Screen Players Club is our exciting new podcast series. Check out our latest episodes below.
“I am a total film geek. The kind of geek who rewatches a great movie over and over. The kind who is evangelical: wanting friends, family and passing strangers on the bus to experience this incredible film too. It is this impulse to share great cinema which inspired me to create Screen Players Club.
Each episode we invite a writer, director, producer or actor to share the stories and never-before-told anecdotes behind bringing their vision to the big screen. We celebrate well-loved movies that have remained favourites and discover exciting new releases as they find their place in movie-goers’ hearts.
My hope is that our Screen Players Club podcast will appeal to both film-lovers and lovers of life, because initial chats about movie making soon move on to something more profound, as we explore the beauty and the boundlessness of being alive.
I cannot wait for you to listen. Welcome to our club.”
Charlotte x
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Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard on Broken English.
BAFTA nominated artist-directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard discuss their docu-portrait about the singer songwriter and icon Marianne Faithfull. Find out why they cast Tilda Swinton and George MacKay as fictional characters in a non-fiction film and share the moving moment when they filmed Marianne Faithfull’s final ever performance, and the astonishing reaction from Marianne once she’d finished recording her song.
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt on Sentimental Value.
Award winning director Joachim Trier and his co-writing partner Eskil Vogt share the secrets of their writing partnership, explain how through hours of intimate conversation they found the movie’s heart and cinematic through-line and reveal their moving ritual that sends their film into the world.
Joachim also shares how he maintains the dynamics of chaos and control on set, which allows his actors the space to achieve such searingly honest emotional performances on screen.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz on She Said.
Oscar and BAFTA winning screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz is responsible for some of the most nuanced, potent and beautiful films in contemporary cinema. In this episode she joins Charlotte Bogard Macleod at Soho Square Studios for an open, vulnerable and fiercely honest conversation about the movie “She Said.” Rebecca shares insights about how adapted a book while the book itself was still being written. She opens up to why this story resonated so strongly with her, and the personal impact of this project. TW: Please note this episode contains discussions of sexual assault which may be distressing to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other
Filmmakers Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter join Charlotte to discuss their extraordinary documentary Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other. And we’re also joined by the subjects of the film - writer Maggie Barrett and her husband, the legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
This film offers an intimate exploration of the marriage of two charismatic creatives. Life, death and making meaning are at the heart of this poignant film. It’s wide open emotionally. And mesmerising cinematically.
Sir Roger and James Ellis Deakins on The Man Who Wasn’t There
One of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Sir Roger Deakins and his creative partner James Ellis Deakins, join Charlotte to discuss the Coen Brother’s masterpiece The Man Who Wasn’t There. Hear about the hilarious pranks the Coen Brothers played on set; how Roger and Ethan Coen developed an almost telepathic understanding and the experimental process to find exactly the right tones of black and white for the movie by using colour stock.
Hoss Amini on Drive
Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning screenwriter Hossein Amini talks to Charlotte Bogard Macleod at Soho Square Studios about the process of adapting James Sallis’ lyrical novel Drive for the big screen. Don’t miss hearing how Hossein planned his thrilling car chase sequences, and his jaw dropping confessions about his own driving skills. And find out what Hossein’s predictions for the future of screenwriting are.
Nick Broomfield & Dan Smith on Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love
Legendary documentary maker Nick Broomfield and singer-songwriter, Bastille frontman Dan Smith join Charlotte to discuss Nick’s film Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love. Discover how this story of the muse who inspired a songwriter came to inspire Dan’s own songwriting. And hear the fascinating story of how Nick recovered the extraordinary footage at the heart of this poignant film.
Tessa Ross on Conclave.
One of Britain’s best-loved and most acclaimed producers, Tessa Ross CBE, joins Charlotte at Soho Square Studios to discuss the BAFTA and Oscar winning masterpiece Conclave. Don’t miss Tessa sharing the secret of how she got her hands on early chapters of Robert Harris’s novel, and then persuaded him to let her have the rights to the book. Listen in to how she and director Edward Berger assembled an extraordinary cast. And learn about what gives Tessa her extraordinary super power to predict what audiences will want to watch, years in advance.
Sam Taylor-Johnson on Nowhere Boy
Award-winning artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, who joins Charlotte live from The Cinema in Selfridges to discuss her poignant debut feature Nowhere Boy, about the early life of John Lennon. Hear Sam share how Paul McCartney called her out of the blue with his feedback, while she was shopping for cereal in Sainsbury’s! And discover the heart-stopping story from Sam’s own childhood which explains why the script resonated so personally with her.
Simon Beaufoy on Slumdog Millionaire
Oscar winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy joins Charlotte live in The Cinema in The Arches to discuss his smash-hit Slumdog Millionaire. Don’t miss Simon’s unique insights on how to handle a multi-strand, non-linear narrative without confusing the audience. Hear how the whole project was nearly consigned to the DVD bin, before going on to win a staggering 8 Oscars. And find out what Simon’s children really thought of the movie, when they got to watch it together at Screen Players Club for the very first time.