Best MUBI Podcasts (2023)

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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BONUS: Toby Amies in the Court of the Crimson King 58:23

2h ago58:23

58:23

In this special bonus, to tide you over before we are back with full, regular episodes in the run-up to year's end, Neil talks to filmmaker Toby Amies about his stunning music film In The Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50. The conversation coincides with the film's release on streaming platforms following a critically lauded festival an…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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BONUS: Prof. Neil Fox on Film Practice and Pedagogy 1:07:36

16d ago1:07:36

1:07:36

Our own Prof. Neil Fox in his day job is director of Falmouth University's Sound/Cinema Lab, which is behind films such as Mark Jenkin's Enys Men (2022) and Chris Morris' A Year in a Field (2022) as well as Wilderness (2017), which Neil wrote and produced. Wilderness was also made with a student crew and was proof of concept for making a feature dr…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Film Podcasting w/ Rico Gagliano from The Mubi Podcast 1:29:33

26d ago1:29:33

1:29:33

A special for cinephiles and podphiles this week as we welcome the superb critic and broadcaster Rico Gagliano. Rico's official title is the Head of Audio at Mubi but it's his creative direction and voice that is the driving force of The Mubi Podcast. Indeed, the notion of creative auteurism is just one of the many topics covered in the in-depth co…

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Elgin Movie Watchers Podcast

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Labor Pains 29:09

1M ago29:09

29:09

We’re back! Steve and Chuck wanted to talk about the current strike and the importance of labor unions in the movies and beyond

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed (w/ Dir. Stephen Kijak) 1:16:16

1M ago1:16:16

1:16:16

No matter the status of cinema, films focused on Hollywood icons seem to always retain a healthy level of interest. A key question is: do they bring anything new to the understanding of a storied figure. Stephen Kijak the director of Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed, released on UK streaming this week, embarks on a sweeping ambitious, and intim…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Apocalypse Clown (w/Producer James Dean) 1:12:53

1M ago1:12:53

1:12:53

In the first of a special (our first ever) double header, Neil and Dario discuss new Irish comedy road movie Apocalypse Clown. As it debuts on Netflix following a short cinema run, Neil talks to 'friend of the pod', producer James Dean about his collaboration with the team behind the project, comedy music troupe Dead Cat Bounce, the project's gesta…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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London Film Festival 2023 1:11:32

2M ago1:11:32

1:11:32

In this episode, Neil and Dario go deep on a couple of favourite titles each from this year's excellent London Film Festival. Neil eulogises Pat Collins' That They May Face The Rising Sun and Shujun Wei's Only The River Flows, while Dario waxes lyrical on Hirokazu Koreeda's Monster and Tran Anh Hung's The Taste of Things. Elsewhere they briefly dis…

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MUBI Podcast

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Ken Loach Calls for Solidarity in THE OLD OAK 22:27

2M ago22:27

22:27

As the “Hot Labor Summer” of union strikes rolls into autumn, legendary British director Ken Loach sits down with host Rico Gagliano to look back on a long career spent telling the stories of working people…and why it might end with THE OLD OAK: a call for solidarity in a northern industrial town. THE OLD OAK releases in cinemas in the UK and Irela…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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A Year in a Field (w/director Christopher Morris and producer Denzil Monk) 1:40:41

2M ago1:40:41

1:40:41

We’re back for season 18 and we’re kicking off with an in-depth look at new feature documentary A Year in a Field, a quiet film by Christopher Morris that is currently on tour around UK cinemas, distributed by Anti-Worlds. Produced by Bosena (Enys Men) in partnership with Stone Club and Falmouth University’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab, the film tells t…

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MUBI Podcast

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Sebastián Silva on ROTTING IN THE SUN — "Everyone and everything in it will get trashed" 22:46

3M ago22:46

22:46

Sundance favorite Sebastián Silva tells host Rico Gagliano about his self-described "misanthropic comedy" ROTTING IN THE SUN—the satirical story of a happy hedonist and a not-so-happy filmmaker who end up in the middle of a Hitchcockian mystery. Silva dishes on how he teamed up with superstar Instagrammer Jordan Firstman, the importance of self-moc…

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MUBI Podcast

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PASSAGES — Ira Sachs's "endless circle of desire" 22:28

4M ago22:28

22:28

"Let's just say I wanted to make a liberated film. I felt like...am I allowed to say 'f*** it?' Like, 'f*** it.'" So says legendary indie filmmaker Ira Sachs about PASSAGES, his seriously sexy Sundance hit about an insatiable artist in a messy modern love triangle. In this special episode, Sachs tells host Rico Gagliano how his all-star cast (Ben W…

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Is it worth it? The Film Review Podcast

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Spider-Man: Across the spider-verse, Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny, Fast X, Asteroid City, Insidious the Red Door 1:59:12

5M ago1:59:12

1:59:12

David and Craig are back in the saddle with a total of five films receiving the Is It Worth It treatment. After a catch up about life, film and current events the episode kicks off with the box office rundown. With plenty to discuss a theme begins to emerge about contemporary film; is profit becoming more important than content? The lads discuss th…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Ildiko Enyedi on short cinema 11:32

5M ago11:32

11:32

Oscar-nominated Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi is celebrated for her bold, unclassifiable features (like the Cannes-winning sci-fi MY 20TH CENTURY). But at this year’s Cannes she trained her eye on smaller-scale visions: She helmed the jury picking the festival’s best short films. Enyedi tells host Rico Gagliano about her own whimsical shorts, h…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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On Cinematic Pleasure 1:02:05

5M ago1:02:05

1:02:05

For our final episode of season 17, before we go on our summer hiatus, we lean into cinematic pleasure. Provoked by both of us admitting some recent struggles with the relentlessness of film culture, the seeming tyranny of "so much stuff" and the some of the less edifying aspects of film discourse, we think through the hierarchies that are often at…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Filipa Reis on privilege and empowerment 16:08

5M ago16:08

16:08

At Cannes, celebrated Portuguese directing duo Filipa Reis and Joao Miller Guerra debuted LEGUA — a movie about a housekeeper tending to an empty country estate… and the sacrifices she’s willing to make for work and friendship. Reis tells host Rico Gagliano about turning the camera on her own privilege, the joys and challenges of tag-team directing…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Joanna Arnow watches (wryly) from a distance 12:20

5M ago12:20

12:20

Filmmaker Joanna Arnow’s shorts and docs are funny, fearless looks at people at their most excruciatingly vulnerable — especially herself. In her debut feature THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED, she ratchets up the deadpan humor to tell the story of a woman navigating the alternately mundane and surreal worlds of work, family…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — With OMEN, Baloji clears his name 16:08

5M ago16:08

16:08

Belgian rapper-turned-auteur Baloji was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo — where for some, his name literally means “demon.” So it’s no surprise that his mind-bending first feature OMEN is all about characters society considers cursed. Baloji tells host Rico Gagliano about this kaleidoscopic debut, the pressures of competition at Cannes, an…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Laura Mulvey (Falmouth Film Weekend: 1978 Revisited) 1:27:45

5M ago1:27:45

1:27:45

In May 2023, Laura Mulvey and Rod Stoneman returned to Falmouth 45 years following a weekend of Independent Film and Sexual Politics to reconvene a dialogue about politics, experimental film, cinematic form and radicalism. The event, Falmouth Film Weekend [1978 Revisited], was hosted by Falmouth University’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab, and was delivere…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Elene Naveriani on their stealth punk heroine 16:14

5M ago16:14

16:14

In their sophomore feature BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY, Georgian-born filmmaker Elene Naveriani tells the story of a middle-aged virgin in a small Georgian town who dares to start living the life she feels like leading — gossips and the patriarchy be damned. Naveriani tells host Rico Gagliano about the movie’s big little moments, its “instinctiv…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Weston Razooli lets his kids go wild 13:28

5M ago13:28

13:28

L.A. filmmaker Weston Razooli’s debut feature RIDDLE OF FIRE is like if THE GOONIES were directed by Francois Truffaut — a tale of three modern kids on an old-fashioned adventure in the woods, facing down a family of witches. Razooli tells host Rico Gagliano about his D&D-soaked childhood in Utah, how he cast the kids… and the afterparty following …

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Frank Film Club with Maisie Williams

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Rooting for The Other Woman in One Fine Morning 33:35

6M ago33:35

33:35

Back for one fine bonus episode discussing One Fine Morning (2022) from director Mia Hansen-Løve. This might just be our love story of the year. We dissect the film’s realistic portrayal of womanhood and unusual handling of infidelity and analyse the value of intimacy coordinators in our industry. Plus, Han’s got a special announcement. In the film…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Plan 75 1:24:52

6M ago1:24:52

1:24:52

In association with Dead Good Film Club and Death Futures [DORS#6]) In this episode, Neil accepts an invitation from Newcastle's Dead Good Film Club and the Death Online Research Network (DORN) to host a Q&A on the Japanese film Plan 75 (2022). The panel brought together religious and humanist celebrants, death educators and palliative care special…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Monia Chokri on THE NATURE OF LOVE 10:33

6M ago10:33

10:33

Quebecois actor and director Monia Chokri is a Cannes regular — who in her films, regularly returns to her favorite themes: Very smart women having a very hard time figuring out relationships. Host Rico Gagliano stole a few minutes with her at this year’s Cannes to try and figure out why — and to learn about her charmer of a dramedy THE NATURE OF L…

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Kleber Mendonça Filho watches movie palaces disappear 19:07

6M ago19:07

19:07

In 2019, Brazil's Kleber Mendonça Filho won the Jury Prize at Cannes with his co-directed movie BACURAU. This year he returned to the fest to premiere a documentary about movies. Or more specifically, about the places we watch them. In the second installment of our mini-season of conversations taped on location at Cannes '23, Filho tells host Rico …

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MUBI Podcast

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Cannes Conversations — Wim Wenders on ANSELM 12:05

6M ago12:05

12:05

To kick off our mini-season of conversations taped on location at the 2023 Cannes film festival, host Rico Gagliano meets up with legendary director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club; Paris, Texas). The subject of their conversation: Wenders' new 3D documentary Anselm, which plunges the audience into the work of German fine artist Anselm Kiefer.…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Boys and Men in Close and Godland 53:20

7M ago53:20

53:20

In this episode Neil and Dario discuss two fairly recent films that were both prize winners at Cannes 2022: Lukas Dhont's Close and Hlynur Pálmason's Godland. In terms of setting and story the films seem very different, however there is connecting tissue in the ways that the social fabric in each film defines the experience of the male characters, …

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MUBI Podcast

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FERRIS BUELLER to WOLF OF WALL STREET — Cinema's top music supervisors break down their greatest hits 43:15

7M ago43:15

43:15

We wrap up our season on great needle drops with an interview mixtape. Host Rico Gagliano talks to three legendary music supervisors about their iconic pairings of music and image...a bunch of which likely provided the soundtrack to some part of your life. Featuring Randall Poster (KIDS, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, SUMMER OF SOUL), Margaret Yen (JUNO)…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Demons of the Mind: Cinema and Psychiatry in the Long 1960s 1:38:54

7M ago1:38:54

1:38:54

In this special audio documentary episode of The Cinematologists Podcast, we draw upon the fascinating research in an AHRC funded project Demons of the Mind: Psychiatry and Cinema in the long 1960s. Exploring the complex interrelations between cinema and the psy-sciences during a unique period of material collaboration, we cover the dimensions of m…

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MUBI Podcast

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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE — Hollywood's first rumble with rock ‘n’ roll 33:40

7M ago33:40

33:40

In his gritty ’55 flick BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, director Richard Brooks introduced a wide audience to Sidney Poitier, the harsh world of inner-city schools...and a genre of music called "rock ‘n’ roll." Host Rico Gagliano tells the story of Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock"—cinema's first rock needle drop—with the help of music detective and author J…

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Elgin Movie Watchers Podcast

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Thank you Mr. Belafonte 33:00

7M ago33:00

33:00

This episode Steve and Chuck pay tribute to the amazing singer, actor and activist, Harry Belafonte. Come along and maybe you'll learn something.

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MUBI Podcast

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS — Wong Kar Wai puts "Dreams" on the menu 34:48

7M ago34:48

34:48

Shot on a shoestring in six wild weeks, CHUNGKING EXPRESS is the movie that put legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai on the international map—along with his star, pop diva Faye Wong...and her Cantonese cover of The Cranberries's hit "Dreams." Host Rico Gagliano learns how the song, the director, and the singer all came together to capture Hon…

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MUBI Podcast

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CLOSE — Lukas Dhont's Quietly Powerful Coming-of-Age Movie 18:20

8M ago18:20

18:20

In his Oscar-nominated CLOSE, filmmaker Lukas Dhont uses the sparest dialogue, the gentlest music, and the most pastoral of images...to tell a shattering story about the brutal ways society turns boys into men. We're taking a mid-season break from our series on movie music to bring you this candid interview with Dhont—in which he tells host Rico Ga…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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The Films of Alice Diop 1:16:43

8M ago1:16:43

1:16:43

Neil and Dario dedicate an episode to discussing the work of the brilliant French filmmaker Alice Diop, using the release of her debut fiction feature Saint Omer as a jumping off point into her incredible body of work. Their conversation takes in some of her documentary work, On Call (2016), Towards Tenderness (2016) and We (2021), all of which, al…

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MUBI Podcast

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THE HARDER THEY COME — Reggae catches fire on film 40:09

8M ago40:09

40:09

In 1972, director Perry Henzell set a gritty crime thriller in Jamaica's exploding, politically charged music scene, and came up with THE HARDER THEY COME—the cult-movie spark that started reggae music's slow burn around the world. Host Rico Gagliano tells the story of a film and a soundtrack that inspired rebels and rockers from the Clash to Willi…

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MUBI Podcast

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DONNIE DARKO — Richard Kelly makes the ultimate ‘80s mixtape 43:00

8M ago43:00

43:00

In 2001, writer/director Richard Kelly's genre-busting rookie feature DONNIE DARKO crashed and burned at the box office. But it almost immediately rose from the ashes to become one of the first cult hits of the 21st century...and it took the music of '80s band Tears for Fears along for the ride. Host Rico Gagliano tells this twisty tale with the he…

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MUBI Podcast

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY — Stanley Kubrick finds heavenly music on vinyl 42:24

8M ago42:24

42:24

In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY pushed movies light years into the future. It pioneered the use of special effects, makeup, sound design…and needle drops. For the season debut of our audio documentary series, host Rico Gagliano tells the story of the now-legendary classical tracks Kubrick dropped into his space movie—so…

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The Cinematologists Podcast

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Long Way Back(w/Brett and Simon Harvey) 1:42:17

9M ago1:42:17

1:42:17

Brett (writer/director/editor) and Simon (producer) Harvey, are stalwarts of contemporary Cornish cinema and 2022 saw the release of their third feature film Long Way Back, which has just hit streaming platforms. Supported by Falmouth University's Sound/Image Cinema Lab, which has also supported the work of Mark Jenkin and for which Neil is the res…

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