We get political (sort of) and poetic and even romantic (and of course violent) in this episode on Aki Kaurismäki's 'Ariel' from 1988.

Poems by Berholt Brecht

Music by the Croutons and a small clip of Taisto Tammi

This is the second episode in our occasional series on the films of Aki Kaurismäki.

Today we are discussing 'Shadows in Paradise' from 1986.

Masterful performances, direction and a fine example of making a film the right length.Additional audio attribution -

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The first of two (maybe three) episodes celebrating the work of David Lynch.

I am joined by Anthony Litton (33mins in), Ali Catterall (39mins in) and Billy Stanton (41mins in), all valued friends of and contributors to, the podcast to talk about the work of David Lynch and what it has meant and continues to mean for us.

You can listen to Billy discuss Jean Vigo's L'Atalante here -

https://open.spotify.com/episode/62yLb9c3dUQf8dYSPEyop4?si=040e12af084647e3

You can hear Ali and Jean Giles discuss their documentary 'Scala....' here -

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rrbY5X8fCGnFjGYVpEEnv?si=05709c9792d348b8

You can hear Anthony talk about Billy Liar back on one of our first episodes -

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eeObDoYZTe9nkvU9xdVpc?si=9c0109d9a6c84a4a

And Anthony and I gently disagree on some things Lynch related here -

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qrYjoewYXIjpbbsFJEJWp?si=5c34441a830c427a

And you will find signs of David Lynch all over the back catalogue.

Music in this episode by The Croutons

My short film 'Severance' has a website here -

https://sites.google.com/view/severancefilm/home

Look out for it at festivals. I will keep you informed (incessantly!)