I know we haven't done a new episode in ages but as we greet the new year, we thought we'd look back at 2022, and look ahead to what 2023 holds.Featuring:Our holiday viewing, including Avatar: The Way of Water.A f...

“Nothing is more anarchic than power” This quote by  one Pier Paolo Pasolini is the guiding theme behind the latest pairing from FelixWe talk two films about the unchecked cruelty of the ruling classes ena...

With our screening of Gamer coming up on August 2nd, we pair Neveldine and Taylor's anrachic, ahead-of-its-time cult favourite with  Eugene Kotlyarenko's Spree. Both films explore the role of technology in an increasingly divided societ...

Season Four is here. We start our deep dive into how the theme of "chaos" has been explored on film with a classic pairing from Felix. We take  a look at Andrzej Żuławski's controversial folk horror/erotic thriller Szamanka (1996) and t...

Just a quick one - come and see Gamer on August 2nd with an introduction from critic and author Steven Shaviro and music after the film.Tickets here:https://www.cinemarising.com/...

For this season finale, we break format to pair a film, not with another film, but with a concept. Pushing the structure of a double-feature podcast to breaking point,  we look at Billy Wilder's 1950 noir classic, then look at how conte...

In the penultimate episode of the season, we look at one film you know and one you might not. We talk the certified best film ever, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, alongside Ronald Chase’s Bruges-La-Morte.Vertigo (1958) Burdene...

In this episode, we are joined by filmmaker (and Felix's roommate) Andrea Ratti.Andrea's WebsiteAndrea's LetterboxdHis picks...

We welcome filmmaker Thomas Watchorn to discuss two films that deploy elements of folk horror, but remain markedly different to more conventional entries in the sub-genre.Tom's Vimeo Page

Returning champion Joe MacDonald joins us in the basement as we look at the intersection of memory and technology, the past and the future.Sans Soleil (1983) Chris Marker's galaxy-brained video essay moves from Africa to Japan as...

This week, we are joined by Cardiff-based artist and designer Beth Morris, who programmes two strange romances that explore the collision of myth, romance and memory.Beth's insta: @b...

For our first episode of the new year, we are very excited to welcome filmmaker and musician Matt Farley. For an intro to Matt's work, check out our discussion of Heard She Got Married from the start of this season.We battled t...

We close out the year with one pic from each of the lads - two festive noirs coming at memory in very different ways. We also devote our middle section to a discussion of 2021 in cinema: What was good? What was bad? Don't form your own opinion,...

Two of cinema's greatest Adams, together at last. Felix programmes a double-bill themed around amnesia, one that yields a truly incredible result. Listen to find out more. The Living Dead: Three Films About the Power of the Past (199...

The second episode of our "memory" season  - this time we look at two films about what happens when you get so drunk you forget what happened the night before.Also, the sound quality improves in the second half, apologies for the A...

We made it to Season Three...this time we explore "memory", kicking off with a top-tier double bill from Felix, based around the toxicity of nostalgia. Follow the show on Instagram @cin...

We close out our second season with a stellar double-bill from Felix and our second Halloween episode. Two horror films about fashion, beauty, consumerism and of course, ritual.We've already started recording episodes for the next seaso...

This episode marks the first one to come out featuring Felix as the official second mic. As we've already started recording Season 3, I'm hoping there'll be less gap between episodes going forward. We should have another veeeery scary ritual/ha...

Felix is back - graciously agreeing to discuss a pair of my own choosing. We examine the rituals around sex work, from both sides of the exchange.  Although I picked this for the tail-end of "Ritual", this pairing could equally have come u...

This week, all the way from Los Angeles, California: Al Warren. Al is a filmmaker, actor, and musician. We met on Instagram a few months ago and after exchanging many DMs, I asked him to come on the show. Thankfully, he agreed, choosing...

Buy a ticket for the Cinema Rising x Grandfields nightFelix's YouTube ChannelBrand new guest this week: please we...

Buy a ticket for the Cinema Rising x Grandfields night Listen to the podcast Esther produces with her sister - Match of th...

The lads get a little twisted as they plumb the depths of exactly what the sicko elites get up to behind closed doors. Take a deep pull off your Marlboro, throw on your tinfoil hat, and start connecting the dots...Society (1989) ...

Making his Season Two debut, returning champion Alasdair Bayman has programmed two British classics: Robin Hardy's hugely influential The Wicker Man (1973) is something of an urtext for the genre now known as "folk-horror". An un...

This week, I am joined by Rob Szeliga, a sound designer, filmmaker and volunteer with the Deptford Cinema. We break format a bit to look at not two, but three films connected by their use of sound (or lack thereof in one case).