Cinema Under The Stairs
by Cinema Under The Stairs
Cinema Under The Stairs - the smash-hit sensation, pop-up cinema from Oxford has been delivering a truly unique and inclusive experience for the movie-loving audience. 'CUTS' offers the chance to rewatch classics on the big screen again with a fun-loving, immersive crowd. Tickets for a 'CUTS' night is gold dust and movie nights sell out in seconds! So to offer the CUTS experience to a larger audience, this podcast was created where we discuss the movies we screen as well as the madness involved in running our 'underground punk cinema'.WE are Cinema Under The Stairsand THIS is your podcast.
Episodes
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24 - Oscar Specialish
Rance and Steve get together to talk about this year's Oscar nominations because Rance actually likes films and because he has gathered a substantial dossier of kompromat on Steve. The others didn't even turn up. Maybe they're dead. Maybe Rance killed them.
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23 - We're Back Again!
After an undefined period of time, four of our favourite CUTS crew members have found their way back from the wilderness and into the mossy haven of Wazza's shed. The gentle tweets of the Blue Tits are cut through with the squawks of Crows from high up above in the bare overhanging branches of…
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22 - Speed
"Keanu Reeves vehicle bombs" could describe a number of his early movies but it's also the plot of the film that put the BUS in Blockbuster (then ramped it off a bridge and into a plane full of explosives) - Jan de Bont's 1995 amphetamine fuelled action classic, Speed. Join Jimbo, Waz and Sal as...
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21 - The Lost Boys
Sal, Rance, Wazza, Joe, Jimbo and Steve are back! Except without Rance, Joe and Jimbo! The good ones turned up though and we talked about Steve's first choice for CUTS: the legendary 1987 sexy teen vampire black comedy horror music video, Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys. Join us as we try, with...
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20 - Shocktober - Rance meets Edward Parnell
Shocktober 2021, Oxford's smash-hit horror festival draws to a close for another year. We'll be bringing you a full CUTS squad round up of the event shortly but as an appetiser, here's Rance talking to one of his favourite modern writers, Edward Parnell, author of The Listeners and Ghostland - In...
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19 - Top Secret!
The first film of the new dawn of CUTS was Top Secret! Our beloved audience arrived, compelled by curiosity, filing in to the Tap Social, desperate to discover the identity of the mystery film. We could only repeat that it was Top Secret! Maddened by frustration, the crowd cried. "TELL US WHAT…
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18 - We're Back!
For months, we've been looking at each other through rectangles like that guy in Midnight Express when his girlfriend visits and Sal unbuttons his shirt and cries a bit while Steve gropes the glass and starts desperatBUT NOT ANYMORE! Finally, thanks to science, we're back. Bigger, balder and…
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17 - Rockers - Lockdown Special
Horsemouth: "I-man serve Selassie I continually. No matter what the weak heart say. And I know that I & I is like a tree, plant by the river of water, and not even the dog that piss against the wall of Babylon shall escape this judgment. For I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day...
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16 - Justice League: The Snyder Cut - Lockdown Special
Rance has found himself at Her Majesty's pleasure after his sausage slinging scheme went south. Worse still, he's been subjected to a modern day version of the Ludovico Technique in a pointless attempt to prepare him for civil society. Let's listen in on his phone call to Sal and find out what…
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15 - Robocop - Lockdown Special
Hello You! Because we just can't help ourselves, we've done another Lockdown Special. For this one Sal and new boy Steve are getting overexcited about one of their favourite films; a touching love story about a young policeman, his large automatic pistol and the heartless business men that try to...
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13 - The Thing - Lockdown Special
Hello You! Welcome to a new series of episodes during this pandemic. As we're unable to do our usual monthly review on the films we screen at our beloved cinema, we've decided to create a series of smaller, one-to-one episodes where Sal chats with one of the CUTS Crew to retro review a movie…
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12 - Mutiny Under the Stairs - The Matrix
Wazza the cabin boy and Jimbo the ship's mate have hijacked the HMS CUTS. These two mutineers steer the beloved vessel into dangerous waters for one night only. Enjoy, 'Mutiny Under The Stairs'.
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Color Out Of Space : In-n-Out Review
CUTS' very own crafty cockneys Rance and Sal take a trip back to their old stomping ground to watch cult director Richard Stanley's 'Color Out Of Space' at the legendary Prince Charles Cinema in London's Leicester Square. Adapted from HP Lovecraft's cosmic horror short story, will Stanley be able...
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11 - Glengarry Glen Ross
Hello you! In episode 11 of the Cinema Under The Stairs Podcast we discuss one of Sal's all time favourites, Glengarry Glenn Ross, along with movie news, our recommendations and a new segment called The Dead Zone. I apologise for the poor sound quality - not only did I screw up by not recording…
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Birds of Prey : In-n-Out Review
Here it is you lucky buggers! Our very first In-n-Out review!! In addition to our main podcast we're bringing you bite-sized (under 15 minute) reviews of films as they're released. The start of the podcast is spoiler free and, after a suitable warning and time to turn off, we go full on...
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Introducing… In-n-Out Reviews
Hello you! We're chuffed to announce that we're bringing you a new addition to the CUTS Podcast - In-n-Out Reviews! Two of the CUTS crew will go and watch a new film at the cinema and record a bite-sized 15 minute review. The first half will be spoiler-free so you can decide if you want to spend...
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10 - The CUTS Choice Of 2019
THIS IS IT! Our top 25 films of 2019 and boy do we have a selection for you! We have some of the big players as well as some you never saw coming! What a year it’s been for cinema and if you didn’t manage to catch them all don’t worry, this episode offers you 25 must-see movies of the last year....
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9 - SE7EN
We screened David Fincher's SE7EN at Cinema Under The Stairs and the CUTS crew share their thoughts on one of the darkest crime movies ever made. We also preview our Christmas Special screening where we get the audience to vote for the movie and will only be revealed when Jimbo hits play on the...
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8 - Shocktober
In this episode we discuss Shocktober Festival, our first movie festival featuring Lamberto Bava's Demoni, Ringu, The Exorcist, The Haunting, Evil Dead 2 and In the Mouth of Madness, this month's movie news (links below), and our recommendations. Links from this episode: Monos Color Out Of Space...
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7 - The Hitcher
In this episode we run through the latest movie news (links below), this month's Cinema Under The Stairs screening The Hitcher, our upcoming horror film festival Shocktober(!), answer your questions and list our recommendations. Links from this episode: Knives Out Trailer Shocktober Dom's…
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6 - Fight Club
In this month's episode we discuss Fight Club, the film we screened for our monthly popup cinema in Oxford, along with the latest movie news and our monthly recommendations. Find out more about CUTS, including our upcoming horror festival Shocktober on our website http://cinemaunderthestairs.com...
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5 - Video Shops
We're not screening a movie at our popup cinema in Oxford this month so we discuss Video Shops, the latest movie news, answer your questions and our recommendations. Find out more about CUTS on our website http://cinemaunderthestairs.com and follow us on Twitter for news and banter...
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4 - Alien
In this episode we discuss Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi/horror classic ALIEN (Star Beast!), the movie we're screening at our popup cinema in Oxford this month. Plus the latest movie news including Doctor Sleep, Frozen 2, LeMans 66 and our recommendations. Find out more about CUTS on our website...
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2 - Sporting Movies
Join us for our second episode of the Cinema Under The Stairs podcast!! In this episode we list our top sports movies from Bull Durham to He Got Game and Coach Carter to Raging Bull. We discuss movie news like the new Sonic The Hedgehog movie and its questionable character design and there's an...
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1 - How We Made A Cinema
The first ever CUTS episode, warts and all! 😱This was our very first attempt at a podcast so this episode is very rough and ready – we recommend jumping in at episode 4 (Alien) to get a better idea of what the rest of the episodes will be like and then coming back to 1, 2 and 3 for some raw…
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About this show
Cinema Under The Stairs - the smash-hit sensation, pop-up cinema from Oxford has been delivering a truly unique and inclusive experience for the movie-loving audience. 'CUTS' offers the chance to rewatch classics on the big screen again with a fun-loving, immersive crowd. Tickets for a 'CUTS' night is gold dust and movie nights sell out in seconds! So to offer the CUTS experience to a larger audience, this podcast was created where we discuss the movies we screen as well as the madness involved in running our 'underground punk cinema'.WE are Cinema Under The Stairsand THIS is your podcast.
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