#FIRSTLOOK: HOLLYWOOD SUITE “A YEAR IN FILM: PODCAST”

Hollywood Suite present their first ever foray into the world of Podcasts, in celebration of International Podcast Day!

The 50-minute Podcast looks at a diverse array of game-changing moments and films by year of release with Becky Shrimpton, Cameron Maitland and Alicia Fletcher. Beginning October 1st, new episodes (total 12) arrive on the 1st and 15th of the month. The Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher.

Episodes are as follows:

Episode 1 – “Disco and Truckers Rule”

Release date: October 1, 2020

Year: 1978

Films: The Eyes of Laura Mars, The Wiz, Convoy and Every Which Way but Loose.

Episode 2 – “Elaine May and Beatlemania”

Release date: October 15, 2020

Year: 1978

Films: California Suite, Heaven Can Wait, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Episode 3 ­– “Hong Kong New Wave and British Animation”

Release date: November 1, 2020

Year: 1978

Films: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Drunken Master, Watership Down and Lord of the Rings

Episode 4 – “The Reign of Stephen King and Porky’s Spawns”

Release date: November 15, 2020

Year: 1983

Films: Christine, Cujo, Screwballs and Losin’ It

Episode 5 – “Prepare for Nuclear War and Gender Swaps”

Release date: December 1, 2020

Year: 1983

FiIms: War Games, The Day After, Mr. Mom and Flashdance

Episode 6 – “Fashion Vampires and Rock ‘n Roll”

Release date: December 15, 2020

Year: 1983

Films: Liquid Sky, The Hunger, Get Crazy and Rock & Rule

Episode 7 – “Women Take Over – Indie Renaissance and New Queer Cinema”

Release date: January 1, 2021

Year: 1992

Films: The Long Day Closes, Just Another Girl on the IRT, Orlando and Gas, Food, Lodging

Episode 8 – “Women Take Over – Fully Loaded and Rappers’ Delight”

Release date: January 15, 2021

Year: 1992

Films: Gun Crazy, My New Gun, Juice and Trespass

Episode 9 – “Women Take Over – Thrillers and Competing Columbuses”

Release date: February 1, 2021

Year: 1992

Films: Love Crimes, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle; 1492: The Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Episode 10 – “Mental Health Comedies and Subverting Disney”

Release date: February 15, 2021

Year: 2007

Films: Eagle vs. Shark, Lars and the Real Girl, Enchanted, and Stardust

Episode 11 – “Horror Debuts and Naughty Musicals”

Release date: March 1, 2021

Year: 2007

Films: The Host, REC, Hairspray and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Episode 12 – “Serial Killers and White-Collar Criminals”

Release date: March 15, 2021

Year: 2007

Films: Hot Fuzz, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Michael Clayton and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Season Two of Hollywood Suite’s A YEAR IN FILM, the TV Series, arrives in December.

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