The 8 Best Film Studies Podcasts

A list of the Best Film Studies Podcasts handpicked by our community on Podyssey.

Last Updated: Mar 11th, 2022

  • 1. Classroom Critics Film Studies Podcast

    The Classroom Critics Podcast is a free-form film studies podcast by teachers who love talking about the great movies.

    William Ivers

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  • 2. Writers on Film

    The only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making ofs to biographies, studies to novelisations, I'm fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Sup...Show More

    John Bleasdale

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    Gabriel Byrne on his Memoirs

    47:38 | Mar 18th

    Gabriel Byrne talks about his memoir Walking with Ghosts

  • 3. GoodTrash GenreCast

    Each week, Dustin, Dalton and Arthur get together to discuss your favorite genre movies that you wouldn't hear discussed in a film studies program. From 80s action to 90s sci-fi, we provide movie analysis and film analysis to some of your faves. We a...Show More

    GoodTrash Media

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    La La Land (2016)

    1:03:46 | Mar 12th

    Howdy do crooners, belters, and smooth operators! Our Heart of Stone marathon continues on this week as we take a look at the film that got Stone her first Oscar, La La Land. That's right, Damien Chaz...Show More

  • 4. Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast

    A filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who also happen to be married to each other) dig into the unforgettable films directed by John Cassavetes. Allison Radomski and John Roberts will unpack one movie per episode, so watch along and enjoy the conve...Show More

    Allison & John

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    Episode 10: OPENING NIGHT (1977)

    2:43:07 | Feb 15th

    Welcome back to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! In this podcast, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who happen to be married to each other) unpack, marvel at, and puzzle over the movie...Show More

  • 5. Hollywood in Color

    Hollywood in Color is a new podcast telling the stories of the stars usually left out of entertainment history — the people of color in front of and behind the camera who have been representing for over a century. Host Diana Martinez has a PhD in fil...Show More

    Diana Martinez

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    Sonic Cinema: The Making of The Bodyguard

    41:33 | Jan 18th, 2019

    The Bodyguard, released in 1992, starring Whitney Houston in her first acting role and leading man Kevin Costner, was a mainstream film about an interracial relationship — with maybe very little to sa...Show More

  • 6. Voiceover: Movies that Move Us

    What movies taught you about life? Showed you truths you didn’t know you needed to hear? Join Heather Bigley, a former academic and film teacher, and the host of Voiceover: Movies that Move Us—the podcast where films have an impact. Each episode, ou...Show More

    BYUradio

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    Bonus — In the Company of Change: A Nun's Influence

    31:30 | Aug 25th, 2025

    Morgan Atkinson discusses his latest film In the Company of Change, about the Urseline nuns in Louisville KY. The filmmaker explores the challenges that face the order in an era of declining vocatio...Show More

  • 7. The Film Majors

    Three former cinema studies students navigate working in the industry, continuing their cinematic education, and bickering with one another about the movies. Popcorn is their ammunition, the couch is their foxhole, and the cinema is their place of wo...Show More

    The Film Majors

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    Fried Green Tomatoes

    1:38:11 | Apr 24th

    Pack it up bros, Homoerotic Homies Month is coming to a sapphic conclusion! The Film Majors conclude their third Audience Select Month with a discussion of two new Barbie Ferreira films Faces of Death...Show More

  • 8. How Stories Work with Jay Sherer

    Jay Sherer wants to learn everything about storytelling. He interviews screenwriters, novelists, directors, literary agents, producers, and anyone else who knows about the business of storytelling. Plus he studies screenwriting, prose, writing, and t...Show More

    The Reclamation Society

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    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | How Stories Work

    2:06:10 | Jun 27th, 2023

    Why we have a PG-13 rating: TEMPLE OF DOOM! In preparation for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, I'm re-watching all the Indiana Jones content! That means all four movies plus The Adventures of ...Show More

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