The Sound of The Picture House

Kevin and Mike delve into Clouzot's sweaty and tense 1953 classic The Wages of Fear. Frankly, I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Do drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.

Like outlaws on the run we finally get caught and publish a new episode. Ridley Scott's massively entertaining road movie from 1991is the subject, so two old white blokes talk about a popular feminist movie. Not ideal, but bear with us, I think we do it justice. Let us know what you think [email protected]. 

Mike and Kevin delve into Kane, and take a look at 1941, so long ago even Kevin wasn't born, but we do talk about his dad's favourite film and the nightmare of British Quota. Do join in. Now also on Youtube. Proving we both have a good face for radio. 

Join us on the dark and dangerous streets  of East London during the reign of Victoria as we delve into David Lynch's classic The Elephant Man. This podcast was recorded while we had bags over our heads for added authenticity. 

Kevin and Mike give it the old waffle as we discuss our favourite films of 2025. Do they match yours? You will have to listen to find out. Hint: The Smurfs don't make an apperance. 

A treat for Christmas (yeah, I know it's technically Thanksgiving, but that's in the colonies.) Kevin and Mike share the joy and sadness of peak John Hughes and peak John Candy. It's not the destination it's the journey. 

Finally! Kevin and Mike take on Leone's "masterpiece" western and don't always see eye to eye. So narrow your eyes menacingly and make dubbed grunting noises as we travel back to 1968ish. This is a good one. Honest. 

It's Haloween! Kevin and Mike take a good look, through their fingers, at Richard Donner's rather excellent 1976 thriller, horror. Lots to discuss, not least the casting coup that is Hollywood legend Gregory Peck, severed heads and scary doggies. Take journey to the dark side. Please. 

Mike and Kevin dig into Raiders of the Lost Ark. Let's face it one of the greatest action adventure films of all time. Mike fanboys all over the place and Kevin does a terrible Mark Cousins impression. We also delve into 1981, and the fast approaching nadir of the UK cinema industry. Any other podcast means you are digging in the wrong place. 

Kevin and Mike join the Jaws at 50 celebrations and dive into the film that is possibly year zero for movies. They also take a good hard stare at 1975, one of the greatest years for cinema. Exept for British cinema, which was mostly rubbish. 

Restored in all of the K's, Kubrick's "coffee table book of a film" is as magisterial as ever and demands to be seen on the big screen. Kevin and Mike are back with some searing insights.* As well as a peek at what's coming up in the new big screen season.  *may not be true.  

A real big screen treat, Ridley Scott's box office flop turned mega cult hit Blade Runner. Mike and Kevin talk longevity, incept dates and all manner of nonesense. That and a dive into September 1982, when cinema in the UK was on its knees. What fun. 

This month it's a journey up the river to meet the big bald Col Walter E Kurtz and lop his head off basically. Of course this masterpiece is way more than that, so hop on board and Join Kevin and Mike for a discussion and a few laughs as we also delve in to the cinema landscape of 1979. The horror, the horror. 

Billy Wilder's follow up to Some Like it Hot was a double whammy of genius. Best picture Oscars and all the box office. It remains one of the great American films. Kevin and Mike explore the themes and talk other nonsense from 1960. That's the way it crumbles, podcast wise. 

Get on board your camels and take a trip into the desert as Mike and I bang on about one of the most spectacular films ever made. Davis Lean's masterful 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia. Still selling out in Uckfield after all these years. Mad. Lots of other Epic chat too, with some soundtracks thrown in. 

Kevin and Mike talk all things film noir, even if Chinatown isn't really film noir. Discuss. The greatest screenplay ever written? You decide, because we can't. 

Like the film itself, shorter than the first half. Kevin and Mike travel back in time to the year 2001 came out, 1968. What other films were showing? What were the box office hits and what films were playing in sleepy Uckfield while all this was going on? Some film score favourites and the usual old guff. It's fun. Honest. 

An epic film means an epic pod. Kevin & Mike discuss the greatest SciFi of them all and do a deep dive into what it all means. A film Kevin claims to have seen when he was 8 years old and remains one of his most favourite. It's a film like no other. Open the Pod bay doors and throw yourself into the airlock of chat. Or something. 

As a companion to our big screen 4k season at The Picture House, me and Mike Bradbury talk Close Encounters specifically and Sci Fi in general, adding chat about our favourite Sci Fi scores and a couple of suggestions of films you may have missed. We also go into the Time Tunnel, what we were showing in Uckfield and flick through Films Illustrated from March 1978, the year and month Close Encounters was released. What fun! 

A most excellent chat with award winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed about her memories of cinema visits across three continents. It was an absolute joy to reminisce about all manner of films from The Wizard of Oz to Beneath The Planet of The Apes and points in between.

The prodigiously talented actor, writer, director Andy Nyman talks to me about some of his special memories of being in a cinema, including Jaws and The Devils as well as old Leicester cinemas, frightfest and the wonderful thing that is Medicinema. It was a joy.

Film & TV Composer H. Scott Salinas joins Phil & I from LA. A really entertaining and insightful look at film music, the influences and the that go into making a great score. With some cracking tunes.

I'm joined this week by composer, conductor and friend of The Picture House Terry Davies. We have a lovely chat about some great film music by Malcolm Arnold, Bernard Hermann, Alex North and Dave Grusin among others. Terry remains erudite, I blather as usual.

Part two of Phil and I banging on about some of the best scores of 2020. Just as February  looms large. Some fine music and inane chat if that's your thing. Please subscribe and like and tell your friends. Let's keep cinema alive!

We're back with a new name and hopefully some more entertaining podcasts from one of the UK's oldest cinemas. Here is part one of a look back at some of the great scores from 2020. I'm joined by film and TV maker Phil Lott from Los Angeles for some frankly wildly meandering but hopefully fun chat with music. Only you can decide. 

How much bonus can you take? Only one more after this I promise. This week boats. Big boat film music and some good stuff too. So come aboard etc.

This week, cars. Good music, and me wittering on like a fool. Good job no one pays me for this.

I know bonus is not necessarily how you might view it, but here is a podcast version of my 60 minute show on Uckfield FM where I play film music on a theme. This weeks trains. I love trains. 

Bumper edition with comedian, actor and writer Robin Ince, known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage with physicist Brian Cox among many other things. We go back to 1964 & 1966 and meander all over points in-between and beyond. Some hardcore Hammer talk for those that love that stuff as well. It was a delight.

Broadcaster, author and journalist Matthew Sweet and I dip a toe into 1970's exploitation cinema of the saucy kind. Matthew gives us a fascinating and entertaining insight to what might have been going on not just in the country but inside my fathers head.

Film producer and critic Catherine Bray joins me for a chat that covers event cinema, crappy trailers, the ABC Bournemouth and June 2013 when we were showing the dazzling Liberace film, Behind The Candelabra. There was laughing.

Broadcasting legend Peter Curran joins me for a meander through The Missionary and Tootsie from 1983. We also tip our hat to Withnail and I and Peter's connections with the early days of cinema in Belfast.

Composer, writer and presenter Neil Brand & I talk Close Encounters and Airplane as well as memories of Burgess Hill and the Odeon Brighton.

In an instant overhaul of the podcast I realise me droning on is not the most exciting, so in an effort to make things more interesting and me look good, I have drafted in some brilliant guests. This week the BBC's Francine Stock joins me to talk about June 1970, Ken Russell, pretending to be 18, and why cinema is still the best.

Welcome to the first of a weekly series of new shorter podcasts that  delves into what The Picture House Uckfield was showing this week in years gone by. This week it's April 5th 1981.

It's Christmas and I'm joined by old Saint Nick Roe to talk about Christmas movies. It goes reasonably well. Is Die Hard the best Christmas film and what do you get a Wookie for Christmas, when he already owns a comb? 

A somewhat dithering gallop through the year that was 2018, listing my faves and the top box office in Uckfield. 

We reach the end of the decade. 1979 a watershed year for The Picture House Uckfield, as we go from one to two screens. Whoo and also hoo!

A bumper year in the end, mainly due to John Travolta and ABBA, all before we shut down for the big two screen conversion. 

Lots of John Williams and some Stanley Kubrick also Dogder is back as 007. Midway through the decade of decline. Such fun!

The time tunnel is back and dumps us in 1981. 

A ramshackle start to a new set of shows. The music is good though. 

A barely coherent ramble through my childhood, growing up in a cinema, as The Picture House celebrates 100 years. 

He's back for two shows! Run for the hills or better still listen to old guff about the year just gone filmwise. Part 2 to follow. 

Westerns this week, and good music and all the usual old guff. 

A bit of everything frankly. Great indie music from Slaves and Bohicas and movie music from war films. Where the hell else would you get that? 

Back for a shortish of seven shows until Christmas. Calm yourselves. Featuring Interstellar music and all sorts of other goodies. You know the drill. 

A now the end is near. Last show in the season, try not to be too upset. 

Tonight's guest is the urbane and entertaining Jon Barrenechea from Picturehouse Cinemas. Good show, if I do say so myself.