The Infinite Screen
By The Infinite Screen
Categories: TV & Film
Welcome to The Infinite Screen! Helping you cut through the the maelstrom of media, and work out what to watch. Including movie and TV Top Tens, Hard Recommends, Flash Backs, and much more. Join us, watch, listen, share...and let us know what you think...
17 episodes indexed on PodSearch.
Recent episodes
- Top 10: Perfect Endings (Part 2)
Our exploration of the screen's greatest endings itself reaches a perfect conclusion. We explore the power of endings about wish fulfilment, looper endings, unexpectedly tragic reveals, and endings about endings. This episode explores the sadness of British cult 'comedy' Withnail and I, the body…
- Top 10: Perfect Endings (Part 1)
A great ending is one of the highest forms of storytelling there is. But sometimes it feels like it's an art in crisis. Great endings provide resolution, but with a degree of surprise; conclusion, but with an ambiguous space where you can put your own thoughts. Matthew and Phil deep dive into ten…
- Flash Back: Harvey (1950)
This is an introduction and a deep dive into an absolutely must-watch movie - 1950's Harvey. Starring Jimmy Stewart, Josephine Hull and a giant invisible rabbit, this is a beautiful and philosophical comedy classic with a surprisingly subversive edge. Matthew and Phil ask questions which explore…
- Top 10: Great Openings, Part 2
A great opening to a movie is a blessing. But which movies deserve their place on your Infinite Screen through the power of their openings alone? Aaron Sorkin earns it with a blizzard of dialogue, set against the roar of a Harvard bar. Sergio Leone can do it with a rattling train and the buzzing…
- Top 10: Great Openings. Part 1.
A fantastic voyage as Phil and Matthew dive into some of the most compelling film openings ever to hit the big screen. They deal briefly with ubiquitous classics like the Godfather, Raiders and Citizen Kane, before diving into a warm bath of Jim Jarmusch, Jonathan Glazer and Stanley Kubrick. This…
- Top 10: Unsung Superheroes. Part 2.
We continue our journey into the world of Unsung Superheroes, in Part 2 of our Top 10. In this part, we discover some amazing hidden gems like the daring Danger: Diabolik, and do a bit of wrestling over the boundaries of the superhero genre in a discussion that stretches from Mad Max, to Indiana…
- Top 10: Unsung Superheroes (Part 1)
As the runaway success of Spiderman breathes fresh life into the tottering body of the superhero industry, Matthew and Phil dig into some of the Unsung Superheroes. This Top 10 episode explores the roots, tropes, and roads less travelled in and around the superhero genre, from silent screen…
- Flash Back: Did 2002's Spider-Man launch the Superhero Era?
As Brand New Day dominates the global box office, our Flash Back episode revisits the movie that started it all: Sam Raimi's delightful 2002 origin movie, Spider-Man. Was this the movie, for better or worse, that set the pattern for the Superhero industrial complex? And did a visit to see it with…
- Flash Back: No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men came like a bolt from the blue in the turbulent world of 2007, subverting expectations of both detective and Western movies, and plotting an unexpected new path for the Coen Brothers.Matthew and Phil watched it together in London in 2007. Nearly 20 years later, does it still…
- How did we feel about Nolan's Odyssey? Our Rapid Review
The Odyssey is an amazing cultural event - but how good a film is it, really? Is it compelling as a way of bringing Greek Mythology to life? And is it really a cinematic masterpiece? Our Rapid Review gets into some of the key questions about the story, the characters and the craft. Beware, there's…
- Top Ten - Greek Mythology Part II
As the world goes mad for Nolan's Odyssey (Rapid Review incoming!), Matthew and Phil continue their journey into the strange screen history of Greek Mythology. This is Part 2 or 2, where the choices get really serious, and we also go through some of the adaptations that nearly made it, from Spike…
- Top Ten: Greek Mythology Part I
A Top Ten deep dive into the strange screen afterlife of Greek Mythology. As the world waits to see if Nolan's Odyssey could deliver the epic goods, Matthew and Phil delve into the world of Greek myth to build an eclectic list of screen gems. In Part 1 of 2 they get retro classic Jason & the…
- Top Ten - Sports Movies, Part 2
Our odyssey through history's greatest sports movies reaches its natural climax. Features some of the great, good and odd sports movies that didn't quite make the cut, some liberal but well-reasoned interpretation of what constitutes a sports movie, and some challenging attempts to rank things…
- Top Ten - Sports Movies, Part 1
Another of our legendary Top Ten episodes, in which Matthew drags Phil into the profound melodrama of the sports movie, and we both learn a lot about why these movies exist, and what they tell us about who we are. Includes football, boxing, snooker, and some things that may or may not be sports…
- Top Ten - Killer Casting
An Infinite Screen movie top 10 - celebrating the perfect match between an actor, and a role. Featuring amazing performances from Hollywood greats like Brad Pitt and Sigourney Weaver...and some good deep cut curveballs...
- Top Ten - Guilty Pleasures, Part 2
Each Top Ten episode invites Phil and Matthew to compile a list of 5 films, which the duo then surprise each other with and attempt to wrangle into some kind of ranked order. In this episode Phil and Matthew discuss their "Guilty Pleasures", make some shocking admissions to each other, and…
- Top Ten - Guilty Pleasures, Part 1
Each Top Ten episode invites Phil and Matthew to compile a list of 5 films, which the duo then surprise each other with and attempt to wrangle into some kind of ranked order. In this episode Phil and Matthew discuss their "Guilty Pleasures", make some shocking admissions to each other, and…
PodSearch is a free, independent podcast search engine. Read about PodSearch, the privacy policy or contact us.