The Chronicle

Anora / Emilia Perez

Time flies when your having fun, but are the films reviewed in Episode 36 of The Chronicle Film Podcast, Anora and  Emilia Perez any fun? 
In the latest from The Peoples Movies Film Podcast, Clotilde and Paul review 2 films that have created a big buzz since there World Premier at Cannes Film Festival. Both now out on release will the buzz continue? Will there be awards glory? Listen into Episode 36 to find out!
Up first is Sean Baker's Anora staring Mikey Madison along with Mark Eydelshteyn. The film focuses around our titular character Anora (Madison) or Ani which she prefers. An exotic dancer at a strip club in New York City who encounters 21 year son of a Russian Oligarch Vanya (Eydelshteyn). The pair strike a chord and Quickly Ani becomes Vanya's 'girlfriend' for the weekend. Out of the blue the pair get married, however when Vanya's parents find out who he has married, chaos strikes and the quest to annul the marriage begins and Ani learns the hard way. 
Related Post: Anora Review  
The second and final review for this episode is Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez starring Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, 3 women looking for happiness in very different ways in this Mexico City based film that starts with hard working unappreciated lawyer Rita. She gets an unexpected call from an notorious Drug Cartel kingpin who has an unique request, he wants to be a woman. If Rita gets the right surgeon she will be financially rewarded  and Emilia Perez (Gascon) is born. Will it be atonement, redemption with a new life? 
Related Post: Emilia Perez Review
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Take 2 - Venom: The Last Dance

The Chronicle Take 2 lands online as Paul  Devine and new writer Federica Battiato review Venom: The Last Dance. 
A big thank you to everyone who has already downloaded or listened to The Chronicle Episode 35. The current episode contains reviews for The Apprentice and The Wild Robot [find that episode here]. 
The end is nigh for Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and everyone's favourite symbiote, Venom in Venom: The Last Dance. Kelly Marcel not only just writes but now directs the third film from Sony Pictures Spider Verse.  After the events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and death of Detective Mulligan (Stephen Graham), Eddie and Venom are in Mexico. However their escape across looks short lived as Eddie finds he's wanted for the death of Mulligan and the pair head toward New York. Things are Thwarted when an existential threat sees the pair fight for their lives and humanity. 
Related Post: Venom: The Last Dance Review
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The Apprentice / The Wild Robot / BFI London Film Festival

If your film is your thing you are in the right place. Episode 35 of The Chronicle Film Podcast is here with The Apprentice and The WIld Robot reviews.
The latest episode of the podcast Clotilde and Paul start the ball rolling with The Apprentice. Starring the Winter Soldier himself Sebastian Stan as a young Donald J Trump in 1970s and 1980's New York City. Meeting the one man who would change him, Roy Cohn (played by Jeremy Strong), teaching him to survive in the dark realms of ambition and power. We're not surprised Mr Trump tried to stop this movie being distributed unsuccessfully, does it strike a chord?
Related Post: The Apprentice Review 
Second and final review is Dreamworks Animation adventure The WIld Robot. Starring the voice of Luptia Nyong'o as  Rozzum unit 7134 aka Roz, who crash lands on uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. At the same finds herself becoming an adoptive mother to an orphaned gosling.  Could this be Dreamworks best ever animated feature? Could it bring the studio success in the upcoming Awards season?
Related Post: The Wild Robot Review
Finally the 2024  BFI London Film Festival just ended and The Peoples Movies had a great festival this year. We still have a few reviews to come, Clotilde gave us a round up of the festival,  sharing her thoughts on the festival with favourite films, as well as one she didn't . Happy Anniversary to Clotilde who has been at The Chronicle film podcast for one year now!
Related Post: 2024 BFI London Film Festival 
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Speak No Evil and Lee

If it's movies you love your in the right place! In Episode 34 of The Chronicle Film Podcast, Clotilde and Paul review Speak No Evil and Lee.
First film under the microscope is the English language remake of Danish psychological horror thriller Speak No Evil. Originally written and directed by brothers Christian and Mads Tafdrup (Christian onboard as an executive producer of the new version) All about a Danish family who befriend a Dutch family on holiday who invite the Danish family to an idyllic weekend in the Netherlands which slowly unravels into their worst nightmare.  In the new version it's an British family (James McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi) who invite London based American family (McKenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy) to their  old farmhouse in the West Country.  The question many will be asking, is this a a like for like remake or does  director James Watkins (Eden Lake, Woman In Black) twist original to deliver his own version?
Our horror maestro Bradley Hadcroft watched the original 2022 version for us at Sundance Film Festival that year (not FrightFest as Paul mentions in the episode),  you can read his review here.
Related Post: Film Review - Speak No Evil (2024)
Second and final review for The Chronicle episode 34 is Ellen Kuras' Lee starring Kate Winslet. Some of you might wonder who Lee Miller is? She was considered one of pioneering female photographers, War photojournalists of World War 2 giving us some of the most iconic powerful images from the war. This film is a bit of a personal project for Kate Winslet who plays Lee, a one time fashion model for Vogue to become a photographer for the same magazine. She faced many barriers, she was a determined woman to get her way in life. Lee focuses on pre/World War 2 period of her life, the period she would meet her husband Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgard). 
Related Post: Film Review - Lee (2024)
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The Chronicle Take 2 - The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live / Sting

It's been a few weeks since the last episode, With Clotilde on assignment, I've decided to do The Chronicle Take 2. The chat continues with The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Season 1 plus Horror Sting.
First up I review the 6 episode spin-off series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Recently premiered on Sky now available to own on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital. With the original series now over the hardcore fans of the show can finally Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) finally reunite. 6 years after seeing Rick whisked off in a helicopter with Jadis (Pollyanna McIntosh) see what happened to him. Whilst see the journey Michonne embarked, will it be the spin-off that fans have been waiting for?
Anyone with arachnophobia, beware Kiah Roache-Turner's (Wyrmwood) Sting will have your blood pressure rocketing. When a young girl living in a New York City block finds an egg with a spider in it, will it be the new friend she thinks she has? Unfortunately this is no ordinary spider!
 
 
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Harold And The Purple Crayon / My Neighbour Totoro

Clotilde and Paul are back with The Chronicle Film Podcast and episode 33. This  is a very family friendly episode with Harold And The Purple Crayon and My Neighbour Totoro.
First review is Harold And The Purple Crayon starring Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Lol Rei Howery, Tanya Reynolds and Jemaine Clement. This live action film is inspired by the popular children books created by Crocket Johnson. All about a small boy with a magical crayon who let his imagination flow, draw what he wanted with two animals as his friends. In the cinematic version, Harold has grown up and wants to find his father in the real world. As he tries to find the old man, someone wants his crayon for his own nefarious reasons.
Related Post: Film Review - Harold And The Purple Crayon (2024)
Our final review, is a re-release of Hayao Miyazaki's wonderful My Neighbour Totoro from Studio Ghibli. Elysian Film Group  who released Miyazaki's  last film The Boy And Heron, giving cinephiles old and new a chance to relive the 1989 film on the big screen. A study of childhood in Post-War Japan,  2 young girls live care free lives in the country as their mother recovers from illness. They soon discover a mysterious place of spirits and magic, and the friendship of the Totoro woodland creatures.
Related Post: Film Review - My Neighbour Totoro (1989)
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The Chronicle Take 2 - Twisters

The chat from The Chronicle film Podcast, continues with The Chronicle Take 2. In this bonus episode to Episode 32, I review Summer blockbuster Twisters.
The first question many cinephiles are asking, is it a sequel to the 1996 Twister? No, it is set in the same universe and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones with Glenn Powell and Anthony Ramos.  Twisters follows Kate (Edgar Jones) A once brilliant storm chaser haunted by old mistakes. Five years later she is lured back into chasing storms thanks to an old face. When danger lurks, superstar storm chaser  Tyler Owens (Powell) is around, this drags Kate deep into the danger.
Read Freda Cooper's review for Twisters Here.
Related Post: The Chronicle Episode 32 - MaXXXine & Fly Me To The Moon
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MaXXXine & Fly Me To The Moon

Love movies. Your in the right place as The Chronicle Film Podcast episode 032 is ready for your audio pleasure. Clotilde Chinnici and Paul Devine  review Ti West's MaXXXine along with 1960's set rom-com Fly Me To The Moon.
We will go back to the 1980's with MaXXXine and to 1985, Maxine Minx is "f***in' Star". Mia Goth reprises her from X, now blinded by the light of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. She wants to move from the Adult industry to become a legit actress, meanwhile the Nighstalker is terrorising the city. Maxine's past also threatens her future will she become that star? The film marks the third and  final film for Ti West's X Trilogy will it be a fitting ending?
The final review will take us back to 1969 and Greg Berlanti's rom-com drama Fly Me To The Moon. Starring Scarlett Johansson is Kelly Jones Marketing maven who is hired to direct a 'fake moon landing'. In case Apollo 11 mission fails,  Launch director, Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) is determined to succeed. 
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031 - Hit Man / Inside Out 2

After a short Summer break, Clotilde Chinnici and Paul Devine are back with The Chronicle Film Podcast episode 031. In this episode they will review Richard Linklater's Hit Man and Disney-Pixar's Inside Out 2.
First up is Hitman starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona. Powell plays University teacher turned 'hitman' who just gets too good for the job. When Maddison (Arjona) approaches him for help, will he help her or simply fall in love with her? Romance, drama, comedy and noir, possibly a film with a story that might be true!
Next review is the long awaited sequel to the Pixar 2015 film, Inside Out with Inside Out 2! Will once again follow Riley now hitting puberty, shock horror new emotions await her. As her and 2 friends are invited to a special ice hockey holiday which will have the old emotions coming to the rescue.
Finally, during our time off Clotilde was at two film festivals, Cannes in France and Sundance London. Sharing her thoughts on both festivals and what she saw there.
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The Chronicle Take 2 (30.5) - Love Lies Bleeding

Revenge gets ripped apart in The Chronicle Take 2, the bonus episode for The Chronicle official podcast for The Peoples Movies. As promised, Love Lies Bleeding from Rose Glass.
Thank you very much to everyone who has listened to Episode 30, which was released earlier today. Myself and Clotilde Chinnici reviewed Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver and Challengers. You can listen to that episode by clicking on the link below (if you are on The Peoples Movies) or via the podcast site you are using to listen to this new episode.
After the icy cold unholy terror of Saint Maud, the debut film by Rose Glass, we step back into 1980s New Mexico, USA. Kristen Stewart plays Lou, a gym manager leading a mundane life that is turned upside down when Jacky (Katy O’Brian) walks into the gym. Sparks fly and a full romance blossoms, but Lou has a dark past that catches up with her at the wrong times. Her father, Lou Snr (Ed Haris), just happens to be the local crimelord and Jacky’s employer.
This review was originally written for The Glasgow Film Festival and BFI Flare, and I do mention these festivals in the review.
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