Episodes

Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast discusses the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics and the occasional special guest from the world of cinema.
This month we're joined by guest film critics Helen O'Hara (The EMPIRE Film Podcast) and Leila Latif (Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast) to discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including:The Last Showgirl, I'm Still Here and Memoir of a Snail.
We're also joined by special guests Pamela Anderson and Gia Coppola, who talk to Picturehouse's Felicity Beckett about making their new film, The Last Showgirl (in cinemas on 28 February, with special previews on 10 February).
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Produced by Stripped Media.
Listen to Sam Clements over at the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Festival Podcast.
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Friday Jan 31, 2025
Saturday Night with Jason Reitman | Picturehouse
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Hope Hopkinson speaks to director Jason Reitman about his new film, Saturday Night.
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever.
Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…
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Produced by Stripped Media.
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Friday Jan 24, 2025
The Brutalist with Felicty Jones and Guy Pearce | Picturehouse
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Hope Hopkinson speaks to Academy Award nominees Felicty Jones and Guy Pearce about their work on Brady Corbet's momumental new film, The Brutalist.
Nominated for 10 awards, including Best Picture at this year's Oscars and in cinemas now (including 70mm presentations at Picturehouse Central in London).
Escaping post-war Europe in 1947, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his career, and his marriage. On his own in a strange new country, Toth settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognises his talent. Van Buren enlists Toth to build a monumental new project – but creative power comes with a dark cost, as the architect sacrifices more and more of himself to complete his exacting vision.
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Produced by Stripped Media.
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Saturday Jan 18, 2025
A Real Pain, The Brutalist and Hard Truths | Picturehouse
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast discusses the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics and the occasional special guest from the world of cinema.
This month we're joined by guest film critics Amon Warmann and Latoya Austin to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: A Real Pain, The Brutalist and Hard Truths.
If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk.
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Produced by Stripped Media.
Listen to Sam Clements over at the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Festival Podcast.
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Friday Jan 17, 2025
A Complete Unknown with Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro | Picturehouse
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Hope Hopkinson speaks to actors Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro, stars of A Complete Unknown. In cinemas now.
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
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Produced by Stripped Media.
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Friday Jan 17, 2025
Wolf Man with Leigh Whannell | Picturehouse
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Hope Hopkinson talks to filmmaker Leigh Whannell about his new film, Wolf Man.
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Produced by Stripped Media.
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Monday Jan 06, 2025
Nickel Boys with RaMell Ross | Picturehouse
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Film critic Freda Cooper talks to director RaMell Ross about his new film, Nickel Boys, in cinemas now.
Nickel Boys is based on the historic reform school in 1960s Florida called the Dozier School for Boys, which was notorious for abusive treatment of students.
It explores the story of Elwood Curtis, a young African-American boy who is sent to the Nickel Academy, a fictional version of the Dozier School, after he is falsely accused of a crime.
While there, he meets a boy named Turner, and the two form a close friendship as they try to survive the horrors of the school and its corrupt administrators.
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Produced by Stripped Media.
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Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
End of 2024 Special | Picturehouse
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
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.
If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk.
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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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Friday Dec 27, 2024
Nosferatu with Robert Eggers and Chris Columbus | Picturehouse
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
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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Produced by Stripped Media.
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Thursday Dec 26, 2024
We Live In Time with John Crowley | Picturehouse
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director John Crowley about his new film, We Live In Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk.
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Produced by Stripped Media.
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