Golden Talkies

It's the longest Golden Talkies episode ever this week as we watch Mel Stuart's 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, adapted from Roald Dahl's 1964 novel Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. We also watch the 2005 Tim Burton reboot and welcome a very special guest onto the poddy.

Join Jamie and Duncan for another super special Golden Talkies doublesode. This week we are watching two very historically important films, with Robert Altman's 'anti-Western' McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Gordon Park's blaxploitation film Shaft (1971).

Join Jamie and Duncan this week for a morning edition of the Golden Talkies podcast, as we watch Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971), featuring Sean Connery and Christopher Walken in his first major film!

This week Jamie and Duncan are watching Anthony Harvey's They Might be Giants (1971), not to be confused with the band. Is this Sherlock Holmes film better than the one we watched a few months ago? Find out by tuning in to this week's Golden Talkies podcast!

This week on the Golden Talkies podcast we watch and discuss Joseph Losey's The Go-Between (1971), based on the 1953 novel of the same name. Tune in to also find out what else we have been playing and watching over the last couple of weeks!

Another late upload as we do another doublesode! This week we are watching Jerry Schatzberg's The Panic in Needle Park (1971), featuring Al Pacino in his first major role. We also watch Robert Fuest's The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).

A couple of days late and almost exactly a year since our first episode, Golden Talkies is finally back. This week we are watching Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout (1971), starring Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil and Luc Roeg, as well as catching up about what we have been doing for the last few months.

This week Jamie and Duncan watch Ken Russel's 1971 Tchaikovsky biopic  The Music Lovers starring Richard Chamberlain. We also discuss what we have been watching recently, including Minari (2020), Parasite (2019) and Ran (1985).

It's Michael Caine's second appearance on the Podcast as we watch Mike Hodges' Get Carter (1971). In other news technical issues are back baby!

In this episode of the Golden Talkies podcast we watch The Statue (1971), a farcical comedy by Rod Amateau, starring David Niven and John Cleese. Highlights of this episode include our attempts to recreate its hyper catchy theme song and a grand reveal about its writer's other work!