FILM FESTIVALS – "Locarno Film Festival"

THE OSCARS EPISODE

The Oscars are almost here! Listen to Jérôme and Chris discuss who will win, who should win and who wasn't even nominated. The Academy certainly had some other choices...

25 for '25 – The Best Movies of the 21st Century

In this episode Jérôme and Chris face a self imposed task: to assemble a ranked list of the 25 best movies of the 21st century (starting from 2001). The Idea is taken from the Podcast "The Big Picture", who called this exercise 25 for '25. These are the rules: 1. only 1 movie per director 2. only fiction feature films 3. these are only our opinions, make your own list ;)

Our Favourite Movies of 2025

A great film year comes to an end, which only means one thing: let the list-building commence. In this episode Jérôme and Chris share their top 5 movies of the year. In addition they've asked some other Filmstelle members for their respective lists, which they gradually unveil across the episode. If you need to know what to catch up on from the last year, this is the episode for you.

FILM FESTIVALS – "Locarno Film Festival"

In this second part on film festivals, Jérôme and Chris revisit their time at the Locarno Film Festival and discuss a wide range of different films: Including the two major Cannes winners (Sentimental Value, It Was Just an Accident ), gems from postwar british cinema (Passport to Pimlico, Pool of London) , swiss premieres (Le Chantier, affection affection) and many more. They also dive deep into the use of generative AI in Radu Jude's controversial new take on "Vlad, the Impaler" aka Dracula and they share some strategies to get a good seat on the piazza. Timestamps: 00:11:01 "Dry Leaf" 00:16:18 "Celtic Utopia" 00:22:32 "Le Chantier" 00:29:10 "Silence" 00:33:16 "affection, affection" 00:38:18 Cinema Selection 00:41:56 The "Dracula" Discussion 00:51:57 British Postwar Cinema Retrospective 01:01:48 Alexander Payne 01:03:04 Language Fails 01:05:16 Piazza Grande 01:12:18 Un Simple Accident & Meeting Jafar Panahi 01:17:58 Which other Film Festivals do we want to visit?

FILM FESTIVALS – "Il Cinema Ritrovato"

The Podcaststelle is back! – at least for a little while. This is the first out of two episodes on the topic of FILM FESTIVALS. More specifically the ones in Locarno and Bologna, which Jérôme and Chris both attended this year. Hear them talk about their favs from the festival and what makes film festivals an absolute must for every movie fan. 0:01:54 What is it about Film Festivals? 0:11:54 What is "Il Cinema Ritrovato"? 0:14:15 The Festival Sections 0:19:27 Piazza Maggiore 0:26:55 The Time Machine 0:35:37 The Cinephile's Heaven 0:48:52 The Space Machine 0:58:15 Recap