In this episode of The Curzon Film Podcast we tackle Andrey Zvyagintsev's stunning latest film 'Loveless', which is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film and won the award for Best Film at the London Film Festival. 

Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.

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In this episode we get wrapped up in the fabrics and foods of 1950s haute couture with Paul Thomas Anderson's latest 'Phantom Thread'. Set in the glamour of post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the centre of British fashion. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. You can also head to the Curzon Blog to read our interview with one of the films stars Vicky Krieps. Discussing the film are Irene Musumeci, Jake Cunningham and making his debut, writer for Little White Lies, BFI and The Skinny, Josh Slater-Williams Follow the team on Twitter: Irene @byronic Jake @CunninghamJH Josh @jslaterwilliams Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music supplied by incompetech.com

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We're lucky enough to be joined by the great Bryan Cranston this week as we discuss Richard Linklater's new film 'Last Flag Flying'. In 2003, 30 years after they served together in the Vietnam War, Former Navy Corps medic Larry “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell) finds Former Marines Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston) and Reverend Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne) on a different type of mission: to bury Doc’s son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War. Discussing the film are Ryan Hewitt, Sam Howlett(@SamHowlett_1)and Steven Ryder. Please subscribe, review and comment! Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham (@CunninghamJH) Music supplied by incompetech.com

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Stop the presses! This week we delve from the headlines to the letters of Steven Spielberg's latest 'The Post. In June 1971 The New York Times, the Washington Post reported on the Pentagon Papers, government secrets that spanned four decades and four US Presidents. At the time, the Post's Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) was still finding her footing as the country's first female newspaper publisher, and Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), the paper's volatile, driven editor, was trying to enhance the stature of the struggling, local paper. Together, the two formed an unlikely team, as they were forced to come together and make the bold decision to support The New York Times and fight the Nixon Administration's unprecedented attempt to restrict the first amendment. Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music from incompetech.com

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We return for our first episode of 2018, joined by the legendary Clarke Peters, to discuss Martin McDonagh's 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'. After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. Discussing the film are Sam Howlett, Kelly Powell and Ryan Hewitt Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music by incompetech.com

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We finish up the podcast in 2017 with a round up of the very best films the year has had to offer. After collecting lists from Curzon Cinema staff from all around the country, from head offices, to box offices, in this episode we figure out what has been the No.1 film of 2017 - as well as talking to the writer of the winning film. On the podcast are Irene Musumeci, Jake Cunningham and Sam Howlett, as well as guests Kate Gerova, Cate Kane, Ryan Hewitt, Kelly Powell and Steven Ryder.Produced and edited by Jake CunninghamMusic supplied by incompetech.com

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The 30th European Film Awards took place on 9 December in Berlin where they were born 30 years ago. Podcast hosts Jake Cunningham and Sam Howlett attended the ceremony on behalf of Curzon Home Cinema, to report on the prestigious Awards and, celebrating achievements in European cinema. Listen to their round up of the nominees and winners from this star-studded ceremony. Featuring in the nominees are ‘The Square’, ‘On Body and Soul’ ‘120BPM’ and many more acclaimed European films. The show also Includes interviews with Roger Mainwood, director of ‘Ethel and Ernest’ and William Oldroyd, director of ‘Lady Macbeth’. Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music supplied by incompetech.com

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In this special episode of the Curzon Film Podcast, we speak to Mathieu Kassovitz about his new film 'Happy End' directed by Austrian auteur Michael Haneke; as well as discussing the overarching themes of the film that travel through Haneke's filmography, in to works like 'Caché', 'The White Ribbon', 'Time of the Wolf' and 'The Seventh Continent'. Discussing the film are Irene Musumeci, Michael Garrad, James King, Ryan Hewitt and Jake Cunningham. The 'Happy Haneke' retrospective, a series of Haneke films projecting from 35mm, runs at Curzon Soho throughout December. https://curzoncinemas.com/haneke Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music supplied by incompetech.com

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In this edition of the Curzon Film Podcast we welcome Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton, one of the finest doubles teams in filmmaking, to discuss their new tennis film 'Battle of the Sexes'. In addition, star Andrea Riseborough, joins us to serve up her thoughts on this ace film as well. Following 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Ruby Sparks', Faris and Dayton's new film tells the story of the infamous tennis match between ex-pro Bobby Riggs and Women's Number One Bille Jean King, as well the personal battles both were fighting in their private lives too. Discussing the film are Sam Howlett and Jake Cunningham Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music supplied by incompetech.com

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In a bonus episode of our podcast, we talk to the directors of 'Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool' and 'Ingrid Goes West', Paul McGuigan and Matt Spicer. Both films tackle the nature of celebrity and the grand ideas that we can attach to our idols, whilst 'Film Stars...' acts as a doting love letter to Hollywood romance, 'Ingrid...' descends in to the psychological depths of modern social media attachment. Talking with the directors are Jake Cunningham and Sam Howlett. Produced and edited by Jake Cunningham Music supplied by incompetech.com

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