important themes include Hoskins' p

Dominic and Steven catch-up for another in-depth conversation about film with Cure (1997), a Tokyo-set procedural directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Recently released on home media for the first time in the UK via Eureka/Mast

Dominic and Steven begin 2021 with a look at the South Korean psycho-thriller film, Burning (Chang-dong Lee, 2018), which is compared with Parasite and examined in terms of characterisation. They finish with a sequence a

Dominic and Steven return to the acclaimed 2019 NYC thriller Uncut Gems, directed by the Safdie brothers, as part of their mini-series on thrillers (episodes 9-13). Coming to the Criterion Collection soon. Hosted on Acas

Steven and Dominic return for a mini-series of episodes on thrillers starting with Under the Silver Lake (David Robert Mitchell, 2018). The conversations ranges across the LA noir genre tradition, casting, cinematography

Dominic and Steven talk through Charles Burnett's LA family drama To Sleep With Anger (1990), now considered a classic alongside previous outputs of Black Independent Cinema such as Burnett's MA project film, Killer of S

Dominic, Steven and special guest Dr Miguel Gaggiotti enter the dizzying world of Aleksey German via his film, Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998), set around the time of the doctors plot and Stalin's death in post-war Russia. R

Join Dominic, Steven and special guest, film editor/slapstick specialist Polly Rose, as they revisit the iconic Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933) - now on Arrow BluRay. 3:18 mayhem, Marx & Dumont; 7:15 pl

Dominic and Steven discuss Olivier Assays' alternative coming of age film, Cold Water (1994), a fine early career effort that has been recently released via Criterion DVD. Bailey the cat voices his concerns. 1:02 plot su

Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) is out on BluRay in the UK (via Universal/HMV's Premium Collection). Dominic and Steven revisit the quintessential film noir and offer their thoughts. 1:57 plot summary; 8:23 wise

Dominic and Steven watch Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread (2017) on 4K BluRay (Universal Studios) and discuss. 0:36 So, where are we?; 3:15 Games & rituals; 6:38 PTA’s films; 9:12 Who are the protagonists?; 12:38 Ch

Dominic and Steven discuss Nobuhiko Obayashi's House (1977), a cult comedy-horror from Japan now available to view on BluRay in the Eureka/Masters of Cinema series. Recorded 1 June 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr
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