The Sound of The Picture House

Kevin and Mike join the Jaws at 50 celebrations and dive into the film that is possibly year zero for movies. They also take a good hard stare at 1975, one of the greatest years for cinema. Exept for…

Restored in all of the K's, Kubrick's "coffee table book of a film" is as magisterial as ever and demands to be seen on the big screen. Kevin and Mike are back with some searing insights.* As well as…

A real big screen treat, Ridley Scott's box office flop turned mega cult hit Blade Runner. Mike and Kevin talk longevity, incept dates and all manner of nonesense. That and a dive into September 1982…

This month it's a journey up the river to meet the big bald Col Walter E Kurtz and lop his head off basically. Of course this masterpiece is way more than that, so hop on board and Join Kevin and Mik…

Billy Wilder's follow up to Some Like it Hot was a double whammy of genius. Best picture Oscars and all the box office. It remains one of the great American films. Kevin and Mike explore the themes a…

Get on board your camels and take a trip into the desert as Mike and I bang on about one of the most spectacular films ever made. Davis Lean's masterful 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia. Still selling ou…

Kevin and Mike talk all things film noir, even if Chinatown isn't really film noir. Discuss. The greatest screenplay ever written? You decide, because we can't. 

Like the film itself, shorter than the first half. Kevin and Mike travel back in time to the year 2001 came out, 1968. What other films were showing? What were the box office hits and what films were…

An epic film means an epic pod. Kevin & Mike discuss the greatest SciFi of them all and do a deep dive into what it all means. A film Kevin claims to have seen when he was 8 years old and remains one…

Mike and Kevin witter on entertainingly about this month's Big Screen film for Halloween as well as going back in time to 1982, picking the best horror film scores and some really juicy recommendatio…

As a companion to our big screen 4k season at The Picture House, me and Mike Bradbury talk Close Encounters specifically and Sci Fi in general, adding chat about our favourite Sci Fi scores and a cou…

A most excellent chat with award winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed about her memories of cinema visits across three continents. It was an absolute joy to reminisce about all manner of f…

The prodigiously talented actor, writer, director Andy Nyman talks to me about some of his special memories of being in a cinema, including Jaws and The Devils as well as old Leicester cinemas, frigh…

Film & TV Composer H. Scott Salinas joins Phil & I from LA. A really entertaining and insightful look at film music, the influences and the that go into making a great score. With some cracking tunes…

I'm joined this week by composer, conductor and friend of The Picture House Terry Davies. We have a lovely chat about some great film music by Malcolm Arnold, Bernard Hermann, Alex North and Dave Gru…

Part two of Phil and I banging on about some of the best scores of 2020. Just as February  looms large. Some fine music and inane chat if that's your thing. Please subscribe and like and tell your fr…

We're back with a new name and hopefully some more entertaining podcasts from one of the UK's oldest cinemas. Here is part one of a look back at some of the great scores from 2020. I'm joined by film…

How much bonus can you take? Only one more after this I promise. This week boats. Big boat film music and some good stuff too. So come aboard etc.

This week, cars. Good music, and me wittering on like a fool. Good job no one pays me for this.

I know bonus is not necessarily how you might view it, but here is a podcast version of my 60 minute show on Uckfield FM where I play film music on a theme. This weeks trains. I love trains.