Edinburgh Film Podcast

On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Professor Catherine O’Rawe.
Catherine is Professor of Italian Film and Culture at the University of Bristol. Her books include Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema (2014).
Catherine discusses her latest monograph The Non-Professional Actor: Italian Neorealist Cinema and Beyond (2023) where she provides detailed, engaging analysis of the role and function of the non-professional actor both during and after the neorealist era.

In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Don Boyd, a Scottish-born filmmaker with more than fifty years experience working in both Hollywood and the UK. 

As well as directing his own successful features and documentaries, Don produced some of the most bold and boundary-pushing British films of the 70s and 80s - works as diverse as Alan Clarke’s borstal drama Scum (1979) and Derek Jarman’s flamboyant adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1979).

In this fascinating, wide ranging conversation, Don talks to Pasquale about producing the 1987 film Aria. 

For this project, Don invited ten internationally acclaimed directors to make a short film based on an operatic aria. The stellar line-up  included Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Robert Altman and Jean-Luc Godard. 

As well as providing insight into his working relationship with these giants of world cinema, Don reflects on the enduring legacy of Aria and discusses some of the contemporary directors he would approach were he making a modern opera film.

Host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by MSc Film Studies student Russell Shen to discuss two films by the great Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien: 1987 drama Daughter of the Nile and the director's final film, The Assassin (2015).

A special edition of the podcast dedicated to Filmhouse, Edinburgh's much-loved independent cinema. Host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Rod White, Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Raymah Tariq and David Boyd.

In this Halloween special, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by current MSc Film Studies student Sebastian Gilling-Ulph to discuss dark filmic fairytales.
Films discussed:
Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) https://edin.ac/47qqP6P
Eyes Without A Face (Georges Franju, 1959) https://edin.ac/47a3c1R

In this first episode of the new season, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Film Studies colleague Dr Ana Salzberg (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies) to discuss autumn in film.
Main films discussed:
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jack Clayton, 1983) IMDb: https://edin.ac/45BaHOl
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, 1973) IMDb: https://edin.ac/3PW21w5
Staff pages:
Dr Ana Salzberg https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-ana-salzberg
Dr Pasquale Iannone https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/piannone

Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr David Sorfa, the programme director of theMSc and PhD in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and his colleaguesDr Pasquale Iannone, Dr Chiara Quaranta and Dr Hoi Lun Lawabout their personal best of film and television in 2021.

Films and TV mentioned (in order of mention):

Celine Sciamma – Petite Maman (2021)

Leos Carax – Annette (2021)

David Lean – Brief Encounter (1945)

Kar-Wai Wong - In the Mood for Love (2000)

Paolo Sorrentino – Hand of God (2021)

Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch (2021)

Marta Kauffman, Howard J. Morris -Grace and Frankie (2015-2022)

Paolo Sorrentino - The Young Pope (2016)

Charters and Caldicott (1985)

Mike Flanagan – Midnight Mass (2021)

Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-)

Leonardo Fasoli, Stefano Bises, Roberto Saviano - Gomorrah (2014-2021)

Molly Smith Metzler – Maid (2021)

Russell T. Davies – It’s a Sin (2021)

Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi - Reservation Dogs (2021)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car (2021)

Peter Jackson - The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

Pablo Larrain – Spencer (2021)

Michael Caton-Jones – Our Ladies (2019)

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (2021)

Park Chan-wook – The Handmaiden (2016)

Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr David Sorfa, the programme director of theMSc and PhD in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and his colleaguesDr Pasquale Iannone, Dr Chiara Quaranta and Dr Hoi Lun Lawabout their personal best of film and television in 2021.

Films and TV mentioned (in order of mention):

Celine Sciamma – Petite Maman (2021)

Leos Carax – Annette (2021)

David Lean – Brief Encounter (1945)

Kar-Wai Wong - In the Mood for Love (2000)

Paolo Sorrentino – Hand of God (2021)

Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch (2021)

Marta Kauffman, Howard J. Morris -Grace and Frankie (2015-2022)

Paolo Sorrentino - The Young Pope (2016)

Charters and Caldicott (1985)

Mike Flanagan – Midnight Mass (2021)

Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-)

Leonardo Fasoli, Stefano Bises, Roberto Saviano - Gomorrah (2014-2021)

Molly Smith Metzler – Maid (2021)

Russell T. Davies – It’s a Sin (2021)

Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi - Reservation Dogs (2021)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car (2021)

Peter Jackson - The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

Pablo Larrain – Spencer (2021)

Michael Caton-Jones – Our Ladies (2019)

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (2021)

Park Chan-wook – The Handmaiden (2016)

Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

In early April 2022, Kat Zabecka spoke to University of EdinburghMSc Film Studies students Niamh Carey-Furness and Yvonne Wang, founders of The Film Dispatch magazine,an exciting student-led initiative.

In early April 2022, Kat Zabecka spoke to University of EdinburghMSc Film Studies students Niamh Carey-Furness and Yvonne Wang, founders of The Film Dispatch magazine,an exciting student-led initiative.