Cine-Lit

26/07/2022

New Cine-Lit podcast is out in the wild. Adam and Darrell tackle that indefinable MacGuffin - the term popularised by Alfred Hitchcock as the 'thing' that the characters in a film desire, want or need.

Listen to MacGuffin! from Cine-Lit. It is a term that is bandied about by part-time film lecturers and self-styled academics, but what is it? A term popularised by Alfred Hitchcock, the MacGuffin is the sometime incidental 'thing' that the characters in a film desire, need or are in search of. Adam....

05/07/2022

It's only the greatest movie of all time!!! Claims Sight And Sound's 2012 Critics poll. In anticipation of the new 10 year poll from the UK's esteemed publication Sight And Sound, we are taking a closer look at the films that feature in the Top 100 films of all time poll.

First up #1 Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

Listen to Vertigo from Cine-Lit. The new Sight And Sound Top 100 Films Of All Time poll that is conducted every ten years, is due in late 2022. In anticipation of this Cine-Lit jumps headfirst into the canon. We begin at the dizzying heights of number one with the film that ended Citizen Kane's 50-y...

21/06/2022

Another wonderful podcast slips into your downloads.

This time we are interviewing author Sean Hogan about his new novel Twilight's Last Screaming, a book that brings a series of US horror (and beyond) characters into the same world as they head for disaster.

Cine-Lit covered the first book England's Screaming in 2020 and it is one of our most popular podcasts since we began.

Listen here - https://shows.acast.com/cine-lit/episodes/twilights-last-screaming-with-author-sean-hogan

Order your copy of Twilight's Last Screaming here - https://blackshuckbooks.co.uk/tls/

09/06/2022

The new Cine-Lit podcast arrived this week and Adam and Darrell pit their wits against the world's greatest detective as they look at the Basil Rathbone series of Sherlock Holmes films.

The Game is Afoot.

Listen to Crime Cinema #2 - Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes from Cine-Lit. Cine-Lit finally gets around to continuing its look at Crime Cinema in all its many forms. This time we are taking a look at the scourge of the underworld, the champion of deduction Sherlock Holmes. We are focusing on the ru...

10/05/2022

Part Two of our look at the Unmade Hammer films covering Nessie, Bram Stoker and… vampires!

Listen to Hammer Horror - Unmade Hammer Part 2 from Cine-Lit. Cine-Lit continues its adventures in "What If" country as we explore the unmade Hammer projects that were announced, mooted and, in some cases, scripted films, but that languish in the might-have-been archives. In this instalmen...

26/04/2022

We break out the crowbars and prise open the coffin lid for more thoughts on Hammer Films. This time the films they didn't make!!

Adam, Darrell and special guest Kevin Lyons convene to talk about the might have beens in the first part of this look at the multiverse of Hammer.

Listen to Hammer Horror - Unmade Hammer Part 1 from Cine-Lit. After covering the Count from Transylvania and Mary Shelley's monstrous creation, Cine-Lit once again cracks open the vault of horror from that most British of institutions, Hammer Films. This time we venture into parts unknown, into a mu...

23/03/2022

Cine-Lit is decked out in it's finest Victorian clothes for the latest podcast as we take a look at two of the best adaptations by legendary director David Lean.

Listen to What The Dickens? - David Lean's Dickens from Cine-Lit. David Lean is one of Britain's most celebrated filmmakers, the master of the epic with such classics as Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. But ever the contrarians, Cine-Lit heads back before Lean started...

08/03/2022

The second part of the Nightmare On Elm Street podcast is available now covering 4-6, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the immortal throwdown between Freddy and Jason and the 2010's reboot.

Listen to The Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise Part Two from Cine-Lit. In the second of our podcasts covering the knife-gloved legacy of Freddy Krueger, Adam, Darrell and Adam Crowther of QUAD's Fright Club cover parts IV-VI, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the horror match-up to end them all Freddy Vs...

23/02/2022

Ahead of the screening of Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors at QUAD in Derby, Cine-Lit is joined by QUAD's Fright Club Programmer Adam Crowther for a deep dive into the Freddy Franchise. A dive so deep it had to be spread over two podcasts!!!

Part One is out now.

Listen to The Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise Part One from Cine-Lit. In a recording too epic to be constrained by one episode, Cine-Lit explores the films and legacy of the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise over two heart-pounding podcasts. Joining Adam and Darrell is Derby QUAD's Fright Club hos...

15/02/2022

Stanley Kubrick - Noir Director. Oh what could have been? After two films exploring the crime genre and it's ramifications, Kubrick moved away from the crime genre never to return again.

Adam, Darrell Buxton and QUAD film lecturer David Leicester take a look at this brace of films from someone who is regarded as one of the finest directors in history.

Listen to The Crime Films Of Stanley Kubrick from Cine-Lit. Before he became KUBRICK and the film criticism world bowed at his feet, director Stanley Kubrick got his foot in the door and established his credentials in two crime films, Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956). Adam and Darrell are...

08/02/2022

Slight change in format for this latest episode as our roving reporter, Darrell Buxton sends his report from the Horror-On-Sea film festival 2022.

Listen to Horror-On-Sea Festival Report from Cine-Lit. Cine-Lit goes to the seaside! In a change to the usual format of the podcast, resident expert (and roving reporter) Darrell Buxton tells Adam the history of the Horror-On-Sea festival in Southend and the low budget cinematic gems that have been....