The Love Of Cinema

Sam talks to director Peter Jackson about his new film, They Shall Not Grow Old. In cinemas for limited screenings now. Full info: https://theyshallnotgrowold.film 

On the centenary of the end of the First World War, Peter Jackson (The Lord Of The Rings trilogy) presents an extraordinary new work, revealing the Great War as you’ve never seen it. Using cutting-edge technology to transform images and audio captured a hundred years ago, Jackson’s passion project brings to life the people who can best tell the story: those who were there. 

Using only the voices of the men involved, the film explores the reality of war on the front line; their attitudes to the conflict; how they ate, slept and formed friendships, and what their lives were like away from the trenches. Reaching through the fog of time, Jackson aims to give these men voices, investigate the hopes and fears of the veterans who survived to tell their stories, and detail the humility and humanity of those who represented a generation changed forever by a global war.

Director Panos Cosmatos talks to Picturehouse Central's Sarah Cook about his new film Mandy, starring Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough. 

Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

Coming to select Picturehouse Cinemas at the end of October. 

Sam Clements, Corrina Antrobus and Toby King have a chat about some of the biggest films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas in early October. 

The team discuss The Wife, Blindspotting, A Star Is Born and First Man. Find out more at picturehouses.com

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Sam talks to Glenn Close and director Björn Runge about her new film The Wife. 

Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his stellar literary career. Ignoring infidelities and excuses made in the cause of his art, she has put up with his behaviour with undiminished grace and humour. The foundations of their marriage have, however, been built upon a set of uneven compromises and Joan has reached a turning point.

On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel rewarding a spectacular body of work, Joan will confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and some long-buried secrets. Based on the bestselling book by Meg Wolitzer, The Wife is a poignant, funny and emotional journey, a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation, featuring a stunning cast that also includes Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Elizabeth McGovern and Christian Slater.

Film critic Elena Lazic interviews director Gaspar Noé about his new film, Climax. In cinemas now. 

Dizzying, electric and wildly disturbing, provocateur Gaspar Noé’s dance-horror hybrid takes us on a trip like no other when a party takes a hellish turn. Gathered in a remote lodge for a three-day tour rehearsal, twenty urban dancers embark on a horror ride after somebody spikes the sangria bowl with LSD. A pleasure-fuelled evening descends into chaos as one by one the dancers begin to lose control. Things slip out of focus, neuroses and psychoses take hold, and primitive selves are let off the leash – all set to the electronic beats of Daft Punk, Erik Satie and Aphex Twin.

Sam talks to Brady Jandreau, the star of Chloé Zhao's The Rider, in cinemas now. 

This true story sees real-life rodeo rider Brady Jandreau deliver a heart-stirring performance as a bronco rider who suffers a serious head injury at a bull-riding competition. When doctors advise against his ever competing again, Brady’s left searching for a purpose in life – for what’s the use of a cowboy who can’t ride or rodeo? The film is set on the wide and windy Dakota prairie, where Brady lives in a trailer with his sister (Lilly Jandreau) and their father (Tim Jandreau), all members of a Sioux family that has seen its share of hardship. The actors are non-professional, each playing a version of their real selves. A powerful blending of fact and fiction, and one man’s search for identity in the wreckage of the American dream.

Sam Clements, Sarah Cook and Codie Entwistle chat about some of the biggest films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas this September. 

The team discuss Crazy Rich Asians, Lucky, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post and American Animals. Stay until the very end for the Picturehouse Quiz! 

Sam talks to actor turned director John Carroll Lynch about his directorial debut, Lucky. 

Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut, "Lucky", is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.

Sam Clements talks to writer-director Bart Layton about his new film, American Animals. In cinemas now. 

Director: Bart Layton. Starring: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Ann Dowd 

When Spencer (Keoghan) is shown around his college’s rare book collection – he forms a plan to steal the valuable first editions. But not before recruiting two trusty accomplices: nervy maths geek Eric (Jared Abrahamson) and wealthy jock Chas (Blake Jenner). Based on true events at the library of Transylvania University in 2004, and blending fiction with fact, this is a slick and innovative heist thriller with attitude.

Corrina Antrobus talks to Chloë Grace Moretz about her new film, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post.

Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) looks the part of a perfect high-school girl. But after she’s caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, Cameron is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy centre that treats teens “struggling with same-sex attraction”. At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious “de-gaying” methods and earnest Christian rock songs – but this unusual setting also provides her with an unlikely gay community. For the first time, she connects with peers and is able to find her place among fellow outcasts.

Writer/director Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior) and co-writer Cecilia Frugiuele sensitively adapt Emily Danforth’s acclaimed coming-of-age novel and create a refreshingly original teen movie. Balancing inherent drama with understated humour, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post looks at a teenage girl grappling with pain and loss who, at the same time, creates a family on her own terms and learns what it means to empower herself by having confidence in her own identity.