The Love Of Cinema

Supernova with Harry McQueen | Picturehouse

In this shorter episode, host Sam Clements talks on Zoom to writer and director Harry McQueen (Hinterland) about his new film, Supernova. The film stars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, and is in cinemas now. 

It is deep Autumn and Sam and Tusker, partners of twenty years, are on holiday. They are traveling across England in their old campervan visiting friends, family, and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with young-onset dementia two years ago their lives have had to change. Jobs have been given up and plans put on hold. Their time together is now the most important thing they have. As the trip progresses, however, their individual ideas for their future begin to collide. Secrets are uncovered, private plans unravel and their love for each other is tested like never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s irreparable illness.

Ben Wheatley on In The Earth | Picturehouse

In this shorter episode, host Sam Clements talks on Zoom to writer and director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High Rise, A Field In England) about his new film, In The Earth. 

As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through the heart of darkness, the forest coming to life around them. The feature presentation contains several sequences of flashing lights that may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities.

In The Earth is in UK cinemas now. 

A Quiet Place Part II and In The Heights | Picturehouse

After (another) brief hiatus, we're thrilled to bring you a new episode of our podcast; The Love Of Cinema. 

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast goes deep on the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics, plenty of special guests, and you, the audience!

This week, we're joined by guest film critics Rhianna Dhillon and James King to discuss A Quiet Place Part II, Supernova, The Reason I Jump and In The Heights. 

James also talks to The Reason I Jump director Jerry Rothwell. 

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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Maddy Searle. 

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Ira Sachs on Frankie | Picturehouse

We’re back with a mini interview special! Our next full episode of the podcast will return in early June. 

In this shorter episode, host Sam Clements talks on Zoom to writer and director Ira Sachs (Love Is Strange, Little Men, Keep The Lights On) about his new film, Frankie. 

Unfolding over the course of a late summer’s day in the stunningly beautiful Portuguese town of Sintra, the wonderful new film from acclaimed director Ira Sachs follows a family that has gathered for a holiday organised by family matriarch Frankie (Isabelle Huppert). In this fairy tale setting, husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and lovers – all stirred by their romantic impulses – discover both the cracks between them but also unexpected depths of feeling. With an outstanding cast that includes Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier and Greg Kinnear, Frankie delivers a funny and utterly engaging cinematic treat.

Frankie is in UK cinemas now. 

Earwig and the Witch with Gorō Miyazaki | Picturehouse

We’re back with a mini interview special! Our next full episode of the podcast will return in early June. 

In this shorter episode, host Sam Clements talks to Studio Ghibli director Gorō Miyazaki about his latest film Earwig and the Witch. The film is in cinemas across their UK from Friday 28 May. 

Gorō Miyazaki speaks Japanese, so for this podcast you’ll hear him at the beginning of each answer and his translator will come to complete the answer in English.

Magic, mystery, a plucky heroine and her loyal cat: don’t let the shift to CGI fool you, this is a classic Studio Ghibli adventure through and through.

Based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones (author of Howl’s Moving Castle), Earwig is a young orphan growing up and causing mischief in the British countryside, all the while unaware of her mother’s magical past. When she’s adopted by a suspicious, selfish witch and her mysterious partner, Earwig must learn to understand the skills she’s inherited as she makes her way through a spooky world of spells and secrets.

Earwig and the Witch is in UK cinemas now. 

Bill & Ted Face The Music and Tenet | Picturehouse

After a brief hiatus, we're thrilled to bring you a new episode of our podcast; The Love Of Cinema. 

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast goes deep on the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics, plenty of special guests, and you, the audience!

This week, we're joined by film critics Helen O'Hara and Amon Warmann to discuss Bill & Ted Face The Music, Tenet and a host of other titles currently in cinemas.

More information on our Celebrating Chadwick Boseman season, as mentioned in the show. 

Helen O'Hara is Editor-at-large for Empire magazine and a regular contributor to the BBC, Telegraph, The i, Grazia and others. She is co-host of the Empire podcast and an author of two books on film.

Amon Warmann is a regular contributor to Empire Magazine and Talk Sport Radio’s weekly film reviewer. He has also appeared on Sky Cinema and BBC news, and written for Yahoo! Movies, Variety, NME, Daily Mirror, and more. 

Find out more about the Have You Scene This? Podcast .  

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Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. Vive La Cinema!

Cannes Watch At Home | Picturehouse

Podcast host Sam Clements is joined by Picturehouse Joint-managing Director Clare Binns, Director of Programming Carol McKay and Acquisitions Manager Paul Ridd. 

Together the team talk about their experiences of the Cannes Film Festival and discuss the Cannes Watch At Home film line up, a selection of some of the best films that premiered in Cannes that people can now enjoy at home. 

Full line up here: https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/cannes-watch-at-home-movie-season

The line up includes: 

CAPERNAUM
MOONRISE KINGDOM
OSLO AUGUST 31
THE LOBSTER
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
TONI ERDMANN
AMOUR
GIRLHOOD
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
DRIVE

Thank you for listening, and take care. We look forward to seeing you again soon. 

Onward with Dan Scanlon | Picturehouse

Sam Clements talks to director Dan Scanlon about Pixar's newest film, Onward. In cinemas now. 

Set in a suburban fantasy world where dragons are house pets and unicorns are common pests, Pixar’s Onward follows two teenage elf brothers on a quest to spend one last day with their father.

Neither Ian nor Barley Lightfoot (Tom Holland and Chris Pratt) are old enough to remember their dad, who died when they were very young, but the unexpected gift of a wizard’s staff gives them the chance to revive his spirit for 24 hours. After their first attempt at sorcery goes wrong and only resurrects a pair of sentient trousers, Ian and Barley go an adventure across fairy-tale suburbia to complete the spell and fulfil their wish of meeting the father they never knew.

Dark Waters with Todd Haynes | Picturehouse

Sam Clements talks to director Todd Haynes about his new film, Dark Waters. 

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world’s largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything – his future, his family and his own life – to expose the truth. Corporate environmental defence attorney Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) has just made partner at his prestigious Cincinnati law firm, in large part due to his work defending Big Chem companies. Soon he’s contacted by two West Virginia farmers who believe that the local DuPont plant is dumping toxic waste which is destroying their fields and killing their cattle. Hoping to learn the truth, Bilott, with help from his supervising partner in the firm, Tom Terp (Tim Robbins), files a complaint that marks the beginning of an epic 15-year fight – one that will not only test his relationship with his wife, Sarah (Anne Hathaway) but also his reputation, his health and his livelihood.

True History Of The Kelly Gang with George Mackay | Picturehouse

Sam Clements talks to actor George Mackay (1917, Pride) about his new film True History Of The Kelly Gang. In cinemas now. 

Based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Justin Kurzel’s True History Of The Kelly Gang shatters the mythology surrounding Ned Kelly to reveal the essence behind the life of the notorious icon.

Hero to some, outlaw to others, Kelly throws a long shadow over a specific period of Australian history. Spanning his life from his younger years to the time leading up to his death, the film explores the story behind this legendary figure.

Nurtured by the notorious bushranger Harry Power (Russell Crowe) and fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother (Essie Davis), Kelly (George MacKay, 1917) recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot a campaign of anarchy and rebellion that will grip the entire country. Youth and tragedy collide in the Kelly Gang, and at the beating heart of this tale is the fractured and powerful love story between a mother and son.