Editor Frank Evans is joined by deputy editors Dom Thornton and Almaz Cavanagh, as each takes us through the movies that they've watched over the Christmas holidays. Expect to hear about everything from an Audrey Hepburn queer classic to an unfairly maligned Zack Snyder feminist action movie and an underrated anti-war movie from Studio Ghibli. As a treat, each editor also lists their picks for the best movies of the year.
Boar Music editor Emma Wilkes joins Boar Film editor Frank Evans to discuss the use of popular music in cinema. Whether you can't get The Moldy Peaches' songs from Juno out of your mind or you prefer the wail of Jimi Hendrix's guitar in Withnail & I, this podcast will appeal to you.
Join Boar Film editor Frank Evans and deputy editor Dom Thornton as they discuss their picks for the greatest movies of the 1960s. What a decade. International cinema exploded with the abundance of new waves everywhere from France to Japan. British film underwent a radical makeover, pristine big-budget American movies charmed millions and edgy independent cinema reached the masses towards the end of the decade when movies like Easy Rider swept awards ceremonies. If you like David Lean, Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kurosawa or John Ford, tune in and listen up: you've found your episode.
Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and sexual assault.
Join Boar Film editor Frank Evans and deputy editor Dom Thornton as they discuss their picks for the greatest movies of the 1960s. What a decade. International cinema exploded with the abundance of new waves everywhere from France to Japan. British film underwent a radical makeover, pristine big-budget American movies charmed millions and edgy independent cinema reached the masses towards the end of the decade when movies like Easy Rider swept awards ceremonies. If you like David Lean, Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kurosawa or John Ford, tune in and listen up: you've found your episode.
Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and sexual assault.
Hello freshers!!!! This episode of The Boar Film Podcast is just for you. Join Boar Film editor Frank Evans and deputy editor Dom Thornton as they give their advice for starting out at Warwick University. Touching upon everything from food to parties to drink to conversation to work and the glory of the library, Dom and Frank give you all the info that you need to make your first year at Warwick a great one.
Boar Deputy Editor-in-Chief Amber Bentley joins Boar Film editor Frank Evans to discuss dancing in movies. Starting by discussing dance movies like Billy Elliot, Step Up and Save The Last Dance, the conversation moves to cover the speakers' favourite dancing scenes in non-dance movies. Praising standout dance sequences in Pulp Fiction, Beau Travail and Little Miss Sunshine, this episode is sure to register both with people who've memorised every one of Channing Tatum's sweet mid-2000s dance moves and with people who really appreciate the dance at the end of Napoleon Dynamite.
Boar Film editor Frank Evans is joined by film aficionado Sam Atkinson to discuss Terrence Malick's four most celebrated movies: Badlands (1973), Days of Heaven (1978), The Thin Red Line (1998) and The Tree of Life (2011). After picking apart the strengths and shortcomings of these startlingly distinctive American movies, Frank and Sam discuss the films listed above The Tree of Life in The Guardian's list of the best films of the 21st century.
Join Boar Film editor Frank Evans and Boar Film deputy editor Dom Thornton as they continue the best of the decade series. This time they take a look at the 1970s, a perfect oasis of cinema. In the USA, this was the New Hollywood era, where great American auteurs like Martin Scorsese, William Friedkin and Robert Altman found critical and commercial success. In Britain, the explosive auteurism of Nicolas Roeg and Ken Russell was big news and across Europe, Fellini, Tarkovsky, Rivette, Truffaut and Herzog continued to release landmark movies. Whether Dario Argento's hypersensory horror movies are your thing or if you prefer Stanley Kubrick's stately pacing, this episode will have something for you. Enjoy.
Join Boar Film editor Frank Evans and Boar Film deputy editor Dom Thornton as they continue the best of the decade series. This time they take a look at the 1970s, a perfect oasis of cinema. In the USA, this was the New Hollywood era, where great American auteurs like Martin Scorsese, William Friedkin and Robert Altman found critical and commercial success. In Britain, the explosive auteurism of Nicolas Roeg and Ken Russell was big news and across Europe, Fellini, Tarkovsky, Rivette, Truffaut and Herzog continued to release landmark movies. Whether Dario Argento's hypersensory horror movies are your thing or if you prefer Stanley Kubrick's stately pacing, this episode will have something for you. Enjoy.
Writer Lucy Carter joins editor Frank Evans to discuss romance in film. Discussing everything from Nora Ephron rom-coms to film noir and tragic historical romances of golden-age Hollywood, this episode tracks the progression of romantic themes in cinema from silent classics all the way to the modern romantic comedy. Whether you prefer Keira Knightley or Humphrey Bogart, there's something in this episode for everyone.
Boar Arts editor Sophia Stanford and writer Margot Johnston return for a discussion with Boar Film editor Frank Evans on the 'Cool Girl' trope. The Cool Girl is a male filmmaking invention, a stock female characters that engages in stereotypically male pursuits (eating junk food, watching sports, drinking beer, playing video games) whilst remaining effortlessly beautiful. If you're interested in a conversation touching upon the most blatant examples of the trope, Gillian Flynn's analysis of the Cool Girl in her novel Gone Girl and ways in which this trope can be challenged and subverted, listen in.
Former Boar Films editor James Palmer joins current Boar Films editor Frank Evans for a discussion on blockbuster movies and the do's and don't's of film reviews. Talking about everything from the 'talent drain' controversy surrounding the MCU to Thomas Vinterberg's new movie and film review pet peeves, listen in for a solid hour of good conversation.
The Best of the Decade series continues, this time focusing on the 1980s. Conservative politicians were in power, movie franchises reigned supreme and the tide had fully turned against the noble auteurs. Despite all this horror, many great films just about managed to see the light of the day. Discussing works of art by Cimino, Leone, De Palma, Mann and many more, Frank Evans and Dom Thornton discuss what they consider to b the best films of the 1980s.
The Best of the Decade series continues, this time focusing on the 1980s. Conservative politicians were in power, movie franchises reigned supreme and the tide had fully turned against the noble auteurs. Despite all this horror, many great films just about managed to see the light of the day. Discussing works of art by Cimino, Leone, De Palma, Mann and many more, Frank Evans and Dom Thornton discuss what they consider to b the best films of the 1980s.
Boar Books editor Alyssa Gibbons joins Boar Film editor Frank Evans for a discussion on young adult fiction and the Scorsese/Marvel controversy. After discussing Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Divergent, the conversation moves to consider what should be counted for art and what risk-taking cinema truly is.
Editor Frank Evans is joined by Sophia Stanford and Margot Johnston to discuss the Twilight films. The discussion encompasses elements of all five films, their moments of levity, their characters, their themes (sexual and political) and their standing in wider popular culture. If you've ever enjoyed watching Taylor Lautner whip his shirt off, Kristen Stewart gaze blankly at a wintry line of tall trees or Robert Pattinson give a CGI werewolf a death stare, this is the episode for you!
In this two part extravaganza, editor Frank Evans is joined by avid film fans Nick Alford and Sam Atkinson to discuss their recent lockdown watches. Covering twelve films that the three friends watched together, this episode sees passionate conversation on classic films ranging from French New Wave landmark movie Breathless to Robert Altman's hazy, zany neo-noir The Long Goodbye. If you want to celebrate the fact that it's now legal to meet up and watch films with other people, this joyous discussion of how cinema reunited three friends will be music to your ears
In this two part extravaganza, editor Frank Evans is joined by avid film fans Nick Alford and Sam Atkinson to discuss their recent lockdown watches. Covering twelve films that the three friends watched together, this episode sees passionate conversation on classic films ranging from French New Wave landmark movie Breathless to Robert Altman's hazy, zany neo-noir The Long Goodbye. If you want to celebrate the fact that it's now legal to meet up and watch films with other people, this joyous discussion of how cinema reunited three friends will be music to your ears.
In this week's episode, Deputy Film editor Dom Thornton joins editor Frank Evans in a discussion on the topic of the greatest films of the 1990s. Each presents a top 5 list of their favourites and provides a whole host of honourable mentions. With praise aimed towards films by Terrence Malick, Paul Verhoeven, Clint Eastwood and Paul Thomas Anderson, if you'd like to be introduced to the greatest films that the final decade of the 20th century has to offer, this is the episode for you.
In this week's episode, Deputy Film editor Dom Thornton joins editor Frank Evans in a discussion on the topic of the greatest films of the 1990s. Each presents a top 5 list of their favourites and provides a whole host of honourable mentions. With praise aimed towards films by Terrence Malick, Paul Verhoeven, Clint Eastwood and Paul Thomas Anderson, if you'd like to be introduced to the greatest films that the final decade of the 20th century has to offer, this is the episode for you.