The Cinematologists Podcast
1) The Cinematologists Present: Students on Screen
This special episode of The Cinematologists is a contribution to the Students on Screen  project convened by Dr Kay Calver and Dr Bethan Michael-Fox, to coincide with a special issue of Open Screens t...Show More
2) Terrence Malick (w/John Bleasdale)
For the final [main] episode of this season, the 21st, we are delighted to welcome writer and podcaster John Bleasdale (Writers on Film) to the show, to discuss his excellent book on Terrence Malick, ...Show More
3) Pavements (& Videoheaven w/Alex Ross Perry)
It is an honour to welcome filmmaker Alex Ross Perry to discuss his magisterial music film Pavements, about the band Pavement, as it arrives on MUBI on July 11th 2025. We also took the opportunity to ...Show More
4) Ryan Gilbey (It Used to be Witches)
With the podcast half-way through its tenth year it is a privilege to welcome back a former contributor to the show - read his piece on Clueless for The New Statesman that coincided with his previous ...Show More
5) Tornado (w/director John Maclean)
A decade ago John Maclean made his debut feature, the brilliant Western Slow West (2015).It followed a run of brilliant short films and music videos, as well as some of the late 90s and early 2000s mo...Show More
6) Crime, Genre, Class, Race, Gender
We're back with an episode featuring just Neil and myself discussing a cinematic topic we both are invested in: The crime/heist genre. The core of this chat is an examination of how the structures of ...Show More
7) The Doors & Val Kilmer (w/filmmaker Mark Jenkin)
In late March 2025 we screened Oliver Stone's 1991 epic myth of 1960s America, The Doors, at Newlyn Filmhouse at the invitation of regular Cinematologist, filmmaker Mark Jenkin. The conversation follo...Show More
8) Polish Filmmaker Wojciech Has w/Michael Brooke
As part of this year's Kinoteka Polish Film Festival, currently running in London, Michael Brooke has curated a complete retrospective of the criminally under-known Polish director Wojciech Has. The r...Show More
9) Rod Stoneman on Artistic Forms of Thought
For the latest episode we are honoured to share a recent talk at Falmouth University's School of Film & Television by Rod Stoneman titled 'Amongst Artistic Forms of Thought'. Rod's talk discussed diff...Show More
10) Mario and Mandela Van Peebles (Outlaw Posse and the African American Western)
It was an absolute treat to welcome actor, director, producer and writer Mario van Peebles to The Cinematologists Podcast. In London to show his new film Outlaw Posse as part of the Black Rodeo season...Show More