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The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – this week, we review Challengers and The Sweet East, then do a bit of fantasy programming

Article by The Skinny | 03 Feb 2022

The Cineskinny is the film podcast from some of the team behind The Skinny – every fortnight we take some kind of look at the wide world of The Movies. We're talking classic films, brand-new films, film festivals, the politics of film, arthouse thinkers *and* action bangers with loads of explosions.

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It's been sunny in Edinburgh for the first time in weeks. We recorded two hours later than usual. Challengers is a very *hot* film.

One or more of these may explain the slightly feral nature of this week's podcast, in which we review freewheeling US 'satire' The Sweet East and Luca Guadagnino's latest, as well as playing the film nerd equivalent of Fantasy Football in honour of the Glasgow Film Festival's 50th anniversary (fans of Kurosawa, Panahi and Rex the Dinosaur, we will programme your cinema, speak soon xx).

TIMESTAMPS:
What We've Been Watching: Next Goal Wins, Civil War, Men In Black (2:00)
The Sweet East review (16:20)
Challengers review (29:10)
GFT at 50, Filmhouse, and our perfect day at the cinema (38:40)

Follow the team on Twitter @ptrsmpsn @anahitrooz @jamiedunnesq @lew_rob_, get us on Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd and TikTok @thecineskinny, email us at cineskinny@theskinny.co.uk; recorded at EHFM, Summerhall – ehfm.live

Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

If you have any feedback, suggestions for future episodes, ideas for collaborations or just want to say hello, you can email us on cineskinny@theskinny.co.uk

The Cineskinny team

The Cineskinny is hosted by a selection of The Skinny’s finest film folk:

Jamie Dunn, our Film Editor, who you may also have heard on BBC Radio Scotland’s Afternoon Show, or read in Sight & Sound, IndieWire or The Guardian.

Anahit Behrooz, our Listings, Heads Up and Zap Editor, and a regular contributor to our Film section. Anahit’s film writing has also featured in The Quietus, Girls on Tops, One Room With A View and Little White Lies.

Peter Simpson, our Digital Editor. Big film fan, lots of enthusiasm and energy, and also responsible for the magazine’s Food and Drink pages if that helps at all.

Ellie Robertson, our Digital Editorial Assistant, regular film and TV writer for our website, with a really good range of shoes.