Celebrating Cinema

By LAB111

TV & Film

What's Celebrating Cinema about?

A podcast for the love of cinema!

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Celebrating Cinema episodes:

06.28.2024
Celebrating Dutch Cinema
For a country known for wholeheartedly consuming cinema from abroad, the Netherlands has never been great at celebrating their own Dutch filmmakers and their films. With the re-release of George Sluizer's Spoorloos, one of the greatest Dutch films ever made,...
06.20.2024
The Ross Brothers on Gasoline Rainbow (2023)
Collectively known as The Ross Brothers, Bill and Turner Ross are utterly unique in their approach to filmmaking. In a conversation with our host Elliot Bloom, these American directors discuss how film can serve as a vehicle for social experiments,...
05.23.2024
The Art of Acting (with Mike Gomez)
A film’s success often rests on the shoulders of its most bankable stars. But have stars once born to seduce the silver screen become influencers more than actors? Joined by actor Mike Gomez, we try get to the bottom of...
05.16.2024
Sean Price Williams and Talia Ryder on The Sweet East (2023)
Sean Price Williams, a stalwart in American indie cinematography, has boldly embarked on his directorial debut with The Sweet East. This exhilarating journey, starring the captivating Talia Ryder, serves as a critical love letter to the fractured landscape of America's...
05.09.2024
Bertrand Bonello on The Beast (2024)
Liberated from the arthouse cliches of cinema, Bertrand Bonello is a rare kind of director. Our host Hugo Emmerzael spoke with Bertrand about his daring approach to filmmaking, and why his films focus on translating our collective social anxieties. Find...
04.25.2024
Baloji on Augure (2023)
Baloji is a prolific francophone rapper, known for his visually striking and poetic style. So his turn to filmmaking only seemed like a natural evolution of his talents. Speaking with the Belgian-Congolese director, Elliot discusses Baloji's feature debut Augure, unpacking...
04.11.2024
Is A.I. Really Going to Take Over Cinema?
Do AI portrayals in film predict a future of robotic overlords or simply offer a chance to innovate cinema? Artificial Intelligence in cinema goes way back. Spanning from Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis and robot Maria, to the iconic Hal in 2001:...
03.07.2024
Why We All Should Be Dreaming About Nicolas Cage
Amidst the abundance of parodies, memes, and impersonations, there exists an undeniable uniqueness to the American actor Nicolas Cage. It’s easy to dismiss him as an over-the-top actor, yet beneath the surface lies a talent that positions him among the...
02.22.2024
Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex (2023)
If you don’t know already, Molly Manning Walker’s feature debut How To Have Sex (2023) has taken the world by storm. This coming-of-age drama follows Tara (a mesmerizing performance by Mia Mckenna-Bruce) and her two best friends on a rites-of-passage...
02.08.2024
Where Has All the Sex in Cinema Gone? (with Laura Gommans)
After a steamy winter featuring Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, the internet was sent into a frenzy over - a fairly mediocre - erotic murder drama, that had copious amounts of sex. Naturally, Laura Gommans, friend of the podcast, was left questioning...
01.11.2024
Lost in Coppola: The Films of Sofia Coppola (with Sacha Gertsik)
"Obviously Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl." (Cecilia, Virgin Suicides) Affectionately known as cinema's favorite 'Nepo Baby', Sofia Coppola has come a long way from her initial appearance in her father's iconic trilogy, The Godfather. Now standing as a unique...
12.29.2023
Why Does the Magic of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli Feel So Real?
“I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".” ― Hayao Miyazaki It's hard to find someone who doesn't love Hayao Miyazaki's films. Regardless of age, there is something profound to be gained from watching any of...
12.19.2023
Ken Loach on Solidarity and Hope in The Old Oak (2023)
“Hope is political. If you have hope then you have confidence you can change things” After 60 years of filmmaking, British filmmaker and icon Ken Loach offers what may well be his most urgent message yet, calling for solidarity and the...
12.14.2023
Reflections on Oppression & Revolution in The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Movies have always been a way to understand the world around us, and so, confronted with the brutal horrors of both Hamas’s attacks on October 7th and Israel’s disproportionate slaughtering of thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians, we question if cinema...
12.08.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Bram Ruiter
For this edition of Future Frames, you can hear from our rising filmmakers who we’ll be screening at Volk’s Hotel Sunday Shorts on 10th Dec. You can buy tickets here. Bram Ruiter is a filmmaker of a different kind. He has...
12.05.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Rafik Opti
For this edition of Future Frames, you can hear from our rising filmmakers who we’ll be screening at Volk’s Hotel Sunday Shorts on 10th Dec. You can buy tickets here. Rafik Opti is a filmmaker fascinated by playing with reality &...
11.14.2023
Passages (2023): A Conversation with Ira Sachs
Passages (2023) by Ira Sachs sets the tone for the cold change in seasons - a people’s favourite that has got us all up in our feels. In conversation with Sophie, writer-director Ira Sachs candidly shares how his personal experiences of...
11.07.2023
Curious Obsessions: The Films of David Fincher
"What's the first rule of Fight Club?" -- "We do not talk about Mank." Refusing to be called an auteur, David Fincher has certainly crafted his own style to become the master of the psychological thriller. But what exactly makes a...
10.05.2023
Rags, Riches & Redemption: The Films Of Martin Scorsese
Widely regarded as one of the most influential directors of our time, Martin Scorsese has made some of the most exciting cinema classics of the past 50 years. Moving through Scorsese's filmography, we reflect on how his own existential inquiries...
09.19.2023
Billion Dollar Barbie
A rare cultural moment in cinema, the release and aftermath of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie certainly had us all talking. Sharing our experiences of watching the candy-colored ‘battle of the sexes’, we question why Barbie was set different standards compared to...
09.08.2023
How to Save a Dead Friend (2022): A Conversation with Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Set against the rise of Russia's authoritarian regime, filmmaker Marusya Syroechkovskaya paints an homage to both a silenced generation and her lover and best friend Kimi. How to Save a Dead Friend (2022), is a whirlwind of emotions capturing a...
07.13.2023
Will Tom Cruise Save Cinema?
With the latest installment of the Mission Impossible franchise in cinemas now, we pose the question if Tom Cruise, the enigmatic star of classics like Top Gun (1986), Magnolia (1999), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and so many others, is singlehandedly...
06.28.2023
The Ecstatic Truth: The Films of Werner Herzog
With an oeuvre-spanning exhibition in Eye Filmmuseum, and multiple classics like Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Aguirre, Wrath Of God (1972) returning to the big screens of LAB111, we sit down to discuss the ‘ecstatic truths’ and brilliant fictions of German film...
05.30.2023
Witch Way Now: Recasting A Feminist Icon (with Helena Castro)
With the multidisciplinary film program Witch Way Now: Recasting A Feminist Icon heading into its second month of film screenings, talks, workshops, and performances at LAB111 and Paradiso, we invite Witch Way Now co-curator Helena Castro to discuss in-depth the...
05.05.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Razan Hassan
For the final Future Frames episode, filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus talks with fellow filmmaker and good friend Razan Hassan, an upcoming documentarist who has recently won the Best Documentary Film award at the Shortcutz Film Festival for her film 'In Between...
04.29.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Amira Duynhouwer
Sitting down with filmmaker, screenwriter, chef, and all-around powerhouse Amira Duynhouwer for a Future Frames interview, film critic Hugo Emmerzael dives into Duynhouwer’s wildly prolific career, her initial love for cinema and the tough lessons she had to learn to...
04.25.2023
Return to Seoul (2022): A Conversation with Davy Chou
Inspired by the experiences of a close friend, Davy Chou decided to make a film about her non-stereotypical adoption story, the likes of which we hardly ever get to see on screen. Speaking to host Sophie, Chou reflects on directing...
04.20.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Stefanie Kolk
Recognizing herself in Stefanie Kolk’s journey towards a career in film that started out in a different place entirely, filmmaker and podcast host Sophie Smeets invited the biophysicists-turned-filmmaker for her Future Frames interview. In this conversation, we gain an insight into...
04.06.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Kim Kokosky Deforchaux
For the second interview in our Future Frames series, Head Of Program Tom Ooms and his good friend, Amsterdam-based writer/director Kim Kokosky Deforchaux explore how Kim's childhood obsession with Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park propelled him to pursue a career in genre-filmmaking. In...
03.28.2023
Future Frames: A Conversation with Ashley Röttjers
After watching Ashley Röttjers’ short film Celestial Spaces: A Liberation on Meditation Practices at an IDFA Meets event, Elliot was struck by the elegance and depth of Ashley’s work. Eager to learn more about this Rotterdam-based photographer turned filmmaker, Elliot invited...
02.23.2023
The Alchemy of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alejandro Jodorowsky's mystical magnum opus The Holy Mountain, three classics by the controversial Chilean surrealist return to cinemas in the Netherlands nationwide. With Sophie replacing producer Elliot, who will be traveling the world for a while,...
01.31.2023
Revisiting The Cult Phenomenon of Twilight (with Live Audience)
Following our first live and very animated podcast recording, our hosts, along with our audience, discussed the relevance of cult classic Twilight; a film that showcases a darkly stylish depiction of female desire wrapped inside an inherently silly teen vampire...
01.12.2023
Twilight (2008): A Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke
In anticipation of our first live podcast event where we will be revisiting the iconic Twilight (2008), we had the absolute pleasure to speak with director Catherine Hardwicke. Architect of this cultural phenomenon, Catherine recounts how she landed the role...
12.29.2022
David Lynch: Extreme Violence, Bizarre Comedy & Strange Beauty
Very few director's have their own adjective: Lynchian. But then again, there are very few directors like David Lynch. Walking the tightrope between the mainstream and the avant-garde, Lynch brought to the screen a singularly dark and disturbing view of...
12.08.2022
Film Noir: Tales From Nightmare Alley
Take a trip down the dark alleys of Film Noir, filled with unscrupulous men, state corruption and crimes waiting to be solve. Listen to our hosts' favourite urban thrillers, as they try to figure out what Film Noir even is....
11.24.2022
El Planeta (2021): A Conversation with Amalia Ulman
As part of our new partnership with Mubi, we had the exclusive chance to speak with Artist-turned-filmmaker Amalia Ulman about her feature debut El Planeta. This dark comedy, set in Amalia's childhood town Gijon, is a fresh twist on the...
11.15.2022
Vortex (2021): A Conversation with Gaspar Noé
Widely regarded as the bald bad boy of contemporary French cinema, Gaspar Noé has been disrupting movies and polarising opinions for the past twenty years with his visceral blend of provocative films. Joining filmmaker Kiriko, Gaspar discusses his latest film...
11.10.2022
Au Revoir to Jean-Luc Godard
Have you ever wondered what made French director Jean-Luc Godard so great? Or did you never quite understand what exactly the 'French Nouvelle Vague' was? Well in true Godard-fashion, this is a real jump-cut style episode that untangles the life...
11.05.2022
Narcosis (2022): A Conversation with Martijn de Jong
Director Martijn de Jong joins producer Elliot to discuss his feature debut Narcosis. Selected as this year's Dutch Oscar entry, this tender portrayal of familial love & mourning gives our audience a window to Martijn's approach to filmmaking. With a...
10.28.2022
Un Beau Matin (2022): A Conversation with Mia Hansen-Løve
As longtime admirers of Mia Hansen-Løve's body of work here on the podcast, producer Elliot hosts a very candid and revealing conversation with the French director. In her latest film Un Beau Matin, Mia describes it as her most auto-biographical...
10.25.2022
Nobu, Baba & Henk (2022): A Conversation with Sarah Blok & Lisa Konno
Directors Sarah Blok & Lisa Konno join to discuss their short trilogy of non-traditional immigrant story of fathers. With an exhibition at this year's Dutch Design Week and the release of their book, which you can buy here, we explore...
10.21.2022
Nightmares & Nostalgia Pt.2 (with Imagine Film Festival)
Joined by the programmers of Imagine Film Festival, the largest celebration for fantastic film in the Netherlands, showcasing the best in fantasy, horror and science fiction. Lauren & Stan along with Tom & Hugo reminisce their first turn down spooky...
09.13.2022
Pink Moon (2022): A Conversation with Floor van der Meulen
If a loved-one decided they had enough of life and wanted it to come to an end, how would you respond? Director, Floor van der Meulen joins Elliot to explore her fictional feature debut Pink Moon that asks this very...
09.01.2022
Are Ridley & Tony Scott The Last of Their Kind? (with Scout Tafoya)
Are we witnessing the end of American mainstream cinema? Diving deep into this topic, Hugo invites filmmaker, film critic and video essay connoisseur Scout Tafoya. In collaboration with Tucker Johnson, Scout explores this very question with a compelling 10-part video-essay...
07.21.2022
Speak No Evil (2022): A Conversation with Christian Tafdrup
Find out how a particular holiday experience led director Christian Tafdrup to write his latest film Speak No Evil (2022). Out now here in The Netherlands, this suspenseful dark comedy about a holiday encounter between a Dutch & Danish family...
07.14.2022
Fire of Love (2022): A Conversation with Sara Dosa
Here to discuss the mesmerising nature of volcanoes captured through the lens of Katia & Maurice Krafft, director Sara Dosa joins us for a candid talk about her latest documentary Fire of Love (2022). From a treasure trove of 200...
07.08.2022
Splendid Isolation (2022): A Conversation with Urszula Antoniak
Here to discuss her latest film Splendid Isolation (2022) and the poetry of cinema, Urszula Antoniak candidly shares why this is a film to be experienced. A 73-minute allegory that invites us all to reflect on our collective confrontation with...
07.07.2022
Tilda Swinton: Renaissance Woman, Chameleon & Muse
With Joanna Hogg's sequel to her highly autobiographical film The Souvenir (2019), we take a look at one of its stars - Tilda Swinton. There has always been a certain indefinable quality to her iconic acting, refusing to ever be...
06.23.2022
Nowhere Special (2020): A Conversation with Uberto Pasolini
Listen to Uberto Pasolini's journey to becoming a filmmaker. After leaving the banking industry early on to pursue a career in film, it was only a matter of time before Uberto would transition from producer to director. With his latest...
06.15.2022
Dispatch: Cannes Film Festival 2022
Recorded live from the French airport Nice, Hugo & Tom recap their rollercoaster experience of Cannes Film Festival. This dispatch finally arrives from the delayed luggage carousel packed with hot takes and films to look out for, as well as...

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Celebrating Cinema episodes:

Celebrating Dutch Cinema

The Ross Brothers on Gasoline Rainbow (2023)

The Art of Acting (with Mike Gomez)

Sean Price Williams and Talia Ryder on The Sweet East (2023)

Bertrand Bonello on The Beast (2024)

Baloji on Augure (2023)

Is A.I. Really Going to Take Over Cinema?

Why We All Should Be Dreaming About Nicolas Cage

Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex (2023)

Where Has All the Sex in Cinema Gone? (with Laura Gommans)

Lost in Coppola: The Films of Sofia Coppola (with Sacha Gertsik)

Why Does the Magic of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli Feel So Real?

Ken Loach on Solidarity and Hope in The Old Oak (2023)

Reflections on Oppression & Revolution in The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Future Frames: A Conversation with Bram Ruiter

Future Frames: A Conversation with Rafik Opti

Passages (2023): A Conversation with Ira Sachs

Curious Obsessions: The Films of David Fincher

Rags, Riches & Redemption: The Films Of Martin Scorsese

Billion Dollar Barbie

How to Save a Dead Friend (2022): A Conversation with Marusya Syroechkovskaya

Will Tom Cruise Save Cinema?

The Ecstatic Truth: The Films of Werner Herzog

Witch Way Now: Recasting A Feminist Icon (with Helena Castro)

Future Frames: A Conversation with Razan Hassan

Future Frames: A Conversation with Amira Duynhouwer

Return to Seoul (2022): A Conversation with Davy Chou

Future Frames: A Conversation with Stefanie Kolk

Future Frames: A Conversation with Kim Kokosky Deforchaux

Future Frames: A Conversation with Ashley Röttjers

The Alchemy of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Revisiting The Cult Phenomenon of Twilight (with Live Audience)

Twilight (2008): A Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke

David Lynch: Extreme Violence, Bizarre Comedy & Strange Beauty

Film Noir: Tales From Nightmare Alley

El Planeta (2021): A Conversation with Amalia Ulman

Vortex (2021): A Conversation with Gaspar Noé

Au Revoir to Jean-Luc Godard

Narcosis (2022): A Conversation with Martijn de Jong

Un Beau Matin (2022): A Conversation with Mia Hansen-Løve

Nobu, Baba & Henk (2022): A Conversation with Sarah Blok & Lisa Konno

Nightmares & Nostalgia Pt.2 (with Imagine Film Festival)

Pink Moon (2022): A Conversation with Floor van der Meulen

Are Ridley & Tony Scott The Last of Their Kind? (with Scout Tafoya)

Speak No Evil (2022): A Conversation with Christian Tafdrup

Fire of Love (2022): A Conversation with Sara Dosa

Splendid Isolation (2022): A Conversation with Urszula Antoniak

Tilda Swinton: Renaissance Woman, Chameleon & Muse

Nowhere Special (2020): A Conversation with Uberto Pasolini

Dispatch: Cannes Film Festival 2022

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