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Simi Cheema talks to the cast and director of Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, the big screen extension of the beloved BBC comedy series, Ghosts. 

On this podcast, Simi is joined by: Mathew Baynton, Lolly Adefope, Laurence Rickard, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ben Willbond, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Simon Farnaby and director Simon Hynd. 

The ghostly residents of Button House are adjusting to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends.  When an amateur séance goes awry...

Freda Cooper talks to director Paweł Pawlikowski and actor Sandra Hüller about their new film, Fatherland. 

In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

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Amon Warmann talks to director James Watkins and actor Max Minghella about their new film Clayface. 

DC Studios’ first-ever foray into the genre, Clayface is a horror thriller from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the Gotham City villain.  

Clayface unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition. 

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Travis Knight, as well as actors Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Jacob Tremblay, about their work on the new LAIKA Studio's animated feature, Wildwood. 

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon.  

Joined by a hapless but loyal classmate, Prue risks it all as she navigates a world of bandits, talking animals and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition.

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Sam Clements talks to Brian Duffield, co-writer and director of Whalefall in cinemas now. 

A scuba diver in search of his deceased father's remains gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life, the young man is surprised to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places. 

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Dr. Sam Summers (from the Disniversity Podcast) talks to actors and directors Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto, Dave Franco + Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado about their new film Forgotten Island. 

Your best friendship is worth fighting for. DreamWorks Animation welcomes a dazzling and emotional story about two lifelong best friends who must come together before they drift apart in Forgotten Island. 

Two high school graduates Jo and Raissa, who have been best friends since grade school but are now about to embark on separate life paths.  While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upo...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to actors Josh O'Connor, Hayley Squires and Daniel May about their production of Golden Boy which is coming to Picturehouse Cinemas as part of National Theatre Live, from 5 November. 

Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. 1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifi...

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 Helen O'Hara and Amon Warmann to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas, including: Digger, The Uprising, Fatherland and Wicker. 

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Freda Cooper talks to screenwriter Luke Davies about his new film Tenzing, in cinemas now. 

In 1953, Tenzing Norgay was at the heart of the successful British Everest expedition as leader of the Sherpas whose hard work brought victory and as one of the two lead climbers to reach the top.  

But behind Tenzing's radiant smile is an untold story of courage, tragedy, and ambition, of a man who overcame incredible odds just to reach the bottom of the mountain.  

Born in a sacred Tibetan valley in the shadow of Everest, Tenzing's long journey led...

Freda Cooper talks to director Paul Greengrass about his new film The Uprising, in cinemas now. 

The Uprising tells the story of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 — when ordinary people stood against the might of a kingdom.

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to writer and director Aaron Sorkin about his new film The Social Reckoning, in cinemas now. 

A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files.  

The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the soc...

Freda Cooper talks to director Michael Showalter about his new film, Verity. 

Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity.  

After Lowen uncovers what appears to be Verity's chilling autobiographical notes, she wrestles with the disturbing and twisted confessions about Verity’s husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), and finds it hard to separate fiction from reality, manipulation from attraction, and opportunity from obsession.

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Hope Hopkinson talks to director Molly Manners about her new film Extra Geography. 

In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood — friendship, boys, studies, and growing up — and embark on their school project, falling in love.

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Lara Peters speaks to Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu about his new film Digger, starring Tom Cruise. 

Oil tycoon Digger Rockwell (Tom Cruise) is the most powerful man in the world.  When one of his Arctic drilling platforms unleashes a potentially catastrophic environmental disaster, he embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour – or, at least, convince the population he is – before the crisis he’s unleashed destroys everything.

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Hope Hopkinson speaks to the director of - and a selection of cast members from - the new big-screen adaptation of Sense and Sensibility; Georgia Oakley, Esme Creed-Miles, Herbert Nordrum and Frank Dillane. 

A charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood, Sense and Sensibility is an irresistible new take on Jane Austen's classic novel, from acclaimed filmmaker Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean).  

In Georgian-era England, the women of the Dashwood family are transplanted from their grand home to a modest country cottage after their inheritance is lost.  

The family's two daughters – the c...

Hope Hopkinson talks to actor Juliette Binoche about her new film Queen at Sea, co-starring Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall. 

As dementia erodes a woman's ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interest, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection, and autonomy.

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Hope Hopkinson talks to actor Saoirse Ronan about her new film, Bad Apples. 

Maria, a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 10-year-olds, is stifled by one unruly and chaotic student.  

With her career in question and the child's behaviour spiralling, she makes a series of bad decisions that lead to her accidentally taking and locking this "bad apple" in her home.  

Maria tries desperately to backtrack, but when the class starts flourishing and the staff and parents are thrilled with the improvement, she finds herself in a very com...

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 Victoria Luxford and Amon Warmann to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas, including: Pressure, Bad Apples, Leviticus and The Death of Robin Hood. 

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to the filmmakers behind the new film Pressure; co-stars Andrew Scott and Damian Lewis, as well as director Anthony Maras and screenwriter David Haig. 

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.

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Sam Clements and Hope Hopkinson talk to filmmakers Steven Knight, Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace about their new film, Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger. 

Don’t Look Back In Anger charts Liam and Noel Gallagher’s triumphant reunion tour, Oasis Live ‘25, one of the most anticipated rock ‘n’ roll comebacks of our time. The film is an unapologetically uplifting account of the biggest musical event of 2025, capturing the experience and emotions of the band and their fans across the world.

The unique perspective includes rehearsal, backstage, and onstage access as well as the first jo...

Lara Peters talks to writer and director Michael Sarnoski about his new film, The Death of Robin Hood. 

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD is a darker reimagining of the classic Robin Hood tale.

Set of its time, the film sees the title character grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder; a battleworn loner who finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last.

In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.

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Hope Hopkinson talks to writer and director Gregg Araki about his new film, I Want Your Sex.

I WANT YOUR SEX tells the story of Elliot (Cooper Hoffman), a kind-hearted if unmotivated twentysomething whose fantasies quickly come true when he lands a job with renowned artist and provocateur Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde).

When Erika breaks down office boundaries and takes Elliot on as her sexual muse and subordinate, their sexually charged relationship makes him question his own desires, boundaries, and relationships with his uptight girlfriend (Charli XCX) and repressed roommate (Chase Sui Wonders).

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Hope Hopkinson talks to writer and director Jane Schoenbrun about their new film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. 

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection.

But when she visits the original movie’s star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files, Sex Education), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

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Picturehouse's Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Adam Shankman about his new film, STOP! THAT! TRAIN!

STOP! THAT! TRAIN! follows best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee), train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express.

When a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first class attendants (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia) and President Gagwell (RuPaul) to save the day in this wild ride of camp and comed...

Guest hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Lucy Fenwick Elliott, 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 Kambole Campbell and Leila Latif to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas, including: Tony, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Coyote Vs Acme and I Want Your Sex.

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Picturehouse's Lucy Fenwick Elliott (armed with Burger Rings) catches up with writer-director Taika Waititi to celebrate the record-breaking Kiwi classic Hunt for the Wilderpeople, starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, and Rachel House.  

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is back on Picturehouse screens in 4K to celebrate its 10 year anniversary!  Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his grumpy foster uncle (Sam Neill).  A national manhunt ensues and the two are forced to work together to survive.

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Guest hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Hope Hopkinson, 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 Hanna Flint and Anna Smith to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehouse Cinemas, including: The Invite, Nivanna: The Band, The Show, The Movie and Rosebush Pruning. 

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Thomas Kail about his new film, Moana, the live-action retelling of 2016's beloved animated musical. 

Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.  

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Hope Hopkinson talks to director and actor Olivia Wilde and her co-star Edward Norton about their new film, The Invite. 

A couple invites the neighbours over for cocktails, igniting an evening full of unexpected twists and turns, revealing deeply repressed emotions and unexplored sexuality.

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott speaks to Pierre Coffin, the director of Illumination's new film Minions & Monsters, as well as the voice of the Minions across the Despicable Me and Minions franchises. 

Minions & Monsters introduces us to two new faces from an entirely new tribe of Minions, James and Henry. We meet them and their rambunctious friends in the distant past as they search far and wide for an evil master to serve.  

Eventually they reach the 1920s, and wind up crashing a Hollywood film set. Their brief and accidental appearance on camera pays off – and before they...

Hope Hopkinson talks to Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their new film, Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie. 

When their plan to book a show at famed Toronto venue The Rivoli goes horribly wrong, hapless bandmates Matt and Jay accidentally time travel back to the year 2008. 

As every interaction threatens to impact their future selves, the pair's only hope of getting back to the future lies in finding an obscure Canadian soft drink...

A film by Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) and Jay McCarrol, based on the cult web and TV series, Nirvanna the...

Felicity Beckett talks to actor Jodie Foster and director Rebecca Zlotowski about their new film, A Private Life. 

When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients, she is convinced it was murder and takes it upon herself to investigate…

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to Supergirl director Craig Gillespie, as well as actors Matthias Schoenaerts and Eve Ridley about their new film. 

When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.

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Hope Hopkinson talks to writer-director Sophy Romvari about her new film, Blue Heron, in cinemas now. 

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy.  At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice.  

Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that de...

Simi Cheema talks to actors Haley Bennet and Jack Whitehall about their new film, Virginia Woolf's Night and Day. 

Based on Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel, Night & Day is an un-romantic comedy about the passionate astronomer, Katharine Hilbery who does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.  

Her bold challenge to Edwardian patriarchy is set against the suffragette movement and advances in science and technology.  

Fun and contemporary in tone, this refreshing film showcases a star-studded ensemble of humorous performances.

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Hope Hopkinson talks to director Sara Dosa about her new film, Time and Water- in cinemas now. 

Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. 

As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away.

Using his own collected archives, his grandparents’ photographs, and films, as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him.

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Guest hosted by Picturehouse’s very own pod producer Kobi Omenaka, 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. Recorded live at South By South West: London. 

This month we're joined by guest film critics Clarisse Loughrey and Sean Wilson to discuss discuss some of the best new films coming to Picturehosue Cinemas, including: The Last Viking, Blue Heron, Virginia Woolf's Night & Day and Time and Water 

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Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Peter Glanz about his new film, Savage House - in cinemas now. 

Set against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive Pox outbreak, and Jacobite Uprising - this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir Chauncey Savage (Richard E. Grant) and Lady Savage’s (Claire Foy) blind pursuit of a better life.  

It is not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed. Filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed, this is a madcap play on clas...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Daniel Roher and actor Leo Woodall about their new film, Tuner. Now showing at Picturehouse Cinemas. 

In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as for tuning Steinways.  

With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose...

Lara Peters talks to actor Chiwetel Ejiofor about his new film, Backrooms, in cinemas now from A24. 

1990. A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Its troubled proprieter, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), ventures through and discovers a dimension beyond reality, made up of seemingly mundane, seemingly endless rooms.

When Clark disappears into the recesses of the rooms, his therapist Mary (Renate Reinsve) ventures into the unknown to save him – and discovers the dark truths that lay within.

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