Frank Film Club with Maisie Williams

Big BAFTA chats 2025

We're in the thick of awards season and as always, we're far more interested in seeing the industry newcomers getting their flowers. In this episode, which is turning int

Heathers: Live Podcast at the London Podcast Festival

It’s Winona season and we’re BACK with a special episode recorded in the company of a delightful audience in London. Yes it’s time we released to the world… our thoughts

The Parent Trap: in awe of Lindsay, Nancy Meyers and Meredith Blake

Ending the season on a magical high chosen by the listeners. The more we get into this episode the more magic we realise The Parent Trap (1998) is. After we’ve addressed

Polite Society: the biggest surprise of the year

For film club this week we’re watching Polite Society, last year’s British martial artsaction comedy film from debut feature filmmaker Nida Manzoor.  The setup sees Ria,

Jennifer’s Body: butchered by the marketing campaign

Mean Girls meets Scream? This week we passionately and lovingly rant about the cult classic, Jennifers Body (2009). Turns out back in 2009, the film industry execs, aka t

How To Have Sex: lead actor & BAFTA Rising Star Mia McKenna-Bruce joins us!

We lure the amazing Mia McKenna-Bruce to our studio to discuss our fave film of last year: How To Have Sex. She stars as the central character of Tara in this stunning fi

Femme: how this gobsmacking neo-noir revenge thriller got made

Wear an extra pair of socks because this film will knock them right off. This week we discuss Femme, the Neo-noir thriller and debut feature from directing duo Sam H. Fre

Maestro: getting onscreen ageing so wrong and so right

This week we watch Maestro, a film where Bradley Cooper convincingly ages before your eyes across four decades. We address his biographical film about American conductor

The Holdovers: a masterclass in casting and dialogue

This week we watch The Holdovers to finally see what all the awards fuss was all about. A film that has so much heart, it follows Paul Giamatti as an unlikeable teacher a

The Zone of Interest: when the credits roll and the shame washes over you

Talking about Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz-set film The Zone of Interest this week was both really hard and in many ways very easy. Easy because it’s a masterclass in soun

Nyad: our most divisive film yet

For two of us, this film was deeply inspiring. For one of us, this film was simply not it. Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama about swimmer Diana Nyad’s at

Challengers: Live Podcast at Everyman Cinema

We visited you lovely lot in Everyman Bristol to watch the sweatiest film of recent years- Challengers (2024)- and record a live podcast with you all. We discuss love tri

May December: A film that gave us a morality crisis

Never have we done such a 180 whilst recording an episode. Directed by Todd Haynes, we agreed May December is a gripping and technically brilliant film. By the end of the

The Iron Claw: the crazy truth, the shattered masculinity and the triumph of Zac Efron

We buckled ourselves down for a film about shattered masculinity (one of Han's favourite genres) and came away wholly impressed, but conflicted. Why didn't it make most o

Mean Girls: The OG vs the musical

On Wednesdays, we wear pink drop episodes. This week we delve into the MGU (the Mean Girls Universe), and discuss the recent Mean Girls musical adaptation alongside the

All Of Us Strangers had all of us crying

This week on film club we're discussing this beautiful, perfectly executed and unexpected ghost story from Andrew Haigh. Lead actor Andrew Scott is perfection, Paul Mesca

Priscilla: Sofia Coppola was the perfect person to make this

For this week's episode we're not going to beat around the bush; we really loved Sofia Coppola's Priscilla (2023) and if you listen you’ll find out why. The film follows

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: chosen by our listeners to rip our hearts out all over again

This week our film was chosen by YOU lovely listeners. We asked for an iconic 90s or 00s film and you really delivered. The cult classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless

Wonka: no one's favourite Willy but a pleasant surprise

An episode Maisie was dreading… until she actually watched the film. And, well, we couldn't dislike it if we tried. Turns out acting royalty and Harry Potter's production

Past Lives: the phenomenal debut from Celine Song and the tearjerker we needed

Will they/won't they?? Should they/shouldn't they?? This week we discuss Celine Song's phenomenal debut, Past Lives. In a world of explosive franchises comes a quiet orig