Ribbon of Memes

It's been over a century and a quarter since the first moving picture was committed to celluloid - the "ribbon of dreams", as Orson Welles mellifluously intoned.

And so, welcome, one and all, to Ribbon of Memes, a new podcast in which Roger Bell_West and Nick Marsh supply grateful listeners hot takes about films considered masterpieces by critics or filmgoers in general.

The rules: we choose one "masterpiece" from every year from the earliest days of cinema to our dreadful modern dystopia. Do we agree these films are classics? Are we entertained? Did we even understand what the film was trying to say? The questions are endless!*

We start in 1973 (for reasons explained in the first podcast) and progress vaguely chronologically (unless we think of another film that makes an interesting comparison to the one we have just seen, or are otherwise distracted by shiny new things).

Yes, that's right, we decided that what the world really needed was two more uninformed middle-aged white guys telling the world about media largely produced by similar people. Find out whether we were right or not herein!

*Actually, no, that's most of them.

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Strangers on a Train (1951) and Rope (1948) 30 November 2024

Nick and Roger look at some earlier Hitchcock, with 1951's Strangers on a Train and 1948's Rope.

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Chimes at Midnight (1965) 16 November 2024

Roger and Nick are joined by Michael Cule to consider what Orson Welles did to Shakespeare in 1965's Chimes at Midnight.

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Midsommar (2019) 02 November 2024 - 1 comment

Nick and Roger, with special guest MaryAnn Johanson, ask whether 2019's Midsommar is the "smart horror" we've been waiting for.

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Psycho (1960) and Rear Window (1954) 19 October 2024 - 1 comment

Roger and Nick are invited to get all male-gazey again, in 1960's Psycho and 1954's Rear Window.

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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 05 October 2024 - 1 comment

Nick and Roger cross off the boxes on the family tree as we consider 1949's Kind Hearts and Coronets.

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They Live (1989) 21 September 2024

Roger and Nick put on the sunglasses and drink the Flavor Aid, in 1989's They Live.

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Three Colours trilogy (1993-1994) 07 September 2024

Nick and Roger, joined once again by special guest MaryAnn Johanson, look at Kieslowski's final and most successful work: Three Colours Blue, Three Colours White and Three Colours Red.

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The Blair Witch Project (1999) 24 August 2024

Roger and Nick know enough to follow the stream downhill, in 1999's The Blair Witch Project.

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The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 10 August 2024

Nick and Roger get wet and steamy as we consider 1972's The Poseidon Adventure.

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Third Anniversary 26 July 2024

Roger and Nick celebrate our third anniversary doing this podcast.

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