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
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Sam Clements talks to director Michael Cumming (Toast Of Tinseltown, King Rocker, Brass Eye) about his film Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes, which is currently on tour across Picturehouse Cinemas (and a few others!) in February - April 2022.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Brass Eye, a rare opportunity to see this cult film, which will only ever be screened at these live events.
Made from hundreds of hours of unseen and behind the scenes footage from his personal archive, Michael Cumming’s film shares insights into the process of making the legendary TV series Brass Eye. Michael directed the series and both pilots and, over a two-year period, witnessed the highs and lows from a very personal perspective. Oxide Ghosts carries the blessing of Chris Morris and provides a unique glimpse of his extraordinary working practices.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
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 month we're joined by guest film critics Cathy Cullen (The Cinemile) and Tom Salinsky (Best Pick Pod) to discuss Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II, animated documentary Flee, Japanese anthology film Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy and The Duke starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.
We’re also joined by The Souvenir Part II star Honor Swinton Byrne to talk about making the highly anticipated follow up to The Souvenir. Plus, film critic Katie Smith Wong talks to legendary animation director Mamoru Hosoda, about his brand new theatrical feature, Belle.
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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Maddy Searle.
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Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Film critic Amon Warmann interviews Pedro Almodóvar about his new film, Parallel Mothers, in cinemas now.
Special thanks to Anna Bogutskaya for translating during the interview.
When two mothers, Janis (Penelope Cruz, Pain and Glory and Murder on the Orient Express) and Ana (Milena Smit), give birth on the same day, a close link develops between the two of them. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatised. Janis tries to encourage her while they move through the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in those hours becomes the foundation of a complex relationship that will change their lives.
A favourite subject of director Pedro Almodovar (Pain and Glory, Volver), the imperfect mothers of Parallel Mothers form a diverse and authentic family in our modern times.
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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Ben Williams at Rokkwood Audio.
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Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Felicity Beckett talks to director Sonita Gale about her new film, Hostile.
Hostile is a feature-length documentary focusing on the UK’s complicated relationship with its migrant communities. Told through the stories of four participants from Black and Asian backgrounds, the film focuses on the impact of the evolving ‘hostile environment’ policies that target migrants. The film explores how the lives of international students, members of the Windrush generation, and ‘Highly-Skilled Migrants’ have been affected. What does it mean to be British? What does it feel like to be told you don’t belong? With Brexit, the Points Based Immigration System and the Borders and Nationality Bill taking effect, the film asks: once the ‘hostile environment’ has targeted all migrants, who will it extend to next? This film seeks to hear these voices and inspire viewers to take action to create long-term change.
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Felicity Beckett talks to director Kenneth Branagh about his new film, Belfast.
Adapted from memories of growing up in 1960s Ireland, Kenneth Branagh’s heartwarming, crowd-pleasing Belfast follows young Buddy (Jude Hill) and his loving family (Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, and more) who find themselves living in a world suddenly turned upside down. But despite the family’s struggles, joy, laughter, music and the formative magic of the movies remain.
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Felicity Beckett talks to Andrea Arnold, on Zoom, about her new film Cow.
Director Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank) steps into the realm of documentary with Cow, a portrait of life on a dairy farm – and one cow whose journey she follows for several years. Luma’s day-to-day is captured almost from her perspective, following her through the calving process, the rearing of animals, intensive milking sessions, an all-too-brief grazing period and, eventually, the inevitable, dreaded end – all captured by Arnold’s deeply empathetic, unwavering gaze.
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Felicity Beckett talks to director Will Sharpe about his new film, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.
After his father's death, Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game) is left alone to look after his five sisters and his mother.
Three things set him on a more colourful path: he’s offered a job as an illustrator by a prestigious magazine editor, he meets and falls in love with his sisters’ new governess (Claire Foy), and the pair of them adopt a stray cat they name Peter, whose presence inspires him to take a new and extraordinary artistic turn.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Film critic Hanna Flint talks to legendary director Paul Thomas Anderson about his new film, Licorice Pizza. In UK cinemas now!
California’s San Fernando Valley, 1973. Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is a precocious high schooler and child star who meets - and is immediately besotted with - Alana (Alana Haim), a twenty-something photographer’s assistant trying desperately to find herself.
The two of them form an unlikely bond, and soon begin running around the Valley together taking part in Gary’s many haphazard schemes.
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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Maddy Searle.
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Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Felicity Beckett talks to writer-director Julia Ducournau about her Palme D’Or winning movie, Titane. In cinemas now.
A series of brutal, unexplained murders sweep a region of France. A car show dancer with a titanium plate fitted into her head nurtures a dark fixation. A young man with a bruised face is discovered in an airport, claiming to be a child who disappeared ten years ago.
Forged in blood, sweat and oil, how all three things intersect is the story of Titane, the Palme D’Or-winning from Raw director Julia Ducournau.
Listen to our review of Titane on the December edition of The Love Of Cinema.
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Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
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!
On this bonus episode the Picturehouse team reflect on 2021 and go through some highlights from the year in cinema.
Sam is joined by Picturehouse Cinemas’ Joint Managing Director Clare Binns, Director of Programming Carol McKay and Director of Operations Jon Perry to discuss some of the best (and worst) films from the year.
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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Maddy Searle.
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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