We're lucky enough to welcome the now Oscar nominated Richard E. Grant on to the podcast to talk about his new film 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'. As well as that, we delve in to the burning questions and rare answers found in Lee Chang Dong's new film In 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Melissa McCarthy is brilliantly unsympathetic as literary fraud Lee Israel. With her writing career permanently stalled, inability to get over her ex-girlfriend and no job prospects, she turns her craft to penning elabor...
Jan 31, 2019•33 min
In this episode we speak to director Adam McKay, whose latest film 'Vice' has just received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. Christian Bale is Vice-president Dick Cheney in this brilliant reconstruction of the madness of the George W. Bush presidency. An arch-manipulator, Cheney plays business, politics and warfare as mere tools for his personal gain, with his wife Lynne (Amy Adams) as his confidante. Sam Rockwell plays willing dupe Bush alongside Steve Carell as Don...
Jan 25, 2019•31 min
In this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast we talk to Curzon’s Head of Programme about the best upcoming films, as well as dissecting this week’s new releases: M Night Shymalan’s ‘Glass’ and ‘Beautiful Boy’ starring Timothee Chalamet Based on bestselling memoirs, Steve Carrell and Timothée Chalamet star in ‘Beautiful Boy’ a raw look at a father-son relationship pushed to the edge by addiction. Felix van Groeningen ( The Broken Circle Breakdown ) directs this emotionally powerful story of a child...
Jan 18, 2019•32 min
In this episode, the team are joined by Curzon's very own programmer Lydia Penke, as well as director Jason Reitman ( Juno, Up in the Air, Tully ) to talk about two of the week's biggest releases: Colette and The Front Runner . Colette is a truly modern, complex woman: a libertine and bisexual, she also made her fortune from her wits and pushed back against the patriarchy. Wash Westmoreland presents an elegant but not sanitised view of turn of the century Paris, where we watch as Colette (Keira ...
Jan 10, 2019•29 min
In this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast, we’re lucky enough to be joined by Mark Gatiss ( Sherlock, Doctor Who, The League of Gentleman ) to talk about The Favourite , the new film from the director of The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. A triple threat of acting talent drives this acid period drama of courtly scheming. Olivia Colman is Queen Anne, a capricious and sickly ruler led by the nose by Rachel Weisz's courtier Lady Sarah. Abigail (Emma Stone) is a disenfranchised noblewoma...
Jan 04, 2019•37 min
In this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast, we discuss what the entire Curzon staff have decided are the top 10 films of 2018 - as well as some honourable mentions that didn’t quite make the cut. From early 2018 releases like Phantom Thread and A Fantastic Woman to recent award favourites like Roma, the pod team delve in to what have been some of the highlights of the year. Stick around as well for a festive quiz at the end of the podcast - and play along at home! Discussing the films this week ...
Dec 20, 2018•57 min
The 31s European Film Awards took place on 15th December in Seville and we were lucky enough to be invited along too. Podcast hosts Jake Cunningham and Sam Howlett attended the ceremony on behalf of Curzon, hosting the exclusive UK live stream of the event, reporting on the prestigious Awards and in general just celebrating another fantastic year of achievements in European cinema. In this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast, you'll head a round up of the nominees and winners from this star-studd...
Dec 16, 2018•21 min
In this episode we tackle one of the year's most controversial films, from one of cinemas most controversial directors, Lars Von Trier. In a mesmerising career best, Matt Dillon plays failed architect turned serial killer Jack who leads us through his thought processes behind his increasingly more depraved acts of murder which he names “incidents”. As he retells his crimes to Verge (Bruno Ganz) as if they were all individual works of art in themselves, the audience is invited to question the nat...
Dec 11, 2018•32 min
In this episode, we welcome David Lowey - director of Pete's Dragon and A Ghost Story - on to the podcast to talk about his latest film The Old Man and the Gun. We also chat about Boots Riley's startling debut Sorry to Bother You David Lowery ( A Ghost Story , Ain't Them Bodies Saints ) brings the heist genre to a human level, with this tale of a senior citizen bank robber, played by Hollywood royalty Robert Redford. Redford's bank robber has all the charm and warmth we've come to expect across ...
Dec 06, 2018•40 min
In this episode we're talking about Sebastian Lelio's follow up to ' A Fantastic Woman ', the acclaimed drama 'Disobedience' , and Alfonso Cuaron's ' Roma ' which sees the director of ' Gravity ' revisit monochromatic memories of his childhood. In the same year as winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián Lelio delivers the English-language Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams. When her estranged rabbi father suddenly passes away, Ronit ...
Nov 30, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast we look at one of the most universally acclaimed films of the year, Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters , and one of the most controversial, Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation . Twenty years in to a directing career focused on quietly devastating family dramas, Kore-eda hits a high water mark with the Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters - the story of a ramshackle, puzzle piece family surviving through petty crime, who take an abandoned young girl in to their h...
Nov 22, 2018•26 min
It's a quite bewitching week of cinema; in this episode we're discussing two of the year's most talked about releases, Luca Guadagnino's remake of horror classic ' Suspiria ' and Potter spin-off sequel ' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ' Suspiria sees Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) reunite with serial collaborator Tilda Swinton, to play the artistic director of a world-renowned dance company to create a bold and memorable horror from one of the most reliable auteurs in cinema...
Nov 16, 2018•23 min
In a week of remarkable cinema releases, we discuss two of the year's most acclaimed films, Steve McQueen's 'Widows' and 'Wildlife', directed by Paul Dano, who we also spoke to for this episode. Paul Dano’s debut feature as director is set in 60s Montana, and follows the small town separation of Jeannete and Jerry, played by Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, and their son Joe who gets caught in the firefight. With 'Widows' Steve McQueen, one of the most interesting voices in contemporary Briti...
Nov 08, 2018•33 min
In this condensed episode, we sit down with Mike Leigh, to discuss his lauded historical epic ‘Peterloo’, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival to great acclaim. Mike Leigh's latest film is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60...
Nov 03, 2018•16 min
In this special episode of The Curzon Film Podcast, we venture from our seats at the cinema to seats at the theatre, for an interview with Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch about the play ' Red ', which is being broadcast in cinemas on November the 7th. Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant, and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. MGC Artistic Director Michael Gra...
Oct 27, 2018•22 min
In this spooktacular edition of the podcast, we're discussing David Gordon Green's (' Joe ', ' Manglehorn ') latest entry in to the legendary ' Halloween ' franchise, which sees Jamie Lee Curtis reprise her iconic role as Laurie Strode in a new battle with the iconic Michael Myers. You might have thought this franchise was done but Michael Myers still has terror to give. Forty years after the fateful night of John Carpenter’s original he’s back, but this time Laurie Strode is ready for him. Davi...
Oct 25, 2018•35 min
In this bonus episode the podcast team discuss their favourites from the 62nd edition of the BFI London Film Festival. Highlights include ' Roma ', ' The Favourite ', ' Non Fiction ' and many more, and as well as our regular podcast contributor's picks, we also checked in with some of the wider Curzon team and one of our listeners as well, to cover as many fantastic films as we could. Discussing the film are Jake Cunningham, Sam Howlett, and Kelly Powell Follow the team on Twitter: @SamHowlett_1...
Oct 22, 2018•43 min
We welcome Matteo Garrone, director of modern Italian mafia classic ' Gomorrah ' and anthology fantasia ' Tale of Tales ', on to the podcast to talk about his latest work ' Dogman ' Marcello is a small and gentle dog groomer who wants two things, to look after his dogs and take his daughter on exotic holidays. But to fund this lifestyle he runs a side business which has more unsavoury clientele and he soon finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former vi...
Oct 17, 2018•40 min
In this episode we're talking about Damien Chazelle's latest out of this world directorial effort First Man - which chronicles the story of Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon. On the heels of their six-time Academy Award-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for First Man, the riveting story of NASA's mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong from the years 1961-1969. A visceral, first-person account, based on the boo...
Oct 10, 2018•31 min
In this episode we preview the 62nd edition of the BFI London Film Festival, which takes over the cinemas of the capital this October. We're also lucky enough to be joined by two of the festivals programmers Kate Taylor and MIchael Blyth. From the biggest films, well on their way to Oscar glory, to the tiniest arthouse ventures that might slip through most cinematic nets, the London Film Festival features over 200 films with an incredibly eclectic variety. Here, our podcast team dissect the film...
Oct 06, 2018•49 min
In this episode we're discussing 'The Wife' - a new drama set to earn Close another Oscar nomination - directed by Björn Runge who we're lucky enough to talk to about the film itself. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is "the perfectly devoted wife". Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his 'art' with grace and humor. Th...
Sep 28, 2018•58 min
We recently welcomed Academy Award nominated director Lenny Abrahamson ('Frank', 'Room') to Curzon Mayfair for a special Q&A about his new film 'The Little Stranger', where he was joined by the writer of the original novel Sarah Waters ('Fingersmith') WWII has ended and Dr Faraday (Domhnall Gleeson) has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During one hot summer he is called out to attend to a patient at Hundreds Hall. He finds that the scullery maid, Betty (a fantastic p...
Sep 27, 2018•23 min
Marking her long-awaited return to filmmaking, Faces Places sees iconic, 90-year-old auteur Agnès Varda forging an unlikely partnership with enigmatic photographer JR as they embark on a road trip unlike any other. Varda and JR share a lifelong passion for images and how they’re created, displayed and shared. Varda expresses this through cinema and documentary, JR through his emotionally arresting open-air photo gallery installations. When the pair first met they instantly recognised the opportu...
Sep 20, 2018•25 min
In this episode we're talking about ' Lucky ', the directorial debut from John Carroll Lynch ('Fargo', 'Zodiac') and the final performance of the late, great Harry Dean Stanton. Lucky follows the spiritual journey of Harry Dean Stanton’s character Lucky , a cantankerous, self-reliant 90 year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit the Arizona town where he lives. Having out-lived and out-smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice o...
Sep 12, 2018•28 min
In our second podcast of the week we welcome Desiree Akhavan (' Appropriate Behavior' ) on to the podcast to talk about her Sundance award winning sophomore feature ' The Miseducation of Cameron Post' Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is shipped off to a Christian conversion camp after she is discovered kissing a female friend. No sooner there, she realises that almost all the inductees are repressing their true feelings and the notion of a cure is absurd. Desiree Akhavan’s Sundance Grand Jury w...
Sep 07, 2018•32 min
In this episode of the podcast, we welcome Bart Layton, director of the BAFTA winning ' The Imposter ', to the show with his new film ' American Animals ', a stranger-than-fiction heist thriller set in suburban Kentucky. This isn't based on a true story, this happened. Writer-director Bart Layton ( The Imposter ) takes the heist movie into bold new territory with this unbelievable but true story of four young men who attempt one of the most audacious art heists in US history. Barry Keoghan and E...
Sep 07, 2018•39 min
' Cold War ' is the latest film from Pawel Pawlikowski , director of the Oscar winning ' Ida '. 'Cold War' won Pawlikowski the award for Best Director at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and we were lucky enough to speak to the film's lead actors Joanna Kulig & Tomasz Kot for this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast. 'Cold War' is an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in luminous black and white, it spans decades and nations to tell a love story ...
Aug 30, 2018•54 min
In this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast we’re extremely excited to welcome a true legend of cinema, Spike Lee , on to the show to talk through his latest joint ‘ BlacKkKlansman ’. In the studio, to discuss the film, we’re also thrilled to be joined Kaleem Aftab, author of ‘Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It’ as well as Little White Lies’ social producer Hannah Woodhead and regular contributors Kambole Campbell and Steven Ryder. Spike Lee’s hugely enjoyable and politically timel...
Aug 24, 2018•50 min
France, 1915. The impact of the First World War is being felt across Europe as conscription forces the men to leave their homes for the battlefield. Featuring touching performances from French screen legend Nathalie Baye and astounding newcomer Iris Bry alike, and cinematography that captures the bucolic life with painterly splendour, ' The Guardians' shines a light on the untold lives, characters and details that helped shape the First World War. Discussing the film this week are Sam Howlett, S...
Aug 16, 2018•30 min
Gleaning Truths is a new programme from Curzon, available across the UK and Ireland to exhibiting and engaging with brand new digital restorations of eight of Agnès Varda’s best-known films, as well as extensive previews of her upcoming Oscar-nominated documentary 'Faces, Place ' ahead of its general release on the 21st September. To celebrate Gleaning Truths and Varda's work 9 essays have been written about her work and are available to read at www.agnesvarda.co.uk/essays/ , for this special ep...
Aug 10, 2018•26 min
