web02.fireside.fm Wed, 06 May 2026 15:13:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Late to the Movies - Episodes Tagged with “Poll” https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/tags/poll Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now. en-us episodic A podcast about the movies you really should have seen by now Bentley Holt Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now. yes movies, movie, films, film, review, comedy Bentley Holt bentleyjholt@gmail.com Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/76-jeanne-dielman 9e8fa999-7347-4cd0-a115-e4733db4ef65 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt It's the finale of Sight and Sound Month, and that means we're talking the number one ranked film on the latest Greatest Films of All Time Poll - "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"! Ben and Vaz discuss Chantal Akerman's 1975 slow-cinema classic, the first film directed by a woman to top the Sight and Sound Poll... or to even be in the top ten. Next week: The Terminator! Written and directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Delphine Seyrig. 1:06:04 yes <p>It's the finale of Sight and Sound Month, and that means we're talking the number one ranked film on the latest Greatest Films of All Time Poll - "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"! Ben and Vaz discuss Chantal Akerman's 1975 slow-cinema classic, the first film directed by a woman to top the Sight and Sound Poll... or to even be in the top ten. Next week: The Terminator!</p> <p>Written and directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Delphine Seyrig.</p> <p>Links:<br> Sight and Sound Poll 2022: <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time</a> </p> sight and sound, poll, bfi, greatest films of all time, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig It's the finale of Sight and Sound Month, and that means we're talking the number one ranked film on the latest Greatest Films of All Time Poll - "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"! Ben and Vaz discuss Chantal Akerman's 1975 slow-cinema classic, the first film directed by a woman to top the Sight and Sound Poll... or to even be in the top ten. Next week: The Terminator!

Written and directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Delphine Seyrig.

Links:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

]]> It's the finale of Sight and Sound Month, and that means we're talking the number one ranked film on the latest Greatest Films of All Time Poll - "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"! Ben and Vaz discuss Chantal Akerman's 1975 slow-cinema classic, the first film directed by a woman to top the Sight and Sound Poll... or to even be in the top ten. Next week: The Terminator!

Written and directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Delphine Seyrig.

Links:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

]]> Mulholland Drive https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/75-mulholland-drive b5ff6581-369c-4faf-b2fe-4d9a6f3f1efe Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Sight and Sound Month continues with number 8 on the list - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001)! Ben, Greg, and Ray talk through... a LOT of feelings about the neo-noir classic before discussing the soon-to-be announced Oscar nominations (starting around 1:11:00). Directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, and Ann Miller. 1:34:45 yes <p>Sight and Sound Month continues with number 8 on the list - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001)! Ben, Greg, and Ray talk through... a LOT of feelings about the neo-noir classic before discussing the soon-to-be announced Oscar nominations (starting around 1:11:00).</p> <p>Directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, and Ann Miller.</p> <p>Links:<br> Sight and Sound Poll 2022: <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time</a> </p> sight and sound, poll, bfi, greatest films of all time, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, mulholland drive, david lynch, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller Sight and Sound Month continues with number 8 on the list - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001)! Ben, Greg, and Ray talk through... a LOT of feelings about the neo-noir classic before discussing the soon-to-be announced Oscar nominations (starting around 1:11:00).

Directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, and Ann Miller.

Links:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

]]> Sight and Sound Month continues with number 8 on the list - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001)! Ben, Greg, and Ray talk through... a LOT of feelings about the neo-noir classic before discussing the soon-to-be announced Oscar nominations (starting around 1:11:00).

Directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, and Ann Miller.

Links:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

]]> Vertigo https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/74-vertigo 30d2c104-16b8-4568-9bfa-4dd1b5a4d82e Mon, 16 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Our tour of the Top 10 films from the most recent Sight and Sound Poll of the greatest films of all time continues with #2, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo! This one actually topped the poll in 2012, but is it any good? Yes. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz take a long drive around San Francisco and discuss the landmark film, while only occasionally slipping into very, very bad Jimmy Stewart impressions, and then play America's favorite parlor game - A San Francisco "Treat." Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. 1:22:36 yes <p>Our tour of the Top 10 films from the most recent Sight and Sound Poll of the greatest films of all time continues with #2, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo! This one actually topped the poll in 2012, but is it any good? Yes. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz take a long drive around San Francisco and discuss the landmark film, while only occasionally slipping into very, very bad Jimmy Stewart impressions, and then play America's favorite parlor game - A San Francisco "Treat."</p> <p>Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.</p> <p>Links:<br> Sight and Sound Poll 2022: <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time</a> </p> sight and sound, poll, bfi, greatest films of all time, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, treat williams, vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, jimmy stewart, Kim Novak, san francisco Our tour of the Top 10 films from the most recent Sight and Sound Poll of the greatest films of all time continues with #2, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo! This one actually topped the poll in 2012, but is it any good? Yes. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz take a long drive around San Francisco and discuss the landmark film, while only occasionally slipping into very, very bad Jimmy Stewart impressions, and then play America's favorite parlor game - A San Francisco "Treat."

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

Links:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

]]> Our tour of the Top 10 films from the most recent Sight and Sound Poll of the greatest films of all time continues with #2, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo! This one actually topped the poll in 2012, but is it any good? Yes. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz take a long drive around San Francisco and discuss the landmark film, while only occasionally slipping into very, very bad Jimmy Stewart impressions, and then play America's favorite parlor game - A San Francisco "Treat."

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

Links:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

]]> Singin' in the Rain https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/73-singin-in-the-rain 09736ded-d830-4110-a60d-777938093817 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Sight and Sound Month continues with the 10th ranked film on the most recent decennial Sight and Sound Poll - 1952's Singin' in the Rain! Ben and Martha discuss the legendary musical-comedy that launched the career of Debbie Reynolds and secured Gene Kelly's place in film history. Directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse. 1:09:50 yes <p>Sight and Sound Month continues with the 10th ranked film on the most recent decennial Sight and Sound Poll - 1952's Singin' in the Rain! Ben and Martha discuss the legendary musical-comedy that launched the career of Debbie Reynolds and secured Gene Kelly's place in film history.</p> <p>Directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse.</p> <p>LINKS:<br> Sight and Sound Poll 2022: <a href="https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v</a> </p> sight and sound, poll, bfi, greatest films of all time, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, singing in the rain, singin in the rain, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Cyd Charisse Sight and Sound Month continues with the 10th ranked film on the most recent decennial Sight and Sound Poll - 1952's Singin' in the Rain! Ben and Martha discuss the legendary musical-comedy that launched the career of Debbie Reynolds and secured Gene Kelly's place in film history.

Directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse.

LINKS:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v

]]> Sight and Sound Month continues with the 10th ranked film on the most recent decennial Sight and Sound Poll - 1952's Singin' in the Rain! Ben and Martha discuss the legendary musical-comedy that launched the career of Debbie Reynolds and secured Gene Kelly's place in film history.

Directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse.

LINKS:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v

]]> Citizen Kane https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/72-citizen-kane 0b7563fe-aced-4873-a92a-17b67a6a120a Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt ...and a Happy New Year! Late to the Movies kicks off 2023 with a new theme for the new month - we'll be picking a few films from the Top 10 of the latest decennial Sight and Sound Critics' Poll! Up first is the longest reigning #1 in the poll's history, down to #3 this time: 1941's "Citizen Kane"! Ben, Anthony, and Kay are on hand to discuss the life and times of Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles, and the (unfortunately) evergreen relevance of this revolutionary movie. MANK FEVER IS BACK! Directed by and starring Orson Welles, who co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Featuring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore. 1:27:11 yes <p>...and a Happy New Year! Late to the Movies kicks off 2023 with a new theme for the new month - we'll be picking a few films from the Top 10 of the latest decennial Sight and Sound Critics' Poll!</p> <p>Up first is the longest reigning #1 in the poll's history, down to #3 this time: 1941's "Citizen Kane"! Ben, Anthony, and Kay are on hand to discuss the life and times of Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles, and the (unfortunately) evergreen relevance of this revolutionary movie. MANK FEVER IS BACK!</p> <p>Directed by and starring Orson Welles, who co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Featuring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore.</p> <p>LINKS:<br> Sight and Sound Poll 2022: <a href="https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v</a><br> Ben's running list of favorite 2022 movies: <a href="https://bit.ly/3WFWc8a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/3WFWc8a</a> </p> sight and sound, poll, bfi, greatest films of all time, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, citizen kane, mank, Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph Cotten ...and a Happy New Year! Late to the Movies kicks off 2023 with a new theme for the new month - we'll be picking a few films from the Top 10 of the latest decennial Sight and Sound Critics' Poll!

Up first is the longest reigning #1 in the poll's history, down to #3 this time: 1941's "Citizen Kane"! Ben, Anthony, and Kay are on hand to discuss the life and times of Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles, and the (unfortunately) evergreen relevance of this revolutionary movie. MANK FEVER IS BACK!

Directed by and starring Orson Welles, who co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Featuring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore.

LINKS:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v
Ben's running list of favorite 2022 movies: https://bit.ly/3WFWc8a

]]> ...and a Happy New Year! Late to the Movies kicks off 2023 with a new theme for the new month - we'll be picking a few films from the Top 10 of the latest decennial Sight and Sound Critics' Poll!

Up first is the longest reigning #1 in the poll's history, down to #3 this time: 1941's "Citizen Kane"! Ben, Anthony, and Kay are on hand to discuss the life and times of Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles, and the (unfortunately) evergreen relevance of this revolutionary movie. MANK FEVER IS BACK!

Directed by and starring Orson Welles, who co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Featuring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore.

LINKS:
Sight and Sound Poll 2022: https://bit.ly/3Z7Rz8v
Ben's running list of favorite 2022 movies: https://bit.ly/3WFWc8a

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