Edinburgh Film Podcast The University of Edinburgh

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/47qqP6PEyes 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/45BaHOlThe Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, 1973) IMDb: https://edin.ac/3PW21w5Staff pages:Dr Ana Salzberg https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-ana-salzbergDr Pasquale Iannone https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/piannone

Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr David Sorfa, the
programme director of the MSc and PhD in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and his colleagues Dr Pasquale Iannone, Dr Chiara
Quaranta and Dr Hoi Lun Law about 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)