The Cinema Show
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Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival is the world’s home of independent cinema and a key launching pad for emerging talent – but it’s also a crucial pot-stirrer for issues the mainstream wouldn’t touch. In this special edition we hear from the festival’s director of programming and discuss some past stand-out titles…
Suburbia
The skies are always sunny, the grass is eternally green and roses are always in bloom. We wander through suburbia in the cinema, from the dark drama of Sam Mendes to the bright colours of Doris Day. Plus: how has the television soap opera influenced the way emotionally driven stories…
First films
We look back at the debut films of some of cinema’s most distinctive voices, taking a retrospective close-up of the journey to becoming an auteur. Those featured include Michelangelo Antonioni’s ‘Story of a Love Affair’ (1950), Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Fear and Desire’ (1953) and Todd Haynes’ 1991 breakthrough ‘Poison’.
The very modern Barbara Stanwyck
Celebrated by critics today for her natural and extraordinarily modern approach to acting, Barbara Stanwyck was ostracised by many of her peers. Victoria Wilson, author of new biography ‘A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940’, joins the show to discuss the remarkable life and films of this indelible screen presence.
Festive films
Pour yourself a cup of mulled wine and join us as we celebrate Christmas at the movies with a selection of favourites we found under the Monocle tree. From Douglas Sirk’s stunning 1955 melodrama ‘All That Heaven Allows’ to Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 masterpiece ‘The Shop Around The Corner’, set in…
Beyond the stars
Composer and film-maker Michael Nyman discusses his latest project, ‘War Work’, as well as his soundtrack to 1997 dystopian film ‘Gattaca’. We also discuss how technology inspires fictional gadgets, or whether the opposite may in fact be true. Plus: from ray guns to death stars, how did the science-fiction genre…
Beauty and architecture
We take in beautiful imagery and stunning environments in our first episode of The Cinema Show. Author and researcher Richard Martin discusses the role of visual beauty in some of cinema’s greatest achievements. With a special focus on Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris, we visit the Gulf of Naples with fashion…
