The Test Screening: Recent Episodes
Chloe Ireland
Every week film fanatics Billy and Chloe discuss the latest releases, hottest topics and forgotten classics in a podcast crafted for the nerdiest movie buffs around!
Our 30th episode! Billy and Chloe take on a listener recommendation as well as reviewing Mad Max Fury Road prequel Furiosa, IF and The Fall Guy.
A top line up this week as Billy and Chloe review Challengers, The Idea of You and Love Lies Bleeding.
Billy and Chloe discuss Netflix phenomenon Baby Reindeer alongside reviews of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Drive Away Dolls and Sydney Sweeney's new horror flick Immaculate.
A couple of true clunkers this week as Billy and Chloe review Irish Wish and Madame Web, luckily we've also got Dune 2 to talk about!
In another packed episode, Chloe goes on a rant about some of her favourite LGBTQIA+ cinema plus Billy reviews The Zone of Interest, Argylle and The Iron Claw.
Billy and Chloe go head to head to fight for their chosen film to win the coveted title of best rom-com. Do you agree with the winner?
In this episode Billy and Chloe review American Fiction, American Nightmare, The Creator and Anyone But You.
A full range of A's to F's this week as Billy and Chloe review The Color Purple, All of Us Strangers, Foe and The Kitchen.
A new episode, a new theme tune and three hot releases to discuss and review. In this episode Billy and Chloe review Mean Girls, Society of The Snow, Saltburn and Good Grief.
That's right folks this is... the list. Billy breaks down his top 10 pics of the year and even throws in a few honorable mentions!
Happy New Year! In our first episode of 2024, Billy and Chloe discuss the Golden Globe nominations, Wonka, Leave the World Behind, The Boy and the Herron and Ferrari.
An eclectic bunch of films this week! Billy and Chloe review the new animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, the 4k re-release of The Virgin Suicides, The Meg 2 and Kokomo City.
This week Billy and Chloe are joined by special guest Stella Jordan to talk about her film collective Project Ours and their recent residency at the Phoenix Art Space in Brighton. Stella also tells us about her experiences directing her own short film Skeletal Behaviours and filming with the Lionesses!
In an episode full of long titles, Billy and Chloe discuss a controversial superhero ranking list and review Spiderverse, the bear, Talk to Me and Indiana Jones.
In the first episode back after the summer break, Chloe and Billy review the hotly anticipated double bill of Barbie and Oppenheimer as well as the summer's other big releases; Asteroid City and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1.
In our second review of the series, Chloe chats to writer, director and producer Alex Kayode-Kay about his bafta nominated short film The Ballad of Olive Morris. Alex talks about the true story the film is based on as well as his filmmaking journey and some of the films that have influenced him along the way.
After a short break Billy and Chloe are back reviewing Fast X, Beau is Afraid, the re-release of Raging Bull and Still: A Michael J Fox Movie.
This week Billy and Chloe kick off with a discussion on the twistiest plot twists to ever plot twist before diving into the latest Marvel outing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3. Billy also reviews Return to Seoul, Pamfir and the anniversary re-release of Scorsese's The Age of Innocence.
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Billy and Chloe discuss a recomendation from last week, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as well as a BBC series recommendation Blue Lights. New releases for this week include the Netflix hit Beef, A Good Person and Polite Society.
Billy and Chloe go through all the fab audience suggestions for a film with the best soundtrack, focusing in on The King and Blues Brothers! Also this weeks are reviews of new releases How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Suzume, the Dead Ringers series and One Fine Morning.
In another horror heavy episode, Billy and Chloe discuss new releases Evil Dead Rise and Renfield alongside 2022 hit Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. Billy also goes in-depth on the Three Colours Trilogy for it's 30th anniversary and our suggestion this week, Treeline.
In this extra special episode of The Test Screening, Billy interviews writer, producer and curator Harriet Taylor about her 'Reflections and Refractions: Gender on Screen' season at the Watershed cinema in Bristol and her trans-focused cinema collective, Switch! During the discussion Harriet and Billy go in-depth on issues of Trans-plus representation and their thoughts on a host of gender centric films including: Funeral Parade of Roses, Dressed to Kill, Orlando and Girls Lost.
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After discussing the recent announcement of the Harry Potter reboot TV series, Billy and Chloe review Dungeons & Dragons Honor Amongst Thieves, Air, In The Court of the Crimson King and Wolfwalkers alongside the audience suggestion for "the most underrated film of the last 15 years" Beasts of No Nation.
This week Billy and Chloe review their first audience recommendation The Lost Boys alongside new releases: John Wick 4, Infinity Pool, The Five Devils and Rye Lane.
It's an episode of documentaries today as Billy and Chloe discuss the Oscar winning Navalny and the nominated House of Splinters alongside To Leslie and animated feature Where is Anne Frank.
This week we have a scary line-up with Scream, Pearl and The Last of Us. Alongside the spine-tinglers, Billy also reviews Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom and Causeway.
This week Billy reviews Creed III, Luther: The Fallen Sun, classic western Buck And The Preacher and Oscar nominated animation The Sea Beast.
Billy and Chloe get into the miniscule details of Marvel this week in their review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. There's even more tiny delights with the oscar nominated Marcel The Shell. There's also reviews of Closer, The Quiet Girl and the BAFTA award winning Aftersun.
You can't ever say that The Test Screening doesn't deliver variety! This week Chloe and Billy discuss the Bafta winners and debate if old films should be edited for new audiences in the wake of the James Bond novel re-writes. The reviews this week are Broker, Nostalgia, Joyland, The Son and of course the cinematic masterpiece that is Cocaine Bear.
A full line-up of streaming treats this week as Billy and Chloe discuss documentaries Fire Of Love, All That Breathes and The Territory alongside Golden Globe winning kitchen drama The Bear and historical romance Eiffel.
A top notch line-up this week as Chloe and Billy discuss Eo and the BIFA winning Blue Jean alongside Women Talking, Knock at the Cabin and Puss in Boots.
Along with the top three reviews of the week, Billy and Chloe also discuss Saint Omer and the incredible documentary Three Minutes: A Lengthening. We also chat about who else deserves a bio-pic!
After diving into the Oscar and Razzie nominations, Billy and Chloe discuss Blonde, Babylon, The Fablemans, Holy Spider, All the Beauty & The Bloodshed and A Man Called Otto.
It's the first episode! Alongside our three main reviews Billy and Chloe also discuss: Enys Men, Nocebo and Till.