Lockdown Film Festival Conversations

Ida

In this week's episode we discuss Paweł Pawlikowski's 2013 film, Ida. A novice nun, about to take her vows, finds out that her parents were Jews killed during the war and travels with her aunt to find their burial place. Thank you for listening to this podcast over the last year, we are extremely grateful to all of you. Keep an eye out for our new podcast, Viewer's Commentary, coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts.

You Were Never Really Here

In this week's episode we discuss Lynne Ramsay's 2017 film, You Were Never Really Here. A traumatised veteran, now working as a mercenary tracking down missing girls, uncovers a sprawling violent conspiracy as a job goes awry when rescuing a Senator’s daughter.

The Last of the Mohicans

In this week's episode we discuss Michael Mann's 1992 film, The Last of the Mohicans. A white trapper, raised by a Native American father, tries to  protect the daughters of a British military colonel from a vengeful Huron, as the fight for control of North America rampages on.

Rocks

In this week's episode we discuss Sarah Gavron's 2019 film, Rocks. A teenage girl has to take care of and protect her younger brother, after their mother abandons them, or face the pair being placed into social care.

Akira

In this week's episode we discuss Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 film, Akira. After a collision with a child possessing supernatural abilities, a biker gang member gains dangerous telekinetic powers that threaten the status quo of dystopian Neo-Tokyo.