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EP 168 · Sep 4
Did Terminator 2 Ruin How We Imagine The End Of The World?
Thirty-five years after Terminator 2: Judgment Day, cinema is still imagining the end of the world through killer machin…
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EP 158 · Jun 18
Did Movies Invent Alien Encounters?
Nobody has ever filmed a real alien, so why do they all look the same? The grey skin, the black almond eyes, sixty years…
58m
EP 156 · 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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 ̵…
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…
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…