Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This time, James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta.
Accosted by “finger men” for breaking curfew, Evey Hammond is rescued by a mysterious stranger who only introduces himself as “V.” As Evey finds herself drawn deeper into the world of this violent vaudevillian figure and as she discovers more and more of his plot to topple the country’s totalitarian regime, Evey finds herself wonder whether this masked figure is a vigilante or villain.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 153rd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show notes:
- Recorded 13th January 2019.
- V for Vendetta at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- Jonathan Ross at the BBC reviews V for Vendetta, March 2006.
- Christopher Orr at The Atlantic on V for Vendetta, August 2006.
- Roger Ebert reviews V for Vendetta at The Chicago-Sun Times, March 2006.
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- Scott Meslow at GQ on how V for Vendetta holds up more than a decade after release, January 2018.
- David Fincher talks to Variety about his daughter’s friend Max, whose favourite movie was Fight Club, July 2014.
- V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd talks to Comics Alliance about the work’s association with Anonymous, August 2011.
- V for Vendetta author Alan Moore talks to The Verge about the use of the comic’s iconography in modern protest movements, February 2012.
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- Geoff Boucher at The Los Angeles Times on the troubled production of V for Vendetta, including the release delays down to the July 7th bombings, August 2005.
- John Hiscock at The Telegraph on the controversies around V for Vendetta, March 2006.
- The Associated Press on the decision to keep footage of terrorist attacks on London in V for Vendetta, October 2005.
- The Guardian on the controversy around the involvement of Tony Blair’s son in the production of V for Vendetta, March 2006.
- David Itzkoff at The New York Times on Alan Moore’s strong feelings towards the adaptation of V for Vendetta, March 2006.
- Shaun Manning at Comic Book Resources charts Alan Moore’s frought relationship with DC Comics, November 2017.
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- Joseph Bernstein at Buzzfeed on the extreme right’s roots in internet counter-culture, December 2015.
- John Herrman at The New York Times on the extreme right positioning itself as a counter-culture, June 2017.
- McKay Coppins at The Atlantic on Stephen Miller’s argument that the modern right is a radical counter-cultural movement, May 2018.
- Scott Lucas at Politico on how California gave America Trumpism, April 2017.
- John Fea at The Washington Post on the awkward relationship between Trump and evangelical Christians, April 2019.
- Itay Hod at The Wrap on Donald Trump as the first President of the United States to have starred in (three) porn films, June 2018.
- Phil Torres at Salon on the relationship between the “new atheist” movement and the alt-right, July 2017.
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- Ian Bremmer at Time on the ascent of the European far right, September 2018.
- Ryan Broderick at Buzzfeed on how the internet radicalised the world, October 2018.
- Natalie Nougayrède at The Guardian on the chaos unfolding in France, and the danger it poses beyond, December 2018.
- Julian Borger at The Guardian on the disaster planning during the London Olympics, July 2012.
- Lucy Carne at news.com.au on fears of a terror attack during the London Olympics, July 2012.
- Jon Evans at Tech Crunch on marking one’s self as “safe” on Facebook, February 2019.
- Jacob Kastrenakes at The Verge on Facebook setting up a tab for safety checking, August 2017.
- Tim Burrows at The Guardian on how Facebook is perpetuating a climate of fear with its safety check, December 2017.
- J. Lester Feder and Edgar Mannheimer at Buzzfeed on the evolution of the alt-right in Sweden, May 2017.
- Omar Chabra at The Nation on the roots of Islamophobia on the political left, October 2014.
- Melissa Leon at The Daily Beast on Islamophobia between Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins, October 2015.
- Patrick Sawer at The Telegraph on Jeremy Clarkson punching his Irish producer, March 2015.
- Fintan O’Toole at The Guardian on Britain’s disinterest in Northern Ireland, October 2018.
- Sean Murray at The Journal on what happens when British people are asked to draw the Irish border, November 2017.
- Laura Larkin and John Downing at The Irish Independent on Priti Patel’s threat to starve Ireland, December 2018.
- Fintan O’Toole at The Irish Times on Britain’s long-standing misunderstanding of Irish history, January 2019.
- Alan Moore talks to The Beat about his issues with the politics of the cinematic adaptation of V for Vendetta, March 2006.
- William Launder at Columbia News Service on the anarchist protests against V for Vendetta, May 2006.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido at Tor.com on V for Vendetta as a critique of American conservatism, August 2018.
- John Patterson at The Guardian on the explosion of anti-Bush pop culture around the time of the release of V for Vendetta, March 2006.
- Alan Moore talks to The Londonist about his issues with the creeping Americanisms of the V for Vendetta adaptation, May 2005.
- Dara Lind at Vox on the use of violence against Trumpism, May 2016.
- Tauriq Moosa at The Guardian on the ethics of punching Nazis, January 2017.
- Mason Segall at Comic Book Resources on fifteen facts about the production of V for Vendetta, November 2017.
- Hugo Weaving talks to Comic Book Resources about making V for Vendetta, February 2006.
- Emily Asher-Perrin at Tor.com on transgender themes in V for Vendetta, June 2016.
- Forrest Wickman at Slate on the use of the Guy Fawkes mask as a metaphor for the closet, December 2011.
- E.A. Lockhart at The Huffington Post on The Matrix as a transgender film, June 2016.
- Alice Vincent at The Telegraph on the legacy of “Sachsgate”, December 2016.
- Dayla Alberge at The Guardian on the hidden homosexuality of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, June 2018.
- Samantha Riedel at Them on the origins of V for Vendetta in Alan Moore’s pitch for a film about a transsexual terrorist, November 2018.
- Stephen Rea talks to SuperHeroHype about working on V for Vendetta, October 2005.
- Alexis C. Madrigal on The Atlantic on why conspiracy theory videos go viral on YouTube, February 2019.
- Sam Adams at IndieWire on “go-to Simpsons quotes”, November 2013.
- Shaun Ponsonby at Getintothis argues that The Simpsons has had an effect on pop culture comparable to Shakespeare, April 2015.
- Michael Tesler at NBC News argues that Trump just brought to the fore previously hidden currents in American culture, October 2018.
- Sebastian Junger talks to Vox about the risks of social fragmentation, October 2016.
- Nick Bilton at The New York Times on how Time Warner profits from the sale of the Guy Fawkes masks, August 2011.
- Jane Coaston at Vox on Tucker Carlson’s questioning of the free market, January 2019.
- The Weeds dives into the political right’s debate over economic populism, January 2019.
- Jane Mayer at The New Yorker on how Fox News took over the White House, March 2019.
- Emily Stewart at Vox on how Wall Street embraced Trump, January 2018.
- Scott Gamm at The Street on Wall Street’s love affair with Donald Trump, March 2017.
- Emily Stewart at Vox on Wall Steet’s anxiety about the progressive left, February 2019.
- Natalie Portman talks about being sexualised after starring in Léon: The Professional at the age of thirteen at NME, January 2018.
- Marlowe Stern at The Daily Beast on Luc Besson’s affair with a teenager during the production of Léon: The Professional, May 2018.
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