I was lucky enough to attend a very small screening of William Friedkin‘s rarely-shown 1977 cult classic Sorcerer, a remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot‘s French classic Wages of Fear, which has been called the most suspenseful film of all time. What made this screening such a treat was not only seeing a 35mm print of Sorcerer, but the rare Q&A by the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Citizen Kane’
Gotta Get Back In Time
Posted: 4th August 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, News, PodcastTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, Dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, Orson Welles, Time Travel, Vertigo
This week the wits of pod use their time travel technology to debate the merits of the return of the dinosaurs, the relative importance of 1974 and whether or not Alfred Hitchcock deserves to unseat Orson Welles as the auteur of the greatest film of all time! It’s zany time travel goodness as only the […]
Our Private ‘Stache’
Posted: 28th January 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Citizen Kane, Daniel Radcliffe, Disney, Doctor Who, Ernest Borgnine, Facial Hair, Moustaches, Movie Posters, Orson Welles, Oscars, The Woman in Black, William Randolph Hearst
In this week’s installment, Lincoln, Blinkin and Nod wish a very happy birthday to our own patron saint of Hollywood, Mr. Ernest Borgnine, throw around some Oscar nominees, check out some alternate-universe movie posters, discuss Disney facial hair and the Year in Re-VWho podcast special. Time Lords, get your scarves and sonic screwdriver-swiss army knives […]