Naked (1993) stars David Thewlis as Johnny, a charming and articulate but vicious misfit, drifting around London on a nocturnal odyssey, colliding with a succession of desperate and dispossessed characters. Mike Leigh’s script is scintillating and it’s arguably his best directorial work too. The film won the best director and best actor prizes at the Cannes Film Festival.Alonso Ruizpalacios, writer-director of Gueros (2014), Museo (2018), A Cop Movie (2021) and La Cocina (2024), joins to discuss the film. Host: Jack McInroy Guest: Alonso RuizpalaciosTheme music: Harlow Family Group Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ Get Mubi free for 30 days: https://mubi.com/t/web/global/qrb2jfqf https://www.holdfastnetwork.com/madeinengland
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) with Adam Lowes
A married man starts an ‘affair’ with two schoolgirls in bawdy Thatcher-era comedy, Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987). Written by Andrea Dunbar based on her own play, directed by Alan Clarke, and starring Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes and George Costigan. Film writer Adam Lowes joins to discuss the film. Host: Jack McInroy Guest: Adam LowesTheme music: Harlow Family Group Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ Get Mubi free for 30 days: https://mubi.com/t/web/global/qrb2jfqf https://www.holdfastnetwork.com/madeinengland
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Threads (1984) with Rebecca Strickson
At 9.30pm on 23rd September 1984, with the Cold War still ongoing, the BBC broadcast nuclear fallout drama Threads. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, the film went well beyond looking at the effect of a nuclear bomb on buildings and people, it examined, in unrelenting and unflinching detail, what it would do to the very fabric of society. The Cold War may be over, but Threads, which is available to watch on BBC iPlayer, remains as terrifying and horrifying as when it was first shown. Illustrator Rebecca Strickson joins to discuss the film. Buy Becky’s work at https://rebeccastrickson.bigcartel.com. Host: Jack McInroy Guest: Rebecca StricksonTheme music: Harlow Family Group Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ Get Mubi free for 30 days: https://mubi.com/t/web/global/qrb2jfqf https://www.holdfastnetwork.com/madeinengland
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Kill List (2011) with Heather Parry
Hitmen Jay (Neil Maskell) and Gal (Michael Smiley) take on a new assignment, but what starts as an easy task soon unravels, revealing darker things beneath, in Ben Wheatley’s Kill List (2011). Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl and Carrion Crow, joins to discuss the film. Heather writes about film (and other things) at https://heatherparry.substack.comHost: Jack McInroy Guest: Heather ParryTheme music: Harlow Family Group Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ Get Mubi free for 30 days: https://mubi.com/t/web/global/qrb2jfqf https://www.holdfastnetwork.com/madeinengland
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24 Hour Party People (2002) with Paul Wilson
Steve Coogan stars as Tony Wilson in Michael Winterbottom’s comedy music biopic about the rise and fall of Factory Records, 24 Hour Party People (2002). Writer and editor Paul Wilson (no relation) joins to discuss the film. Host: Jack McInroy Guest: Paul WilsonTheme music: Harlow Family Group Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ Get Mubi free for 30 days: https://mubi.com/t/web/global/qrb2jfqf https://www.holdfastnetwork.com/madeinengland
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