The HOME Film Podcast

Enjoy this special interview with prosthetics designers Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez as they talk about new release Crimes of the Future.

Not Just Bollywood returns this Autumn with a focus on films from South India, a diverse region that brings together four major film industries – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. 

Curated by Omar Ahmed, UK–based film scholar and Rachel Hayward, HOME’s Interim Creative Director: Film, this podcast special covers the films coming up as part of this season.

The season includes a screening of Kummaty, restored in 4K by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, The Film Heritage Foundation and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, in association with General Pictures and the family of Govindan Aravindan. Funding provided by the Material World Foundation.

This month we discuss the new release highlights Official Competition (26 Aug) and Free Chol Soo Lee (19 Aug). Rachel Hayward interviews director Lee Haven Jones about his upcoming Welsh language horror The Feast (19 Aug), while Karen speaks to Chris Salewicz on the re-release of The Harder They Come (5 Aug), celebrating its 50th anniversary. Besides its credentials as an explosive action thriller with a killer soundtrack, it is universally credited with introducing reggae and the roots movement to the world as a serious cultural proposition.

We also speak to Andy Willis on the upcoming Flying Fighters of Taiwan (Sat 6 – Wed 31 Aug), a film season of sword-wielding warriors and epic wuxia action! Niamh Thornton, Reader in Latin American Studies and the University of Liverpool, joins us to discuss Mexican Golden Age Cinema (Sun 14 – Wed 24 Aug), a season of Mexican classics, film noir and screen goddesses in newly restored and digitised prints.

All this and more on the HOME Film Podcast! To view our full film programme click  here. 

The HOME Film Podcast returns, reviewing July's film highlights with our host Karen Gabay. New release films discussed are Hit the Road (Fri 29 Jul), Robust (Fri 22 Jul), and The Big City (Fri 22 Jul) - back in cinemas as part of the BFI’s delayed Satyajit Ray centenary celebration. Rachel Hayward also sat down Brian and Charles (Fri 8 Jul) director Jim Archer to talk through making the hilarious and heart-warming new feature.

We also spoke to Andy Murray and Andy Willis about some of the special one-off events coming up in Jul, including the screening of classic film Hell is a City (Mon 25 Jul), in celebration of the life of Cornerhouse and HOME contributor CP Lee. We spoke to Andy Murray about our upcoming Dr Who Classic TV Double Bill (Sun 10 Jul), and we also sat down with Omar Ahmed to talk through Cinema Rediscovered: When Europe Made Hollywood classic film season, where we're screening titles such as Casablanca and The Killers, to name a few.

All this and more, on this month’s HOME Film Podcast. You can find our full film programme here.

The HOME Film Podcast returns, reviewing June 2022's film highlights with our host Karen Gabay. We are joined by HOME regulars Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator) as we discuss Swan Song (Fri 10 Jun), Leave No Traces (Fri 10 Jun) and Faya Dayi (Fri 24 Jun) as well as our next Taiwan Film at HOME, The Rice Bomber (Wed 15 Jun) . Karen also spoke to Faya Dayi director Jessica Beshir about the new release, while our Interim Creative Director: Film Rachel Hayward interviewed director Lucile Hadzihalilovic about her mesmirising English language feature debut Earwig (Fri 17 Jun).

Plus, we're joined by Romani language expert Juice Vamosi and director Roz Mortimer about her new feature The Deathless Woman, following the ghost of a Roma matriarch as she leads audiences through the history of the Roma people and how its impact is still important today. We are hosting a Romani Language Workshop on Sat 18 Jun, which is FREE to attend, however booking is required. Then join us straight after for a special one-off screening of The Deathless Woman - tickets for both events are sold separately.

All this and more, on this month's HOME Film Podcast. You can find our full film programme here.

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Swan Song: 02:02

Leave No Traces: 09:54

Faya Dayi: 19:34

Faya Dayi interview with Jessica Beshir: 28:34

Elvis: 42:33

The Rice Bomber: 46:24

Earwig interview with Lucile Hadzihalilovic: 48:40

The Deathless Woman and Romani history discussion (Juice Vamosi and Roz Mortimer): 1:07:12

The HOME Film Podcast: May 2022

Episode aired Fri 29 Apr 2022

Hosted by Karen Gabay

Special guests Rachel Hayward, Prof. Andy Willis and Terence Davies

The HOME Film Podcast returns, reviewing May 2022's film highlights with our host Karen Gabay. We are joined by HOME regulars Rachel Hayward (Interim Creative Director: Film) and Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator) as we discuss The Drover's Wife (Fri 13 May), The Innocents (Fri 20 May) and The Quiet Girl (Fri 13 May).

In a special segment, Rachel interviews director Terence Davies to discuss his newest release Benediction (Fri 20 May). We also take a deep dive into our upcoming season Hollywood Blacklistees in Europe, a season of films from American cinema's exiled generation, including The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sun 29 May) and Zulu (Sun 22 May).

All this and more, on this month’s edition of The HOME Film Podcast! You can find our full film programme here.

Join our host Karen Gabay, as well as special guests Nuradin Abdi, Rachel Hayward and Andy Willis, as we tackle April 2022's film highlights!

New release titles discussed are Casablanca Beats (Apr 29), All I Can Say (Apr 8), Playground (Apr 22) and Benedetta (Apr 15), plus we have a special interview with All I Can Say directors Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessy, from HOME's Interim Creative Director of Film Rachel Hayward.

We also welcome back HOME film family Fraser Elliott to discuss our upcoming series of Taiwan Films at HOME, and Andy takes us through our May Day film season Resistance and Protest.

All this and more, on this month's edition of The HOME Film Podcast! You can find our full film programme here. 

En este episodio especial nos acompañan Carmen Herrero (Manchester Metropolitan University), Ana Valbuena (Instituto Cervantes) y Jessie Gibbs (Coordinadora del Festival ¡Viva!) para un resumen de nuestro 28º festival de cine español y latinoamericano. 

Charlamos sobre algunos de los eventos especiales que acompañan al festival, que incluyen cuatro coloquios con invitados españoles y una gran cantidad de presentaciones, además del regreso del Language Lab y el Café Cervantes.

Para ver el cartel completo del festival y reservar entradas, haz clic aquí.

In this special episode we're joined by Rachel Hayward (Interim Creative Director: Film) Andy Willis (HOME Senior Visiting Curator) and Jessie Gibbs (¡Viva! Festival Coordinator) for a round-up of our 28th Spanish and Latin American Film Festival.

We also delve into some of the special events accompanying the festival, including four director Q&As and a host of introductions, plus for our Spanish speaking audiences the return of Language Lab and ¡Viva! 2022 Café Cervantes.

For the full festival line-up and to book tickets, click here.

Join our host Karen Gabay, as well as the special guests and HOME regulars for a round-up of film highlights in March 2022.

We're discussing Great Freedom, Rebel Dread, Ali & Ava and The Worst Person in the World, plus we pick apart the this year's Oscar nominations and have a surprise interview segment with the music legend himself, Don Letts (Rebel Dread).

We've also got a special segment looking at our Cinema Palestino film Between Heaven and Earth with Anandi Ramamurthy, Professor of Media and Culture at Sheffield Hallam University, and we're joined by Head of Film Rachel Hayward and ¡Viva! Festival Coordinator Jessie Gibbs, for a round-up of highlights showing at this year's Spanish and Latin American Film Festival.

For HOME's full film programme, click here.