5 Years & 100 Episodes

Published: April 27, 2020, 8:56 a.m.

b"In this special episode, marking 100 episodes and five years of The Cinematologists podcast, Neil and Dario take a breath. With the help of friends and supporters of the podcast they discuss the history and evolution of the show, their formative experiences of cinemas, meaningful film viewing experiences, critics and academics that helped shaped their understanding of talking about cinema on the page and elsewhere, and what they think and hope the future of cinema(s) and the podcast might look like.\\nThis episode, like the previous 99 and the show in general, would not be possible without the engagement of the listeners and the willingness of participants to give up their time and knowledge to help make the podcast what it is.\\nThank you to everyone who has listened, come to a taping, recorded an interview, provided feedback, bought a t-shirt or just said \\u2018nice one\\u2019.\\nFor episode 100 Neil and Dario especially want to thank Ellen Cheshire, Ryan Gilbey, Gwenno, Mark Jenkin, James Maitre, Marbelle, Kingsley Marshall, Andrew Peirce, Lottie Smith, Tessa and Ren Zelen for their contributions.\\nA wonderful time was had thinking about the comments and questions that were supplied and talking them through on the recording. Here\\u2019s hoping you the listener feel the same.\\nThanks for listening.\\nThe music for episode 100 is \\u2018Open Again Eventually\\u2019 by Leah Kardos, which can be heard in full here. In title and tone it felt like the right music for now, for this episode. Thanks Leah for letting us use it. To buy Leah\\u2019s latest EP \\u2018Bird Rib\\u2019, where this song is taken from, go to her Bandcamp page. Leah is a doctor of philosophy and senior lecturer in music at Kingston University where she co-founded the Visconti Studio with legendary music producer Tony Visconti.\\nYou can also subscribe to The Cinematologists on:\\nApple Podcasts:\\xa0https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-cinematologists-podcast/id981479854\\nSpotify:\\xa0https://open.spotify.com/show/0RjNz8XDkLdbKZuj9Pktyh\\nPodchaser:\\xa0https://www.podchaser.com/users/thecinematologists\\nWe also produce an extensive monthly newsletter and bonus/entended content that is available on our Patreon page:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists. You can become a member for only $2.50.\\nWe also really appreciate any reviews you might write about the show (please send us what you have written and we'll mention it) and sharing on Social Media is the lifeblood of the podcast so please do that if you enjoy the show."