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MULHOLLAND DRIVE in the rearview, with Deborah Levy
Enigmatic women, their doubles, and an unmistakable air of strangeness… Award-winning author Deborah Levy (HOT MILK) on the hallmarks of David Lynch’s storytelling, and how the filmmaker has inspired her own work.LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch; his producer of more than 30 years, Sabrina Sutherland; TWIN PEAKS co-creator Mark Frost; and the...
2025-10-23
32 min
MUBI Podcast
Debbie Zoller drives LOST HIGHWAY
Make-up and prosthetics artist Debbie Zoller (LOST HIGHWAY, TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN) first worked with David Lynch on LOST HIGHWAY. She discusses their two decades of friendship, and how she designed the look for some of his most iconic femme fatales.LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch; his producer of more than 30 years, Sabr...
2025-10-16
37 min
MUBI Podcast
Heidi Bivens outfits INLAND EMPIRE
How does costume shape character? Stylist and costume designer Heidi Bivens was in charge of wardrobe on INLAND EMPIRE. It was one of her first jobs, and David Lynch’s final film. What did they both learn?LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch; his producer of more than 30 years, Sabrina Sutherland; TWIN PEAKS...
2025-10-09
35 min
MUBI Podcast
Sabrina Sutherland guides TWIN PEAKS’ RETURN
David Lynch’s creative process was unconventional in many ways. For example, he preferred sketching his ideas as images to explaining them in words. Producer Sabrina Sutherland worked with him for more than 30 years. How did she find the language to help translate his vision to screen?LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch; his producer of more t...
2025-10-02
34 min
MUBI Podcast
Jennifer Lynch writes THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER
Why was David Lynch so intrigued by the idea of “a woman in trouble”? His daughter, Jennifer Lynch, has a theory… She also discusses her bestselling novel THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER, and her part in bringing the mysterious, murdered protagonist at the heart of TWIN PEAKS to life.LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch...
2025-09-25
35 min
MUBI Podcast
Mark Frost founds TWIN PEAKS
“These girls are jam packed with secrets,” said David Lynch about the women of TWIN PEAKS. Why did characters such as Audrey Horne and Shelly Johnson get viewers so hot and bothered? TWIN PEAKS co-creator Mark Frost explains. LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch; his producer of more than 30 years, Sabrina Sutherland; TWIN PEAK...
2025-09-18
40 min
MUBI Podcast
Isabella Rossellini wears BLUE VELVET
When Isabella Rossellini appeared as the sadomasochistic Dorothy Vallens in David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET, audiences were scandalised. Nearly 40 years later, the beautiful, bruised nightclub singer remains one of Lynch’s most complex creations. But to whom does she belong? Rossellini talks to Simran Hans about her role in authoring this divisive character.LADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’...
2025-09-11
41 min
MUBI Podcast
New Season Trailer: LADIES OF LYNCH (w/ Isabella Rossellini)
Coming Soon. LADIES OF LYNCHLADIES OF LYNCH explores the subversive female characters created by the late David Lynch, and the singular women who helped shape them. Season 9’s guests include celebrated actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini; Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch; his producer of more than 30 years, Sabrina Sutherland; TWIN PEAKS co-creator Mark Frost; and the award-winning novelist Deborah Levy.Written and guest hosted by culture writer Simran Hans, these conversations with actors, writers, producers and craftspeople who work...
2025-09-04
00 min
Fantasy/Animation
Archive Episode - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (with Simran Hans)
For the final archive episode of 2025, Chris and Alex once again swing their way back into the superhero world of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman, 2018), revisiting their discussion of Sony Pictures Animation’s computer-animated film that featured special guest Simran Hans, film critic and culture writer whose work has appeared in The Observer, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, Dazed, The Fader and Sight & Sound. Lots here on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s unique comic book-style design and the visual “crunch” of its evocative flattened style; the upturned generic qualities of the computer-animated film within contemporary Hollywood; and the...
2025-07-29
1h 05
Monocle on Culture
Review: ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Film critics Simran Hans and Leila Latif join Robert Bound to review Wes Anderson’s new movie, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-05-26
29 min
Meditera Mera - En podcast om meditation från Mindfully
Navid Zargham - Om meditation och vår sanna natur
Navid Zargham har guidat människor i att upptäcka sin sanna natur sedan 2014. Detta genom sin metod Simran meditation, som är en serie av enkla och direkta övningar utformade för att få en upplevelsebaserad insikt vem man sant är, även kallat non-duality. Navid bor utanför Uppsala där han även har sitt egna retreatcenter Narumi. I det här avsnittet pratar vi bland annat om: Navids egna uppvaknande Språkets bristfälliga förmåga att beskriva verkligheten Hur ett självutforskande kan gå till Hur ofta och lätt vi skapar nya självbilder Att lär...
2025-01-23
1h 14
Monocle on Culture
The best cultural releases of 2025
We look ahead to the most exciting books, films and exhibitions in 2025, from the first international retrospective of a beloved US artist to a political thriller so potent that its director was forced to flee his home country. John Mitchinson, Francesca Gavin and Simran Hans join Robert Bound in the studio to let you know what should be on your cultural radar in the coming months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-01-13
36 min
Life and Art from FT Weekend
‘La chimera’: everything you’d want in an Italian film
This week, we're talking about 'La chimera', directed by Alice Rohrwacher and starring Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini. The film follows a band of graverobbers on a quest for Etruscan treasures. But there's also a darker, more melancholy plot that makes you question what’s real and what’s symbolism. The FT's global head of audio Cheryl Brumley and audience engagement journalist Marianna Giusti join guest host Katya Kumkova to hash out what it all means.-------We love hearing from you. Lilah is on Instagram @lilahrap. We’re on X @lifeandartpod and on email at lif...
2024-05-17
20 min
Monocle on Culture
Review: ‘The Boy and the Heron’
Film critics Simran Hans and Tim Robey join Robert Bound in the studio to review Hayao Miyazaki’s new film, ‘The Boy and the Heron’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-01-01
29 min
See Also
Episode 55: Anaesthesia Vibes
This week, we're back after a little break. Jinxy's been sick, BL interviewed a member of One Direction and Eva Longoria. They talk Orgasm Inc, the Kenja cult and reading Glossy, Marisa Meltzer's new book about Glossier and Emily Weiss. BL describes her experience at RISING (having a silly cocktail, seeing meemaw), and Kate talks about her experience having fibroid surgery, feeling dopey as and going under while listening to Call Me Maybe. Then they recap the TV they've been watching recently (incl. The Idol and Alone) and their feelings about Deborah Levy's new novel, August Blue. Also: Alsos.
2023-06-23
1h 02
The Vera Magazine Podcast
The Vera Magazine Podcast – May 23
Episode 11: A royally good time in London, A-list book clubs and keeping LA quirky Jonny and Jess take a look at the celebrities trying to influence our literary tastes in this month's Red Hot. Then, it's off to London for a Location Scout itinerary fit for a king (or a minor royal, at the very least), to LA to find out about the tour company fighting to preserve the city's soul, and film critic Simran Hans tells us why Paul Mescal is Hollywood's hottest property.
2023-05-01
47 min
Uncomfortable Conversations Podcast The Untold Stories of the 3HO Kundalini Yoga Community
Episode 58: Guru Kartar Kaur (Rue) Born and Raised in 3HO: 1997 - 2016; Mexico City, MX
Guru Kartar Kaur (she now goes by Rue) was born into 3HO in Mexico City in 1997 to her parents, Guru Hans Kaur Khalsa and Siri Simran Singh. A couple months after she was born, Rue and her sister, Partmatma Kaur, were brought to New Mexico by her parents, to attend the Summer Solstice where she met YB and received her spiritual name from him. Rue’s parents were originally raised catholic but later converted to Sikhism and joined the 3HO community through her maternal grandmother, Hari Kaur Khalsa, who first became a member of Babaji’s Ashram; the...
2023-04-14
2h 02
The Vera Magazine Podcast
The Vera Magazine Podcast - February 23
Episode 9: Street art show in London, rom-coms reinvented and hard kombucha This month, street art heads indoors for a huge new exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery. Find out about that and much more in Red Hot. Then, we hear why Barbados is a thrill-seeker's paradise, why the only way is retro in Palm Springs and film critic Simran Hans reveals why rom-coms are well and truly back, just in time for Valentine's Day.
2023-02-01
46 min
The Vera Magazine Podcast
The Vera Magazine Podcast - December
Episode 7: Getting cosy in London, going vegan in Texas and a giant Christmas maze Are those bells we hear jingling? Could be, or it could be the plethora of holiday-shaped treats in this month's Red Hot. Keeping it Christmassy, this month's episode also sees us take a cockle-warming stroll through central London for this month's Location Scout, hear from a Texan cattle rancher who's trying to turn the world vegan, and get the verdict on the latest film and TV releases with critic Simran Hans.
2022-12-01
49 min
The Vera Magazine Podcast
The Vera Magazine Podcast - October
Episode 5: Terrifying escape rooms, Johannesburg's arty side and getting tingly over Elvis Jonny and Jess unpack the world’s most elaborate bloody mary – among much else – in this month’s Red Hot. Then, it’s off to Johannesburg to hear about trailblazing new developments in South Africa’s arts and culture scene, to London to learn about the humble beginnings and the progressive present of the city’s Pearly Kings and Queens, before finishing up in Memphis (in our minds, at least) as film critic Simran Hans picks apart Baz Lurhmann’s new Elvis Presley biopic.
2022-10-03
49 min
The Vera Magazine Podcast
The Vera Magazine Podcast - August
Episode 3: New-wave whisky in Edinburgh, posh side dishes and mind-mangling movies How much would you pay for a plate of mac and cheese? This is one of many questions on Jonny and Jess’s agenda as they filter through the most intriguing bits and pieces to land in their inboxes this month. We also enjoy an intoxicating chat with our Edinburgh-based correspondent about the city’s new wave of whisky bars, hear the story behind the African American Roller Skate Museum from its founder, and film critic Simran Hans gets all multidimensional to tackle Everything Everywhere All At O...
2022-09-21
49 min
The Vera Magazine Podcast
The Vera Magazine Podcast - July
Episode 2: London jelly, rewilding Delhi and geeking out in Seattle This month, the humble jelly gets the sense-assaulting foodie pop-up treatment in London – join host Jonny Ensall and Vera magazine deputy editor Jessica Prupas as they pick through this and other eyebrow-arching global trends and events. We also get the lowdown on geeky goings-on in Seattle from our on-the-ground correspondent, hear about a project to ‘rewild’ neglected areas of Delhi, and film critic Al Horner unpicks Robert Pattinson’s ultra-moody take on the Dark Knight in the new Batman film. the African American Roller Skate Museum from its foun...
2022-09-21
42 min
Shoot the Breeze on Resonance 104.4FM
Shoot The Breeze Show: S11E23 Abby Howells @Musicalgal03
A talk programme dedicated to films and television shows, presented by Marcus Ako, Laura Sampson and David Campbell, on Resonance 104.4FM at 7pm (UK) on Fridays. Podcast episodes available from Monday morning at 00:30 (UK) #ItsAllAboutThe3Way #ShootTheBreezeShow #TheIdiotOnTheComedyCircuit Reach us on Twitter, on Facebook, email shootthebreezonresonance104.4@gmail.com or Instagram In the 11th-season's twenty-third episode, Marcus talks with New Zealand Comedian, Abby Howells about her stand-up career and about her upcoming Edinburgh show "HarleQueen" coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Also on the show, Marcus and Producer Dave discuss the Guardian article ""If you...
2022-07-18
59 min
Front Row
Jude Owusu, Operation Mincemeat, Wrexham's bid for UK City of Culture 2025
Tom Robinson is the black man wrongly accused of raping a white girl in To Kill a Mocking Bird. In Harper Lee's novel and the film he is at the centre of the story but, defended by the white lawyer, Atticus Finch, almost voiceless. In the acclaimed new stage production now in the West End, the actor playing Tom Robinson, Jude Owusu, discusses his approach to the role and the relevance of the story today.The UK’s City of Culture 2025 will be announced next month and Front Row is hearing from the four places on the sh...
2022-04-13
42 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
Scream | Memoria | Scary Movie
Our special guest host Leila Latif is joined by film critic Simran Hans and filmmaker Catherine Bray to discuss this week's cinema releases. First up, the fifth instalment in the long-running meta horror franchise, Scream. Next, Apichatpong Weerasethakul slows the pace with his latest film, Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton. And the team face their fears in Film Club for the 2000 parody horror comedy, Scary Movie.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your...
2022-01-14
52 min
The Film Comment Podcast
New Year, New Releases with A.S. Hamrah and Simran Hans
With the holidays behind us and a new and exciting year of cinema on the horizon, FC editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute caught up on some major recent releases. They were joined on their journey through the last few weeks of Hollywood movies by frequent guest A.S. Hamrah, critic for the Baffler, and Simran Hans, critic for the Observer and a first-time visitor to the Film Comment Podcast. They discussed blockbusters The Matrix Resurrections, Don’t Look Up, and Being the Ricardos, as well as more unusual big-ticket fare including Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter and Joel Coen...
2022-01-11
1h 10
Girls On Film
Ep 101: Dying to Divorce: An inspiring documentary about survivors of gender-based violence
The powerful doc Dying to Divorce reports on the fight against domestic violence in Turkey. Filmed over five years, it tells the story of women who have both faced and are campaigning against domestic violence in Turkey. We review the film with Observer critic Simran Hans, who delves into the reputation and function of documentaries, and also the process of filmmaking as a means of activism. Anna then speaks to director Chloe Fairweather and lawyer Ipek Bozkurt, who appears in the film. Ipek emphasises that while the documentary is about Turkish women, it is the beginning of a global discussion...
2021-12-10
24 min
Bah Humbug: A Christmas Movie Podcast with Helen O'Hara
#6 - Critics
In this episode of Women Vs Hollywood, Helen O’Hara is joined by film critics Anna Smith, Simran Hans and Rebecca Harrison to discuss the impact of film criticism on the movie industry. You’ll hear about our guests’ experiences as female film critics, great critics of the past like Pauline Kael, and also how things are slowly beginning to improve for marginalised folks in film criticism. You can find our host, Helen O’Hara (she/her), on Twitter @HelenLOHara.You can also find Helen on The Empire Film Podcast.Comments? Questions...
2021-10-12
32 min
Girls On Film
Ep 81: Sheffield DocFest 2021 with Simran Hans, Cíntia Gil & Anam Abbas
Fancy watching a fantastic documentary? This episode is full of recommendations, as we celebrate the world-renowned British documentary festival, Sheffield DocFest. First up, Anna talks with Festival Director Cíntia Gil about how this year’s Sheffield DocFest has come together. Cíntia selects a few of her favourite female-focused docs, that include everything from polyamorous weddings to weight lifting! Anna and Cíntia reflect on the surge of feminist reformative histories and new wave of female-directed docs. Is there a gendered gaze? Next up, critic Simran Hans tells Anna why Sheffield DocFest is a special place for her. Together, they r...
2021-06-07
42 min
Music Popcast
Taylor, Billie, Demi, Blackpink: The Pop Star Documentary Boom
A conversation about the influx of films made about (and by) current stars and its implications for the format. Guests: The Observer's Simran Hans; and Caryn Ganz.
2021-04-02
1h 00
Popcast
Taylor, Billie, Demi, Blackpink: The Pop Star Documentary Boom
A conversation about the influx of films made about (and by) current stars and its implications for the format. Guests: The Observer's Simran Hans; and Caryn Ganz. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
2021-04-02
59 min
SADDESTNIGHTOUT
251 | If you love something, rate it 5 stars (THE NIGHT GAME - Coffee And Cigarettes)
Today’s song: The Night Game - Coffee And Cigarettes — https://youtu.be/Sx9RmBw8-ZY — The podcasts I mention in today’s episode are: This City by Clara Amfo — https://open.spotify.com/show/2dK6GO1PEpYbtx9JcxuKck?si=8Hwa0E3pSbaiXHtsPZp3jw — | Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast by Simran Hans and Tara Joshi — https://open.spotify.com/show/50UYoR7JDtjE62UrQ71M2M?si=DMlf22PsS4WJ3t-1f8ulTw — | The View From The Crow’s Nest by Romeo Crow — https://open.spotify.com/show/6navNr5msgQ1hpEnU8sJo9?si=mdAVQwiyQ6y-SnF_6g-KBA — | Pause It Play It // The 1975 Podcast by Jo...
2020-10-29
22 min
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Rosamund Pike, The High Note, Only the Animals and Krabi, 2562
Rosamund Pike joins Simran Hans and Edith Bowman to talk about Radioactive. She also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Mike Wallace is here, about the legendary American reporter, Only the Animals, a French film about a woman who goes missing by director Domink Moll and The High Note, which stars Dakota Johnson as a personal assistant and Tracee Ellis Ross is the pop singer for whom she works. Edith and Simran chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you...
2020-05-29
1h 39
Girls On Film
Ep 33: Director Kitty Green on her film The Assistant, plus reviews with Simran Hans
Inspired by real-life stories, The Assistant is a day in the life of a young woman(Julia Garner) who’s working for a powerful film producer. Writer-director Kitty Green joins host Anna Smith for an in-depth interview about power dynamics in the workplace, and making this film in the wake of the Weinstein scandal. Kitty also offers advice for filmmakers who are starting out. Observer film critic Simran Hans returns to Girls On Film to give her views on The Assistant, and recommends two more films for home viewing: the foodie documentary Diana Kennedy - Nothing Fancy and a vintage ro...
2020-05-01
38 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
Truth & Movies #141 - Plant-based panic plus Steve Coogan’s false teeth
Greed is (kinda) good on this week’s Truth & Movies, as Michael Leader, Simran Hans and Matt Thrift sail away with Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan for their super-rich satire – just watch out for those false teeth! Also in cinemas is Jessica Hausner’s Little Joe, starring Emily Beecham as a botanist whose latest scientific breakthrough comes with a curious side effect. Continuing the nefarious flora theme in Film Club, we revisit Fran Oz’s 1986 horror-comedy Little Shop of Horrors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-02-20
36 min
Fantasy/Animation
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (with Simran Hans)
Episode 27 has Chris and Alex swinging their way into a superhero-filled multiverse to discuss the narrative strategies and visual dynamism of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman, 2018), the highly-successful computer-animated feature film from Sony Pictures Animation. Caught in the fantasy/animation web for this latest instalment is Simran Hans, film critic and culture writer whose work has appeared in The Observer, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, Dazed, The Fader and Sight & Sound. Topics for discussion include Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s unique formal design and flattened style that reinvigorates computer-animated film aesthetics; superheroes, space and moments of st...
2019-08-12
1h 02
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
# 106 - X Men: Dark Phoenix / Gloria Bell / Kind Hearts And Coronets
Like a mythical bird rising from the ashes, the X-Men return to our screens this week hoping to undo the damage caused by 2016’s Apocalypse – but does Dark Phoenix catch fire or simply fizzle out? Michael Leader, Simran Hans and Kambole Campbell are on hand to help you decide whether it’s worth the trip, while also offering their thoughts on Sebastián Lelio’s muted midlife crisis drama, Gloria Bell, starring Julianne Moore and John Turturro. Lastly, the classic Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets is reappraised ahead of its 70th anniversary re-release in our Film Club. Hosted on Acast...
2019-06-05
43 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
# 95 - Captain Marvel / Ray & Liz / Supergirl
In this episode of Truth & Movies, Michael Leader, Simran Hans and Beth Webb assemble to discuss Captain Marvel, the 21st film in the MCU – and the studio’s only feature-length offering to date to be fronted by a female character. That’s followed by a look at British kitchen sink drama Ray & Liz, from photographer-turned-filmmaker Richard Billingham, and lastly our female superhero-themed Film Club pick for this week, 1984’s Supergirl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-03-06
37 min
Girls On Film
Episode 6: Wild Rose, The Kindergarten Teacher and Ghostbusters live from Glasgow
Live from Glasgow Film Festival 2019, episode 6 of Girls On Film sees host Anna Smith welcoming Observer critic Simran Hans, Dirty God director Sacha Polak and GFF’s own Allison Gardner. The panel has a lively discussion about new releases Wild Rose and The Kindergarten Teacher, and debates on the charms of Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. Meanwhile films put to the Bechdel Test range from Thelma & Louise to Minding The Gap. All this plus audience questions and news on the Bumble Female Film Force. Girls On Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.
2019-03-04
47 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
# 87 - Stan & Ollie / Colette / 24 Hour Party People
Strained relationships are the flavour of the day on this week’s Truth & Movies, as we weigh up the respective merits of Stan & Ollie, a Laurel and Hardy biopic starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, and Colette, in which Keira Knightley plays the eponymous French popular author alongside a larger-than-life Dominic West. Forming a more harmonious union are host Michael Leader and regular critics Simran Hans and David Jenkins. Then it’s back to the halcyon Hacienda days of early ’90s Manchester for our Film Club, Michael Winterbottom’s 24 Hour Party People. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
2019-01-09
44 min
SRSLY
#163: The Holiday Special
This is the last ever SRSLY, and we couldn't go without one final festive special. In this episode, Caroline and Anna celebrate and analyse the 2006 Nancy Meyers Christmas film The Holiday, with some help from friends of the show Simran Hans, Stephanie Boland, India Bourke and Nick Hilton. We discuss the presentation of work, love and home in the film, as well as sharing our favourite/silliest moments.Anna's 2017 piece on the film: I re-watched The Holiday and I have a lot of questions.Keep in touchYou can still email us on...
2018-11-27
00 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
# 80 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald / Suspiria / 9 To 5
We’re spellbound on Truth & Movies this week, as Michael Leader, Simran Hans and Kelli Weston cast their verdicts on not one but two dark arts fables. First up is the JK Rowling-penned sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald, which sees Eddie Redmayne reprise his role as ‘magizoologist’ Newt Scamander. There’s witchcraft and plenty of weird goings on too in Luca Guadagnino’s reinterpretation of Dario Argento’s seminal horror Suspiria. And in Film Club we salute working women everywhere with a look back at the classic 1980 comedy 9 to 5, which is back in cinemas this week. Hosted on Acast. Se...
2018-11-14
39 min
Reads Like A Four
#13: Simran Hans (The Observer + more)
Journalist, programmer, researcher + Observer film writer Simran Hans joins me to discuss how The Observer picks films, the problem with scores, what's missing in film criticism, Isle of Dogs, who writes poster quotes, and the glamour of a 9am Romford Vue screening of Rough Night. // Contact the pod: readslikeafour@gmail.com // Follow the pod: @readslikeafour (Instagram + Twitter) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-06-15
34 min
The Cinematologists Podcast
Juice (w/ film critic & podcaster Leslie Pitt)
The focus of this episode is Ernest Dickerson's still underrated 1992 drama Juice, featuring a young (pre-fame/pre-legendary) Tupac Shakur. The live portion of the show was recorded a little while back at Falmouth University's School of Film & Television but is being released now due to the episode not being based around release schedules, as the previous Claire Denis episode was.The timing though is fortuitous, with Childish Gambino's This is America song and music video being released earlier this week and bringing to the fore again questions around black identity, gun violence and black male bodies.
2018-05-10
1h 52
ICA
Playback 2018, Making It: Millennial creatives in the digital revolution
A frank, film-centric discussion with digital native creatives about their work, inspirations and how they have forged their professional careers. The panel explore how creativity can survive in a world where you can make what you want, but payment, career stability and institutional support are hard to find. Host, filmmaker and writer Bidisha is joined by writer Simran Hans, creative educator Lou Barnell, filmmakers Alexander Rowland, Georgie Daley and Aliyah Hasinah, and Jide Adetunji and Ibrahim Kamara, creators of GUAP magazine. https://www.ica.art/whats-on/playback-making-it-millennial-creatives-and-digital-revolution This workshop was part of ICA’s Playback Festival 2018, which exhibited the work of...
2018-04-04
1h 42
SRSLY
SRSLY #135: The Brand Feminism Live Show
What does it mean to make feminism part of your brand? Can celebrities ever truly champion women’s empowerment, or has #feminism just become a way to sell you an overpriced t shirt? Caroline and Anna were joined live on stage at the WOW Festival at the Southbank Centre in London on 11 March 2018 by Zing Tsjeng, Simran Hans, Jazmin Kopotsha and Emma Gannon to tackle these questions and more.Find more of our guests' work via Twitter: @misszing, @heavier_things, @jazkopotsha and @emmagannon.Find the shownotes at srslypod.com/episodes/135 and make sure you’re subs...
2018-03-13
00 min
The Film Programme
Guillermo del Toro
With Francine StockGuillermo del Toro on his Oscar nominated fantasy The Shape Of Water and why it's a parable for our troubled times.The director of Russian family drama Loveless, Andrey Zvyaginstev, reveals what his film has to say about the conflict in Ukraine.Could the director of Basic Instinct really be one of the greatest film-makers of all time. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh makes the case for Paul Verhoeven, while Simran Hans champions Luchino Visconti for inclusion in The Film Programme's A to Z.
2018-02-08
35 min
The Cinematologists Podcast
Contemporary Film Criticism
We’ve been compiling this episode for about 6 months now and we’ve conducted interviews in New York, Bristol, The Shetland Islands and via Skype. We hope our delve into film criticism is worth the wait. Thank you firstly to our participants, so generous with their time and thoughts. A huge thank you also to our roving reporter Charlotte Crofts for the amazing interview with Tara Judah featured in the episode, and others we couldn’t manage to get in. Thank you finally to our listeners who suggested this episode.The wealth of material we got was ov...
2017-12-22
1h 04
Roll Credits
Film Critic
In this week's episode we talk to Simran Hans, film critic for The Observer, and learn what it takes to make a living reviewing films.
2017-11-30
37 min
Simran – Jap Naam – Gur Vichar
MEDITATE, MEDITATE, MEDITATE AND FIND PEACE – LEKH 117 (PAGE 7-9) SIMRAN PART 31
https://gurvichar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hans-raj-hans-mil-mere-preetama-jeeo.mp3 Hans Raj Hans – Mil Mere Preetama Jeeo by Bhau Ji Hence forgetting God is the main reason for all the worldly evil doings or pain and suffering. And remembering God or His simran is the main source of all divine virtues or comforts. Then alone man is in pain when he forgets the Lord. Peace results when the Lord is remembered. 813 When I forget You then everyone becomes my enemy and when I remember You they all serve me. 383 Then alone man is in pain wh...
2017-08-04
00 min
The Film Programme
The Graduate
With Francine Stock.As The Graduate celebrates its 50th anniversary, Tim Robey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh have one word for us. Just one word. Plastics.Korean director Bong Joon Ho explains why he teamed up with Welsh journalist Jon Ronson to make a vegetarian epic about a race of super-pigs that will save the planet.Larushka Ivan-Zadeh returns to slug it out with fellow critic Simran Hans for the honour of getting their director in the A to Z of film-makers.
2017-06-23
33 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
#8 - Gifted / Whitney: Can I Be Me / Withnail & I
This week, James Richardson is joined by Little White Lies' David Jenkins and Simran Hans, to pick over the new drama "Gifted", starring Chris Evans. They'll also discuss Nick Broomfield's new documentary on Whitney Houston. And the focus of this week's Film Club is Bruce Robinson's uber-cult film, Withnail And I, which stars Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2017-06-15
40 min
Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
#5 - Pirates of the Caribbean 5 / The Other Side of Hope / Animal Kingdom
Adam Woodward (Little White Lies), Simran Hans (The Observer / Little White Lies), and Nick Duncalf (BBC Radio 2) discuss the fifth instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, along with the new film from Finland's Aki Kaurismäki The Other Side of Hope. Plus for this week's Little White Lies Film Club you've all been watching Animal Kingdom, the 2010 debut from Australian director David Michôd, ahead of the release on Netflix of his new movie War Machine starring Brad Pitt. We also hear from David at the Cannes Festival. e: truthandmovies@tcolondon.com t: @lwlies f: facebook.com/littlewhiteliesmagazine lw...
2017-05-25
40 min
SRSLY
SRSLY #73: The Home Alone Special
Look what we did, ya little jerks! That's right, a Home Alone special! We're joined by Stephanie Boland, Simran Hans, India Bourke and Jonn Elledge to discuss coming-of-age, violence, consumerism and more in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2016-12-20
00 min
Barbican Contemporary Music
December 2015 special - Panic! - Darkstar, Richard Dawson, Simran Hans + more
In this podcast special, we take a closer look at 'Panic! What Happened to Social Mobility in the Arts' - a series of music, film and debate highlighting issues around access to the arts, focusing in on our weekend of film and music on the 3-4 Dec that showcases artists who succeeded despite overwhelming odds. Featuring exclusive interviews with Darkstar, Richard Dawson, Sivu and Holly Macve ahead of their show at Oval Space on the 4 December, and film critic and writer Simran Hans ahead of our evening of screenings and debate in Barbican on the 3 December.
2015-11-30
48 min