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The Love Of CinemaBring Her Back with Danny and Michael Philippou | Picturehouse
Issy Macleod speaks to directors Danny and Michael Philippou about their new A24 produced film, Bring Her Back.
A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.
From the directors of ‘Talk To Me’ comes a soul-shaking possession horror that cannot be unseen.
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Sam Clements speaks to actor Ralph Ineson about his new role as Galactus in Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starring alongside Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Julia Garner.
Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family as they face their most daunting challenge yet.
Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) are forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of the...2025-07-2526 minThe Love Of CinemaHarvest with Harry Melling and Athina Rachel Tsangari | PicturehouseHope Hopkinson talks to director Athina Rachel Tsangari and actor Herry Melling about their new film, Harvest.
The latest feature from celebrated filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier, Attenberg), HARVEST is a spellbinding and thrillingly distinctive period piece like no other. Telling a story steeped in folk horror, and featuring another strikingly memorable performance from Caleb Landry Jones (Nitram), Tsangari presents a study of superstition, the trauma of modernity, and the looming threat of the outsider.
Set over seven hallucinatory days in an undefined era, an idyllic rural Scottish village with no name faces a period o...2025-07-1822 minThe Love Of CinemaSuperman with James Gunn | PicturehouseSam Clements speaks to director James Gunn about his new film, DC Studios' Superman.
DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, helmed by writer-director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad), Superman brings the original superhero into a newly imagined universe with a singular blend of epic action, humour and heart.
Working as a journalist and keeping his identity under wraps, Superman (David Corenswet, Twisters) embarks on a journey to reconcile his intergalactic heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent, while the threat of Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) looms lar...2025-07-1117 minThe Love Of CinemaJurassic World Rebirth, Hot Milk, Harvest and Dying | Picturehouse
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 Anna Smith (Girls On Film podcast) and Sean Wilson (Frame To Frame podcast) to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas in July, including: Jurassic World Rebirth, Hot Milk, Harvest and Dying.
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With a strange illness, a mother and her daughter embark on a journey to the Spanish coast to find a cure, and along the way the daughter discovers another reality far from her controlling mother.
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This documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
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Dubbed 'the greatest that never was', Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising racer of the 1990s – until an accident on the track nearly ended his career.
Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse.
Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the...2025-06-2516 minThe Love Of CinemaElio with Mary Alice Drumm | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott talks to producer Mary Alice Drumm about the brand new Pixar film, Elio, in cinemas now.
For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers — in Elio, the universe calls back!
The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms...2025-06-2222 minThe Love Of Cinema28 Years Later with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland | PicturehouseHope Hopkinson talks to director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland about their new film 28 Years Later, in cinemas now.
It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected.
One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway.
But when one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secr...2025-06-2017 minThe Love Of CinemaEcho Valley with Michael Pearce and Domhnall Gleeson | Picturehouse
Sam Clements speaks to director Michael Pearce and actor Domhnall Gleeson about their new film Echo Valley.
Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child.
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Molly, a young woman released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina the two women soon realize their only chance is to join forces and take destiny into their own hands.
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Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Dean DeBlois about his new film How To Train Your Dragon.
From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise.
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Mankind) stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice...2025-06-1317 minThe Love Of CinemaTornado, Lollipop, From Hilde With Love and Ballerina with Len Wiseman and Norman Reedus | Picturehouse
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.
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This month we're joined by guest film critics Michael Leader and Elena Lazic to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in June, including: Tornado, Lollipop and From Hilde, With Love.
Our very own Lucy Fenw...2025-06-0457 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Ballad of Wallis Island with Tim Key, Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan | Picturehouse
Sam Clements talks to the stars of The Ballad Of Wallis Island, Tim Key, Tom Basden (also co-writers) and Carey Mulligan.
Eccentric lottery winner Charles dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer, back together.
The fantasy becomes real when the bandmates and former lovers agree to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island.
Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
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2025-05-3024 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Phoenician Scheme with Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera and Richard Ayoade | PicturehouseOn this bumper episode for Wes Anderson's new film, our interviewers Lucy Fenwick Elliott, Lara Peters and Elena Lazic speak to the cast of The Phoenician Scheme: Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton and Richard Ayoade.
The inimitable Wes Anderson returns with The Phoenician Scheme, a story of a family – and a family business.
Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) is a roguish millionaire businessman, survivor of six plane crashes and father of nine sons, and – crucially – one daughter, a nun called Liesel (Mia Threapleton).
The two reunite when Liesel is, against all odd...2025-05-251h 00The Love Of CinemaMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning with Christopher McQuarrie | Picturehouse
Lara Peters speaks to director Christopher McQuarrie about the latest (and final?) installment in the Mission: Impossible series, starring Tom Cruise.
Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which sees the agent and his team embark on perhaps their most dangerous mission yet.
Following Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s soaring finale, the IMF remain on the trail of the malevolent artificial intelligence known as ‘The Entity’, housed inside a sunken next-generation Russian submarine. Their only hope lies in trusting Hunt, one final time, to des...2025-05-1911 minThe Love Of CinemaGood One with India Donaldson | Picturehouse
Hope Hopkinson speaks to director India Donaldson about her new film, Good One.
During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
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Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realise they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road.
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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 Hannah Strong and Rafa Sales Ross to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in May, including: Parthenope, The Salt Path, The Ballad of Wallis Island and The Surfer.
Our very own Lucy Fenwick Elliott also talks to director Lorcan Finnegan about his new film, Th...2025-05-0953 minThe Love Of CinemaRiefenstahl with Sandra Maischberger | Picturehouse
Hope Hopkinson speaks to producer and journalist Sandra Maischberger about working on her new film.
Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.
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2025-05-0822 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Extraordinary Miss Flower with Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard | Picturehouse
Sam talks to directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard about their new film, The Extraordinary Miss Flower.
A spellbinding performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, bringing to life the remarkable story the extraordinary Geraldine Flower, and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 70s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio.
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Felicity Beckett talks to co-director Colin Butfield about his new film, Ocean With David Attenborough.
The film takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing.
Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and expo...2025-05-0620 minThe Love Of CinemaThunderbolts* with Jake Schreier | PicturehouseIssy Macleod talks to director Jake Schreier about his new film, Thunderbolts*.
Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes—Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker.
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?
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Sam Clements and Freda Cooper talk to filmmaker Ryan Coogler and actor Delyroy Lindo about their new film, Sinners, in cinemas now.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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Sam Clements talks to actors D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Cosmo Jarvis about their new film, Warfare, in cinemas now.
Based on ex-Navy Seal Ray Mendoza's real-life experiences during the Iraq War. Co-directed by Alex Garland.
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Freda Cooper talks to actors Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce about their new film, The Penguin Lessons, in cinemas now.
Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history.
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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 Katie Smith-Wong and Kelechi Ehenulo to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in April, including: One To One: John and Yoko, The Penguin Lessons and The Elephant Man.
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Felicity Beckett talks to co-director Sam Rice-Edwards about his new film, co-directed with Kevin McDonald, One To One: John & Yoko.
On August 30, 1972, in New York City, John Lennon played his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles, the One to One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, a rollicking, dazzling performance from him and Yoko Ono.
Macdonald’s riveting documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore eighteen defining months in the lives of John and Yoko. By 1971 the couple was newly arrived in the United States— livi...2025-04-1020 minThe Love Of CinemaLast Swim with Sasha Nathwani | PicturehouseHope Hopkinson talks to director Sasha Nathwani about their new film, Last Swim.
On A-level results day, an ambitious Iranian-British teen in London grapples with a major life decision while hanging out with friends across the city.
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Produced by Stripped Media....2025-04-0415 minThe Love Of CinemaA Minecraft Movie with Jared Hess | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Jared Hess about his new film, A Minecraft Movie.
The best-selling video game of all time comes to the big screen in this cubic, imagination-packed adventure from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess.
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival!
Four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Eugene Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the...2025-04-0413 minThe Love Of CinemaThe End with George McKay and Joshua Oppenheimer | PicturehouseHope Hopkinson speaks to director Joshua Oppenheimer and actor George McKay about their new film, The End.
A Golden Age-style musical about the last human family.
Twenty-five years after the Earth’s environmental collapse, Mother, Father and Son cling to a sense of normalcy while confined to a palatial bunker. But when a Girl turns up at their doorstep, with her own past and perspective, the family’s blind optimism begins to unravel.
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Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt.
While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raúl Briones) and waitress Julia (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) is starting to fray. But when missing money and shocking revelations cause things to spiral out of control, it’s not long before one of New York’s busiest kitchens is on the v...2025-03-2835 minThe Love Of CinemaWhen Autumn Falls with François Ozon | Picturehouse
Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director François Ozon about his new film, When Autumn Falls, in cinemas now.
Loving grandmother Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a quiet Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. However, when her daughter Valérie drops off her grandson Lucas for their week together, everything begins to unravel.
As Michelle navigates the complexities of her strained relationship with Valérie, unexpected tensions arise—especially when Marie-Claude’s son, recently released from prison, enters the picture.
François Ozon's latest masterfully explores themes of youth and the...2025-03-2117 minThe Love Of CinemaSantosh with Sandhya Suri | PicturehouseFelicity Beckett talks to writer and director Sandhya Suri about her new film, Santosh.
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India.
When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
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Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro, The Alto Knights follows two of New York’s most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and how their separate paths to power place them on a deadly collision course.
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Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert captures an extraordinary live performance of some of Zimmer's most revered compositions, including music from Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar, The Lion King, and much more. Decades of cinematic masterpieces are brought to life by his band and a world-class orchestra at Dubai's iconic Coca-Cola Arena and beyond. From the dunes of the Arabian Desert, to the heights of the Burj Al Arab, these performances deliver an intimate and unique experience of Z...2025-03-1429 minThe Love Of CinemaMickey 17, La Cocina, Flow and Sister Midnight | Picturehouse
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 Kambole Campell and Ada Enechi to discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in March, including: Mickey 17, La Cocina, Flow and Sister Midnight.
If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk....2025-03-1037 minThe Love Of CinemaMickey 17 with Bong Joon Ho | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to writer-director Bong Joon Ho about his new film, Mickey 17, in cinemas now.
From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Steven Yeun (“Nope”), with Academy Award nominees Toni Collet...2025-03-0711 minThe Love Of CinemaSister Midnight with Karan Kandhari | PicturehouseFelicity Beckett talks to writer and director Karan Kandhari about their new film, Sister Midnight.
A newly arranged marriage. An oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are awkward and alone-together. Unpredictable Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her total lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbours and her bumbling spouse until the nocturnal world of Mumbai and its inhabitants lead her to face her own strange behaviours.
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Rave On For The Avon is a feature-length documentary film that follows campaigners and river lovers across a year and a half, charting their highs, their lows, their love and loss.
The film features a bunch of eclectic characters including, Lindsey a mermaid who is the first to cross the Bristol Channel towing a giant poo, Meg who marries the river and the Conham Bathing group, who have taken testing the river water into their own h...2025-03-0521 minThe Love Of CinemaOscars 2025 Special | PicturehouseOn this bumper special Academy Awards themed episode, The Love of Cinema's Sam Clements is joined by colleagues from across the Picturehouse office -Chris Harris, Issy MacLeod, Lara Peters, Hope Hopkinson, Freyja Pakarinen, Lucy Fenwick Elliott and Felicity Beckett - to discuss this year's batch of Best Picture nominees at the Academy Awards: Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, A Complete Unknown, Dune Part II, Emilia Perez, The Substance, Nickel Boys, I'm Still Here and Wicked.
Stay tuned to the end for the team's own Best Picture winner too!
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Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's best-selling memoir in which his mother is forced into activism when her husband was captured by a military regime in Brazil, 1964.
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#ClimateScam? - With increasingly devastating climate disasters all over the news, why do so many people believe that the climate crisis is a hoax? Join Jaz, a social media savvy member of the TikTok generation, as she explores a web of misinformation that could threaten efforts to tackle the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. A Cornwall Climate Care Film.
Dark Matter - An inclusive marketing agency that connects Black audiences with culture and the arts.
Green Screen is a community-led space...2025-02-1521 minThe Love Of CinemaMemoir of a Snail with Adam Elliot | PicturehouseFelicity Beckett talks to filmmaker Adam Elliot about his new film, the Academy Award-nominated Memoir of a Snail.
Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books.
At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst.
Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for...2025-02-1418 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Seed of the Sacred Fig with Mohammad Rasoulof | Picturehouse
Hope Hopkinson talks to director Mohammad Rasoulof about his new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran.
When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
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Sam Clements and Hope Hopkinson and speak to director Tim Fehlbaum and actors Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro about their new film September 5.
September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today.
Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Through this lens, "September 5" provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.2025-02-0630 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Last Showgirl, I'm Still Here, Memoir Of A Snail plus Pamela Anderson and Gia Coppola | Picturehouse
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 an...2025-02-0543 minThe Love Of CinemaSaturday Night with Jason Reitman | PicturehouseHope 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...2025-01-3117 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Brutalist with Felicty Jones and Guy Pearce | PicturehouseHope 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 tal...2025-01-2413 minThe Love Of CinemaA Real Pain, The Brutalist and Hard Truths | Picturehouse
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.
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...2025-01-1834 minThe Love Of CinemaA Complete Unknown with Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro | Picturehouse
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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From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man.
Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to t...2025-01-1721 minThe Love Of CinemaNickel Boys with RaMell Ross | PicturehouseFilm 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...2025-01-0619 minThe Love Of CinemaEnd 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.
If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk....2024-12-312h 03The Love Of CinemaNosferatu 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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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 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...2024-12-2415 minThe Love Of CinemaMufasa: 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 ch...2024-12-2329 minThe Love Of CinemaThe 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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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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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...2024-12-1329 minThe Love Of CinemaThe 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...2024-12-1312 minThe Love Of CinemaMediha 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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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 Hanna Flint and Yasmine Kandil to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: Better Man, On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, Queer, The Universal Theory and Spirited Away.
We're also joined by filmmaker Marielle Heller, who discusses hew new film Nightbitch with film cr...2024-12-091h 07The Love Of CinemaOn Becoming A Guinea Fowl with Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy and Elizabeth Chisela LIVE at the Ritzy, Brixton | PicturehouseIn this special LIVE Q&A for On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, moderator Catherine Munyarari, co-chair of the Young Africa Centre Comittee, talks to award-winning director Rungano Nyoni and actors Susan Chardy and Elizabeth Chisela about their new film at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton.
The event was produced in collaboration with Dark Matter Marketing and Picturehouse Entertainment. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl is in cinemas now.
The new film from acclaimed, BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch), ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL is a compelling drama about community and sisterhood. Driving home...2024-12-0936 minThe Love Of CinemaRumours with Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson | Picturehouse
Felicity Beckett talks to directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson.
Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies at the annual G7 summit after they become lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
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After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming Monster living in her closet.
A romantic-comedy-horror film about falling in love with your inner rage
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After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
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From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a new Pope.
Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.
Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discov...2024-11-2833 minThe Love Of CinemaWicked with Jon M. Chu | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Jon M. Chu about his new film, Wicked.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
The two meet as students at Shiz Un...2024-11-2217 minThe Love Of CinemaPaddington In Peru, Conclave and Anora | Picturehouse
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 Clarisse Loughrey and Tom Beasley to discuss 4 key November releases: Paddington In Peru, Conclave, Anora and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.
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Rate and subscribe on...2024-11-1543 minThe Love Of CinemaBird with Andrea Arnold | Picturehouse
Hope Hopkinson talks to director Andrea Arnold, about her new film Bird, in cinemas now.
Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.
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Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Morgan Neville about his new film, Piece By Piece.
PIECE BY PIECE is an unparalleled motion picture experience that captures the magic and brilliance of Pharrell Williams’ creative genius, one LEGO® brick at a time.
Uninterested in making a traditional film about his life, Pharrell set out to tell his story in a way that would set audience’s imaginations free.
Developed from his singular vision, PIECE BY PIECE defies genres and expectations to transport audiences into a LEGO world where anything is possible. From F...2024-11-0823 minThe Love Of CinemaPaddington In Peru with Dougal Wilson | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Dougal Wilson about his new film, Paddington In Peru.
Paddington returns back home to the Peruvian jungle to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, now a resident at the Home for Retired Bears.
With the Brown Family and Mrs Bird in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mysterious disappearance plunges them into an unexpected journey from the Amazon rainforest to the mountain peaks of Peru.
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Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside.
George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.
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Sam Clements talks to filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui about thier new film Super/Man: A Christopher Reeve Story, in cinemas now.
The story of Christopher Reeve is an astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic movie star, and his definitive portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman set the benchmark for the superhero cinematic universes that dominate cinema today.
Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that l...2024-11-0120 minThe Love Of CinemaAnora with Sean Baker and Mikey Madison | Picturehouse
Bonus pod! Sam Clements talks to writer-director Sean Baker and actor Mikey Madison about their new film Anora, in cinemas now.
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
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From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations.
Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authe...2024-10-2515 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Room Next Door with Julianne Moore | PicturehouseLara Peters talks to actor Julianne Moore about her new film, The Room Next Door, in cinemas now.
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were friends in their youth, going on to creative success – Ingrid as a novelist, and Martha as a war reporter – but separated by the circumstances of life.
After years of being out of touch, the pair reunite and rekindle their companionship in an extreme but strangely sweet situation, where Martha asks Ingrid to assist her with a complicated, deeply personal request.
Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language feature debut...2024-10-2513 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Wild Robot with Chris Sanders | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to writer and director Chris Sanders about his new animated feature, The Wild Robot.
The Wild Robot follows Rozzum 7134 (“Roz” for short), a futuristic robot that washes ashore on a deserted island.
A tale of survival and discovery begins when she becomes the unexpected protector to an orphaned gosling, which she names Brightbill. Together they struggle to survive the harsh environment, but only succeed with the help of a close-knit group of misfit animals, who become first friends, then family. Ultimately Roz and company save the island from a robotic inva...2024-10-1821 minThe Love Of CinemaFood For Profit with Pablo D'Ambrosi | PicturehouseFelicity Beckett talks to director Pablo D'Ambrosi about his new film Food For Profit.
Food For Profit is the first feature documentary that exposes the links between the meat industry, lobbying, and the corridors of power. A five-year investigation that denounced how Europe is transferring hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ money into the hands of intensive farms, which mistreat animals, pollute the environment, and pose a potential danger for future pandemics. Directors Giulia Innocenzi and Pablo D’Ambrosi, along with their team of investigators, take us on an enlightening but shocking journey across Europe, where they confront farme...2024-10-1835 minThe Love Of CinemaTimestalker with Alice Lowe, Nick Frost and Aneurin Barnard | Picturehouse
Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to Alice Lowe, the writer, director and star of Timestalker, as well as the film's leading men, Nick Frost and Aneurin Barnard.
Timestalker is a bawdy reincarnation rom-com romp that will take you back to the past, and then into the future.
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs of history right into the future.
Timestalker follows hapless heroine Agnes (Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong g...2024-10-1111 minThe Love Of CinemaTimestalker, The Apprentice, Joker: Folie à Deux and Transformers One with Josh Cooley and Lorenzo di Bonaventura | Picturehouse
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 Lillian Crawford and Manuela Lazić to discuss 3 brand new releases coming to Picturehouse Cinemas this October: Timestalker, The Apprentice, Joker: Folie à Deux.
We're also joined by Transformers One filmmakers Josh Cooley and Lorenzo di Bonaventura who discuss making their new film with Lucy Fenwick Elliott
If you...2024-10-0855 minThe Love Of CinemaJoker: Folie à Deux with Todd Phillips | Picturehouse
Sam Clements talks to writer-director Todd Phillips about his new film, Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.
Arthur Fleck is institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
From acclaimed writer/director/producer Todd Phillips comes Joker: Folie À Deux, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning Joker. The new film stars Joaquin Phoenix once again in his Oscar-winning dual role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, opposite Oscar winn...2024-10-0420 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Outrun with Nora Fingscheidt and Amy Liptrot | PicturehouseFreda Cooper talks to director Nora Fingscheidt and writer Amy Liptrot about their new film The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan and Paapa Essiedu, in cinemas now.
Based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot, THE OUTRUN is set in the otherworldly Orkney islands of Scotland. A brutally honest drama about addiction and recovery, strength and survival, mental health and the ability of the sea, the land and of people to restore life and renew hope.
After a decade away in London, 29-year-old Rona returns home to the Orkney Islands. Sober but lonely, she tries to...2024-09-2714 minThe Love Of CinemaMy Old Ass with Maisy Stella | Picturehouse
Lara Peters talks to actor Maisy Stella about her new film, My Old Ass, in cinemas now.
In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza). But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn’t do, Elliott realises she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what’s becoming a transformative summer.
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The film follows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming of age is disrupted by her young mother who never got to come of age herself.
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Sam Clements talks to director Josh Greenbaum, director of Will & Harper, in cinemas now.
When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.
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In 1960, close friends Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) and John Lennon (Ian Hart), along with bandmates Paul McCartney (Gary Bakewell), George Harrison (Chris O'Neill), and Pete Best (Scot Williams), move to Hamburg, Germany, in search of success. Their tireless performing schedule and charismatic sound quickly put the Beatles on the road to stardom. But as Stuart falls in love with Astrid (Sheryl Lee), a local photographer, he realizes...2024-09-1925 minThe Love Of Cinema10 Things I Hate About You with Gil Junger | PicturehouseLucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Gil Junger about his feature debut 10 Things I Hate About You, which celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year, and his current work at The Breakthru Company.
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for the popular Bianca. But his uncool status as the new kid in town isn’t the only thing preventing him from asking her out: Bianca is forbidden to date until her older sister Kat does too – and the fiery feminist Kat’s got no plans to do so.
In an attemp...2024-09-1641 minThe Love Of CinemaLee with Ellen Kuras | Picturehouse
Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Ellen Kuras about her new film Lee, cinemas now, starring Kate Winslet.
LEE tells the story of Lee Miller, American photographer.Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price. The film is not a biopic, instead it explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life.
As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a mod...2024-09-1321 minThe Love Of CinemaThe Critic with Anand Tucker, Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton | PicturehouseFreda Cooper talks to director Anand Tucker and co-stars Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton about their new film, The Critic, in cinemas now.
THE CRITIC is a deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller set in 1930s London ‘theatreland’ featuring an all-star cast including Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong, Ben Barnes, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai and Lesley Manville.
When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (McKellen), finds himself suddenly in the crosshairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a sinister Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina L...2024-09-1324 minThe Love Of CinemaBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, Lee, The Critic and Azazel Jacobs | Picturehouse
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 Rògan Graham and Scott J. Davis to discuss 3 brand new releases coming to Picturehouse Cinemas this month: Lee, The Critic and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Sam also talks to writer-director Azazel Jacobs about his new film His Three Daughters - in cinemas now!
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Hope Hopkinson talks to actor Willem Dafoe, about his new film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, in cinemas right now!
Three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy.
Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life soon gets turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter discovers a mysterious portal to the afterlife.
Michael Keaton returns to the titular role in the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice, with Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara reprising their roles alongside new cast members Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Wi...2024-09-0614 minThe Love Of CinemaFirebrand with Alicia Vikander | PicturehouseSam Clements talks to actor Alicia Vikander, star of Firebrand, in cinemas right now!
In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII, is named Regent while tyrant Henry is fighting overseas.
Katherine has done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs.When an increasingly ailing and paranoid King returns, he turns his fury on the radicals, charging Katherine’s childhood friend with treason and burning her at the stake.
Horrified and grieving, but forced to deny it, Katherine fi...2024-09-0618 minThe Love Of CinemaSing Sing with Greg Kwedar | Picturehouse
Hope Hopkinson talks to filmmaker Greg Kwedar about his new film, Sing Sing, in cinemas now.
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men.
When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.
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Felicity Beckett speaks to filmmakers Polly Steele and Ed Jackson, about their new film The Mountian Within Me.
When faced with life changing injuries, Ed Jackson harnessed the power of positivity and determination to deliver a future for himself that most thought impossible.
After suffering a catastrophic and almost fatal spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever. The Mountain Within Me follows Ed's journey on his recovery as he achieves the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas to the life-altering challenges closer to home.
From m...2024-08-2326 minThe Love Of CinemaBetween The Temples with Nathan Silver | Picturehouse
Lara Peters talks to filmmaker Nathan Silver about his new film, Between The Temples, in cinemas now.
A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
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