Catherine Wheatley's guest appearances

Catherine Wheatley

The Cinematologists Podcast

Fantasy/Animation

Richard Dyer

Hope Dickson Leach

Steve McQueen

Lenny Abrahamson

Sandy Powell

Henry Blake

Tim Brown

William Brown

Matt Smith

Paul Thomas Anderson

Claire Denis

Joe Strummer

Rupert Read

Shirley Collins

Johnny Walker

OwlTail

Freya Billington

For the second episode of Season 12, the Cinematologists take a customary left turn from the last episode and get into the weeds about what it's like to be embarking on a new academic year in cinema, for teachers and students, undergraduates and those doing PhDs. Neil and Dario are joined by Freya Billington from UWE and Dr Catherine Wheatley from King's College London to talk about practice and theory and their intersections, the realities of life in a blended/online teaching world for users at both ends and the need for hope, reflection and kindness in addition to the usual curiosity and determination. While focused on the teaching of film the episode includes reflections on the social and political moment that are wider than what's going on in film education or even film itself, encompassing as much of the moment we are all in as is possible in an hour-long film podcast chat. There's also a preamble chat that takes in new Blu-ray releases of This Gun For Hire (Eureka/MoC) and After The Fox (BFI) Links: Freya on Twitter Catherine on Twitter Neil and Freya's conversation about teaching film production in the COVID era for the journal Digital Culture and Education. The Chantal Akerman Foundation 10 Essential Akerman Films (BFI) Information about The Hays Code [briefly mentioned by Catherine] (BFI) You can also subscribe to The Cinematologists on: Apple Podcasts Spotify  Google Podcasts Podchaser  or visit our website: www.cinematologists.com We also produce an extensive monthly newsletter and bonus/entended content that is available on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists. You can become a member for only $2.50. We also really appreciate any reviews you might write about the show (please send us what you have written and we'll mention it) and sharing on Social Media is the lifeblood of the podcast so please do that if you enjoy the show. Music Credits: ‘Theme from The Cinematologists’ Written and produced by Gwenno Saunders. Mixed by Rhys Edwards. Drums, bass &amp; guitar by Rhys Edwards. All synths by Gwenno Saunders. Published by Downtown Music Publishing.

For the second episode of Season 12, the Cinematologists take a customary left turn from the last episode and get into the weeds about what it's like to be embarking on a new academic year in cinema, for teachers and students, undergraduates and those doing PhDs. Neil and Dario are joined by <a href="https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/FreyaBillington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freya Billington from UWE</a> and <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/catherine-wheatley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Catherine Wheatley</a> from King's College London to talk about practice and theory and their intersections, the realities of life in a blended/online teaching world for users at both ends and the need for hope, reflection and kindness in addition to the usual curiosity and determination. While focused on the teaching of film the episode includes reflections on the social and political moment that are wider than what's going on in film education or even film itself, encompassing as much of the moment we are all in as is possible in an hour-long film podcast chat. There's also a preamble chat that takes in new Blu-ray releases of <a href="https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/this-gun-for-hire/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This Gun For Hire (Eureka/MoC)</a> and <a href="https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-after-the-fox-blu-ray.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">After The Fox </a><a href="https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-after-the-fox-blu-ray.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(BFI)</a> Links: <a href="https://twitter.com/freyab_73" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freya on Twitter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/catewheatley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine on Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/reflections-on-covid19/film-production" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil and Freya's conversation about teaching film production in the COVID era for the journal </a><a href="https://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/reflections-on-covid19/film-production" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Culture and Education.</a> <a href="https://chantalakerman.foundation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Chantal Akerman Foundation</a> <a href="https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/chantal-akerman-10-essential-films" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10 Essential Akerman Films (BFI)</a> <a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592022/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Information about The Hays Code [briefly mentioned by Catherine] (BFI)</a> You can also subscribe to The Cinematologists on: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-cinematologists-podcast/id981479854" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RjNz8XDkLdbKZuj9Pktyh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2NpbmVtYXRvbG9naXN0cy9mZWVkLnhtbA/episode/Y2luZW1hdG9sb2dpc3RzLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2MxMzgwMzY1LWFmNTEtM2NlNC1iN2YzLTA0MDBiODFkMzIwMg?ep=6&amp;hl=en-GB&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiKyPaCtfLrAhWQUMAKHSvyBjoQieUEegQIDBAF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a> <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/users/thecinematologists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podchaser</a> or visit our website: <a href="http://www.cinematologists.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.cinematologists.com</a> We also produce an extensive monthly newsletter and bonus/entended content that is available on our Patreon page: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists</a>. You can become a member for only $2.50. We also really appreciate any reviews you might write about the show (please send us what you have written and we'll mention it) and sharing on <a href="https://cinematologists.podbean.com/cinematologists/episode/update/id/@Cinematologists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Social Media</a> is the lifeblood of the podcast so please do that if you enjoy the show. Music Credits: ‘Theme from The Cinematologists’ Written and produced by Gwenno Saunders. Mixed by Rhys Edwards. Drums, bass &amp; guitar by Rhys Edwards. All synths by Gwenno Saunders. Published by Downtown Music Publishing.

Studying Film in 2020 (w/Freya Billington & Dr Catherine Wheatley)

For the 10th episode, Chris and Alex travel to Polynesia to tackle their first computer-animated film - Walt Disney’s all-singin’, all-dancin’ and all-digital musical Moana (Ron Clements and John Musker, 2016). They are joined by Dr Catherine Wheatley (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at King’s College London) to discuss the film’s gender politics and feminist register; its beautiful Samoan and Tokelauan-language soundtrack (with songs written and composed by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina); its ambivalent status as typical Disney fare; and the ‘tiny details’ that comprise its message of diplomacy and female empowerment.

For the 10th episode, Chris and Alex travel to Polynesia to tackle their first computer-animated film - Walt Disney’s all-singin’, all-dancin’ and all-digital musical Moana (Ron Clements and John Musker, 2016). They are joined by Dr Catherine Wheatley (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at King’s College London) to discuss the film’s gender politics and feminist register; its beautiful Samoan and Tokelauan-language soundtrack (with songs written and composed by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina); its ambivalent status as typical Disney fare; and the ‘tiny details’ that comprise its message of diplomacy and female empowerment.

Moana (2016) (with Catherine Wheatley)