Episodes

  • Older Discourse: Choice Fatigue, The Art of the Mediocre Movie & Some Shameless Promotion

    Older Discourse: Choice Fatigue, The Art of the Mediocre Movie & Some Shameless Promotion
    Oct 21 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, originally recorded in 2023 for a bonus tier, Tony and Carl talk numerous topics including choice fatigue for TV and movies, the art of the mediocre movie and much more... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Carl Sweeney Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Older Discourse: Joker and Anti-Hero Ethics

    Older Discourse: Joker and Anti-Hero Ethics
    Oct 14 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, originally recorded in 2019 for their previous podcast MOTION PICTURES, Tony and Carl discuss the ethics of the anti-hero in cinema, with a specific focus on Todd Phillips' controversial Joker... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Carl Sweeney Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Fake Critic Quotes, Oasis Obsessions & Demure, Mindful or Brat?

    Fake Critic Quotes, Oasis Obsessions & Demure, Mindful or Brat?
    Sep 11 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, Tony and Carl are posed a question by friend of show, Raquel Stecher, regarding strange fake quotes from long dead, legendary film critics for Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming Megalopolis. What the dickens is happening here? Plus! Everyone is going nuts about the reunion of Oasis, but are we? Ticket madness, musical nostalgia and perhaps just plain middle-aged reverie is to blame, but is there more to it? Finally, did we have a brat summer? And are we very mindful, very demure? Listen and find out! Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Carl Sweeney Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Editing Out the Problematic People, Why Tony Left X & the Art of Raw Dogging

    Editing Out the Problematic People, Why Tony Left X & the Art of Raw Dogging
    Sep 7 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, Tony and Carl explore why disgraced BBC newsreader Huw Edwards is being erased from TV shows and movies, and discuss the wider trend of editing problematic people out of order content. Plus! Tony has finally abandoned the horror show that is X, which warrants some explanation. Should we all being doing it? Or is he holier than thou? Finally, raw dogging might sound a naughty pursuit, but it concerns a trend on flights that is ever growing and rather bizarre. We explore it and wonder if we could survive... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Carl Sweeney Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Strictly Scandal, Bond Corner: Extending 007 & Men and Fiction

    Strictly Scandal, Bond Corner: Extending 007 & Men and Fiction
    Jul 31 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, Carl and Tony discuss the air of scandal surrounding the BBC's flagship entertainment series Strictly Come Dancing - can it weather the storm? Plus! In a Bond Corner segment, they chat a recent announcement that gadgetmaster Q is getting his own detective novel and wonder whether an expanded 007 universe is going too far. Finally, following an article suggesting men do not read fiction, they wonder about the link between men, reading for pleasure, storytelling and toxic masculinity... New episodes of The Discourse drop Mondays and Wednesdays... Host / Editor Carl Sweeney Co-Host Tony Black Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Costner's Horizon, Mocking Madame Web & 21st Century Cinema (So Far)

    Costner's Horizon, Mocking Madame Web & 21st Century Cinema (So Far)
    Jul 29 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, Carl and Tony chat about Kevin Costner's Horizon: Chapter One, his Western saga, quite why it failed at the box office, and whether it represents 'real' cinema. Plus! Emma Roberts is not happy we (well, not just us) are mocking films like Madame Web, claiming internet culture is one big pile on. Does she have a point? Or should we be extracting the Michael out of some films? Finally, after a Sight & Sound piece on 21st century cinema so far, we discuss the list and ponder quite what the prevailing winds of modern cinema are... New episodes of The Discourse drop Mondays and Wednesdays... Host / Editor Carl Sweeney Co-Host Tony Black Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • New Hollywood RIP's, Sexiest Movies of the 21st Century, Old Man Opinions & the Biden Problem

    New Hollywood RIP's, Sexiest Movies of the 21st Century, Old Man Opinions & the Biden Problem
    Jul 17 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, Tony and Carl discuss the sad recent passings of New Hollywood legends Donald Sutherland, Robert Towne and Shelley Duvall, wondering if they are now seeing the beginning of the end for that era. Plus! They get into bed with a piece discussing the 21st century's Sexiest Movies to date and quell some serious thirst. Following a voice note from listener Violet, they chat about a recent Richard Dreyfus right-wing tirade and wonder why older actors seem to be growing more opinionated. Plus! Is Joe Biden really past it? Should he be put out to pasture? They weigh in... New episodes of The Discourse drop Mondays and Wednesdays... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Carl Sweeney Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • General Election 2024: Things Can Only Get Better?

    General Election 2024: Things Can Only Get Better?
    Jul 14 2024
    Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In this episode, Tony and Carl laser focus on the recent UK General Election, analysing Labour's expected trouncing victory, what it means for the country, how the election was covered and exactly where this thirst for Keir Starmer is suddenly coming from. Plus! Is it coming home? We ponder... New episodes of The Discourse drop Mondays and Wednesdays... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Carl Sweeney Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcast Follow Tony & Carl: Carl: @CKJSweeney on Twitter Tony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins