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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

Antonio Fungairino, Charles Towle

Two friends and cinephiles, Antonio and Charlie, embark on the ultimate cinematic voyage: completing Sight and Sound's 2022 list of the Top 100 Movies of All Time. Starting from #100, these vivacious hosts will watch each movie, record their reactions, and perform a rudimentary dissection of the film, from their very humble perspectives. Do you love cinema? Do you love (or hate) the canon? Well, join them on this journey to discover what makes these movies "great" and worthy of the legacy "Greatest of All Time". Give us a follow on Instagram for updates @filmbabblepod
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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - BONUS: Certified Copy

BONUS: Certified Copy

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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10/30/23 • 73 min

Oh, you missed us, huh? Well, we are breaking our silence with the first of two bonus episodes--something to tide you over until the Actors' strike comes to a resolution. In this episode, we tackle an off-the-beaten-path international mind-bender, directed by the late, great Abbas Kiarostami and starring the transcendent Juliette Binoche (in the role that won her Best Actress at Cannes). We hope you enjoy. Love, FilmBabble.

Intro/outro music: Manteca Theme by Dizzy Gillespie

CERTIFIED COPY (2010), Belgium, France, Italy, and Iran, written by Abbas Kiarostami and Caroline Eliacheff, directed by Abbas Kiarostami, cinematography by Luca Bigazzi, featuring Juliette Binoche and William Shimell

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - Introduction

Introduction

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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05/27/23 • 5 min

Welcome to FilmBabble! We, your hosts (Charlie and Antonio), are going on a film odyssey, unpacking what it means for a film to be included on the BFI's Sight and Sound "Greatest Films of All Time" list, as well as exploring what we think about each film and and its inclusion. Join us each week as we move down the list towards "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles", the newly crowned Greatest Film of All Time.
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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =95. Get Out

=95. Get Out

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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05/29/23 • 55 min

Intro and Outro music from 'Day for Night', by Georges Delerue

GET OUT (2017)

COUNTRY: USA

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Jordan Peele

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Toby Oliver

CAST: Daniel Kaluuya, Alison Williams, Catherine Keener, Lil Rel Howery, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root, Caleb Landry Jones, LaKeith Stanfield

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =95. Black Girl

=95. Black Girl

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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06/12/23 • 53 min

Intro and outro music is taken by 'Women of Ireland', composed by Seán Ó Riada.

BLACK GIRL (1966), France and Senegal, written and directed by Ousmane Sembene, cinematography by Christian Lacoste, featuring Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, and Momar Nar Sene.

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =78. Sunset Boulevard

=78. Sunset Boulevard

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02/19/24 • 62 min

Alright Mr. DeMille, they're ready to Babble! On today's episode of FilmBabble, Charlie and Antonio take a quick detour onto SUNSET BOULEVARD, the 1950 classic chock-full of romance, intrigue, and.... murder? Take a seat, order a coffee, and listen up!

Intro/outro music: "Main Title from 'The Wild Bunch'", composed by Jerry Fielding.

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950), written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D.M. Marshman Jr., directed by Billy Wilder, cinematography by John Seitz, featuring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, and Cecil B. DeMille

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =90. The Leopard

=90. The Leopard

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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07/17/23 • 63 min

Meow. It's The Leopard! Get ready for another ball, it won't be the last. Charlie and Antonio watch Luchino Visconti's 1963 Italian epic; can they handle all this opulence?

Intro/outro music: Excerpt from 'The Tree of Life' by Alexandre Desplat.

THE LEOPARD (1963), Italy and France, written by Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Suso Cecchi d'Amici, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and René Barjavel, directed by Luchino Visconti, cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno, featuring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Claudia Cardinale.

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =90. The Earrings of Madame De... w/ Matteo

=90. The Earrings of Madame De... w/ Matteo

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07/10/23 • 83 min

Put on your best party dress and come on down for a ball of tragic proportions! Charlie, Antonio, and Matteo dive into the 1953 French classic 'The Earrings of Madame De...' by Max Ophüls, and, for the first time on the podcast, almost come to blows. Not literally, of course...

Intro/outro music: "House of Woodcock" from 'Phantom Thread' by Johnny Greenwood.

THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (1953), France and Italy, written by Max Ophüls, Marcel Archard, Annette Wademant, directed by Max Ophüls, cinematography by Christian Matras, featuring Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, and Vittorio De Sica.

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =95. A Man Escaped

=95. A Man Escaped

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07/03/23 • 57 min

Wait... did the title just spoil the movie?! Join Charlie and Antonio as they learn that sometimes the journey IS the destination in Robert Bresson's 1956 seminal prison break movie: A MAN ESCAPED. You're listening to Filmbabble, Episode 6: Charlie and Antonio Enjoy the Movie! Wait...

Intro/outro music: "Pajarillo" by Aldemaro Romero y su Onda Nueva

A MAN ESCAPED (1956), France, written and directed by Robert Bresson, cinematography by Lèonce-Henri Burel, featuring François Leterrier

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =95. Once Upon a Time in the West

=95. Once Upon a Time in the West

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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06/26/23 • 68 min

Tuck your napkins in, we got a hearty dish of spaghetti served up today (don't forget the western)! For the first time, Charlie and Antonio dive headfirst into Sergio Leone's 1968 masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in the West! Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles friggin' Bronson?! What could go wrong?

Intro/outro music: "Ikiru" theme composed by Fumio Hayasaka

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968), Italy and USA, written by Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati, directed by Sergio Leone, cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli, featuring Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, and Charles Bronson

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 - =88. Chungking Express w/ Ryan

=88. Chungking Express w/ Ryan

FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

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12/11/23 • 76 min

Delve into the beauty of Wong Kar-wai's cinema with the fellas this week via CHUNGKING EXPRESS, an instant classic from early 90s Hong Kong. Prominently featuring music (originally) by The Cranberries and The Mama's & the Papa's, this split narrative confounds traditionally held notions of cinema and sinks its teeth into the human experience. Joined by Wong Kar-wai superfan Ryan, Charlie and Antonio explore the elusive nature of love and the moving picture.

Intro/outro music: 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' BWV 639 by Johann Sebastian Bach from Tarkovsky's 'Solaris'.

CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994), Hong Kong, written by Wong Kar-wai, directed by Wong Kar-wai, cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Andrew Lau, featuring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Brigitte Lin Chin-Hsia.

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FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 currently has 38 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Film, Film Analysis, Comedy, Podcasts, Tv & Film and Film Reviews.

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The episode title 'BONUS: Certified Copy' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100 is 78 minutes.

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