We begin with a summary of scenes four to twelve of When Harry Met Sally (1989), written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner: Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) have just met through a mutual friend and in this sequence they travel together to New York in a car while getting to know each other. Even though it’s not one scene but a sequence, we’ll treat it as one continuous event.

Rob Reiner's When Harry Met Sally (1989) written by Nora Ephron, is generally considered one of the best romantic comedies of all time. Its opening sequence is something special as it perfectly foreshadows what is to come and sets the stage for the conflict between the two protagonists.

Written by Margit Keerdo. Additions written by Mike Dawson. Presented by Mike Dawson.

Anh Hung Tran is possibly the most schismatic filmmaker working today; the likes of Michael Haneke and Bela Tarr have remained rigidly faithful to the same visual, authorial and directorial principles throughout their careers; the likes of Michael Winterbottom and Hirokazu Koreeda vary their tone and content wildly from film to film - Tran is different. He oscillates between tenderly constructed, gentle female centric relationship dramas and brutally violent, bullishly male centric crime thrillers.

Part Two of Two. Anh Hung Tran is one the greatest directors working today, in this episode of Left Field Cinema we examine his two latest films which move away from Tran's native Vietnam. Starting with cacophonic masterpiece I Come with the Rain (2008) then moving onto his adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood (2010).

Written and presented by Mike Dawson. Additions written by Wilson McLachlan.

Part One of Two. Anh Hung Tran is one the greatest directors working today, in this episode of Left Field Cinema we examine his first three films also known as "The Vietnam Trilogy". Starting with his debut The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), his work improved with the violent crime thriller Cyclo (1995) and he became a master of the medium with At the Height of Summer (2000).

Written and presented by Mike Dawson. Additions written by Wilson McLachlan.

One of the most commercially successful comedies of all time - a break in rule that the bigger the budget the smaller the laughs. Ivan Reitman’s Ghost Busters (1984), a tale of three parapsychologists becoming professional supernatural exterminators in contemporary New York only to be thwarted by an over zealous environment agency bureaucrat and an ancient maniacal spectra known as Goza, achieved its spectacular box office return by appealing to both children and adults alike.

It's a tale of a director and two writers. Director Ivan Reitman wanted to produce a family oriented film, screenwriters Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis appear to be aiming for an older crow. But who won the battle?

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

In 1952 Elia Kazan presented testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. This single event came to define his career. His films from this event and those prior to it, are seen through a prism of political ideology that may or may not have been relevant to each particular piece of work. It is simply impossible to discuss Kazan without drawing reference to this dark chapter in America’s history.

Elia Kazan's testimony before the HUAC in 1952 was the defining event of Kazan's career. From this point on his politics and sense of personal morality have been questioned by many in Hollywood and his actions have never been fully forgiven. But Kazan's films show a far more complex and nuanced sense of politics, sometimes standing in direct opposition to his reputation - particularly in the case of Wild River (1960)

Written by Wilson McLachlan and Mike Dawson. Presented by Mike Dawson.

Part One - Introduction

Over the past seven years, something extraordinary has been happening in Romania. This south-eastern European nation on the Black Sea, which only twenty-two years ago suffered through a bloody revolution ending close to half a century of communist rule; has been swept up by a confluence of like-minded, frighteningly talented and vibrant directors, writers and actors.