The HOME Film Podcast

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.

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

The HOME Film Podcast: July 2022 Episode aired Tue 2 August 2022 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Rachel Hayward, Prof. Andy Willis, Philip Kennedy, Chris Salewicz, Lee Haven Jones, Niamh Thornton 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.  Music by Mica Millar.

The HOME Film Podcast: July 2022 Episode aired Fri 8 July 2022 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Rachel Hayward, Prof. Andy Willis, Andy Murray, Omar Ahmed, Jim Archer The HOME Film Podcast returns, reviewing June 2022’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: June 2022 Episode aired Fri 27 May 2022 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Rachel Hayward, Prof. Andy Willis, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Juice Vamosi, Roz Mortimer, Jessica Beshir 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. Listen now: Apple Podcasts Listen now: Spotify Music by Mica Millar.

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. Music by Mica Millar.

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. 

The HOME Film Podcast: February 2022 Episode aired Fri 28 Jan 22 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Samhar Gowhar, Dr Steve Henderson, Rachel Hayward, Felicia Chan, Andrew Moor On this month's HOME Film Podcast our host Karen Gabay sits down with freelance journalist Samhar Gawhar and director of Manchester Animation Festival Dr Steve Henderson, to talk through some of the cinema highlights in February 2022. Films discussed are Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, Flee, La Mif and Petrov's Flu.  We're also joined by HOME Head of Film Rachel Hayward and Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies Felicia Chan, to talk through the selection of films screening as part of our Chinese New Year 2022 season, where they also delve into the origin of the Chinese New Year film genre. Andrew Moor, Reader in Cinema History at Manchester Metropolitan University, also sits down with Karen and Rachel to take us through the late great filmmaker Derek Jarman, as they pick apart Jarman's life and work in the context of our upcoming retrospective film season Jarman at HOME. And finally - in a special surprise segment and HOME Film Podcast exclusive, we're joined by CEO Dave Moutrey as he interviews Jason Wood, Creative Director: Film & Culture, to reflect on and celebrate his past six years with the organisation, as Jason prepares to move into his new role as Director of Public Programmes and Audiences at the BFI. Music credits Track name: Preacher Man  Artist: Mica Miller  Label: Golden House Music 

The HOME Film Podcast: January 2022 Episode aired Fri 07 Jan 2022 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Andy Murray, Rachel Hayward, Andy Willis, Maria Torres and Jason Wood On this month's HOME Film Podcast our host Karen Gabay discusses the new releases Ailey, Nightmare Alley, Memoria and Parallel Mothers with special guests Andy Murray, Rachel Hayward, Andy Willis and Jason Wood. We also joined by broadway choreographer Maria Torres as she discusses her time as a student of legendary dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey. We also take a deep dive into some of the specially curated seasons hitting HOME cinemas this month - British Writers/ Nigel Kneale: Into the Unknown, looking at Kneale's contribution to our screens (both big and small), as well as our new Cult Strand, where we'll be showcasing a cult classic every month. For HOME's full cinema programme, click here. 

The HOME Film Podcast: December 2021 Episode aired Fri 26 Nov 2021 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, Nadia Ahmed, Maria Torres and Jason Wood On this month's HOME Film Podcast we discuss the new releases Titane, There is no Evil and Lola and the Sea with special guests Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn and Nadia Ahmed. Plus, we have some exclusive clips from the upcoming film House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, releasing today, Fri 26 Nov, and Karen is joined by acclaimed choreographer Maria Torres (Enchanted, Swing, In the Heights) to discuss Steven Spielberg's newest film West Side Story, an adaptation of the hit broadway classic. We also spoke to co-curator Sorcha about our upcoming festive film season Merry 80s Christmas (you heard that right) and why these 80s classics get us full of festive cheer (even Nightmare on Elm Street!). HOME Director of Film & Culture Jason Wood joins us to discuss our special one-off screening of Nadja in 35mm print, with an introduction from Jason himself and Geoffrey M. Badger, MA Curation at the National Film and Television School. We also discuss everyone's top film picks of 2021 in what has been, against all odds, a fantastic year for cinema. For HOME's full cinema programme, click here. 

The HOME Film Podcast: November 2021 Episode aired Fri 29 Oct 2021 Hosted by Karen Gabay Special guests Rachel Hayward, Andy Willis and Chris Berry. In this month's HOME Film Podcast we are super excited to introduce our new host Karen Gabay, plus we delve into some November 2021 film highlights with HOME's Head of Film Rachel Hayward and Senior Visiting Curator Andy Willis. We take a deep dive into the upcoming Taiwan's Lost Commercial Cinema: Rediscovered and Restored season, with special guest and season co-curator Chris Berry, as well as a closer look at the Mike Leigh Retrospective season, coming up early November. Also included is an interview with Spencer star Kristen Stewart, where she talks about making the film and portraying such an iconic character. Films discussed are: Rebel Dykes, Naked, Bad Luck Banging, Spencer and Petite Maman. For HOME's full cinema programme, click here. 

The HOME Film Podcast: FilmFear 2021 Special Episode aired Fri 15 Oct 2021 Hosted by Jason Wood, with special guests David Cox, Jorge Walsh and Lily Callaghan. FilmFear returns to HOME and the Film4 channel for the sixth year, with a line-up of horror, dark fairy-tales, eerie thrillers and chilling tales for the Halloween period. In this special episode, HOME's Director of Film & Culture Jason Wood speaks to Film4's David Cox about our upcoming horror season, as well as to Jorge Walsh and Lily Callaghan, two of HOME's Young Film Programmers, about their film selection, John Carpenters 'In the Mouth of Madness'. Films discussed are: A Banquet, We're All Going To The World's Fair, Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes, Bull, Kill List 10th Anniversary, The Scary of Sixty-First and Titane. FilmFear runs at HOME from Thu 28 - Sun 31 Oct.  For tickets and information on the FilmFear season, click here. For HOME's full cinema programme, click here. 

Join Rachel Hayward (HOME Head of Film) and Andy Willis (HOME Senior Visiting Curator) for this month's round-up of cinema new releases and special curated seasons, all showing at HOME in September. Films discussed are: Annette, Copilot, Rose Plays Julie and Gagarine. Rachel and Andy also delve into this year's Not Just Bollywood season and Japan '70: Cinema on the Edge. For the full HOME film programme, see our website here.

Rachel Hayward (Head of Film), Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator, Film) and Jessie Gibbs (Viva Festival Coordinator) discuss this year's Spanish and Latin American Film Festival! Taking you through some of their festival highlights, join the team as they give you a whistle-stop tour of our 27th annual ¡Viva! Festival. The festival runs from Fri 6 Aug – Sun 22 Aug. For the full festival line-up and to book your tickets, head to our website here.

Jason Wood (Director of Film & Culture), Rachel Hayward (Head of Film) and Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator: Film) get together once again to discuss the new releases in cinema this August, all available to watch in our cinemas. Films discussed are: Now, Voyager, Wildland, Censor and Souad. For our full film programme, see our website here. 

Cinemas are back! And picking things up where they left off, Jason Wood (Director of Film & Culture), Rachel Hayward (Head of Film) and Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator) meet on zoom to give us their highlights in June. Films discussed are After Love, Sweat, The Reason I Jump and Mandabi.  To take a look at the full cinema programme at HOME, click the link - https://bit.ly/3hJ6rXX

In this episode, Jason Wood (Director of Film & Culture) Rachel Hayward (Head of Film) and Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator: Film) the 2021 virtual film festival experience, from pausing the TV for cups of tea to the joys of no queuing. \r\n\r\nWith a focus on the Berlin International Film Festival, the team discuss titles such as Surge, Memory Box, Petite Maman, My Favourite War, My Brother\'s Keeper, Azor, to name a few. \r\n\r\nSubscribe to the podcast to receive the latest reviews on new release films, as well as updates on the upcoming HOME cinema programme.