Single Serving Cinema

Single Serving Cinema looks at one critical scene in a movie every other week. We explore how the scene is constructed, what the scene achieves, and what it can tell us about the movie as a whole. Hosted by Tim & Tay.

Podcasting since 2021 • 123 episodes

Single Serving Cinema

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SSC 118: A La Carte 2025

In this special annual episode, Tim and Tay highlight a few notable scenes from 2025. Not necessarily the best or our favourites, but certainly worth seeing!

May 06, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 18 • 2:09:19

SSC 117: Mission: Impossible (De Palma, 1996)

Mission: Impossible follows IMF agent Ethan Hunt as he goes rogue to expose a mole within his own organization after being framed for the deaths of his entire team.Mission: Impossible was released on May 22, 1996, and s...

April 22, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 17 • 1:38:38

SSC 116: Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006)

Casino Royale follows a newly minted James Bond on his first mission as 007, tasked with defeating a terrorist financier in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro.Casino Royale was released on November 17, 2006, and st...

April 08, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 16 • 1:25:35

SSC 115: Sneakers (Alden Robinson, 1992)

Sneakers is a 1992 comedy thriller about a reformed hacker who leads a team of security specialists that break into companies to expose their vulnerabilities. When two mysterious NSA agents recruit them to steal a powerful encryption-c...

March 26, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 15 • 1:27:46

SSC 114: The Matrix (Wachowskis, 1999)

In The Matrix, an unfulfilled computer hacker discovers that reality as he knows it is a simulated world created by machines, and that he may be destined to lead the resistance to free humanity from its digital prison.The M...

March 11, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 14 • 1:46:39

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