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…
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EP 153 · May 21
Autobiographical Cinema: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…