The Love Of Cinema

End of 2024 Special | Picturehouse

Sam Clements is joined by the Picturehouse Cinemas’ Podcast Squad: Lara Peters, Hope Hopkinson, Issy MacLeod and Felicty Beckett.

On this bonus episode the Picturehouse team reflect on the year and go through the top 10 results of the 2024 Picturehouse Members' favourite film ballot.

Check out our previous podcasts here, including interviews with several fillmakers who we cover on today's episode.

Read the full details of the Picturehouse Members' poll here.

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Produced by Stripped Media. Edited by Laura Samulionyte at Enlit Audio. 

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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Nosferatu with Robert Eggers and Chris Columbus | Picturehouse

Hope Hopkinson speaks to director Robert Eggers and producer Chris Columbus about their new film Nosferatu, in UK cinemas from 1 January.

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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We Live In Time with John Crowley | Picturehouse

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director John Crowley about his new film, We Live In Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.

A decade-spanning, deeply moving romance from the director of Brooklyn, We Live In Time follows Almut, an up-and-coming chef, and Tobias, a recent divorcée, who find their lives changed when a surprise encounter brings them together.

 

As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken.

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Better Man with Jonno Davies | Picturehouse

Lara Peters talks to actor Jonno Davies about his role in Better Man.

Better Man looks at the rise, fall and resurrection of Robbie Williams – one of the UK’s bestselling artists of all time. Director Michael Gracey will shine light on the incredible highs and lows of celebrity and the journey to stardom, inspired by Williams’ life and how he sees himself.

The fantastical musical will be filled with reimagined versions of Williams’ musical hits and iconic performances, with spectacular set pieces and stunning visual effects created by the Academy Award® winning team at Weta FX (Avatar, Lord of the Rings trilogy). Williams stars alongside Jonno Davies (Hunters, Kingsman: The Secret Service).

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Mufasa: The Lion King with Mads Mikkelsen, Tiffany Boone, Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Picturehouse

Lucy Fenwick Elliott and Sam Clements talk to the cast of Mufasa: The Lion King; Mads Mikkelsen, Tiffany Boone, Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. Directed by Barry Jenkins, with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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The Order with Jude Law and Justin Kurzel | Picturehouse

Felicity Beckett and Sam Clements talk to The Order director Justin Kurzel and the films star Jude Law. The Order opens on Boxing Day at Picturehouse Cinemas.

A series bank robberies and car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. A lone FBI agent believes that crimes were not work of traditional, financially motivated criminals but group of dangerous domestic terrorists. 

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Queer with Justin Kuritzkes | Picturehouse

Sam Clements talks to screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes about his new film Queer, his previous 2024 film Challengers and how he formed his creative partnership with director Luca Guadagnino.

Queer is set in 1950s Mexico City, William Lee (Daniel Craig), an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community.

The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

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The Universal Theory with Timm Kröger | Picturehouse

Felicity Beckett talks to director Timm Kröger about his new film, The Unviersal Theory.

Atmospheric, compelling and visually breathtaking, THE UNIVERSAL THEORY is a lush cinematic mystery not to be missed.

1962. Against the towering landscape of the post-war Swiss Alps, a gifted young physicist meets an elusive pianist – one who knows things about him that he’s never told another living soul. Before he knows it, his curiosity traps him inside a mind-bending web of murder and mystery.

Drawing on the cinema of masters like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Fritz Lang, director Timm Kröger impeccably blends past and present, black and white, reality and the surreal, to create something utterly unique.

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with Philippa Boyens | Picturehouse

Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to screenwriter and producer Philippa Boyens about her new film.

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan.

A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg—a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep.

Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.

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Mediha with Hasan Oswald | Picturehouse

Felicity Beckett talks to director Hasan Oswald about his new film Mediha. 

Mediha follows the remarkable journey of one girl’s fight to find her missing family members, revealing the strength of a young survivor. Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl, turns her camera on herself to process her trauma after surviving captivity from ISIS. Through her personal video-diaries, she confronts her pain, while also initiating investigations into her captors. Mediha's journey is one of courage and determination as she steps towards a future of justice and healing.

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