Celebrating Cinema

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A podcast for the love of cinema! For more info check out our website: https://celebratingcinema.com. As always, we want to hear from you so please get in touch at celebratingcinema@lab111.nl

  1. 4D AGO

    Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice Is A Brutal Take On Capitalism

    In this episode, Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael dive into what might be Park Chan-wook’s masterpiece, No Other Choice, breaking down how it tackles capitalism and the fragile middle-class experience in ways that feel all too real. They also chat about the recent Oscar nominations and the 45th anniversary of Kubrick’s The Shining—exploring why the true horror of this classic, how it clashed with Stephen King’s vision, and why Kubrick would have loved TikTok film debates. Get tickets to No Other Choice Get tickets to The Shining Get tickets to Film Lecture: How To Build A Haunted Hotel? Get tickets to Drink-Along: The Fall Get tickets to Brazil Beneath The Surface

    40 min

  2. JAN 29

    Can We Still Watch Films by Bad People?

    The death of French cinema icon Brigitte Bardot has reignited a familiar and uncomfortable question: can we separate art from the artist? Long celebrated as a screen legend, Bardot’s legacy is also inseparable from her openly expressed far-right views—forcing a renewed reckoning with how we engage with culturally significant work made by morally compromised figures. In this episode of Celebrating Cinema, hosts Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael reflect on their own responsibilities as viewers and critics. They discuss whether watching films by “bad people” can still offer insight into the art and the person behind it, and whether cinema can act as a space to confront difficult ideas rather than retreat from them. If the work already exists, what does critical engagement look like—and do we watch films for their politics, their artistry, or something more complicated? Get tickets to Le Mépris @ LAB111 Get tickets to Diaspora Diarires @ LAB111 Get tickets to Straight to Video: Brain Damage @ LAB111

    40 min

  3. JAN 22

    Hamnet and Movies That Are Secret Shakespeare Plays

    Hosts Laura Gommans and Hugo Emmerzael explore Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (yes, a movie about Shakespeare and his family), alongside a range of movies that are, in one way or another, really just adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Laura and Hugo also discuss Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, a film that may have slipped under the radar this awards season, though Ethan Hawke’s magnetic performance is not to be missed, as well as the endearing documentary Tale of Sylian. Get tickets to Hamnet @ LAB111 Get tickets to Diaspora Diarires @ LAB111 Get tickets to Fight The Power: Goodbye Julia @ LAB111

    41 min

  4. JAN 15

    2000 Metres To Andriivka And Why We Need Documentary Films

    2000 Metres to Andriivka is an extraordinary and deeply immersive war documentary. The latest film from Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov gets hosts Kiriko and Hugo thinking about why we watch documentaries in the first place and what makes them so powerful right now. They talk about how documentary cinema can respond to the urgency of the world around us, while also finding beauty in raw, unfiltered reality. As they unpack Chernov’s almost video game–like sense of movement and immersion, the conversation opens up into a bigger question: are documentaries showing us something that contemporary fiction films are struggling to capture? Get tickets to 2000 Metres to Adrivka @ LAB111 Get tickets to Film & Food: Ramen Shop @ LAB111 Get tickets to Fight The Power: Goodbye Julia @ LAB111 Get tickets to It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley @ LAB111 Listen to Documentary Ethics w/ Miriam Guttman Listen to The Estactic Truth: The Films of Werner Herzog

    49 min

  5. JAN 8

    Why Children Of Men Is The Most Realistic Dystopian Film

    This week, Laura and Hugo dive into films chosen by you. Drawing from our LAB Suggestions programme, where audiences select their favourite films to be shown on the big screen in Amsterdam, they share their standout picks. From the chilling plausibility of Children of Men to a friendly (but pointed) debate over whether Christopher Nolan’s Inception owes more than a little to Satoshi Kon’s Paprika. Along the way, they share tidbits from conversations with Colin Farrell and Alfonso Cuarón, plus a voice note from one of our listeners whose pick, The NeverEnding Story, is heading to the big screen. Get tickets to LAB Suggestions @ LAB111 Get tickets to Hamnet @ LAB111 Get tickets to The Actor’s Archive: Jane Fonda @ LAB111 Get tickets to Fight The Power: Goodbye Julia @ LAB111

    33 min

  6. 12/30/2025

    Ranking the Most Talked About Films of 2025

    As the year comes to a close, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom look back on the films that defined 2025. They revisit their standout favourites, unexpected discoveries, and the releases that missed the mark. They also explore why so many films from major directors felt surprisingly average this year and spotlight a handful of remarkable titles that never reached Dutch cinemas but deserve far more attention. Share your own favourite films of 2025 and join the conversation.

    32 min

  7. 12/18/2025

    Why Sentimental Value Should Win Big At The Oscars

    In this final review roundup before the festive season, hosts Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom take a look at some new releases that should be on your radar this winter. Joachim Trier returns with Sentimental Value, a film about filmmaking and a tender companion to his celebrated feature The Worst Person in the World. Harris Dickerson steps behind the camera for the first time with Urchin, a striking debut anchored by a magnetic performance from Frank Dillane. Rose Byrne offers one of the most moving turns of her career as she navigates the weight of single parenthood in Mary Bronstein's If I Had Legs I Would Kick You. Finally, Left Handed Girl from Shih Ching Tsou offers a quietly affecting study of intimacy as it traces the intertwined lives of a mother and her two daughters, shaped through Tsou’s long standing creative partnership with Sean Baker. Get tickets to Sentimental Value @ LAB111 Get tickets to Urchin @ LAB111 Get tickets to If I Had Legs I'd Kick You @ LAB111 Get tickets to Left-Handed Girl @ LAB111

    34 min

  8. 12/12/2025

    What Makes a Film Festive?

    Host Laura Gommans, an unabashed devotee of festive films, teams up with Kiriko, who prefers her Christmas viewing a little more Eyes Wide Shut than Love Actually. Together they unpack what truly makes a film “festive,” trade beloved classics and oddball alternatives, and dream up which directors should (or absolutely shouldn’t) make a holiday movie. As they share how cinema shapes their own festive traditions. Get tickets to Holiday Classics @ LAB111 Get tickets to LAB111 9th Aniversary Party Get tickets to Girly Pop: The Holiday @ LAB111

    35 min
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About

A podcast for the love of cinema! For more info check out our website: https://celebratingcinema.com. As always, we want to hear from you so please get in touch at celebratingcinema@lab111.nl

Information

  • Creator
    LAB111
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    137
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © LAB111
  • Show Website
    Celebrating Cinema

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