A podcast for the love of cinema. Amsterdam's LAB111 film podcast on the cinema that matters — debates, rankings, and director deep dives, every Thursday. From cult classics to today's most-talked-about releases, Laura Gommans (film journalist), Hugo Emmerzael (film critic), Kiriko Mechanicus (filmmaker) and Tom Ooms (film programmer) take turns asking what films tell us about ourselves, our culture, and the times we live in. Show notes and the CC newsletter at celebratingcinema.com. You can get in touch at celebratingcinema@lab111.nl
Did Terminator 2 Ruin How We Imagine The End Of The World?
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) · Sep 4, 2026
Cine Of The Times: Did No Country For Old Men Predict Trump’s America?
No Country for Old Men (2007) · Aug 13, 2026
Can Cinema Teach Us How to Pay Attention? — What Playtime, Ikiru & After Hours Asks Of Us
Ikiru (1952) · Aug 7, 2026
Can Cinema Teach Us How to Pay Attention? — What Playtime, Ikiru & After Hours Asks Of Us
PlayTime (1967) · Aug 7, 2026
Can Cinema Teach Us How to Pay Attention? — What Playtime, Ikiru & After Hours Asks Of Us
After Hours (1985) · Aug 7, 2026
Who Really Was the Father Of African Cinema? — Ousmane Sembène, By His Son Alain
Black Girl (1966) · Jul 21, 2026
The Watermelon Woman at 30: Cheryl Dunye's Queer Cinema Landmark
The Watermelon Woman (1997) · Jun 25, 2026
Fast & Furious: How the Franchise Remade Hollywood (w/ Dan Hassler-Forest)
The Fast and the Furious (2001) · Jun 4, 2026
Amadeus: Is It Really About Mediocrity?
Amadeus (1984) · May 7, 2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2: Is Miranda Priestly A Feminist Icon Or A Toxic Boss?
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) · Apr 30, 2026
Truly Naked: Can a Film Be More Intimate Than Porn?
Truly Naked (2026) · Apr 23, 2026
The Skarsgårds' Year: Pillion, Dead Man's Wire & The History of Sound
The History of Sound (2025) · Mar 27, 2026
Il Conformista: Why Bertolucci's Fascist Aesthetic Still Matters
The Conformist (1971) · Mar 19, 2026
David Bowie's Life in Cinema: The Man Who Fell to Screen
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) · Mar 12, 2026
Frankenstein's Monster: Why Is It Always Ugly? (Shelley to The Bride)
Frankenstein (2025) · Mar 5, 2026
Frankenstein's Monster: Why Is It Always Ugly? (Shelley to The Bride)
The Bride! (2026) · Mar 5, 2026
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
Bend It Like Beckham (2002) · Feb 27, 2026
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
Persepolis (2007) · Feb 27, 2026
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
Incendies (2010) · Feb 27, 2026
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
News from Home (1977) · Feb 27, 2026
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
Girlhood (2014) · Feb 27, 2026
How Brokeback Mountain Changed Queer Storytelling—and Should Straight Actors Still Play Queer Roles? w/ Esje Seigfried
Brokeback Mountain (2005) · Feb 12, 2026
Children of Men: The Most Realistic Dystopian Film?
Children of Men (2006) · Jan 8, 2026
Sentimental Value: Why It Should Win Big at the Oscars
Sentimental Value (2025) · Dec 18, 2025
How Sex And The City Maps The Rise And Fall Of The American Empire
Sex and the City (2008) · Dec 4, 2025
Die My Love, Splitsville, Nouvelle Vague + The World Of Schmutz Cinema
Nouvelle Vague (2024) · Nov 27, 2025
The Smashing Machine, Back To The Future & It Was Just An Accident
Back to the Future (1985) · Nov 13, 2025
The Smashing Machine, Back To The Future & It Was Just An Accident
The Smashing Machine (2002) · Nov 13, 2025
Agnès Varda: Why She's a Cinema Icon
Dumb and Dumber (1994) · Sep 10, 2025
Jaws: The Birth of the Summer Blockbuster & the History of Creature Features
Jaws (1975) · Aug 27, 2025
Weapons & Sorry, Baby: The Films Everyone's Talking About
Weapons (2007) · Aug 13, 2025
Weapons & Sorry, Baby: The Films Everyone's Talking About
Sorry Baby (1999) · Aug 13, 2025
Plein Soleil and the Art of the Summer Movie
Purple Noon (1960) · Jul 9, 2025
Zombie Movies: Why the Genre Refuses to Die (28 Years Later)
28 Years Later (2019) · Jun 11, 2025
Dogme 95, The Phoenician Scheme, Twin Peaks: Why Wes Anderson Should Try Dogme-Style Filmmaking
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) · Jun 5, 2025
Dispatch from Cannes (2025)
Sentimental Value (2025) · May 28, 2025
Dispatch from Cannes (2025)
Sirāt (2025) · May 28, 2025
Persepolis: Growing Up in a Revolution
Persepolis (2007) · Apr 30, 2025
Hiroshima Mon Amour: How Do You Film the Atomic Bomb?
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) · Apr 23, 2025
De Propagandist: Dutch History's Most Controversial Filmmaker (Luuk Bouwman)
The Propagandist (2025) · Apr 2, 2025
The Room: The Best Worst Movie Ever Made?
The Room (2003) · Mar 19, 2025
Mickey 17: Do Two Pattinsons Make It Twice the Fun?
Mickey 17 (2025) · Mar 6, 2025
Is 'The Monkey' Better Than 'Longlegs'?
All We Imagine as Light (2024) · Feb 20, 2025
Is 'The Monkey' Better Than 'Longlegs'?
The Monkey (2025) · Feb 20, 2025
Is 'The Monkey' Better Than 'Longlegs'?
Caught by the Tides (2025) · Feb 20, 2025
Jeroen Houben on Torch Song (2025)
Torch Song (2025) · Jan 24, 2025
Raoul Peck on Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2025)
Lost and Found (2025) · Jan 21, 2025
Mati Diop on Dahomey (2024)
Dahomey (2024) · Dec 10, 2024
Shiori Ito on Black Box Diaries (2024)
Black Box Diaries (2024) · Dec 3, 2024
Rich Peppiatt on Kneecap (2024)
Kneecap (2024) · Nov 27, 2024
Wim Wenders: Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire & the Road Movie
Wings of Desire (1987) · Nov 13, 2024
Wim Wenders: Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire & the Road Movie
Paris, Texas (1984) · Nov 13, 2024
Knight of Cups (Malick): The Video Essay, w/ Like Stories of Old
Knight of Cups (2015) · Oct 30, 2024
Tarsem Singh on The Fall (2006)
The Fall (2006) · Oct 19, 2024
Kevin Boitelle on Trip-Tych (2024)
Trip-Tych (2024) · Oct 15, 2024
Laura Hermanides on Witte Flits (2024)
White Flash (2024) · Sep 26, 2024
David Hinton on Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger (2024)
Henry Selick on Coraline (2009)
Coraline (2009) · Aug 15, 2024
Lukas Moodysson on Fucking Åmål (1998)
Show Me Love (1998) · Jul 11, 2024
Dutch Cinema: The Directors Worth Celebrating (Verhoeven, Sluizer)
The Vanishing (1988) · Jun 28, 2024
The Ross Brothers on Gasoline Rainbow (2023)
Gasoline Rainbow (2024) · Jun 20, 2024
Bertrand Bonello on The Beast (2024)
The Beast (2024) · May 9, 2024
Baloji on Augure (2023)
Omen (2023) · Apr 25, 2024
Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex (2023)
How to Have Sex (2023) · Feb 22, 2024
The Battle of Algiers: Oppression, Revolution & Resistance
The Battle of Algiers (1966) · Dec 14, 2023
Passages (2023): A Conversation with Ira Sachs
Passages (2023) · Nov 14, 2023
David Fincher: His Films & Curious Obsessions
Curious Obsessions (2006) · Nov 7, 2023
Barbie: The Billion-Dollar Movie Phenomenon
Barbie (2023) · Sep 19, 2023
Werner Herzog: The Ecstatic Truth & His Films
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) · Jun 28, 2023
Werner Herzog: The Ecstatic Truth & His Films
Fitzcarraldo (1982) · Jun 28, 2023
Return to Seoul (2022): A Conversation with Davy Chou
Return to Seoul (2022) · Apr 25, 2023
Twilight: The Cult Phenomenon (Live Audience)
Twilight (2008) · Jan 31, 2023
Twilight (2008): A Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke
Twilight (2008) · Jan 12, 2023
El Planeta (2021): A Conversation with Amalia Ulman
El Planeta (2021) · Nov 24, 2022
Vortex (2021): A Conversation with Gaspar Noé
Vortex (2021) · Nov 15, 2022
Narcosis (2022): A Conversation with Martijn de Jong
Narcosis (2022) · Nov 5, 2022
Un Beau Matin (2022): A Conversation with Mia Hansen-Løve
One Fine Morning (2022) · Oct 28, 2022
Pink Moon (2022): A Conversation with Floor van der Meulen
Pink Moon (2022) · Sep 13, 2022
Speak No Evil (2022): A Conversation with Christian Tafdrup
Speak No Evil (2022) · Jul 21, 2022
Fire of Love (2022): A Conversation with Sara Dosa
Fire of Love (2022) · Jul 14, 2022
Splendid Isolation (2022): A Conversation with Urszula Antoniak
Splendid Isolation (2022) · Jul 8, 2022
Nowhere Special (2020): A Conversation with Uberto Pasolini
Nowhere Special (2020) · Jun 23, 2022
The World of David Cronenberg: Crimes of the Future (2022)
Crimes of the Future (2022) · Jun 2, 2022
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021): A Conversation with Björn Andrésen
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021) · Apr 26, 2022
Hatching (2022): A Conversation with Hanna Bergholm
Hatching (2022) · Apr 7, 2022
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - An Exploration
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · Mar 31, 2022
Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights, Fuck Boys & Co-Dependent Relationships
Boogie Nights (1997) · Feb 17, 2022
Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights, Fuck Boys & Co-Dependent Relationships
Licorice Pizza (2021) · Feb 17, 2022
Gagarine (2020): A Conversation with Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh
Gagarine (2020) · Nov 11, 2021
Reality, Fiction, and The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show (1998) · Mar 25, 2021