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The Cinematologists Podcast

by Dario Llinares & Prof. Neil Fox
Film InterviewsTV & Film

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  • Taxonomy of the Lone Killer

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

    Welcome, friends. I have to admit that I’ve experienced a questionable amount of pleasure in researching for this latest episode of The Cinematologists Podcast. When I say “research”, I basically mean that every evening for the past two…

  • Sinners, Warfare and One to One: John and Yoko

    April 29, 2026 · 4 min

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit dariollinares.substack.com Welcome Friends A bonus release this one, for my paying subscribers. I’m currently slammed with back-to-back student tutorials, 9–5, all week long…

  • American Animals w/dir. Bart Layton

    April 4, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    In the second in our early season doubleheader, we present a live Q&A from the Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton with Dario talking to the director of American Animals Bart Layton. The discussion touches on the amalgamations of…

  • Best films of 2025 and our final podcast.

    December 29, 2025 · 1 hr 49 min

    Welcome friends. As always, our final episode of a calendar year is a look back at our cinematic highlights, structured around Neil’s and my top ten films lists. We always try to put this in something of a broader context, suggesting the…

  • The Clinical Trials of David Cronenberg w/Violet Lucca

    December 22, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min

    The final regular episode of the podcast, not just for the season, but yes, for good, is a doozy. Writer Violet Lucca returns to the podcast for the first time since 2017 and for her first full, solo conversation, to discuss her incredible…

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  • Taxonomy of the Lone Killer

    December 15, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min

    Welcome, friends. I have to admit that I’ve experienced a questionable amount of pleasure in researching for this latest episode of The Cinematologists Podcast. When I say “research”, I basically mean that every evening for the past two…

  • Bonus Episode - Evoking The Cinematic in Sorry, Baby and Nickel Boys

    November 26, 2025 · 6 min

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit dariollinares.substack.com The notion of the cinematic is an oft-floated term: a kind of critical get-out clause for when a writer (or speaker) wants to register approval…

  • Culture & Creativity w/ Gwenno

    November 25, 2025 · 1 hr 46 min

    Gwenno, on the set of her short film, Tresor (2022) [Copyright: Bosena / Alex Fish] We have the perfect theme song for our podcast, courtesy of the musician, artist and writer Gwenno. In Bristol in September, for the Encounters film…

  • David Lynch's Lost Highway (featuring director Mark Jenkin)

    November 5, 2025 · 1 hr 59 min

    As always on The Cinematologists podcast, we like to address topics of salience, but in our own way and in our own time. The death of David Lynch left an irreplaceable hole in the fabric of cinema and, rightly, prompted immediate tributes…

  • London Film Festival 2025

    October 20, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    It felt apt that Neil and I were both in London for this year’s edition of the festival. Over the years of The Cinematologists, we’ve covered a range of international events, always striving to capture not just our critical responses to…

  • Don't Look Now and Then (w/Justin John Doherty)

    October 17, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min

    Filming Don’t Look Now. Copyright: Peter Cassell. Neil and Justin John Doherty have been friends since 1995. To mark thirty years of friendship, in the latest episode of the podcast they talk about Justin’s latest creative peak, an…

  • PTA's latest, Redford reflections and some big podcast news

    October 3, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

    We are back! Season 22 kicks off with a stellar, loose, multi-layered, melancholic, heated and nervy, shambling odyssey of an episode, which befits the central discussion, centred as it is around the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One…

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About the show

Film academics Dr Dario Llinares and Prof. Neil Fox discuss a range of films and dissect film culture from many different perspectives. The podcast also features interviews with filmmakers, scholars, writers and actors who debate all aspects of cinema. dariollinares.substack.com