Life Cinematic


Life Cinematic is a BBC television series of in-depth interviews with notable filmmakers, with clips from movies that have influenced them. With The Film Review and associated programs, Life Cinematic fills the gap left by the cancellation of the BBCs long-running Film... series in 2018. It is produced by Somethin’ Else and presented either by Edith Bowman or Robbie Collin, who give a brief résumé of the interviewee's career before conducting the interview. In the first 60-minute episode, broadcast 30 January 2020, Bowman spoke with Sir Sam Mendes, the British director whose blockbuster film 1917 was released three weeks previously.

Episodes

No.IntervieweePresenterFirst broadcast
1Sam MendesEdith Bowman30 January 2020
2Edgar WrightRobbie Collin6 February 2020
3[Sam Taylor-Johnson|]Edith Bowman13 February 2020
4[Sofia Coppola|]Edith Bowman25 November 2020
5[Amma Asante|]Edith Bowman4 March 2021