Double Reel Film Podcast

67.4 Redux: Spotlight on Kurosawa Full Episode - High and Low, Ran

Our Kurosawa episode had an upload fault so we're giving it to you again, this time restored with the whole conversation. Still featuring the insights of Cam Sully from the excellent Jacked Up Review Podcast.

68.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Running Man, Die My Love, Troll 2, Rear Window, Under the Shadow

The latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Double Reel Monthly, covering news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and the last parts of our annual projects.

 

Next week we'll continue the issue with Classics and Hidden Gems.

 

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter 

 

And our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm 

67.4 Spotlight on Akira Kurosawa: High and Low, Ran

Issue 67 concludes with a special Spotlight episode featuring Cam Sully from the excellent Jacked Up Review Show. Today we take a closer look at one of the all time great filmmakers, Japanese cinematic titan Akira Kurosawa. We look across his whole career with particular attention to 1963's High and Low and 1985's Ran.

Check out the Jacked Up Review Show podcast here: https://linktr.ee/JURSPodcast 

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

67.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Legend, Windtalkers

Issue 67 continues with the Remakes Tribunal. First we put a Remake on Trial and ask whether there was any justification for a new version of the Krays story with 2015's Legend. Then we offer a Parole hearing to a film which failed and is currently languishing in movie jail. Would a remake fix the problems in the John Woo/Nic Cage war film Windtalkers?

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter 

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

67.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: 12 Years A Slave, The World's Fastest Indian

Continuing Issue 67 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems where we catch up with a great film one of us hasn't seen before, and then tell you the audience why you should check out a lesser known film which deserves your time. Our theme for this Issue is films based on true stories, and our Classic is the Oscar winning historical drama 12 Years A Slave. The Hidden Gem we want to tell you about is the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian.

Part 1 of the Issue is already out, Double Reel Monthly, and next week we'll drop the next part The Remakes Tribunal

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter 

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

67.1 Double Reel Monthly: I Swear, Frankenstein, Relay, Family Plot, Sanjuro

Issue 67 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We start with Double Reel Monthly, and news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched including I Swear, Frankenstein, Relay, How to Train Your Dragon (2025) and The Children's Hour. We also discuss the latest in our film projects for the year: Hitchcock's Family Plot and Kurosawa's Sanjuro.

Next week will bring Classics and Hidden Gems, and the following week will be The Remakes Tribunal.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter 

And check out physical media review show Maximum Disc on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm 

66.4 Spotlight on Ray Harryhausen: Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans

Closing Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Our final part is a special spotlight episode featuring regular co-host Alan and returning guest Deborah Fox. We look at the colourful career of Ray Harryhausen and his legendary stop motion visual effects which livened up our childhoods. The episode focuses on two of his most famous films, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans.

 

Deborah is campaigning for Breast Cancer Awareness, check out their site here: https://breastcancernow.org/wear-it-pink 

Check out Deborah's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.fox.127 

Here's Alan's author page: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter 

And finally check out our physical media show Maximum Disc on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm 

66.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Firestarter (2022), The Dark Tower

Continuing Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast of the discerning film nerd. Our theme is still Stephen King so we're putting two more adaptations of his stories up for scrutiny in the Remakes Tribunal. Our Remake on Trial is 2022's Firestarter - is there any justification for this new version? Then we have a Parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fix its problems - 2017's disastrous the Dark Tower.

This Issue's Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems episodes are already out and we close with a Spotlight next week. 

Check out Alan's author page: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter 

And check out our YouTube show, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists