Film Chat

It's a podcast crossover episode as Tom and Jack from the Reel Politik podcast join us to review the Kickstarted documentary Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast. It's an intimate portrait of the fearsome socialist MP that really nails why he is known as the Beast of Bolsover: his lilting singing voice, his Woody Allen fandom, and his love of trees. Then we review IT, the horror smash about a gang of youths being terrorised by a demonic clown. Most audience members have gone bananas for this latest adaptation but as a paedophobe, I found the children's treatment of Pennywise deeply upsetting. PLUS we wonder if Benedict Cumberbatch is capable of playing a non-posh, non-genius character, speculate about an exciting collaboration between Spike Lee and Jordan Peele and give British auteur Peter Strickland some fantastic title ideas for his next film.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.