Podcasts by Lockdown Film Festival Conversations
Join us, a group of close friends, while we discuss a different film each episode to help us get through one of the toughest periods in our lives. For each episode, a different member of our group selects a film for us all to watch before we join each other on Zoom for an open discussion of our thoughts and feelings. Please excuse some poor audio as we are by no means professionals and are just trying to have a good time. There will be spoilers abound. Enjoy!
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You Were Never Really Here from 2021-08-12T16:07:51
In this week's episode we discuss Lynne Ramsay's 2017 film, You Were Never Really Here. A traumatised veteran, now working as a mercenary tracking down missing girls, uncovers a sprawling violen...
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The Last of the Mohicans from 2021-07-30T16:26:14
In this week's episode we discuss Michael Mann's 1992 film, The Last of the Mohicans. A white trapper, raised by a Native American father, tries to protect the daughters of a British milit...
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American History X from 2021-06-18T16:26:25
In this week's episode we discuss Tony Kaye's 1998 film, American History X. A former neo-Nazi, newly reformed after a traumatic stint in prison, tries to stop his younger brother from being fur...
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Donnie Darko from 2021-06-04T16:00
In this week's episode we discuss Richard Kelly's 2001 film, Donnie Darko. After escaping death from a bizarre accident, teenager Donnie experiences visions of a man named Frank, dressed in a ra...
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First Anniversary Special from 2021-05-21T16:26:35
In this special episode, we discuss the thirteen films we gifted to one another to celebrate the 12 months since our first film club discussion back in May 2020. The films we talk about are list...
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The Death of Stalin from 2021-05-09T15:17:05
In this week's episode we discuss Armando Ianucci's 2017 film, The Death of Stalin. A power vacuum is created following the sudden death of Joseph Stalin, leading to a mad scramble for the Counc...
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Mogul Mowgli from 2021-03-12T18:20:34
In this week's episode we discuss Bassam Tariq's 2020 film, Mogul Mowgli. A rapper, about to go on a world tour that will change his life, is stricken down by an auto-immune disease that forces ...
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Sorry to Bother You from 2021-03-05T16:55:32
In this week's episode we discuss Boots Riley's 2018 film, Sorry to Bother You. After failing to make an impact in his new job as a telemarketer, Cassius Green takes his co-worker’s advice and b...
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Dallas Buyers Club from 2021-02-12T16:49:38
In this week's episode, we discuss Jean-Marc Vallée's 2013 film, Dallas Buyers Club. When Ron Woodroof finds out that he has contracted HIV, he works around the system for several years to...
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Galaxy Quest from 2021-02-05T20:37:35
In this week's episode, we discuss Dean Parisot's 1999 film, Galaxy Quest. The former cast of a cult science fiction show are enlisted into a interstellar conflict by aliens who believe their sh...
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The Conversation from 2021-01-29T17:45:40
In this week's episode, we discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 film, The Conversation. A paranoid surveillance expert has a moral dilemma on his hands when he fears that the couple he is s...
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Pride & Prejudice from 2021-01-22T17:40:40
In this week's episode, we discuss Joe Wright's 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice. A group of five sisters are under pressure to marry in order to save their home, when the mysterious Mr. Darcy a...
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Citizen Kane from 2021-01-15T18:07:58
In this week's episode, we discuss Orson Welles' 1941 film, Citizen Kane. After a famous publishing tycoon dies, a reporter is tasked with finding out the meaning of his final word, 'Rosebud'.
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Gran Torino from 2020-12-24T17:07:23
In this week's episode, we discuss Clint Eastwood's 2008 film, Gran Torino. After a neighbour tries to steal his prized classic car, a Korean War veteran attempts to reform the young man w...
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind from 2020-11-20T17:10:11
In today's episode, we discuss Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. A princess, desperate to understand the cause of the Earth’s decay, must prevent two warring nation...
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District 9 from 2020-11-06T17:55:48
In today's episode, we discuss Neill Blomkamp's 2009 film, District 9. When an extra-terrestrial race, forced to live in the slums outside Johannesburg, exposes a human to their biotechnology, i...
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A Walk in the Woods from 2020-10-30T18:24:09
In today's episode, we discuss Ken Kwapis' 2015 film, A Walk in the Woods. Returning to the U.S. after two decades away, Bill Bryson decides to hike the over two-thousand mile long Appalchian Tr...
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A Bronx Tale from 2020-10-23T17:10:34
In today's episode we discuss Robert De Niro's 1993 film, A Bronx Tale. A young man is torn between the lessons taught to him, about how to be a man, by his father and a local gangster who...
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Belleville Rendez-vous from 2020-10-17T16:10:27
In today's episode we discuss Sylvain Chomet's 2003 film, Belleville Rendez-vous. When her grandson is kidnapped while competing in the Tour de France, the devoted Souza and her loyal dog Bruno ...
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. from 2020-10-09T16:19:09
In today's episode we discuss Guy Ritchie's 2015 film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. based upon the 1960s television show of the same name. A CIA agent, a KGB operative and an East German mechanic mus...
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Synecdoche, New York from 2020-10-02T18:01:56
In today's episode, we discuss the 2008 film, Synecdoche, New York, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. Theatre director Caden attempts to display the brutality and honesty of life...
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The New Girlfriend from 2020-09-25T16:20:17
In today's episode, we discuss the 2014 film, François Ozon's The New Girlfriend. When her childhood best friend passes away, Claire commits to supporting her widower and child. Upon di...
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Shallow Grave from 2020-09-18T16:32:35
In today's episode, we discuss the 1994 film, Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave. When a trio of friends find a briefcase full of cash next to their new roommate’s corpse, they chose to cover ...
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Sorry We Missed You from 2020-09-11T18:02:36
In this episode, we discuss Sorry We Missed You, Ken Loach's 2019 film. Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and ...
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Away We Go from 2020-09-04T16:19:43
In today's episode, we discuss Away We Go, a 2009 film following a pregnant couple and their journey around North America to find the right place to raise their child. John Krasinski an...
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