A celebration of films under 90 minutes long. Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He’ll accept almost anything, but with one catch - the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes.
Episodes
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 62 Sam is joined Leon Cox, host of the long-running video games podcast Cane and Rinse.
Leon has chosen the Marx Brothers' 1933 comedy classic Duck Soup (68 minutes). The film stars the four Marx Brothers; Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo, as well as Margaret Dumont and Louis Calhern.
Sam and Leon discuss how the Cane and Rinse podcast started, how Leon grew up watching the Marx Brothers films on TV, and what duck soup actually is.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @ratsoalbion. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: An easy lemonade recipe from BBC Good Food
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 61 Sam is joined by film journalist, programmer, and video essayist Leigh Singer.
Leigh has chosen Jim Jarmusch's second feature film Stranger Than Paradise (89 mins). The film won the Camera d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, and stars John Lurie, Eszter Balint and Richard Edson.
Sam and Leigh discuss how he got into video essays, how the movie started life as a short film, and the powerful use of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @Leigh_Singer. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: The Levi's advert with Screamin' Jay Hawkins's cover of Heartattack and Vine by Tom Waits.
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 60 Sam is joined by the writer and director of God's Own Country and Ammonite, Francis Lee.
Francis has chosen The Kid With A Bike (87 mins) by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Released in 2011, the film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival, and stars Thomas Doret and Cécile de France.
Sam and Francis discuss making his new film Ammonite, how much the Dardenne's film style has influenced his own, and how Francis would love to make an under 90 minute film one day.
Francis's new film Ammonite stars Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. It is available to rent now on digital platforms including Amazon and iTunes.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @strawhousefilms. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: Sam's previous interview with Francis on the Picturehouse Podcast.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 59 Sam is joined by Chris Broad, the man behind the Abroad in Japan podcast and YouTube channel.
Chris has chosen Jonathan Glazer's feature directorial debut, Sexy Beast (89 minutes). Released in 2000, the film stars Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman and Cavan Kendall.
Sam and Chris discuss life in Japan, Jonathan Glazer's eclectic career, and Ben Kingsley's tour de force performance in Sexy Beast.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @AbroadInJapan. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke - Rabbit In The Headlights directed by Jonathan Glazer
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 58 Sam is joined by Al Horner, film & music journalist and host of the Script Apart Podcast.
Al has chosen Cloverfield (85 minutes). The found footage film from 2008 stars Michael Stahl-David and Lizzy Caplan and was directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J.J. Abrams, and written by Drew Goddard.
Sam and Al discuss the idea behind Script Apart, the ingenious 2008 marketing campaign for Cloverfield and how the film reinvigorated the monster movie.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @Al_Horner Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: Michael Giacchino's excellent Cloverfield end-credit overture.
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 57 Sam is joined by actor and co-host of the Blank Check Podcast, Griffin Newman.
Griffin has chosen Aardman Animations' Chicken Run (84 minutes). Directed by Nick Park and Peter Lord, the film features the voices of Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Phil Daniels, Timothy Spall and Jane Horrocks.
Sam and Griffin discuss Aardman Animations history in Hollywood, the timeless quality of stop motion animation and why Julia Sawalha should be in the upcoming sequel.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @grifflightning. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: More information on Aardman's lost Tortoise and the Hare project from Film Stories.
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 56 Sam is joined by Helen O'Hara, journalist, podcaster and writer of Women vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film.
Helen has chosen Walt Disney's classic 1959 animation Sleeping Beauty (75 minutes). The film stars the voices of Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy and Barbara Jo Allen.
Sam and Helen discuss Eyvind Earle's spectacular art design, how women were side-lined in Walt Disney's original animation studio, and why Maleficent is the best Disney villain.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @HelenLOHara. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey. You can also listen to Helen on the EMPIRE Film Podcast each week.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: See inside the secret room in Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 55 Sam is joined by critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson. A silent cinema expert, Pam has chosen Charlie Chaplin's 1928 box-office hit The Circus.
Sam and Pam discuss the enduring legacy of Chaplin, the definition of silent cinema and the fun you can have with a box of monkeys.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @pamhutch. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: Pam's blog Silent London is a place for people who love silent film, with reviews, previews, podcasts and features
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 54 Sam is joined by BAFTA award-winning actor, writer and director Celyn Jones. His next film, Six Minutes to Midnight, starring Eddie Izzard and Dame Judi Dench, is due out in March 2021.
Celyn has chosen Last Resort (74 minutes) by Pawel Pawlikowski. The film from 2000 stars Paddy Considine and Dina Korzun.
Sam and Celyn discuss working with Elijah Wood on Set Fire To The Stars, his journey to becoming a film maker, and how Paddy Considine played a pivotal role in his career.
Celyn recently produced Zara Hayes's Poms, starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Pam Grier. The film is available to watch on a number of digital platforms.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @celynjones. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: Celyn Jones winning his BAFTA Cymru award.
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 53 Sam is joined by actor Tuppence Middleton, who has recently starred in David Fincher's Mank and Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor.
Tuppence has chosen The Nightmare Before Christmas (76 minutes), directed by Henry Selick. Disney's classic stop motion animated musical started life as an idea by Tim Burton and stars Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman and Chris Sarandon.
Sam and Tuppence discuss working with David Fincher and Gary Oldman on Mank, why The Nightmare Before Christmas is an annual watch and what a fantastic singing voice Catherine O'Hara has!
Mank is available on Netflix and Possessor is available to purchase / rent on all good streaming service.
Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks!
Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm
We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network.
Website: 90minfilmfest.com
Tweet: @90MinFilmFest
Instagram: @90MinFilmFest
Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star Tuppence Middleton. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you!
Bonus Link: Tim Burton's original poem for The Nightmare Before Christmas, that was the basis for the film.