The Love Of Cinema

Clare Binns talks to filmmaker Ira Sachs about his new film Peter Hujar's Day live on stage at the Duke's at Komedia cinema in Brighton.  Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the stunning new film from Ira Sachs, a richly cinematic rendering of the meeting of acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar and writer and artist Linda Rosenkrantz. Recorded in 1974, Hujar describes the routines and rituals that...

Freda Cooper talks to director Craig Brewer about his new film, Song Sung Blue, in cinemas now.  Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram with @picture...

Sam Clements is joined by the Picturehouse Cinemas’ Podcast Squad: Hope Hopkinson, Lucy Fenwick Elliott, Lara Peters, Simon Ragoonanan and Clare Binns.  On this bonus episode the Picturehouse team reflect on the year in cinema and go through the top 10 results of the 2025 Picturehouse Members' favourite film ballot. Read the full details of the Picturehouse Members' poll here . Films covered on th...

Hope Hopkinson talks to filmmaker Joachim Trier about his new film, Sentimental Value.  Two adult sisters navigate their emotional wounds and futures when their absentee father returns following the death of their mother. Trier tackles the journey of his characters with the gentle humour and a lived-in reality we’ve come to expect from his cinema. Featuring sumptuous technical credits and sharp sc...

Join director Nia DaCosta (Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) as she hosts a career in-conversation session with fellow director Rian Johnson on stage at Picturehouse Central recorded live in front of a sold out audience.  Rian Johnson was in town to premiere his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at the London Film Festival. Whilst in London, he collaborated on a retropsective o...

Hope Hopkinson talks to the legendary June Squibb about her new film, Eleanor The Great. Eleanor the Great features a bravura performance from June Squibb in the title role of the spirited 94-year-old who tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own. Eleanor Morgenstein has always stayed engaged and connected to the people around her. So, after a devastating loss, she relocates from Flor...

Hope Hopkinson talks to filmmaker James L. Brooks about his new film, Ella McCay.  An idealistic young woman juggles her family and work life in a comedy about the people you love and how to survive them. Ella McCay features an all-star cast including Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Fearn, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, Joey Brooks with...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Felicity Beckett, 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 Helen O'Hara and Amon Warmann to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: Etern...

Hope Hopkinson talks to filmmaker Jafar Panahi about his Palme d'Or winning film, It Was Just An Accident.  The story begins when Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), a mechanic in a Tehran garage, is visited by Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) whose car has been in an accident. The distinctive squeak of Eghbal’s prosthetic leg makes Vahid suspect the stranger is the sadist who tortured him in prison. Those suspicions...

Freda Cooper talks to director David Freyne about his new film for A24, Eternity, in cinemas right now.  In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller) and her first love (Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive. Subscribe o...

Felicity Beckett talks to writer and director Harry Lighton and co-stars Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling about their new film Pillion, in cinemas now.  Wallflower Colin (Harry Melling) leads a humdrum existence until he meets the impossibly handsome Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a mysterious biker he is soon desperately devoted to. As Colin submits to Ray and enters an exciting new world of des...

Felicity Beckett talks to two of the creative team behind Zootropolis 2, co-writer and director Jared Bush and producer Yvett Merino.  Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers.   ZOOTROPOLIS 2 contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photose...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to writer director Rian Johnson about his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Our Mystery, in cinemas now.  Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus.  After a seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) joins forces with Blanc...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Jon M. Chu about his new film Wicked: For Good, in cinemas now.  Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good. Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning ca...

Hope Hopkinson talks to writer-director Noah Baumbach about his new film Jay Kelly, in cinemas now.  JAY KELLY, the new film from Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach, follows famous movie actor, Jay Kelly (George Clooney), as he embarks on a journey of self discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler). Poignant and humor filled, epic and in...

Sam Clements talks to writer and director Edgar Wright about his new film, the action-packed adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man, in cinemas now.  In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirs...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Hope Hopkinson, 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 Christina Newland and Hanna Flint to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: Die...

Felicity Beckett talks to filmmaker Kevin Smith about his classic movie, Dogma, currently getting the 4K re-release treatment in cinemas.  Twenty-five years ago, Kevin Smith unleashed Dogma, a sharp, irreverent religious satire that sparked conversation, controversy, and cult fandom around the world. In this remastered 4K edition, Dogma: Resurrected!, reintroduces the story of Bartleby (Ben Afflec...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Lynne Ramsay about her new film, Die My Love, in cinemas now.  Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and her partner Jackson (Robert Pattinson) have recently moved into an old house deep in the country, welcoming a baby soon after.  However, with Jackson frequently – and suspiciously – absent, and the pressures of domestic life starting to weigh on her, Grace begins to unravel...

Freda Cooper talks to director Nicholas Hytner about his new film, The Choral.  1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he...

Felicity Beckett talks to father and son duo, Ronan Day-Lewis and Daniel Day-Lewis about their new collaboration, Anemone.  Two long-estranged brothers are reunited in the wilderness by a family crisis, rekindling long-buried resentments and revealing long-hidden secrets in a dark and enigmatic film co-written by director Ronan Day-Lewis and Academy Award-winning actor (and the film’s star) Daniel...

Issy Macleod talks to director Dan Trachtenberg about his new film, Predator: Badlands, his much anticipated follow up to Prey.  Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg (“Prey”), opens exclusively in theaters November 7, 2025. The newest entry in the “Predator” franchise is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia...

Hope Hopkinson talks to director Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Will Tracy abou their new film, Bugonia, in cinemas now.  Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone) is the icy, high-powered CEO of a major company. As far as bee-keeping conspiracy theorist Teddy (Jesse Plemons) is concerned, she’s something else entirely. Convinced Michelle is an alien intent on destroying Earth, Teddy teams up with Don (Aidan Delb...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Scott Cooper about his new film, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.  Chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 “Nebraska” album when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album m...

Lara Peters talks to filmmaker Kelly Reichardt about her new film, The Mastermind, in cinemas now.  In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor) an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels. If you’d like to stay in the world of The Mastermind once the credits roll, make space on your bookshelf f...