London Film Festival 2023

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 3:30 p.m.

b"In this episode, Neil and Dario go deep on a couple of favourite titles each from this year's excellent London Film Festival. Neil eulogises Pat Collins' That They May Face The Rising Sun\\xa0and Shujun Wei's\\xa0Only The River Flows,\\xa0while Dario waxes lyrical on Hirokazu Koreeda's\\xa0Monster\\xa0and Tran Anh Hung's\\xa0The Taste of Things.\\xa0\\nElsewhere they briefly discuss some of their honourable mentions including Catherine Breillat's\\xa0Last Summer\\xa0and Moin Hussain's\\xa0Sky Peals. Neil also mentions a not so honourable title. They compare the experiences of seeing films in the cinema, at press and public screenings, versus the online platform and Dario shares an experience of encountering a bad faith audience member following a screening of Andrew Haigh's lauded\\xa0All of us Strangers,\\xa0which Dario loved.\\nTo listen to Neil's bonus episodes on LFF2023, find them collected here on The Cinematologists' Patreon page, available free for anyone to listen to.\\nYou can listen to The Cinematologists for free, wherever you listen to podcasts:\\xa0click here to follow.\\nWe also produce an extensive monthly newsletter and bonus/extended content that is available on our Patreon page:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists. You can become a member for only \\xa32.\\nWe really appreciate any reviews you might write (please send us what you have written and we'll mention it) and\\xa0sharing on\\xa0Social Media\\xa0is the lifeblood of the podcast so please do that if you enjoy the show.\\n_____\\nMusic Credits:\\n\\u2018Theme from The Cinematologists\\u2019\\nWritten and produced by Gwenno Saunders. Mixed by Rhys Edwards. Drums, bass & guitar by Rhys Edwards. All synths by Gwenno Saunders. Published by Downtown Music Publishing."