The Love Of Cinema

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, Sam talks to director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and composer Eiko Ishibashi about their new film, Evil Does Not Exist, in cinemas now! 

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo.

Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature.

One day, th...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia.

The show 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 Anna Smith (Girls On Film Podcast) and Phil De Semlyen (Time Out) to discuss 3 key April releases at Picturehouse Cinemas: C...

Hope Hopkinson speaks to director Gil Kenan about Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, in cinemas now. 

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new ...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, guest host Lara Peters speaks to director Pablo Berger, about his Academy award-nominated Robot Dreams, in cinemas now!  Dog lives in Manhattan, and he’s tired of being alone – so one day, he decides to build himself a friend. Robot and Dog’s friendship blossoms until they become inseparable, spending...

Hope Hopkinson speaks to director Ramata-Toulaye Sy about Banel & Adama, in cinemas from 15 March.  

Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple live in a remote village in northern Senegal and for them, nothing else in the world exists. However, their perfect everlasting love seems on a collision course with their family’s traditions as drought strikes their community.

Award-winning filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s bre...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia.

On this bumper special Academy Awards themed episode, Sam is joined by Carol McKay, Issy MacLeod, Lara Peters, Hope Hopkinson and Freyja Pakarinen from the Picturehouse programming and marketing teams to discuss the 2024 Best Picture Award nominees: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower...

Felicity Beckett speaks to directors Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine about Copa 71, in cinemas from 8 March.  

It is August 1971. Football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy are gathering at Mexico City’s sun-drenched Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and crowds of over 100,000 hollering fans turn thi...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia.

The show 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 Ellen E. Jones and James Dyer to discuss 4 key March releases at Picturehouse Cinemas: Dune: Part Two, Copa 71, Monster and ...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, Sam talks to legendary composer Hans Zimmer, about his new film, Dune: Part Two. In cinemas now.  Arrakis is preparing for war. With House Atreides decimated, and the might of House Harkonnen bearing down across the planet, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen to se...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, Sam talks to legendary filmmaker Wim Wenders, about his new film, Perfect Days. In cinemas now. 

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo.

Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes ph...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, guest host Lara Peters speaks to Wicked Little Letters director Thea Sharrock about her new film - in cinemas now!

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy.

Based on a stranger than fiction true story, Wicked Little Letters follows two neighbours...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, guest host Freda Cooper speaks to Bob Marley: One Love director Reinaldo Marcus Green about his new film - in cinemas now!

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity.

On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerf...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, guest host Freda Cooper speaks to Madame Web director S.J. Clarkson about her new film - in cinemas now!

"Meanwhile, in another universe…”

In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing's most enigmatic heroines.

The suspense-driven thriller sta...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, guest host Freda Cooper speaks to The Iron Claw writer and director Sean Durkin about his new film - in cinemas now!

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, Sam talks to Your Fat Friend director Jeanie Finlay. In cinemas now. 

Your Fat Friend charts Aubrey Gordon's journey from anonymous blogger Yrfatfriend to NY Times bestselling author and podcast host (@maintenancephase ) and the complexities of making change.

It’s a film about fatness, family and the deep, m...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia.

The show 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 Iana Murray to discuss 4 key February releases at Picturehouse Cinemas: The Zone of Interest, American ...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, Sam talks to Cord Jefferson, the writer-director of American Fiction, and the film’s stars Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown. Monk (Jeffrey Wright), a frustrated novelist, is fed up with the establishment profiting from 'Black' entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his poin...

Hosted by Picturehouse’s very own Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast is proudly supported by Kia. On this mini episode, Sam talks to All Of Us Strangers writer and director Andrew Haigh. In cinemas now.  One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship ...