Frames of Reference

This week we’re discussing the Italian Neo-realism movement that shaped much of the later 20th century’s films, by looking at Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D., and La Strada.. Films: Bicycle Thieves (1948, d. Vittorio De Sica) US Blu-ray: Amazon Umberto D. (1952, d. Vittorio De Sica) US Blu-Ray: Amazon UK Blu-Ray: Amazon UK La Strada (1954, d. Federico Fellini) US Blu-Ray: Amazon US Essential Fellini Box-set: [Amazon] (https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Fellini-Blu-ray/dp/B08FPJLQ4T) UK Blu-Ray: Amazon UK This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

This week we’re joined by Rev. Maryann Philbrook Sturges of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity in the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem to talk about some of the Scorsese films centred around faith and redemption. Films: Raging Bull (1980, d. Martin Scorsese) US 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK Silence (2016, d. Martin Scorsese) US Blu-Ray: Amazon UK Blu-Ray: Amazon UK AUS “Films of Faith” Blu-ray Box-Set: Amazon AU Killers of the Flower Moon (2023, d. Martin Scorsese) Italian (Region B Locked) 4K Blu-Ray: Rarewaves This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

This week we’re joined by Adrianna Gober (@EADxBB) to talk about the sapphic worlds of French auteur Céline Sciamma. You can find Adrianna on her latest podcast “Bartel Me Something Good” over on the Cinema Smorgasbord feed at the Cinepunx network. Feed Films: Water Lilies (2007, d. Céline Sciamma) This film is out of print in English-subbed form, however you can stream it on Criterion: Criterion Channel Tomboy (2011, d. Céline Sciamma) This film is out of print in English-subbed form, however you can stream it on Criterion: Criterion Channel Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, d. Céline Sciamma) US Blu-ray: Amazon UK Blu-Ray: Amazon UK This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: Breathless (1960, d. Jean-Luc Godard) US 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK 4K Blu-Ray: Amazon UK The Graduate (1967, d. Mike Nichols) US Blu-Ray: Amazon UK Blu-ray: Amazon UK Mean Streets (1973, d. Martin Scorsese) US 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK 4K Blu-Ray: Amazon UK This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: Y tu mamá también (2001, d. Alfonso Cuarón) US Blu-ray: Amazon Children of Men (2006, d. Alfonso Cuarón) US Blu-Ray: Amazon UK Blu-ray: (Superior transfer but region locked): Amazon UK Roma (2018, d. Alfonso Cuarón) US Blu-ray: Amazon This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: The Conversation (1974, d. Francis Ford Coppola) UK 4K Blu-ray : Orbit DVD Blow Out (1981, d. Brian De Palma) US 4K Blu-Ray: Orbit DVD UK Blu-ray: Amazon UK The Lives of Others (2006, d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) UK Blu-ray Amazon UK This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, d. Jacques Demy) US Blu-ray: Orbit DVD US Blu-Ray Box Set: Orbit DVD The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, d. Jacques Demy) US Blu-Ray Box Set: Orbit DVD La La Land (2016, d. Damien Chazelle) US 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: Psycho (1960, d. Alfred Hitchcock) US 4K Blu-ray: Orbit DVD UK 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK Peeping Tom (1960, d. Michael Powell) US Imported 4K Blu-ray: Orbit DVD ** Note the regular blu-ray is locked to Region B and will require a reion-free player in North America. UK 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK Last Night in Soho (2021, d. Edgar Wright) US 4K Blu-ray: Orbit DVD UK 4K Blu-ray: Amazon UK This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: Frances Ha (2012, d. Noah Baumbach), Lady Bird (2017, d. Greta Gerwig), Barbie (2023, d. Greta Gerwig) This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: The Rider (2017, d. Chloé Zhao), George Washington (2000, d. David Gordon Green), Badlands (1973, d. Terrence Malick) This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Films: You Were Never Really Here (2018, d. Lynne Ramsay), Ratcatcher (1999, d. Lynne Ramsay), The 400 Blows (1959, d. Francois Truffaut). This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!

Each episode will establish a common thread between three films and engage in discussion about them. This podcast is produced by Brave Voice Films. You can reach out to us at framesofreference@bravevoicefilms.com Tweet us: @podcastfor Our episodes will run bi-weekly. Please email us your suggestions!