Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to actor Fiona Shaw and director Rebecca Lenkiewicz about their new film, Hot Milk. With a strange illness, a mother and her daughter embark on a journey to the Spanish coast to find a cure, and along the way the daughter discovers another reality far from her controlling mother. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on Twitter , Facebook...
Jul 04, 2025•24 min•Ep. 441
Lara Peters talks to co-director Fax Bahr about his iconic behind the scenes documentary, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. This documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts ....
Jul 02, 2025•22 min•Ep. 440
Hope Hopkinson talks to director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer about their new film, F1: The Movie. Dubbed 'the greatest that never was', Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising racer of the 1990s – until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces...
Jun 25, 2025•16 min•Ep. 439
Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to producer Mary Alice Drumm about the brand new Pixar film, Elio, in cinemas now. For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers — in Elio, the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mis...
Jun 22, 2025•23 min•Ep. 438
Hope Hopkinson talks to director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland about their new film 28 Years Later, in cinemas now. It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. But when one of the group leaves the island on a mission into th...
Jun 20, 2025•17 min•Ep. 437
Sam Clements speaks to director Michael Pearce and actor Domhnall Gleeson about their new film Echo Valley. Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on T...
Jun 13, 2025•22 min•Ep. 436
Felicty Beckett talks to filmmaker Daisy-May Hudson and actor Posy Sterling about their new film Lollipop. Molly, a young woman released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina the two women soon realize their only chance is to join forces and take destiny into their own hands. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spot...
Jun 13, 2025•23 min•Ep. 435
Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director Dean DeBlois about his new film How To Train Your Dragon. From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise. On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Man...
Jun 13, 2025•18 min•Ep. 434
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. Listings for the all-night movie marathon that Michael and Elena mention can also be found here . This month we're joined by guest film critics Michael Leader and Elena Lazic to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in June, including: Tornado, Lolli...
Jun 04, 2025•58 min•Ep. 433
Sam Clements talks to the stars of The Ballad Of Wallis Island, Tim Key, Tom Basden (also co-writers) and Carey Mulligan. Eccentric lottery winner Charles dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer, back together. The fantasy becomes real when the bandmates and former lovers agree to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. f you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, pleas...
May 30, 2025•25 min•Ep. 432
On this bumper episode for Wes Anderson's new film, our interviewers Lucy Fenwick Elliott, Lara Peters and Elena Lazic speak to the cast of The Phoenician Scheme: Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton and Richard Ayoade. The inimitable Wes Anderson returns with The Phoenician Scheme, a story of a family – and a family business. Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) is a roguish millionaire businessman, survivor of six plane crashes and father of nine sons, and – crucially – one daughter, a ...
May 25, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 431
Lara Peters speaks to director Christopher McQuarrie about the latest (and final?) installment in the Mission: Impossible series, starring Tom Cruise. Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which sees the agent and his team embark on perhaps their most dangerous mission yet. Following Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s soaring finale, the IMF remain on the trail of the malevolent artificial intelligence known as ‘T...
May 19, 2025•11 min•Ep. 430
Hope Hopkinson speaks to director India Donaldson about her new film, Good One. During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at picturehouses.com ....
May 16, 2025•29 min•Ep. 429
Hope Hopkinson speaks to director Babak Anvari about his new film, Hallow Road. Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realise they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road. If you'd like to send us a voice me...
May 16, 2025•18 min•Ep. 428
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 Hannah Strong and Rafa Sales Ross to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in May, including: Parthenope, The Salt Path, The Ballad of Wallis Island and The Surfer. Our very own Lucy Fenwick Elliott also ...
May 09, 2025•54 min•Ep. 427
Hope Hopkinson speaks to producer and journalist Sandra Maischberger about working on her new film. Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram with @pictureh...
May 08, 2025•22 min•Ep. 426
Sam talks to directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard about their new film, The Extraordinary Miss Flower. A spellbinding performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, bringing to life the remarkable story the extraordinary Geraldine Flower, and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 70s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. Q&A screenings here . Regular screenings here . If you'd like to send us a voi...
May 07, 2025•24 min•Ep. 425
Felicity Beckett talks to co-director Colin Butfield about his new film, Ocean With David Attenborough. The film takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a health...
May 06, 2025•20 min•Ep. 424
Issy Macleod talks to director Jake Schreier about his new film, Thunderbolts*. Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes—Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or fin...
May 01, 2025•20 min•Ep. 423
Sam Clements and Freda Cooper talk to filmmaker Ryan Coogler and actor Delyroy Lindo about their new film, Sinners, in cinemas now. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us o...
Apr 18, 2025•30 min•Ep. 421
Sam Clements talks to actors D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Cosmo Jarvis about their new film, Warfare, in cinemas now. Based on ex-Navy Seal Ray Mendoza's real-life experiences during the Iraq War. Co-directed by Alex Garland. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at picturehouses.c...
Apr 17, 2025•24 min•Ep. 422
Freda Cooper talks to actors Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce about their new film, The Penguin Lessons, in cinemas now. Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotif...
Apr 17, 2025•17 min•Ep. 419
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 Katie Smith-Wong and Kelechi Ehenulo to discuss some of the best films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas in April, including: One To One: John and Yoko, The Penguin Lessons and The Elephant Man. If you'd like to send us a voice mem...
Apr 16, 2025•33 min•Ep. 420
Felicity Beckett talks to co-director Sam Rice-Edwards about his new film, co-directed with Kevin McDonald, One To One: John & Yoko. On August 30, 1972, in New York City, John Lennon played his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles, the One to One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, a rollicking, dazzling performance from him and Yoko Ono. Macdonald’s riveting documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore eighteen defining months ...
Apr 10, 2025•20 min•Ep. 418
Hope Hopkinson talks to director Sasha Nathwani about their new film, Last Swim. On A-level results day, an ambitious Iranian-British teen in London grapples with a major life decision while hanging out with friends across the city. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Spotify . Find us on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at pict...
Apr 04, 2025•16 min•Ep. 417
Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Jared Hess about his new film, A Minecraft Movie. The best-selling video game of all time comes to the big screen in this cubic, imagination-packed adventure from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Eugene Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks...
Apr 04, 2025•14 min•Ep. 416
Hope Hopkinson speaks to director Joshua Oppenheimer and actor George McKay about their new film, The End. A Golden Age-style musical about the last human family. Twenty-five years after the Earth’s environmental collapse, Mother, Father and Son cling to a sense of normalcy while confined to a palatial bunker. But when a Girl turns up at their doorstep, with her own past and perspective, the family’s blind optimism begins to unravel. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future epis...
Mar 28, 2025•22 min•Ep. 415
Felicity Beckett talks to director Alonso Ruizpalacios about his new film, La Cocina. Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt. While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raúl Briones) and waitress Julia (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) is starting to fray. But when missing money and shocking revelations cause things to spiral out of control...
Mar 28, 2025•36 min•Ep. 414
Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to director François Ozon about his new film, When Autumn Falls, in cinemas now. Loving grandmother Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a quiet Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. However, when her daughter Valérie drops off her grandson Lucas for their week together, everything begins to unravel. As Michelle navigates the complexities of her strained relationship with Valérie, unexpected tensions arise—especially when Marie-Claude’s son...
Mar 21, 2025•17 min•Ep. 413
Felicity Beckett talks to writer and director Sandhya Suri about her new film, Santosh. A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk . Subscribe on Apple Po...
Mar 21, 2025•17 min•Ep. 412
