MidLife Film CatchUp

By Our Selves (2015) | "Friday Banana"

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:10 GMT

A special guest joins Chris and Sam for this episode of the Midlife Film Catch-up focussing on the year 2015. Sam met Dr Carl Roberts in a pivotal year in his life and it was also the year Andrew Kottering released the film By Our Selves. In this edition we re-visit fruit, Chris's comic creation Top Joe, and friendship.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by Joe Booker

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Zivan Makes a Punk Festival (2014) | "Satsuma Season"

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:08:27 GMT

We reach the year Chris and Sam first met and the year Ognjen Glavonic released Zivan Makes a Punk Festival. A documentary about the mercurial Zivan Pujic Jimmy, a dreamer and schemer who each year organses a punk festival in his Serbian village. There's more on the interdental brushes industry, the early days in White Rose house and geese.

Music by Joe Booker

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

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Computer Chess (2013) | "Hands in Bread"

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:33:13 GMT

Hurtling into 2013 Chris and Sam explore Andrew Bujalski's idiosyncratic mockumentary Computer Chess. Our hosts discuss their lives in 2013 and Chris introduces another one of his bugbears.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Joe Booker

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Alps (2012) | "Essence of Refreshment"

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:30:02 GMT

Chris and Sam dissect an early film from Greek weird waver Yorgos Lanthimos. Did Alps (2012) capture the imagination of the middle-aged duo? Elsewhere, Smithdown Road is ringing in the changes, geese are attracting cignets and we learn about Chris and Sam's lives in various continents in 2012.

Music by Joe Booker

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

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Silence In Paradise (2011) | "Time For Geckos"

Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:46 GMT

We enter the 29th chapter of the Film Catch-up project and Chris and Sam consider GSM, lizard consent and foreign confidence. It's 2011 and our duo are exploring the highly rated Colombian film Silence In Paradise and delving into their respective lives in the year 2011.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by Joe Booker

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Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010) | "Don't Open The Hedgehog's Eyes"

Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:51 GMT

There's been a lot of changes in the internal and external worlds of Sam and Chris; new outlooks, new perspectives, new kebab shops. In this episode we delve into Werner Herzog's exploration of the Chauvet Caves and their 32,000 year-old paintings. We also travel back to 2010 when Chris was settling into the paradise of Mauritius and Sam was inhabiting Chinatown.

Music by Joe Booker

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

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Daddy Longlegs (2009) | “Unicycling in a Graveyard”

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 06:00:27 GMT

Chris and Sam discuss the Safdie Brothers' 2009 film 'Daddy Longlegs' before Sam heads off travelling. Also up for discussion are clowns, eye sizes and dilutants.

Music by Joe Booker

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

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Bonus Episode #2 Christmas Catchup

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 06:00:03 GMT

A festive special. Sam and Chris review 'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale' (2010) and reflect upon reaching the Film Catchup halfway point. They also talk hazard lights, Bonjela, decanting wine and workshop some of Sam's standup material.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Joe Booker

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Bonus Episode #1 Midlife Music

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 06:00:00 GMT

A stop gap as Chris catches up, this is a bonus episode in which Chris and Sam share their five all-time favourite albums. Bit of fun.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Joe Booker

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Revanche (2008) | "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Eaten"

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:00:52 GMT

Chris and Sam are back after a short hiatus. The film is an Austrian revenge thriller with twist, the year is one of the best of Sam's life to date. We learn what's been happening in the weeks since we last heard from our hosts and there's more chat about condiments.

Music by Joe Booker

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) | "I'm a Locksmith and I'm a Locksmith"

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 05:00:53 GMT

An important year in the lives of our hosts and an important film for Brad Pitt. We're talking 2007 and the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Also in this episode: We're joined by guest Ed Beamer, Chris goes gonzo in Hong Kong, Ed and Sam 'do' Europe and Sam's first relationship breaks down. Lots to unpack.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins.

Music by Joe Booker.

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Reprise (2006) | "Instigators of the Backlash"

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 05:00:49 GMT

It's another rite de passage film this week as Chris and Sam delve into the first of Joachim Trier's Oslo Trilogy, Reprise. Two aspiring young creatives juggle with the trials and tribulations of gender politics and mental health, and Trier's film is equally interesting. If you enjoy Midlife Film Catch Up please buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/filmcatchup.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins.

Music by Joe Booker

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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005) | "Helen Mirin Administrative Protocol"

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:00:59 GMT

Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is under Chris and Sam's collective microscope this week. We're also launching a crowd funder to improve the listener experience - link below. There's more stand-up workshopping, fun with condiments and mid-00s capers.

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Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by Joe Booker.

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2046 (2004) | "Forsyth"

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 05:00:25 GMT

Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 was released in the year 2004. In this year, Chris returned to Hong Kong, Sam went to St Andrews Gardens, and both presenters embarked on respective musical projects. We also cover butter vs margarine, gift giving and My Name Is Earl.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner.

Music by Joe Booker.

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The Return (2003) | "Some Russians Do 'Ave 'Em"

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 05:00:37 GMT

A pivotal year in Sam's life and the year Andrey Zvyagintsev's Golden Lion-winning drama The Return hit screens. In our episode on 2003, Chris and Sam delve deeper into Chris's aversion to the sound of running water, 'Monster Munch Gate' is reopened and fox sex.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Joe Booker.

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Morvern Callar (2002) | "The Wild Munch"

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 05:00:33 GMT

Sam and Chris are in the same room to record our returning episode after a short break. It's 2002 in the Film Catch-up project and the film under the microscope is Scottish indie sensation Morvern Callar starring Samantha Morton But more importantly, how important is it to pre-heat an oven?

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner.

Music by Joe Booker.

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Blue Spring (2001) | "A Stool in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush"

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 05:00:00 GMT

Sam and Chris are joined by a special guest to dissect Toshiaki Toyoda's high energy high school drama Blue Spring. It's the year Chris lived in Hong Kong, therefore our hosts welcome Liam, Chris's colleague while teaching abroad. It's also the year that that would change world history, the year News Round's Lizo was the name on everyone's lips and the New Rock Revolution was amping up.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner.

Music by Joe Booker.

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Amores Perros (2000) | "It's Not What You Know, It's The Dogs You Know"

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:00:02 GMT

Before Birdman, The Revenant and Babel, Alejandro González Iñárritu directed Amores Perros (2000), a triptych film about love and dogs. Before this podcast, Chris worked in a One-Stop Shop with a spiritually wounded man and Sam worked as a pot wash with garlic bread duties. Episode 18 of Midlife Film Catch Up sees our hosts reaching adulthood at the turn of the century.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by Joe Booker

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All About My Mother (1999) | "Worrying is Like a Rocking Chair"

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 05:00:25 GMT

Sam's friend Norm takes the hybrid role of guest/co-host as we reach 1999 in the MLFCU project. Sam and Norm talk about Pedro Almodóvar's award-winning classic All About My Mother as well as their adolescence in East Yorkshire. There are also brit-pop urinal meetings, self-help advice and mini discs.

Presented by Sam Turner and Nicholas Amann

Music by Joe Booker

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Black Cat, White Cat (1998) | "Show Me a Bigger Gaggle of Geese"

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 05:00:04 GMT

On the banks of the Danube small time hustlers Matko and Zare are getting into all sorts of bother. Meanwhile in Southampton, Chris Jenkins is loving life as a sandwich board executive. Our presenters are not in agreement on the merits of Emir Kusturica's award-winning caper, nor on the subculture to which Wallace and Gromit belong. Expect fireworks, frivolity and lots of geese.

Music by Joe Booker.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins.

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Hand On A Hardbody (1997) | "It's a Marathon, Not a Snickers"

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 05:00:58 GMT

Twenty four contestants in Longview, Texas spend days without sleep in a bid to win a Nissan pick-up truck. Chris and Sam have under an hour to discuss a film from, and their lives in, the year 1997. It's high octane stuff, it's a human drama thing, it's Midlife Film Catch-Up.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins.

Music by Joe Booker.

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Kids Return (1996) | "Japanese Gym Mores"

Mon, 29 May 2023 05:00:29 GMT

Chris and Sam examine a film by one of Chris's favourite directors, Takeshi Kitano, as we reach 1996 in a project which is taking the duo through a film released every year of their lives. Kids Return leads to discussion on Japanese mores, fighting, and Warhammer.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins.

Music by Joe Booker.

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Before Sunrise (1995) | "Romance Has No Cause To Excuse Litter"

Mon, 22 May 2023 05:00:09 GMT

Will Richard Linklater's much-loved romantic tale of two young pseudo-philosophers win the middle-aged hearts of Chris and Sam? Is there an ideal footwear to walk the streets of Vienna? What is G Funk? Lots of questions for episode 13 as our hosts reach the middle of the 1990s.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by Joe Booker

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Vive L'Amour (1994) | "A Sad Tale Of City Lives"

Mon, 15 May 2023 05:00:24 GMT

Guest co-presenter Joe Booker joins Sam this week to discuss Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang's Golden Bear winner Vive L'Amour. How will a new presenter change the energy of the podcast? Joe and Sam discuss their lives in 1994, Chris leaves an answerphone message and there are session aims and changes to the format.

Presented by Sam Turner and Joe Booker

Music by Joe Booker

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The Age Of Innocence (1993) | "Costumes On? Cut It Fast"

Mon, 08 May 2023 05:00:29 GMT

Martin Scorsese's high society drama The Age Of Innocence is discussed as Sam and Chris reach 1993 in their project to see an unwatched film for every year of their lives to date. Daniel Day-Lewis, facial hair, staying up all night; lots to discuss, much to debate, do write in. @filmcatchup

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by Joe Booker

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Orlando (1992) | "What Does It Profit A Man"

Mon, 01 May 2023 05:00:42 GMT

For the tenth episode Chris and Sam are joined by Sam's oldest friend James Cundill to analyse Sally Potter's 1992 costume drama Orlando. As well as critiquing Tilda Swinton's performance, considering their own relationship to the costume drama genre, the trio debate gout, time travel and small victories.

Presented by Chris Jenkins and Sam Turner

Music by

Doctor Turtle

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

Jahzzar

Lobo Loco

The Legoman Foundation

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My Own Private Idaho (1991) | "Rites Of Passage"

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:00:55 GMT

Chris and Sam enter the world of Gun Van Sant's street hustlers when examining My Own Private Idaho (1991) and recall violence and espionage in their own lives in the year of release.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

Jahzzar

Lobo Loco

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An Angel At My Table (1990) | A Sensitivity To The World

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:00:31 GMT

It's the start of a new decade and Chris and Sam are debating Scottish confectionary, there's fear of fainting, and Jane Campion's biopic of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, An Angel At My Table, is being dissected.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

Jahzzar

Loco Loco

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Mystery Train (1989) | "Beware false friends"

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 05:00:42 GMT

Sam and Chris try to stay on track for Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train (1989). Sam grieves over a pet called ‘Rambo’ and Chris starts his wheeler dealing phase.

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Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by:

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) | "A Sensual Experience"

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 05:00:16 GMT

Chris and Sam come home to Liverpool in this episode as they 'gorge' on Terrence Davies' 'delicious' Distant Voices, Still Lives. There's a troubling memory of Little and Large and Chris misuses the word 'cute'.

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Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by:

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Cobra Verde (1987) | "A Watch Of Worth"

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:00:56 GMT

TW: sexual abuse, slavery

Chris and Sam are joined by a special guest in week five of the Midlife Film Catch-up project. Chris's brother Mike helps out navigating some problematic source material in Werner Herzog's Cobra Verde (1987). We also hear about Mike's early illnesses, back slapping and Sam starts 'Playschool'.

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Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by:

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Shadows In Paradise (1986) | "Finnish Obstinancy"

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:00:18 GMT

We enter the world of Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki. Chris's life in 1986 takes a left turn and Sam introduces his neighbours.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by:

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Lost In America (1985) | "Rat Race Becomes a Hamster Wheel"

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT

Chris reveals his first memories but what's Sam up to while he's off school? Mostly, it's Albert Brook's directorial debut that comes under the microscope as we move to the middle of the 1980s.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by:

Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Repo Man (1984) | "Punk is not dead"

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:30:52 GMT

Lots to unpack for Alex Cox's satire of Regan/Thatcher's 80s. Who's more punk - Sam or Chris and what's going on with Chris's neighbour? Great soundtrack chat and a lattice of coincidence. Watch along, follow us on instagram @filmcatchup, email filmcatchup[@]gmail.com

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Local Hero (1983) | "We Share The Same Skies"

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 07:00:27 GMT

We start at the beginning (sort of). Gandi, The Cribs, and Knopfler are discussed during this dissection of Bill Forsyth's cult classic. It's 1983: flash cars, cosmology and globalisation. Let's dive in. Watch along, follow us on instagram @filmcatchup, email filmcatchup[@]gmail.com

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

The Pop Winds

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Trailer

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 21:23:46 GMT

Subscribe to the Midlife Film Catch-Up, a podcast that takes a deep dive into a different film every week and reflects on the year it was made. A different film made in every year in the lives of hosts Chris and Sam.

Presented by Sam Turner and Chris Jenkins

Music by Howie Mitchell and Charlotte Williams

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