The Best Movies Directed by Actors + James McAvoy's CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'

This week on FoF we honour the release of James McAvoy's directorial debut CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' by ranking The Best Movies Directed by Actors. Largely a subjective list of 19, but with some input from you guys from the group chat. Expect mentions of Favreau, Stiller, Gerwig, Wilde and more. Oh, and of course Clint.

I then review CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' and discuss how it's themes of northern aspiration resonate with me.

We also find time to discuss the potential long-term cultural impact of THE DRAMA (review on last week's show) before rounding off with praise for the cast of SNL UK.

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(00:00) Intro

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(00:18) The Top 19 Movies Directed By Actors

(Group Chat)

(List on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/TV2a8)

(03:45) Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)

(04:32) Wuthering Heights (Emerald Fennel)

(05:20) The Town (Ben Affleck)

(07:10) Mid90s (Jonah Hill)

(08:03) The Brutalist (Brady Corbet)

(08:46) Woman of the Hour (Anna Kendrick)

(09:52) BlackBerry (Matt Johnson) - doesn’t count

(10:41) Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham)

(12:21) Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller)

(14:39) A Quiet Place (Jon Krasinski)

(15:57) Iron Man (Jon Favreau)

(17:49) Little Women (Greta Gerwig)

(20:01) Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)

(21:31) A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)

(22:53) Booksmart (Olivia Wilde)

(23:58) Nope (Jordan Peele)

(25:06) Sully (Clint Eastwood)

(26:54) Submarine (Richard Ayoade)

(28:20) Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones)

(30:18) When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner)

Full list on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/TV2a8

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(32:15) The Drama Box Office & Future

(34:15) CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' Review (Letterboxd)

(45:52) SNL UK

(48:05) Coming Up