We saw the most recent film adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery classic, Murder on the Orient Express. Directed and starring Kenneth Branagh, it's lush and lavish and maybe missing a few pieces it needs to be assembled into a fully functional whole? It’s like an Ikea bookshelf with a few screws and dowel rods missing, is what we’re saying. We discuss o ... Show More
Jun 12
Star City - S01E04 - Dark Forest
The Dark Forest theory says that we are surrounded by extraterrestrial life, but we are the small prey in a dark forest of snarling predators. Sounds like being a person under Soviet rule. There are other things lurking in the forest: Night Witches, files, suspicions! Catch up wi ... Show More
1h 39m
Dec 2017
308 – eps3.7_dont-delte-me.ko
USA Network’s Mr. Robot offers us a quieter, more introspective, but no less fascinating episode this week. A possible turning point for the series and our protagonist, as told through a meditation on suicide and death as seen through the lens of deletion. And if the material did ... Show More
1h 45m
Jul 2022
The Black Phone (2021) with director Scott Derrickson (spoilers)
This episode contains spoilers.
In a Film Stories special episode, director Scott Derrickson joins Simon to chat about his new film, The Black Phone. They talk about adapting and changing the source short story, one or two moments within the film itself, right through to oversee ... Show More
28m 47s