Chris Alexander, "Art! Trash! Terror! Adventures in Strange Cinema" (Headpress, 2025)| Listen on Anghami

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Adrienne Domasin ed., "The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Last of Us" (Playstory Press, 2025)

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Last of Us (Playstory Press, 2025) explores the psychological themes at the heart of The Last of Us franchise. Authors from media, culture, and fandom studies explore how trauma, grief, morality, survival, and revenge shape the story’s character ... Show More

15m 54s

Yesterday

Jim Cullen, "1980: America's Pivotal Year" (Rutgers UP, 2022)

1980 was a turning point in American history. When the year began, it was still very much the 1970s, with Jimmy Carter in the White House, a sluggish economy marked by high inflation, and the disco still riding the airwaves. When it ended, Ronald Reagan won the presidency in a la ... Show More

41m 44s

Nov 22

Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, "Videotape" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Over the span of a single decade, VHS technology changed the relationship between privacy and entertainment, pried open the closed societies behind the Iron Curtain, and then sank back into oblivion. Its meteoric rise and fall encapsulated the dynamics of the '80s and foreshadowe ... Show More

44m 53s

Aug 21

How to Watch a Movie

In the early days of the Hollywood studio system, producers exerted far greater creative control than any individual director. Then, in the mid-twentieth century, a group of young French critics issued a cri du coeur that gave rise to the figure of the auteur: visiona ... Show More

44m 9s

Jul 2023

Mission Impossible, Herzog & de Meuron, Walter Murch

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One - the long awaited seventh film in the series - and the Royal Academy's new exhibition about architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron. Ryan Gilbey and Oliver Wainwright review. Plus Walter Murch. The renowned film editor and sound design ... Show More

42m 19s

Nov 11

History's Toughest Heroes: Hugh Glass: The Real Story of The Revenant

The real-life Revenant who survived a savage bear mauling and crawled hundreds of miles across the American plains to confront the scoundrels who abandoned him.In History's Toughest Heroes, Ray Winstone tells ten true stories of adventurers, rebels and survivors who lived life on ... Show More

28m 29s

May 2025

S5 EP2: Sean Penn on dining with Jack Nicholson and Putin, run-ins with the paparazzi, and his relationship with Zelenskyy

Louis travels to Los Angeles to sit down with Hollywood heavyweight and international adventurer, Sean Penn. Renowned for award-winning roles in films like Milk, I Am Sam and Carlito’s Way, Sean discusses his colourful life and career, including dining with Jack Nicholson and Vla ... Show More

1h 24m

Nov 2024

Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns

Leonardo da Vinci was a man like no other. A restless visionary and polymath, his paintings are some of the best known of all works of art. To talk about Leonardo, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Ken Burns, the multi-award winning American filmmaker who has ... Show More

39m 26s

Oct 2023

David Fincher’s The Killer and the week’s highlights reviewed

The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender, has been hailed as a return to tense and stylish form for the director David Fincher. Critics Rhianna Dhillon and John Mullan join Tom Sutcliffe to give their views on this new take on the assassin genre. They also venture into uncanny rea ... Show More

42m 35s

Oct 2024

Tim Burton on his exhibition at Design Museum, Review: films Emilia Perez and Dahomey

Critic and film producer Jason Solomons and BBC New New Generation Thinker Jade Cuttle join Tom Sutcliffe to review Emilia Pérez. The musical thriller follows a drug cartel leader who wants to fake their death and change gender.They also review Dahomey, an award winning documenta ... Show More

42m 25s

Nov 2024

Classic Desert Island Discs - Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg is the most successful director of his generation and the highest-grossing director of all time: his films have taken more than $10 billion worldwide. From Jaws to E.T. and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List, his storytelling has captivated audiences around the wo ... Show More

36m 18s

Sep 17

The Crow I 143

Released in 1994 and directed by Alex Proyas, The Crow is more than just a revenge tale. It’s a journey through grief, justice, and the supernatural. Based on James O’Barr’s graphic novel, the film tells the tragic story of Eric Draven and Shelly Webster who are murdered by a Det ... Show More

34m 59s

Aug 2019

Black Sabbath| Monster Attack! Ep.187

<img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/89428/height_250_width_250_overlay_Black_Sabbath-ART.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" />Jim reflects on one of the most influential films from his childhood, Ma ... Show More

41m 33s

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