A film podcast from the team behind The Skinny magazine, looking at the wide world of The Movies.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
This time, Wes Anderson rolls into Asteroid City with every actor you've ever heard of, Annie Ernaux narrates some of her archive video to mixed results, and we have a Solstice-inspired chat about Folk Horror.
Elsewhere, Anahit talks about aesthetic hospitals and Jamie shares his beef with a particular cinema chain who shall remain nameless. Classic Cineskinny, 10/10.
TIMESTAMPS
What We've Been Watching: Death Race 2000, Black Mirror, The Gallows Pole (2:50)
Asteroid City review (16:20)
The Super 8 Years review (30:35)
Folk Horror: The Wicker Man, Apostle, The Village, Night of the Demon (41:40)
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Recorded at EHFM, Summerhall – ehfm.live
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
We dive into the Spider-Verse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The question is, can this sequel live up to the brilliance of the previous film?
We also take a look a the glossy Chevalier, a sweeping costume drama based on the early life of French composer Joseph Bologne (aka Chevalier de Saint George), who was the first European composer of African descent.
And off the back of Chevalier, we discuss some of our favourite period drama.
TIMESTAMPS
What we've been watching: Dungeons & Dragons; Big Boys (2:34)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (8:06)
Chevalier (22:33)
Our favourite period dramas (38:14)
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
This week, we discuss the hyper-stressful work drama Full Time, the ubiquitous Local Hero, and a collection of films about, ahem, smart-mouth city folk going to the countryside.
Also, Anahit finds Zorro in Corstorphine, Jamie plays 'Defamation Bingo', Lewis recommends a YouTube banger, and Peter gets interrupted by a motorbike. Twice.
Recorded at EHFM, Summerhall: https://ehfm.live
TIMESTAMPS:
What We've Been Watching (Winter Boy, Defunctland, Mark of Zorro) (01:00)
Full Time review (05:40)
Local Hero's 40th anniversary (15:30)
City Slickers in the Country chat ft Our Daily Bread, Groundhog Day, Runaway Bride and more (25:20)
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
Peter, Jamie and Lewis decamp to a meeting room for an old school pod full of fun times, serious film discussion, and a weird hissing that mostly goes away.
We discuss the excellent Return to Seoul, namecheck some of our favourite pop cinema franchises, talk a lot about a giant half-man half-ant, and get the lowdown from Jamie on Alchemy Film Festival in Hawick.
TIMESTAMPS
Alchemy Film Festival (01:00)
Return to Seoul review (11:05)
Pop cinema – Pirates of the Caribbean, Final Destination, The Transporter (22:55)
Matinee preview aka Mant review (40:45)
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Polite Society is a martial arts comedy family drama. Sick of Myself is about two massive narcissists. Renfield is 'the worst film Jamie's reviewed on the podcast'. All this energy, and more, in a neat 48 minutes.
Get ready for a high-octane, sweary and chaotic speedrun through the cinema, answering such questions as 'which one is Nosferatu?' and '*how* much for a non-working toy camcorder from the late 90s?!?'
TIMESTAMPS
Polite Society, Nida Manzoor's banger of a debut (1:00)
Sick of Myself, aka Worst Person in the World: Sicko Mode (9:20)
Renfield, a Dracula film that is Not Very Good (17:35)
Draculads on Tour: some of the best and most interesting Draculas and Dracula-adjacents in film and TV (29:20)
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
In a genius bit of Bank Holiday scheduling, we're delving into the recent past for Jamie's chat with the excellent director Carol Morley.
We discuss Carol's career, her new film Typist Artist Pirate King and the role of Jane Campion in getting it off the ground, and Carol's work in spotlighting the great Muriel Box. Apologies for the audio on the intro, we were not in a bin – we were in a meeting room, and we want that on the record.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Jamie on Typist Artist Pirate King (1:00)
A mini 'What We're Looking Forward To...' (3:20)
Carol Morley on Dreams of a Life (4:30)
Morley’s new film, Typist Artist Pirate King (7:20)
New ways of portraying mental health on screen (12:30)
Monica Dolan, ‘one of the greatest actors of our generation’ (22:00)
Muriel Box, and celebrating female artists (24:40)
Jane Campion, legend (27:40)
Carol and Muriel radio documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jcln
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
This week, the gang discuss the latest work by everyone's favourite staid purveyor of kicking people's heads in, John Wick.
We also discuss the surreal and spooky Filipino action-comedy-drama Leonor Will Never Die, and talk about a few more films making exciting innovations in the field of Fightin' At The Movies.
In case you hadn't guessed, Anahit was away this week, and it turns out Peter had a bit of a cold. Expect mid-energy and vibrancy! Also a surprising amount about horses! And more!
TIMESTAMPS
Our Indie Cinema Guide with Film Hub Scotland, and free MUBI screenings (00:30)
Jamie on Glasgow Short Film Festival (2:20)
Leonor Will Never Die review (6:00)
John Wick 4 review (14:40)
Kung Fu Hustle, Upgrade, and further watching (30:35)
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Recorded at Upload Studios, uploadstudios.co.uk
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Anahit's written a book! BFFs is about the radical potential of female friendship, so your best podcast pals are here for a pals' chat about a pal's book (except for Jamie, who is waylaid on another project we'll tell you about later...)
Elsewhere, we take a big ol' honk on Hello Dankness, the latest from mash-up nouveau-agitprop legends Soda_Jerk, ahead of its Glasgow Short Film Festival screening, and Anahit fills us in on the lovely Rye Lane.
Thanks to the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival for sponsoring The Cineskinny! hippfest.co.uk
TIMESTAMPS:
What We've Been Watching (Rye Lane, The Origin) (3:30)
Hello Dankness review (9:50)
BFFs chat (20:30)
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Recorded at Upload Studios, uploadstudios.co.uk
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Glasgow Film Festival is nearing its close, so we've asked two of our favourite critics, Iana Murray and Rory Doherty, to join us to share their favourite films of the festival.
We also review Sanctuary, a kinky chamber piece starring Christopher Abbott as a hotel heir who’s become reliant on regular bouts of humiliation, and Margaret Qualley as the dominatrix who clearly relishes making her client feel like a worm.
We also react to this year's Surprise Movie, which turned out to be War Pony, the debut feature from Gina Gammell and actor Riley Keough following parallel stories about two young Native Americans who live on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
Glasgow Film Festival runs 1-12 March, get full details and tickets at glasgowfilm.org
TIMESTAMPS:
War Pony (GFF's Surprise Film) review (2:32)
Sanctuary review (13:46)
Rory and Iana's favourite films of GFF 2023 (22:30)
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Recorded at Upload Studios, uploadstudios.co.uk
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
In hilarious fashion, BlackBerry chronicles the rise and sharp decline of the world’s first smartphone. We down with writer-director and star Matt Johnson while he was attending the UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival to discuss the film.
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