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The Savage Beast podcast is hosted by comic artist Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die) and musician Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage).

Each themed episode looks at cult films, B-movies, beloved genre favourites and weird, outlier cinema, and considers the visceral pleasures of them through a critical, aesthetic lens.

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The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).

The Savage Beast, Season 2, no.6: Building a Better Batman

In this latest episode we take a look at the Batman films of Christopher Nolan, incluidng:

Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).

The Savage Beast, Season 2, no.6: Building a Better Batman

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Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)