Love them or hate them, Miramax films dominated the scene in the 1990s. Led by the mini-mogul Harvey Weinstein, Miramax titles muscled in on the Oscars and gave independent movies a chance alongside the might of the Hollywood studios.

Miramax are releasing 75 titles in their back catalogue on DVD. At Film Weekly, we’re giving away two sets of three titles, including ones by Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith. Just listen to the show to find out how to enter and win.

Meanwhile, let me know the Miramax title you love and the one you hate. From Pulp Fiction to Life is Beautiful, from City of God to Scary Movie 3 and one of my favourite movie titles of all time: Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood - shame about the film. Did you like The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love or did they send you screaming to Clerks?

Hollywood chronicler Peter Biskind joins me to discuss Miramax and I also meet Ben Affleck on this show. In Good Will Hunting, Clerks and Shakespeare in Love, he appeared in more Miramax movies than most, but now he’s continuing a career revival by directing his first film, Gone Baby Gone. It’s a decent effort for a first film, with a nice performance from little brother Casey. Ben talks about his influences, how he learned to direct and working in his native Boston.

I also catch up with French critic Agnes Poirier to find out how France received the news of its first Palme d’Or triumph in 21 years with Laurent Cantet’s magnificent film, Entre Les Murs, or The Class, as it will be known on English release.

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