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EP — · Jun 25
The Watermelon Woman at 30: Cheryl Dunye’s Queer Cinema Landmark
The Watermelon Woman (1996) was Cheryl Dunye’s debut and the first American feature directed by a Black lesbian. A…
EP — · Jun 18
Why Do All Aliens On Screen Look The Same?
Nobody has ever filmed a real alien, so why do they all look the same? The grey skin, the black almond eyes, sixty years…
44m
EP — · Jun 11
Is Disclosure Day Spielberg’s Most Hopeful Film Or His Most Naive?
Steven Spielberg spent fifty years teaching us to look up. When the Pentagon released its real alien files, nobody blink…
EP — · Jun 4
Fast & Furious: How The Franchise Remade Hollywood w/ Dan Hassler-Forest
The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen, 2001) was a small film about Los Angeles street racers, immigrant car culture, and …
EP — · May 28
The Backrooms, Explained: Kane Parsons & the A24 Feature
Kane Parsons made the Backrooms on YouTube when he was only sixteen. Over 200 million views later, A24 has handed him hi…
45 min
EP 154 · May 26
Cannes 2026 Dispatch With Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw has been sending dispatches from Cannes since 1999. If you ask him what’s chan…
54 min
EP 153 · May 21
How to Catch a Butterfly: Why We Love to Film Ourselves
Long before phones turned every life into footage, a small line of filmmakers was already pointing the camera at themsel…
38m
EP 152 · May 14
Cinema Obsession: Why Films Grip Us (Vertigo, Peeping Tom)
Cinema’s dirtiest little secret is that it’s designed to make you want something you can never have. In this…
36m
EP 151 · May 7
Amadeus: Is It Really About Mediocrity?
Amadeus (1984, Miloš Forman) is not really about Mozart. It’s a film about the rest of us — the ones who can recog…
38m
EP 150 · Apr 30
The Devil Wears Prada 2: Is Miranda Priestly A Feminist Icon Or A Toxic Boss?
Miranda once told Andy she was the greatest disappointment of her career. Twenty years on, the question isn’t whet…
35m
EP 149 · Apr 23
Truly Naked: Can a Film Be More Intimate Than Porn?
Can a film be more intimate than pornography? Can a film be more intimate than pornography? In Truly Naked (2026), BAFTA…
49m
EP 148 · Apr 16
Musical Biopics: Can You Still Make a Good One? (Re-Release)
A note from us: we spent the past two weeks going through your survey responses — thank you to everyone who filled it in…
37m
EP 147 · Apr 2
A-List Actors Gone Weird (Borgli’s The Drama)
What is the worst thing you’ve ever done? This week, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom watched Kristoffer Borgl…
31m
EP 146 · Mar 31
Mees Peijnenburg On A Family, Dutch Cinema, And The Emotional Architecture of Divorce
Divorce is rarely one story. It’s four, or five — each told from a different room in the same house. In his new fi…
27m
EP 145 · Mar 27
The Skarsgårds’ Year: Pillion, Dead Man’s Wire & The History of Sound
Is this the year of the Skarsgårds? Hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom kick things off with Pillion, Alexander Skarsgå…
35m
EP 144 · Mar 19
Il Conformista: Why Bertolucci’s Fascist Aesthetic Still Matters
When the White House posts a montage of Hollywood blockbusters cut against US drone strikes on Iran, it raises a questio…
33m
EP 143 · Mar 12
David Bowie’s Life in Cinema: The Man Who Fell to Screen
From the alien drifter of The Man Who Fell to Earth to the unforgettable Goblin King of Labyrinth, David Bowie built one…
43m
EP 142 · Mar 5
Frankenstein’s Monster: Why Is It Always Ugly? (Shelley to The Bride)
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein at nineteen. Cinema has been retelling it ever since – and mainly getting it wrong…
46m
EP 141 · Feb 27
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn’t Political. These Films Disagree.
At this year's Berlinale Film Festival, Wim Wenders declared that cinema is not political — so hosts Elliot Bloom a…
25m
EP 140 · Feb 24
Sirāt as a Rave: Kangding Ray on Scoring the Film
Hugo Emmerzael speaks with DJ and composer Kangding Ray about Sirat — a punishing, bass-driven plunge into the borderlan…
42m
EP 139 · Feb 19
Are Marty Supreme and Wuthering Heights Worth The Hype?
With social media hype swirling around Marty Supreme and Wuthering Heights, hosts Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael unpac…
30m
EP 138 · Feb 12
How Brokeback Mountain Changed Queer Storytelling—and Should Straight Actors Still Play Queer Roles? w/ Esje Seigfried
Host Laura Gommans chats with cultural critic Esje Seigfried about the lasting impact of Brokeback Mountain 20 years on,…
39m
EP 137 · Feb 5
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice Is A Brutal Take On Capitalism
In this episode, Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael dive into what might be Park Chan-wook’s masterpiece, No Other Choice,…
39m
EP 136 · Jan 29
Films by Bad People: Can We Still Watch Them?
The death of French cinema icon Brigitte Bardot has reignited a familiar and uncomfortable question: can we separate art…
40m
EP 135 · Jan 22
Hamnet and Movies That Are Secret Shakespeare Plays
Hosts Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael explore Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (yes, a movie about Shakespeare and his family), alon…
48m
EP 134 · Jan 15
2000 Metres To Andriivka And Why We Need Documentary Films
2000 Metres to Andriivka is an extraordinary and deeply immersive war documentary. The latest film from Ukrainian direct…
32m
EP 133 · Jan 8
Children of Men: The Most Realistic Dystopian Film?
This week, Laura and Hugo dive into films chosen by you. Drawing from our LAB Suggestions programme, where audiences sel…
31m
EP 132 · Dec 30
Ranking the Most Talked About Films of 2025
As the year comes to a close, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom look back on the films that defined 2025. They revisi…
34m
EP 131 · Dec 18
Sentimental Value: Why It Should Win Big at the Oscars
In this final review roundup before the festive season, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom take a look at some new rel…
34m
EP 130 · Dec 12
Christmas Movies: What Makes a Film Festive?
Host Laura Gommans, an unabashed devotee of festive films, teams up with Kiriko, who prefers her Christmas viewing a lit…
57m
EP 129 · Dec 4
How Sex And The City Maps The Rise And Fall Of The American Empire
Sex and the City may not be canonical cinema, but as a cultural artefact it charts America’s imperial confidence, and it…
34m
EP 128 · Nov 27
Die My Love, Splitsville, Nouvelle Vague + The World Of Schmutz Cinema
In this review roundup, hosts Laura Gommans and producer Elliot Bloom find themselves divided on Lynne Ramsay’s Die My L…
57m
EP 127 · Nov 20
Jack Nicholson: How He Became a Cinema Icon
To mark the 50th-anniversary rerelease of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, hosts Hugo Emmerzael and Tom Ooms revisit the…
32m
EP 126 · Nov 13
The Smashing Machine, Back To The Future & It Was Just An Accident
This week, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom take on three standout releases. Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, a …
59m
EP 125 · Nov 6
The American New Wave: How It Took Over Hollywood
The American New Wave, or New Hollywood, launched the careers of some of the United States’ most iconic filmmakers, from…
38m
EP 124 · Oct 30
What Bugonia Gets Wrong About Conspiracy Theorists + Kelly Reichardt On The Mastermind
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed men who kidnap a powerful CEO, convinced she’s an alien bent …
36m
EP 123 · Oct 23
Mark Cousins On Tilda Swinton And His Story Of A Life In Film
In collaboration with Eye Filmmuseum’s exhibition Ongoing, celebrating the singular career of Tilda Swinton, Hugo Emmerz…
43m
EP 122 · Oct 17
Luca Guadagnino: The Master of Desire
Few filmmakers explore desire with as much curiosity and elegance as Luca Guadagnino. His cinema doesn’t just show yearn…
38m
EP 121 · Oct 9
How Rietland Put Dutch Cinema Back on the Map w/ Director Sven Bresser
Sven Bresser’s debut feature Rietland marks a striking moment for Dutch cinema — the first film in nearly 30 years to be…
31m
EP 120 · Oct 2
Eddington, Rietland and Tilly Norwood
A lot can change in a week at the movies. One Battle After Another—the film we crowned as the year’s best—has stumbled a…
36m
EP 119 · Sep 25
One Battle After Another, Yi Yi and Him
Paul Thomas Anderson’s $130 million blockbuster might just be the film of the year. In this episode, Laura and Elliot di…
44m
EP 118 · Sep 18
Chick Flicks: Can the Genre Come Back?
What ever happened to the chick flick? At the turn of the millennium, this fizzy, unabashedly feminine genre ruled the b…
46m
EP 117 · Sep 10
Agnès Varda: Why She’s a Cinema Icon
Coinciding with our Viva Varda retrospective now playing at LAB111 in Amsterdam, Elliot and Kiriko celebrate the life an…
36m
EP 116 · Sep 4
The Deadly Reality of Filming in Gaza: Fatima Hassouna’s Story w/ Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Farsi’s Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is a film made in the urgency of the present. Composed through a ser…
43m
EP 115 · Aug 27
Jaws: The Birth of the Summer Blockbuster & the History of Creature Features
In honor of its 50th anniversary, Jaws emerges from the depths of the cinematic sea to remind us why it remains the arch…
29m
EP 114 · Aug 13
Weapons & Sorry, Baby: The Films Everyone’s Talking About
Back from a summer hiatus, Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom reunite to trade notes on the hot new releases. Zach Cregger’s…
34m
EP 113 · Jul 23
Morgan Knibbe on The Garden of Earthly Delights and the Silence Around It
In this episode, Kiriko sits down with Dutch filmmaker Morgan Knibbe to discuss his blistering debut fictional feature T…
26m
EP 112 · Jul 9
Plein Soleil and the Art of the Summer Movie
This week on Review Roundup, host Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom head south for the summer with a sun-drenched revisit o…
57m
EP 111 · Jun 25
Akira Kurosawa: What He Taught Us About Movies & Morality
This week, Elliot and Kiriko dive into the legendary world of Akira Kurosawa—Japan’s master filmmaker and, let’s be hone…
45m
EP 110 · Jun 11
Zombie Movies: Why the Genre Refuses to Die (28 Years Later)
With 28 Years Later lurching toward the screen, Laura Gommans and Tom Ooms revisit the undead legacy of the zombie in ci…
31m
EP 109 · Jun 5
Dogme 95, The Phoenician Scheme, Twin Peaks: Why Wes Anderson Should Try Dogme-Style Filmmaking
With Dogme 95 turning 30 this year, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom reflect on the radical movement that dared to s…
25m
EP 108 · May 28
Dispatch from Cannes (2025)
Reporting from the Croisette, host Hugo Emmerzael is joined by fellow film critic Savina Petkova who together reflect on…
53m
EP 107 · May 8
Wes Anderson: Every Movie Ranked
To mark LAB111’s full Wes Anderson retrospective, hosts Laura Gommans and Tom Ooms rank every film in his colorful, quir…
28m
EP 106 · Apr 30
Persepolis: Growing Up in a Revolution
In this edition of Review Roundup, host Laura Gommans is joined by Elliot Bloom to dive into the re-release of Persepoli…
31m
EP 105 · Apr 23
Hiroshima Mon Amour: How Do You Film the Atomic Bomb?
Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) returns to cinemas—a quiet revolution in filmmaking that blends love, loss, a…
50m
EP 104 · Apr 16
Is Alex Garland’s Warfare an Anti-War Movie?
Did audiences jump the gun on Alex Garland’s Warfare? Before it's release, the brutally realist portrait of America…
45m
EP 103 · Apr 9
Hollywood Comebacks: The Substance, The Last Showgirl & Why We Love Them
In a moment when Hollywood is once again embracing the comeback—think Demi Moore’s return in The Substance or Pamela And…
35m
EP 102 · Apr 2
De Propagandist: Dutch History’s Most Controversial Filmmaker (Luuk Bouwman)
Dutch Nazi propagandist Jan Teunissen was once one of the most powerful—and now largely forgotten—figures in Dutch cinem…
35m
EP 101 · Mar 26
Why Short Films Matter w/ Go Short Film Festival
In collaboration with Go Short, the Netherlands’ premier short film festival (April 1–6 in Nijmegen), we explore the pow…
34m
EP 100 · Mar 19
The Room: The Best Worst Movie Ever Made?
Hailed as the Citizen Kane of bad movies, The Room (Tommy Wiseau, 2003) has transcended its origins as an enigmatic vani…
55m
EP 99 · Mar 12
Bong Joon-ho’s Bloody Brilliance and the Rise of Korean Cinema
When Parasite won Best Picture, it put Korean cinema in the global spotlight, but it was the result of decades of bold f…
36m
EP 98 · Mar 6
Mickey 17: Do Two Pattinsons Make It Twice the Fun?
In our latest review round-up, Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 has Laura and Hugo at odds, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths steals thei…
25m
EP 97 · Feb 20
Is ‘The Monkey’ Better Than ‘Longlegs’?
In this review roundup, hosts Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael dive into three films that have caught their attention. O…
49m
EP 96 · Feb 13
Musical Biopics: Can You Still Make a Good One?
With a new wave of nostalgia-driven musical biopics—A Complete Unknown, Better Man, Maria—flooding theaters, hosts Laura…
31m
EP 95 · Feb 6
Does AI in The Brutalist Even Matter?
In our first edition of the Review Roundup, a new biweekly cinematic dispatch, Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom get into t…
50m
EP 94 · Jan 29
How Ernest R. Dickerson Discovered Tupac For Juice
Legendary filmmaker Ernest Dickerson joins host Elliot Bloom for a compelling journey through his remarkable career. Fro…
28m
EP 93 · Jan 24
Jeroen Houben on Torch Song (2025)
Fresh off winning the Dutch Film Critics’ Choice Award at the Netherlands Film Festival, LAB111 resident filmmaker Jeroe…
36m
EP 92 · Jan 21
Raoul Peck on Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2025)
A fearless voice against systemic injustice, Raoul Peck has crafted a body of work that interrogates the legacies of col…
58m
EP 91 · Jan 16
Vampire Movies: From Dracula to Twilight (Nosferatu’s Return)
This year, vampires emerge from the shadows once more with Robert Eggers’ haunting reimagining of Nosferatu. But why doe…
30m
EP 90 · Jan 9
Why No Other Land is the Most Important Film of 2025
In a village under constant threat of displacement, where homes and schools are torn down and the land is slowly seized,…
47m
EP 89 · Dec 12
Megalopolis & Cinema’s Great Passion Projects
To mark the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, a 40-year passion project with a staggering $120 million pric…
28m
EP 88 · Dec 10
Mati Diop on Dahomey (2024)
When 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Republic of Benin) would finally be returned from France…
23m
EP 87 · Dec 3
Shiori Ito on Black Box Diaries (2024)
Trigger warning: Please be advised that this episode includes discussions about sexual violence. In this powerful episod…
37m
EP 86 · Nov 27
Rich Peppiatt on Kneecap (2024)
In Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt delivers a raw and politically charged origin story about JJ, a Belfast teacher, and two self-…
1h 10m
EP 85 · Nov 13
Wim Wenders: Paris Texas, Wings of Desire & the Road Movie
Join us for a cinematic road trip through the films of visionary director Wim Wenders, whose work has redefined cinemati…
54m
EP 84 · Oct 30
Knight of Cups (Malick): The Video Essay, w/ Like Stories of Old
Following a packed-out CC Film Club screening of Knight Of Cups, host Hugo chats with Tom van der Linden, the creator of…
45m
EP 83 · Oct 19
Tarsem Singh on The Fall (2006)
Visionary director Tarsem Singh joins Kiriko to reflect on The Fall (2006), once dubbed by the filmmaker himself as “the…
31m
EP 82 · Oct 15
Kevin Boitelle on Trip-Tych (2024)
Crafted on a shoestring budget, Kevin Boitelle’s feature debut, Trip-Tych, serves as both a film about the art of …
1h 14m
EP 81 · Oct 3
Female Stereotypes in Cinema We Love (Femme Fatale to Manic Pixie)
There is nothing as hypnotizing than the larger-than-life women that we see on the screen—captivating, outrageous, and i…
54m
EP 80 · Sep 26
Laura Hermanides on Witte Flits (2024)
Fresh off her feature debut opening the Netherlands Film Festival, one of LAB111's resident filmmakers Laura Herman…
1h 4m
EP 79 · Sep 18
Orson Welles: Truth, Trickery & The Third Man
Orson Welles stands as a visionary filmmaker, a notorious showman, and an enigmatic storyteller who blurred the lines be…
31m
EP 78 · Sep 5
David Hinton on Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger (2024)
After his 1980s collaboration with legendary filmmaker Michael Powell on a documentary chronicling Powell’s career, dire…
47m
EP 77 · Aug 15
Henry Selick on Coraline (2009)
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the acclaimed stop-motion epic Coraline, Laura Gommans had the distinct pleasure of…
1h 0m
EP 76 · Jul 25
Romcoms: What Happened to Them? (with Laura Gommans)
From screwball comedies to the golden age of 90s and early 00s romcoms, our love for romance remains strong. In this epi…
30m
EP 75 · Jul 11
Lukas Moodysson on Fucking Åmål (1998)
Lukas Moodysson shares with Hugo his experiences of making Fucking Åmål, how a story close to his heart has taken on a l…
52m
EP 74 · Jun 28
Dutch Cinema: The Directors Worth Celebrating (Verhoeven, Sluizer)
For a country known for wholeheartedly consuming cinema from abroad, the Netherlands has never been great at celebrating…
27m
EP 73 · Jun 20
The Ross Brothers on Gasoline Rainbow (2023)
Collectively known as The Ross Brothers, Bill and Turner Ross are utterly unique in their approach to filmmaking. In a c…
54m
EP 72 · May 23
The Art of Acting: From Brando to Now (with Mike Gomez)
A film’s success often rests on the shoulders of its most bankable stars. But have stars once born to seduce the silver …
32m
EP 71 · May 16
Sean Price Williams and Talia Ryder on The Sweet East (2023)
Sean Price Williams, a stalwart in American indie cinematography, has boldly embarked on his directorial debut with The …
48m
EP 70 · May 9
Bertrand Bonello on The Beast (2024)
Liberated from the arthouse cliches of cinema, Bertrand Bonello is a rare kind of director. Our host Hugo Emmerzael spok…
41m
EP 69 · Apr 25
Baloji on Augure (2023)
Baloji is a prolific francophone rapper, known for his visually striking and poetic style. So his turn to filmmaking onl…
56m
EP 68 · Apr 11
AI in Cinema: Will It Take Over? (Sora to Mickey 17)
Do AI portrayals in film predict a future of robotic overlords or simply offer a chance to innovate cinema? Artificial I…
1h 8m
EP 67 · Mar 7
Nicolas Cage: The Actor Behind the Memes
Amidst the abundance of parodies, memes, and impersonations, there exists an undeniable uniqueness to the American actor…
19m
EP 66 · Feb 22
Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex (2023)
If you don’t know already, Molly Manning Walker’s feature debut How To Have Sex (2023) has taken the world by storm. Thi…
52m
EP 65 · Feb 8
Sex in Cinema: Where Did It Go? (with Laura Gommans)
After a steamy winter featuring Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, the internet was sent into a frenzy over – a fairly me…
57m
EP 64 · Jan 11
Sofia Coppola: Her Films, From Virgin Suicides to Priscilla
"Obviously Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl." (Cecilia, Virgin Suicides) Affectionately known…
57m
EP 63 · Dec 29
Studio Ghibli & Miyazaki: Why the Magic Feels So Real
“I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".”― Hayao Miyazaki It's hard to…
33m
EP 62 · Dec 19
Ken Loach on Solidarity and Hope in The Old Oak (2023)
“Hope is political. If you have hope then you have confidence you can change things” After 60 years of filmmaking, Briti…
49m
EP 61 · Dec 14
The Battle of Algiers: Oppression, Revolution & Resistance
Movies have always been a way to understand the world around us, and so, confronted with the brutal horrors of both Hama…
56m
EP 60 · Dec 8
Future Frames: A Conversation with Bram Ruiter
For this edition of Future Frames, you can hear from our rising filmmakers who we’ll be screening at Volk’s Hotel Sunday…
42m
EP 59 · Dec 5
Future Frames: A Conversation with Rafik Opti
For this edition of Future Frames, you can hear from our rising filmmakers who we’ll be screening at Volk’s Hotel Sunday…
31m
EP 58 · Nov 14
Passages (2023): A Conversation with Ira Sachs
Passages (2023) by Ira Sachs sets the tone for the cold change in seasons – a people’s favourite that has got us …
1h 41m
EP 57 · Nov 7
David Fincher: His Films & Curious Obsessions
"What's the first rule of Fight Club?" — "We do not talk about Mank." Refusing to be call…
57m
EP 56 · Oct 5
Martin Scorsese: His Films, Faith & Redemption
Widely regarded as one of the most influential directors of our time, Martin Scorsese has made some of the most exciting…
44m
EP 55 · Sep 19
Barbie: The Billion-Dollar Movie Phenomenon
A rare cultural moment in cinema, the release and aftermath of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie certainly had us all talking. Shari…
26m
EP 54 · Sep 8
How to Save a Dead Friend (2022): A Conversation with Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Set against the rise of Russia's authoritarian regime, filmmaker Marusya Syroechkovskaya paints an homage to both a…
1h 7m
EP 53 · Jul 13
Tom Cruise: Can He Save Cinema?
With the latest installment of the Mission Impossible franchise in cinemas now, we pose the question if Tom Cruise, the …
56m
EP 52 · Jun 28
Werner Herzog: The Ecstatic Truth & His Films
With an oeuvre-spanning exhibition in Eye Filmmuseum, and multiple classics like Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Aguirre, Wrath …
1h 9m
EP 51 · May 30
Witches in Cinema: Recasting a Feminist Icon (with Helena Castro)
With the multidisciplinary film program Witch Way Now: Recasting A Feminist Icon heading into its second month of film s…
45m
EP 50 · May 5
Future Frames: A Conversation with Razan Hassan
For the final Future Frames episode, filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus talks with fellow filmmaker and good friend Razan Hassa…
58m
EP 49 · Apr 29
Future Frames: A Conversation with Amira Duynhouwer
Sitting down with filmmaker, screenwriter, chef, and all-around powerhouse Amira Duynhouwer for a Future Frames intervie…
37m
EP 48 · Apr 25
Return to Seoul (2022): A Conversation with Davy Chou
Inspired by the experiences of a close friend, Davy Chou decided to make a film about her non-stereotypical adoption sto…
48m
EP 47 · Apr 20
Future Frames: A Conversation with Stefanie Kolk
Recognizing herself in Stefanie Kolk’s journey towards a career in film that started out in a different place entirely, …
1h 4m
EP 46 · Apr 6
Future Frames: A Conversation with Kim Kokosky Deforchaux
For the second interview in our Future Frames series, Head Of Program Tom Ooms and his good friend, Amsterdam-based writ…
57m
EP 45 · Mar 28
Future Frames: A Conversation with Ashley Röttjers
After watching Ashley Röttjers’ short film Celestial Spaces: A Liberation on Meditation Practices at an IDFA Meets event…
1h 4m
EP 44 · Feb 23
Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Alchemy of His Cinema
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alejandro Jodorowsky's mystical magnum opus The Holy Mountain, three classics b…
42m
EP 43 · Jan 31
Twilight: The Cult Phenomenon (Live Audience)
Following our first live and very animated podcast recording, our hosts, along with our audience, discussed the relevanc…
1h 0m
EP 42 · Jan 12
Twilight (2008): A Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke
In anticipation of our first live podcast event where we will be revisiting the iconic Twilight (2008), we had the absol…
1h 22m
EP 41 · Dec 29
David Lynch: Extreme Violence, Bizarre Comedy & Strange Beauty
Very few director’s have their own adjective: Lynchian. But then again, there are very few directors like David Ly…
57m
EP 40 · Dec 8
Film Noir: Tales From Nightmare Alley
Take a trip down the dark alleys of Film Noir, filled with unscrupulous men, state corruption and crimes waiting to be s…
18m
EP 39 · Nov 24
El Planeta (2021): A Conversation with Amalia Ulman
As part of our new partnership with Mubi, we had the exclusive chance to speak with Artist-turned-filmmaker Amalia Ulman…
33m
EP 38 · Nov 15
Vortex (2021): A Conversation with Gaspar Noé
Widely regarded as the bald bad boy of contemporary French cinema, Gaspar Noé has been disrupting movies and polarising …
47m
EP 37 · Nov 10
Jean-Luc Godard & the Nouvelle Vague: A Tribute
Have you ever wondered what made French director Jean-Luc Godard so great? Or did you never quite understand what exactl…
22m
EP 36 · Nov 5
Narcosis (2022): A Conversation with Martijn de Jong
Director Martijn de Jong joins producer Elliot to discuss his feature debut Narcosis. Selected as this year’s Dutc…
23m
EP 35 · Oct 28
Un Beau Matin (2022): A Conversation with Mia Hansen-Løve
As longtime admirers of Mia Hansen-Løve’s body of work here on the podcast, producer Elliot hosts a very candid an…
21m
EP 34 · Oct 25
Nobu, Baba & Henk (2022): A Conversation with Sarah Blok & Lisa Konno
Directors Sarah Blok & Lisa Konno join to discuss their short trilogy of non-traditional immigrant story of fathers.…
55m
EP 33 · Oct 21
Horror Films: Nightmares & Nostalgia Pt.2 (Imagine Festival)
Joined by the programmers of Imagine Film Festival, the largest celebration for fantastic film in the Netherlands, showc…
23m
EP 32 · Sep 13
Pink Moon (2022): A Conversation with Floor van der Meulen
If a loved-one decided they had enough of life and wanted it to come to an end, how would you respond? Director, Floor v…
1h 7m
EP 31 · Sep 1
Are Ridley & Tony Scott The Last of Their Kind? (with Scout Tafoya)
Are we witnessing the end of American mainstream cinema? Diving deep into this topic, Hugo invites filmmaker, film criti…
26m
EP 30 · Jul 21
Speak No Evil (2022): A Conversation with Christian Tafdrup
Find out how a particular holiday experience led director Christian Tafdrup to write his latest film Speak No Evil (2022…
23m
EP 29 · Jul 14
Fire of Love (2022): A Conversation with Sara Dosa
Here to discuss the mesmerising nature of volcanoes captured through the lens of Katia & Maurice Krafft, director Sa…
18m
EP 28 · Jul 8
Splendid Isolation (2022): A Conversation with Urszula Antoniak
Here to discuss her latest film Splendid Isolation (2022) and the poetry of cinema, Urszula Antoniak candidly shares why…
47m
EP 27 · Jul 7
Tilda Swinton: Renaissance Woman, Chameleon & Muse
With Joanna Hogg’s sequel to her highly autobiographical film The Souvenir (2019), we take a look at one of its st…
25m
EP 26 · Jun 23
Nowhere Special (2020): A Conversation with Uberto Pasolini
Listen to Uberto Pasolini’s journey to becoming a filmmaker. After leaving the banking industry early on to pursue…
43m
EP 25 · Jun 15
Dispatch: Cannes Film Festival 2022
Recorded live from the French airport Nice, Hugo & Tom recap their rollercoaster experience of Cannes Film Festival.…
1h 8m
EP 24 · Jun 2
The World of David Cronenberg: Crimes of the Future (2022)
With David Cronenberg’s latest film Crimes of the Future (2022) out now in cinemas, we delve deep into the Cronenb…
21m
EP 23 · Apr 26
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021): A Conversation with Björn Andrésen
Once proclaimed the most beautiful boy in the world by Italian director Luchino Visconti, former teen star Björn Andrése…
26m
EP 22 · Apr 7
Hatching (2022): A Conversation with Hanna Bergholm
A teenage girl discovers an egg that starts to hatch… Finnish director Hanna Bergholm joins Hugo to discuss …
56m
EP 21 · Mar 31
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – An Exploration
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” It’s about time we celebrated one of the greatest films in cinema ̵…
1h 49m
EP 20 · Feb 17
Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights, Fuck Boys & Co-Dependent Relationships
Back for season 2 and here to grace you with a two hour special all about writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson! Licorice…
56m
EP 19 · Dec 30
Transcendental Style in Film (with Viktor van der Valk)
With Paul Schrader’s must-read book Transcendental Style In Film – suggested by director Viktor van der Valk…
50m
EP 18 · Dec 16
Christmas Movies: Our Comfort-Film Favourites
With both the festive season upon us and new restrictions imposed on cinemas, the mack is back and we’re here to d…
49m
EP 17 · Dec 2
Guilty Pleasure Movies (with Basje Boer)
It’s about time we absolve ourselves of the guilt we feel when enjoying our personal favourites! Writer Basje Boer joins…
42m
EP 16 · Nov 11
Gagarine (2020): A Conversation with Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh
With the release of their feature debut Gagarine (2020) in cinemas here in The Netherlands, we spoke with directors Fann…
58m
EP 15 · Oct 7
Clint Eastwood & (The Fall of) The American Hero
To “celebrate” the release of Clint Eastwood’s latest film Cry Macho and maybe his final swan song, Hugo & Tom get t…
50m
EP 14 · Sep 23
Japanese Cinema, Expanded (with Julian Ross)
In conjunction with the upcoming Camera Japan Festival at LAB111, a celebration of upcoming and contemporary Japanese fi…
48m
EP 13 · Sep 9
The Summer Blockbuster: A History
It’s the big bang of both our 10th episode and the origins of the summer blockbuster, although this episode is not…
47m
EP 12 · Jul 22
Dispatch: Cannes Film Festival 2021
Before our Celebrating Cinema podcast takes a summer hiatus, we had the chance to check in with our film critic Hugo, fo…
45m
EP 11 · Jul 15
Food in Film: Framing Foods & Tomatophilia (Joost Broeren-Huitenga)
A director is much like a chef, and it is no surprise that directors often use cooking analogies when describing their o…
40m
EP 10 · Jun 24
Cinemas Reopen: Back in Business (Summer 2021)
We are back in business! Cinemas have finally reopened and we are here to celebrate. 4 proclaimed cinephiles and yet onl…
58m
EP 09 · Jun 17
The Male Gaze & Female Desire in Cinema (with Basje Boer)
Eroticism should be found in balance! Now isn’t it about time that women in cinema got to look back, shifting the gaze b…
49m
EP 08 · Jun 3
Wong Kar-Wai & Representation in Cinema (with Pete Wu)
Western cinema has mostly defined our movie crushes to be predominantly white, often leaving non-white characters to be …
50m
EP 07 · May 20
WWII in Cinema: Global Perspectives (with Kim Kokosky Deforchaux)
The month of May is always a period of remembrance, commemorating all those who lost their lives during the Second World…
47m
EP 06 · May 6
Horror Films: Nightmares & Nostalgia
What should be a light-hearted reflection on the films of nightmares & nostalgia, which helped form our presenters a…
1h 2m
EP 05 · Apr 22
The Oscars: Our XL Awards Special
That’s right people, it’s Oscars time! We’ve certainly got that Oscar fever, but more a fever of chaotic distress. Inste…
38m
EP 04 · Apr 8
Documentary Ethics (with Miriam Guttmann)
We are delighted to welcome Miriam Guttmann, director of the recent VPRO documentary Seeds of Deceit (Het Zaat Van Karba…
46m
EP 03 · Mar 25
Reality, Fiction, and The Truman Show (1998)
After celebrating our love for cinema, we turn to the question of whether cinema is actually all a lie. Do the fictions …
47m
EP 02 · Mar 11
Why Should We Celebrate Cinema?
To kick off this new podcast series we thought it would only be right to reflect upon the very thing that has brought us…
3m
EP 01 · Mar 2
Welcome to Celebrating Cinema: A Film Podcast
An introduction to the podcast series produced by LAB111, outlining our vision and intentions for all future episodes. M…