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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…