Showroom Cinema Podcast

Sam and Nathan dive into a packed May programme at Showroom - Sheffield's home for independent cinema.Along the way, we hear from Elle Short (festival director) and Jake Smith (filmmaker and photographer) about our very first Working Class Film Festival, which runs from 8-10 May.Don't miss out on a fantastic month of film. See what's on at: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/whats-onThis episode01:00 The Sheep Detectives03:45 The Christophers + Steven Soderbergh Quiz!07:05 Elle Short on The Working Class Film Festival13:50 Showroom Classics: 100 years of Andrzej Wajda17:15 The Love Witch20:00 Jake Smith on The Town I Love So Well23:55 EOS: Frida Kahlo26:30 Have A Gd Trip presents Skateboard Film ClubWhat are you most excited to see at Showroom this month?

Sam and Nathan smash through an outstanding April at Showroom Cinema!Our programmers are packing more into each month than ever with the launch of five new strands in this April. We speak with Isobel Harrop about new screenings for young audiences and a long-term Showroom supporter about his mighty collection of Ben-Hur memorabilia, while bringing you all the highlights from Sheffield's leading independent cinema.See what's on at Showroom this month!01:00 The Drama03:30 The Rose of Nevada06:30 Isobel Harrop, Assistant Programmer, discusses Toddler Kino12:00 Showroom Presents14:45 What the Film!19:00 Paul Spencer on Ben-Hur21:15 National Theatre Live, Film Studies: Chinese Cinema, and the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.Give us a follow wherever you get your podcasts and leave a comment with what you're checking out at Showroom this April!

Sam and Nathan discuss a packed month at Showroom Cinema, from blockbuster new releases, all night marathon events, discover what's on at the cinema this month!If you like the podcast, please think about giving us a review. And let us know what you've seen at Showroom!01:05 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man05:00 James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome07:10 EOS: Turner & Constable10:30 The Academy Awards 202614:00 ShAFF: Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 202624:30 Arco + Son of the White Mare27:55 Midnight Marathons: LoTR + Nightmare on Elm StreetFind out What's On at Showroom this month: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/whats-on

Sam and Nathan kick off the new year by diving into a packed February programme at Showroom Cinema! Between stops at the LGBTQ+ History Month programme, Valentine's Day films, and Award's Season frontrunners, hear from three of the programming teams in this month's BFI Young Programmers Takeover.To close, we have a few words with Johnathan Illott, the new Head of Programming, about a 2026 full of bright surprises.See What's On at Showroom CinemaEnjoy the show? Give us a follow and tag ⁠Showroom⁠ in your Letterboxd reviews for a shout-out in future episodes!01:55 - BFI YP Festival: Common People06:30 - 100 Nights of Hero09:10 - Showroom Classics: Breathless11:40 - BFI YP Festival: AI through Female Eyes16:55 - Wuthering Heights21:05 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Immersive Screening)22:45 - BFI YP Festival: Fame is a Gun27:50 - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You30:50 - Sirât32:38 - Johnathan Illott, Head of Programming, drops by.

Nathan and Sam send off 2025 but reflecting on the best films of the year and a packed December programme at Showroom Cinema!We're calling on our audiences to share the gift of cinema:For our inaugural Christmas Angels appeal, your donations fund free tickets to the Christmas programme for local families, young people, and older residents supported by our community partners. Learn more here on our site.2:00 The Marbles4:50 Folktales6:30 Best of '25 Part I9:30 The Shining12:50 Good Time16:20 Best of '25 Part II19:15 Batman Returns22:50 The Holdovers27:00 Best of '25 Part IIIThank you so much for supporting Showroom Cinema Podcast in 2025! Have a great end to your year and we'll be back in February with more episodes.

Festivals celebrating global film, and fantastic live music, Nathan and Sam dive into the best events at Showroom this November.Along the way, we speak to Dom + Jack from Slambarz and Mel Gourlay, director of FFStival.2:00 Die My Love4:30 In The Mood For Yearning: Lorde's Melodrama + In The Mood for Love.6:45 Showroom Community x Slambarz: Behind the Barz w/ Dom Heslop and Jack Godfrey.12:20 Alpha14:35 Exhibition on Screen - Caravaggio18:00 FFStival 2025 w/ Mel Gourlay23:33 Wake Up Dead Man27:25 Wicked + Wicked: For Good.31:00 The best of the rest...⁠See What's On at Showroom in November!

Sam and Nathan are joined by Chim'Di (Communities Coordinator) to discuss an October programme packed with festivals and special events.In this episode:1:15 The Official Release Party of a Showgirl4:10 A Hard Day's Night 8:00 A Touch of Black Health season with Chim'Di15:15 The Mastermind17:30 Hamnet20:00 Celluloid Screams23:05 Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid25:40 BugoniaIf you'd like to host a community event or screening at Showroom, reach out to [email protected].⁠See What's On at Showroom in October⁠!

Sam and Nathan discuss special screenings and the packed release schedule at Showroom Cinema this September.The indie venue is the only place in Sheffield to see London Film Festival Previews next month. Keep an eye out for an announcement this Wednesday 3 September.In this episode:2:30 Highest 2 Lowest4:50 Twin Peaks: The Return8:40 Steve12:40 One Battle After Another15:50 The Dead of Winter18:25 HamiltonSee What's On at Showroom in September!

Sheffield Film Festival begins! Sam and Nathan are back with August's edition of the Showroom Cinema Podcast.Together they explore a packed-programme: the summer of Pedro Pascal, the warmth of home video recording and the much anticipated 'The Thursday Murder Club'.This month's guests include James Daly, writer of When Saturday Comes, which screens as part of SFF on Sat 9 Aug; and Alex Barlow, Head Brewer at Triple Point Brewery, who talks through the process of making Showroom's new collaborative beer 'Good Neighbour', which you can enjoy throughout the festival.00:00 Intro01:30 Castration Movie Pt. 1 (w/ Virtual Q&A) + Reel Cult: The Ring (VHS Screening)07:50 Interview with James Daly, writer of When Saturday Comes12:20 The Kingdom + Eddington16:30 Alex Barlow, Head Brewer at Triple Point Brewery22:45 The Thursday Murder Club + Motherboard (w/ Q&A) 29:00 Sign-off and thanks to departing Head of Programming, Ryan FinniganThanks for listening! Explore the full August programme on the Showroom Cinema website.See more. Pay less. Grab a ⁠Showroom Flex Membership ⁠today.

A special Sheffield Cinema Podcast, recorded live at Leah's Yard as part of Crossed Wires Festival!Nathan and Sam are joined by Connor from Kelham Island Film Club and Pat from Reel Cult to discuss Sheffield Film Festival and building cinema culture across the city.The full Sheffield Film Festival is live!Follow us on Instagram @showroomcinemaThanks for listening.

Showroom Cinema Podcast will record live at Leah's Yard, at 13.45 on Saturday 5 July as part of the Crossed Wires Festival. Attendance is free so come on down!In this shorter episode, Sam and Nathan sweat through the July highlights at Showroom Cinema! Thank you for listening.01:30 Hot Milk03:50 Behind the Scenes: Herzog & Coppola07:30 KaiJuly Raids Again!10:10 Friendship12:39 Midnight Marauders: The Fly15:20 Bring Her Back18:10 Outro + Sheffield Film FestivalSee more. Pay less. Grab a Showroom Flex Membership today.

We swoon into June on the Showroom Cinema Podcast. Nathan and Sam are back to discuss a packed programme.This month features a triple-header of Festivals - SFF, DocFest and Migration Matters - alongside fantastic special screenings and some of the biggest films of 2025. Featuring discussions with the Showroom Cinema Young Programmers and Raul Niño Zambrano, Creative Director of Sheffield DocFest.See What’s On at Showroom Cinema: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/whats-on0:00 Intro1:15 Fire Walk With Me / SFF: Pavements6:30 ‘Good For Them!’ Pride at Showroom, Young Programmers’ Takeover13:35 Austen on Film / Tornado19:50 Raul Niño Zambrano, Creative Director of Sheffield DocFest28:10 28 Years Later / RanThanks for listening!

Nathan and Sam swoop through the May programme at Showroom Cinema, picking out three favourites each in a packed slate of special screenings and brilliant new releases.Along the way we hear from Danai - one of the Showroom Young Programmers' bringing us the Trouble in Suburbia film season from 10 May - to learn why there's nothing normal about rows and rows of white picket fences.00:00 Intro01:00 Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut04:10 Bjork: Cornucopia07:10 Good One09:50 The Phoenician Scheme13:00 Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo - Love And Death17:00 The Salt Path18:50 Showroom Young Programmers - Trouble in Suburbia25:07 Outro: The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Charity Immersive Screening 2025 / The Commitments + Highway Child Live! / Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Nathan and Sam are back for a jaunt through the April programme at Showroom Cinema.Along the way you'll hear from Tash and Morgan from Film Girls Galore and Morgan's Meetups, hosts of an all-day Twilight Marathon on Sat 5 Apr; Dr Sheldon Hall, who's Kubrick Film Studies season runs all month; and Sam Goff, Editorial Director at Klassiki, the Eastern European cinema streaming service which presents KINOTEKA on Tour in April.0:00 Intro2:00 Holy Cow3:45 Four Mothers5:45 Twilight with Film Girls Galore and Morgan's Meetups13:55 Pink Floyd at Pompeii16:35 10 Things I Hate About You19:30 Four Decades of Stanley Kubrick with Dr. Sheldon Hall23:35 Midnight Marauders: Clockwork Orange27:25 Julie Keeps Quiet29:00 KINOTEKA on Tour: Polish Film Season with Sam Goff of Klassiki31:30 Culture ShockFollow us @showroomcinema on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok for all the latest programme announcements.

We're back! Nathan and Sam whistle through a mega-March, with visits from Unite the Union Brass Band; Matt Heason, Festival Director of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival; and Muppet Show-supremo Isobel.Email us: [email protected] to never miss and episode!00:00 Intro01:00 Mickey 1704:00 Sister Midnight06:00 Brassed Off w/ Unite the Union Brass Band10:10 Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism, Paris 187413:10 Flow15:00 ShAFF w/ Matt Heason, Festival Director20:15 NTL: Dr Strangelove22:35 Hundreds of Beavers Live + Q&A25:20 Muppet March w/ Isobel Harrop, Assistant Programmer for Young Audiences32:00 Full March Listings

Nathan and Sam unpack a February that's full-to-bursting with special screenings!We talk to Junko Takekawa of Japan Touring Film Programme, some of our passionate Young Programmers and Ryan Finnigan, Head of Programming, sends off beloved filmmaker David Lynch. If you enjoy the podcast, please like, share and rate us below! We'd love to hear your thoughts at: [email protected] Timestamps: 1:48 Macbeth: David Tennant + Cush Jumbo 3:32 Moonlight 6:25 Japan Touring Film Programme 12:00 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 14:44 Memoir of a Snail 16:30 BFI Young Programmers' Festival 25:30 The Monkey 28:00 The Last Showgirl 33:12 David Lynch: In Memoriam 36:10 Outro See all our special screenings here.

Nathan and Sam launch into their most anticipated releases of 2025! A great slate of releases for January and an introduction to Showroom Community screenings with Chim'Di. Timestamps: Nosferatu - 00:58 A Real Pain - 05:08 A Complete Unknown - 08:01 Babygirl - 12:28 Showroom Community Screenings - 14:40 Memoir of a Snail + Director Q&A - 19:45 The Brutalist - 23:38 Hard Truths - 27:10

🎄 Nathan and Sam recap festive highlights and big specials at Showroom this December! Along the way, we speak with Craig Ian Mann; who's #ArtofAction season 'Run For Your Life' hits screens on Sunday 1 December, and Sheffield Cat's Shelter, who join us for CatVideoFest on 6/7/8 December. Timestamps 00:00 Intro + Week 1 05:45 Sheffield Cats Shelter 08:30 Week 2 17:45 Craig Ian Mann discusses 'Run For Your Life' 28:15 Week 3 33:35 Week 4 Art of Action is a UK-wide season presented by the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) using funds from The National Lottery.

👊💥 Nathan and Sam leap into an action-packed month of films at Showroom Cinema! Together we cover all the major releases: Paddington in Peru, Gladiator II and Wicked and kickass classics from the BFI's #ArtofAction season. Along the way we chat to Yi Wang, Festival and Programme Director of Queer East, Tash Jagger, founder of movie-watching group Film Girls Galore and Mel Gourlay, who brings her one-day festival FFS to Showroom Cinema on Saturday 23rd November. Timestamps 00:00 Week 1 06:32 Week 2 10:45 Queer East 2024 with Yi Wang 24:32 Week 3 25:52 Women of Modern Action Double Bill with Tash Jagger of FilmGirlsGalore 39:02 Week 4 42:14 FFStival with Mel Gourlay 50:42 Week 5 57:00 Outro Art of Action is a UK-wide season presented by the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) using funds from The National Lottery.

It's getting spooooky at Showroom this month 👻 Nathan and Sam are back to talk through this month's programme, full of frights and delights. Along the way we chat with Dr Maisha Wester about her upcoming film studies course Political Purgatories, Chim'Di Ugada covers the Black History Month programme, Rob Nevitt discusses the 16th edition of Celluloid Screams back from Thursday 24 October, and Issy Harrop stops in to chat Family Time. Timestamps 00:00 Week 1 03:46 Black History Month 13:11 Week 2 16:47 Film Studies: Political Purgatories - American Politics in Horror 19:25 Week 3 27:59 Celluloid Screams 2024 30:53 Week 4 35:00 Family Time 40:06 Sign off.

The Showroom Cinema Podcast is your new way to find out everything we're screening this month! Nathan Makalena, Content Coordinator, and Sam Howe, Programming & Marketing Assistant, talk through a super September slate. Ben Wilkinson, Festival Director of Spirit of Independence, drops in for chat about this year's festival - which starts at Showroom Friday 27 September. Timings 01:15-03:32 | Week 1: The Draughtsman's Contract, Philosophy, Firebrand 03:33-07:50 | Week 2: Chileans of the North, Lee, Prima Facie 07:57-12:00 | Week 3: The Big Melt, Lord of the Rings Marathon, The Substance 12:06-19:00 | Week 4: The Outrun Preview, My Old Ass, Ali Plumb's Untitled Film Quiz Project 19:30-28:42 | Interview with Ben Wilkinson, Festival Director of Spirit of Independence. 28:42-31:35 | Looking ahead... Thanks for checking us out! Get in touch with comments, questions and reviews to be included in future episodes at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ Find full programme details here: https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/guide/

The Showroom Cinema Podcast is your new way to find out everything we're screening this month! Nathan Makalena, Content Coordinator, and Issy Harrop, Assistant Programmer for Young Audiences, cover all the highlights from the Sheffield Film Festival this August, catching up with guests Dr. Sheldon Hall and the QTIBPOC Cinema Club. Timings 00:58-02:35 | SFF Showroom Staff Picks 22:40-30:10 | Dr. Sheldon Hall discusses 25 years of Film Studies 56:42-01:01:58 | QTIBPOC Cinema Club chat about their Voices Unbound event at Sheffield Film Festival Thanks for checking us out! Get in touch with comments, questions and reviews to be included in future episodes at ⁠[email protected]⁠ Find full programme details here: https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/guide/ #SheffieldFilmFestival

The Showroom Cinema Podcast is your new way to find out everything we're screening this month! In the inaugural Nathan Makalena, Content Coordinator, and Issy Harrop, Assistant Programmer for Young Audiences, chat through the July programme with special guests Juno Books, Mel Gourlay of FFS Festival and GODZILLA, King of the Monsters himself. Timings 1:02 - 4:44: Family Time Films in July 5:21 - 7:08: KaiJuly season review 12:46 - 24:16: A month of horror with Mel Gourlay 52:30 - 56:18: Juno Books reading recommendations for Orlando / Orlando, My Political Biography. Thanks for checking us out! Get in touch with comments, questions and reviews to be included in future episodes at [email protected] Find full programme details here: https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/guide/