TV & Film

A Brief History of Cinema

A weekly podcast about movies. Each week Erik & Al talk about a movie from the book "1001 Movies to See Before you Die". We watch them so you don't have to!

Episodes

5 episodes

Season 1, Episode 22 - L'Avventura (1960)

Alistair and Erik talk about being young and melancholy in 1960's Italy with this week's episode about "L'Avventura" from 1960 directed by M...

00:29:43Jul 21, 2018

Season 1, Episode 20 - Cyclo (1995)

This week Alistair & Erik discuss the Vietnamese film "Xich Lo (Cyclo)"from 1995. Needless to say it is an interesting film but it did leave...

00:31:12Dec 28, 2016

Season 1, Episode 21 - From Here to Eternity (1953)

Erik and Alistair talk about the classic beach love scene and also some other things as they way "From Here to Eternity" from 1953 with Fran...

00:33:13Dec 27, 2016

Season 1, Episode 19 - Throne of Blood (1957)

This week Alistair & Erik discuss their first Akira Kurosawa film: "Kumonosu-jo (Throne of Blood)" from 1957 starring Toshiro Mifune. It's M...

00:22:07Dec 2, 2016

Season 1, Episode 18 - Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Erik & Alistair watch the 1956 caper film "Bob le Flambeur (Bob the Highroller)" from 1956, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Ro...

00:44:55Nov 1, 2016