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The official podcast of The Prince Charles Cinema in London! Consider this an audio guide to the programme of your favourite independent cinema, as told by the people who help run the place.

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The official podcast of The Prince Charles Cinema in London! Consider this an audio guide to the programme of your favourite independent cinema, as told by the people who help run the place.

    Good Vibes Only in April 2024

    Good Vibes Only in April 2024

    Last Chance to help Fil's movie, THE REGULARS, get into Film Festivals – Please Share and/or Donate the fundraiser: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-regulars-film-take-two#/
    This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are back with the another edition of THE POD CHARLES CINECAST CLASSIC, expecting only good vibes in the month of April 2024!
    There is so much to see this month! So, join us as we discuss Sean Price Williams' THE SWEET EAST, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's EVIL DOES NOT EXIST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, KING KONG vs GODZILLA, ZODIAC, SUPERBAD, HOT ROD, THE PARALLAX VIEW, David Lynch's DUNE, THE LOST BOYS, JAWBREAKER, and so much more! Plus, there are even some mentions of STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE (which is actually coming in May). There may even be some guitar playing and songs about The Crow... man.
    For full listings and tickets visit: princecharlescinema.com 
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    • 1 hr 24 min
    Book Club : Communion (PREVIEW)

    Book Club : Communion (PREVIEW)

    This is a sample clip from our Patreon feed. If you'd like to hear this episode in its entirety and more episodes like it, subscribe for as little as $1 per month over at patreon.com/thepccpodcast
    In this bonus edition of The Pod Charles Cinecast, your hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas try something a little different, where we are talking about a book that one of us has actually read that has been made into a movie that we then watched, and how the two compare. For the first instalment of this Book Club series, we tackle Whitley Strieber's 1987 non-fiction bestseller, COMMUNION, which was made into the 1989 sci-fi horror of the same name, starring Christopher Walken.
    In December 1985, renowned sci-fi/horror novelist Whitley Strieber (The Wolfen, The Hunger) had an unexplainable experience; a shattering assault from the unknown. Experiences in which he "lost time" and has terrifying flashbacks, which hypnosis undertaken by Dr. Donald F. Klein and ufologist Budd Hopkins later links to an alleged encounter with aliens. To all appearances, he and his family have had a series of elaborate personal encounters with intelligent non-human beings in his isolated cabin in upstate New York. At first, he thought he was losing his mind. Unconcerned with the whole phenomenon of UFOs and extraterrestrials, he viewed them as a false unknown, easily explainable as misperceptions or hallucinations. But the visitors marched right into the middle of the life of this indifferent sceptic.
    Who are these visitors? Where do they come from? Do they represent some as-yet-unidentified aspect of the human mind - incredible, almost beyond comprehension, but essentially human - or are they what they seem to be, visitors of unknown origin? If this happened to you, and you wrote a bestselling novel about it, and decided to make a movie based on your experiences, would you let Christopher Walken come in and improvise a bunch of stuff, dance with puppets, and make you look like a lunatic? I would hope not. 
    We were inspired to dive into this book and its wacky adaptation from our I Want To Believe Arc over last Halloween, where we were discussing Alien Movies. During this arc, we kept asking ourselves, "What really is the alien agenda?" Now, we don't know if we are any closer to the truth after witnessing Christopher Walken dance around with aliens and make the writer of this book look like a complete ass hat, but maybe... just maybe... the truth is still out there!
    "I am you. And you are me. And we are here. I am the dreamer and you are the dream."

    • 13 min
    Brotherly Love 2 - Fargo vs There's Something About Mary

    Brotherly Love 2 - Fargo vs There's Something About Mary

    This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, it's Week 2 of the new miniseries – BROTHERLY LOVE – where we'll once a month be pitting some films from filmmaking brothers the Coen Brothers vs. the Farrelly Brothers. This month, we'll be looking at two of the biggest films from each brother duo, with Joel and Ethan Coen's Academy Award-winning film from 1996, FARGO, vs Peter and Bobby Farrelly's smash hit from 1998, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (we decided to jump ahead to 1998 for Farrelly's so we could pit 1996's Kingpin vs 1998's The Big Lebowski – you know... bowling, dude!)
    In Fargo, Frances McDormand shines as a pregnant police officer attempting to solve three murders in her jurisdiction, that all lead back to William H. Macy – a car salesman who hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife for ransom money. It stands as the Coen Brothers' signature film, that inspired a television, and introduced the world to the endearing Minnesota accent. With a stellar cast, incredible performances, top-notch writing and direction, and brilliant cinematography, it'd be hard for most films to beat it.
    So, how did There's Something About Mary compare? Ben Stiller plays a guy who's looking for the girl that got away – the simply perfect, Mary, played by Cameron Diaz in her breakthrough role. When he hires a private investigator (Matt Dillion) to track her down, the investigator also falls for Mary, leading to a silly love triangle. We've got balls being zipped up in trousers, dogs being drugged, NFL Superstars getting tackled by normal men playing intellectually challenged men, and old lady boobs. It's a Farrelly Brothers film... At least there is the wonderful Jonathan Richman to sing us through the film.
    Which brother will win Brotherly Love, and be crowned the best brother filmmaking duo of the 90s? Tune in to find out...
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    • 1 hr 46 min
    Seagal and Segall, P.I. : The Great Past Life Swindle - BREADCRUMBS

    Seagal and Segall, P.I. : The Great Past Life Swindle - BREADCRUMBS

    Do you believe in past life experiences? What would you do if your child started talking about a past life? Would you consider exorcism? That's just what some of these parents thought when their child claimed to be a downed World War II pilot.
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    • 46 min
    Redpilled in March 2024

    Redpilled in March 2024

    This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are back with the another edition of THE POD CHARLES CINECAST CLASSIC, tackling the month of March at The PCC!
    It's another jam-packed month! Hear us dish out on THE IRON CLAW, FIGHT CLUB, THE MATRIX, OFFICE SPACE, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, DRIVE MY CAR, AMADEUS, CITY OF GOD, VELVET GOLDMINE, a STEVEN SPIELBERG ALL-NIGHTER, HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS and so much more!
    For full listings and tickets visit: princecharlescinema.com
    If you enjoy the podcast, leave a Rating and Review! It really helps us out!
    As always, you can follow the Podcast on http://twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast and http://instagram.com/ThePCCPodcast
    If you'd like to Support the Podcast and get Bonus Content, visit: http://patreon.com/ThePCCPodcast

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Shyamalamania - Lady in the Water (Preview)

    Shyamalamania - Lady in the Water (Preview)

    This is a 5-minute sample clip from our Patreon feed. If you'd like to hear this episode in its entirety and more episodes like it, subscribe for as little as $1 per month over at patreon.com/thepccpodcast
    In this bonus edition of The Pod Charles Cinecast, we are back in the world of SHYAMALAMANIA, where we are charting the films of M. Night Shyamalan in special Patreon exclusive episodes.
    Join hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas, as they dive into the murky waters of a film that some describe as a religious experience. The story centres around a broken man working as a property manager of an apartment complex in Philadelphia. One night he discovers a naked woman in the swimming pool and soon gets dragged into a bedtime story that must see him return this woman (a narf) to her home of the water world. But first, she must clear the mind of an author and inspire him, so that he can write the book that will inspire the person that will change the world. And that author is none other than M. Night himself.... What a twist!
    Of course, we are talking about M. Night Shyamalan's 2006 fantasy thriller, LADY IN THE WATER, starring Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, M. Night Shyamalan and features Jeffrey Wright and Bob Balaban. Enter a world where M. Night is totally losing his mind over criticism, burning bridges with Disney, snapping back at critics, trying to pass off a bedtime story as a real Hollywood movie and dishing out the hot goss in a tell-all book. No, seriously...
    "They Try To Help Man, But Man May Have Forgotten How To Listen."

    • 8 min

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