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The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – our newest episode is a chill hangout where we catch up on our favourite films of the year so far

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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Latest Episode

The pod returns, in sleepy mode – Peter, Anahit and Ellie get caught up on some recent releases, talk through our home set-ups, discuss Films Of 2025 So Far, and go surprisingly in-depth on... Pride & Prejudice and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The mid-2000s, baby!

TIMESTAMPS:
What We've Been Watching (recaps on 28 Years Later, Superman and The Office (US)) (2:00)
Our favourite places to watch the movies (16:20)
The films we’ve watched the most (Spongebob, Lord of the Rings) (27:00)
Our comfort watches (Spinal Tap, Mona Lisa Smile, Pride & Prejudice) (35:55)
Actual Film Chat: Films of 2025 so far, and our picks for the rest of the year (46:20)

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

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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 Deputy 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, Editorial Assistant, regular film and music writer for the mag, with a really good range of shoes.