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The Movies That Made Me: Season 2: Episode 3 - MEMORABLE SONGS   Favourite Movie Musical? That is a well covered topic. Which is why we are not covering it here. Instead I am joined by actor, writer and improviser from Olivier Award winning musical Showstopper!, Ruth Bratt, plus former break-dancer now Director of The Comedy School Keith Palmer MBE to discuss our favourite songs  in movies other than musicals. Think of Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet, "Show Me the Way to Go Home" in Jaws, Dolly Parton and 9 to 5, Mona Lisa ending with Nat King Cole or the opening of Do the Right Thing    In this episode we will focus on High Noon, The Fisher King, When Harry Met Sally, The Long Goodbye, The Harder They Come and because Keith was in it on stage as a boy we let in West Side Story.   TMTMM is a Picard Production. Hosted by Luke Sorba. Produced and Edited by Andrew Paine   End Credits Luke Sorba: Host Twitter: LukeSorbaLabour Andrew Paine: Producer & Audio Engineer Twitter: ItPainesMe  

The Movies That Made Me: Season 2: Episode 2 - FIGHTING   The War of the Words, Motions Eleven, The Mild Bunch... not actual films but titles that conjur the feel of this week's movie debate as: Script Editor and former Curzon Magazine film critic Martha "The Mace" Julier squares up against Former Actress and Teacher of English Literature and Media Studies Katie "The Catapult" Purslow to make the case for their Favourite Movie Fight Scenes.   Refereed by Luke "The Long Sword"  Sorba, Fights not Battles means no to (Abel Gance's) Napoleon,  Saving Private Ryan or Avengers: Endgame. But yes to Enter the Dragon, Charlie's Angels (2000), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Aliens, The Raid and... Bridesmaids!   Download now, it's a knock out.   TMTMM is a Picard Production. Hosted by Luke Sorba. Produced and Edited by Andrew Paine   End Credits Luke Sorba: Host Twitter: LukeSorbaLabour Andrew Paine: Producer & Audio Engineer Twitter: ItPainesMe

The Movies That Made Me: Season 2: Episode 1: BUILDINGS   Welcome back to The Movies that Made Me. To celebrate the host's birthday we are launching Season 2 on October 20th, with BUILDINGS.   The cinema you watched them in, is not the only building that matters when it comes to memorable movies. Some legendary films are as well known for their locations as they are for their plots, even their stars.    Award-winning Radio Producer Mandy Wheeler and Actor/Photographer and Blue Badge Guide Sean Patterson join me as we discuss our favourite buildings on film, real or invented, from Gothic to Dystopian, Modernist to Fairy Tale and focussing on The Innocents, Rebecca, Brazil, Blade Runner, Die Hard, North by Northwest and Beauty and the Beast.   TMTMM is a Picard Production. Hosted by Luke Sorba. Produced and Edited by Andrew Paine   End Credits Luke Sorba: Host Twitter: LukeSorbaLabour Andrew Paine: Producer & Audio Engineer Twitter: ItPainesMe      

The Movies That Made Me… Episode 6: Trial By Jury Luke Sorba wrote and directed his first movie on Super 8 when he was 18 years old. "The Mirror Within" won in the Novice Category at Streatham and Norwood Amateur Film Club's Annual Awards. He only made one more (apart from some YouTube sketches) but he has since watched 6000 movies made by other people and owns 1600 on DVD. He spent more teenage hours at the National Film Theatre and the Electric Cinema than anywhere else, and is currently on first name terms with staff at Peckhamplex. Over two hundred books on cinema fill his shelves and he has a complete collection of Monthly Film Bulletin magazines (incorporated in Sight and Sound since 1990) going back to 1964. As an actor and writer, as well as a teacher of story telling Luke brings professional experience to his observations but it his status as a super-fan that sets him apart. He is rare among enthusiasts in that there is no period nor genre nor country whose movies he is not curious about. From Intolerance to Inception, The St Valentine's Day Massacre to The Belles of St Trinian's, Do the Right Thing to Dr Dolittle, Zombieland to Nomadland, Superfly to Superman, Tod Browning to Todd Haynes, Federico Fellini to The Fast and Furious, Monika Treut to Monica Bellucci, there is a place for everyone in The Movies That Made Me. Luke Sorba and Andrew Paine previously collaborated on the online improvised comedy show "Unmute". Together they make up Picard Productions. Episode 6 features…  Lee Apsey is an award-winning writer, director, producer and performer across film, theatre and digital media. His accomplishments range from critically acclaimed feature films and TV pilots to multiple sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Fringe and Leicester Square Theatre atop a multi-million viewership across online projects.  As an improviser he has taught and performed in the UK, Europe, Asia and United States for over a decade. He is the co-founder of CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation (“A Spectacular must see” - ☆☆☆☆☆ Bunberry Magazine) as well as currently performing Your Flaws: The Musical and freestyle rap show Slice of Rhyme. Susie Labinjoh is a civil liberties and human rights solicitor. She specialises in: civil actions against the police and other public bodies; related human rights claims;  compensation claims for victims of miscarriage of justice and public law challenges related to these areas.  In her spare time she enjoys film, theatre and podcasts amongst other things! Trials By Jury... JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (2000) d Gale Edwards Possibly the most famous miscarriage of justice, this time presented as a rock opera. Made washing your hands in public a trope 2000 years before Covid. Contrasts: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) d Norman Jewison; The Passion of the Christ (2004) d Mel Gibson; The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) d Martin Scorsese MRS DOUBTFIRE (1993) d Chris Columbus Alongside Aladdin. and Good Morning Vietnam a fantastic platform for the comedic talent of Robin Williams. And by no means as sentimental as some of Williams’ subsequent films. Contrasts: Kramer vs Kramer (1979) d Robert Benton; Tootsie (1982) d Sydney Pollack TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) d Robert Mulligan A classic movie (adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic book) which is particularly interesting to revisit with a post-Black Lives Matter perspective. Racism, justice, community – all through the gaze of a child. Contrast: In the Name of the Father (1993) d Jim Sheridan JUST MERCY (2019) d Destin Daniel Cretton Jamie Foxx reminds us how incredibly versatile he is in this searing true story about a black man falsely convicted of a murder that takes place in the Harper Lee’s home town. Contrast:  A Few Good Men (1992) Rob Reiner A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946) d Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger A wonderfully rich film that is both truly of its time – just after World War 2 – and yet its playing with form and dealing with diversity are so relevant today. Contrast: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) d Robert Wise TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957) d Sidney Lumet The quintessential movie about a jury which actually started out as a TV drama ( and you can literally see why). The group is all ready to condemn and to punish… until a single individual quietly suggests they take one more look. Contrast: Lord of the Flies (1963) d Peter Brook End Credits Luke Sorba: Host Twitter: LukeSorbaLabour Andrew Paine: Producer & Audio Engineer Twitter: ItPainesMe