In this episode we tackle the king of the jungle and the queen of the cinema, as Agnès Varda circles her life with Varda by Agnès and Jon Favreau brings a new pride to Disney. Assembling a brilliant voice cast – featuring Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, John Oliver, Chiwetel Ejiofor and James Earl Jones – expect to see the brilliant songs, winning humour and heart-breaking tragedy anew. Following The Jungle Book , Jon Favreau once again shows he can marshal an incredible digital spectacle, w...
Jul 19, 2019•24 min
Prince Charles himself, Josh O'Connor ( God's Own Country ) joins us on the show this week, as well as Victoria 's Laia Costa and the director of their new film Only You , Harry Wootliff. Plus, we disassemble Jim Jarmusch's latest, zom-com The Dead Don’t Die . Elena (Laia Costa) and Jake (Josh O'Connor) meet by chance one New Years Eve, arguing over the same taxi. Instead of going their separate ways after a shared ride, they begin a passionate relationship. Within weeks they are living together...
Jul 12, 2019•43 min
Writer of Love, Actually , Four Weddings and a Funeral , and Notting Hill , Richard Curtis joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his fabulous new rom-com fantasy, Yesterday . But first, we blast off with our review of one of the year's best documentaries (and arguably one of the year's best films) Apollo 11 . On the fiftieth anniversary of one of twentieth century's defining moment – the Apollo moon landing – comes this remarkable archive documentary that conjures the shear magnitude o...
Jul 05, 2019•33 min
Welcome to Strickland on Strickland : A four-part podcast mini-series from Curzon, about the work of acclaimed British director Peter Strickland ('Katalin Varga', 'Berberian Sound Studio'), made ahead of the release of his new film 'In Fabric', and featuring conversations with the director himself. Discussing the film are Strickland superfans (Berberians?), Catherine Bray - Variety, Film4, 'Beyond Clueless' - and the podcast's very own Steven Ryder, as well as regular host Jake Cunningham. The l...
Jun 27, 2019•38 min
Welcome to Strickland on Strickland : A four-part podcast mini-series from Curzon, about the work of acclaimed British director Peter Strickland ('Katalin Varga', 'Berberian Sound Studio'), made ahead of the release of his new film 'In Fabric', and featuring conversations with the director himself. Discussing the film are Strickland superfans (Berberians?), Catherine Bray - Variety, Film4, 'Beyond Clueless' - and the podcast's very own Steven Ryder, as well as regular host Jake Cunningham. From ...
Jun 25, 2019•31 min
Welcome to Strickland on Strickland : A four-part podcast mini-series from Curzon, about the work of acclaimed British director Peter Strickland ('Katalin Varga', 'The Duke of Burgundy'), made ahead of the release of his new film 'In Fabric', and featuring conversations with the director himself. Discussing the film are Strickland superfans (Berberians?) Catherine Bray - Variety, Film4, 'Beyond Clueless' - and the podcast's very own Steven Ryder, as well as regular host Jake Cunningham. In 1976,...
Jun 25, 2019•37 min
Welcome to Strickland on Strickland : A four-part podcast mini-series from Curzon, about the work of acclaimed British director Peter Strickland ('Berberian Sound Studio', 'The Duke of Burgundy'), made ahead of the release of his new film 'In Fabric', and featuring conversations with the director himself. Discussing the film are Strickland superfans (Berberians?) Catherine Bray - Variety, Film4, 'Beyond Clueless' - and the podcast's very own Steven Ryder, as well as regular host Jake Cunningham....
Jun 25, 2019•32 min
In this episode we ask whether Pixar's long awaited 'Toy Story' sequel is worth the buzz, plus, we ask all our podcast contributors to send in their Top 10 Pixar films to figure out the definitive list ('Cars' fans, look away here) In the latest instalment of Pixar's beloved series, Woody, Buzz and the rest of the playroom must contend with 'Forky', a plastic spork in denial about his status as a toy. Their new child Bonnie embarks on a road trip and when Forky heads out on his own, the other to...
Jun 21, 2019•34 min
Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning director of Amy and Senna , joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his new film Diego Maradona , which arrives in cinemas this week. In this inspired documentary portrait from Kapadia, we follow Maradona as he arrives at Naples in 1984, leading the club to their first ever title. But this success was the eye of the storm: Maradona's time in Naples was seven years of tumultuous chaos and jagged alliances. Using more than 500 hours of unseen footage from Ma...
Jun 14, 2019•51 min
In addition to our episode featuring Julianne Moore all about her new film Gloria Bell, we've got a bonus episode for you! We speak to Mindy Kaling, the creator of 'The Mindy Project' and now writer and co-star of 'Late Night' - the story of a late night comedy TV host and her revamped writers room. Late Night is the story of Katherine (Emma Thompson on acidly winning form), a TV host in desperate need to stay relevant. Cynically hiring Molly (Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project , Ocean's 8 ), she t...
Jun 07, 2019•14 min
Julianne Moore joins us on to the Curzon Film Podcast this week to talk about her latest film 'Gloria Bell', directed by Sebastián Lelio ('Disobedience', 'A Fantastic Woman'), and what an absolute pleasure it is to have one of contemporary cinema's true greats on our show. Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a strait-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold (John Turturro) o...
Jun 04, 2019•35 min
In this episode we talk to Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein about their instant classic new teen comedy 'Booksmart', plus we travel to Budapest for 'Sunset', the new film from the director of 'Son of Saul' Study hard, don’t slack off, get into a good college: that’s the formula for high school success, or so think best friends Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever). That’s until they discover that their hard-partying classmates are also bound for the Ivy League. So begins the party o...
May 30, 2019•30 min
In our second report from Cannes 2019, we get in to some more highlights form the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Curzon’s own Director of Programme Damian Spandley discusses Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Parasite’ along with more festival favourites. Plus past and future guests Iana Murray (The Skinny, Little White Lies) and Hannah Woodhead (Associate Editor - Little White Lies) share some of their highlights. To hear more from Iana, look out for our episode on 'Booksmart', which you’ll be able to find in our fee...
May 26, 2019•21 min
It's a musical double bill on this episode as we touchdown with the Elton John biopic Rocketman, and speak to two of the film's stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Jamie Bell. Plus, we explore a whole new world with Guy Ritchie's take on Disney's Aladdin. Speaking on this episode are Sam Howlett, Kelly Powell and Steven Ryder, with interviews from Ryan Hewitt and Ella Kemp. Follow the team on Social Media: @SamHowlett_1 Sam Howlett @ irma_pep - Steven @ks_powell - Kelly @efekemp - Ella Produced by Jak...
May 24, 2019•44 min
In this first micro-dispatch from Cannes 2019, our intrepid host meets with Curzon's man on the ground for programming Ben Lyndon about a select few highlights from the first week of the festival. Plus, Catherine Bray (Film 4, The I, 'Beyond Clueless') Commissioning Editor for Channel 4 Short Film strand Random Acts highlights which short films have caught her eye. To hear more from Catherine, listen to our episode on Halloween from 2018: https://play.acast.com/s/thecurzonfilmpodcast/halloween P...
May 21, 2019•14 min
In this episode we talk about everyone's favourite super assassin who's checking in to cinemas this week, John Wick. Plus, we speak to Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, the directors of crime epic Birds of Passage. Superassassin John Wick returns, played by Keanu Reeves with his trademark commitment to physical performance. Now with a $14 million price on his head, he is the target of an army of murderous bounty hunters. The third instalment of the story continues the emphasis on unreconstituted...
May 17, 2019•40 min
In this episode we go deep with Claire Denis' interstellar introspective inter-everything sci-fi High Life, as well as speaking to the great director of Chocolat, Trouble Every Day and Let The Sunshine In herself. Plus, we get a front seat for one of Aretha Franklin's finest performances in Amazing Grace. Discussing the films this week are Jake Cunningham, Steph Watts, Ella Kemp and Sam Howlett. Follow the team on Social Media: @jakehcunningham - Jake @efe_kemp - Ella @samhowlett_1 - Sam @_Steph...
May 10, 2019•32 min
In this episode we discuss Brady Corbet’s unique pop star biopic Vox Lux. Plus we’ve managed to swing some time in the VIP section and talk to two of it stars, Stacy Martin and Raffey Cassidy. The second feature from writer-director Brady Corbet, Vox Lux is a stylish and absorbing modern portrait of a troubled pop star’s rise from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop superstardom, featuring a remarkable performance from Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman. Discussing the films this wee...
May 03, 2019•38 min
We’re going from online to on-crime this week as we take a look at acclaimed coming-of-age drama Eighth Grade and Jia Zhang-ke’s epic Ash Is Purest White. Plus we welcome Bertie Gilbert who brings some insight into the world of YouTubers and filmmaking. Bo Burnham, a former YouTuber himself, has made an incredibly impressive directorial debut with Eighth Grade, a refreshingly sincere look at a teenage girl growing up in the digital age. Ash is Purest White is an epic, decades-spanning crime dram...
Apr 25, 2019•30 min
We're talking satire and scandal as we take a look at the Silvio Berlusconi biopic Loro and the Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn starring thriller Dragged Across Concrete. Plus we welcome Professor of Modern Italian Politics and writer John Foot on to the show to talk about the rise of Berlusconi, comparisons to Trump and how Berlusconi's life and career are portrayed in Loro. Loro is Paolo Sorrentino's (The Great Beauty) latest film, exploring the unseen private life of one of modern Italy's most co...
Apr 19, 2019•39 min
Put on your white cowboy boots and sequin jacket as we shine a spotlight on country musical Wild Rose and Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid90s. Plus we welcome WILD ROSE's star and BAFTA Rising Star nominee Jessie Buckley on to the show to talk about her latest in a string of acclaimed performances. Wild Rose is directed by Tom Harper and is a passion project for writer Nicole Taylor, it's the story of a young Glaswegian mother who dreams of lighting up the country music bars of Nashville. Comp...
Apr 12, 2019•37 min
Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed… well yee haw! On this week’s episode of the Curzon podcast we go West to the dusty plains of the USA and Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers , but not before paying a visit to the tobacco fields of Italy in Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro . First up, we visit the perennially happy Lazzaro, a kind soul who would help anyone in his remote Italian village. Cut off from the outside world by a bridge that no one has the energy to ...
Apr 05, 2019•26 min
Van Gogh expert, Martin Bailey, joins us on the show this week to enlighten us on all things Vincent as we review the Willem Dafoe starring biopic, At Eternity's Gate , and we revisit to a childhood favourite with Tim Burton's Dumbo . First up we discuss Julian Schnabel’s Vincent van Gogh biopic, At Eternity’s Gate . Shot with a painter’s eye, Schnabel once again shows his talent for working with complex biography and the lives of artists as in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Basquiat . An...
Mar 29, 2019•42 min
Ralph Fiennes joins us on the Curzon Film Podcast this week to tell us all about his third directorial effort, the Rudolf Nureyev biopic The White Crow , and we tumble down the creepy rabbit hole that is Jordan Peele’s doppelgänger horror, Us . We begin with the most nervously anticipated horror of the year, Jordan Peele’s follow up to the surprise hit Get Out , it’s the terrifying Us . While on holiday, an African American family come face-to-face with demonic doppelgängers hell-bent on killing...
Mar 22, 2019•31 min
Popworld provocateur-turned-filmmaker, Simon Amstell, joins us on the Curzon Film Podcast this week, to talk about his romantic comedy, Benjamin , but first we get right to the pointe of Lukas Dhont’s ballet drama, Girl . Still only in his twenties, Belgian writer-director Lukas Dhont has already made a name for himself with his impressive, tender and controversial debut film. Girl tells the story of Lara (Victor Polster), a determined 15-year-old, committed to becoming a professional ballerina ...
Mar 15, 2019•38 min
Wowzers, what a week for new films! On this episode of the Curzon Film Podcast, we speak to Maggie Gyllenhaal about her role in The Kindergarten Teacher and we review Asghar Farhadi’s new film Everybody Knows . First off, cinema’s most attractive real-life couple, Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz (swoon) team up with the Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi for psychological thriller, Everybody Knows . To complement the film's release, Curzon Home Cinema has created a collection of Farhadi's pr...
Mar 08, 2019•40 min
This week on the Curzon Film Podcast, we take a close look at war on film, in all its confusing, chaotic and complicated ways. We start with Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot, which stations much of its narrative at a desolate military checkpoint manned by four young soldiers who all try to burn away the hours of boredom that occur between cars arriving for inspection and, every now and then, a lone camel walking by. Meanwhile at home, the parents of one of the boys are devastated by the news of his suppose...
Mar 01, 2019•31 min
On this week’s episode of the Curzon Film Podcast we're joined by Hollywood A-lister Armie Hammer, who talks to us about his new film On the Basis of Sex. Plus we discuss the BAFTA and Oscar-nominated Capernaum . We begin with Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum , a Lebanese film set on the streets of Beirut where a world-weary 12 year old, Zain, decides to sue his negligent parents for bringing him into his poverty stricken existence. A gritty and authentic film, it's being touted as a modern day Bicycle...
Feb 21, 2019•37 min
This week on the Curzon Film Podcast, we're joined by The Sunday Times' Chief Foreign Correspondent to talk about A Private War , and Joe Cornish drops by to tell us about his new children's fantasy epic, The Kid Who Would Be King . We start with A Private War , a biopic following the life and work of Marie Colvin, an iconic foreign correspondent who reported from some of the most dangerous conflict zones in the world – from Sri Lanka to Syria and Iraq – risking her life to reveal the truth abou...
Feb 15, 2019•45 min
On this week's episode of the Curzon Film Podcast we speak to Moonlight director, Barry Jenkins, about his new film, If Beale Street Could Talk , and we discuss All Is True with none other than Sir Kenneth Branagh. We start with If Beale Street Could Talk . Adapted from the novel by celebrated author, James Baldwin, it follows the romance between Fonny and Tish, two young lovers living in 1970s Harlem, New York. Their love is tested to its limits when Fonny is wrongly imprisoned, and the fight f...
Feb 07, 2019•32 min
