Today's show paints the town red with in the company of the unlikeliest of heroes, looking at new releases Guardians of the Galaxy, Mississippi drama Joe, the newest Hercules and Michel Gondry's bittersweet and flower filled romance Mood Indigo. Plus we have our first preview of the upcoming Cambridge Film Festival with the BFI's Bryony Dixon … [Read more...]

Today's show begins with much promise and wraps up with the near end of human existence. Boyhood is Richard Linklater's ground breaking drama of a simple life in a Texan suburb. The director of the much loved Once returns with Begin Again. How To Train Your Dragon 2 finds the Viking village of Berg now happily living side by side with dragons, but … [Read more...]

The show today finds host Mark Liversidge dwelling on new film releases A Cold Day In July, The Fault In Our Stars and Chef. Plus we talk to Spanish director Diego Quemada-Díez about his lyrical new immigration drama The Golden Dream. And we kick off our previews of this August's Cambridge Film Festival with a brief chat with the behind the scenes … [Read more...]

Bums on Seats returns with a show that catches up with the summer blockbusters Edge Of Tomorrow and Maleficent, plus reviews new releases Jersey Boys and period drama Belle. We'll also be talking to Tony Jones of the Cambridge Film Trust about his recent purchase of the Bury St Edmunds Abbeygate cinema, moving one of the finest small cinemas in the … [Read more...]

Today's show is an all review affair, looking at a group of new films that wear their hearts of the sleeves. There is no such thing as simple revenge in "Blue Ruin", whilst conflict is equally important in the life of the photographer at the centre of "A Thousand Times Goodnight". Meanwhile grief leads to a flood of memories in "The Sea", emotions … [Read more...]

Today's show is an all review affair, with glances both askance and appreciative at the newest Spider-Man, Johnny Depp as an OK computer in Transcendence, the performance art mid-life crisis of Exhibition, the stalling marriage of Locke and the teenage rebellion and energy of We Are The Best. A fine collection of films, all spoken about behind … [Read more...]

This week's show features four men who find themselves in impossible situations. Jesse Eisenberg struggles with a more charismatic doppelgänger in The Double whilst punchdrunk policeman Rama goes up against the whole Jakarta underworld in The Raid 2: Berandal. Meanwhile Brendon Gleeson has a crisis of faith in Calvary and Russell Crowe's has his … [Read more...]