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Film Utopia
In-depth movie talk hosted by three fellas with a passion for film. Detailed retrospective movie reviews and filmography discussions of directors, actors, composers, and more!
Episodes
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129. Evil Dead: Hail to the King, Baby!
It's Halloween, and Film Utopia is once again dragging a beloved horror franchise out of the cellar, chaining it to a tree and seeing what happens when we…
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128. Movie Posters: Vol. 1 – Selling Cinema
A video version of this episode is available on Youtube, here. Before the trailer, before the teaser, before the algorithm started throwing clips at you on…
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127. Dario Argento Part 5: Three Mothers, One Dracula & a Pair of Dark Glasses.
The Dario Argento retrospective reaches its final chapter, and after five decades of black gloves, elaborate murders, supernatural nightmares and increasingly…
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126. Dario Argento Part 4: Sleepless, Shitcock & Serial Killer Dwarfs.
Our Dario Argento retrospective enters the 2000s, and, frankly, things have not improved. In the fourth instalment of our five-part journey through Argento's…
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125. Dario Argento: Part 3 – The 1990s: A Decade of Decline... or Just Misunderstood?
Our journey through Dario Argento's filmography reaches the 1990s, a decade where even the director's most devoted admirers begin to admit the wheels wobble a…
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125. Dario Argento: Part 2 – The 1980s: Raven Wings, Fairy Tales & Fear.
The journey through Dario Argento's filmography continues as Steven and Sean arrive at what many consider the director's creative peak: the 1980s. If the…
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124. Dario Argento: Part 1 – The 1970s: Razor Blades, Red Rooms & Red Herrings.
The Italian Horror journey continues as Steven and Sean begin a brand-new five-part retrospective on the work of Dario Argento, charting his theatrical…
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123. Lucio Fulci: Beauty, Brutality & (the) Beyond
This month on Film Utopia, Sean drags a deeply reluctant Steven kicking and screaming into the blood-soaked world of cult Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci. Sean…
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122. 1984 in Film
This month on Film Utopia, Steven, Benjamin, and Sean head back to 1984, a year where blockbuster spectacle, cult oddities, and bleak-as-hell TV movies somehow…
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121. Duncan Jones: Small Filmography, Big Ideas
This month on Film Utopia, it’s Sean’s director pick, and he’s gone for a lean but fascinating body of work: Duncan Jones. With just four theatrical features…
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120. Mario Bava: Shadows, Stilettos, and Slaughter
The Italian Horror tour descends into velvet-draped madness as Steven and Sean tackle the horror legacy of Mario Bava; a filmmaker whose gorgeous lighting…
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119. 1986 in Film
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean wind the clock back to 1986 and take a month-by-month wander through one of the most eclectic, chaotic, and fondly remembered years…
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118. The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions
For this year’s Christmas episode, Film Utopia heads back to Middle-earth as Steven, Benjamin, and Sean tackle The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions in full…
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117. 1995 in Film
This week on Film Utopia, Steven, Benjamin, and Sean hop in the cinematic time machine and cruise back to 1995, a year stacked so high with bangers, bruisers…
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116. Predator: Badlands - Reaction
With Benjamin off-world, Steven, Sean, and special guest Max suit up for a deep-dive reaction to Predator: Badlands. After a quick surveying of the state of…
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115. Halloween Special: A Nightmare on Elm Street - Complete Retrospective
This spooky season, Film Utopia sharpens its glove and dives head-first into the complete A Nightmare on Elm Street movie series; the final corner of what we…
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114. Alien: Earth – Reaction
Occasional Film Utopia collaborator and Alien nut Max joins Steven and Benjamin for their reaction to the new Disney+ series, Alien: Earth. With somewhat mixed…
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113. ‘80s Fantasy Part 5 – The Quest Ends: What Became of Fantasy Cinema?
Film Utopia’s epic 1980s Fantasy retrospective reaches its end as Steven, Benjamin, and Sean look beyond their beloved decade to see what became of the genre…
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112. ‘80s Fantasy Part 4 – Inconceivable!: The Late-Eighties
Film Utopia’s summer quest reaches the tail end of the 1980s as Steven Benjamin, and Sean reminisce about the fantastical twilight of the decade. From the…
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111. ‘80s Fantasy Part 3 – Goblins, Gods, and the Kurgan: The Mid-Eighties
The Film Utopia summer quest thunders onward as Steven, Benjamin, and Sean venture into the fantastical mid-80s; 1984 – 1986. An era when fantasy cinema became…
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110. ‘80s Fantasy Part 2 – From Hawk to Krull: The Early-Eighties
The Film Utopia summer quest continues in this second instalment on fantasy cinema of the 1980s as Steven, Benjamin, and Sean tackle the shimmering…
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109. '80s Fantasy Part 1 - Before the Boom: A Brief History of Fantasy
Before the loincloths, elf-muppets, crystal balls, dying horse trauma, and mullets of 80s fantasy cinema, there was… quite a lot, actually! In this opening…
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108. Lamberto Bava - 1980 to 1992
Steven and Sean continue their exploration of Italian genre cinema with a laid-back chat about the filmography of Lamberto Bava. Unlike his father, horror…
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107. David Lynch Part 2 - 1990 to 2017
Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their retrospective of the late director, David Lynch, and find themselves heavily in agreement in some areas of the…
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106. David Lynch Part 1 - 1977 to 1990
With the recent passing of auteur filmmaker David Lynch fresh in mind, Steven Benjamin and Sean reflect on the director’s legacy and discuss their thoughts on…
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105. James Bond - 2025 Update
With Amazon Studios now in control of the Bond franchise, we thought we’d share our hopes and fears for the future of 007. At least, that’s how this episode…
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104. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2021): Bond Part 9 - No Time to Die (2021)
Originally recorded and published in 2021. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in the news again, and in the run up…
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103. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 8 - Spectre (2015)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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102. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 7 - Daniel Craig (2006-2012)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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101. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 6 - Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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100. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 5 - Timothy Dalton (1987-1989)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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99. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 4 - Roger Moore (1981-1985)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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98. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 3 - Roger Moore (1973-1979)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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97. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 2 - The Blofeld Years (1967-1971)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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96. ARCHIVE EPISODE (2015): Bond Part 1 - Sean Connery (1962-1965)
Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our former podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality efforts back then! With Bond in…
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95. Some Great Movie Music Cues! Part 2
We’ve made a YouTube Playlist of the full cues that we mention in this episode! Check it out HERE. On part 2 of our ‘Some Great Music Cues’ double-bill…
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94. Some Great Movie Music Cues! Part 1
We’ve made a YouTube Playlist of the full cues that we mention in this episode that we’d be delighted for you to check out HERE. As much as we are film…
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93. 1985 in Film
We’re back for another ‘Year in Film’ episode! Join us as we welcome back our co-host, Benjamin, from his short time away from the podcast and continue…
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92. Michele Soavi - 1987 to 1994
With the short break from our originally planned episodes for the start of 2025 still ongoing, Steven & Sean have taken the opportunity to indulge in a little…
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91. 2024 Wrap
In a very last minute change to our December episode, Steven and Sean wrap up 2024 in cinema to discuss the highs and lows of the year. Including new movies…
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90. Great Sci-fi Subgenre Movies
Still pumped from our summer series in which we covered the major subgenres of science fiction in cinema, Steven, Benjamin and Sean have decided to revisit the…
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89. Hellraiser Part 2 - 2002 to 2022
We’re back for Part 2 of our Halloween Hellraiser Special! On this episode, Steven, Benjamin and Sean unpack the remaining movies in the Hellraiser series…
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88. Hellraiser Part 1 - 1987 to 2000
Happy Halloween! Continuing with our usual horror franchise "Halloween Special" format, this year Sean has picked the long running Hellraiser series for us to…
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87. Kathryn Bigelow Part 2 - 2000 to 2017
We're back for part 2 of our Kathryn Bigelow theatrical retrospective! Things get a little heated on this episode with divided opinions between Steven…
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86. Kathryn Bigelow Part 1 - 1981 to 1995
It's Steven's choice for our latest director deep-dive and this time he has picked Kathryn Bigelow! With numerous accolades to her name, a filmography that…
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85. Sc-Fi Part 7 - All Them Punks
Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their look at science fiction subgenres with an examination of the bizarre fascination with placing the noun ‘punk’ after…
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84. Alien: Romulus movie review
For the second time this year, the Film Utopia Podcast breaks from its traditional show format of legacy movie coverage to discuss Alien: Romulus; the latest…
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83. Sci-Fi Part 6 - Alien Contact
On the penultimate episode of our science fiction subgenres series, we discuss all things alien invasion, contact with other worlds and alien abduction stories…
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82. Sci-Fi Part 5 - Utopia/Dystopia
For part 5 of our Science Fiction Subgenres Series, Steven, Benjamin & Sean dive into the world of oppressive societies, shady governments and brutalist…
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81. Sci-Fi Part 4 - Science Out Of Control
In part 4 of our Science Fiction sub-genres series, Steven Benjamin and Sean tackle the topic of "science out of control", or "machine over man", or "we've…
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80. Sci-Fi Part 3 - Space Opera
In Part 3 of our Sci-fi sub-Genres in Film series, The FU trio dive into Space Opera – and spend much of the discussion debating precisely what defines the…
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79. ARCHIVE EPISODE: The Mad Max Franchise (1979-2015)
Archive Episode! Originally recorded and published in 2015 for our old podcast, Filmwerk. Please excuse our less-than-stellar audio quality and editing efforts…
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78. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga movie review
At the time of preparing our latest Sci-fi Subgenres episode, ‘Post Apocalypse’, George Miller released his recent Mad Max spin-off; Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga…
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77. Sci-Fi Part 2 - Post Apocalypse
Steven, Benjamin & Sean continue their exploration of the many Science Fiction sub-genres with a discussion on Post Apocalyptic set movies – and have plenty of…
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76. Sci-Fi Part 1 - Time Travel
Science Fiction! The Film Utopia Podcast summer project gets rolling with a wide look at the sub-genre and concepts of time travel in movies. From time…
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75. Stuart Gordon Part 2 - 1995 to 2007
Steven, Benjamin & Sean conclude their deep-dive of iconic cult movie director Stuart Gordon with a thorough chin-wag about his latter filmography. From Castle…
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74. Stuart Gordon Part 1 - 1985 to 1992
Between 1985 and 2007, a former theatre director named Stuart Gordon embarked on an iconic movie directing career which, in later years, catapulted his…
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73. Boutique Disc Labels
Steven & Sean discuss their way through the many UK, USA and Australian boutique DVD/Blu-ray/4K UHD disc distributors out there; going A-Z from Arrow to…
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72. Disc Special Features
Special features, commentary tracks, cast & crew interviews and other bonus disc content have historically been a real selling point for movie fans. Nowadays…
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71. Denis Villeneuve Part 3 - 2021 to 2024
On the third and final episode of our Denis Villeneuve retospective movie review series, Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their journey with a detailed look…