"Tonight, I walk with my brothers."

Topics of Discussion: The Iron Claw, The Hurt Locker, Poor Things, The Holdovers, Mean Girls & other musical movies, Top 5 Fighting Movies

Snacks of choice: Mini Eggs, Strawbs, Crisps & Hummus

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe, Gareth Bradwick & Oli Law

Music by Charles Witcombe

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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two or more films and how they relate to one another. This month we chose two Apple releases from two of the world's biggest directors. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO

Killers of the Flower Moon - 3:50-18:00

Napoleon - 19:45-35:20

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick

Intro by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources

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"I will never stop fighting for this life."

Topics of Discussion: Top Ten of the Year, Surprises & Disappointments, Standout moments, Letterboxd stats...all of 2023

Snacks of choice: Twinkies & Jelly Beans

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick

Music by Charles Witcombe

Instagram/TikTok - @talkabout_pod

Reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com

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"Seeing isn't believing; believing is seeing."

Topics of Discussion: Anastasia, Saltburn, Napoleon, Nativity!, Christmas snacks, Top 5 Movie Santas, Sleepless in Seattle, What's on in December

Snacks of choice: Twiglets, Treeslets, Mince Pies, Shortbread

Focus Film Club: Napoleon / Killers of the Flower Moon

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick

with Becci Houlston & Kerry Smith

Music by Charles Witcombe

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'Killers of the Flower Moon' released with a 3 hour 26 minute runtime and in our showing, we were granted an interval, a rare novelty in today's cinema experience. So four members of the Focus Film team have gathered to discuss 3 hour movies and their relevance in today's world. Should we bring back intervals more regularly? And why do 3 hour films perform so well at the box office?

Check out our monthly podcast rounding up everything we've been watching recently.

Starring Ellis Barthorpe, Gareth Bradwick, Becci Houlston & Oli Law

Music by Charles Witcombe

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"Those chickens are up to something."

Topics of Discussion: BlackBerry, Mean Girls, Scariest Movies, Pain Hustlers, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, How we rate movies, Killers of the Flower Moon, Meg Ryan, Our cinema badge movies

Snack of choice: Cinnamon Rock buns

Focus Film Club: Killers of the Flower Moon / Taxi Driver

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick

with Becci Houlston & Oli Law

Music by Charles Witcombe

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All of our friends hide when we suggest seeing a horror...so what is it about the genre that we love so much but others don't? We give some suggestions of gateway horrors if you're too scared to make the jump, and discuss what our most horrific occurrence would be whilst recording the podcast.

Check out our monthly podcast rounding up everything we've been watching recently as well as our recent film club where we chat about 'A Haunting in Venice' and 'Charade'.

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick

Intro by Charles Witcombe

Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog

Film reviews and features - focusfilm.substack.com

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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new that link in some way. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO

New film: A Haunting in Venice - available in select cinemas

Old film: Charade - available on Amazon Prime Video

Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick

Intro by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources

Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog

Film reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com

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