Is there a movie you like that no one else gets? Or hasn't even heard of? Cinema Limbo is the home for movies whose time has come for revaluation. Hosted by Jeremy Phillips.
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Once again, Jeremy is joined by perennial guest Chris Arnsby to look back on the best and worst that the last year had to offer in the world of film. Along the way, they take in such matters as the death of Star Trek, the annhilation of the UK, schadenfreude, The Richard Dawkins Show, who owns Dracula and the greatest pun of all time. The Secret Agent is streaming on MUBI, is available as a…
Jeremy is joined again by author and podcaster Jason Kruppa to examine the 1981 satirical musical Shock Treatment, an "equal" to The Rocky Horror Picture Show sharing its creative team of Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman and starring Cliff DeYoung, Jessica Harper, Patricia Quinn, Ruby Wax, Charles Gray and Barry Humphries. In this pursuit, they cover such subjects as normcore values, American…
Jeremy is joined by perennial guest Chris Arnsby to discuss the 1985 sci-fi action sequel Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. Their dialogue over this misunderstood project covers such topics as blacklisted directors, Australian character actors, Oliver Reed's singing voice, Orson Welles doing one for the money and why…
Jeremy is joined by author and podcaster Jason Kruppa to solve the riddle that is the 1988 comedy-drama The Telephone, which stars Whoopi Goldberg and is directed by Rip Torn from a script by Harry Nilsson and Terry Southern. Their attempts to unravel the film take in such subjects as substance abuse, pet care, filmed plays and how New Yorkers all go about in their angry little boxes. Jason's…
Jeremy is joined by author and scriptwriter Paul Morris for a dissection of the 2008 sports adventure Speed Racer, written for the screen and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew Fox and Roger Allam and based on the anime series of the same name. Their discourse on the subject takes in such subjects as varied as Dick…
Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby to review the previous year in film, counting down the top ten and bottom five while noting such topics as the hem of the Sun King, the world's worst actor, the Godzilla dichotomy and how the Dark Universe has itself become a zombie. As an addendum to information in the podcast: The Last Showgirl is now available on disc and digital. Coyote v Acme has been picked…
Jeremy is joined once again by author and biographer Simon Guerrier to discuss 2009 black comedy Observe and Report, written and directed by Jody Hill and starring Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta, Anna Faris and Jesse Plemons. Picking over the shards of their respective arguments, they cover such controversial topics as quiche seduction, unlikely holiday destinations, Peter Cushing's secret and the comedic…
Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby for a study of 1966 "acid Western" The Shooting, directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates, Millie Perkins and Jack Nicholson. As they trek through the film's unforgiving landscape, they consider such topics as Live Aid, dramatising Elvis Presley's life in real time, the Midnight Run TV series, extreme efficiency in filmmaking and whether the…
Jeremy is joined by Gary Rodger of Sitcom Club and Jaffa Cakes for Proust fame to study Fierce Creatures, the 1997 comedy co-written by and starring John Cleese with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin and an attempted thematic sequel to 1987's A Fish Called Wanda. Along the way, their discussion touches on such tightly-knit subjects as pecan pie, Egghead's Robot, GB News, Bruce's…
Jeremy is joined by new guest Stephen Fawcus for a special Christmas episode, exploring would-be franchise launcher Remo Williams: The Adventuer Begins aka Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, the 1985 action adventure starring Fred Ward, Joel Gray, Wilford Brimley and Kate Mulgrew. Along the way, their discussion touches on such seasonal subjects as Mrs Columbo, Ridley Hood, the deranged source novels…
Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a comprehensive review of 2023 in film, covering the ten best and five worst films, and touching on such matters as difficult third acts, John Deacon, disappointing perfumes, the Nose Film and the menace of an empty space. Thread of nominees: https://twitter.com/cinema_limbo/status/1757428640222994654 Playlist of Best Film nominees trailers:…
Jeremy is joined by perennial guest Chris Arnsby for a belated Christmas episode, as they experience Jason Eisener's 2011 darkly comic exploitation homage Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth and Brian Downey. Their conversation covers such topics as living in a real-life Mad Max world, clods of drugs, the original Mars Attacks trading cards and Jeremy's Canadian accent.…
Jeremy is accompanied by author Simon Guerrier for a study of The Last Wave, Peter Weir's 1977 Australian mythological urban thriller, with their conversation covering such topics as white saviour narratives, the Australian New Wave, storytelling through contrast and Papa Lazarou. The Last Wave, viewable via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuTVDNnR3AE&pp=ygUSdGhlIGxhc3Qgd2F2ZSAxOTc3 Peter…
Jeremy is joined in the first of a new run of the podcast by Paul Morris, podcaster and scriptwriter, to discuss 2002's sci-fi action Equilibrium, with their conversation covering such matters as stimulating statues, insufficient purity of concept, the word "phenomenological" and the world's most surprising cameo. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raleKODYeg0&pp=ygULZXF1aWxpYnJpdW0%3D The…
Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a discussion of 1988's Dutch action thriller Amsterdamned, written and directed by Dick Maas. Their conversation covers a range of topics including ITV's overnight schedule, a real-life kidnapping, The Quizmaster Murders, the Godzilla threshold and Keeping Up Appearances. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCuxQ8owFgg&pp=ygUUYW1zdGVyZGFtbmVkIHRyYWlsZXI%3D…
Joined once again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris, he and Jeremy discuss the 1984 comic book adventure and superhero spinoff Supergirl, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter Cook and Peter O'Toole. Their discussion covers broad range of topics including illegal hockey play, Jaws heresy, mundane motivations, the Super-Universe and Billy Jor-El. Trailer:…
Jeremy is once again joined by fellow podcaster Ed Bloomer for a study of 1977 nature-based dramatic thriller Orca, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson and Bo Derek. Their investigation covers such topics as the elasticity of time, unlikely twist endings, a story without heroes, the aquatic equivalent of Michael Myers and the great white shark…
Jeremy and Chris Arnsby look back on the last year in movies, exploring the ten best and five worst pictures of 2022, with such topics being covered as toilet strategies, in-cinema naps, yacht rock, the end of Inspector Morse and why Avatar is successful. Trailers for the top 10 of the year: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjlUg4-ZwUWtiwK_aCf1uEYGhJ7EvdUB Trailers for films upcoming in…
Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine One Hour Photo, the 2002 psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek, and starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan and Gary Cole, with their seminar covering such broad topics as the wonders of Ikea, plagiarism lawsuits, pornocrats and the Carnival of Souls. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gYXuURrLVA…
Jeremy is joined by podcaster and Goon Pod host Tyler Adams to discuss The Comic, the 1969 drama written, directed and featuring Carl Reiner and starring Dick van Dyke. Their conversation covers such topics as Ray Bradbury, Samuel Beckett, Olivia Wilde, Kevin Feige, Jim Henson and Supertrain. The movie available to watch for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCuJAU8Xapg The mentioned public…
Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to discuss Cloud Atlas, the 2012 adaptation of David Mitchell's novel, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer and starring an all-star cast led by Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Wishaw, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. Their all-encompassing conversation covers topics from sense triggers, standing ovations and brawling writers to…
Jeremy is joined again by author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier to investigate Paul McCartney's 1984 musical drama Give My Regards to Broad Street, also starring Bryan Brown, Tracey Ullman and Ralph Richardson. Their conversation covers such vital subjects as the Beatles filmography, Thomas the Funk Engine, dream-storming, alternative storylines and Blame It on Ringo.
Jeremy is joined by writer and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, starring Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Willliam H Macy and Anne Heche. Their discussion covers such ground as the Psycho franchise opportunities, the Invisible Christmas, cover versions, a stage adaptation and when men stopped wearing hats all the time.
Jeremy is joined by Ed Bloomer on the hottest evening of the year to investigate The Two Jakes, the 1990 neo-noir suspense drama, a sequel to the 1974 classic Chinatown, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, with Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly and Eli Wallach. Their sweltering conversation covers such topics as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, unfilmed areas of Los Angeles, Tom Jones playing…
Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine the 1984 alternate cut by Giorgio Moroder of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Their discussion covers such topics as post-WWI cinema, the ethics of edits, ivory backscratchers, early optical effects and statue therapy.
Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for the second half of a retrospective of the best and worst films of the last year, with such subjects as ageism, writers' block, children as plot tokens, strip-mining the franchises you love and the joys and dangers of drinking.
Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for the first half of a retrospective of the best and worst films of the last year, with such subjects as thought bubbles, climate change, poisonous nostalgia and big lizard robots coming under scrutiny.
Jeremy is joined for the Christmas edition of the podcast by fellow podcaster Tyler Adams for the latter-day pantomine that is 1992 historical comedy Carry On Columbus, with a conversation that takes in A View to a Kill, how to write for The Simpsons, buried sitcoms, Frankie Howerd's oscillating career and Curb Your Foot in the Grave..
Chris Arnsby join Jeremy for the final instalment of the run of special episodes outside the regular remit, celebrating the podcast's centenary with an edition on his favourite film, Francois Truffaut's adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Their lengthy discussion covers a range of topics, including Britain's most influential filmmaker, a world without written language, modernist…
Simon Guerrier returns to the podcast for a further instalment in the special series covering films outside the regular remit, in this case the notorious 2006 remake of The Wicker Man, adapted and directed by Neil LaBute, starring Nicholas Cage and Ellen Burstyn. Their discussion of this famous disaster covers bigoted directors, children as plot tokens, the concept of suspense, the critic as…
Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for another in the miniseries exploring films outside the podcast's usual purview. This time, they look at 1984 television drama Threads, notorious for its uncompromising depiction of nuclear war and its after-effects, and their discussion covers such hot-button topics as the final episode of Coronation Street, the hopelessness of civil defence, parallells to the…
Jeremy is joined by Paul Morris for another dip outside the regular remit, as they enjoy a selection of short films - surreal Spanish thriller La Cabina, animated fable Peace on Earth, public information horror Apaches and Laurel and Hardy comedy Men O'War. Along the way they discuss the first ever DVD commentary, Donald Duck in Nazi Germany, public information LARPing and a joke that works on…
Jeremy is joined by fellow podcaster Ed Bloomer for the first of a special series of podcasts exploring films outside the normal remit, the first of which being Richard Williams' unfinished animated epic The Thief and the Cobbler. Their discussion takes in such topics as the importance of pre-planning, the dangers of self-indulgence, Britain's tallest man and half an argument about Kylie Minogue.…
Jeremy is joined by both Anthony Malone and Chris Arnsby to examine the best and worst films of 2020. Studying the cinema of that remote space year leads them to sundry apocalypses, Sherlockiana, the origin of Mary Poppins, historical fidelity, the drug of creative control and the last (and first) word on Tenet. Since this podcast was recorded Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back project has…
Jeremy is joined by Mark Aldridge, academic and author of Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, to discuss 1976 comic suspense thriller Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock's final film and starring Barbara Harris, William Devane, Bruce Dern and Karen Black. Their conversation touches on matters including the Master's unproduced work, televisual cinema, second-generation…
Jeremy is joined by author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier to discuss Smoke, the 1995 ensemble drama by Paul Auster and Wayne Wang and starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd and Jared Harris. In their exploration, they touch on the companion film Blue in the Face, the transformation of New York, the screenwriter as auteur, the history of tobacco and…
After a long interregnum, Anthony Malone returns to the podcast, joining Jeremy for a discussion of 2001 comic spy drama The Tailor of Panama, based on the novel by John Le Carré, directed by John Boorman and starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis. Their discursive discussion covers such a range of topics as Raise the Titanic, authorial distance, pandemic delays, the…
Jeremy is joined again by author and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1945 suspense drama Detour. Their discussion of this semi-forgotten B-picture covers such topics as double features, celebrity fans, low budget economics , unreliable narrators, murderous actors and Marion Crane's absent father.
Chris Arnsby joins Jeremy to examine the 1969 satirical musical Oh! What a Lovely War directed by Richard Attenborough from the Joan Greenwood stage production, with an ensemble cast featuring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave. Their discussion covers such bouncy topics as the roots of alternative comedy, satire without…
Jeremy is joined for the first time by fellow Podnoser Gary Rodger. one of the brains behind The Sitcom Club and Jaffa Cakes for Proust, to discuss the 2003 Spanish-Canadian drama My Life Without Me, written for the screen and directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman and Debbie Harry. Their discussion covers a range of jovial topics including daytime…
Jeremy reunites with author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier for a New Year's Eve special examining Highlander II: The Quickening, the 1991 action fantasy sequel starring Christophe Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen and Michael Ironside. Their conversation covers such wide-ranging topics as the implausible endurance of the franchise, the film's multiple edits and interpretations, its debt to…
Jeremy once again enjoys the company of Chris Arnsby for A Very Cinema Limbo Christmas. Together, they explore the 1987 suspense sequel Jaws: The Revenge, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario van Peebles and Michael Caine, and discover voodoo curses, amateur icthyology, Sharkula, Jeremy's favourite Bible joke and what the film would be like without a shark in…
Jeremy is joined once again by Ed Bloomer as they investigate Joseph Losey's 1970 existential suspense drama Figures in a Landscape, starring Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell and based on the novel by Barry England. On the way they touch on such matters as political turbulence, nightmare landscapes, religious parallels, Harold Pinter, Alan Partridge and A View to a Kill.
Jeremy is joined again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1992 crime farce Blame It on the Bellboy, starring Dudley Moore, Richard Griffiths, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Patsy Kensit and Bryan Brown, with a conversation that takes in the logistics of Venice, the evil of Tom Good, the British cinema brain drain and the mathematics of comedy.
Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to mull over 2013's surreal blackly comic horror Escape from Tomorrow, a film largely shot in secret in Walt Disney World and Disneyland Anaheim. As they dive down a rabbit hole on the log flume from hell, they consider their own theme park experiences, the Streisand effect, overlaps between the present and what seems to be ancient history and the trope…
Jeremy is joined once again by Ed Bloomer to discuss William Friedkin's 1977 suspense drama Sorcerer, a remake of French classic The Wages of Fear, starring Roy Scheider and an international cast. On the journey through the conversational jungle they uncover the uncommercial blockbuster. language barriers, reverse remakes and SeaQuest DSV.
Jeremy is joined by recurring guest Chris Arnsby to discuss, slightly later than planned, the best and worst films of 2019, with some wicked metaphors, some Stephen King-related disappointments, a few slim pickings and the occasional welcome surprise.
Jeremy is joined by author and dramatist Simon Guerrier for a discussion of David Lean's Oscar-winning epic period romance from 1970, Ryan's Daughter, starring Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones, Leon McKern and John Mills. As they talk, they explore such topics as familiy connections to the production and content, two-fisted priests, the female gaze, storytelling through colour…
Jeremy is joined again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1973 British horror film Death Line, released in the US as Raw Meat, starring Donald Pleasance and featuring Christopher Lee. Their discussion covers such topics as fiction's greatest policeman, the last 30 years of pop music, the gulf between 'real' and 'fake' horror and class violence, while Jeremy tries to pitch a new…
Jeremy returns after a long rest to be joined by Chris Arnsby to discuss the impact the COVID-19 crisis and lockdown has had on the cinema business, film production and movie-going habits, in doing so touching on subjects including Battlestar Galactica, Josh Trank's comeback and Quibi. Several release dates have changed since this episode was recorded, with Tenet moving from mid-July to late…
