The Love Of Cinema

Sam Clements talks to director Benny Safdie about his new film, The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, in cinemas now. 

From director Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems, Good Time) comes The Smashing Machine: the tumultuous rise-and-fall story of legendary mixed martial arts champion Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson), his rocky marriage to model Dawn Staples (a predictably excellent Emily Blunt), and the unexpected de...

Sam Clements talks to Justin Tipping about his new film, HIM, in cinemas now. 

From Oscar® winner Jordan Peele and Monkeypaw Productions, producers of the landmark horror films Get Out, Us, Candyman and Nope, comes a blood-chilling journey into the inner sanctum of fame, power and the pursuit of excellence at any cost

From an acclaimed Black List screenplay by Zack Akers & Skip Bronkie (creators of the sci-fi crime serie...

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 Yasmine Kandil to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Pictureho...

Felicity Beckett talks to to director Nadia Fell about her new film, Brides. 

Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are heading off on what seems like the trip of a lifetime. Quiet, observant Doe hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a Somali refugee aged three. Muna, sharp and fearless with Pakistani roots, leads them through airport security and into the unknown. 

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to Emma Thompson about her new film, The Dead of Winter. 

A woman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.

Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope. 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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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director William Bridges about his new film, All Of You, starring Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots. 

Best friends since college, Simon and Laura drift apart when she takes a test that finds her soulmate despite years of unspoken feelings between them.

 Over the years, as their paths cross and diverge, neither can deny the feeling that they’ve missed out on a life together.

Faced with the uncertaint...

Hope Hopkinson talks to Neil Alock, film critic and author of Hitchology, and Rose Butler, Picturehouse Film Programmer, about the new blockbuster ReDiscover season: Hitchcock, coming to your local Picturehouse this autumn. 

Whether you're new to Alfred Hitchcock, or a big enough fan to know your Sabotage from your Saboteur, a season of his movies on the big screen is an unmissable event for film fans. There's nothing like the ...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Nadia Latif, plus actors Willem Dafoe, Corey Hawkins and Anna Diop about their new film The Man In My Basement. 

In the African American neighbourhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home.A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative...

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 Leila Latif and Rafa Sales Ross to discuss some of the best films and events coming to Pic...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Darren Aronofsky about his new film, Caught Stealing.  Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.

When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few...

Sam Clements talks to director Jay Roach about his new film, The Roses.  Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. 

But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. 

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Hope Hopkinson talks to writer, director and star of Sorry, Baby Eva Victor about making their feature directorial debut. 

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.

Blending heartache, humour and healing, SORRY, BABY is the stunning and star-making debut from director, writer and actor Eva Victor, also starring Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges. 

As sharp as it is tender, SORRY, BABY is a qu...

Sam Clements speaks to director Ari Aster about his new film Eddington, in UK cinemas now after it's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. 

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Sam Clements speaks to director Chris Columbus about his work directing the much aniticpated adaptation of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, produced by Steven Spielberg. 

Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees - Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Cel...

Sam Clements speaks to actors Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor about working on Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck, adapted from the Stephen King story of the same name. 

THE LIFE OF CHUCK is a life-affirming, genre-bending story, based on Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz.

Adapted for the screen and directed by regular King...

Sam Clements speaks to writer and director Celine Song about her new film Materialists, recorded live on stage at Picturehouse Central. Please note, this episode was recorded in front of an audience who had just watched Materialists and contains some plot spoilers.  From Celine Song, the Academy Award-nominated writer and director of Past Lives, comes Materialists: the story of a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker torn be...

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 Akua Gyamfi and Victoria Thomas to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehouse Ci...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Claude Barras about his new film, Savages.

In Borneo, at the edge of the tropical forest, Kéria is given a baby orangutan.  With the forest under greater threat than ever, Kéria, Selaï and the little primate, Oshi, will have to face many obstacles. 

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Freda Cooper talks to actor Leonie Benesch about her new film, Late Shift.

Floria, a dedicated nurse, tirelessly serves in an understaffed hospital ward.  However, today her shift becomes a tense and urgent race against the clock. 

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