The Cinematologists Podcast

Jan 31 2025 203 ep. 87 mins 1k
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Film academics Dr Dario Llinares and Dr Neil Fox introduce a live screening followed by an audience Q&A. The podcast also features interviews with filmmakers, scholars, writers and actors who debate all aspects of cinema and film culture.

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Small Things Like These (w/director Tim Mielants)

Jan 31 2025 68 mins  
We kick off season 21 and the tenth year of The Cinematologists with a special conversation with Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants about his work on recent release, Small Things Like These, written by Enda Walsh (Hunger) and starring and produced by Cillian Murphy. In the conversation, Neil and Tim discuss film form and style, particularly the use of close-up, space and the Gothic, ma

2024 Review - Dario and Neil's top five films of the year.

Dec 26 2024 101 mins  
This is part 2 of our end of year review show in which we countdown from 5 to 1. As requested from our Patreon members and several other long time listeners, we've gone back to a top ten countdown, which was great fun to compile. Although Neil and I did not agree on our top choice, we did share several films that made both our lists. There was also one major disagreement, and it wa

Club Zero (w/ Jessica Hausner) & Rumours (w/ Guy Maddin, Evan & Galen Johnson)

Dec 04 2024 110 mins  
In a bumper episode, the penultimate one of the year, Dario interviews Jessica Hausner about her new film Club Zero and Guy Maddin, Evan, and Galen Johnson about Rumours. Both films have limited UK releases this week (Friday, December 6th), and, interestingly, though they are very different films, they have thematic connections, particularly in relation to contemporary crises, soci

Professor Vivian Sobchack, in Conversation

Nov 28 2024 87 mins  
In this return to the long-form interview format, The Cinematologists are deeply honoured to welcome Professor Vivian Sobchack to the podcast. In an incredibly profound and wide-ranging conversation, Dario discusses with Prof. Sobchack a diverse array of topics related to her work and life as one of the most important and influential thinkers and writers on cinema. The subjects cov

Author: The JT Leroy Story @ Falmouth Book Festival 2024 (w/Colin Midson)

Nov 11 2024 97 mins  
In what is something of a throwback episode nowadays, Neil hosted a screening of Jeff Feuerzig's film about Laura Albert [JT Leroy] as the opening event of the 2024 Falmouth Book Festival, recording the post-film conversation for the podcast. For the post-film chat Neil was joined by the director of Falmouth Book Festival, Colin Midson, who had a unique perspective on the story, as

BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Episode 2

Oct 18 2024 74 mins  
Our second London Film Festival main episode is here, and it's a bumper edition. Dario is in Falmouth visiting Neil, so it's something of a nostalgic live taping from the place where The Cinematologists started. The first film on the agenda is Alex Ross Perry's Pavements, which is a meta-documentary on a mercurial 90s band, Pavement. Neil, with his music film expertise, gives detai

BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Episode 1

Oct 14 2024 83 mins  
In the first of our 2024 LFF double header on the main feed, Neil and Dario are joined by one of the two correspondents joining us for this year's coverage, Ben Goff. The focus of the episode are deep dives into key films for Neil, Dario and Ben from their early and pre-festival viewing, on the digital platform and at press and industry screenings on the ground in London, at BFI So

Music Films

Sep 25 2024 77 mins  
In our second episode of the season, we discuss Neil’s superb recently published book Music Documentary: Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Cinematic Representations of Popular Music. We explore their significance, evolution, and the complexities surrounding their creation and reception, along with Neil’s reflections on the challenges of writing for diverse audiences and th

Life, Work and Cinema - Season 20 is here

Sep 19 2024 53 mins  
The Cinematologists Podcast returns for season 20. Dario rejoins after a hiatus and in this first episode of the season the guys discuss life and work changes, and this will impact their approach the podcast and their relationship with cinema

Thinking Through Physical Media (w/Scott Tanner Jones)

Jul 30 2024 75 mins  
In the final episode of the latest season – Neil’s solo adventure – Neil talks to filmmaker, writer and comedian Scott Tanner Jones about collecting physical media. In an episode with a similar approach to the previous one with Kat Flint-Nicol, Neil brings to the podcast a conversation about themes and ideas that permeate his thinking around a particular area of film, and wid