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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RoboCop (1987) 27 January 2024

Roger and Nick have twenty seconds to comply with RoboCop (1987).

Battle Beyond the Magnificent Seven Samurai 13 January 2024 - 1 comment

Roger and Nick grunt in a manly and honourable way as we look back at The Seven Samurai (1954), The Magnificent Seven (1970) and Battle Beyond the Stars (1980).

Moon (2009) 02 December 2023 - 1 comment

Roger and Nick confront questions of their own identity in Moon (2009).

La Jetee (1962)/12 Monkeys (1995) 11 November 2023

Roger and Nick attempt to avoid time paradoxes as we look at 1962's La Jetée and the film it inspired, 1995's 12 Monkeys

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 19 August 2023

Nick and Roger watch another Huston/Bogart collaboration: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Commando, Predator and The Running Man 05 August 2023

Nick and Roger discuss three classics (?) of Arnold Schwarzenegger's early career: Commando (1985), Predator (1987) and The Running Man (1987).

The Call of Cthulhu (2005), Die Farbe (2010), The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) and Color Out of Space (2019) 22 July 2023 - 2 comments

Nick and Roger indulge in a second slate of Lovecraft adaptations, with The Call of Cthulhu, Die Farbe, The Whisperer in Darkness and Color Out of Space.

The Matrix tetralogy (1999-2021) 01 July 2023

Roger and Nick discuss all four Matrix films: The Matrix, Reloaded, Revolutions and Resurrections.

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 22 April 2023

Roger and Nick contemplate the nature of humanity, again, while looking at Blade Runner 2049.

Arrival (2016) 08 April 2023

Roger and Nick with special guest Shim get terribly earnest to discuss Arrival (2016).

Max Max Fury Road (2015) 25 March 2023

Roger and Nick don our spiked leather and consider Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

(Recorded face to face in an acoustically bright room, apologies for that.)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 25 February 2023

Roger and Nick look repeatedly at Edge of Tomorrow (2014).

Gravity (2013) 11 February 2023

Roger and Nick go back into space for Gravity (2013).

Attack the Block (2011) 14 January 2023 - 2 comments

Roger and Nick discuss Attack the Block (2011).

The Artist (2011) 07 January 2023 - 3 comments

Nick and Roger discuss The Artist (2011).

Never Let Me Go (2010) 24 December 2022 - 5 comments

Nick and Roger discuss Never Let Me Go (2010).

District 9 (2009) 10 December 2022

Nick and Roger discuss District 9 (2009.

Children of Men (2006) 08 October 2022

Roger and Nick discuss Children of Men (2006).

Primer (2004) 10 September 2022

Roger and Nick discuss Primer (2004).

Minority Report (2002) 20 August 2022

Nick and Roger discuss Minority Report (2002).

Ghosts of Mars (2001) 06 August 2022

Nick and Roger discuss the widely-hated Ghosts of Mars (2001). Spoiler: we didn't hate it.

Dark City (1998) 18 June 2022 - 2 comments

Roger and Nick discuss Dark City (1998).

Strange Days (1995) 30 April 2022

A sideways return to noir, as Nick and Roger discuss Strange Days (1995).

Terminator 2 (1991) 26 February 2022 - 5 comments

Nick and Roger discuss The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Back to the Future (1985-1990) 19 February 2022

Nick and Roger discuss Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990).

Aliens (1986) 18 December 2021

Roger and Nick discuss Alien and Aliens.

The Thing (1982) 23 October 2021

Roger and Nick discuss The Thing From Another World and The Thing.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 28 August 2021 - 2 comments

Nick, Roger and Shawna discuss The Day the Earth Stood Still and Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 14 August 2021 - 1 comment

Roger and Nick discuss Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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