Kino Royale

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...

I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today. *** Can you get pregnant & give birth to a baby car, even if your one-night stand is an automatic Kia Picanto? Find out in the Film Lad...

Who would the Film Lady put inside her Wicker Man? 8/10 Rowan Hares for 1973 folk horror classic - The Wicker Man. In the fourth episode of Kino Royale, The Film Lady goes deeper — into the ancient roots of paganism, the Slavic gods, the Russian double faith, and why the old religion never actually died. From Beltane bonfires to birthday candles, from Dazbog to the Wicker Man's final flame — p...

Breeding, Bosoms & Booty. Rebecca (1940): 8/10 ghostly hairbrushes .  In the 3d episode of Kino Royale, Film Lady claims she is the new Mrs de Winter & decides to dissect both the movie & the OG book. She gets the estate confused with Robbie William’s song while whinging the adaptation only has 1 dog instead of 2. Links: • Rebecca review — The Cinefile Blog • Robbie Williams, Road to M...

Religion: opium for the people. C*ntrol (spelt with U not O) for Mr. Reid. 9/10 Blueberry-Pie-Scented Candles . In the second episode of Kino Royale, the Film Lady knocks on the wrong door and gets trapped in a two-hour theological debate with Hugh Grant. Links: Heretic review @ The Cinefile Blog Everything Is a Remix — Kirby Ferguson (YouTube) The Whorrors — Episode 164: Heretic (2024) Hack or Sl...

Immaculate Crab Conception: 9/10 Zoombies . In the first ever Kino Royale episode, the Film Lady turns to alternative medicine in the 2025 Adams Family folk horror, Mother of Flies. Links: Mother of Flies review — The Cinefile Blog: Poem: Lady Lazarus — Sylvia Plath: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus Find me on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/filmladyroyal/ Find me on Bl...

A short pre-pilot introduction to Kino Royale — the podcast, the persona, and the lifelong horror obsession that started it all. The Film Lady will take over from Episode 1. For now, meet the woman behind the crown. Links: Find me on Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmladyroyal/⁠ Find me on Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/filmladyroyal.bsky.social⁠ The Cinefile Blog: https://cinefileblog.c...