Podcast

Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, and guests reflect on a strange year for cinema and look back at the standout films and events of the year.

This month our Cinema Curator explores all things Arcadia and beyond with musician / sonic explorer Adrian Utley and UWE MA Curation placement Steph Read.

This month Mark speaks with Andrew Kelly, Director of Bristol Ideas from 1993 - 2022, about the season he curated for Watershed this month as well as the new adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front.

This month Mark speaks with Professor Andrew Spicer about his book; Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity, and the upcoming season at Watershed, Sean Connery: Beyond Bond.

This month Mark discusses The Films of Kinuyo Tanaka a season coming to Watershed in August with curator Dr Rayna Denison, Professor of Film at Bristol University and leading expert in Japanese cinema.

Mark Cosgrove and guest co-host interview the curators behind this years Cinema Rediscovered festival, held across Bristol in July. With to interviews with Pamela Hutchinson and Mark Cosgrove on the strands they curated for this years Cinema Rediscovered.

Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, takes a deep dive into film soundtracks throughout history and the films selected for Filmic, with this season’s curator Sean Wilson, Bristol based film journalist and writer.

This month Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, is joined by Steph Read, UWE MA Curation placement, as they look forward to the program of films at Watershed over the coming month.

This month Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, considers how film watching has changed and the prevalence of the blockbuster, and its now all too predictable model of following success with repetition.

This month Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema curator, and Zoe Rasbash, Watershed's Environmental Emergencies Action Researcher look forward to Green Screen, coming to Watershed at the end of March.

February's podcast looks forward to this month's Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme and its must see highlights, with a fascinating delve into Japanese culture and contemporary social concerns.

A brief note from Mark Cosgrove, Cinema Curator, ahead of January 2022.

For the last podcast of the year, Mark shares his own experiences of cinema – both personal and professional.

November's Cinema Podcast celebrates a return of audiences to the cinema, renewed partnerships through the fantastic Afrika Eye film festival, and a season of films and discussions challenging Myth and Masculinity in the Western.

An insight into the Caribbean film scene and a celebration of long-lost, Jamaican-set film No Place Like Home.

Mark Cosgrove is joined by Gary Thompson and Adam Murray to look ahead to Cables & Cameras Presents: INSPIRED – a weekend featuring a whole range of conversations, screenings and events exploring Black/POC culture and talent, both in front of and behind the camera.

A quick and summery August podcast from Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, introducing the upcoming lush and sensual The World of Wong Kar Wai season.

In this month's podcast Mark Cosgrove (Watershed Cinema Curator) and Adam Murray (film programmer, critic, writer and broadcaster) look forward to Watershed's Cinema Rediscovered festival at the end of July – a celebration and re-framing of cinema's rich 125 year history.

In June's podcast Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, discusses upcoming film highlights with Ti Singh founder of Bristol Bad Film Club, author of Born To Be Bad: Talking to the greatest villains in action cinema and lead on the BFI Film Audience Network's New Release Strategy, based at Watershed.