Celebrating Cinema

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Celebrating Cinema

A podcast for the love of cinema! For more info check out our website: https://celebratingcinema.com. As always, we want to hear from you so please get in touch at [email protected]

  1. HACE 5 D

    Growing Up in a Revolution: The Power of Persepolis

    In this edition of Review Roundup, host Laura Gommans is joined by Elliot Bloom to dive into the re-release of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s searing, stylish memoir of growing up in Iran through revolution, repression, and rebellion—newly restored by Odyssey Classics. They also take on Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, a spy thriller that trades action for dry wit and quiet unease . And with Showgirls back in sparkling form for its 30th anniversary, they ask: was Elizabeth Berkley in on the joke all along? Get tickets to Persepolis @ LAB111 Get tickets to Showgirls @ LAB111

    28 min

  2. 23 ABR

    How Do You Film the Atomic Bomb?

    Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) returns to cinemas—a quiet revolution in filmmaking that blends love, loss, and the long shadow of human destruction. In this episode, hosts Kiriko Mechanicus and Elliot Bloom unpack why this haunting classic still matters today. Why did Resnais turn to fiction after his devastating Holocaust documentary Night and Fog? And what does the film reveal about how we confront images of destruction—past and present? Get tickets to Hiroshima Mon Amour @ LAB111

    31 min

  3. 16 ABR

    Is Alex Garland's Warfare an Anti-War Movie?

    Did audiences jump the gun on Alex Garland’s Warfare? Before it's release, the brutally realist portrait of America’s war in Iraq was deemed just another army recruitment movie, but Hugo Emmerzael and Laura Gommans definitely don't see it that way. Also: Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl gives Pamela Anderson a tender, neon-lit comeback, but did it warrant the awards hype it got? Plus, an interview with Carmen Chaplin on 'Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp', her reframing of Charlie Chaplin’s legacy through his Roma heritage—an overdue look at the outsider beneath the bowler hat. Listen to Why Hollywood Loves a Comeback Get tickets to CC Film Club: Everything Everywhere All At Once @ LAB111 Get tickets to Warfare @ LAB111 Get tickets to Chaplin: Spirit of The Tramp @ LAB111

    50 min

  4. 9 ABR

    Why Hollywood Loves a Comeback

    In a moment when Hollywood is once again embracing the comeback—think Demi Moore’s return in The Substance or Pamela Anderson’s reinvention in The Last Showgirl—we turn our attention to the art of the revival. In this episode, hosts Laura Gommans and Tom Ooms explore the enduring appeal of the Hollywood comeback: why the industry—and its audiences—love to see actors return, transformed and triumphant. From John Travolta’s genre-defining resurgence in Pulp Fiction to Michelle Yeoh’s historic Oscar win at 60, they trace the arcs of reinvention, resilience, and rediscovery. And of course, no conversation on comebacks would be complete without Nicolas Cage—the actor in a perpetual state of renaissance. Book tickets to CC Film Club: Everything Everywhere All At Once Listen back to our episode on Nicolas Cage Read Salima Hayek's Op-Ed

    45 min

  5. 2 ABR

    The Most Controversial Filmmaker in Dutch History w/ Luuk Bouwman

    Dutch Nazi propagandist Jan Teunissen was once one of the most powerful—and now largely forgotten—figures in Dutch cinema. Rising to prominence during World War II, he seized the opportunity to shape ideology through film, aligning himself with the Nazi regime to fulfil his artistic ambitions. In De Propagandist (2025), director Luuk Bouwman unearths Teunissen’s unsettling legacy, tracing his trajectory from outcast filmmaker to the chief propagandist of the NSB and Nederlands SS. In conversation with host Kiriko Mechanicus, Bouwman examines cinema’s complicity in propaganda, the moral compromises Teunissen made in pursuit of his craft, and how the language of wartime propaganda lives on in modern advertising. Get tickets to our CC Film Club: Everything, Everywhere All At Once @ LAB111

    36 min

  6. 26 MAR

    Why Short Films Matter w/ Go Short Film Festival

    In collaboration with Go Short, the Netherlands’ premier short film festival (April 1–6 in Nijmegen), we explore the power of short-form cinema. Host Hugo Emmerzael sits down with artistic director Mathieu Jansen to explore why short films aren’t just stepping stones but playgrounds for experimentation, bold storytelling, and pushing cinematic boundaries. From urgent reflections on war and occupation to the festival’s first-ever dive into video games, this year’s lineup is breaking new ground and audiences should take note. Want to be there? We’re giving away two day passes! Email us at [email protected] with your favourite short film, and you might just find yourself at Go Short. Get tickets for Go Short Film Festival (1-6th April)

    35 min

  7. 19 MAR

    Is The Room The Best Worst Movie Ever Made?

    Hailed as the Citizen Kane of bad movies, The Room (Tommy Wiseau, 2003) has transcended its origins as an enigmatic vanity project to become a bona fide cult phenomenon. But how did it achieve such status, and what, beneath its layers of unintentional surrealism, is it really about? Hosts Laura Gommans and Tom Ooms unravel the film’s bizarre legacy, offering an essential guide to its chaotic production, the rituals of its legendary interactive screenings, and its place in the pantheon of so-bad-it’s-good cinema. Get tickets to The Room @ LAB111 Get tickets to CC Film Club: Old Boy @ LAB111 Get tickets to Straight to Video @ LAB111 Get tickets to Go Short Film Festival

    35 min

  8. 12 MAR

    Bong Joon-ho's Bloody Brilliance and the Rise of Korean Cinema

    When Parasite won Best Picture, it put Korean cinema in the global spotlight, but it was the result of decades of bold filmmaking. With Mickey 17 now out, it’s the perfect time to dive into the bloody brilliance of the Korean New Wave. Hosts Laura Gommans and Kiriko Mechanicus explore Korea’s obsession with vengeance, shaped by its turbulent history and uncensored filmmaking. They also examine why Bong Joon-ho’s Hollywood work feels so different from his Korean films. Korean cinema captures vengeance like no other, blending brutal violence with raw emotion. While Bong mixes social critique with suspense, Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy and The Handmaiden embrace operatic violence and eroticism. Join us as we dissect the thrills and bloodstained poetry of the Korean New Wave. Book tickets to Mickey 17 @ LAB111 Book tickets to Parasite @ LAB111 Book tickets to CC Film Club: Old Boy @ LAB111 Listen to Do Two Robert Pattinsons Make Mickey 17 Twice the Fun?

    55 min
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A podcast for the love of cinema! For more info check out our website: https://celebratingcinema.com. As always, we want to hear from you so please get in touch at [email protected]

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  • Creado por
    LAB111
  • Años en activo
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodios
    107
  • Clasificación
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    © LAB111
  • Sitio web del podcast
    Celebrating Cinema

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