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First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film — 243 episodes

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Obsession (Edward Dmtryk, 1949) and Pastor Hall (Roy Boulting, 1940)

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Cinema Resdiscovered 2026 Wrap-Up

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Death of A Cyclist (Juan Antonio Bardem 1955)

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Pamela Hutchinson on THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY

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Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Tarik Saleh and The Cairo Trilogy

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Last Days (Gus Van Sant, 2005)

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José Arroyo in Conversation With Glyn Davis on Rebel Without A Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)

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James Cullen on Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: The Gus Van Sant Podcast No. 7

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Arroyo in Conversation with James McEvoy on Film Programmig at Warwick Arts Centre

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Maskerade (Willi Forst, 1934)

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Cinema Mentiré

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RYAN GILBEY, IT USED TO BE WITCHES: UNDER THE SPELL OF QUEER CINEMA

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Absolute Beginners (Julien Temple, 1986)

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Cinema Rediscovered Wrap-Up 2025

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In Conversation with Sam Shahid, director of HIDDEN MASTERS: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Daniel Bird on THE FALL OF OTRAR (Ardak Amirkulov, 1991)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Cinema Rediscovered 2025 Preview

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Thinking Aloud About Film: DELITTO D’AMORE (Luigi Comencini, 1974).

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Ritrovato Round-Up 2025 with Pamela Hutchinson

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Thinking Aloud About Film: (Arrebato, Iván Zulueta, 1979)

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JAMES TAYLOR on THE SUPERHERO BLOCKBUSTER: ADAPTATION, STYLE AND MEANING

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Le Jour se lève (Marcel Carné, 1939)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: One Second (Zhang Yimou, 2020)

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Diego Cepeda on OUTSKIRTS

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In Conversation with...Paul Cuff on Nosferatu (Robert Eggers, 2024)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: l'innocente (Luchino Visconti, 1976)

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Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Ackerman, 1975)

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Shanghai Blues (Tsui Hark, 1984)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Bellissima (Luchino Visconti, 1951)

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Dr. Ben Lamb on THE WIRE

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José Arroyo In Conversation With Fiona Cox On Wicked (Jon M. Chu, 2024)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Dylan Day on Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Madeleine Lear on One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek, 2002)

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POFCRIT Podcast 2024: James Thompson on Under The Silver Lake (David Robert Mitchell, 2018)

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The Gus Van Sant Podcast No. 6 :Michael J. Glass on Good Will Hunting (1997)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Jake Diamond on I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Lily Stripe on Blue Lagoon (Randal Klaiser, 1980)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024 -- Yu Hua on Fallen Angels (Won Kar Wai, 1995)

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The Gus Van Sant Podcast 5A: Richard Drew on To Die For (1995)

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POFCRIT Podcast: Ying Qi on Tangled (Nathan Greno, Byron Howard; 2011)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Eva de Matos on Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2004)

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The Gus Van Sant Podcast 2: Lisa Purse on EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES (1993)

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POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Meg Tebbutt on Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (SAm Raimi, 2022)

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Fiola Odusote on EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan, 2022)

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POFCRIT 2024: Rowan Abbott on EO (Jerzy Skolimowski, 2022)

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Pordenone Silent Film Festival 43

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Jack Hulbert On The Batman

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MATT HAYS ON TO DIE FOR (GUS VAN SANT, 2005)

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Practice of Film Criticism 2024: Harry Molloy on Superman (Richard Donner, 1978)

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Funny Games (2007) - Practice Of Film Criticism Podcast

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The Gus Van Sant Podcast No. 3: My Own Private Idaho

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The Gus Van Sant Podcast No. 2: Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

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José Arroyo in Conversation With Edmund Stenson on Blink

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The Gus Van Sant Podcast -- Mala Noche (1985)

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In Converssation with Alastair Phillips on Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)

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José Arroyo in Conversation With Siavash Minoukadeh

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Cinema Rediscovered 2024 Wrap-Up

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Cinema Rediscovered 2024 - Preview

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Sheldon Hall on ARMCHAIR CINEMA

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Daniel Bird on Sergei Parajanov

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Lorena Pino

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Ritrovato Round-up 2024

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José Arroyo in conversation with Ross Higgins on the Archives Gaies du Québec

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In Conversation with Richard Layne on 'Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind'

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Sean Burns on DOROTHY TOWERS and DEATH

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Out Of The Blue ((Chen Kun-Hou, Taiwan, 1983)

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In Conversation with Gary Needham on All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh,UK, 2023)

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He Never Gives Up (Li Hsing, Taiwan, 1978)

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Four Moods (Taiwan, 1970)

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Storm Over The Yangtze River (Li Han-hsiang, Taiwan, 1969)

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Good Morning Taipei (Li Hsing, Taiwan, 1979)

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In Conversation with..... Prof. Dolores Tierney

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The Driver’s Seat/ Identikit (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1974)

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La Mujer murcielago/ The Batwoman (Rene Cardona, Mexico, 1968)

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The Witch's Mirror (Chano Urueta, Mexico,1962)

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In Conversation with Pamela Hutchinson on The Red Shoes

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Jan Jílek

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EL ESQUELETO DE LA SEÑORA MORALES/ THE SKELETON OF MRS MORALES (Rogelio A. Gonzalez. Mexico, 1960

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Stronger Than Love/ Más fuerte que el amor (Cuba/ Mexico, Tulio Demicheli, 1955)

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Thinking Aloud About Film - Her Man (Tay Garnett, 1930)

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Trotacalles/ Streetwalker (Matilde Landeta, Mexico, 1951)

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The Eloquent Peasant (Shadi Abdel Salam, 1970)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Deep Crimson (Arturo Ripstein, 1996)

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Bushman (David Schickele, 1971)

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Cinema Rediscovered 2023

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Thinking Aloud About Film: The Killers (1946 and 1964)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Ritrivato 23

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Comrades (Bill Douglas, UK, 1986)

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Stella Dallas (Henry Kind, 1925)

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Water Drops On Burning Rocks (François Ozon, France, 2000)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: The Bill Douglas Trilogy

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Fox And His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany, 1975)

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Prisioneros de la tierra/Prisoners of the Earth (Mario Soffici, Argentina, 1939).

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Beware of the Holy Whore

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DE CIERTA MANERA/ One Way Or Another (Sara Gomez, Cuba, 1974)

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Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2023 Bo'Ness

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El imperio de la fortuna/ The Realm of Fortune (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1986)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Cadena perpetua/ Life Sentence (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1979)

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The Holy Office (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1974)

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Place Without Limits/ El lugar sin limites (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1978)

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Black Widow/ La viuda negra (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1977)

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Castle Of Purity (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1972)

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Three Shorts by Charlotte Wells

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Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022)

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Interview With Matthew Hays

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, France/Senegal, 1966)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: A Time To Love/ Sevmek Zamani (Metin Erksan, Turkey, 1965)

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In Conversation with Josh Bullen on UNSILENCED: THE RESILIENCE OF QUEER CINEMA

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Fran Hughes, with Tom Farrell, on 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, 2016)

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Dry Summer/ Susuz Yaz (Metin Erksan, Turkey, 1963)

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Lizzie Uzzell on Pride And Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005)

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Tom Farrell & Fran Hughes on Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Woman With Knife (Timite Bassori, 1969)

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Lily Edwardes-Hill and Luke Brown on Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)

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The Practice of Film Criticism Podcast 2022 with Luke Brown & Lily Edwardes- Hill on Shin Godzilla

118

Sam Hamilton on Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bi Gan, 2018)

119

Harry Watts, Once Upon A Time in America (S. Leone, 1984)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Pedro Almodóvar 5 - Matador, with special guest Harry Russell

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Practice Of Criticism Podcast 2022: Episode - 1 Lock Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels, withJack Brazil

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What Have I Done To Deserve This?

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Pedro Almodóvar Podcast No. 3: Dark Habits/ Entre Tinieblas

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Pedro Almodovar 2 - Labyrinth Of Passion (1982)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Pedro Almodóvar 1 - Pepi. Luci, Bom (1980)

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Cinema Rediscovered 2022, Bristol Watershed 2022, Final Round-up

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Cinema Rediscovered Day 3, Round-Up 2

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Cinema Rediscovered Round-up Day 1, 2022

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In Conversation with Mark Fuller: Bristol Cinema Rediscovered 2022

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Thinking Aloud About Film Talks Fregonese at Ritrovato 2022

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Thinking Aloud About Film talks to Pamela Hutchinson about Ritrovato 2022

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Moneyboys (C.B. Yi, Taiwan, 2021

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Richard Dyer On Judy Garland

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Child Of Another Vwith Music

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Pressure (Horace Ové, 1976)

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Thinking Aloud About Film; O Soleil, (Med Hondon, France, 1970)

137

Law Of The Border/Hudutlarin Kanunu (Lüti Ömed Akad, Turkey, 1966)

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Tom Waugh on Hard to Imagine

139

The Housemaid (Kim Ki-young, South Korea, 1960)

140

Thinking Aloud About Film: Pixote (Hector Babenco, Brazil, 1981)

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Alex Santos-Edgar & José Arroyo on La Haine (Matthieu Kassovitz, 1995)

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Andrew Moor on Derek Jarman

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Thinking Aloud About Film with Pamela Hutchinson on Hippfest

144

Four Pere Portabella Shorts on MUBI

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Umbracle (Pere Portabella, Spain, 1972)

146

Men Behind The Sun (Mou Tun-fei, China, 1988)

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Thinking Aloud About Film: A Deadly Secret (Mou Tun-fei, Hong Kong, 1980

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Lost Souls (Mou Tun-fei, Hong Kong, 1980)

149

The End Of The Track (Mou Tun-Fei, Taiwan, 1970)

150

I Didn't Dare Tell You (Tun-Fei Mou, Taiwan, 1969)

151

Taipei Suicide Story (Keff, Taiwan, 2020)

152

Nocturne 29 (Pere Portabella, Spain, 1969)

153

Ali In Wonderland/ Ali aux pays des merveilles

154

The Youssef Chahine podcast No, 44: Le Chaos (2007)

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Four Shorts by Chahine

156

Thinking Aloud About Film: The Youssef Chahine Film Club No. 3: Mandabi (Ousmane Sembène, 1968)

157

Encounter At The Station With Music

158

The Will (Kamal Selim, 1939)

159

Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh 2021 -- Wrap-up

160

Splendid Float (Zero Chou, 2004) Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh 2001

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Interview with Curator Kuan-ping Liu, Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh, 2021

162

Peony Birds (Huang Yu-Shan, 1990), Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh

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Best Secret Agent (Chang Yin, 1964)Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 42: Contexts - Omar Gatlatlo (Merzak Allouache, 1976)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 41: A Nightingale's Prayer (Henry Barakat, 1959)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 40: Let's Talk (Marianne Khoury, 2019)

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Return Of Prodigal Podcast: The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 39: Youssef Chahine on MUBI

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José Arroyo in Conversation With ....Ana María Sánchez-Arce on The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar

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The Hou Hsiao-hsien Podcast no. 25: Contexts 15 -- Growing Up (Chen Kunhou, 1983)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien: 24 Contexts 14 -That Day On The Beach (Edward Yang, 1982)

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José Arroyo In Conversation with....Ilaria Puliti...on Luca (Enrico Casarosa, 2021).

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 23: Contexts 13 - In Our Time, 1982)

173

Ritrovato 2021 with Richard Layne & José Arroyo: Digital Offerings

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 22: Contexts 12 - Our Time, Our Story (Hsiao Chu-chen, 2002)

175

Hou Hsiao-hsien 21: A City of Sadness (Taiwan, 989)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 20: Contexts 11 - The Terrorizers (Edward Yang, 1986)

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Hou Hsian-hsien 19: Context 10 - Taipei Story (Edward Yang, 1985)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 18: Contexts 9 -- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (Chinlin Hsieh, 2014)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 17: Contexts 8 - The Rice Dumpling Vendors (Hsin Chi, 1969)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 16: Contexts 7 - Dangerous Youth (Hsin Chi, 1969)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 15: Contexts 6 - Foolish Bride Naive Bridegroom, Hsin Chi, 1967

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 14: Contexts 5 - The Bride Who Returned From Hell (Hsin Chi, 1965)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 13: Contexts 4 - May 13 Night of Sorrows (Lin Tuan-Chiu, 1965)

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Hou Hsia Hsien 12: Contexts 3 - Six Suspects, 1965, Lin-Tuan-Chiu

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 11: Contexts 2: King Hu, Dragon Inn (1967) & A Touch of Zen

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 10: Contexts: The Husband's Secret (Lin Tuan-qiu, Taiwan, 1960)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 9: Daughter Of The Nile (1987)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 8: Dust in the Wind (1986)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 7: The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 6: A Summer At Grandpa's (1984)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 5 - The Boys from Fengkuei aka All The Youthful Days (1983)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 4 - The Sandwich Man 1983

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 3: The Green, Green Grass Of Home (1982)

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José Arroyo in Conversation with…. Ehsan Khoshbakht on Filmfarsi

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 2 - Cheerful Wind (1981)

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Thinking Aloud About Film

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Thinking Aloud About Film: Hou Hsiao-hsien 1 - Cute Girl (1980)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No: 37 - Beirut, Oh Beirut

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José Arroyo in Conversation with…. Adam Carver/ Fatt Butcher

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast: No. 36 - Al-Karnak

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José Arroyo In Conversation With Fiona Cox ...on Ammonite (Francis Lee, UK, 2020)

202

Al Mommia/ The Night of Counting The Years: An Egyptian Perspective

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An Egyptian Perspective on the Cinema of Youssef Chahine Part IV

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast: Al-mummia/ The Night Of Counting The Years With Music (1)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast: An Egyptian Perspective Part III

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Misha Iakovlev on SKAM(Shame)

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Downpour

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Youssef Chahine's Career to 1985: An Egyptian Perspective Part II

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The Deer ((Masoud Kimiai, 1974)

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José Arroyo and Richard Layne on Filmfarsi (Ehsan Khoshbakht), WOW Festival

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 31: Chahine and Dawn of a New Day: An Egyptian Perspective

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 30: Context: Encounter with the Unknown

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast N0. 29: Dawn of a New Day

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José Arroyo in Conversation with Fiona Cox on It's a Sin

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 28: Alexandria...New York

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 27: Silence...on tourne!

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 26, The Ring Seller/ Biya el-Khawatim

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 25: Destiny

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 24 L'autre

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 23: C'est toi mon amour/ Inta Habibi

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast with Special Guest Star Tara Shehata

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 21: Devil of the Sahara/ The Desert's Devil

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Women Without Men But With Music Mixdown

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast: Yaser Hammad on Chahine.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 18: Baba Amin (1950)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 17: Cairo As Seen By Chahine

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 16: Le sixième jour

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José Arroyo And Richard Layne On The Emigrant

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast: Adieu Bonaparte

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José Arroyo In Conversation with Martin Stollery on Youssef Chahine's The Emigrant

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Alexandria Again And Forever With Music Mixdown

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 12, An Egyptian Storymp3

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Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 11

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast with José Arroyo and Richard Layne, No. 10 Return of the Prodigal Son

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 9: People of the Nile 1972

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 8: The Sparrow

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 7: Un jour, Le Nil

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 6: The Land aka The Earth

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 5 Jamila The Algerian

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast no. 4: José And Richard On Saladin (Egypt, 1963)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 3: Cairo Station

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The Youssef Chahine Podcasts: Dark Water With Richard Layne and José Arroyo

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On Blazing Sun with Richard Layne