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  • Directors Series, Retrospectives, Reviews

    November 3, 2018

    Three Colors: Red (1994).

    Valentine is a model, living alone in a small apartment. By day she works and does ballet to keep fit. At night she pines after Michel, her distant, paranoid and… Continue reading "Three Colors: Red (1994)."

  • Feature, Film ‘89 Podcast, Retrospectives, Television

    October 30, 2018

    The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 18 – “Friendship is Universal” – V (1983) & V: The Final Battle (1984).

    In the mothership sized 18th episode of The Film ‘89 Podcast, Neil and Skye are joined by a multi-talented movie savant who wears many dapper hats; co-host of the brilliant… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 18 – “Friendship is Universal” – V (1983) & V: The Final Battle (1984)."

  • News

    October 27, 2018

    The demise of FilmStruck and what it may mean for the future of movie streaming.

    This week saw the announcement that the film streaming service FilmStruck, is being shut down on November 29th. This is a severe blow for cinephiles as FilmStruck was one of the few sites that… Continue reading "The demise of FilmStruck and what it may mean for the future of movie streaming."

  • Feature

    October 26, 2018

    Turning it up to Eleven – Rock Bands on Film, Separating the Fact from the Fiction.

    With both Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born in cinemas right now, those with a penchant for both film and music are pretty spoilt for choice. But bands on… Continue reading "Turning it up to Eleven – Rock Bands on Film, Separating the Fact from the Fiction."

  • Reviews

    October 26, 2018

    Apostle (2018).

    If any stock is to be put in the comments that frequently surface on social media regarding the changing face of how movies are delivered to audiences, then for many,… Continue reading "Apostle (2018)."

  • Directors Series, Retrospectives, Reviews

    October 22, 2018

    Three Colors: White (1994).

    ***SPOILER WARNING*** I must admit, if I’d watched Three Colors: White in isolation, I probably would’ve dismissed it. It’s an interesting film which generates a fair few laughs and more than… Continue reading "Three Colors: White (1994)."

  • Reviews

    October 17, 2018

    First Man (2018).

    Though not the awe-inspiring adventure that some might hope for or expect from a film about Neil Armstrong stepping out onto the moon (an historical event that took a surprisingly… Continue reading "First Man (2018)."

  • Feature, Film ‘89 Podcast, Retrospectives

    October 16, 2018

    The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 17 – “Age cannot wither her…” The Making of ‘Cleopatra’ (1963).

    In Episode 17 of the Film ‘89 Podcast, Skye and Steve are joined by arguably their most long-awaited guest co-host, James Hancock, the creator and host of the phenomenal Wrong… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 17 – “Age cannot wither her…” The Making of ‘Cleopatra’ (1963)."

  • Directors Series, Retrospectives, Reviews

    October 12, 2018

    Three Colors: Blue (1993).

    October 15th 2018 sees the 25th anniversary of the first film in arguably one of the greatest trilogies of all time, three films which explored love, death, grief, age, friendship, sex and… Continue reading "Three Colors: Blue (1993)."

  • Behind the scenes, Directors, News

    October 9, 2018

    Rumours abound that James Gunn may take the reigns of Warner/DC’s Suicide Squad 2.

    In what sounds like a prediction uttered by many a comic book movie nerd in reaction to James Gunn being fired by Disney, it now appears that the writer/director of… Continue reading "Rumours abound that James Gunn may take the reigns of Warner/DC’s Suicide Squad 2."

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    On Episode 152 of The Film 89 Podcast, Steve and Skye are joined by a trio of returning co-hosts, Jacob Rivera, Kyle Reardon and Leighton Winstone, to discuss one of the all-time great serial killer thrillers, director Jonathan Demme’s multi-Oscar-winning 1991 adaptation of Thomas Harris’ best-selling novel, The Silence of the Lambs. Starring Jodie Foster, […]
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    On Episode 151 of The Film ‘89 Podcast, Steve and Skye are joined by a trio of guest-hosts that may be the greatest ever assembled for a single episode of the podcast as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of James Cameron’s Aliens. The sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi-horror masterpiece, Alien, Cameron’s film wouldn’t be […]
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    The story of Episode 150 of The Film ’89 Podcast is one of ‘the episode that nearly wasn’t’. It was to be a gift to our listeners as Steve, Neil and Skye finally covered a film that has become the one most requested by our listeners to get the Film ’89 treatment, Raiders of the […]
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Authors:

  • 1 Haydn Spurrell
    • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) – An End Times Allegory.
    • Spirited Away (2001).
    • Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993).
    • Patlabor: The Movie (1989).
    • The Lighthouse (2019).
  • 1 Martin Kessler
    • Tron: Ares (2025).
    • In Defence of… Tron: Legacy (2010).
    • There Are No Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
    • In Defence of… The Suicide Squad (2021).
    • Kong Jubilee: A 90th Anniversary Celebration – Part 3.
  • 1 Neil Gaskin
    • Buck Rogers set to return.
    • Henry Cavill states he still has Bond in his sights.
    • Black Widow’s release date moved once again.
    • Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020).
    • AMC announcement confirms that they will no longer show Universal Pictures films.
  • 1 Richard Roberts
    • Zack Snyder shares new image of Superman in black costume.
    • Where now for the DCEU?
    • Star Wars – The Nostalgia Factor & how it may hamper new entries to the franchise.
    • Red Dwarf XII Episode Titles Revealed.
  • 1 Steve Amos
    • Rudolph Valentino: Sex, Scandal and Tragedy.
    • Triumph and Trauma in ‘80s Action Movies.
    • The Cinematic Revolution: Pancho Villa and the Birth of War Cinema.
    • Emil Jannings; from Hollywood to Hitler.
    • The origin of the Academy Awards and the control of an industry.
  • 1 William Scurry
    • 2020, The Year In Review – by Bill Scurry.
    • The Last Thing He Wanted (2020).
    • The Film ‘89 Year in Review 2019 – Part 7, Bill Scurry.
    • The Promise (2019).
    • Instinct (2019).
  • 1 Jacob Rivera
    • 2020, The Year in Review – by Jacob Rivera.
    • The Film ‘89 Year in Review 2019 – Part 8, Jacob Rivera.
    • Honey Boy (2019).
    • The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019).
    • Non-Fiction (Doubles Vies) (2018).
  • 1 John Arminio
    • “From a Certain Point of View”, Examining The Politics of The Star Wars Saga.
    • The Film ‘89 Year in Review 2019 – Part 6, John Arminio.
    • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
    • Against All Odds (1984).
    • Blinded By the Light (2019).
  • 1 Leighton Winstone
    • Greyhound (2020).
    • Beastie Boys Story (2020).
    • Why Don’t Video Games Make Great Movies?
    • The Film ‘89 Year in Review 2019 – Part 1, Leighton Winstone.
    • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019).
  • 1 Skye Wingfield
    • The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 152 – The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
    • The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 151 – Aliens (1986).
    • The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 150 – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
    • The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 149 – Batman: The Movie (1966).
    • The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 148 – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
  • 1 Steven Saunders
    • All the Old Knives (2022).
    • Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022).
    • He Dreams of Giants (2021).
    • Yellow Rose (2019).
    • Soul (2020).
  • 1 Tony Sower
    • Michael Mann Lights Up The Big Screen – The Insider (1999).

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