Celebrating Cinema
Podcast

Celebrating Cinema

LAB111

175 episodes

TV & Film

A podcast for the love of cinema. Amsterdam's LAB111 film podcast on the cinema that matters — debates, rankings, and director deep dives, every Thursday. From cult classics to today's most-talked-about releases, Laura Gommans (film journalist), Hugo Emmerzael (film critic), Kiriko Mechanicus (filmmaker) and Tom Ooms (film programmer) take turns asking what films tell us about ourselves, our culture, and the times we live in. Show notes and the CC newsletter at celebratingcinema.com. You can get in touch at celebratingcinema@lab111.nl

Episodes

Why Does Hollywood Love Remaking Foreign Films?
Why Does Hollywood Love Remaking Foreign Films?
22 Oct 2026 · 40 min
Rodrigo Sorogoyen on The Beloved: Can Cinema Heal Us?
Rodrigo Sorogoyen on The Beloved: Can Cinema Heal Us?
20 Oct 2026 · 31 min
Cine Of The Times | Walk Hard Should Have Killed The Musical Biopic
Cine Of The Times | Walk Hard Should Have Killed The Musical Biopic
15 Oct 2026 · 47 min
Digger: Can Tom Cruise Ever Stop Being Tom Cruise?
Digger: Can Tom Cruise Ever Stop Being Tom Cruise?
8 Oct 2026 · 39 min
Why Is Dutch Cinema Struggling to Find Its Audience?
Why Is Dutch Cinema Struggling to Find Its Audience?
2 Oct 2026 · 36 min
Can Cinema Show Us What We Can’t See? — NFF Special w/ Amanda van Hesteren & Emma Lesuis
Can Cinema Show Us What We Can’t See? — NFF Special w/ Amanda van Hesteren & Emma Lesuis
29 Sept 2026 · 55 min
Manufacturing Consent: How 9/11 Changed Hollywood
Manufacturing Consent: How 9/11 Changed Hollywood
10 Sept 2026 · 54 min
Did Terminator 2 Ruin How We Imagine The End Of The World?
Did Terminator 2 Ruin How We Imagine The End Of The World?
4 Sept 2026 · 46 min
Why Is Cinema Just Like My Mother?
Why Is Cinema Just Like My Mother?
20 Aug 2026 · 51 min
Cine Of The Times: Did No Country For Old Men Predict Trump’s America?
Cine Of The Times: Did No Country For Old Men Predict Trump’s America?
13 Aug 2026 · 46 min
Can Cinema Teach Us How to Pay Attention? — What Playtime, Ikiru & After Hours Asks Of Us
Can Cinema Teach Us How to Pay Attention? — What Playtime, Ikiru & After Hours Asks Of Us
7 Aug 2026 · 47 min
When Does A Film Become Camp?
When Does A Film Become Camp?
30 Jul 2026 · 49 min
Why Black Girl Still Matters 60 Years Later w/ Djeneba Saccoh
Why Black Girl Still Matters 60 Years Later w/ Djeneba Saccoh
23 Jul 2026 · 42 min
Who Really Was the Father Of African Cinema? — Ousmane Sembène, By His Son Alain
Who Really Was the Father Of African Cinema? — Ousmane Sembène, By His Son Alain
21 Jul 2026 · 31 min
Is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Just 6 Great Scenes?
Is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Just 6 Great Scenes?
17 Jul 2026 · 30 min
Has Letterboxd Changed The Way We Watch Films?
Has Letterboxd Changed The Way We Watch Films?
2 Jul 2026 · 39 min
The Watermelon Woman at 30: Cheryl Dunye's Queer Cinema Landmark
The Watermelon Woman at 30: Cheryl Dunye's Queer Cinema Landmark
25 Jun 2026 · 38 min
Did Movies Invent Alien Encounters?
Did Movies Invent Alien Encounters?
18 Jun 2026 · 29 min
Is Disclosure Day Spielberg's Most Hopeful Film Or His Most Naive?
Is Disclosure Day Spielberg's Most Hopeful Film Or His Most Naive?
11 Jun 2026 · 44 min
Fast & Furious: How the Franchise Remade Hollywood (w/ Dan Hassler-Forest)
Fast & Furious: How the Franchise Remade Hollywood (w/ Dan Hassler-Forest)
4 Jun 2026 · 58 min
The Backrooms, Explained: Kane Parsons & the A24 Feature
The Backrooms, Explained: Kane Parsons & the A24 Feature
28 May 2026 · 33 min
Cannes 2026 Dispatch With Peter Bradshaw
Cannes 2026 Dispatch With Peter Bradshaw
26 May 2026 · 44 min
Autobiographical Cinema: Why We Love to Film Ourselves
Autobiographical Cinema: Why We Love to Film Ourselves
21 May 2026 · 53 min
Cinema Obsession: Why Films Grip Us (Vertigo, Peeping Tom)
Cinema Obsession: Why Films Grip Us (Vertigo, Peeping Tom)
14 May 2026 · 38 min
Amadeus: Is It Really About Mediocrity?
Amadeus: Is It Really About Mediocrity?
7 May 2026 · 36 min
The Devil Wears Prada 2: Is Miranda Priestly A Feminist Icon Or A Toxic Boss?
The Devil Wears Prada 2: Is Miranda Priestly A Feminist Icon Or A Toxic Boss?
30 Apr 2026 · 38 min
Truly Naked: Can a Film Be More Intimate Than Porn?
Truly Naked: Can a Film Be More Intimate Than Porn?
23 Apr 2026 · 35 min
Musical Biopics: Can You Still Make a Good One? (Re-Release)
Musical Biopics: Can You Still Make a Good One? (Re-Release)
16 Apr 2026 · 49 min
A-List Actors Gone Weird (Borgli's The Drama)
A-List Actors Gone Weird (Borgli's The Drama)
2 Apr 2026 · 37 min
Mees Peijnenburg On A Family, Dutch Cinema, And The Emotional Architecture of Divorce
Mees Peijnenburg On A Family, Dutch Cinema, And The Emotional Architecture of Divorce
31 Mar 2026 · 31 min
The Skarsgårds' Year: Pillion, Dead Man's Wire & The History of Sound
The Skarsgårds' Year: Pillion, Dead Man's Wire & The History of Sound
27 Mar 2026 · 27 min
Il Conformista: Why Bertolucci's Fascist Aesthetic Still Matters
Il Conformista: Why Bertolucci's Fascist Aesthetic Still Matters
19 Mar 2026 · 35 min
David Bowie's Life in Cinema: The Man Who Fell to Screen
David Bowie's Life in Cinema: The Man Who Fell to Screen
12 Mar 2026 · 33 min
Frankenstein's Monster: Why Is It Always Ugly? (Shelley to The Bride)
Frankenstein's Monster: Why Is It Always Ugly? (Shelley to The Bride)
5 Mar 2026 · 43 min
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
Wim Wenders Says Cinema Isn't Political. These Films Disagree.
27 Feb 2026 · 46 min
Sirāt as a Rave: Kangding Ray on Scoring the Film
Sirāt as a Rave: Kangding Ray on Scoring the Film
24 Feb 2026 · 25 min
Are Marty Supreme and Wuthering Heights Worth The Hype?
Are Marty Supreme and Wuthering Heights Worth The Hype?
19 Feb 2026 · 42 min
How Brokeback Mountain Changed Queer Storytelling—and Should Straight Actors Still Play Queer Roles? w/ Esje Seigfried
How Brokeback Mountain Changed Queer Storytelling—and Should Straight Actors Still Play Queer Roles? w/ Esje Seigfried
12 Feb 2026 · 30 min
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice Is A Brutal Take On Capitalism
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice Is A Brutal Take On Capitalism
5 Feb 2026 · 39 min
Films by Bad People: Can We Still Watch Them?
Films by Bad People: Can We Still Watch Them?
29 Jan 2026 · 39 min
Hamnet and Movies That Are Secret Shakespeare Plays
Hamnet and Movies That Are Secret Shakespeare Plays
22 Jan 2026 · 40 min
2000 Metres To Andriivka And Why We Need Documentary Films
2000 Metres To Andriivka And Why We Need Documentary Films
15 Jan 2026 · 48 min
Children of Men: The Most Realistic Dystopian Film?
Children of Men: The Most Realistic Dystopian Film?
8 Jan 2026 · 32 min
Ranking the Most Talked About Films of 2025
Ranking the Most Talked About Films of 2025
30 Dec 2025 · 31 min
Sentimental Value: Why It Should Win Big at the Oscars
Sentimental Value: Why It Should Win Big at the Oscars
18 Dec 2025 · 34 min
Christmas Movies: What Makes a Film Festive?
Christmas Movies: What Makes a Film Festive?
12 Dec 2025 · 34 min
How Sex And The City Maps The Rise And Fall Of The American Empire
How Sex And The City Maps The Rise And Fall Of The American Empire
4 Dec 2025 · 57 min
Die My Love, Splitsville, Nouvelle Vague + The World Of Schmutz Cinema
Die My Love, Splitsville, Nouvelle Vague + The World Of Schmutz Cinema
27 Nov 2025 · 34 min
Jack Nicholson: How He Became a Cinema Icon
Jack Nicholson: How He Became a Cinema Icon
20 Nov 2025 · 57 min
The Smashing Machine, Back To The Future & It Was Just An Accident
The Smashing Machine, Back To The Future & It Was Just An Accident
13 Nov 2025 · 32 min

More like Celebrating Cinema

Fresh Air
NPR
The Toast
Dear Media
Outspoken the Podcast
Outspoken the Podcast
Talk Of The Townsends
Talk Of The Townsends
48 Hours
CBS News
The Rest Is Entertainment
Goalhanger
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
HugoDécrypte - Actus et interviews
Hugo Décrypte
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
NBC Universal
Regelegorila
Regelegorila