Butter Popcorn 14: Pulgasari and North Korean cinema
Fri 26th Jun '26, 4:00pm Remind me
This month, the show welcomes Lee Bentham (Leeds International Film Festival, What the Film Club) to talk about The cinema of North Korea, and the giant monster PULGARSARI.
Butter Popcorn: ‘Stand by Me’ turns 40
Fri 1st May '26, 4:00pm
The coming of age classic, Stand by Me celebrates its 40th Anniversary this week with a new cinema release.
Media available soon!
Programme
Butter Popcorn 11: Give them their flowers
Fri 27th Mar '26, 3:00pm
It's awards season, so on the inaugural 2026 episode, the team will look at the upcoming Oscars and also talk about what they would praise from the past year.
Butter Popcorn: Remakes
Fri 28th Nov '25, 4:00pm
This month, our hosts discuss Bugonia, and the wider idea of remakes. Why do we remake films? Are they worth doing?
Contains spoilers for both Bugonia and Save the Green Planet.
Butter Popcorn: The Horror films of 2025 in review
Fri 31st Oct '25, 4:00pm
As an annual tradition, Butter Popcorn dedicates its October show to Horror, the spookiest of all film genres.
Butter Popcorn 29: Microbudgets!
Fri 26th Sep '25, 3:00pm
This month, our hosts talk about the often overlooked world of microbudget or no-budget filmmaking.