Cine-Lit

Cine-Lit tackles the biggest leading man in cinema history as Adam and Darrell take a look at the legacy of King Kong! Following on from the podcast on RKO earlier last year, they look at the sequels, spin offs, Japanese Kaiju Kong films, the remakes and the new Kong films in Legendary's Monsterverse cinematic shared universe. Taking the new publication "Giant Monsters Of Filmland" (co-edited by a...

Normally at this time of year, Adam, Darrell and Rebekah would be discussing the Oscar nominations - the films that (deservedly or otherwise) were nominated and those that were overlooked. But because 2020 was… well, 2020, the Oscars for this year have been postponed. So this month the team are looking back to the year which produced arguably the strongest ever line-up of Best Picture nominees - 1...

Adam, Darrell and Rebekah bring the Christmas feels for this loose free form chat about their favourite (and not so favourite ) Christmas Movies. Expect all the yuletide faves as the team chat Home Alone , Muppets Christmas Carol , It's A Wonderful Life as well as some lesser known seasonal films like Cash On Demand , Don't Open Until Christmas and.... Silver Linings Playbook ? Check out the Cine-...

As Paracinema barrells towards it's conclusion, Adam and Darrell catch up with Michael Fausti, director of Exit . Exit bowled over the Paracinema selection committee with its style, confidence and mesmerising performances. An erotic horror thriller that leaves you with as many questions after you've watched it as you have going in, it impressed Darrell so much that he compared it favourably with D...

Cine-Lit goes festival crazy this episode as we celebrate the long-delayed return of Paracinema Film Festival and Derby Film Festival this November. We catch up with the director of Day Of The Stranger , Tom Lee Rutter, to talk about the film, it's troubled, unorthodox shoot and what possessed him to make an acid western in Kidderminster! See Day Of The Stranger on the Paracinema Film Festival web...

The Cine-Lit team take a look at the filmmaking career of Steve McQueen, tracing the line from his art career and winning the Turner Prize, through to his film-making debut with the IRA Hunger Strike biopic Hunger , his follow up with Shame , then onto his Oscar winning triumph in 12 Years A Slave and Widows . Just ahead of his new anthology series debuting on the BBC iPlayer in November, this is...

Adam and Darrell welcome back Rebekah for a special Halloween edition of Cine-Lit where the team delve into the pair of Blaxploitation horror films. Made during the height of the Blaxploitation boom in US filmmaking, a touch of vampiric class is brought to the funky streets of LA as Blacula stalks his victims. While Blaxploitation legend Pam Grier arrives for the sequel as Voodoo raises its head a...

The nights are drawing in and thoughts turn to horror as Halloween fast approaches. This episode of Cine-Lit looks at the work of the Italian maestro of horror Dario Argento. From his early films - including his Animal Trilogy ( Bird With The Crystal Plumage , Cat O' Nine Tails , Four Flies On Grey Velvet ) which established the key characteristic of the giallo subgenre - to his Three Mothers film...

Adam and Darrell are joined by film director and proud Derby lad, Dominic Burns, to explore an area of cinema that Dom is very passionate about. The 80s! As the world reels from the shockwaves of Lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic, more than ever we need the power of a good comedy. The discussion here takes in 5 great films from the 1980s that may have escaped your notice. We look at Ruthless Peop...

Adam and Darrell delve into the career of one of Hollywood's more enigmatic stars on the eve of his 70th Birthday. Bill Murray has been delighting audiences, wrongfooting Hollywood and forging filmmaking partnerships for over 40 years now. Cine-Lit explores his career, looking at the late 70s / early 80s, the mega pop culture hit Ghostbusters , Murray's sole directorial effort and his partnerships...

Adam sits down with Steve Hatcher, organiser of the Doctor Who Convention Whooverville , to talk about the Doctor's visits to the big screen. In the episode, we cover the two Amicus Dalek movies of the 1960s that starred British acting legend Peter Cushing as Doctor Who. We look at the 1970s efforts to bring Who to the big screen with Tom Baker, and explore the various ill-advised attempts in the...

Cine-Lit's Adam Marsh is joined by Derby QUAD's Peter Munford to talk about his passion for East Asian cinema and the films that inspired him to set up the monthly film night Satori Screen. Covering a wide range of countries and genres we delve into Park Chan Wook's Vengeance trilogy, Jackie Chan's breakthrough movie, the most profitable movie ever made One Cut Of The Dead (2017), the incredibly i...

Adam and Darrell pick another topic to explore through five films and this time they have chosen the career and work of director Julien Temple. Recorded on the weekend when Glastonbury 2020 was due to take place, we explore Temple's documentary on the famous festival as well as his Sex Pistols doc/propaganda exercise The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980). Rounding out the five are his day-glo, 80...

Cine-Lit take a left turn away from our historical deep dives, and this episode Adam and Darrell are delving into the fictional history of England's Screaming. The new book from the author Sean Hogan and the excellent PS Publishing, 'England's Screaming' attempts to weave together the fictional history of some of British horror's most fascinating characters. England's Screaming is available to buy...

Cine-Lit host Adam Marsh is joined by resident expert Darrell Buxton to delve into the history of RKO studios through five films that are currently available to view for free on the BBC iPlayer. From the biggest star in Hollywood (King Kong) to, arguably, the greatest film ever made (Citizen Kane), RKO had a run from the late 1920s through to the mid 1950's and left an indelible mark on cinem...

The Old Dark House, the reading of the will at midnight, the secret panels, the hidden rooms, the murderous criminal…. All the clichés that are as familiar as your own hand appear in this subgenre of the crime film. We are talking Old Dark House mysteries covering James Whale’s iconic Old Dark House (1932), The Cat And The Canary , J B Priestley, Laurel And Hardy, Harold Lloyd and many more. With...

Adam and Darrell jump back to the earliest days of cinema and take a look at the birth of the crime film in the first in a series of podcasts about the crime genre. In this first podcast they cover the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes (1900), animal heroics in Rescued By Rover (1905), the significance of films like Underworld (1927), Fantomas (1913-1914), Dr Mabuse, Der Spieler (1922) before th...

Adam and Darrell reunite for another Cine-Lit podcast this time looking into the work of a director that maybe not so many people are aware of. Inspired by Adam's comment that "There is always something to enjoy in a Brian Trenchard-Smith film." They are exploring the work of director Brian Trenchard-Smith, pioneer of the Ozploitation boom of filmmaking in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. In a ca...

In our recent two-part series focussing on The New Hollywood movement, regular contributor Film Historian Darrell Buxton boldly claimed that Roger Corman was the most important American film maker in post-war cinema.   So Adam decided to challenge Darrell to back up his argument in a wide-ranging conversation which focuses on Corman’s long career as a producer and director. Also covered is hi...

This latest episode of Cine-Lit, Adam is joined by regular contributor Film Historian Darrell Buxton. In the midst of the lockdown that many are experiencing across the world, Adam and Darrell discuss Single Location movies. Movies where the protagonists are restricted to a single location, whether that be chained to a radiator in a dirty room (Saw) or trapped between a Rock and A Hard Place (127...

In this second part of a two part Cine-Lit podcast, Adam, Rebekah and Darrell continue their discussion on the New Hollywood movement. This time they are moving into the final days of the scene and discussing some of the reasons and films that led to its downfall. They discuss the likes of Apocalypse Now, Star Wars, Jaws, Heaven’s Gate, Popeye and more, as well as the impact of figures like David...

In this first part of a two part Cine-Lit podcast, Adam and Rebekah are joined by new regular contributor Film Historian Darrell Buxton. Together they tackle the New Hollywood movement that took over Hollywood in the late '60s, the 1970s and the early '80s. This wide-ranging discussion incorporates the beginnings of the movement with films like Easy Rider and Bonnie And Clyde, through to the major...

In the latest episode of the Cine-Lit podcast, Adam and Rebekah are joined by film lecturer David Leicester. Together they discuss Elias Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), currently showing in cinemas in a new restoration by the BFI . As well as discussing the towering performances of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, they talk about Tennessee Williams' original play and how it relates to the...

Join Adam and Rebekah for a special episode of the Cine-Lit podcast. In this episode, together with QUAD’s resident film historian Darrell Buxton, they discuss the work of Alejandro Jodorowsky. From his early work to his breakout film El Topo, his Beatles-funded The Holy Mountain, his adaption of Dune that never got the green light and his 40+ years of comic book writing. With thanks to Steve Wood...

Always packed full of controversy, this week we’re discussing the 2020 Oscars nominations.    We talk about the films that were nominated and those that weren’t, what would be on our ideal list, as well as what makes an acting role a Lead or a Supporting one.   Featuring Adam Marsh (Cinema Programmer), Rebekah Taylor (Film Officer), Laura O'Leary (QUAD Assistant Curator) and residen...