Kino Royale

Happy Halloween, darlings! This week the Film Lady creeps down into Boston's abandoned subway tunnels to hang out with Jenny Greenteeth, the green-toothed pond hag who used to snatch English kids off riverbanks and is now the hungriest, horniest heroine of Gillian Daniels's debut, Jenny Will Eat You Now. We dig into her spooky folklore roots, why the book keeps calling her a rusalka, and t...

Film Lady heads back to high school prom, yet again! 50 years after Brian De Palma drenched Sissy Spacek in pig’s blood, Mike Flanagan’s 2026 Prime Video series Carrie takes the stage, and Film Lady is here to see how the New Girl measures up. She’ll skip the shower room, ignore the Instagram comments, and say ‘yes’ to promposal. My advice: bring a raincoat to the dance. FL’s weather forecast says...

Film Lady goes back to the closet to confront BoogeyMum (a hot one, at least!). If Jessica Chastain asks to go into your heart, who are we to say ‘No’? From Josh Malerman’s 2024 novel Incidents Around the House to Rob Savage’s 2026 film Other Mommy , Film Lady weighs her options and leaves the closet door unlocked. Two mommies are better than one, after all. #mommyissues Content warning: a child i...

Join Film Lady for a working retreat at the Crawford house in Vermont, where the coffee is strong, the husband is grieving (but hot), and the bestselling author upstairs hasn't moved or spoken in months. Supposedly. From Colleen Hoover's sensational 2018 thriller to the 2026 big-screen adaptation, Film Lady pulls up an ergonomic chair at Verity's desk and reads the one manuscript that...

Join Film Lady for a quiet night at the Bates Motel, where there are twelve cabins, twelve vacancies, and one devoted son who simply adores his mother. From Robert Bloch's pulpy 1959 novel to Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece, Film Lady takes a long, hot shower in the story that made the whole world afraid of bathrooms. A boy's best friend is his mother, after all.  Content warning : murder...

Join Film Lady in befriending one accomplished, dignified governess, Winnifred Notty (pronounced ‘Naughty ’ or ‘ Nutty ’ depending on the context). Dear Reader, if you have only one book to read this year - this is it. Victorian Psycho (2025) by Virginia Feito is Film Lady’s new fave novel! Content warning : Graphic violence and gore, including murder, dismemberment and bodily mutilation, Depictio...

‘I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?’ How does Pat Bateman appear on the big screen compared to the original novel? Join Film Lady in analysing the horror-comedy adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel - a 2000 movie by Mary Harron, American Psycho . Content Warning : like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled accordingly o...

Would you like to have lunch at Dorsia with a fine young man named Patrick Bateman and learn about his business of mergers & aqua sessions? Join Film Lady in exploring one of the darkest, most controversial novels of all time - a 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis’s - American Psycho . Content Warning : like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled ac...

Let's celebrate Fathers Day 2026 (in Australia) by looking at some Psycho Daddies together! Who doesn't have #daddyissues, right? Not Film Lady, surely…XD Content Warning : like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled accordingly on your pod platforms with *E* symbol. Please go through the triggers below before jumping in! Potential Triggers :...

Let’s take a night plane from Tangier to Detroit & see how much blood is left for our lovers in our closing August episode! Join Film Lady in exploration of this 2013 gem by Jim Jarmusch. 8/10 Pairs of Sunglasses at Night .  Content Warning : like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled accordingly on your pod platforms with *E* symbol. However, i...

This episode is part 3 (BONUS), ‘ Wreckage ’, where we peek behind the curtain to see what Monsters hide behind the Archives with Caroline Bicks’s 2026 exploration of Carrie’s earlier drafts & alternative plot twists! Just like the Carrie novel, we have divided our discussion into 3 parts. We’ve even kept the OG names! So you can listen to either or all (or none), depending what you’re most in...

This episode is part 2, ‘ Prom Night ’, where we’re following Brian de Palma to the epic school night of his 1976 iconic movie adaptation. 8/10 dirty pillows. Just like the Carrie novel, we have divided our discussion into 3 parts. We’ve even kept the OG names! So you can listen to either or all (or none), depending what you’re most interested in! Previously, in ep18 - part 1 - ‘ Blood Sport ’, we...

This is part 1 of Carrie saga, ‘ Blood Sport ’, where we dissect the OG novel by SK. Expect scary spoilers, deep dives & terrifying tangents! In part 2 (out soon!), ‘ Prom Night ’, we follow Brian de Palma to the bloody school dance in his 1976 movie. In BONUS part 3 , ‘ Wreckage ’, we peek behind the curtain to look at earlier versions of Carrie in the Monsters in the Archives. So, stash some...

While the Northern Hemisphere is camping it out at SummerWeen , we’re in the Land Down Under getting what chills we can during WinterWeen ! Join Film Lady at her debut at production studio discussing her top 10 Horror Hits. Content Warning : Content-related mentions of ED & Suicide. SPOILERS: this ep spoils the plot of 10 horror movies mentioned by the author. Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letter...

To kick off the Bloody Month of August Film Lady travels to Camp Miasma to potentially get together with Gillian Anderson. Little does she know she has to compete not only with Hannah Einbinder, but Little Death too! The new movie Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) by Jane Schoenbrun gets the blood pumping like nothing else does! 9/10 Little Deaths. Content Warning : Blood, Teenage Sex,...

Bonjouur! Prepare to get your best self out & dress it up in 80s workout gear, and follow me into episode 15 - the last episode of July, the Birth month, for which The Substance (2024) could not have been more perfect! 9/10 MonstroElisabethSues. Content Warning : Body Dysmorphia, Misogynistic Themes, Blood, Body Horror, French Extremity SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode discus...

This bitch is a cunning linguist, she loves languages! - Film Lady describing herself, probably. Listen to an ex-Russian straight chick ramble about the hyped-up gay sports romance adaptation - ‘ Heated Rivalry (2025) ’. 9/10 Banana Socks. Content Warning : Sexual Language (Explicit), Mentions of Suicide. Mentions: HR novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heated_Rivalry_(novel) Cheburashka: https:/...

A straight Russian chic discusses Russian-Canadian gay sports romance! Join FL in a hot game of hockey . Content Warning : Sexual Language, Mentions of Suicide. Mentions: HR novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heated_Rivalry_(novel) Cheburashka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheburashka Doxa vid on HR: https://youtu.be/L9ruQnm8kYM?si=8-PpfCbyGhhqlric PH blockade: https://www.thedailyaus.com.au/cr...

Satisfy Film Lady’s sugar cravings in exploring the Sick, Sad World of Eating Disorders in Saccharine episode! 9/10 Smokey Cadavers. CONTENT WARNING : prolonged & detailed discussions of Eating Disorders (ED), Anorexia in particular. Please take care of yourself first! SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode, listen at your own risk. We're diving deep into the plot here! Episode...

Come and pet my Broody Babadook in the closet under the stairs. He’s a huge drama queen! 9/10 Broody Byronic Babadooks. Content Warning : animal cruelty, mental illness, grief, PTSD, potential child abuse/neglect, monsters in the closet! Links: Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/babadook Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email:...

New to the Yabba? Film Lady is not - hence she will never refuse a cold one while in the Outback. 7/10 dry dead dingo's dongers. Content Warning: strong animal cruelty, alcoholism, mentions of suicide, gambling, guns. Links: Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/wake-in-fright Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bsky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepod...

Join Film Lady at her impressions on Leviticus & its SPOILERFIFIC discussion, as seen first-hand at Sydney Film Fest. 10/10 evil doppelgängers. Content Warning: discussions of religion & politics, swearing (lots). Links: Extended show notes: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/leviticus Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bsky & Insta. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Music - Free Mus...

Hello, revolting! Oi loik what oi see… To celebrate 11 years of residing in the land of OZ, Film Lady travels to Fountain Lakes to help Kath & Kim navigate the dramas of everyday life, laughing along to the Pilot episode - ‘SEX’. Links: Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/kath-kim Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram Email: kinor...

In the 7th episode, Film Lady gets obsessed about the newest horror fave: Obsession (2026) - 9/10 bear shrines . Listen to her post-watch rambles, as well as deep analysis of heavy topics no one asked for.  Content warning : suicide, sexual & emotional abuse, animal death, coarse language. Question for listeners - lemme know in the comments, on socials or email: What would you wish for if you...

In the 6th episode of KR, Film Lady settles into Thornfield Hall & ponders which hot white Hollywood actor will play Rochester in the 2030 adaptation of Jane Eyre, while revisiting one of the most prolific texts in the feminist literature. CORRECTION : I’ve mistakenly called ‘Housemaid’ by Freida McFadden ‘Handmaid’! The movie also should be Housemaid, not Handmaid! Soz for that :) NB : Kinda...