The Deptford Cinema Podcast: Recent Episodes
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All things film, volunteering, community cinema and beyond from the volunteers of Deptford Cinema...
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe. But most importantly: He is my neighbour. And he recommends films. It’s Christmas time and volunteer Nora and her Neighbour meet once again at a rather unusual place where they not only discuss cheesy Christmas films but also the common ground of A Castle for Christmas, Madonna’s music video Like a Prayer and a classic called Mega Python vs. Gatoroid.Merry Christmas…and keep your eyes and ears open for a potential upcoming flute album and a Christmas movie masterpiece written by a random Hallmark movie writer…with the help of our two protagonists. Dammit I fell asleep during a Hallmark movie so now I'll never know if the cute couple who misunderstood each other at first fell in love. ParticipantsDC Volunteer HostNora JeneweinGuest SpeakerThe NeighbourProduced, written, directed & edited byNora Jenewein Mastered & sound edited byVinzenz Stergin
"Charlotte and Maria discuss their opinion on the controversial new addition to French cinema. Please note that this episode contains spoilers.
After recently attending an advance screening of the film hosted by The Final Girls Berlin, Charlotte and Maria decided to weigh in on the controversial new film. Said by many to be "the most messed up film ever", as fans of horror Charlotte and Maria were intrigued and felt driven to watch the film and then share their own opinions on it. "
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe. But most importantly: He is my neighbour. And he recommends films.
In this Halloween episode, volunteer Nora visits her Neighbour in a remote castle, where he is currently working as a mobile hair and nail stylist to a “person” called The Count. Prepare for a spooky episode as they are talking about dark castle films such as Stuart Gordon’s Castle Freak and Peter Medak’s The Changeling. Moreover, we see two FIRSTS in this episode, well, in Nora’s case, it might be three…
"There's somebody else here; there's somebody in the castle!“ Rebecca Reilly
SPOILER WARNING FOR FILMS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN Trigger warning: Explicit content
DC Volunteer Nora Jenewein
Guest Speaker The Neighbour
Produced and edited by Nora Jenewein
Sound editor & engineer Vinzenz Stergin
Special Appearance The Count
"Tracey, Charlotte and Neal do a deep dive into the themes and issues of the two Candyman films, the first from 1992 and the second from 2021. Please note that this episode contains spoilers. Candyman — written and directed by Bernard Rose, adapted from Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden” is a bloody horror story transplanted from it's original setting in Liverpool, to the projects of Chicago. The relocation of the film allowed for the narrative to take on a much more depth, as the horrors of American history were brought to the fore. The more recent version, directed by Nia DaCosta show how although things may look very different now the original location of Cabrini-Green has been gentrified, the scars and trauma of the original narrative still remain..."
"Pedro and Peter are Deptford Cinema volunteers who famously don’t agree on many things…
We thought we’d check in with them from time to time on a cinema-centric topic to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.
This time around, a short discussion on the topic of popcorn...
DC Volunteers Pedro & Peter
Introduction from Holly
Intro & Outro Music Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom
Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/302/carefree-melody
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org"
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe. But most importantly: He is my neighbour. And he recommends films.
It’s not just “silly season”, but also our 20th Podcast! That’s why it turned out to be a bit longer than usual…or is the real reason behind the longer episode, volunteer Nora’s tough journey through the jungle in order to visit her Neighbour who is currently studying frogs there? Or was it the fact that The Neighbour and she talked about some more serious stuff like: can you separate the art from the artist-and therefore went deep? We don’t know, but we know for sure you are going to have one special ear-worm for the rest of the summer.
“I swear before God....and four more white people! This is the last time!” Gator Purify (aka Samuel L. Jackson)
Participants
DC Volunteer Host Nora Jenewein
Guest Speaker The Neighbour
Produced by Nora Jenewein / Vinzenz Stergin
Mastered by Vinzenz Stergin
Special Appearance Adder Krabappel
"Pedro and Peter are Deptford Cinema volunteers who famously don’t agree on many things…
We thought we’d check in with them from time to time on a cinema-centric topic to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.
This time around, a short discussion on the topic of Quentin Tarantino...
DC Volunteers Pedro & Peter
Introduction from Holly
Intro & Outro Music Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom
Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/302/carefree-melody
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org"
The first of a series in which Maria and Charlotte discuss two films which they have introduced each other to. Mainly focusing on horror and thriller films, with plenty of trivia thrown in for good measure.
In this episode, Maria and Charlotte discuss the film House (introduced by Charlotte) by the Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi and The Baby (introduced by Maria) by the American director Ted Post. The episode's theme is WTF!?
DC Volunteers Charlotte Hendy Maria De Paula Vazquez
Produced By Charlotte Hendy
"Indonesian films are something we don't really hear or watch in the UK. In this episode, our volunteers interviewed an Indonesian actor to talk about the film industry in Indonesia. Plus, recommendations on Indonesian films.
In this episode, volunteers Lenah and Paul talked to British-Indonesian actor Hannah Al Rashid about Indonesian films, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry in Indonesia, censorship, and what Indonesian films to watch!
“It’s just one word: condom.” — HANNAH AL RASHID ON CENSORSHIP IN INDONESIAN FILMS
DC Volunteers Lenah Susianty Paul Flanders
Guest Star Hannah Al Rashid
Produced By Vinzenz Stergin"
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe.
But most importantly:
He is my neighbour.
And he recommends films.
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe. But most importantly: He is my Neighbour. And he recommends films. Having survived watching Silent Night, Deadly Night 2, volunteer Nora sets off in a mini submarine to visit her Neighbour some 10 000 miles under the sea, where he is currently counting fish for the RSPCA. Therefore, he recommended Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, while Nora recommended a film for the first time to her Neighbour: Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot. Although never seen it herself, she has some vivid memories with Das Boot..
"Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern.“ Steve Zissou
SPOILER WARNING FOR FILMS
DC Volunteer Nora Jenewein
Guest Speaker The Neighbour
Produced By Nora Jenewein / Vinzenz Stergin
Pedro and Peter are Deptford Cinema volunteers who famously don’t agree on many things…
We thought we’d check in with them from time to time on a cinema-centric topic to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.
This time around, a short discussion on the topic of watching bad movies on purpose...
DC Volunteers Pedro & Peter
Introduction from Holly
Intro & Outro Music Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom
Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/302/carefree-melody
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org"
For our Xmas special volunteers Neale and Charlotte discuss their favourite festive films. Covering the discussion of what makes a film a Christmas film, the range of winter offerings with a darker element, and the ominous presence of banks in some of our festive favourites.
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe.
But most importantly:
He is my neighbour.
And he recommends films.
In this special CHRISTMAS episode, Volunteer Nora once again travels to her Neighbour, who happens to reside on the North Pole at the moment, helping Santa distributing DVDs and Blu Rays (and possibly some VHSes?). They talk about the festive “masterpiece” Silent Night, Deadly Night, the genre of scary Christmas movies in general, Bad Santas and of course, the one and only: Krampus.
“It’s an invasion of children’s dreams and phantasies.“ John P.-School Principal, Vermont (About Silent Night, Deadly Night)
SPOILER WARNING FOR FILMS
Episode not suited for small children
No lockdown rules were harmed
This weeks podcast is a collaboration between Deptford Cinema and the South Asia Forum, Queen Mary University of London. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak discusses his 2013 film Red Ant Dream with DC volunteer Pragya Dhital (School of English and Drama, QMUL) and Chris Moffat (School of History, QMUL)
Are revolutions possible in contemporary India? Or have these dreams been ground down into nightmares? Chris and Pragya respond to Sanjay Kak’s striking portrait of insurrection and counter-insurgency in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Punjab, now screening via Deptford Cinema on Demand. They are joined by the filmmaker, who shares his perspectives on independent filmmaking in India, on walking and dancing with revolutionaries, and on the importance of watching Red Ant Dream today.
See also Shuddhabrata Sengupta’s article in Deptford Online Journal, ‘Footage for a Film Without End: Sanjay Kak’s Long March’.
For background on recent farmers’ protests in India see: Ahan Penkar and Shahid Tantray, ‘No Divisiveness Here: Farmers Welcome All Solidarity at the Kundli Protests’, The Caravan (5 December 2020).
Guest Participants
Sanjay Kak is a filmmaker and writer, whose films include Red Ant Dream (2013), Jashn-e-Azaadi (2007), Words on Water (2002), In the Forest Hangs a Bridge (1999) and One Weapon (1997).
Chris Moffat is a Lecturer in the School of History, QMUL. He is the author of India’s Revolutionary Inheritance: Politics and the Promise of Bhagat Singh (2019).
Pragya Dhital is a DC Volunteer and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of English and Drama, QMUL. She is the editor of Archiving Insurgency (2020), amongst other writings.
In this state of play episode, some of Deptford Cinema's volunteers talk the process and decisions leading up us moving out of the venue at 39 Deptford Broadway and the plans for the future.
Participants
DC Volunteer Host Louis
Guests Charlotte, Lenah, Lucy, Phil and Shelby
Join DC volunteer Anna as she experiences the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time…
In our third mini-episode Anna keeps on her path discussing the third and fourth films on her watchlist as we double-bill THOR (2011) and CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (2011).
Make sure you stick around after the Deptford Cinema outro jingle to hear Anna’s theories on what the film’s post-credit scenes mean for the future…
Pedro and Peter are Deptford Cinema volunteers who famously don’t agree on many things…
We thought we’d check in with them from time to time on a cinema-centric topic to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.
This time around, a short discussion on the topic of 3D
DC Volunteers Pedro & Peter
Introduction from Holly
Intro & Outro Music Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom
Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/302/carefree-melody
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org
Remember when Darth Maul showed up in the Solo film? but didn’t he get cut in half and die in The Phantom Menace? Yeh, it’s confusing, so we decided to discuss it…
Volunteers and Star Wars fans, Anna, Neal and Sam discuss the idea of shared stories, connectivity and canon across both films and other media such as tv, comics, books and games and how the characters and and arcs from this supporting material affects the average movie-goer’s understanding and enjoyment of the wider plot.
DC Volunteer Hosts Anna, Neal and Sam
Spoiler Warning from Holly Taylor
On this weeks episode Rob is joined by 5 Deptford Cinema volunteers to discuss their impressions of the curious 1985 Oz sequel Return to Oz.
In this first remote ‘viewing party’, fresh into a second nationwide lockdown, volunteers Neal, Caroline, Frankie, Charlotte and Peter join Rob to chat about Walter Murch’s 1985 film Return to Oz, a bizarre and perhaps strangely dark follow-up to the colourful 1939 original. Special appeal here to fans of quirky 80s family movies.
Spoiler Alert: The film plot and ending is discussed in this podcast.
Recorded in November 2020
DC Volunteer Host Rob
Guests Frankie, Neal, Caroline, Charlotte & Peter
Deptford Cinema volunteer (and resident horror lover) Maria interviews one of the co-directors of Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, Eli Lewy.
They will be discussing some of the highlights of this year's festival, how it all got started and some other spooky stuff because it's that time of the year!
DC Volunteer Host Maria De Paula-Vázquez
Guest Eli Lewy
Francis Uwadi is a Nollywood film director/producer living in the UK. He talks about his production company NollyRockyTv and why he is keen on bringing Nollywood films to a broader audience.
Deptford Cinema volunteers Maria & Frankie talk about the history of black representation in horror films, from the blaxploitation era and the 1990s/early 2000s.
We discuss how horror films made by Black filmmakers or with Black casts differ (or not) from other types of horror film in terms of what is shown to be scary. Horror films often reflect what people are afraid of in their everyday lives to some extent, but when these films centre Black people those fears are often very different or much more nuanced.
DC Volunteer Hosts Maria De Paula-Vázquez & Frankie Chappell
Françoise Ellong is a director/filmmaker from Cameroon/France. In this first of two podcast episodes celebrating Black History Month, volunteer Nora Jenewein talks to her about her motives for making films, filmmaking approaches in different countries she worked in and the fact that she is a filmmaker - who is young, a female and black.
DC Volunteer Host Nora Jenewein
Guest Speaker Françoise Ellong
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe.
But most importantly:
He is my neighbour... and he recommends films.
Due to her Neighbour working remotely at the moment, Volunteer Nora once again met up with him at his rather unusual current residency. They not only discuss “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” and “Dead Man”, they also talk about space, an interesting way of sending Blue Rays up there and the chance of a promising future film collaboration.
SPOILER WARNING FOR FILMS (Hereditary, Get Out, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Dead Man)
DC Volunteer Host Nora Jenewein
Guest Speaker The Neighbour
Volunteer Q&A with Adriana Kytkova
Sound Design Vinzenz Stergin
Special Appearance by Space Horse
Join DC volunteer Anna as she experiences the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time…
In our second mini-episode Anna keeps on her path discussing the second film on her watchlist IRON MAN 2 (2010).
Make sure you stick around after the Deptford Cinema outro jingle to hear Anna’s theories on what the film’s post-credit scene means for the future…
Pedro and Peter are Deptford Cinema volunteers who famously don’t agree on many things…
We thought we’d check in with them from time to time on a cinema-centric topic to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.
This time around, a short discussion on the topic of Malick's Tree of Life…
DC Volunteers Pedro & Peter
Introduction from Holly
Intro & Outro Music Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom
Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/302/carefree-melody
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org
DC volunteers Rob and Slav login to talk about some of their favourite movie theme tunes and soundtracks.
In this second episode, Rob performs for Slav five of his favourite film soundtracks for him to guess. Just like in Part 1. instead of playing excerpts from the original recordings the pieces are performed. Each soundtrack is followed by a discussion about the music and the film it belongs to. Spoiler Alert: The titles of these films are listed below. Avoid scrolling down if you wish to guess the films these masterful performances belong to!
Recorded in July 2020
Join DC volunteer Anna as she experiences the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time…
In our first mini-episode Anna gets a brief introduction as to what the MCU exactly is before discussing the first film on her watchlist IRON MAN (2008).
Make sure you stick around after the Deptford Cinema outro jingle to hear Anna’s theories on what the film’s post-credit scene means for the future…
DC volunteers Rob and Slav login to talk about some of their favourite movie theme tunes and soundtracks.
In this first episode of two parts, DC veteran Slav presents to Rob five of his favourite film soundtracks for him to guess. Instead of playing excerpts from the original recordings, we decided that we would perform these soundtracks on whatever instrument was to hand - in this case a piano and electronic organ. Each soundtrack is followed by a discussion about the music and the film it belongs to. In the upcoming second episode the roles are reversed with Rob performing his five pieces for Slav to guess.
Spoiler Alert: The titles of these films are listed below. Avoid scrolling down if you wish to guess the films these masterful performances belong to!
Recorded in May 2020
DC volunteer Sam sits down with Jaq and Jay from Cinema For All for a chat all things community cinema.
Cinema For All is the national support and development organisation for community-led cinema: community cinemas, film clubs and societies. DC volunteer Sam chatted with Jaq and Jay from Cinema For All about community cinemas: how they’re copying during lockdown, their history and evolution in the UK and much more.
DC Volunteer Host Sam
Guests Jaq Chell and Jay Platt
DC Volunteer Q&A with Annika Sagen
Deptford Cinema Film and Book Club discuss the movie, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, in light of the gentrification of Deptford.
In this episode, Caroline, Tashi and Ben chat about one of the outstanding movies of 2019, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the semi-autobiographical story of Jimmie Fails, who tries to reclaim his childhood home in a gentrified area of San Francisco.
We are delighted to be joined by Anita Strasser, artist, activist and author of Deptford is Changing, to talk about her new publication, which is all about the impact of gentrification.
DC Volunteer Hosts Tashi, Ben and Caroline
Guest Anita Strasser
He loves movies...and board games. He likes cooking Gumbo for his friends and spending Sundays in his bathrobe.
But most importantly:
He is my neighbour... and he recommends films.
Volunteer Nora interviews her Neighbour about his film watching habits during lockdown, but they also talk about one of his favourite directors: Ari Aster. Due to the Miniseason “My Neighbour Recommends” being postponed at the Cinema, Nora set off to The Neighbour’s current residency to discuss things like nasty bastards, faces in trees and The Castles of Mad King Ludwig in this 30 minute special.
DC Volunteer Host Nora Jenewein
Guest Speaker The Neighbour
Volunteer Q&A with Peter Blunden
Background Actors A fox and an owl (and a bat perhaps)
Pedro and Peter are Deptford Cinema volunteers who famously don’t agree on many things…
We thought we’d check in with them from time to time on a cinema-centric topic to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.
This time around, a short discussion on the topic of Horror films…
DC Volunteers Pedro & Peter
Introduction from Holly
Intro & Outro Music Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom
Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/302/carefree-melody
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org
In this, Deptford Cinema's very first podcast episode, we introduce listeners to the community cinema, talking about what we do as volunteers and the kinds of events we help organise.
We also discuss the current pandemic and its affect on not only the cinema's ability to screen films but also on the well-being of its volunteer body. What does lockdown and social distancing measures mean for Deptford Cinema now and in the months ahead?
DC Volunteer Host Adriana
Guests Anna, Caroline, Neal, Nora, Rob, Sam and Vinnie Volunteer Q&A with Carlos Fernandez