Film Lovers: Recent Episodes
Sonia Cheung
Recorded Monday 6th May.
In this episode I have a VERY long awaited catch up with film maker O.D. Whom I last spoke to back in 2021! We discuss what he's been up to and of course enjoy some general film chat.Enjoy!
In this episode I talk to film maker Katherine Shannon. We discuss how she got into film making after being an actress, her influences, the highs and lows of working on a busy set and just generally enjoy a nice chat where ever it takes us. Enjoy!
In this episode I talk to independent film maker Howard Perry. We discuss his career, his influences, his love of musicals and just have a nice little chat in general enjoy!
P.S. Howard’s 2024 show reel link is https://vimeo.com/851975377?fbclid=IwAR04N1Fe_doxkZBFJZrFOKV8IPeWm8telTH9pPDVAGVeHhjhAinbaGixuyM
P.P.S. Howard’s official trailer for his film Maiken is
https://vimeo.com/814151788
In this episode I talk to documentary film maker Vicky Markloefas. We talk about her career, how she got into film making particularly making documentaries and her influences. We also discuss her passion for documentaries and just go with the flow of the conversation. Enjoy!
P.S. Vicky's production company and portfolio Mind The Bump is viewable on this link. https://www.mindthebump.tv/services
He's back! What can I say he just loves this show and film too much! My friend and screen writer Tom Jolliffe is enjoying his temporary bachelor hood and being a man of leisure, whilst his wife and daughter are away on holiday! So we decided to dedicate this episode to his guilty pleasure films and sometimes get carried away talking about other films that aren't necessarily his guilty pleasures! ( but that's what happens when us two get together!) Enjoy!
P.S. Here is the link to the youtube video of that cringe worthy first and only appearance by Steven Segal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRT42axSOsk
In this episode I talk to film maker Jim Eaves. As this is his first time on the show we discuss how he got into film making, his influences and just have a nice chat . Enjoy!
P.S. Jim also hosts his own film podcast called The Honest Filmmaker . https://thehonestfilmmaker.co.uk/
In this episode I decided to merge both my podcast shows together ( my other show being My A.D.D. Brain where the link is added down at the very bottom if you would like to listen to that podcast show and you can also see the instagram account of the same name offering information and updates of when I have uploaded a new episode etc) . I talk to newly wed couple Jason and Rachel Impey! We discuss what Jason has been up to since I last spoke to him on Valentine's Day 2022,his autistic/mental health trilogy and the short film ( the third short film instalment part of that trilogy) we worked on focusing on what someone with undiagnosed ADHD/mental health issues struggles with. We also discuss their wedding and the fun fake grind house trailer we did .Enjoy!******* P.S. My A.D.D. Brain podcast show link is https://open.spotify.com/show/6fgDnJlYGkrg9139kzd3OH?si=ff02dbc3c8f041fb
P.P.S. My A.D.D. Brain instagram account is
https://www.instagram.com/mya.d.d.brain/
My friend and work experience Tom Jolliffe were going to do a Halloween special but I was very sick, so we decided to do a horror special instead. Enjoy!
I'm so sorry everybody that it's been such a long time since I've recorded any Film Lover episodes. I was diagnosed with ADD and autism ( I've been concentrating on my other a podcast show about it which is also on Spotify called " My A.D.D. ain " this is the link of the show if you guys are interested in listening to it https://open.spotify.com/show/6fgDnJlYGkrg9139kzd3OH?si=436001c821aa4d67 ) last December and it has been a very difficult year but not to fear I am back and will try be more regular with doing them ( hard to work, plan and multitask when one is ADD and autistic!) . My fellow mate and work experience boy Tom Jolliffe, returns in this episode as we discuss our favourite "Time " themes movies and also at the end list some other honourable mentions. Enjoy!
Friend , colourist grading and now venturing into screen writing territory as well, Heindz Donnelly Schmidt returns to the show after a very busy few months to talk to me about what he has been up to and he has been one very busy bee! Always a pleasure to have a guest from a previous episode or episodes come back! Enjoy!
In this episode I talk with film maker Simon Harris about how his passion of film developed, his career time line, his heroes and influences and a bit of film chit chat enjoy!
He's back! Screen writer, film critic and my good friend Tom Jolliffe is back to discuss our favourite feel good films enjoy!
Friend , colourist grading and now venturing into screen writing territory as well, Heindz Donnelly Schmidt returns to the show after a very busy few months to talk to me about what he has been up to and he has been one very busy bee! Always a pleasure to have a guest from a previous episode or episodes come back! Enjoy!
Tom Jolliffe returns to join me as my guest as we both discuss our favourite movie villains! The whole episode ended up being over three hours long! ( Once we get talking about film its impossible not to both get carried away and talk so much!!) so I split it into 2 parts! His 5 year old daughter Lulu also joins in and gate crash's our recording so hence the little voice all of the sudden in the background at certain points through the episode in both parts.Enjoy!
Film maker and friend Brad Watson comes back as my guest to present his top f5 favourite action movies.Enjoy!
Tom and I talk to Tom's friend and film maker Nathan Shepka about his career and their latest collaboration and film When Darkness Falls.We also discuss the pre production,production and post production phase of their film, as well as discuss our favourite low budget films along with some chit chat and laughter.Apologies for my croaky coughie voice! Please feel free to check out the following links also.Thanks enjoy!!
Trailer for When Darkness Falls: https://youtu.be/20BfsXc40YM
https://www.amazon.com/When-Darkness-Falls-Michaela-Longden/dp/B0B1XJQGQW
This is a short episode! I talk to camera man and occasional director Nigel Rogers about his career and his influences.Enjoy!
Screen writer and friend Tom Jolliffe join's me to discuss our favourite Bruce Wiilis movies
In this episode of Film Lovers I am joined by film maker Jason Impey and his partner Rachael Simpson to discuss his documentary film and general chit chat about the porn industry itself. Enjoy! P.s. Due to the subject please be aware and mindful that there will be more adult related content involved.
International women's day was last Tuesday and it got me thinking hey maybe I should do a film lover's themed episode focusing on female protagonists in our favourite female lead movies. My friend Tom Jolliffe joins me for a fun packed episode exploring and celebrating women in the movies, enjoy! x
Happy Valentine's day! In this episode I talk to film maker Jason Impey and his girlfriend Rachael Simpson about our favourite love related movies(They like to think out of the box too).Apologies for the bad sound in this episode the zoom chat recording converding was suddenly interrupted as my computer froze and lost everything!! So I had to use my backup sound which was a recording app sorry again! Enjoy!
P.s Contains swearing
In this episode I talk to film maker Laurel Parker about her career,influences and just general chin chat about films and the film industry.Enjoy!
P.s. There is swearing involved.
Now becoming a regular of the show my screenwriter and film critic friend Tom Jolliffe and I discuss the origin of Chinese new year, the horoscopes (including ours), Chinese new year customs and Chinese culture ( and food lots of it!) everything before we move on to discuss his favourite Chinese movies, ( The actual film related talk starts at roughly about 18 minutes after lots of chit chat you know us!) Enjoy!
In this episode I talk to film maker Jason Impey about his background,career,influences etc .
P.s. Here is the link to his very first horror home video done aged 10 ! Haha ! https://vimeo.com/213053960/93e49a5efc
In this episode I talk to colourist Heinz Donnelly Schmidt about his career, his influences and his love of films.Enjoy!
Tom Jolliffe and I are back for the first podcast episode of the new year 2022 discussing our favourite action movies.
Merry Christmas! In this episode I'm joined by my 2 youngest baby sisters (twins) Faye and Amber Cheung and Faye's boyfriend Tom Flemming!
My friend ( and his daughter who occasionally hijacks our recording throughout hahah) Tom Jolliffe joins me in discussing the nitty gritty side of film making focusing on film theory and specifically the Mise En Scene.Apologies for the sometimes technical glitches due to the loss of connection and the occasional butting in of Tom's five year old daughter!
I talk to actor and writer Chris Spyrides about how he started off as an actor and writer,how the pandemic effected him,his influences growing up and just general chit chat going with the flow of the conversation.Enjoy! P.S. Contains swearing.
My friend Tom Jolliffe and I discuss our favourite favourite films starring the very talented character actor Steve Buscemi.
A long one ! O.D. Darvish joins me in this special long Halloween episode to discuss some of our favourite horror genre films enjoy!
In this episode I talk to film maker and editor Brad Watson ( who also happens to be friends with Mark Brown and David Whitney's,both whom I've spoken to in previous episodes!) about how he started out and the evolution of his career up to now .
In this episode I talk to actor and stand up comic David Whitney ( who is also friends with Mark Brown whom I did a couple of episodes with back in season 1 !) about his career and the people in the film industry who inspired and influenced him growing up etc . Contains swearing .
He's back again! My friend and film nerd Tom Jolliffe is now an avid film lovers addict like me and joins me in this episode to discuss our favourite creature movies!
In episode 9 I talk to film maker,writer and producer Orod Darvish about his career and just some general chit chat about the film medium. As usual we got carried away chatting so I split this episode into four parts! Enjoy!
In this episode I leave it up to the work experience kid ( aka my friend Tom Jolliffe!) to guest host as I am at home with a bad cold and plus we thought it would be fun to flip the table and have him host and me be the guest this time round . The work experience kid is new so be nice to him as he is still in training! ( Haha) Today's episode we discuss my ( and his also! ) favourite John Hughes films. Enjoy!
He's back! My friend and screen writer/film critic Tom Jolliffe comes back to do this episode and gives us a run down of his top 10 favourite Coen Brothers' films and tells us why etc . We like to talk a lot so I've split this episode into 3 parts! #Film podcast #podcast #Top 10 Coen Brothers' films
I've split this episode into two parts because we both got carried away chatting! I spoke to writer/film maker and DP Maya Avidov about what her favourite films from the 90's were and why.
In episode five I talk to writer,director and dp Maya Avidov about her career, how she started, how the pandemic has effected her work and any of the projects that she will be releasing soon .
In continuation from episode 3 , ( which was a shorter episode ) I spoke to writer and film maker Mark Brown. Episode 4 is continuing from the last episode ( hence his sniffing as the pool man has a cold ) He gives us his top five favourite films from the nineties and explains why those movies are in in his top five list of his all time favourites from that era of cinema.Enjoy!
(P.S. Contains some swearing )
Episode 3 is a short one as writer/ film maker Mark Brown tells us how and why he got into doing his career and how the first lockdown effected his work at the time. He comes back for a much longer episode in episode 4 and gives us his top five countdown of his favourite films from the nineties.
As promised in episode 1 we promised to have Tom back as we enjoyed doing it so much the first time round ! This time we decided to discuss a certain theme and that being of foreign films only. Tom is film critic and screen writer plus a film nerd like me ,so once we get talking about anything film related it's impossible to shut us up! Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we certainly did doing it!
Talking to screen writer,script writer and a close friend of mines. Tom and I were talking over zoom with no camera and just relying on the audio (hence me sometimes interrupting sorry!) Enjoy!