The CineHistorians Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Movies aren't just made in Hollywood, they're made everywhere across the globe, and your film expert hosts Raquel Stecher and Dr. Carl Sweeney guide you through film movements, genres and styles, groups of filmmakers and much more. They are the Cinehistorians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this short episode, Carl & Raquel introduce themselves and outline what you can expect from The CineHistorians Podcast. Tune in again next week as they kick off this season's topic, 'New Waves'... Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the first full episode of the podcast, we kick off our season on New Waves by looking at the history of the French New Wave. In particular, we focus on Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless. Tune in again next week for another discussion about a classic film from the French New Wave... Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Robert Bellissimo's YouTube episode on 1963's Contempt (mentioned in the episode): https://youtu.be/I5peUl9IxQM?si=bzTgicic2G4SXkE1 Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our season on New Waves by looking at the history of the British New Wave. In particular, we focus on the 1960 film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning... Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Carl & Raquel continue their exploration of the French New Wave by discussing Agnès Varda's 1962 film Cléo from 5 to 7... Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Mentioned in the episode: Godard being a pretentious loser ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLRsph8R4c Raquel is wearing the Viva Varda button from the Academy Museum Store ~ https://academymuseumstore.org/products/blue-viva-varda-button Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of CineHistorians, we continue our season about New Waves by discussing the Australian Film Revival. In particular, we focus on Gilliam Armstrong’s 1979 film My Brilliant Career, which stars Judy Davis and Sam Neill… Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Mentioned in the episode: Portrait of Miles Franklin ~ https://www.naa.gov.au/students-and-teachers/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/society-and-culture/arts-and-fashion/portrait-australian-author-miles-franklin Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of CineHistorians, we discuss the New Iranian Cinema movement and we pay particular attention to Abbas Kiarostami’s 1987 film Where is the Friend’s House?... Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Mentioned in the episode: Agnès Varda Criterion Closet video ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Jx0Pjq_kQ BFI 50 films to see by age ~ 15 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/50-films-see-age-15 Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of CineHistorians, we discuss the Greek Weird Wave movement and we pay particular attention to the 2009 film Dogtooth,which was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Mentioned in the episode: Attenberg, Dogtooth and the weird wave of Greek Cinema by Steve Rose: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/27/attenberg-dogtooth-greece-cinema Fritzl case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case The Allegory of the Cave by Plato https://avi-loeb.medium.com/interstellar-interpretation-of-platos-cave-allegory-b74f24b1a5c Casus Belli (2010): https://youtu.be/w6eYoRIUVKg?si=zvpTSaWVwHWgQtK8 Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of CineHistorians, we discuss the New Hollywood movement and we pay particular attention to the 1967 film The Graduate, which was directed by Mike Nichols. Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Mentioned in the episode: The Showman of the Screen: Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Production by A.T. McKenna book review: https://www.outofthepastblog.com/2017/06/joseph-levine.html Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015) movie review: https://www.outofthepastblog.com/2015/11/harold-and-lillian.html Letterboxd list of films mentioned in Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015): https://letterboxd.com/cinehistorians/list/all-of-the-movies-mentioned-in-harold-lillian/ Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On S2E1 of The CineHistorians Podcast, we discuss Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Delphine Seyrig. This is the first in an eight episode season about the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time list. Mentioned in the episode: Sight & Sound Magazine https://sightandsounddigital.bfi.org.uk/ 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time CineHistorians Podcast episode on Cleo from 5 to 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd9mih32xIM&t BFI Film Classics: Jeanne Dielman by Catherine Fowler https://amzn.to/3WlVTB0 1975: the year that changed cinema forever by Adam Nayman https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/1975-year-that-changed-cinema-forever CineHistorians Podcast episode on Jaws (1975)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjL35BA0ZE The CineHistorians podcast explores the history of cinema from across the globe. Hosted by Dr. Carl Sweeney and Raquel Stecher, each season of the podcast focuses on a particular theme. This includes everything from film movements, to genres and styles, to groups of filmmakers and more. Each episode examines one film in particular related to that season’s theme. We break down the history of the film, why it's important and examine its impact over time. If you’re passionate about film, love history and want to broaden your horizons, tune in as we explore all that world cinema has to offer. Subscribe for upcoming episodes. Thank you for listening! Support the show: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/cinehistorians CineHistorians: Website: www.cinehistorians.com X/Twitter: x.com/cinehistorians Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/CineHistorians Dr. Carl Sweeney X/Twitter: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/WHYNOW5909463750 The Movie Palace Podcast on X/Twitter x.com/MoviePalacePod Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X/Twitter: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via ⁠epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices