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 ab…

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 frie…

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 breaking your mama’s heart with 2023’s documentary film WHAM! directed by Chris Smith. This movie marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Wham’s debut album Fantastic an…

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. Tonight we’ll be going down the plastic slide with Greta Gerwig’s 2023 smash hit comedy caper Barbie. Written with Noah Baumbach, creator of 2019’s Marriage Story, this film sees director Greta Ger…

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. Tonight we’ll be having a kickabout with the 1980 coming-of-age romantic comedy Gregory’s Girl. Directed and written by Bill Forsyth, this is a film with a small budget and a huge legacy. How does …

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 drinking the potion with 1992’s Robert Zemeckis comic horror extravaganza Death Becomes Her, written by Martin Donovan and David Koepp. Bruce Willis is being fought over by Meryl Streep…

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 tucking into some haggis with 1993’s cult comedy classic So I Married an Axe Murderer, directed by Thomas Schlamme. Mike Myers plays a commitment-phobic chap - a recurring theme on this…

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 tying up our white ties and brushing off our tails with 1935’s screwball comedy TOP HAT, directed by Mark Sandrich. With a screenplay written by Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor…

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 bolting across the galaxy with 1980’s little-known arthouse obscurity The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner with a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kas…

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 music with 1994’s Corrina, Corrina, written and directed by Jessie Nelson. This was Nelson’s first film, before going on to write and direct I Am Sam in 2002 and also …

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 ac…

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 getting lovey dovey in spectacularly scatty fashion with 1993’s Sleepless in Seattle, written and directed by Nora Ephron. This was the second film that Meg Ryan and Tom Hank…

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 hi…

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 critica…

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 …

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 squeezing into some corduroy flares with 2016’s buddy comedy The Nice Guys, directed by Shane Black and co-written with Anthony Bagarozzi. As the unofficial king of action mo…

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 Fideli…

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 sh…

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 writ…

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 th…

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 wandering into a Parisian bookshop with 2004’s Before Sunset, starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke and directed by Richard Linklater. With a script developed by the director …

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 wandering through the streets of Vienna with Richard Linklater’s 1995 film Before Sunrise, starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Written by the director with Kim Krizan, who …

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 galloping in to spy on 1994’s huge Arnie vehicle True Lies. Written and directed by a little-known chap named James Cameron, this movie was based on the French 1991 French co…

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 walking down the aisle with 1971’s A New Leaf, written and directed by Elaine May. Based on a short story by American writer Jack Richie, this movie was May’s directorial deb…

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 sitting down to a game of Scrabble with 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It. Written and directed by Spike Lee, this was his first feature-length film to be released and in 2017, Lee …

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 freeloading rosemary flatbread paninis with 2009’s bass-slapping bromance I LOVE YOU, MAN. Directed and co-written by John Hamburg - who had had huge success penning the scri…

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 hopelessly devoted to 1978’s not-so shy and retiring musical GREASE, directed by Randal Kleiser. With a screenplay by Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr and based on the stage sho…

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 jumping on a bus with Frank Capra’s 1934 romantic comedy It Happened One Night, written by Robert Riskin. Lead by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, the latter being paid sev…

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 sweating into our jeans with 1986’s TOP GUN. Piloted by English director Tony Scott, who went on to have huge success with films such as True Romance and Enemy of the State, …

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 uploading the Spike Jonze 2013 movie HER and exploring the relationship between Theodore and his operating system Samantha. Among other prestigious accolades, this movie won …

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 speeding over the sand dunes with Alan Trustman’s 1968 heist caper The Thomas Crown Affair. Directed by Norman Jewison the year after the release of his Sidney Poitier master…

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 rushing to the platform to catch 1998’s frequently referenced Sliding Doors. The first film written and directed by Peter Howitt, who had become a familiar face in Britain as…

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 unusually vulnerable Valentine’s Day episode, we’re exploring Michel Gondry’s 2004 critically acclaimed romantic drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Written by Charlie Kaufman, who…

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 Valentine’s Day episode, we’re tickled lavender to be talking about P.J Hogan’s romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding, one of the most successful films of 1997. With a screenplay…

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. We have a handful of festive bonus editions this year focusing on four tinsel-covered films, one chosen by Rich, one by Cat, one by the folk at Santa’s workshop (i.e Twitter) and this gem, chosen b…

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 talking about Billy Wilder’s 1960 comedy drama The Apartment. Inspired by Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter, the film was nominated for ten Oscars and won five, though the subjec…

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. *This is the second of four Christmas bonus episodes for Christmas 2021 - series two coming in 2022!* In this episode we’re going to be the fly in the ointment, the monkey in the wrench, the pain i…

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. *This is the first of four Christmas bonus episodes for Christmas 2021 - series two coming in 2022!* In this episode we’re talking about the most divisive film of the 21st century, Richard Curtis’ …

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 talking about 1961’s West Side Story, which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won ten, making it still the all-time most successful musical at the Oscars. Based on Shak…

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 talking about High Fidelity from the year 2000 - the film adaptation of Nick Hornby’s wildly popular novel of the same name that came out five years before. The relationship …

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 talking about Reginald Hudlin’s 1992 movie Boomerang. With a story by Eddie Murphy and a screenplay by Saturday Night Live writers Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, thi…

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 talking about the haunting 2011 drama Drive, directed by Nicholas Winding Refn. With a screenplay by Hossein Amini and based on the novel by James Sallis, this won Refn the B…

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 talking about the hugely influential and gigantic box office hit The Graduate from 1967, directed by Mike Nichols with a screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based…

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 talking about Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 hit Point Break. With a screenplay by W. Peter Iliff and giving Keanu Reeves his first-ever role in an action film, Point Break has been …

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 talking about David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada from the year 2006. With a screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel rumoured to be ba…

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 talking about Richard Donner’s Superman from the year 1978. With a screenplay by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton; based on the DC Comics character c…

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 talking about Roger Michell’s Notting Hill from the year 1999. Written by Richard Curtis and hotly anticipated after the monster smash Hugh Grant star vehicle that was Four W…

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 first episode, Rich and Cat are talking about the fizzing central relationship in Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale from the year 2006. With a screenplay by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul …

DON'T YOU WANT ME? Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson take a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film. Series one includes ten episodes, starting with Casino Royale (2006). Future episodes to feature West Side Story (1961), Superman (1978), Point Break (1991) and more. ====================================…