Year Of The Film

BOO! Got ya, spooked ya.Enter, if you dare, Tobias Robert Little's spooktastic Criterion Crypt of bone-chilling Halloween movies! In this frightful selection of six of Toby's favourite over-looked Halloween classics there's something for everyone. Gorgeous pale vampires, mysterious men with smoky nostrils and more than one unexplainable shape glimpsed in the corner of a room.Let us know your favourite Halloween classics at comments@yearofthefilm.com or on insta @yearofthefilm_podcast, and remember to double check you locked all your doors at night. You never know when Toby will appear with several more obscure film recommendations for you.

We are BACK IN BUSINESS people - or for an alternative film reference you could say we're BACK IN THE HABIT or perhaps even STRIKING BACK (that could be Empire or Jay & Silent Bob, listener's choice). We've been away while Russ joined the Dad Club, making this episode the first offering in a glorious new era of Dad Pod Broadcasting. And what better Father's Day gift than to be forced to listen to three tired Dads talking at you about films they like. Hey, at least you'll learn something, this is the long-forgotten history of film we're talking about....but wait a minute...2022!? That's not history, we hear you cry! What possible hidden gems and forgotten treasures can you have possibly dredged up from just three years ago?Well, you're going to have to listen to find out. As ever, please direct any thoughts, notes, opinions and tellings off to comments@yearofthefilm.com, give us a follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and tell your Dad to listen to this.Cheers!LINKS:Interview with Martika Ramirez Escobar https://missflicks.com/2023/04/06/interview-martika-ramirez-escobar-on-making-leonor-will-never-die/ Watch our friend James Harris' wonderful film MY FRIEND WHO DIED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHgQMF7Jzs

103 years have passed between the screening of these films, and you listening to three men you don't know talk about them. Incredible. This week we're all about the early days of cinema. We're talking white cultural tourism, we're talking the birth of horror, we're talking the Kuleshov Effect. As ever, please direct any thoughts, notes, opinions and tellings off to comments@yearofthefilm.com Thanks for listening!

This week we're going way back into the mists of time...five years before the iPhone 1...to a land that narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of the Y2K bug. Yes, it's 2002, the year that catapulted The Rock to stardom as the worst CGI scorpion man ever. As ever we've got a fantastic selection of films to chew over, along with regular features Industry Corner (which will become relevant at some point, presumably), a whirlwind update of what was rockin' the film industry in 2002, and of course the ultra-competitive, incredibly well organised Film Quiz Super League.Comments, film recommendations of your own, fact checks and any other correspondence direct to comments@yearofthefilm.comFollow us on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/yearofthefilm/

That's right baby, we're back with a waffle-tastic bumper episode to kick start the new year! Or at least, sort of gently nudge the year along a bit. If it feels like it needs it.We're back to the swinging sixties this week, with all the usual features you know and (presumably?) love, as well as a couple of new bells and whistles that Toby got for Christmas.For comments, questions, film suggestions and whatever else comes to mind, get in touch at comments@yearofthefilm.comFollow us on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/yearofthefilm

It's a very merry 'yippy-ki-yay, motherf*çker!' from us at Year Of The Film as we usher in our very first Christmas as a podcasting family. Like all classic christmas get-togethers there's presents, arguments about what does and does not constitute a christmas film, and even a listener email. What more could you want, Santa must have got our wish list! All merry/festive correspondence to be directed to: comments@yearofthefilm.comMerry Christmas!

That's right baby, consider yourself teased. Watch this space for a fun, fireside fantasmagoria of a film-fuelled festive feast! And all the other f words. Year Of The Film Christmas Special coming your way on the 25th December (not the 28th December like we say in this teaser).Get in touch: comments@yearofthefilm.com

1970, what a year. The beginning of the biggest decade of filmmaking (according to Toby), the birth of the blockbuster (according to Toby), the year film changed forever (according to Toby), and oh! Look at that. Toby's birth year, what a coincidence. Warning: contains one instance of a failed gameshow format and brief questionable musical content. Get in touch: comments@yearofthefilm.com