A film podcast from the team behind The Skinny magazine, looking at the wide world of The Movies.
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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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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.
TICKETS FOR OUR FILM SCREENINGS: https://www.summerhall.co.uk/sh-event/the-cineskinny-film-club-james-price-retrospective/
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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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Peter and Jamie discuss Matt Reeves' new take on Batman, Jamie and Anahit talk through Sean Baker's excellent new film Red Rocket, and the whole gang airs their likes, dislikes, concerns and queries about the Superhero Movie Industrial Complex (SMIC).
TIMESTAMPS:
Intro, and some more Glasgow Film Festival picks (0:00)
The Batman review (7:25)
Red Rocket review (21:25)
Our love/hate relationship with superhero movies, aka 'What Do We Talk About When We Talk About The Batman?' (34:35)
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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 Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Let’s all Glas-go to the lobby, as Peter, Jamie and Anahit take a look at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival programme.
Get ready for East African action auteurs, fashion-forward psychological horror, and The Most Iranian Man Of All Time… plus a bit of intel on where Jack Lowden does his shopping.
GFF, and Film Festivals in General (2:30)
Superior review (8:45)
Zalava review (18:45)
Once Upon A Time In Uganda review (31:40)
Some more GFF picks (44:40)
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The episode is supported by Glasgow Film Festival, find out more at glasgowfilm.org
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
This time out, Anahit, Jamie and Peter are talking about love, romance and relationships in The Movies.
We review two films that deal with romance in very different ways: Joanna Hogg's follow-up to The Souvenir (11:21), and Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new anthology film Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (23:53).
There's a deep dive into the history and politics of the romantic comedy (30:40), through the lens of the conveniently-titled 2019 documentary Romantic Comedy.
Plus bits on Keanu Reeves, Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (which we did *not* love), and some cool screenings to check out. Also, we're all together in one room! Next to a castle!
Lots of love, The Cineskinny xx
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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license