Showroom Cinema Podcast

PLAY is Showroom's brand new family festival. Explore different ways to watch, play and create, all under one roof this summer - from retro game design to model-making with Aardman, sensory-friendly screenings to live-scored silent cinema - from 29 Jul-9 Aug. In this episode, Sam and Nathan explore what’s on the programme with Assistant Programmer for Young Audiences, Isobel Harrop. And we don...

Sheffield DocFest returns to Showroom Cinema from 10-15 June! In this episode, Sam and Nathan unpack all the best documentaries events, alongside the biggest new releases at Showroom. Along the way, we hear from Tash Jagger, founder of Film Girls Galore, about the Hunger Games Marathon on Sunday 28 June. Don't miss out on a fantastic month of film. See what's on at: https://showroomcinema....

Sam and Nathan dive into a packed May programme at Showroom - Sheffield's home for independent cinema. Along the way, we hear from Elle Short (festival director) and Jake Smith (filmmaker and photographer) about our very first Working Class Film Festival, which runs from 8-10 May. Don't miss out on a fantastic month of film. See what's on at: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/whats-on This...

Sam and Nathan smash through an outstanding April at Showroom Cinema! Our programmers are packing more into each month than ever with the launch of five new strands in this April. We speak with Isobel Harrop about new screenings for young audiences and a long-term Showroom supporter about his mighty collection of Ben-Hur memorabilia, while bringing you all the highlights from Sheffield's leadi...

Sam and Nathan discuss a packed month at Showroom Cinema, from blockbuster new releases, all night marathon events, discover what's on at the cinema this month! If you like the podcast, please think about giving us a review. And let us know what you've seen at Showroom! 01:05 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man 05:00 James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome 07:10 EOS: Turner & Constable 10:30 T...

Sam and Nathan kick off the new year by diving into a packed February programme at Showroom Cinema! Between stops at the LGBTQ+ History Month programme, Valentine's Day films, and Award's Season frontrunners, hear from three of the programming teams in this month's BFI Young Programmers Takeover. To close, we have a few words with Johnathan Illott, the new Head of Programming, about a...

Nathan and Sam send off 2025 but reflecting on the best films of the year and a packed December programme at Showroom Cinema! We're calling on our audiences to share the gift of cinema: For our inaugural Christmas Angels appeal, your donations fund free tickets to the Christmas programme for local families, young people, and older residents supported by our community partners. Learn more here...

Festivals celebrating global film, and fantastic live music, Nathan and Sam dive into the best events at Showroom this November. Along the way, we speak to Dom + Jack from Slambarz and Mel Gourlay, director of FFStival. 2:00 Die My Love 4:30 In The Mood For Yearning: Lorde's Melodrama + In The Mood for Love. 6:45 Showroom Community x Slambarz: Behind the Barz w/ Dom Heslop and Jack Godfrey. 12...

Sam and Nathan are joined by Chim'Di (Communities Coordinator) to discuss an October programme packed with festivals and special events. In this episode: 1:15 The Official Release Party of a Showgirl 4:10 A Hard Day's Night 8:00 A Touch of Black Health season with Chim'Di 15:15 The Mastermind 17:30 Hamnet 20:00 Celluloid Screams 23:05 Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid 25:40 Bugonia...

Sam and Nathan discuss special screenings and the packed release schedule at Showroom Cinema this September. The indie venue is the only place in Sheffield to see London Film Festival Previews next month. Keep an eye out for an announcement this Wednesday 3 September. In this episode: 2:30 Highest 2 Lowest 4:50 Twin Peaks: The Return 8:40 Steve 12:40 One Battle After Another 15:50 The Dead of Wint...

Sheffield Film Festival begins! Sam and Nathan are back with August's edition of the Showroom Cinema Podcast. Together they explore a packed-programme: the summer of Pedro Pascal, the warmth of home video recording and the much anticipated 'The Thursday Murder Club'. This month's guests include James Daly, writer of When Saturday Comes, which screens as part of SFF on Sat 9 Aug; an...

A special Sheffield Cinema Podcast, recorded live at Leah's Yard as part of Crossed Wires Festival! Nathan and Sam are joined by Connor from Kelham Island Film Club and Pat from Reel Cult to discuss Sheffield Film Festival and building cinema culture across the city. The full Sheffield Film Festival is live! Follow us on Instagram @showroomcinema Thanks for listening.

Showroom Cinema Podcast will record live at Leah's Yard, at 13.45 on Saturday 5 July as part of the Crossed Wires Festival. Attendance is free so come on down! In this shorter episode, Sam and Nathan sweat through the July highlights at Showroom Cinema! Thank you for listening. 01:30 Hot Milk 03:50 Behind the Scenes: Herzog & Coppola 07:30 KaiJuly Raids Again! 10:10 Friendship 12:39 Midnig...

We swoon into June on the Showroom Cinema Podcast. Nathan and Sam are back to discuss a packed programme. This month features a triple-header of Festivals - SFF, DocFest and Migration Matters - alongside fantastic special screenings and some of the biggest films of 2025. Featuring discussions with the Showroom Cinema Young Programmers and Raul Niño Zambrano, Creative Director of Sheffield DocFest....

Nathan and Sam swoop through the May programme at Showroom Cinema, picking out three favourites each in a packed slate of special screenings and brilliant new releases. Along the way we hear from Danai - one of the Showroom Young Programmers' bringing us the Trouble in Suburbia film season from 10 May - to learn why there's nothing normal about rows and rows of white picket fences. 00:00 I...

Nathan and Sam are back for a jaunt through the April programme at Showroom Cinema. Along the way you'll hear from Tash and Morgan from Film Girls Galore and Morgan's Meetups, hosts of an all-day Twilight Marathon on Sat 5 Apr; Dr Sheldon Hall, who's Kubrick Film Studies season runs all month; and Sam Goff, Editorial Director at Klassiki, the Eastern European cinema streaming service w...

We're back! Nathan and Sam whistle through a mega-March, with visits from Unite the Union Brass Band; Matt Heason, Festival Director of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival; and Muppet Show-supremo Isobel. Email us: podcast@srws.org.uk Subscribe to never miss and episode! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Mickey 17 04:00 Sister Midnight 06:00 Brassed Off w/ Unite the Union Brass Band 10:10 Exhibition on Screen:...

Nathan and Sam unpack a February that's full-to-bursting with special screenings! We talk to Junko Takekawa of Japan Touring Film Programme, some of our passionate Young Programmers and Ryan Finnigan, Head of Programming, sends off beloved filmmaker David Lynch. If you enjoy the podcast, please like, share and rate us below! We'd love to hear your thoughts at: podcast@srws.org.uk Timestamp...

Nathan and Sam launch into their most anticipated releases of 2025! A great slate of releases for January and an introduction to Showroom Community screenings with Chim'Di. Timestamps: Nosferatu - 00:58 A Real Pain - 05:08 A Complete Unknown - 08:01 Babygirl - 12:28 Showroom Community Screenings - 14:40 Memoir of a Snail + Director Q&A - 19:45 The Brutalist - 23:38 Hard Truths - 27:10

🎄 Nathan and Sam recap festive highlights and big specials at Showroom this December! Along the way, we speak with Craig Ian Mann; who's #ArtofAction season 'Run For Your Life' hits screens on Sunday 1 December, and Sheffield Cat's Shelter, who join us for CatVideoFest on 6/7/8 December. Timestamps 00:00 Intro + Week 1 05:45 Sheffield Cats Shelter 08:30 Week 2 17:45 Craig Ian Mann discusses 'Run...

👊💥 Nathan and Sam leap into an action-packed month of films at Showroom Cinema! Together we cover all the major releases: Paddington in Peru, Gladiator II and Wicked and kickass classics from the BFI's #ArtofAction season. Along the way we chat to Yi Wang, Festival and Programme Director of Queer East , Tash Jagger, founder of movie-watching group Film Girls Galore and Mel Gourlay, who brings he...

It's getting spooooky at Showroom this month 👻 Nathan and Sam are back to talk through this month's programme, full of frights and delights. Along the way we chat with Dr Maisha Wester about her upcoming film studies course Political Purgatories, Chim'Di Ugada covers the Black History Month programme, Rob Nevitt discusses the 16th edition of Celluloid Screams back from Thursday 24 October, and Is...

The Showroom Cinema Podcast is your new way to find out everything we're screening this month! Nathan Makalena, Content Coordinator, and Sam Howe, Programming & Marketing Assistant, talk through a super September slate. Ben Wilkinson, Festival Director of Spirit of Independence, drops in for chat about this year's festival - which starts at Showroom Friday 27 September. Timings 01:15-0...

The Showroom Cinema Podcast is your new way to find out everything we're screening this month! Nathan Makalena, Content Coordinator, and Issy Harrop, Assistant Programmer for Young Audiences, cover all the highlights from the Sheffield Film Festival this August, catching up with guests Dr. Sheldon Hall and the QTIBPOC Cinema Club. Timings 00:58-02:35 | SFF Showroom Staff Picks 22:40-30:10 | Dr...

The Showroom Cinema Podcast is your new way to find out everything we're screening this month! In the inaugural Nathan Makalena, Content Coordinator, and Issy Harrop, Assistant Programmer for Young Audiences, chat through the July programme with special guests Juno Books, Mel Gourlay of FFS Festival and GODZILLA, King of the Monsters himself. Timings 1:02 - 4:44: Family Time Films in July 5:21...