Hosted by Picturehouse’s Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast goes deep on the best of the week’s new releases, with a little help from some quality film critics and the filmmakers themselves!
Episodes
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
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Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Sam Clements talks to Josh Safdie, the co-writer and director of Marty Supreme, his fantastic new film which is still playing at Picturehouse Cinemas.
In 1950s New York, Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) is a fast-talking, street-smart optimist, caught in a dead-end job selling shoes in his uncle’s cramped apartment.
But Marty has a plan: to become a champion table tennis player, and to turn the sport into a national phenomenon – and absolutely nothing is going to stop him.
A young man with a dream no one respects, Marty goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
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Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Hope Hopkinson talks to director HIKARI. about her new film, Rental Family, in cinemas now.
Brendan Fraser plays a down-and-out actor living in Tokyo is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.
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Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Sam Clements talks to director Nia DaCosta and actor Erin Kellyman about their new film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, in cinemas now.
Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later - but turning that world on its head - Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell) becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival - the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.
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Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Chloé Zhao and writer Maggie O’Farrell about their new film Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.
From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
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Friday Jan 02, 2026
Friday Jan 02, 2026
Clare Binns talks to filmmaker Ira Sachs about his new film Peter Hujar's Day live on stage at the Duke's at Komedia cinema in Brighton.
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the stunning new film from Ira Sachs, a richly cinematic rendering of the meeting of acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar and writer and artist Linda Rosenkrantz.
Recorded in 1974, Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist's life, capturing a single day's activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day, including Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Susan Sontag, to the texture and energy of downtown New York in its heyday.
Both elegant and intimate — and a dazzling showcase for the two performers at its centre — PETER HUJAR’S DAY is both a masterful portrait of a time and place and a captivating film about the way art emerges from the intimate details of everyday life.
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Friday Jan 02, 2026
Friday Jan 02, 2026
Freda Cooper talks to director Craig Brewer about his new film, Song Sung Blue, in cinemas now.
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
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Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Sam Clements is joined by the Picturehouse Cinemas’ Podcast Squad: Hope Hopkinson, Lucy Fenwick Elliott, Lara Peters, Simon Ragoonanan and Clare Binns.
On this bonus episode the Picturehouse team reflect on the year in cinema and go through the top 10 results of the 2025 Picturehouse Members' favourite film ballot.
Read the full details of the Picturehouse Members' poll here.
Films covered on the show:
10. WEAPONS
9. BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
8. SORRY, BABY
7. THE BRUTALIST
6. A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
5. BUGONIA
4. SINNERS
3. I SWEAR
2. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
1. THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
Check out our previous podcasts here, including interviews with several fillmakers who we cover on today's episode.
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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Laura Samulionyte at Enlit Audio. Recorded in London at Soho Radio.
Listen to more from Sam Clements over at the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Festival Podcast and The Holiday Season Podcast.
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Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Hope Hopkinson talks to filmmaker Joachim Trier about his new film, Sentimental Value.
Two adult sisters navigate their emotional wounds and futures when their absentee father returns following the death of their mother. Trier tackles the journey of his characters with the gentle humour and a lived-in reality we’ve come to expect from his cinema. Featuring sumptuous technical credits and sharp scripting, Trier once again excels in conveying the profound with the lightest of touch.
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning and Anders Danielsen Lie.
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Friday Dec 12, 2025
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Join director Nia DaCosta (Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) as she hosts a career in-conversation session with fellow director Rian Johnson on stage at Picturehouse Central recorded live in front of a sold out audience.
Rian Johnson was in town to premiere his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at the London Film Festival. Whilst in London, he collaborated on a retropsective of his work at Picturehouse Central, showing everything from Brick and Star Wars: The Last Jedi to Knives Out and Glass Onion.
Rian's new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is out now both in cinemas and available to watch at home on Netflix.
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus.
After a seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, eager young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) and local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) join forces with Blanc to unravel a mystery that pushes the boundaries of both faith and reason.
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