Don’t You Want Me? – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

For this episode we’re clambering onto our car tops for 2016’s Damien Chazelle movie musical La La Land. This film about found and lost Hollywood dreams held the 2017 Best Film Academy Award for about thirty seconds, before missing out to the Barry Jenkins-directed Moonlight. That’s show business. And we have our own star joining us this evening to chat about the connection between Mia and Sebastian, it’s podcaster, all-round cinephile and La La Land superfan Amelie Thomas.

You can follow Amelie on Instagram ⁠here⁠.

Recorded in July 2024. 

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠⁠⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

Today we’re anchoring the news with 1987’s James L. Brooks romantic comedy drama Broadcast News. Holly Hunter must negotiate a dubious situationship with William Hurt alongside an agenda-heavy friendship with Albert Brooks, all in a highly stressful work environment steeped in perspiration and shoulder pads. Joining us today to dig into this love triangle is somewhat of an expert in journalism and broadcasting, it’s writer, editor and podcaster John Brewin.

You can follow John on X here.

Recorded in November 2023. 

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠⁠⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this episode, we’re making dreams come true with 2009’s era-defining 500 Days of Summer, directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. A critically acclaimed film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, it is unquestionably a project that has retrospectively divided opinion and we’re determined to find out why. Bung some Feist on the stereo, zip up that hoodie and pull up a bar stool. If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving us a rating or a review on your podcast app of choice. We’ll send you a greeting card containing a heartfelt line or two. If a double decker bus crashes into us… you know the rest.

If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving us a rating or a review on your podcast app of choice, as it really helps us spread the word.

Recorded in March 2023. (Apologies for the slightly off sound, tech gremlins)

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this irresistible, inexpensive, pink episode, we’re clutching our cigarette cases and climbing aboard the ocean liner with 1957’s An Affair to Remember. Directed by Leo McCarey and written by him along with Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, this was a remake of McCarey’s 1939 movie Love Affair. The tale was revived yet again in 1994 by director Glenn Gordon Caron when Warren Beatty and Annette Bening took the lead roles. But tonight we’ll be focusing on what happened when Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr were put centre stage as Nickie and Terry, creating the ultimate fizzy cocktail and leading audience members through the years to surreptitiously wipe a few tears on the sleeves of their polyester cardis. What is it about this mix of adultery and PR for the Empire State Building that makes us dewy-eyed? Let’s find out. I promise not to sing.

If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving us a rating or a review on your podcast app of choice, as it re ally helps us spread the word. The pink champagne’s on us.

Recorded in January 2023.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this episode, we’re heading out into the blizzard with 1993’s comedy Groundhog Day. Written by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, who also directed the film, this large squirrel vehicle was a critical and commercial success and thirty years on from its original release it still stands as one of the most frequently-referenced romantic comedies. Are we all kept from grabbing what we really want due to being trapped in our own personal Groundhog loops? And what is it about the snowballs that fly between Rita and Phil that resonate with so many of us?

Recorded in January 2023.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Follow Don't You Want Me on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DYWMpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dywmpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this episode, we’re whipping up some Christmas fettuccine with 2006’s The Holiday, written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Twinkling with a cast of A-listers and boasting a very popular Hans Zimmer score, over the last decade or so The Holiday has been slowly but surely nudging Richard Curtis’s Love Actually out of top position as the 21st century’s most revisited mistletoe comedy. What is it about this combination of mini marshmallows, eyelid snogs and nods to old Hollywood that gets us feeling fuzzy in December? Let’s pop some napkins on our heads and discuss. If you enjoy this episode please consider leaving us a nice rating or a corny review on your podcast app of choice. We like corny. We want corny in our life….. And we have a very special guest joining us for this cashmere edition, it’s the host of the 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest podcast as well as The Holiday Season, a podcast dedicated to this very film we’re covering tonight! It’s movie expert and Nancy Meyers’ head cheerleader, Sam Clements.

You can follow Sam on X here and find his podcasts 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest here and The Holiday Season here.

Recorded in November 2022.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠⁠)

Follow Don't You Want Me on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@DYWMpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@dywmpodcast⁠⁠⁠

Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this special football crazy episode, we’re camping outside the Arsenal Stadium with 1997’s Fever Pitch, written by Nick Hornby and directed by David Evans. We covered Stephen Frears’ High Fidelity - also based on a Nick Hornby book - in the first series of this podcast, so if you enjoy this episode do go and catch that one too and perhaps consider leaving us a rating and a review - we’ll owe you a pint. How can a person’s obsession with the great game affect their romantic relationships? And why is it that adults aren't supposed to go mad about anything? Let’s find out. We’ll try not to get too sweary and loud.

(If you haven't seen the movie, you can watch it on YouTube here.

Recorded in August 2022.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠)

Follow Don't You Want Me on X ⁠⁠⁠@DYWMpodcast⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@dywmpodcast⁠⁠

Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this episode, we’re hopping into a lift with one of the highest-grossing films of 1987, Fatal Attraction. This was directed by Adrian Lyne and written by fellow Brit James Dearden, based on a short film he’d made in 1980 called Diversion. At the Academy Awards in 1988, the movie received six nominations and remains one of the most talked-about Hollywood blockbusters ever made. What is it about this erotic thriller that continues to seep into the public consciousness like a slow dripping tap? We’re going to try and find out. If you enjoy this episode please consider leaving us a rating or a review on your podcast app of choice. We’ll owe you a tub of Haagen-Dazs.

Recorded in September 2022.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠)

Follow Don't You Want Me on X ⁠⁠⁠@DYWMpodcast⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@dywmpodcast⁠⁠

Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this episode, we’re striding through the waves with 1969’s James Bond movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, based on the 1963 novel by Ian Fleming and directed by Peter Hunt. With a script written by Richard Maibaum, this film was George Lazenby’s only appearance as Bond, following on from Sean Connery stepping away from the role. Tonight we’ll be exploring the relationship between James and Tracy. Does their connection have a lot of guts? Or is it just a temporary measure to keep the caviar cool? If you enjoy this episode please consider leaving us a rating or review on your podcast app of choice. Don’t let us pine away without even a postcard.

Recorded in July 2022.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠)

Follow Don't You Want Me on X ⁠⁠⁠@DYWMpodcast⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@dywmpodcast⁠⁠

Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. 

In this episode, we’re avoiding a couples’ massage with 2013’s Before Midnight, starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke and directed by Richard Linklater. With a script written by the director with the films’ two lead actors, this movie completes the critically-acclaimed Before trilogy. Are Jesse and Celine just like any other married couple after all, or do they stand as a time-travelling Romeo and Juliet. If you enjoy this episode please consider leaving us a rating or review on your podcast app of choice. We’ll pop some Greek salad in the post.

Recorded in June 2022.

Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson

Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram ⁠⁠@paulmdabbott⁠⁠)

Design by NOAKE (on Instagram ⁠⁠@n_o_a_k_e⁠⁠)

Follow Don't You Want Me on X ⁠⁠⁠@DYWMpodcast⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@dywmpodcast⁠⁠

Rich can be found on X ⁠⁠@fantana275⁠⁠

Cat can be found on X ⁠⁠@KittyCostanza⁠