Episodes

  • The Evil Dead (1981)

    The Evil Dead (1981)
    Apr 21 2023
    Welcome back to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    In this episode, as Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise reaches cinemas, your host A. J. Black is joined by podcaster Robert Clark, of horror podcast Creepy and Geeky, to discuss Sam Raimi's 1981 original, seminal horror that started the franchise, The Evil Dead...

    Host / Editor
    A. J. Black

    Guest
    Robert Clark

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    Title music:
    'Home Straight' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Lady in the Water (2006)

    Lady in the Water (2006)
    Feb 17 2023
    Welcome back to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    In this episode, as M. Night Shyamalan's KNOCK AT THE CABIN reaches cinemas, your host A. J. Black is joined by podcaster Robert Turnbull, of British sitcom podcast YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, to discuss Shyamalan's 2006 modern fairytale LADY IN THE WATER...

    Host / Editor
    A. J. Black

    Guest
    Robert Turnbull

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    @forducks

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    Title music:
    'Home Straight' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Good Night and Good Luck (2005)

    Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
    Feb 3 2023
    Welcome back to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    In an episode originally aired in 2022 on an aborted politics in film podcast, your host A. J. Black is joined by writer Roderick Heath to discuss George Clooney's 2005 historical drama on McCarthyism in the 1950s, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK...

    Host / Editor
    A. J. Black

    Guest
    Roderick Heath

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    @Roderick_Heath

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • I, Daniel Blake (2016)

    I, Daniel Blake (2016)
    Jan 27 2023
    Welcome back to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    In an episode originally aired in 2022 on an aborted politics in film podcast, your host A. J. Black is joined by Sam Stokes, co-host of the DEN OF TEN podcast, to discuss Ken Loach's searing social realist drama, 2016's I, DANIEL BLAKE...

    Host / Editor
    A. J. Black

    Guest
    Sam Stokes

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • L'Avventura (1960)

    L'Avventura (1960)
    Jan 20 2023
    Welcome back to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    In the first exploration of the 2022 'canon' of greatest cinema, via the Sight & Sound poll, your host A. J. Black is joined by podcaster Mark Adams, of the SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE and CHUCKYVISION podcasts, to discuss Michaelangelo Antonioni's 1960 Italian mystery drama, L'AVVENTURA...

    Host / Editor
    A. J. Black

    Guest
    Mark Adams

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    58 mins
  • Away We Go (2009)

    Away We Go (2009)
    Jan 13 2023
    Welcome back to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    As Sam Mendes' EMPIRE OF LIGHT opens in cinemas, your host A. J. Black alonsgide guest Trevor Gumbel discuss Mendes' 2009 comedy drama, AWAY WE GO...

    Introductions: 00:03:13 to 00:05:57
    Main discussion: 00:05:57 to end.

    Host / Editor
    A. J. Black

    Guest
    Trevor Gumbel

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Titanic (1997)

    Titanic (1997)
    Jan 5 2023
    Welcome to BEYOND THE SCREEN, a podcast about cinema.

    Your host, A. J. Black, alongside guests Luke Winch & Baz Greenland, discuss, as James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER dominates cinemas, his epic 1997 romantic drama, TITANIC.

    Introductions: 00:00:00 to 00:11:26
    Main discussion: 00:11:26 to end.

    Host / Editor

    A. J. Black

    Guests

    Luke Winch / Baz Greenland

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    1 hr and 29 mins