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With a core team of three film fans plus occasional contributors; the Film Utopia podcasts and commentaries offer fierce hot talk on various film and film related subjects
by Sean Kennedy
Top of the morning to you all! Sean here from The Film Utopia Podcast again. On our recent and ongoing Year in Film series, we stuck with our mutually beloved 1980s to talk about our highlights from the year 1985. An impressive year for cinema goers, jam-packed with titles that would go on to become revered classics right up to today and beyond! For this...
by Sean Kennedy
Hi there! Sean here from The Film Utopia Podcast. I’m back to conclude my love-fest of the work of Italian filmmaker Michele Soavi, and to talk about four of his films that we covered on our recent podcast episode. In the first part of this article I gave a brief rundown of collecting Shameless Films Blu-rays, Italian genre cinema and Michele Soavi’s...
by Sean Kennedy
One thing I love about collecting boutique Blu-rays is getting to know the unique vibe of each label and imprint, along with the movies, eras, and genres they represent. For high-brow films, I turn to BFI or The Criterion Collection. For cult genre films, I browse Arrow Video or Shout! Factory / Scream Factory. If I want Martial Arts and South East Asian...
by Sean Kennedy
So that was 2024! Steven and I threw together a quick year in review episode to discuss the highs and lows of 2024’s slate of cinema and physical media releases. For the complete list - that include The Substance, Dune: Part Two and Heretic - you can listen to our full episode at the end of the article. And what about physical media? We are very happy to...
by Steven Hurst
On the Film Utopia podcast, every summer we take on a larger project than we might normally do in a month and span it over the summer months. Previous projects include covering the entirety of Star Trek (films and shows), action heroes from the 80s, and the entire filmography and film scores from John Carpenter. This year we decided to tackle Science Fiction....
by Sean Kennedy
Ahoy there, friends! Sean here from The Film Utopia Podcast. At the time of reading this, both parts of our customary Film Utopia Halloween Special will be available for you to hear, and as is appropriate for the spooky season, it won't be a shocker to learn that our October/November show usually covers a long running horror franchise! This year we've produced...