The Love Of Cinema

Felicity Beckett is joined by BAFTA-nominated director Audrey Diwan to discuss her her film, Happening. 

France, 1963, Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her pregnancy progressing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so. Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Happening is the critically acclaimed new film from BAFTA-nominated director Audrey Diwan.

Anna Bogutskaya hosts a live Q&A with Ruth Wilson and Harry Wootliff about their new film, True Things. 

Bored by the daily tedium of her office job, Kate (Ruth Wilson) is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger (Tom Burke) awakens her.

High on infatuation and the exhilaration of this new relationship, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to this mysterious new man. Hoping he will provide the escape she so desperately desires, she embarks on an emotionally dangerous journey that slowly begins to consume her.

Felicity Beckett speaks to the cast of Operation Mincemeat about their new film. 

1943. The Allied forces are determined to launch an all-out assault on Fortress Europe. Two intelligence officers (Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen) have a plan so bizarre it might just work: disguise the body of a recently-deceased man, equip it with misleading papers, then drop it off the coast of Spain where Nazi spies would take the bait.

Felicity Beckett talks to writer-director Robert Eggers about The Northman, along with the films star Alexander Skarsgård. 

From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.

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 Sarah Cook and Charlotte Harrison to discuss Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore, starring Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne and Mads Mikkelsen, Audrey Diwan’s BAFTA-nominated film Happening and True Things starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke.

We’re also joined by actor and producer Ruth Wilson to talk about her work on True Things, interviewed by Ella Kemp. 

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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Maddy Searle. 

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Felicity Beckett talks to co-directors and producers Betsy West and Julie Cohen, about their new film Julia. 

This is a documentary that chronicles the life of Julia Child.

Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women.

Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

Film critic Ella Kemp talks to True Things star and producer, Ruth Wilson, about her new film.

Bored by the daily tedium of her office job, Kate (Ruth Wilson) is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger (Tom Burke) awakens her.

High on infatuation and the exhilaration of this new relationship, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to this mysterious new man. Hoping he will provide the escape she so desperately desires, she embarks on an emotionally dangerous journey that slowly begins to consume her.

Sam talks to writer-director Joachim Trier about his awards-nominated new film, The Worst Person In The World. 

A wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It revolves around Julie, a vibrant and impulsive young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, is faced with a series of choices that force her to continually reinvent and pursue new perspectives on her life. Over the course of several years, Julie navigates multiple love affairs, existential uncertainty and career dissatisfaction as she slowly starts to decide what she wants to do, who she wants to be with, and ultimately who she wants to become.

This life-affirming coming of age story deservedly won Reinsve the Best Actress award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and is nominated for two Academy Awards including Original Screenplay and International Feature Film, as well as two BAFTA awards including Leading Actress and Film Not in the English Language.

Sam Clements talks to director Craig Roberts (Just Jim) about his new film, The Phantom Of The Open. 

At the age of 46, happy-go-lucky crane operator and family man Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) feels it’s time to try his hand at something new.

With the enduring support of his loving wife (Sally Hawkins) and sons, Maurice gets hold of a set of clubs and decides golf is his new calling. The budding sportsman sets his sights on mastering the game – and somehow stumbles into a coveted spot in the qualifying round of the 1976 British Open. There’s only one problem: he’s never played a round in his life.

Based on a remarkable true story, The Phantom Of The Open is the laugh-out-loud, effortlessly charming story of an underdog’s piece of British sporting history.

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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. 

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

SPOILER ALERT!

This episode is about the cinematic incarnations of Batman and DOES include spoilers for The Batman. A spoiler warning will come up before we get too deep into the plot, a little later in the episode, but if you’d like to go into the film fresh maybe save this for the way home from the cinema :) 

We loved Matt Reeves’ The Batman and wanted to dedicate a special episode of the podcast to the triumphant return of the caped crusader to cinema screens this March. 

Our host Sam is joined by guest film critics Amon Warmann, Valentina Valentini and Kobi Omenaka to discuss The Batman, and various cinematic incarnations of the character over the years, from Michael Keaton to Ben Affleck and everything in between! 

If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk.

Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Spotify.

Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at picturehouses.com. 

Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Maddy Searle.