An audio index of film · 2021 —
CELEBRATING CINEMA
Amsterdam's LAB111 film podcast on the cinema that matters — debates, rankings, and director deep dives, every Thursday. A podcast for the love of cinema.
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What Do Mothers And Daughters Inherit From Each Other?
“My mother and cinema are my two teachers in life, each in their own peculiar ways.” Filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus and producer Elliot Bloom explore the parallels between these two teachers:…
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The Index · 2026
All 167 episodes →| Art | № | Date | Title | Films covered | Hosts |
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| — | Aug 20 | What Do Mothers And Daughters Inherit From Each Other? | — | — | |
| — | Aug 13 | Cine Of The Times: Did No Country For Old Men Predict Trump’s America? | — | — | |
| — | Aug 7 | Can Cinema Teach Us How to Pay Attention? — What Playtime, Ikiru & After Hours Asks Of Us | — | — | |
| — | Jul 30 | When Does A Film Become Camp? | — | — | |
| — | Jul 23 | Why Black Girl Still Matters 60 Years Later w/ Djeneba Saccoh | — | — | |
| — | Jul 21 | Who Really Was the Father Of African Cinema? — Ousmane Sembène, By His Son Alain | — | — | |
| — | Jul 16 | Is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Just 6 Great Scenes? | — | — | |
| — | Jul 2 | Has Letterboxd Changed The Way We Watch Films? | — | — | |
| — | Jun 25 | The Watermelon Woman at 30: Cheryl Dunye’s Queer Cinema Landmark | — | — | |
| — | Jun 18 | Did Movies Invent Alien Encounters? | — | — |
The Hosts
Film Journalist
Laura Gommans
Laura Gommans is a film journalist and the host of Celebrating Cinema.
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Film Critic
Hugo Emmerzael
Hugo Emmerzael is an Amsterdam-based film critic, public speaker and curator with over a decade of experience at the intersection of cinema, music and culture at large.
00 episodes
Filmmaker
Kiriko Mechanicus
Kiriko Mechanicus, also known as Kiri Academy, is an Amsterdam-based Dutch-Japanese documentary filmmaker, writer of fiction and non-fiction, culinary artist, photographer, host, full-time opinionated bitch and part-time party girl.
00 episodes
Head of Cinema, LAB111
Tom Ooms
Tom Ooms is Head of Cinema at LAB111, where he leads the programming, and runs its sister distribution company Odyssey Classics, releasing classic cinema.
00 episodes
Cold Open · Essays
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Mar 12, 2026
The Man Who Fell to Screen: David Bowie’s Life in Cinema
Mar 5, 2026
From Mary Shelley to the Bride: Why Is Frankenstein’s Monster Always So Ugly?
Feb 26, 2026
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Is Not Political. These Films Disagree.
Feb 19, 2026
Are Marty Supreme and Wuthering Heights Worth the Hype?