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Twin Features

Podcast door Alex Brindle & Lewis Brindle

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A monthly film podcast that suggests a double (or 'Twin') feature of films that unexpectedly connect through an area of filmmmaking and film theory.Hosted by Alex Brindle, a film studies teacher, and his twin brother Lewis Brindle, an assistant director in Film and TV, TWIN FEATURES seeks to create cinematic connections in unlikely places, embrace film scholarship, and celebrate movies from all times and regions.ajbrindle14 & LewisBrindle on Letterboxd

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Post-Heist Films: Bottle Rocket (1996) & The Mastermind (2025)

In this episode our Twin Feature is Bottle Rocket (1996) & The Mastermind (2025), as we try to define the ‘Post-Heist’ Film. In a literal sense: films that mainly take place after a heist. From a genre perspective: films that deconstruct the typical conventions of a heist movie, with characters less charismatically suave as they are idle, adrift in the socio-economic and political landscape they exist in. They are characters who don’t steal for necessity, they steal for meaning. Sources: Lee, D. (2014), The Heist Film: Stealing with Style. New York, NY: Columbia University Press Hayward, S. (2006), Cinema Studies: Key Concepts. 3rd Edition. London: Routledge Neale, S. (1980), Genre. London: BFI Publishing Lacey, N. (2000), Narrative and Genre: Key Concepts in Media Studies. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press

22 feb 2026 - 37 min
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Heroes & Villains in Happy Gilmore (1996) & The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

In this episode our focus is on Heroes & Villains and our Twin Feature is Happy Gilmore (1996) & The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007). When thinking of classic character types, there is a good chance the hero and the villain are the first that come to mind. Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader, Batman & The Joker, Chief Martin Brody & The Shark who terrorised Amity Island. Instantly recognisable archetypes that have become ingrained in the media we watch. And when looking at cinema through this structuralist context, it's easy to see how those underlying narrative concepts are present, and incredibly similar, even in the most unassuming of places, namely a brash 90s sports comedy, and a niche arcade gaming documentary. Sources: Hayward, S. (2006), Cinema Studies: Key Concepts. 3rd Edition. London: Routledge Campbell, J. (2008), The Hero with a Thousand Faces. 3rd Edition. Novato, CA: New World Library Levi-Strauss, C. (1983), The Raw and the Cooked: Mythologiques, Volume 1. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press Lacey, N. (2000), Narrative and Genre: Key Concepts in Media Studies. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press Propp, V. (1971), Morphology of the Folktale. 2nd Revised Edition. Edited by Louis A. Wagner. Translated by Laurence Scott. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press

25 jul 2025 - 44 min
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Voyeurism in Wings of Desire (1987) & Under the Skin (2013)

In this episode our focus is on Voyeurism and our Twin Feature is Wings of Desire (1987) & Under the Skin (2013). These films take place predominantly from the perspective of otherworldly beings, inconspicuously observing everyday lives in order to understand the human condition. Both take quite a left-field approach to the traditional notion of voyeurism and more specifically the 'gaze', subverting it in similar ways while also being wholly original and unique texts in relation to their contexts of production. Sources: Mulvey, Laura. (1975). "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema". Screen Hayward, S. (2006), Cinema Studies: Key Concepts. 3rd Edition. London: Routledge Mella, R. (2022). 'To Be Alien: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer'. Available at: https://www.odgmagazine.com/essere-lalieno-il-cinema-di-jonathan-glazer/ [https://www.odgmagazine.com/essere-lalieno-il-cinema-di-jonathan-glazer/] Ellwood, G. (2014). ‘Did Scarlett Johansson really walk around Scotland unnoticed filming ‘Under the Skin?’. Available at: https://uproxx.com/hitfix/did-scarlett-johansson-really-walk-around-scotland-unnoticed-filming-under-the-skin/ [https://uproxx.com/hitfix/did-scarlett-johansson-really-walk-around-scotland-unnoticed-filming-under-the-skin/] Leigh, D. (2014). ‘Under the Skin: why did this chilling masterpiece take a decade?’. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/06/under-the-skin-director-jonathan-glazer-scarlett-johansson [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/06/under-the-skin-director-jonathan-glazer-scarlett-johansson]

16 apr 2025 - 32 min
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Stardom in The Third Man (1949) & Pale Rider (1985)

In this episode our focus is on Stardom, and our Twin Feature is The Third Man (1949) & Pale Rider (1985). With Orson Welles in The Third Man and Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider, both films use their stars presence (or a notable lack of it) in similar ways. Two titans of cinema, Welles and Eastwood loom over these films, both as their characters within the story, and in the wider context of the film's productions. We take a look at just how impactful these stars are in regards to each films production, filmmaking, and audience perception of their characters. Sources: Rossenbaum, J. (2007). Discovering Orson Welles. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press McDonald, P. (2013). Hollywood Stardom. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell Dyer, R. and McDonald, P. (1998) [1979]. Stars. [https://archive.org/details/stars0000dyer_i4l5] 2nd ed. London: British Film Institute Bogdanovich, P. Welles, O. (1993). This Is Orson Welles. Edited by Rossenbaum. London: HarperCollins Neibaur, J. L. (2015). The Clint Eastwood Westerns. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Hayward, S. (2006), Cinema Studies: Key Concepts. 3rd Edition. London: Routledge Ebert, R. (1985). 'Pale Rider movie review & film summary'. Available at: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pale-rider-1985 [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pale-rider-1985]

8 mrt 2025 - 42 min
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