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Spongebob Squarepants, Pride & Prejudice, comfort watches and films of the year so far...
The pod returns, in sleepy mode – Peter, Anahit and Ellie get caught up on some recent releases, talk through our home set-ups, discuss Films Of 2025 So Far, and go surprisingly in-depth on... Pride & Prejudice and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The mid-2000s, baby! TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching (recaps on 28 Years Later, Superman and The Office (US)) (2:00) Our favourite places to watch the movies (16:20) The films we’ve watched the most (Spongebob, Lord of the Rings) (27:00) Our comfort watches (Spinal Tap, Mona Lisa Smile, Pride & Prejudice) (35:55) Actual Film Chat: Films of 2025 so far, and our picks for the rest of the year (46:20) If you like The Cineskinny, tell your pals! Leave us a five-star review! Share the episode on socials! Follow the team on Twitter @ptrsmpsn @anahitrooz @jamiedunnesq @lew_rob_, get us on TikTok @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025: Eva Victor on Sorry, Baby
While Peter, Anahit and Ellie are off covering the various other festivals happening across Edinburgh this August, Jamie has been attending the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which kicked off in wonderful style on 14 August with Sorry, Baby, the debut feature from Eva Victor, who writes, directs and stars in the film. Sorry, Baby seemed to go down tremendously well with everyone at the opening. On the day after that opening, we sat down with Eva Victor to discuss the film. Have a listen below. TIMESTAMP How it felt opening the Edinburgh Film Festival (2:40) The initial idea for Sorry, Baby (5:40) The female friendship at the heart of the film and working with Naomi Ackie (7:25) How online comedy videos prepared Victor for her first feature (9:02) On choosing the film's non-chronological structure (10:51) Choosing to leave Agnes's assault off-screen (17:31) If you like The Cineskinny, tell your pals! Leave us a five-star review! Share the episode on socials! Follow the team on Twitter @ptrsmpsn @anahitrooz @jamiedunnesq @lew_rob_, get us on TikTok @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Recorded on location at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Edinburgh Film Festival 2025: The Golden Spurtle, Islands and Zodiac Killer Project
Today! The Edinburgh International Film Festival starts today (if you're listening to this podcast the day it comes out, which you should), so Peter, Jamie and Ellie take a closer look at three films from the programme. We've got Canary Islands-based family mystery Islands, Charlie Shackleton's new metadoc Zodiac Killer Project, and The Golden Spurtle, 75 delightful minutes following the World Porridge Championships. All that, and a few more picks and tips from your extremely warm friends in the studio... CHAPTERS: Islands review (4:20) Zodiac Killer Project review (20:05) The Golden Spurtle review (36:35) More EIFF picks (50:35) Edinburgh International Film Festival, 14-20 Aug, edfilmfest.org Recorded on location in the Codebase meeting room with the lovely chairs. Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Savages, Dreams and Our Favourite Trilogies
In this episode, the team was bowled over by Dreams, part of a new arthouse trilogy by Norwegian writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud called The Oslo Stories Trilogy (not to be confused with Joachim Trier's similarly named Oslo Trilogy). The other two instalments - Love and Sex - are released later in August. Dreams got us talking about our favourite trilogies in general, from the first three Toy Story movies to Richard Linklater's Before... films via Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy. We also squeeze in a review of stop-motion film Savages, the long-awaited new work from Belgian director Claude Barras, best known for his bruising coming-of-age animation My Life as a Courgette. TIMESTAMPS: What We’ve Been Watching: Female Perversion, Legally Blonde the Musical, Safe and Lena Dunham's new series Too Much (02:44) Savages review (15:23) Dreams review (27:52) Movie Trilogies: What are they, and which ones do we love? (46:25) Recorded on location in the Codebase meeting room with the lovely chairs. Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Superman, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, Karlovy Vary and Cult Classics
On this week’s podcast, we head off in two *completely* different directions – the gang review art doc/biopic hybrid The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, then Anahit sings the praises of the new Superman movie. Cinema - it truly has a bit of everything. Elsewhere, Jamie reports back from Karlovy Vary Film Festival in his fresh KVIFF t-shirt, the squad discuss the idea of cult cinema (what is it, good examples, etc etc), and a few more bits and bobs. A good pod, come hang out. TIMESTAMPS: Jamie’s KVIFF recap (1:15) What We’ve Been Watching: Sidney Lumet, The Parent Trap (10:05) The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire review (19:10) Superman review (37:00) Cult Films: What Are They, and Why? (50:45) Recorded on location in the Codebase meeting room with the lovely chairs. Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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