Left Field Cinema - The World Cinema, Independent Film, and Alternative Film Podcast

Overlooked Gems: Capricorn One - Podcast

Left_Field_Cinema — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:56:59 -0700

Part conspiracy thriller, part science fiction, part action adventure. Peter Hyams' under rated 1977 fake-mars-landing centred feature film Capricorn One demonstrates what a talent Hyams had for high-octane action and witty dialogue early in his career.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Contemporary Obscurity: Katalin Varga - Podcast

Left_Field_Cinema — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:53:02 -0700

Peter Strickland's utlra low budget revenge tale Katalin Varga (2009) is a great example of how to make a highly effective film with only the essentials. Where Hollywood so frequently flounders with excessive finance, Strickland succeeds with barely any money.

Analysis: The Politics of the Jack Ryan Movies - Podcast

Left_Field_Cinema — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:19:41 -0700

Tom Clancy's spy novels have been adapted to the silver screen for many years. John McTiernan's The Hunt For the Red October (1990), Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games (1992), Clear and Present Danger (1994) and Phil Alden Robinson's Sum of All Fears (2002). Whilst the quality has waxed and waned the politics have remained fairly consistent.

Krzysztof Kieslowski: No End - Podcast

Left_Field_Cinema — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:51:56 -0700

His fourth feature film as director is part ghost story, part political drama, but at all times - a Kieslowski film.

Television Special: Homicide: Life on the Street - Part Two - Podcast

Left_Field_Cinema — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:32:30 -0700

Part two of this double episode examining Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson's 1990's cop drama based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.