Sophisticulture

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at obscurae.co.uk. You can also find us on TikTok @obscurae. Umnia sits down with writer, programmer and Film East founder Shelby Cooke to discuss Art/Film, independent film culture, criticism, regional programming, and the work of building spaces for artists and audiences outside the usual industry centres. Sophisticu...

"Misty Mountain" is out now on Bandcamp and all major streaming platforms . Umnia sits down with friend and Oakland, CA-based songwriter Sophia Yau-Weeks to discuss her intricate, patient and unabashedly vulnerable debut album, Misty Mountain. Discussing themes of grief, resilience, connection, her COVID Conscious approach to her artistry, and how she shows up and brings her personal val...

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Join us for a special throwback to the 2025 BFI LFF Red Carpet, where we talked with BAFTA winner Akinola Davies Jr. to discuss the DNA of his acclaimed work, My Father’s Shadow. Featuring insights from Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wale Davies, and twin stars Godwin...

CW, TW for the film: Reference to Suicide, scenes of domestic violence or abuse, scenes of transphobic attitudes and language. Want more deep dives? Read Lucie’s full review on obscurae.co.uk and sign up for our newsletter to get the best film coverage delivered to your inbox! Lucie Neale speaks to filmmakers Logan Rozos and Lexie Bean about their Berlinale and Flare Selected feature on the TransM...

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Holly Perring speaks to filmmakers Rahemur Rahman and Lily Vetch about their short documentary, Body of Our Own, as it screens at Flare. From Holly's review of the film, "[It] follows three Hijra transgender women, Momo, Neshi, and Jannat, who...

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers. CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro2:28 Oscars Recap47:48 Now We're just Yapping52.39 Rec of the Week

​ Amaris joins us to discuss the pitfalls and intricacies of the most unintentionally cavalier (and metaphorical) film of the season, Marty Supreme. Join us for our Academy Awards Watch Party this Sunday, 15th March, starting 10pm GMT! https://youtube.com/live/hfNwrM466dg?feature=shareSophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers. OBSCURAE is supported by ou...

Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers. OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae ! Join Umnia, your Editor-in-Chief, as she shares her thoughts and makes some oscar predictions for the upcoming academy awards, including why Sinners is primed to sw...

Welcome back to the Sophisticulture Podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Maddy Myer to discuss her new podcast, Maddy Mania. We also get into Wrestling as an artform, Katseye's Manon on "hiatus", and UMNIA's Hot Take gets into the BAFTA's mishap last weekend. Find ⁠  @maddymaniapodcast  across the interwebs! https://linktr.ee/maddymaniapodcast Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care...

Suhaila dives into Khalid's process creating his award-winning short film, which is available on iPlayer from February 27th -- mild spoilers ahead. You can follow Suhaila on Instagram and TikTok , and read her work for OBSCURAE here. OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at  ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠ . You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ .

** Correction: The Blue Card Team were attending the BFM (Berlinale Film Market) to sell the film, not to exhibit it. Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers. OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at  ⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠ . You can also ⁠find us on TikTok . Find Farah Sadek on Instagram and TikTok !

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at obscurae.co.uk . Benito Bowl, Train Dreams to Nightmares, and opinions aren't hitting the Wuthering Heights one might have hoped for. Find Wanji Hartig across the interweb! https://www.tiktok.com/@literallywanji https://www.youtube.com/@literallywanji https://literallywanji.substack.com Sophisticulture is a podcast...

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Umnia sits down with producer Trevor Birney to discuss his most recent film,  festival favorite Kneecap ; the commitment that went into making such a daring piece of cinema; and the political, historical, and sociocultural conditions in Northern (or the North of) Ireland that necessitated its creation. Tiocfaidh ár lá! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support h...

Direct from our headquarters, our correspondent and CEO UMNIA gives you the full lowdown on the BFI Programme, and some amazing interviews and input from the coolest talent at LFF. Guest List:  Susan Chardy, Lead Actress ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Sasha Nathwani, Director and Co-writer, ‘Last Swim’ Jazmin Jones (director) and Olivia McKayla Ross (associate producer), ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Got a...

Festival wrap-up’s feel so prescriptive and top-down, don’t they? Our TIFF correspondent and CEO UMNIA scoured the streets of Toronto for informed voices, at one point even holding a sign that said ‘Strong Film Opinions Wanted’ and sitting in bars, or outside cinemas that were letting out audiences. Hear from an eclectic and knowledgeable group of TIFF attendees and filmmakers in this special epis...

Away from the international diplomatic political interpretation of events, From Ground Zero comprises 22 short films ranging from stop motion to action film, comedies to tragedies, and documentaries too. We got to speak at TIFF 2024 with the film's producers, Rashid Masharawi and Laura Nikolov, and get to understand the motivations and logistics of putting together a film of this scope and importa...

As a public figure, Taylor Swift’s creative output inspires a certain…polarity, that splits the world into those that “get it”, and those that spectate, and watch from afar. UMNIA talks to her friend Celeste, a dyed in the wool Swiftie, about what that realm of separation is, how people tend to cross it, and how being a fan of her musical output has changed as more people have started to “get it”....

Prince is often given his flowers as a generational talent, but his moves within the industry did more to change it than his records did. UMNIA chats with Prince Super-Fan (and her mother) Dr. Sarah, as they analyse the impact Prince had on the Business of Music, and how he navigated the forces he was working under. They also discuss what artists in 2024 should be doing to carry on his legacy of d...