Film academics Dr Dario Llinares and Prof. Neil Fox discuss a range of films and dissect film culture from many different perspectives. The podcast also features interviews with filmmakers, scholars, writers and actors who debate all aspects of cinema. dariollinares.substack.com
American Animals w/dir. Bart Layton
The Imposter (2012) · Apr 4, 2026
American Animals w/dir. Bart Layton
American Animals (2018) · Apr 4, 2026
David Lynch's Lost Highway (featuring director Mark Jenkin)
Lost Highway (1997) · Nov 5, 2025
Don't Look Now and Then (w/Justin John Doherty)
Don't Look Now (1973) · Oct 17, 2025
Tornado (w/director John Maclean)
Slow West (2015) · Jun 13, 2025
Tornado (w/director John Maclean)
Tornado (2025) · Jun 13, 2025
The Doors & Val Kilmer (w/filmmaker Mark Jenkin)
The Doors (1991) · Apr 11, 2025
BFI Chantal Akerman Retrospective
Small Things Like These (w/director Tim Mielants)
Small Things Like These (2024) · Jan 31, 2025
Club Zero (w/ Jessica Hausner) & Rumours (w/ Guy Maddin, Evan & Galen Johnson)
Club Zero (2023) · Dec 4, 2024
Author: The JT Leroy Story @ Falmouth Book Festival 2024 (w/Colin Midson)
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016) · Nov 11, 2024
Thinking Through British Cinema (w/Dr. Katerina Flint-Nicol
The Commitments (1991) · Jul 19, 2024
Thinking Through British Cinema (w/Dr. Katerina Flint-Nicol
Sexy Beast (2001) · Jul 19, 2024
Thinking Through British Cinema (w/Dr. Katerina Flint-Nicol
Great Expectations (1946) · Jul 19, 2024
Eno (w/director Gary Hustwit)
Eno (2024) · Jul 12, 2024
The Beast (w/writer-director Bertrand Bonello)
The Beast (2023) · May 29, 2024
Big Wednesday (w/filmmaker Mark Jenkin)
Big Wednesday (1978) · May 22, 2024
Recent 2024 Releases (w/Dario!)
Perfect Days (2023) · Apr 25, 2024
Recent 2024 Releases (w/Dario!)
The Settlers (2023) · Apr 25, 2024
Recent 2024 Releases (w/Dario!)
The Teachers' Lounge (2023) · Apr 25, 2024
Sometimes I Think About Dying (w/director Rachel Lambert)
Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024) · Apr 11, 2024
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil (w/director Nariman Massoumi)
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil (2023) · Feb 29, 2024
Your Fat Friend (w/ director Jeanie Finlay)
The Seahorse Trainer (2019) · Feb 8, 2024
Your Fat Friend (w/ director Jeanie Finlay)
Your Fat Friend (2024) · Feb 8, 2024
Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed (w/ Dir. Stephen Kijak)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) · Oct 23, 2023
Apocalypse Clown (w/Producer James Dean)
Apocalypse Clown (2023) · Oct 23, 2023
Boys and Men in Close and Godland
Close (2022) · May 17, 2023
Boys and Men in Close and Godland
Godland (2022) · May 17, 2023
Demons of the Mind: Cinema and Psychiatry in the Long 1960s
Demons of the Mind (1972) · May 8, 2023
The Films of Alice Diop
On Call (2016) · Apr 14, 2023
The Films of Alice Diop
Towards Tenderness (2016) · Apr 14, 2023
The Films of Alice Diop
We (2021) · Apr 14, 2023
The Films of Alice Diop
Saint Omer (2022) · Apr 14, 2023
Long Way Back(w/Brett and Simon Harvey)
Long Way Back (2022) · Mar 24, 2023
Husband (w/Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum)
Husband (2022) · Feb 9, 2023
Enys Men (w/ Dir. Mark Jenkin)
Enys Men (2023) · Jan 17, 2023
2022 Review (w/critic Clarisse Loughrey)
HINAKURI 2022 (2022) · Dec 27, 2022
Blood Simple (w/ Producer James Dean)
Blood Simple (1985) · Dec 21, 2022
Irma Vep (w/ Dr Catherine Wheatley)
Irma Vep (1996) · Nov 24, 2022
Censor (w/ Sarah Cleaver)
Censor (2021) · Oct 30, 2022
London Film Festival - Part 2
Triangle of Sadness (2022) · Oct 17, 2022
Jonah who will be 25 in the Year 2000 (w/ Caroline Catz and James Dean)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) · Sep 16, 2022
Cape Fear (live @TheGardenCinema)
Cape Fear (1962) · Jul 8, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick; Hustle; Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (and more)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) · Jun 16, 2022
Cannes 2022
Visions of Eight (1973) · May 27, 2022
Cannes 2022
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2023) · May 27, 2022
Cannes 2022
Enys Men (2023) · May 27, 2022
Cannes 2022
One Fine Morning (2022) · May 27, 2022
Cannes 2022
My Imaginary Country (2022) · May 27, 2022
Hannah Strong on Sofia Coppola
Vampyr (1932) · May 12, 2022
Nightmare Alley, The Northman and more
Nightmare Alley (2021) · Apr 20, 2022
Nightmare Alley, The Northman and more
The Northman (2022) · Apr 20, 2022
Boiling Point (w/dir. Philip Barantini)
Boiling Point (2021) · Apr 13, 2022
2021 review
Review (2021) · Dec 28, 2021
Jodorowsky‘s Dune (w/ director Frank Pavich)
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) · Dec 16, 2021
Raising Films and Recent Films (w/So Mayer)
Petite Maman (2021) · Dec 1, 2021
Dr Alison Peirse - Women Make Horror
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) · Nov 6, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
Benedetta (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
Compartment No. 6 (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
Flee (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
The Hand of God (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
Drive My Car (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
London Film Festival 2021: Part 2
Hit the Road (2021) · Oct 20, 2021
Season 13 Finale
Strictly Ballroom (1992) · Jul 9, 2021
Kala Azar (w/ dir. Janis Rafa)
Kala azar (2020) · Jun 19, 2021
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes (w/dir. Caroline Catz)
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes (2018) · Jun 8, 2021
Radio On (w/ Mark Jenkin)
Radio On (1979) · May 15, 2021
Ep122 - Projections Podcast (w/Mary Wild and Sarah Cleaver)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · May 10, 2021
Ep122 - Projections Podcast (w/Mary Wild and Sarah Cleaver)
Annie Hall (1977) · May 10, 2021
Ep121 - Wilderness (w/Justin Doherty and Neil Fox [obvs])
Wilderness (2006) · Apr 26, 2021
Ep120 Western (w/ Dr Hannah Paveck)
Western (2017) · Apr 9, 2021
Concert Films (Stop Making Sense and American Utopia)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Jan 30, 2021
Concert Films (Stop Making Sense and American Utopia)
Stop Making Sense (1984) · Jan 30, 2021
Concert Films (Stop Making Sense and American Utopia)
The Don Is Dead (1973) · Jan 30, 2021
Concert Films (Stop Making Sense and American Utopia)
Beginning (2020) · Jan 30, 2021
(Repost) Ep 6 Goodbye Dragon Inn
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) · Nov 23, 2020
Ang Lee (w/Ellen Cheshire & Francesco Signorello)
Hulk (2003) · Nov 16, 2020
Sport Documentaries - w/ Dir. Finlay Pretsell (Time Trial)
Time Trial (2017) · Oct 26, 2020
Walkabout (w/Luc Roeg and Andrew Peirce)
Walkabout (1971) · Oct 12, 2020
Peter Bogdanovich and The Great Buster
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) · Sep 18, 2020
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story (1953) · Jul 16, 2020
Sometimes Always Never
Sometimes Always Never (2019) · Jun 10, 2020
The Uncertain Kingdom
The Uncertain Kingdom (2020) · Jun 1, 2020
Women Make Film (Mark Cousins)
Dear Mark Cousins, · May 17, 2020
Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions)
Heat (1995) · Apr 1, 2020
Berlinale 2020 Part 2
The Sky Pilot (1921) · Mar 2, 2020
Berlinale 2020 Part 2
Siberia (2020) · Mar 2, 2020
Berlinale 2020 Part 2
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) · Mar 2, 2020
Berlinale 2020 Part 2
White Riot (2020) · Mar 2, 2020
Berlinale 2020 Part 2
The Woman Who Ran (2020) · Mar 2, 2020
2019 review
Stepmom 2019 (2019) · Jan 1, 2020
BFI Musicals Pt. 2 / Funny Girl
Funny Girl (1968) · Dec 27, 2019
The Lobster (w/ Solem Quartet Live Score)
The Lobster (2015) · Dec 4, 2019
At Filmstock with Mark Jenkin
Bait (2019) · Nov 29, 2019
Film-Philosophy Conference 2019 (part 2)
Prometheus (2012) · Oct 6, 2019
Film-Philosophy Conference 2019 (part 2)
Alien: Covenant (2017) · Oct 6, 2019
(Repost) Bronco's House w/ director Mark Jenkin
Bait (2019) · Sep 3, 2019
(Repost) Bronco's House w/ director Mark Jenkin
Bronco's House (2015) · Sep 3, 2019
Sweet Country
Sweet Country (2018) · Jun 28, 2019
Sleep Has Her House (w/ Scott Barley)
Sleep Has Her House (2017) · May 11, 2019
California Typewriter (w/ dir. Doug Nichol)
California Typewriter (2017) · Apr 20, 2019
Children of Men
Children of Men (2006) · Apr 9, 2019
Berlinale 2019 Part 2
The Souvenir (2019) · Feb 20, 2019
Berlinale 2019 Part 2
I Was at Home, But... (2019) · Feb 20, 2019
Berlinale 2019 Part 2
Varda by Agnès (2019) · Feb 20, 2019
Berlinale 2019 Part 2
Bait (2019) · Feb 20, 2019
Clueless w/Ryan Gilbey (in association with the BFI Comedy Genius Season)
Clueless (1995) · Feb 2, 2019
2018 review
Symphogear Live 2018 (2018) · Dec 30, 2018
Duck Soup (in association with the BFI Comedy Genius Season)
Duck Soup (1933) · Dec 14, 2018
Her (live from the University of Chichester)
Her (2013) · Nov 29, 2018
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (w/ director Julien Temple)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) · Nov 14, 2018
A Ghost Story - FilmStack Challenge #6
A Ghost Story (2017) · Oct 26, 2018
The Piano (w/ Ellen Cheshire)
The Piano (1993) · Sep 29, 2018
Lek and the Dogs (w/ Dir. Andew Kötting)
Lek and the Dogs (2018) · Jul 1, 2018
The Islands and the Whales (W/ dir. Mike Day)
The Islands and the Whales (2016) · May 22, 2018
Juice (w/ film critic & podcaster Leslie Pitt)
Juice (1992) · May 10, 2018
Claire Denis (with Dr. Felicity Gee)
Let the Sunshine In (2017) · Apr 19, 2018
In a Lonely Place (w/ Prof. Julie Grossman)
In a Lonely Place (1950) · Mar 13, 2018
Dark River (with Clio Barnard and Andrew Kötting)
Dark River (2017) · Feb 23, 2018
Phantom Thread
Phantom Thread (2017) · Feb 5, 2018
La Notte (featuring film critic Robert Koehler)
La Notte (1961) · Dec 2, 2017
(Bonus) Alex Barrett & London Symphony
London Symphony (2017) · Nov 21, 2017
A New Leaf (w/ The Ballad of Shirley Collins filmmakers)
A New Leaf (1971) · Nov 2, 2017
(Bonus) Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) · Oct 18, 2017
Crossings 2017
Crossings (2017) · Oct 1, 2017
(Bonus) Social Realism?
Life Is Sweet (1991) · Sep 22, 2017
(Bonus) Social Realism?
Ladybird Ladybird (1994) · Sep 22, 2017
(Bonus) Social Realism?
Riff-Raff (1991) · Sep 22, 2017
(Bonus) Social Realism?
Raining Stones (1993) · Sep 22, 2017
(Bonus) Social Realism?
I, Daniel Blake (2016) · Sep 22, 2017
(Reposting) Ep1 Repo Man
Repo Man (1984) · Sep 16, 2017
Screenplay Film Festival (With Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams)
Sunshine on Leith (2013) · Sep 7, 2017
The Levelling (with Hope Dickson Leach & Corrina Antrobus)
The Levelling (2017) · Jun 7, 2017
The Other Side of Hope (with academic Jaakko Seppälä)
The Other Side of Hope (2017) · Jun 1, 2017
Close-up (with Mania Akbari)
Close-Up (1990) · May 26, 2017
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver (1976) · May 10, 2017
Victim (with writer David Blakeslee)
Victim (1961) · Mar 21, 2017
Eyes Without a Face (with academic Matt Smith)
Eyes Without a Face (1960) · Feb 21, 2017
2016 review
Dream Concert 2016 (2016) · Dec 25, 2016
The Rudolf Scale: Defining a Christmas Film (+ The Cinematologists Gremlins Episode)
Gremlins (1984) · Dec 17, 2016
The War Room (with filmmaker George Amponsah)
The War Room (1993) · Dec 7, 2016
Lost in Translation (with Melody Bridges and Violet Lucca)
Lost in Translation (2003) · Nov 19, 2016
Before Sunrise (with film reviewer Ren Zelen)
Before Sunrise (1995) · Oct 17, 2016
Broken Embraces
Broken Embraces (2009) · Aug 24, 2016
Old Joy/I am Belfast (plus an interview with Mark Cousins)
Old Joy (2006) · Jun 26, 2016
The Last Detail (with film critic Christina Newland)
The Last Detail (1973) · Jun 1, 2016
Blue Steel (with director Kim Longinotto)
Blue Steel (1990) · Apr 2, 2016
Le Quai des Brumes
Port of Shadows (1938) · Mar 19, 2016
The Hunger (with directors the Blaine brothers)
The Hunger (1983) · Mar 4, 2016
Bronco’s House (with director Mark Jenkin)
Bronco's House (2015) · Feb 26, 2016
The Trial (with writer Josh Karp)
The Trial (1962) · Jan 25, 2016
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love (2000) · Dec 9, 2015
The Hitch-Hiker (with writer Jack Thorne)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953) · Dec 2, 2015
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (with filmmaker Jeanie Finlay)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) · Oct 26, 2015
Tony Manero (with Prof. Will Brooker)
Tony Manero (2008) · Oct 4, 2015