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All The Right Movies

All The Right Movies

232 episodes

The story of Hollywood one film at a time. Four creatives. One shared passion: moviemaking magic. Insightful, interesting and very entertaining, John, Luke, Westy and Matt dive into cinema's greatest productions, revealing how it was done, whether it works and why it matters. From golden age to modern classics, we discuss the creativity and analyse the artistry behind the most important films ever, each episode revealing a new layer of Hollywood's story. Join the ATRM Community.

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  1. Braveheart (1995) | The Cutting Room

    · 53 min

    They may take our lives, but they'll never take the historical accuracy. Mainly because there wasn't a great deal of it to take. Mel Gibson's Braveheart (1995) plays gleefully fast and loose with the facts, then went…

  2. The Great Escape (1963) | Ep. 48 - Part 2

    · 1 h 03 min

    The famous jump was actually performed by McQueen's friend and stunt double Bud Ekins, though McQueen did much of the rest of the riding himself. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story, as the escape unfolds and…

  3. The Great Escape (1963) | Ep. 48 - Part 1

    · 1 h 17 min · Explicit

    That motorcycle jump is one of the most famous stunts in film history, and Steve McQueen wanted to do it himself. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of the all-star prisoner-of-war epic. In Part 1 we cover the…

  4. A Life In Movies: Pat Byrne

    · 1 h 10 min

    Connect with ATRM: To support what we do, access our archive and listen to exclusive episodes, become an ATRM patron: Listen on Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on YouTube Twitter/X:…

  5. Apollo 13 (1995) | Ep. 47 - Part 2

    · 59 min

    The hardest part to dramatise was three men doing maths in a freezing metal box, and somehow it's unbearably tense. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up at the white-knuckle re-entry. We dig into the…

  6. Apollo 13 (1995) | Ep. 47 - Part 1

    · 1 h 25 min

    Rather than fake weightlessness, Ron Howard flew his cast and crew on a plane that free-falls toward the earth, over and over, to shoot it for real. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's…

  7. The Blair Witch Project (1999) | Ep. 46 - Part 2

    · 1 h 10 min

    Shot for a tiny sum and sold via one of the first great internet marketing campaigns, it became one of the most profitable films ever made. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story, down to that infamous final shot.…

  8. The Blair Witch Project (1999) | Ep. 46 - Part 1

    · 1 h 08 min · S1 E102 · Explicit

    The marketing was so convincing that some audiences genuinely believed the footage was real and the actors were dead. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of the found-footage phenomenon. In Part 1 we cover the…

  9. A Life In Movies: Michael Rapaport

    · 47 min

    Connect with ATRM: To support what we do, access our archive and listen to exclusive episodes, become an ATRM patron: Listen on Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on YouTube Twitter/X:…

  10. The Warriors (1979) | Ep. 45 - Part 2

    · 58 min

    The film was so associated with real-life violence on release that the studio pulled its advertising, which only fuelled its legend. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story as the Warriors fight their way back to…

  11. The Warriors (1979) | Ep. 45 - Part 1

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E101 · Explicit

    Warriors, come out to play. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of the stylised gang odyssey that turned a long walk across New York into a cult classic.In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Walter Hill,…

  12. Jaws (1975) | Ep. 44 - Part 2

    · 1 h 32 min

    A broken shark turned out to be the best thing that could have happened, teaching a young director that what you don't see is scarier. John, Westy, Matt, and Luke continue the story, boarding the Orca for the hunt. We…

  13. Jaws (1975) | Ep. 44 - Part 1

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E100 · Explicit

    The shark barely worked, the shoot ran wildly over, and the chaos accidentally made the film better. John, Westy, Matt, and Luke begin the story of the first summer blockbuster. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  14. Th Usual Suspects (1996) | The Cutting Room

    · 45 min

    Who is Keyser Söze? Audiences spent 1995 arguing about it, and one famous closing shot has been keeping people guessing ever since. We won't spoil it here. The film is Bryan Singer's twisting neo-noir The Usual…

  15. The Wrestler (2008) | Ep. 43 - Part 2

    · 1 h 00 min

    Aronofsky shot it on a tiny budget with handheld cameras to give it a fly-on-the-wall rawness, a world away from his more stylised work. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story, building to that unforgettable final…

  16. The Wrestler (2008) | Ep. 43 - Part 1

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E99 · Explicit

    It revived Mickey Rourke's career so completely that the line between actor and role all but vanished. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Darren Aronofsky's raw, aching character study.In Part 1 we cover the…

  17. The Social Network (2010) | Ep. 42 - Part 2

    · 1 h 04 min

    The Winklevoss twins were played by one actor and a body double, seamlessly stitched together by effects so good you'd never notice. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story as the partnerships fracture. We dig into…

  18. The Social Network (2010) | Ep. 42 - Part 1

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E98 · Explicit

    A film about people sitting at computers shouldn't be this gripping. David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin made sure it was. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director David…

  19. The Sixth Sense (1999) | Ep. 41 - Part 2

    · 59 min

    The film was such a sleeper hit that word of mouth kept it at number one for weeks, almost unheard of for a horror drama. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story, up to the ending that rewires the whole film. We dig…

  20. The Sixth Sense (1999) | Ep. 41 - Part 1

    · 1 h 20 min · S1 E97 · Explicit

    It has one of the most famous twist endings in cinema, and we're going to be very careful here. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  21. Starship Troopers (1997) | Ep. 40 - Part 2

    · 1 h 04 min

    Verhoeven, who grew up under Nazi occupation, made a film about fascism so straight-faced that critics at the time accused it of the very thing it was mocking. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story as the war turns…

  22. Starship Troopers (1997) | Ep. 40 - Part 1

    · 1 h 12 min · S1 E96 · Explicit

    Would you like to know more? John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of the bug-blasting blockbuster that a lot of people completely misread, and the satire hiding in plain sight. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  23. Carlito's Way (1993) | Ep. 39 - Part 2

    · 55 min

    That station chase is one of the great set pieces De Palma ever staged, and the film's been quietly climbing the ranks of his work ever since. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story. We dig into the crew behind the…

  24. Carlito's Way (1993) | Ep. 39 - Part 1

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E95 · Explicit

    A reformed gangster just wants out, and the world won't let him go. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Brian De Palma and Al Pacino's elegiac crime drama. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Brian De…

  25. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Ep. 38 - Part 2

    · 1 h 02 min

    The film won Oscars for its sound and cinematography precisely because Weir's obsession with authenticity put you on the deck in the middle of the storm. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up as the…

  26. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Ep. 38 - Part 1

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E94 · Explicit

    Peter Weir built a working replica of a 19th-century warship and put his cast to sea on it, because half-measures were never going to cut it. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story.In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  27. Speed (1994) | Ep. 37 - Part 2

    · 55 min

    That bus jump over the unfinished overpass was a real stunt, ramp and all, and it became one of the defining action images of the nineties. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story as the threat moves off the bus and…

  28. Speed (1994) | Ep. 37 - Part 1

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E93 · Explicit

    The pitch is almost stupidly simple: a bus that explodes if it drops below 50mph. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of the lean, mean action machine that made Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock stars. In Part 1 we…

  29. Ex Machina (2014) | Ep. 36 - Part 2

    · 57 min

    The film won an Oscar for visual effects while spending almost nothing, beating the year's biggest spectacles. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, picking up at Ava's quietly chilling endgame. We dig into the…

  30. Ex Machina (2014) | Ep. 36 - Part 1

    · 1 h 14 min · S1 E92 · Explicit

    Alex Garland's directing debut cost a fraction of most blockbusters and is smarter than nearly all of them. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of his chamber-piece masterclass in artificial intelligence. In Part 1…

  31. Hot Fuzz (2007) | Ep. 35 - Part 2

    · 1 h 00 min

    The third act turns a quiet English village into a full-blown action movie, and the gun fu was choreographed with total seriousness. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story. We dig into the crew behind the film — the…

  32. Hot Fuzz (2007) | Ep. 35 - Part 1

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E91 · Explicit

    Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg watched a frankly absurd number of action films as research, and you can feel every one of them in the result. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  33. Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Ep. 34 - Part 2

    · 59 min

    Waltz's performance was so good Tarantino said it saved a film he'd nearly given up on, and it won him an Oscar. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, building to the night at the cinema. We dig into the crew…

  34. Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Ep. 34 - Part 1

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E90 · Explicit

    Quentin Tarantino sat on this script for years, convinced he couldn't crack it, before rewriting history entirely. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of his audacious war fantasy. In Part 1 we cover the film's…

  35. In Bruges | Ep. 33 - Part 2

    · 50 min

    This was McDonagh's first feature, made by a celebrated playwright with no film behind him, and it announced a major screen voice instantly. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story as Ralph Fiennes's Harry arrives.We…

  36. In Bruges | Ep. 33 - Part 1

    · 1 h 04 min

    It's a fairy-tale town, and two hitmen are stuck there hating every minute of it. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Martin McDonagh's pitch-black comedy of guilt and gunmen.In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  37. Die Hard (1988) | Ep. 32 - Part 2

    · 59 min

    Alan Rickman's terrified fall was filmed by genuinely dropping him a beat earlier than he expected, and the reaction is real. John, Westy, and Luke continue the story, picking up at the rooftop showdown. We dig into…

  38. Die Hard (1988) | Ep. 32 - Part 1

    · 1 h 17 min

    Welcome to the party, pal. John, Westy, and Luke begin the story of how a film starring the guy from Moonlighting accidentally rewrote the rulebook for the action movie. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director…

  39. Drive (2011) | Ep. 31 - Part 2

    · 46 min

    The film was sold as an action movie and got someone so annoyed they sued, which tells you exactly how it subverts expectations. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story. We dig into the crew behind the film — the…

  40. Drive (2011) | Ep. 31 - Part 1

    · 1 h 14 min

    A stuntman moonlights as a getaway driver, says almost nothing, and becomes one of the coolest characters of the decade. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Nicolas Winding Refn's neon-soaked thriller. In Part 1…

  41. Casino Royale (2006) | Ep. 30 - Part 2

    · 1 h 06 min

    A Bond film ends not with an explosion but with a broken heart and a famous final line, and it reset the whole franchise. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story. We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay…

  42. Casino Royale (2006) | Ep. 30 - Part 1

    · 1 h 15 min

    How do you reboot the most famous character in cinema when half the audience has already decided your new lead is wrong for the part? John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of how Daniel Craig silenced everyone. In…

  43. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | The Cutting Room

    · 57 min

    Every spaceship, every space station, every convincing bit of weightlessness in cinema owes something to a film made before the technology to do any of it really existed. Stanley Kubrick simply invented what he needed.…

  44. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) | Ep. 29 - Part 2

    · 58 min

    One, two, Freddy's coming for the second half. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story of Craven's nightmare, turning to the people who built it and that wild, debated finale.We dig into the crew behind the film — the…

  45. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) | Ep. 29 - Part 1

    · 1 h 11 min

    Whatever you do, don't fall asleep. Luke, Westy, and Matt begin the story of how Wes Craven took a real-life news story and turned it into one of horror's most enduring nightmares.In Part 1 we cover the film's opening,…

  46. Total Recall (1990) | Ep. 28 - Part 2

    · 1 h 01 min

    The film was one of the most expensive ever made at the time, and its Oscar-winning effects were the cutting edge of what was possible. John, Westy, and Matt continue the story, down to that ambiguous ending. We dig…

  47. Total Recall (1990) | Ep. 28 - Part 1

    · 1 h 05 min

    Get your ass to Mars. John, Westy, and Matt begin the story of Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger's gloriously violent, reality-bending sci-fi blockbuster. In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, director Paul…

  48. The Truman Show (1998) | The Cutting Room

    · 45 min

    Imagine learning that your entire life, every friend, every sunrise, every ordinary day at work, has been a television show beamed to millions. One man is about to, and he has no clue the cameras are rolling. Peter…

  49. 28 Days Later (2002) | Ep. 27 - Part 2

    · 48 min

    The rage hasn't burned out yet. Luke, Westy, and Matt continue the story of Boyle's apocalyptic horror, turning to the people who built it and the brutal final act at the manor.We dig into the crew behind the film —…

  50. 28 Days Later (2002) | Ep. 27 - Part 1

    · 1 h 18 min

    Waking up in hospital, bike messenger Jim enters the eerily empty streets of London, not knowing what has happened in the last 28 days. Finding the only humans alive, Jim and his crew find out that nowhere is safe as…

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