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A podcast in which Matt West sets film viewing for author and former Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel.

These are often underappreciated gems, but please never call them ‘cult’.

Latest Episodes

“Profondo Rosso” (Dario Argento:It:1975)

Matt and Andrew watch “Profondo Rosso” (aka “Deep Red”) in which a jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

“Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel:US:1971)

Matt and Andrew settled down with their Magnum Ices to watch ‘Dirty Harry’ – When a madman calling himself “the Scorpio Killer” menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

“Calamity Jane” (David Butler:US:1953)

Matt introduces Andrew to ‘Calamity Jane’ starring Doris Day: Deadwood, Dakota Territory, is largely the abode of men, where Indian scout Calamity Jane is as hard-riding, boastful, and handy with a gun as any; quite an overpowering personality. But the army lieutenant she favours doesn’t really appreciate her finer qualities. One of Jane’s boasts brings…

Andrew Cartmel

Andrew Cartmel is a British author and journalist. He was the script editor of Doctor Who between 1987 and 1989. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series (including Casualty), as a magazine editor, as a comics writer, as a film studies lecturer, and as a novelist. He is currently writing the sixth volume in his series The Vinyl Detective.

Matt West

A former student of the BRIT School studying film and TV production and film theory, West had intended to work in film and television but after a series of bad experiences decided it was not for him. Following numerous jobs he eventually formed Miwk Publishing with Robert Hammond which published niche film and TV titles.