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We’re going to be talking about a really big expensive movie and a tiny indie film on this week's show, but coincidentally they are both about marauding gangs of road warriors fighting over natural resources, so there’s definitely a bit in common there.
That big film is George Miller’s bombastic revenge saga Furiosa, and the smaller film is Weston Razooli’s nostalgic kids’ adventure fantasy Riddle of Fire.
And as it's Pride month, we pick out some of the best LGBTQ+ films playing at Glasgow Film Theatre and Edinburgh's Cameo throughout June, as well as suggesting some lesser-spotted queer films you should watch at home this month.
TIMESTAMPS:What We've Been Watching: The Matrix, Working Girl and Netflix series Scavengers Reign (1:08)Furiosa review (10:27)Riddle of Fire review (23:00)Our pick of the Queer films (in cinemas and at home) for Pride (40:32)
Follow the team on Twitter @ptrsmpsn @anahitrooz @jamiedunnesq @lew_rob_, get us on Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd and TikTok @thecineskinny, email us at cineskinny@theskinny.co.uk; recorded at EHFM, Summerhall – ehfm.live
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

George Mackay is one of the most interesting young actors from these shores and a firm CineSkinny favourite. We were massive fans of Mackay's recent film, Femme, from last year, and barely an episode goes by on the pod without us mentioning the wonderful Pride.
Back in March, we sat down with Mackay while he was visiting Glasgow Film Festival for the UK premiere of The Beast, a heady sci-fi romance spread across three timelines. We chat to him about The Beast, AI, his favourite film roles and having to act in French opposite Léa Seydoux. Have a listen!
TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction (0:05)How Mackay chooses his roles (1:58)How he got the part of Louis in The Beast (4:55)Working with writer-director Bertrand Bonello (9:15)What Mackay took away from the script (9:58)Learning French for the role (15:05)Working with Léa Seydoux (18:38)The rise of AI (20:30)His favourite of his own films (24:00)
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Recorded on location at Glasgow Film Festival
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod  (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 

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This week we dive into the hallucinogenic world of Disco Boy, which stars European arthouse cinema's current It boy Franz Rogowski as an undocumented Belarusian immigrant who joins the French Foreign Legion.
We also take a look at Evil Does Not Exist, the latest from Ryusuke Hamaguchi. This Japanese filmmaker has amassed a cult following but he's still to convince some of our hosts on the pod. Will Evil Does Not Exist change their minds?
And with Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher getting a 25th-anniversary rerelease this month, we look back at the four feature films to date from this visionary Scottish filmmaker.
TIMESTAMPS:Monster, Mr and Mrs Smith (2024), Sex, Lies & Videotapes and Irish Wish (1:50)Disco Boy review (10:55)Evil Does Not Exist review (23:54)The films of Lynne Ramsay (37:30)
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Follow the team on Twitter @ptrsmpsn @anahitrooz @jamiedunnesq @lew_rob_, get us on Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd and TikTok @thecineskinny, email us at cineskinny@theskinny.co.uk; recorded at EHFM, Summerhall – ehfm.live
Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license