Edinburgh Film Podcast

Kat Zabecka speaks to 3 current MSc Film Studies students Nick, Devika and Karen. They discuss their different film viewing experiences during the pandemic and debate the impact of film streaming platforms. (References:  Variety ;  Vox )

Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Neil Fox , the writer of Wilderness (2017), now available to stream . They discuss the writing process, inspiration for the characters and the timeliness of the digital release of the film. Neil Fox is the co-host of The Cinematologists podcast, senior lecturer at Falmouth University and a screenwriter. 

Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Pasquale Iannone , Senior Teaching Fellow in Film Studies, about film noir. If you want to know how to recognise one or you are simply looking for watchlist inspiration, this episode, packed with examples, is for you.  Some of the films we discuss are: Army of Shadows  ( L'armée des ombres , Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969) Blade Runner  (Ridley Scott, 1982) Body...

Kat Zabecka is joined by Dr Dario Llinares who is Principal Lecturer n the School of Media at the University of Brighton and co-host of the Cinematologists Podcast with Dr Neil Fox. We discuss Dario's latest article  Cinema for the Ears: Imagining the Audio-Cinematic Through Podcasting published in the October 2020 issue of  Film-Philosophy . We have an earlier episode about approac...

Kat Zabecka talks to MSc Film Studies student, Elisa Teneggi. Join us for a discussion about Bruno Dumont, Unorthodox, Normal People, Dark, Bad People, The Lunchbox, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The True History of the Kelly Gang, Pain and Glory, The Hitch-hiker and much more.

Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Caire Boyle , lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh. They discuss the life and work of Agnès Varda and consider Varda's approaches to cinema in terms of realism, feminism and documentary-making. Please note this episode was recorded in May of 2019.  Agnès Varda Filmography If you are a member of the University of Edinburgh,...

Kat Zabecka is joined by Richard Mowe , the director of the French Film Festival and Cinefile , a distribution company based in Edinburgh. They discuss the process of distribution from start to finish, the history of Cinefile and witnessing the transition from analogue to digital. [Please note that Covid-19 has affected many of the events discussed here]

Kat Zabecka speaks to current 2019/20 MSc Film Studies students Betty, Elisa and Thaddeus. They discuss the controversy and cinematography of Antichrist (2009) while taking a trip down Lars Von Trier's filmography.  [This podcast is not funded, endorsed or supported by MUBI in any way.]

Join us for a discussion of the best films from 2019 with Dr David Sorfa and Dr Pasquale Iannone, hosted by Kat Zabecka. Here is the list of films in the order of mention, all released in 2019 (with a few from 2018): Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino) Under the Silver Lake (David Robert Mitchell) Climax (Gaspar Noé) The Laundromat (Steven Soderbergh) Marriage Story (Noach Baum...

Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr Alastair Bruce and Mat Vidmar from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landing. They discuss the role of the Moon in cinema, space exploration and women's history. 

Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Neil Fox, co-founder and host of the Cinematologists Podcast. They talk Fringe Festival, Dr Fox's film background and approaches to podcasting. They also reflect on the Film-Philosophy Conference that took place in Brighton in July and discuss the accessibility of academia. 

Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr Calum Neill, Associate Professor of Psychoanalysis & Cultural Theory at Edinburgh Napier University. They discuss Lacan in Scotland, a research group founded by Dr Neill, their work and seminar series they have been running regularly since December 2018. In the second half of the podcast, the discussion steers towards film, Lacan, Freud and psychoanalysis. 

Kat Zabecka is joined by Jessie Taylor and Patrick Callaghan, current MSc Film Studies students. They chat about dissertations, choosing topics, research process and academic writing. 

Kat Zabecka is joined by our current MSc Film Students Callum Simpson, Laura Tribaudino and Tina Kandiashvili. They discuss Wim Wenders' iconic Paris, Texas (1984) and explore the film's characters and themes of existentialism. They also touch on the students' film and academic background and discuss why we talk about films in the first place. 

In this episode, Kat and Dr David Sorfa are joined by Dr Pasquale Iannone , Teaching Fellow in Film Studies. They look back at 2018 and discuss some of the best films of the year, including  The Favourite, Roma, Bumblebee, Apostasy, Cold War  and many more.

Kat Zabecka spoke to Professor Stephen Lawrie , Chair of Psychiatry and Neuro-Imaging and Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh, about the portrayal of mental illnesses on film. Kat and Dr David Sorfa  discuss some of the most common stereotypes and myths about mental illnesses as well as some films that have done it well. 

We were privileged to have Professor D. N. Rodowick  come to Edinburgh on 27 November 2018 and he sat down with David Sorfa to discuss his career as an academic in Film Studies and beyond. Along the way, David Rodowick mentioned a new book on Austin film culture ( Cinema Texas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture ), George Ellis, Franklin Miller , moving to Paris, Gayatri Sp...

PhD students Eszter Simor and Chantal Bertalanffy talk to Kat Zabecka and Dr David Sorfa about their  new film festival News From Home 2018.  More about the News from Home Festival is available here:  http://www.film.llc.ed.ac.uk/news-from-home-film-festival/

Kat Zabecka and Dr David Sorfa discuss their reasons for starting a new season of the Edinburgh Film Podcast and highlight events, screenings and seminars that are happening in November.

Elizabeth and Emily discuss Antonia Bird's 1999 film, "Ravenous." A fantastic film that blends together the genres of horror, comedy, and the western.

A discussion of George Seaton's 1964 paranoid thriller  36 Hours   which is being screened at Filmhouse as part of Edinburgh Spy Week .

Drew and Emily talk about Park Chan-Wook's film, "The Handmaiden."

Emily and Amanda discuss the Maysles' documentary "Grey Gardens," a film on the iconic Bouvier-Beale mother and daughter in their dilapidated home.

Emily and Marc talk about Peter Strickland's soundscape horror flick, "Berberian Sound Studio."

Nina and Emily talk about Claire Denis' incredible 1999 film, "Beau Travail."