ComedyDocumentary
Philomena Cunk asks experts all of the hard-hitting questions about the history of cinema, from the invention of the camera, to the New Wave filmmakers of the 60s, right up to the entrance of CGI and what the future of AI holds. Cunk will attempt to demystify it all while sitting in lumpy seats with stale popcorn, asking herself where did cinema come from? And why? What does it want? And why can't it tell us?
Philomena Cunk begins her history of cinema, meets the biggest names in Hollywood, and learns the true meaning of The Wizard of Oz.
Philomena Cunk uncovers an age of screen icons, from Marilyn Monroe to Wayne John, and incredible movies, from Taxi Driver to Jaws to Citizen Ken.
Cunk heads to Los Angeles to investigate modern-day Hollywood and watch some films you've actually heard of. With the rise of AI, she asks: is cinema finished, or just about to be finished?
Cast: Steven E. de Souza, Diane Morgan, Sarah Churchwell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Kermode, Michael Bay, Mark Cousins, Helen O'Hara, Daniel Pemberton, Seamus McGarvey, David Rubin, Dipesh Gurung, Linzey Bryant, Svea Brain Jangen, Mike Tyas, Toni Booth, Catherine Bray, Harvey G. Cohen, Bryony Dixon, Ashley Jackson, Suzie Kennedy, Martin Jordan, Stuart Laing, Sam Ward, Kaleem Aftab, Jim Al-Khalili, Geoff Andrew, Mo Moshaty, Monica B. Pearl, Isabel Stevens
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Maturity rating: TV-MA
Steven E. de Souza
Self - Screenwriter, Die Hard
Diane Morgan
Philomena Cunk
Sarah Churchwell
Self - Author, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream
Benedict Cumberbatch
Self - Actor
Mark Kermode
Self - Film Critic
Michael Bay
Self
Mark Cousins
Self - Writer & Documentarian, The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Helen O'Hara
Self - Editor-at-Large, Empire Magazine
Daniel Pemberton
Self - Composer, Project Hail Mary, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Seamus McGarvey
Self - Cinematographer, Atonement, Anna Karenina
David Rubin
Self - Casting Director, Men In Black, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Gravity
Dipesh Gurung
Human Centipede (front)
Linzey Bryant
Human Centipede (middle)
Svea Brain Jangen
Human Centipede (rear)
Mike Tyas
Mad Doctor
Toni Booth
Self - Curator of Film, National Science and Media Museum
Catherine Bray
Self - Film Critic, Screen International
Harvey G. Cohen
Self - Senior Lecturer in Cultural & Creative Industries, King's College London
Bryony Dixon
Self - Curator of Silent Film, BFI National Archives
Ashley Jackson
Self - Professor of Imperial & Military History, King's College London
Suzie Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe
Martin Jordan
Gordon Ramsay
Stuart Laing
Fake David Clamworth
Sam Ward
Real David Clamworth
Kaleem Aftab
Self - Film Critic & Festival Director
Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Physicist, Author & Broadcaster
Geoff Andrew
Self - Film Critic, Lecturer & Programmer
Mo Moshaty
Self - Editor in Chief, Nighttide Magazine
Monica B. Pearl
Self - Senior Lecturer, 20ᵗʰ Century American Literature & Film, The University of Manchester
Isabel Stevens
Self - Managing Editor, Sight and Sound Magazine
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