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The Garden Cinema Film Talk

The Garden Cinema

Celebrating the Art of Film. The Garden Cinema is an independent art-house cinema in Central London. We invite directors, producers, actors, and film commentators to talk about the films we show. Most of our podcast episodes are recorded post-screening, and with a live audience. We welcome recommendations! Our first few episodes feature Garden Cinema founder Michael Chambers.

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30:06

BAATO - Q&A with Lucas Millard about his doc on...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/08/14

Every winter Mikma and her family travel by foot from their village deep in the Himalayas of Nepal to sell local medicinal plants in urban markets. This year, construction of a new highway to China has begun in their roadless valley, and things are never going to be the same. The documentary film Baato, distributed by Tull Stories is at once a sensitive portrait of a family that has thus far existed largely apart from the trappings of modernity, a fascinating chronicle of the epic journey they

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36:30

Masculinity and femininity, South Norwood and Tina...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/06/19

We were joined by director Dionne Edwards, producer Georgia Goggin and editor Andonis Trattos, the team behind Pretty Red Dress, a BFI-distributed gem of a film currently on here at the Garden Cinema for a post-screening chat with our audience. Join us to delve behind the scenes of this wonderfully nuanced and upbeat film, as we chat about filming in South London, Natey Jones' gracefulness on screen, casting Alexandra Burke, the tussle between masculinity and femininity and the script development

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28:36

AMANDA - A chat with Carolina Cavalli about her debut...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/06/05

Writer-director Carolina Cavalli’s darkly comic feature debut, which received its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, is a deliciously satirical character study of a twentysomething looking for purpose… and maybe also a friend. We had the opportunity to chat with Carolina over zoom about the film, her previous work, her time studying in Paris, audience expectations and the particular role of childhood friends in the lives of expat children! Amanda will be screened from 9 June at the

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40:49

Arab women filmmakers - a panel chat about...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/05/10

We chat to a panel of producers, actors and directors about the current film scene in the Arab world, what is means to be an "Arab film", what the sources of funding tend to be, the topics and genres that appeal most internationally, the intricacies of subtitling and other issues our audience asked about. The event was held as a launch night for the Arab women filmmakers season at the cinema and involved producer and curator Elhum Shakerifar, actress and programmer Sarah Agha and filmmaker Soudade

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42:05

Bella Ciao - Song Of Rebellion - the origins, power...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/04/26

To mark Italy's Liberation Day, we screened documentary Bella Ciao - Song Of Rebellion. The documentary traces the origins of the revolutionary song, the myths around it, its international appeal and use, its potential commercialisation. Directors Paul Russell and Andrea Vogt joined us to chat about making indie films, Bella Ciao and the deeply moving meanings behind it with Mydylarama journalist Steve Topple.

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31:19

Actor David Wood on filming If...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/03/20

Teenage rebel Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) returns to his upper-crust English public school, caught between the sadistic older boys known as the Whips and the first-year students, known as Scum, who are forced to do their bidding. The petty thefts and anti-social behavior of Travis and his two henchmen, Johnny (David Wood) and Wallace (Richard Warwick), soon attract the attention of both the Whips and the school's out-of-touch administration, and lead to an unexpected showdown. This British

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20:05

Memory, confronting the past and rediscovering Naples...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/02/22

We chatted to Italian director Mario Martone about his latest feature film, Nostalgia, which stars one of Italy's most famous working actors, ‎Pierfrancesco Favino, sporting am eerily accurate Arabic accent. We delve together into the film's esoteric and spiritual dimensions, its gorgeous and loving portrait of Naples and its depictions of the city's element of criminality.

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12:30

”I’m very proud of her”: Curator John Marchant on Nan...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/02/08

Curator, artist and Brighton-resident John Marchant joined us here at the Garden Cinema for a discussion following our screening of Laura Poitras's All The Beauty And The Bloodshed. The film tells the story of photographer Nan Goldin's tireless campaign to expose the crimes of the Sackler family and the part they played in the opioid crisis in the US and to kick the Sacklers out of the art spaces they gave money to to whitewash their actions. John tells us about her artistic process, her

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39:54

”He put people through absolutely grim endurance...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/01/18

We gathered here at the cinema after our screening of The Shining, as part of our Jack Nicholson season, with Professor Roger Luckhurst who wrote The Shining: BFI Film Classics. Roger shares with us gossip and tales from behind the scenes, tells us about the film's negative reception at the time and the differences with the novel and gives us some context to understand its place as part of the horror repertoire. Enjoy! Follow us @thegardencinema Write to us at podcast@thegardencinema.co.uk

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25:01

Bar chat: Cityscapes, sweeping shots and an aimless...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2023/01/12

We gathered in the Garden Cinema den with our regular group of City Lit film students to discuss and share anecdotes about Antonioni's The Passenger, screened as part of our Celebrating Jack Nicholson season. The Passenger was one of our most popular members' suggestions. Grab a drink and listen in!

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39:15

Dr Lucy Bolton on Davis vs Crawford, the ”crazy old...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/12/15

Join us in the Garden Cinema Den for our post-film chat. Following our screening of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, as part of our Hollywood on Hollywood season, we all huddled around a drink in the den to chat about the film and listen to Dr Lucy Bolton share with us the gossip, highlights from and insights into the shoot. We chatted about the film's "useless" men, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis's legendary rivalry, the former's star power, the latter's dedication to her craft, and everything from

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09:22

Daoism on film, connection with the land and Chinese...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/11/17

We held a Q&A with Dr Kiki Tianqi Yu following one of our screenings of Return To Dust. The film film follows Ma and timid Cao who have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. Uniting with Earth’s cycles, they create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive. Dr Kiki Tianqi Yu talks about the film's depiction of the connection between humans and land and its the philosophical connotations, the director's previous work, the issues around censorship and independent

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15:47

Migration & budget filmmaking: Film talk with Nana...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/11/17

We are joined by writer/director/actress Nana Mensah. Mensah's first feature film, the award-winning Queen Of Glory, will be screening at the Garden Cinema on 26 November. The film follows the trials and tribulations of Sarah Obeng, the brilliant child of Ghanaian immigrants, who is quitting her Ivy League PhD program to follow her married lover to Ohio. When her mother dies suddenly, she bequeaths her daughter a Christian bookstore in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx where Sarah was

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18:21

Tabloid and state collusion, press freedom and awful...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/11/11

This week, we welcomed a group of screenwriting and film students from City Lit to watch The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, directed by Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlondorff and based on the book by Heinrich Boll. Blum a young woman living in West Germany in the 70s finds her life falling into ruins after she falls prey to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless journalist, testing the limits of her sanity. The film is an open critique of media manipulation and demonisation, and

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34:22

The pessimism of Film Noir, the optimism of Mike...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/09/30

"Over 12 half-hour episodes, we're seeing a man have a nervous breakdown". This week, we talk to journalist Darren Richman about some of his favourite genres and filmmakers. We discuss the pessimism of Film Noir and the optimism of Mike Leigh, the nature of comedy from Faulty Towers to the Coen Brothers and debate whether or not there is such a thing as "dark comedy" and the depiction of love and compassion in Hollywood films. You can follow Darren on Twitter @darrenrichman. Find us on the usual

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51:58

A Life On Set - 60 years advising the industry’s...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/09/01

This week, we speak to Angela Allen who has worked on the film sets of many celebrated films, including The Third Man, The African Queen and The Dirty Dozen, for nearly six decades, overseeing continuity, supervising scripts and advising directors. Angela shares with us anecdotes and personal stories from her time on and off the set. This podcast episode is slightly longer than usual, so we've included a discussion breakdown: 2.04 How to know if a film will be good. 2.45 Angela on the editing

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14:53

Revisiting the power of the big screen with MUBI

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/08/25

We discuss the pleasure and power of the cinema experience and which films are better on the silver screen with MUBI's podcast host, journalist Rico Cagliano. We talk to Rico about the MUBI podcast seasons, cinemas he's researched and visited and share anecdotes about films that should be watched on a big screen, such as Lawrence Of Arabia and Wings Of Desire. Find us on the usual platforms. Send us your comments, feedback and suggestions via Twitter @thegardencinema or by contacting us

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33:34

Almodovar and the versatility of Penelope Cruz with...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/08/08

We talk about the films of Almodovar, his depiction of the Spanish civil war, Spanish cinema and Penelope Cruz with Film Professor José Arroyo, who has written extensively about the Spanish director and has interviewed him a number of times. We invited him to mark our upcoming Penelope Cruz season, to talk more generally about the actress, Almodovar and Spanish cinema. We discuss glamour, camp and appeal of Almodovar's filmography and Jose's own interest in the filmmaker, his working relationship

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19:20

Julian Assange’s father’s quest for justice in Ithaka

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/07/17

We chat about the journalist's father and fiance's campaign to secure his release from Belmarsh prison and its depiction in feature documentary Ithaka with director Ben Lawrence. Speaking to us from his home in Australia, the filmmaker tells us more about his latest film, which follows the pair as they campaign to secure Assange's release. The film was made over 2 years and covers his extradition hearing, which helped garner media attention and widespread support for the journalist. Ben explains

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38:59

Marlene Dietrich and the lasting power of stars with...

The Garden Cinema Film Talk ·

2022/07/11

We chat about Marlene Dietrich, her close working relationship with Josef Von Sternberg, the changes in her persona that came with her shift to Hollywood, comparisons with Mae West and Greta Garbo, and the enduring power of stars with Dr Lucy Bolton. Lucy is a Reader in Film Studies at Queen Mary University and her fields of research include film stardom and celebrity. She recently co-edited a collection entitled Lasting Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure. We invited her on the podcast

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