What’s better than watching a sports movie? Watching three sports movies! Game Film is a podcast devoted to reviewing sports movies – one troika at a time.
Bi-weekly, hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris review (and, in many cases, re-view) three films of all sorts. We’ll talk classics going back to the 1920s and contemporary flicks from the 2020s; well-known classics and nearly unknown gems; dramas, documentaries, love stories, and comedies; films of fandom and of playing the game … and all about some aspect of the games we love.
Looking for a great sports movie trilogy to binge? Game Film’s got the recommendations….
For more by Aron Harris, check out The Football Odyssey podcast. Os Davis also hosts/produces the SHN podcast Truly The GOATs.
In this episode, Game Film reviews three films based in the fastest-moving sports of them all, namely auto racing. Hosts Aron Harris and Os Davis take a look at three good ones: • Le Mans (1971) – Steve McQueen stars in this high-action, low-dialogue vehicle (so to speak) centered on the events during one run...
Gods help us: In this episode, Game Film focuses on the incredible Hollywood sub-genre of movies about animals playing football – professional, college and high school (we think). Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Gus (1976) – NFL laughingstocks the California Atoms employ the services of a Yugoslavian mule on...
This episode, Game Film focuses on movies about professional wrestling. Hosts Aron Harris and Os Davis take a look at: • Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) – The Rod Serling-scripted, star-studded (Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris and a cameo by Muhammad Ali) production of a washed-up boxer; • The Wrestler (2008) –...
In this episode, Game Film focuses on movies about the Olympic Games. Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Chariots of Fire (1980) – The Oscar-winning film about a pair of athletes on Britain’s track-and-field team at the 1924 Games; • Miracle (2004) – the motion picture retelling of the plucky...
This episode, the sport of choice on Game Film is billiards. Hosts Aron Harris and Os Davis take a look at: • The Hustler (1961) – This noir pool hall Academy Awards-dominating film features an all-star cast including Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie and Jackie Gleason – also gritty locations, taut dialogue and...
Baseball is the sport of choice on this episode of Game Film. Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Eight Men Out (1995) – Director John Sayles deploys a star-studded ensemble cast to depict the story of the “Black Sox” scandal during the 1919 World Series; • The Glory of their...