Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a comprehensive review of 2023 in film, covering the ten best and five worst films, and touching on such matters as difficult third acts, John Deacon, disappointing perfumes, the Nose Film and the menace of an empty space. Thread of nominees: https://twitter.com/cinema_limbo/status/1757428640222994654 Playlist o…

Jeremy is joined by perennial guest Chris Arnsby for a belated Christmas episode, as they experience Jason Eisener's 2011 darkly comic exploitation homage Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth and Brian Downey. Their conversation covers such topics as living in a real-life Mad Max world, clods of drugs, the original Mars Attac…

Jeremy is accompanied by author Simon Guerrier for a study of The Last Wave, Peter Weir's 1977 Australian mythological urban thriller, with their conversation covering such topics as white saviour narratives, the Australian New Wave, storytelling through contrast and Papa Lazarou. The Last Wave, viewable via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Jeremy is joined in the first of a new run of the podcast by Paul Morris, podcaster and scriptwriter, to discuss 2002's sci-fi action Equilibrium, with their conversation covering such matters as stimulating statues, insufficient purity of concept, the word "phenomenological" and the world's most surprising cameo. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/w…

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a discussion of 1988's Dutch action thriller Amsterdamned, written and directed by Dick Maas. Their conversation covers a range of topics including ITV's overnight schedule, a real-life kidnapping, The Quizmaster Murders, the Godzilla threshold and Keeping Up Appearances. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Joined once again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris, he and Jeremy discuss the 1984 comic book adventure and superhero spinoff Supergirl, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter Cook and Peter O'Toole. Their discussion covers broad range of topics including illegal hockey play, Jaws heresy, mundane motivations, t…

Jeremy is once again joined by fellow podcaster Ed Bloomer for a study of 1977 nature-based dramatic thriller Orca, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson and Bo Derek. Their investigation covers such topics as the elasticity of time, unlikely twist endings, a story without heroes, the aquatic equ…

Jeremy and Chris Arnsby look back on the last year in movies, exploring the ten best and five worst pictures of 2022, with such topics being covered as toilet strategies, in-cinema naps, yacht rock, the end of Inspector Morse and why Avatar is successful. Trailers for the top 10 of the year: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjlUg4-ZwUWtiwK_a…

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine One Hour Photo, the 2002 psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek, and starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan and Gary Cole, with their seminar covering such broad topics as the wonders of Ikea, plagiarism lawsuits, pornocrats and the Carnival of Souls. Trail…

Jeremy is joined by podcaster and Goon Pod host Tyler Adams to discuss The Comic, the 1969 drama written, directed and featuring Carl Reiner and starring Dick van Dyke. Their conversation covers such topics as Ray Bradbury, Samuel Beckett, Olivia Wilde, Kevin Feige, Jim Henson and Supertrain. The movie available to watch for free: https://www.youtu…

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to discuss Cloud Atlas, the 2012 adaptation of David Mitchell's novel, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer and starring an all-star cast led by Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Wishaw, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. Their all-encompassing conversation covers topics from sense trigge…

Jeremy is joined again by author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier to investigate Paul McCartney's 1984 musical drama Give My Regards to Broad Street, also starring Bryan Brown, Tracey Ullman and Ralph Richardson. Their conversation covers such vital subjects as the Beatles filmography, Thomas the Funk Engine, dream-storming, alternative storylines a…

Jeremy is joined by writer and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, starring Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Willliam H Macy and Anne Heche. Their discussion covers such ground as the Psycho franchise opportunities, the Invisible Christmas, cover versions, a stage adaptation and when men stop…

Jeremy is joined by Ed Bloomer on the hottest evening of the year to investigate The Two Jakes, the 1990 neo-noir suspense drama, a sequel to the 1974 classic Chinatown, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, with Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly and Eli Wallach. Their sweltering conversation covers such topics as Who Framed Roger Rabbit…

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine the 1984 alternate cut by Giorgio Moroder of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Their discussion covers such topics as post-WWI cinema, the ethics of edits, ivory backscratchers, early optical effects and statue therapy.Par Podnose

Reunited once again, the Argo Crew crashes a party to finish what they started. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This …

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for the second half of a retrospective of the best and worst films of the last year, with such subjects as ageism, writers' block, children as plot tokens, strip-mining the franchises you love and the joys and dangers of drinking.Par Podnose

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for the first half of a retrospective of the best and worst films of the last year, with such subjects as thought bubbles, climate change, poisonous nostalgia and big lizard robots coming under scrutiny.Par Podnose

The updated, new ending of Episode 16 as a standalone bonus episode. See Episode 16 show notes for details and content warnings. Find us online at khorapodcast.wordpress.com, and be sure to follow us on Tumblr, Twitter, or Instagram where we are always @KhoraPodcast. You can post about the show using #KhoraPodcast. If you’d like to tip the producti…

Jeremy is joined for the Christmas edition of the podcast by fellow podcaster Tyler Adams for the latter-day pantomine that is 1992 historical comedy Carry On Columbus, with a conversation that takes in A View to a Kill, how to write for The Simpsons, buried sitcoms, Frankie Howerd's oscillating career and Curb Your Foot in the Grave..…

Chris Arnsby join Jeremy for the final instalment of the run of special episodes outside the regular remit, celebrating the podcast's centenary with an edition on his favourite film, Francois Truffaut's adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Their lengthy discussion covers a range of topics, including Britain's most influential filmmaker, a w…

Lost and stranded on a mysterious planet, Medea accepts help from some new friends as she reflects on her relationships past and present. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution…

One crew member down and with team morale running low, Atalanta and Medusa attempt to land one last, desperate blow against the Olympians. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attributio…

Simon Guerrier returns to the podcast for a further instalment in the special series covering films outside the regular remit, in this case the notorious 2006 remake of The Wicker Man, adapted and directed by Neil LaBute, starring Nicholas Cage and Ellen Burstyn. Their discussion of this famous disaster covers bigoted directors, children as plot to…

Kat Hawthorne and Clary Cheung discuss our adaptation of Medusa. Khôra will return with episode 15 on Monday, November 1st. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- This episode was produced by A.L Emmet. Sound editing was provided by Kit Ma…

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for another in the miniseries exploring films outside the podcast's usual purview. This time, they look at 1984 television drama Threads, notorious for its uncompromising depiction of nuclear war and its after-effects, and their discussion covers such hot-button topics as the final episode of Coronation Street, the …

En route to Colchis, secrets are revealed and loyalties tested as the Argo Crew learn more about their sponsor. -- Note from the sound editor: In a previous version of the episode, there was a mistake early on where one of Medea's lines was duplicated, and overlapped one of ECHO's. It's now fixed, I'm incredibly sorry! I hope you enjoy(ed) the epis…

Jeremy is joined by Paul Morris for another dip outside the regular remit, as they enjoy a selection of short films - surreal Spanish thriller La Cabina, animated fable Peace on Earth, public information horror Apaches and Laurel and Hardy comedy Men O'War. Along the way they discuss the first ever DVD commentary, Donald Duck in Nazi Germany, publi…

As the crew draws closer and closer to their goal, one of their members seems to be acting odd. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationa…

Jeremy is joined by fellow podcaster Ed Bloomer for the first of a special series of podcasts exploring films outside the normal remit, the first of which being Richard Williams' unfinished animated epic The Thief and the Cobbler. Their discussion takes in such topics as the importance of pre-planning, the dangers of self-indulgence, Britain's tall…

Jeremy is joined by both Anthony Malone and Chris Arnsby to examine the best and worst films of 2020. Studying the cinema of that remote space year leads them to sundry apocalypses, Sherlockiana, the origin of Mary Poppins, historical fidelity, the drug of creative control and the last (and first) word on Tenet. Since this podcast was recorded Pete…

The Argo’s newest guest brings up memories of the past as the crew works to recover the AI core from the wreck. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike …

A disaster on the way to Planet Nine provides clues to the crew’s mission- and the fate of an old friend. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 In…

In the wake of tragedy, Medusa takes a moment of reflection with a new friend away from the Argo. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internatio…

Echo plants her garden, and watches her narcissus. Khôra will return with episode 10 on Monday, August 2nd. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- This Episode of Khôra: Behind the Veil was produced by A.L Emmet and directed by Mq Quinlan.…

While Atalanta recovers from her injury, Medea and Medusa face some challenges trying to see a certain former Argonaut. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sha…

Atalanta faces the ghosts of her past. Featuring: old friends, new family, and a rather large boar. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internat…

With the Argo back up and running but the crew short on money, an... interesting new acquaintance makes an offer they can’t refuse. Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. -- The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCo…

Jeremy is joined by Mark Aldridge, academic and author of Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, to discuss 1976 comic suspense thriller Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock's final film and starring Barbara Harris, William Devane, Bruce Dern and Karen Black. Their conversation touches on matters including the Master's unproduced w…

With the Argo back up and running, the crew sets out into the debris field around Knossos with Ariadne- but the engineer may not be all she seems. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons At…

Jeremy is joined by author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier to discuss Smoke, the 1995 ensemble drama by Paul Auster and Wayne Wang and starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd and Jared Harris. In their exploration, they touch on the companion film Blue in the Face, the transformation of New York, the sc…

Stranded on a station that has seen better days, the Argo crew seeks help from a new friend. -- Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International L…

After a long interregnum, Anthony Malone returns to the podcast, joining Jeremy for a discussion of 2001 comic spy drama The Tailor of Panama, based on the novel by John Le Carré, directed by John Boorman and starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis. Their discursive discussion covers such a range of topics as Raise the Titanic, …

While adjusting to life on the Argo- and the constant tension between Atalanta and Medea- Medusa makes an interesting discovery in a secondhand data chip. - Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ - Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Comm…

Jeremy is joined again by author and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1945 suspense drama Detour. Their discussion of this semi-forgotten B-picture covers such topics as double features, celebrity fans, low budget economics , unreliable narrators, murderous actors and Marion Crane's absent father.…

Atalanta and Medusa discuss the laundry situation aboard the Argo. -- The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ -- Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This Episode of Khôra: Behind the Veil featured Clary Cheung as Medusa and Mq …

Chris Arnsby joins Jeremy to examine the 1969 satirical musical Oh! What a Lovely War directed by Richard Attenborough from the Joan Greenwood stage production, with an ensemble cast featuring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave. Their discussion covers such bouncy topics as the…

While Atalanta and Medea deal with a stowaway on the Argo, a cryptic clue about the FLCC leads them to a reality TV star. - Content warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share…

Jeremy is joined for the first time by fellow Podnoser Gary Rodger. one of the brains behind The Sitcom Club and Jaffa Cakes for Proust, to discuss the 2003 Spanish-Canadian drama My Life Without Me, written for the screen and directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman and Debbie Harry. Their discussion covers…

An uneasy truce brokered between them, Medea and Atalanta’s quest starts with a visit to an old friend- if only they can stop arguing with each other first. - Trigger warnings can be found at the end of the show notes. - The transcript can be found at https://khorapodcast.github.io/khorapod_transcripts/ - Khôra Podcast is licensed under a Creative …