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Cinema Callback

Cinema Callback — the film podcast made entirely through WhatsApp voice notes

Cinema Callback is a voicemail-based film podcast hosted by Andy and Michael, two lifelong movie lovers from Ireland . Each week they exchange voice messages dissecting cult classics, hidden gems, and new releases. From horror to noir, indie to blockbusters, it’s an honest, playful take on cinema’s best. New episodes weekly.

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May 27 · 53 min
Together (2025)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss Together (2025), a relationship horror film that turns emotional closeness into something increasingly physical, disturbing, and inescapable. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about the film’s blend of body horror and relationship drama, and how it uses genre to explore codependency, identity, and the fear of emotional dissolution. They examine the shifting power dynamics between the central couple, the film’s uncomfortable intimacy, and the way ordinary relationship anxieties are pushed into grotesque territory. They also discuss the film’s tonal balancing act between horror and dark humour, its use of transformation as metaphor, and why Together feels less interested in monsters than in the terrifying possibility of disappearing completely into another person.
May 20 · 1 hr 29 min
Weapons (2025)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss Weapons (2025), the mysterious and deeply unsettling horror film that transforms a single unexplained event into a wider portrait of paranoia, grief, and social collapse. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about the film’s fragmented storytelling, its atmosphere of creeping dread, and how it uses absence rather than spectacle to generate fear. They explore the way the film shifts between perspectives and communities, gradually revealing how trauma spreads outward through rumour, suspicion, and desperation. They also discuss the film’s relationship to modern horror, its balance between ambiguity and emotional realism, and whether Weapons is ultimately less interested in solving its mystery than in examining what people become when confronted with something they cannot understand.
May 13 · 1 hr 11 min
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959), Alain Resnais’s landmark exploration of memory, grief, and intimacy in the shadow of historical catastrophe. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about the film’s fragmented structure, its blending of past and present, and how personal memory becomes inseparable from collective trauma. They explore the relationship at the centre of the film, not as a conventional romance, but as a space where confession, repression, and historical guilt collide. They also discuss Marguerite Duras’s screenplay, the film’s influence on modern art cinema, and why Hiroshima mon amour remains so emotionally and intellectually powerful in its attempt to express experiences that resist language, representation, and closure.
May 6 · 1 hr 2 min
The Novelist's Film (2022)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss The Novelist’s Film (2022), Hong Sang-soo’s quietly reflective drama about artistic frustration, creative renewal, and the fragile connections between people who make art. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about Hong’s minimalist style, his use of repetition and conversation, and how the film blurs the line between casual interaction and philosophical reflection. They explore the figure of the novelist herself, the film’s thoughts on artistic sincerity, and the tension between creating meaningful work and escaping self consciousness. They also discuss the film’s deceptively simple structure, its moments of humour and awkwardness, and why The Novelist’s Film feels less concerned with narrative resolution than with the small, uncertain moments that lead someone back toward creativity.
April 29 · 1 hr 45 min
Bob le Flambeur (1956)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss Bob le Flambeur (1956), Jean-Pierre Melville’s quietly influential crime film that blends American noir cool with a distinctly French sense of looseness and chance. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about the film’s relaxed, almost drifting structure, and how its casual tone masks a precise understanding of character and fate. They explore Bob as a gambler shaped as much by habit as by desire, and how the film treats planning and luck as inseparable forces. They also discuss Melville’s stripped back style, the film’s place as a precursor to the French New Wave, and why Bob le Flambeur feels less like a traditional heist film and more like a study of routine, ritual, and the quiet pull of risk.
April 22 · 2 hr 50 min
High and Low (1963) & Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss High and Low (1963) and Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest (2025, exploring how the same core premise can be reinterpreted across time, culture, and filmmaking style. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about Akira Kurosawa’s precise, methodical construction, where moral tension unfolds through space, hierarchy, and procedure, and contrast it with Spike Lee’s more contemporary, stylised approach, examining how themes of class, power, and responsibility are reframed for a modern context. They explore how both films centre on a life altering decision that exposes the divide between wealth and vulnerability, and how each director uses tone, pacing, and perspective to shape the audience’s moral alignment. They also discuss adaptation versus reinterpretation, what is lost or gained in translation, and why the story continues to resonate as a study of status, ethics, and the cost of control.
April 15 · 59 min
Strange Darling (2023)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss Strange Darling (2023), a sharply constructed thriller that plays with perspective, chronology, and audience expectation to constantly shift the ground beneath its story. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about the film’s fragmented structure, its deliberate withholding of information, and how it invites the viewer to make assumptions before quietly pulling them apart. They explore how the film engages with genre conventions, particularly around power, control, and victimhood, and how those ideas are reframed as the narrative unfolds. They also discuss the film’s stylisation, its use of tension and misdirection, and whether its structural ambition enhances or distances the emotional impact, leaving the audience to question not just what they are seeing, but how they are choosing to interpret it.
April 8 · 1 hr 14 min
After Hours (1985)
In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael discuss After Hours (1985), Martin Scorsese’s darkly comic odyssey through nocturnal New York, where a simple late night outing spirals into a surreal chain of misfortune and escalating paranoia. Through the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts talk about the film’s relentless momentum, its nightmare logic, and how ordinary social anxieties transform into existential panic as the night unfolds. They explore Scorsese’s departure from his crime film persona, the film’s precise comic timing, and the way coincidence becomes both narrative engine and psychological trap. They also discuss the film’s portrait of urban alienation, its blend of absurdity and dread, and why After Hours feels less like a comedy of errors and more like a prolonged anxiety dream from which its protagonist cannot wake.
April 1 · 1 min
🎬 Coming Soon on Cinema Callback
Here’s what’s next on the podcast… We’re heading from 90s indie relationship chaos to one of Scorsese’s wildest nights, a modern thriller full of surprises, and a special double-feature exploring how one story can evolve across filmmakers and generations. Upcoming episodes: • The Daytrippers (1996) — a sharp, funny indie road trip about love, suspicion, and family dynamics. • After Hours (1985) — Martin Scorsese’s cult classic descent into a surreal New York night that refuses to end. • Strange Darling (2023) — a bold, unpredictable thriller that plays with perspective and expectations. • Double Watch: High and Low (1963) & Highest 2 Lowest — Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece alongside Spike Lee’s reinterpretation. Watch along and subscribe so you’re ready when the episodes drop. 🎧 Cinema Callback — movies worth calling back.

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