The Love Of Cinema

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Thomas Kail about his new film, Moana, the live-action retelling of 2016's beloved animated musical.  Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.     Subscribe on App...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director and actor Olivia Wilde and her co-star Edward Norton about their new film, The Invite.  A couple invites the neighbours over for cocktails, igniting an evening full of unexpected twists and turns, revealing deeply repressed emotions and unexplored sexuality. Subscribe on  Apple Podcasts . Follow us on  Spotify . Find us on  Twitter ,  Facebook  and  Instagram  with...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to Pierre Coffin, the director of Illumination's new film Minions & Monsters, as well as the voice of the Minions across the Despicable Me and Minions franchises.  Minions & Monsters introduces us to two new faces from an entirely new tribe of Minions, James and Henry. We meet them and their rambunctious friends in the distant past as they search far and wide fo...

Hope Hopkinson talks to Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their new film, Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie.  When their plan to book a show at famed Toronto venue The Rivoli goes horribly wrong, hapless bandmates Matt and Jay accidentally time travel back to the year 2008.  As every interaction threatens to impact their future selves, the pair's only hope of getting back to the future lies...

Felicity Beckett talks to actor Jodie Foster and director Rebecca Zlotowski about their new film, A Private Life.  When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients, she is convinced it was murder and takes it upon herself to investigate… Subscribe on  Apple Podcasts . Follow us on  Spotify . Find us on  Twitter ,  Facebook  and  Instagram  with @picturehouses. F...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to Supergirl director Craig Gillespie, as well as actors Matthias Schoenaerts and Eve Ridley about their new film.  When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotif...

Hope Hopkinson talks to writer-director Sophy Romvari about her new film, Blue Heron, in cinemas now.  In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy.  At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice.   Award-winning director Sop...

Simi Cheema talks to actors Haley Bennet and Jack Whitehall about their new film, Virginia Woolf's Night and Day.  Based on Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel, Night & Day is an un-romantic comedy about the passionate astronomer, Katharine Hilbery who does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.   Her bold challenge to Edwardian patriarchy is set against the suffragette movement a...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Sara Dosa about her new film, Time and Water- in cinemas now.  Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive.  As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandpar...

Guest hosted by Picturehouse’s very own pod producer Kobi Omenaka, The Love Of Cinema podcast discusses the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics and the occasional special guest from the world of cinema. Recorded live at South By South West: London.  This month we're joined by guest film critics Clarisse Loughrey and Sean Wilson to discuss discuss some of t...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Peter Glanz about his new film, Savage House - in cinemas now.  Set against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive Pox outbreak, and Jacobite Uprising - this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir Chauncey Savage (Richard E. Grant) and Lady Savage’s (Claire Foy) blind pursuit of a better life.   It is not without a tinge of irony that their fa...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Daniel Roher and actor Leo Woodall about their new film, Tuner. Now showing at Picturehouse Cinemas.  In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as for tuning...

Lara Peters talks to actor Chiwetel Ejiofor about his new film, Backrooms, in cinemas now from A24.  1990. A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. Its troubled proprieter, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), ventures through and discovers a dimension beyond reality, made up of seemingly mundane, seemingly endless rooms. When Clark disappears into the recesses of the rooms, his the...

Simi Cheema speaks to director Alicia McDonald and actors Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn about their new film, Finding Emily.  Lovesick musician Owen (Spike Fearn) is sent spinning when he meets his dream girl on a night out in Manchester – but winds up with the wrong number for her. He teams up with a driven psychology student (Angourie Rice) to find her, and together, they spark a hilarious, camp...

Sam Clements talks to legendary actor Ian McKellen about his starring role in Steven Soderbergh's The Christophers, in cinemas now.  What is the value of art? Does it reside in personal expression? Cultural longevity? Financial worth? These questions fuel Steven Soderbergh’s gloriously entertaining comedy, THE CHRISTOPHERS. Written by Ed Solomon, featuring an all star cast, including Micheala Coel...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast discusses the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics and the occasional special guest from the world of cinema. This month we're joined by guest film critics Amon Warmann and Victoria Luxford to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: The D...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director David Frankel about making his hugely anticpated new film, The Devil Wears Prada 2, in cinemas now.  The iconic – and iconically vicious – Editor-in-Chief of Runway magazine, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) is watching the publishing world fall apart.   As her retirement nears, she finds herself facing off against Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt), her one-time as...

Sam Clements talks to filmmaker David Lowery about his new film, Mother Mary. Starring Anne Hathaway, Michaela Cole and FKA Twigs. Released by A24 - in cinemas now.  Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance. Subscribe o...

Hope Hopkinson talks to writer-director Mark Jenkin about his new film, Rose of Nevada, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner.  ‘A Cornish modern classic. Eerie, heart-breaking, wonderful.’ — Mark Kermode   When a fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, lost with all hands 30 years ago, mysteriously reappears in the old harbour of a forgotten Cornish village, for those who remember, it’s surely a sig...

Sam Clements talks to director Max Walker-Silverman, about his new film, Rebuilding, in cinemas now.  After a wildfire destroys his home, divorced father and ranch owner Dusty (Josh O’Connor) must plant new roots. Now living in a close-knit trailer community, he quietly reassembles his life, reconnecting with his estranged young daughter and ex-wife (Meghann Fahy).     From filmmaker Max Walker-Si...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Francois Ozon, about his new film, The Stranger.  In 1930s Algeria, the apathetic Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) shows total indifference to life.  His emotional detachment leads to a murder, followed by a trial that scrutinises both the crime and his character.   Based on the monumental work of literature by Albert Camus,  Francois Ozon's The Stranger was selected fo...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to the team behind California Schemin' including director and co-star James McAvoy, as well as the films' stars Samuel Bottomley, Séamus McLean Ross, Rebekah Murrell and Lucy Halliday.  Based on an outrageous true story, CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ is a wild ride through ambition, identity, and the high-stakes world of musical make-believe. In the early 2000’s, Dundee rappers G...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast discusses the best new releases, with a little help from some of our favourite film critics and the occasional special guest from the world of cinema. This month we're joined by guest film critics Leila Latif and Kambole Campbell to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: Rebuil...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to The Magic Faraway Tree filmmakers, director Ben Gregor and writer Simon Farnaby, about their new film.  The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly (Claire Foy), Tim (Andrew Garfield) and their three children - a modern family forced to relocate to the remote English countryside.  As they adapt to their new lives, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary a...

Sam Clements talks to director Ugo Bienvenu about his Oscar-nominated animation Arco, playinga at Picturehouse Cinemas now.  A 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and, along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest t...