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Episodes
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Jafar Panahi's a legend. On this week's tech-afflicted episode of The Cineskinny, the whole gang crowds into a meeting room to discuss the excellent No Bears, and celebrate the Iranian director's incredible 'post-filmmaking-ban' run of films.
Before all that, we review Billy Eichner's Bros and Henry Selick's new stop-motion movie Wendell and Wild. Peter goes off on a tangent about fish, the room gets hotter and hotter as we go on, and the mics each present their own problems, except for Anahit's lapel mic. It is, once again, The Cineskinny.
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Thursday Oct 20, 2022
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
We look forward to three of the buzziest titles from this summer's festival circuit coming to cinemas over the next two weeks. There's Triangle of Sadness from Swedish director Ruben Östlund, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes; Decision to Leave, a silky piece of neo-noir from Korean director Park Chan-wook, which won Park the Best Director award at Cannes; And The Banshees of Inisherin, which sees Martin McDonagh reunited with Colin Farrell and Brenden Gleeson; Farrell won Best Actor when the film played at Venice Film Festival.
All this great cinema coming out is soured, however, by the brutal closure of the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Filmhouse in Edinburgh and the Belmont in Aberdeen, which all closed their doors two weeks ago, seemingly for good, when the organisation in charge of them, the Centre for the Moving Image, collapsed due to insolvency. We discuss the devastating effect this will have on the Scottish film community.
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TIMESTAMPS
What We've Been Watching (1:45)
Closure of EIFF and Filmhouse (11:29)
Triangle of Sadness (27:45)
Decision to Leave (36:32)
The Banshees of Inisherin (43:29)
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
After a week off, The Cineskinny rides again with a bumper edition packed with horrible things, nice things, and a surprising amount of freebies.
We talk Finnish teen drama Girls Girls Girls, plan our own horror all-nighters in time for All Night Horror Madness, and we look back on Bryan M Ferguson's amazing short films ahead of showcases in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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GLASGOW: https://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/the-cineskinny-film-club-bryan-m-ferguson-retrospective
TIMESTAMPS
What We've Been Watching (3:30)
Girls Girls Girls (17:15)
Bryan M Ferguson (29:25)
All Night Horror Madness (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 Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
This week, we're joined by Xuanlin Tham to talk through the Take One Action film festival programme. Mushroom-lovers and fans of Resisting The System, this one's for you.
Meanwhile, Anahit has news of films she loved (and one she hated) at Venice, while back in the studio Peter loudly proclaims Strawberry Mansion to be great despite Lewis and Jamie's objections, but we all agree that Owen Kline's debut film Funny Pages is very good.
TIMESTAMPS
What We've Been Watching – Tár, Heathers, The Moon Has Risen, Greener Grass (1:45)
Take One Action preview (12:05)
Funny Pages review (27:20)
Venice Film Festival recap (37:40)
Strawberry Mansion review (44:35)
Take One Action programme and tickets: https://takeoneaction.org.uk
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 Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
This week is a tale of two halves; Lewis, Jamie and Peter review 'surfing kid' documentary Ride The Wave, and we have some chat from Glasgow Youth Film Festival... then it's off the deep end for a scratchy, gloopy dive into the world of David Cronenberg.
Is his new film, Crimes of the Future, good? No. But might it make for a good excuse to talk about Scanners and The Fly? Who's to say...
TIMESTAMPS:
What We've Been Watching (EIFF, League of Our Own): 2:05
Ride The Wave review: 9:35
Glasgow Youth Film Festival preview: 21:30
David Cronenberg retrospective (The Brood, Scanners, The Fly): 24:40
Crimes of the Future review: 47:35
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 Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
This week, The Cineskinny gets that festival fever in an edition recorded live at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022.
We discuss opening film Aftersun, Korean car chase caper Special Delivery, and Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet, plus Jamie chats to the lovely Will Anderson about his debut feature, A Cat Called Dom (which plays at EIFF on Fri 19 Aug at 7pm, so you should go and see that...)
We have guests! We have laughs! We had some gin! Listen along, and remember... The Cineskinny was recorded in front of a live studio audience.
TIMESTAMPS:
Aftersun, with Xuanlin Tham (2:10)
Special Delivery, with Rory Doherty (18:00)
Will Anderson interview (30:25)
Flux Gourmet, with Carmen Paddock (43:50)
Recorded at Codebase; huge thanks to Hamish at Sound Sound for the tech help!
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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 Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
The Cineskinny go festive this week, as we take a deep dive into the Edinburgh International Film Festival programme.
Strap in for chat about Antonio Banderas, fake trips to New York, beautiful and unexpected tales from Japan, and one of the oddest films we’ve ever reviewed on the podcast. Amanda Kramer, our hats go off to you.
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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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