Celebrating the Art of Film. The Garden Cinema is an independent art-house cinema in Central London. We invite directors, producers, actors, and film commentators to talk about the films we show. Most of our podcast episodes are recorded post-screening, and with a live audience. We welcome recommendations! Our first few episodes feature Garden Cinema founder Michael Chambers.
Rainbow Collective on The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice
A Bigger Splash with curator Dominic Lutyens and the Fashion Film Club
A Bigger Splash (1973) · May 7, 2026
Nezouh: Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan in conversation with Arab Film Club's Sarah Agha
Nezouh (2023) · Jan 12, 2026
Fiume o Morte: Igor Bezinović on his film about Gabriele D’Annunzio's short-lived rogue state
Fiume o Morte! (2025) · Dec 4, 2025
Sweet Sixteen Q&A with Rebecca O'Brien
Sweet Sixteen (2002) · Nov 27, 2025
Dragonfly Q&A with Paul Andrew Williams, Andrea Riseborough, Brenda Blethyn
Dragonfly (2025) · Nov 20, 2025
Naqqash Khalid and Nabhaan Rizwan on In Camera
In Camera (2024) · Sep 25, 2024
Actress Priya Kansara and Kulraj Phullar discuss Polite Society
Polite Society (2023) · Jul 25, 2024
Political muralism, Chilean street art, and UK Latino culture with Chile Estyle director Pablo Aravena
Chile Estyle (2022) · Jun 12, 2024
A film imploring us to look on to the other side of the wall - Sophie Monks Kaufman & Joe Miller on The Zone Of Interest
The Zone of Interest (2023) · Feb 14, 2024
SCALA!!! chat with directors Jane Giles & Ali Catterall
Scala!!! (2024) · Jan 17, 2024
The Old Oak - Lead actor Dave Turner and Steve Topple discuss Ken Loach’s latest (and last?) film
The Old Oak (2023) · Oct 2, 2023
BAATO - Q&A with Lucas Millard about his doc on encroaching industrialisation in Nepal
Baato (2020) · Aug 14, 2023
AMANDA - A chat with Carolina Cavalli about her debut feature
Amanda (2022) · Jun 5, 2023
Bella Ciao - Song Of Rebellion - the origins, power and international appeal of the anthem - Liberation Day
Bella Ciao (2022) · Apr 26, 2023
Memory, confronting the past and rediscovering Naples in Mario Martone’s Nostalgia
Nostalgia (2023) · Feb 22, 2023
”I’m very proud of her”: Curator John Marchant on Nan Goldin - All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) · Feb 8, 2023
”He put people through absolutely grim endurance tests” - The Shining: BFI Classics writer Prof. Roger Luckhurst on the film
The Shining (1980) · Jan 18, 2023
Bar chat: Cityscapes, sweeping shots and an aimless Jack Nicholson in Antonioni’s The Passenger
The Passenger (2023) · Jan 12, 2023
Daoism on film, connection with the land and Chinese indie cinema - Return To Dust with Dr Kiki Tianqi Yu
Return to Dust (2022) · Nov 17, 2022
Tabloid and state collusion, press freedom and awful cardigans: The Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) · Nov 11, 2022
A Life On Set - 60 years advising the industry’s biggest directors, from Huston to Zeffirelli
The African Queen (1952) · Sep 1, 2022
A Life On Set - 60 years advising the industry’s biggest directors, from Huston to Zeffirelli
The Third Man (1949) · Sep 1, 2022
A Life On Set - 60 years advising the industry’s biggest directors, from Huston to Zeffirelli
The Dirty Dozen (1967) · Sep 1, 2022