Sam and Nathan kick off the new year by diving into a packed February programme at Showroom Cinema!

Between stops at the LGBTQ+ History Month programme, Valentine's Day films, and Award's Season frontrunners, hear from three of the programming teams in this month's BFI Young Programmers Takeover.

To close, we have a few words with Johnathan Illott, the new Head of Programming, about a 2026 full of bright surprises.

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01:55 - BFI YP Festival: Common People

06:30 - 100 Nights of Hero

09:10 - Showroom Classics: Breathless

11:40 - BFI YP Festival: AI through Female Eyes

16:55 - Wuthering Heights

21:05 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Immersive Screening)

22:45 - BFI YP Festival: Fame is a Gun

27:50 - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

30:50 - Sirât

32:38 - Johnathan Illott, Head of Programming, drops by.

Nathan and Sam send off 2025 but reflecting on the best films of the year and a packed December programme at Showroom Cinema!

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• 2:00 The Marbles
• 4:50 Folktales
• 6:30 Best of '25 Part I
• 9:30 The Shining
• 12:50 Good Time
• 16:20 Best of '25 Part II
• 19:15 Batman Returns
• 22:50 The Holdovers
• 27:00 Best of '25 Part III

Thank you so much for supporting Showroom Cinema Podcast in 2025! Have a great end to your year and we'll be back in February with more episodes.

Festivals celebrating global film, and fantastic live music, Nathan and Sam dive into the best events at Showroom this November.

Along the way, we speak to Dom + Jack from Slambarz and Mel Gourlay, director of FFStival.

2:00 Die My Love

4:30 In The Mood For Yearning: Lorde's Melodrama + In The Mood for Love.

6:45 Showroom Community x Slambarz: Behind the Barz w/ Dom Heslop and Jack Godfrey.

12:20 Alpha

14:35 Exhibition on Screen - Caravaggio

18:00 FFStival 2025 w/ Mel Gourlay

23:33 Wake Up Dead Man

27:25 Wicked + Wicked: For Good.

31:00 The best of the rest...

⁠See What's On at Showroom in November!

Sam and Nathan are joined by Chim'Di (Communities Coordinator) to discuss an October programme packed with festivals and special events.

In this episode:

1:15 The Official Release Party of a Showgirl

4:10 A Hard Day's Night

8:00 A Touch of Black Health season with Chim'Di

15:15 The Mastermind

17:30 Hamnet

20:00 Celluloid Screams

23:05 Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

25:40 Bugonia

If you'd like to host a community event or screening at Showroom, reach out to communities@srws.org.uk.

⁠See What's On at Showroom in October⁠!

Sam and Nathan discuss special screenings and the packed release schedule at Showroom Cinema this September.

The indie venue is the only place in Sheffield to see London Film Festival Previews next month. Keep an eye out for an announcement this Wednesday 3 September.

In this episode:

2:30 Highest 2 Lowest

4:50 Twin Peaks: The Return

8:40 Steve

12:40 One Battle After Another

15:50 The Dead of Winter

18:25 Hamilton

See What's On at Showroom in September!

Sheffield Film Festival begins! Sam and Nathan are back with August's edition of the Showroom Cinema Podcast.

Together they explore a packed-programme: the summer of Pedro Pascal, the warmth of home video recording and the much anticipated 'The Thursday Murder Club'.

This month's guests include James Daly, writer of When Saturday Comes, which screens as part of SFF on Sat 9 Aug; and Alex Barlow, Head Brewer at Triple Point Brewery, who talks through the process of making Showroom's new collaborative beer 'Good Neighbour', which you can enjoy throughout the festival.

00:00 Intro

01:30 Castration Movie Pt. 1 (w/ Virtual Q&A) + Reel Cult: The Ring (VHS Screening)

07:50 Interview with James Daly, writer of When Saturday Comes

12:20 The Kingdom + Eddington

16:30 Alex Barlow, Head Brewer at Triple Point Brewery

22:45 The Thursday Murder Club + Motherboard (w/ Q&A)

29:00 Sign-off and thanks to departing Head of Programming, Ryan Finnigan

Thanks for listening! Explore the full August programme on the Showroom Cinema website.

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A special Sheffield Cinema Podcast, recorded live at Leah's Yard as part of Crossed Wires Festival!

Nathan and Sam are joined by Connor from Kelham Island Film Club and Pat from Reel Cult to discuss Sheffield Film Festival and building cinema culture across the city.

The full Sheffield Film Festival is live!

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Showroom Cinema Podcast will record live at Leah's Yard, at 13.45 on Saturday 5 July as part of the Crossed Wires Festival. Attendance is free so come on down!

In this shorter episode, Sam and Nathan sweat through the July highlights at Showroom Cinema! Thank you for listening.

01:30 Hot Milk

03:50 Behind the Scenes: Herzog & Coppola

07:30 KaiJuly Raids Again!

10:10 Friendship

12:39 Midnight Marauders: The Fly

15:20 Bring Her Back

18:10 Outro + Sheffield Film Festival

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