A film podcast from the team behind The Skinny magazine, looking at the wide world of The Movies.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
On the hottest day of all time, The Cineskinny review two temperature-appropriate films – volcano doc Fire of Love, and spectacular Iranian road trip comedy Hit The Road.
We also talk about durational cinema, genre-bending video art, and going to the club in the middle of Lord of The Rings. Hot Pod Summer is here and everyone's a bit heated, come and join the gang.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Karlovy Vary, The Babadook, The Bear (2:40)
Hit the Road (10:40)
Fire of Love (25:10)
The Afterlight, and Film Experiences (38:30)
Recorded at Upload Studios in Leith - https://uploadstudios.co.uk
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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 Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
The Cineskinny returns with a distinctly European flavour; reviews of award-laden Spanish comedy The Good Boss and Italian road trip documentary Futura, plus a Wim Wenders discussion as his films return to cinemas.
Oh, and Peter really wanted to talk about the Minions: Rise of Gru soundtrack, and we didn't have the heart to stop him... It's The Cineskinny!
TIMESTAMPS:
What We’ve Been Watching: Mad God, Scrubs, Minions 2 OST (2:15)
The Good Boss (11:00)
Futura (25:10)
Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, and Paris, Texas (37:10)
Recorded at Upload Studios in Leith - https://uploadstudios.co.uk
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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 Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
On this week’s podcast, the gang move into some new digs, and immediately start talking about sex in cinema.
Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of a rock icon, Emma Thompson defying warped social expectations, Ninja Thyberg taking an in-depth look at the adult film industry, and more! Headphones up, The Cineskinny are back in town.
TIMESTAMPS:
What We’ve Been Watching (2:30)
Elvis (12:45)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (20:30)
Pleasure (31:40)
Discussion on Sex in Cinema (50:50)
Recorded at Upload Studios in Leith - https://uploadstudios.co.uk
Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny essay: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/
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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 Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
With regular host Peter away, things get a bit weird as Anahit, Lewis and Jamie go down a very strange arthouse rabbit hole this week as we discuss two beguiling and mysterious films from some truly original filmmakers.
First up it's The Girl and the Spider from the Swiss duo the Zürcher Brothers. We also dig into the murky new film from French filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović.
We also discuss Hadžihalilović’s work more generally and we consider what she has in common with other women filmmakers working in the horror genre.
Elsewhere, Anahit gets conflicted about Top Gun Maverick, Jamie laments the bagginess of TV shows and Lewis revisits a recent problematic fave.
TIMESTAMPS:
What We've Been Watching (01:35)
The Girl and the Spider (13:20)
earwig (26:10)
Great horrors from women filmmakers (40:35)
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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 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
The Cineskinny takes the quick route to The Danger Zone, as Peter and Jamie are joined by our production assistant Lewis to talk the return of Top Gun, Tom Cruise's love of big big stunts, and the enduring genius of Psycho.
Iana Murray dials in from Cannes to fill us in on what's good on the Croisette, Jamie gets angry about ghosts, Lewis makes us all feel very old, and we shout out a regional Scottish train line.
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Thursday May 12, 2022
We discuss the very good multiverse movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, the substantially less-good multiverse movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and the not-multiverse-but-still-excellent movie Benediction.
We also talk about the excellent Glasgow filmmaker James Price, and talk through the philosophical implications of the multiverse. Ignore them at your peril, The Cineskinny will get you.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Benediction (09:50)
Doctor Strange (22:10)
Everything Everywhere... (36:55)
The Multiverse: What Is The Point of It? (48:10)
James Price (63:10)
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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 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Wilkommen and bienvenue to The Cineskinny!
This time, we get extremely musical – a review of Moroccan hip-hop drama Casablanca Beats, a love-in for Cabaret’s impending rerelease, and a deep dive on the weird, freaky antics of the 1970s movie musical. We also get massively distracted by The Muppets, and Peter debuts his pretty dead-on C3PO impression.
The Northman, Chess of The Wind, Star Wars (1:00)
Casablanca Beats review (10:40)
Cabaret at 50 (23:30)
1970s Movie Musicals discussion (35:30)
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Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Paul Verhoeven is back, and this time he's blasphemous!
Jamie, Anahit and Peter dive into the Dutch director's lesbian nun drama Benedetta, and rake through the entrails of Robocop, Basic Instinct and Total Recall to answer the question: Paul Verhoeven – a horny, crazy grandpa, or the horniest, craziest grandpa?
Elsewhere, Peter watches The Devil Wears Prada, Anahit goes on an Anya Taylor-Joy marathon, and Jamie has complicated feelings about the hit television drama Euphoria.
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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 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
This week, we hit the rails to discuss Juho Kuosmanen's new film Compartment No. 6 (11:25), try to get to the bottom of what makes trains so cinematic/ talk about some noir classics and the mighty Snowpiercer (24:10), and *checks notes* discuss The Academy Awards (43:00).
Choo-choo! The Cineskinny is off on another fun journey, powered by the chaotic energy you only get thanks to the awesome power of Remote Recording...
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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 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
The Cineskinny returns, more chaotic than ever!
We discuss the buzziest film in all the land, Joachim Trier's The Worst Person In The World! (4:30)
We look ahead to Glasgow Short Film Festival; its amazing opening film The Timekeepers of Eternity (20:15), some picks from the programme (32:25), and some chat from its Directors, Matt Lloyd and Sanne Jehoul (41:20)!
We also talk about Agnes Varda and Wallace & Gromit (51:05)!
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