The Ministry of Film Podcast
@ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social
The art and politics of classic films.
Presented by Carolina Saludes and Robin McGhee.
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Presented by Carolina Saludes and Robin McGhee.
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We are A WHOLE YEAR OLD so what better way to celebrate on Halloween than by talking about a penis-shaped monster terrorising beautiful Sigourney Weaver on a ship millions of miles from Earth?
Precisely, us either 😏🤌
We are A WHOLE YEAR OLD so what better way to celebrate on Halloween than by talking about a penis-shaped monster terrorising beautiful Sigourney Weaver on a ship millions of miles from Earth?
Precisely, us either 😏🤌
‘When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges’.
Yes 🙌🥲
Yes 🙌🥲
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
‘When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges’.
Yes 🙌🥲
Yes 🙌🥲
Art is important! Paying artists is important! When you do you get good art! Even in politics!
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Art is important! Paying artists is important! When you do you get good art! Even in politics!
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
We are A WHOLE YEAR OLD so what better way to celebrate on Halloween than by talking about a penis-shaped monster terrorising beautiful Sigourney Weaver on a ship millions of miles from Earth?
Precisely, us either 😏🤌
We are A WHOLE YEAR OLD so what better way to celebrate on Halloween than by talking about a penis-shaped monster terrorising beautiful Sigourney Weaver on a ship millions of miles from Earth?
Precisely, us either 😏🤌
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
We are A WHOLE YEAR OLD so what better way to celebrate on Halloween than by talking about a penis-shaped monster terrorising beautiful Sigourney Weaver on a ship millions of miles from Earth?
Precisely, us either 😏🤌
We are A WHOLE YEAR OLD so what better way to celebrate on Halloween than by talking about a penis-shaped monster terrorising beautiful Sigourney Weaver on a ship millions of miles from Earth?
Precisely, us either 😏🤌
If you loves Pan’s Labyrinth, this was that but sexier and about AI 🔥🤌
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you loves Pan’s Labyrinth, this was that but sexier and about AI 🔥🤌
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨
It’s Halloween season, the leaves are brown, and you’re in the mood for all things fantasy and horror, so @carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social bring you a fresh episode all about the stone cold classic
PAN’S LABYRINTH
from Guillermo del Toro …
It’s Halloween season, the leaves are brown, and you’re in the mood for all things fantasy and horror, so @carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social bring you a fresh episode all about the stone cold classic
PAN’S LABYRINTH
from Guillermo del Toro …
a woman in a dress is standing in a dark cave
ALT: a woman in a dress is standing in a dark cave
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨
It’s Halloween season, the leaves are brown, and you’re in the mood for all things fantasy and horror, so @carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social bring you a fresh episode all about the stone cold classic
PAN’S LABYRINTH
from Guillermo del Toro …
It’s Halloween season, the leaves are brown, and you’re in the mood for all things fantasy and horror, so @carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social bring you a fresh episode all about the stone cold classic
PAN’S LABYRINTH
from Guillermo del Toro …
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I adore Barry Lyndon so am quite sad to hear you found it boring!
However, if you want to learn more can highly recommend this fun podcast episode which goes into the making of and the politics of the film: open.spotify.com/episode/0nAF...
However, if you want to learn more can highly recommend this fun podcast episode which goes into the making of and the politics of the film: open.spotify.com/episode/0nAF...
Barry Lyndon
open.spotify.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I adore Barry Lyndon so am quite sad to hear you found it boring!
However, if you want to learn more can highly recommend this fun podcast episode which goes into the making of and the politics of the film: open.spotify.com/episode/0nAF...
However, if you want to learn more can highly recommend this fun podcast episode which goes into the making of and the politics of the film: open.spotify.com/episode/0nAF...
A propos of nothing, we have a pretty interesting discussion on Indian burial grounds in our ‘The Shining’ episode 👀
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
September 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A propos of nothing, we have a pretty interesting discussion on Indian burial grounds in our ‘The Shining’ episode 👀
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
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Thys meetinge koude have been a poignant and thought-provokinge expressionist filme
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Thys meetinge koude have been a poignant and thought-provokinge expressionist filme
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A fresh view on movies. Now here on Bluesky.
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE🚨🚨
To welcome in the Autumn energy, we’re focusing on beautiful Iranian domestic drama ‘A separation’ (2011) by Ashgar Farhadi.
@carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social run you thru art, the politics, the gorgeous Persian actors and purposely ugly settings…
To welcome in the Autumn energy, we’re focusing on beautiful Iranian domestic drama ‘A separation’ (2011) by Ashgar Farhadi.
@carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social run you thru art, the politics, the gorgeous Persian actors and purposely ugly settings…
September 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A fresh view on movies. Now here on Bluesky.
We chatted about Cleo from 5 to 7 back in Jan and it’s still one of our most popular episodes. And rightly so, absolute stone-cold classic!
Go check it out on the big screen @princecharlescinema.com 🤟
Go check it out on the big screen @princecharlescinema.com 🤟
Next Thursday at 18:15 in our downstairs screen, we’re showing CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7, Agnès Varda’s landmark of the French New Wave.
Part of our ongoing AGNÈS VARDA season, with more of her iconic films to come: VAGABOND, THE GLEANERS AND I, LE BONHEUR and more!
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/cleo5to7pcc
Part of our ongoing AGNÈS VARDA season, with more of her iconic films to come: VAGABOND, THE GLEANERS AND I, LE BONHEUR and more!
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/cleo5to7pcc
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We chatted about Cleo from 5 to 7 back in Jan and it’s still one of our most popular episodes. And rightly so, absolute stone-cold classic!
Go check it out on the big screen @princecharlescinema.com 🤟
Go check it out on the big screen @princecharlescinema.com 🤟
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE🚨🚨
To welcome in the Autumn energy, we’re focusing on beautiful Iranian domestic drama ‘A separation’ (2011) by Ashgar Farhadi.
@carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social run you thru art, the politics, the gorgeous Persian actors and purposely ugly settings…
To welcome in the Autumn energy, we’re focusing on beautiful Iranian domestic drama ‘A separation’ (2011) by Ashgar Farhadi.
@carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social run you thru art, the politics, the gorgeous Persian actors and purposely ugly settings…
September 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE🚨🚨
To welcome in the Autumn energy, we’re focusing on beautiful Iranian domestic drama ‘A separation’ (2011) by Ashgar Farhadi.
@carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social run you thru art, the politics, the gorgeous Persian actors and purposely ugly settings…
To welcome in the Autumn energy, we’re focusing on beautiful Iranian domestic drama ‘A separation’ (2011) by Ashgar Farhadi.
@carolinasaludes.bsky.social and @robinmcghee.bsky.social run you thru art, the politics, the gorgeous Persian actors and purposely ugly settings…
And what is going to happen is we’re dropping an episode tomorrow 👀
Whatever is going to happen is going to happen whether or not we are scared or brave, anxious or calm. So we might as well show up however we can, the best we can.
September 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And what is going to happen is we’re dropping an episode tomorrow 👀
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Answer to my previous post: it’s a young Max Schreck who would eventually terrify the world as Count Orlok in Nosferatu
July 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Answer to my previous post: it’s a young Max Schreck who would eventually terrify the world as Count Orlok in Nosferatu
By popular vote, we will be covering the Jurassic Park + Jurassic World combo this summer 🦖🦕
You will be shocked, SHOCKED, by which film we think is not very good and why 🥸
You will be shocked, SHOCKED, by which film we think is not very good and why 🥸
June 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
By popular vote, we will be covering the Jurassic Park + Jurassic World combo this summer 🦖🦕
You will be shocked, SHOCKED, by which film we think is not very good and why 🥸
You will be shocked, SHOCKED, by which film we think is not very good and why 🥸
It’s time for a vote! 👇
June 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s time for a vote! 👇
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨🚨
Join us as we venture into the asmr-tastic, sublime looking world of ‘Spirited Away’. If you liked our Wizard of Oz episode, this one’s for you✌️
🍎https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ministry-of-film/id1777278065
🟢https://open.spotify.com/episode/7poFcPODIwBYolA0e7gzQU
Join us as we venture into the asmr-tastic, sublime looking world of ‘Spirited Away’. If you liked our Wizard of Oz episode, this one’s for you✌️
🍎https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ministry-of-film/id1777278065
🟢https://open.spotify.com/episode/7poFcPODIwBYolA0e7gzQU
June 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨🚨
Join us as we venture into the asmr-tastic, sublime looking world of ‘Spirited Away’. If you liked our Wizard of Oz episode, this one’s for you✌️
🍎https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ministry-of-film/id1777278065
🟢https://open.spotify.com/episode/7poFcPODIwBYolA0e7gzQU
Join us as we venture into the asmr-tastic, sublime looking world of ‘Spirited Away’. If you liked our Wizard of Oz episode, this one’s for you✌️
🍎https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ministry-of-film/id1777278065
🟢https://open.spotify.com/episode/7poFcPODIwBYolA0e7gzQU
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE🚨🚨
Come follow the yellow brick road with us.
An adventure to the Emerald City or a metaphor for the gold standard? A children’s film or a conservative tale about the Great Depression?
Find out here 👇
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🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/79F6...
Come follow the yellow brick road with us.
An adventure to the Emerald City or a metaphor for the gold standard? A children’s film or a conservative tale about the Great Depression?
Find out here 👇
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/79F6...
The Wizard of Oz
The Ministry of Film · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🚨🚨NEW EPISODE🚨🚨
Come follow the yellow brick road with us.
An adventure to the Emerald City or a metaphor for the gold standard? A children’s film or a conservative tale about the Great Depression?
Find out here 👇
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/79F6...
Come follow the yellow brick road with us.
An adventure to the Emerald City or a metaphor for the gold standard? A children’s film or a conservative tale about the Great Depression?
Find out here 👇
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/79F6...
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A fantastic podcast episode on one of the greatest films of all time by @ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social.
Kurosawa's masterpiece spawned a thousand imitators, but has never been bested. I imagine it never will. Truly one of the pinnacles of the cinematic art form.
Kurosawa's masterpiece spawned a thousand imitators, but has never been bested. I imagine it never will. Truly one of the pinnacles of the cinematic art form.
Seven Samurai
The Ministry of Film · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A fantastic podcast episode on one of the greatest films of all time by @ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social.
Kurosawa's masterpiece spawned a thousand imitators, but has never been bested. I imagine it never will. Truly one of the pinnacles of the cinematic art form.
Kurosawa's masterpiece spawned a thousand imitators, but has never been bested. I imagine it never will. Truly one of the pinnacles of the cinematic art form.
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Been thinking about this speech a lot lately.
One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time.
youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...
One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time.
youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...
A Man for All Seasons - The Devil Speech
YouTube video by dniete97
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Been thinking about this speech a lot lately.
One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time.
youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...
One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time.
youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...
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We have a new podcast out, and I cannot insist enough that all of you who focus on AI watch Metropolis asap
In 1927, it looks at:
- The nature of work
- How said work can be dehumanising
- How AI can be weaponised against humans
- How tech + humans aren’t bad, but they need to connect, empathise
In 1927, it looks at:
- The nature of work
- How said work can be dehumanising
- How AI can be weaponised against humans
- How tech + humans aren’t bad, but they need to connect, empathise
January 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We have a new podcast out, and I cannot insist enough that all of you who focus on AI watch Metropolis asap
In 1927, it looks at:
- The nature of work
- How said work can be dehumanising
- How AI can be weaponised against humans
- How tech + humans aren’t bad, but they need to connect, empathise
In 1927, it looks at:
- The nature of work
- How said work can be dehumanising
- How AI can be weaponised against humans
- How tech + humans aren’t bad, but they need to connect, empathise
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨
This week Robin and Carolina discuss ‘Metropolis’, the peak of German film expressionism, featuring the very weird and techno-utopian religion and politics of late 1920s Germany, the first (sexy) robot on screen, and a discussion on AI?
Listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/615o...
This week Robin and Carolina discuss ‘Metropolis’, the peak of German film expressionism, featuring the very weird and techno-utopian religion and politics of late 1920s Germany, the first (sexy) robot on screen, and a discussion on AI?
Listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/615o...
Metropolis
The Ministry of Film · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨
This week Robin and Carolina discuss ‘Metropolis’, the peak of German film expressionism, featuring the very weird and techno-utopian religion and politics of late 1920s Germany, the first (sexy) robot on screen, and a discussion on AI?
Listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/615o...
This week Robin and Carolina discuss ‘Metropolis’, the peak of German film expressionism, featuring the very weird and techno-utopian religion and politics of late 1920s Germany, the first (sexy) robot on screen, and a discussion on AI?
Listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/615o...
A bit about why we started this podcast 😌
Really excellent column from @iandunt.bsky.social this week on his Substack (like, subscribe, comment, etc).
If I may, his piece explains very well why I started the @ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social project with my friend Robin - let me explain 🧵
If I may, his piece explains very well why I started the @ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social project with my friend Robin - let me explain 🧵
January 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A bit about why we started this podcast 😌
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🚨OUT TODAY🚨 The latest @ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social podcast is out today, and it’s about a conman that grifts his way to the top and fritters away other people’s money.
No, it is NOT the Apprentice, the film about Trump’s youth and rise to shitdom, but rather…
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
No, it is NOT the Apprentice, the film about Trump’s youth and rise to shitdom, but rather…
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
The Ministry of Film
Podcast · Carolina and Robin · The art and politics of classic films. Presented by Carolina Saludes and Robin McGhee
open.spotify.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨OUT TODAY🚨 The latest @ministryoffilmpod.bsky.social podcast is out today, and it’s about a conman that grifts his way to the top and fritters away other people’s money.
No, it is NOT the Apprentice, the film about Trump’s youth and rise to shitdom, but rather…
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
No, it is NOT the Apprentice, the film about Trump’s youth and rise to shitdom, but rather…
open.spotify.com/show/64Swbtg...
What we want to know is whether Lachlan’s name was inspired by John Lackland, who would become King John I (aka arguably the worst King of England and the reason why the Barons imposed the Magna Carta on him).
Rupert, if you listen, let us know ✨🫶
Rupert, if you listen, let us know ✨🫶
January 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What we want to know is whether Lachlan’s name was inspired by John Lackland, who would become King John I (aka arguably the worst King of England and the reason why the Barons imposed the Magna Carta on him).
Rupert, if you listen, let us know ✨🫶
Rupert, if you listen, let us know ✨🫶