We discuss how This is Going to Hurt, starring Ben Whishaw, brilliantly discusses the mental health of National Health Service workers
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Bonus Episode 24: Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing
We’ve been harsh on Kenneth Branagh and his self-mythologising, including his recent Belfast. On this episode, we want to be kind and look back to Branagh’s amazing Much Ado About Nothing
Bonus Episode 20: Belfast and the self-mythologising of Kenneth Branagh
We contextualize Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast as the newest entry in his decades long self-mythologising project and discuss “the Branagh scale”.
Ep. 119: Mike Leigh’s Naked
We discuss the recent BFI restoration of Mike Leigh’s 1993 classic Naked, starring David Thewlis.
Bonus Episode 19: Who is the poshest actor in Britain?
We’re joined by Fiona Underhill and Caitlin Merriman to battle it out: who is the poshest actor in Britain?
Ep. 118: The Souvenir Part I and II
Joanna Hogg calls The Souvenir Part II “a film about the making of Part I.” Back in 2019, we wrote an ebook about the making of Part I. On this episode, find out how Part II changes how we see Part I.