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Hosted by Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 33 episodes
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Cinema in One Take is where the on-screen world meets the real world. Hosted by film experts and world cinema lovers, Kaleem Aftab and Emma Jones, this podcast brings you sharp, engaging discussions on the latest international movie news, from Hollywood to Bollywood, passing Nollywood on the way. Each week, they cover the vast array of world cinema, diving into new releases, industry shifts, and the stories behind the headlines.
Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab hosts Cinema in One Take, a tv show with 33 episodes published.
Cinema is having a blockbuster summer. The Odyssey and Spider-Man are smashing records, surprise hits such as Backrooms and Obsession are pulling younger audiences into cinemas, and the box office comeback we've been pre
The Venice 2026 line-up is here—and, as with Cannes, a pattern seems to be emerging. Are Hollywood studios moving away from the world's biggest film festivals? Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab give their first reaction to the
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is finally here, and Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab are, for once, in agreement about something: that it's a masterpiece. In this week's episode of Cinema in One Take, we review Nolan's ambit
For years, Hollywood has increasingly relied on influencers to help launch its biggest films. But is that strategy still working? This week on Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab explore whether influencer sc
This week on Cinema in One Take, we're asking whether independent cinema's coolest studio has made its biggest mistake yet. A24 has announced a $75 million partnership with Google DeepMind, prompting a fierce backlash fr
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has broken BFI IMAX ticket sales records a month before release or before any reviews, raising a fascinating question: are Nolan and Avatar's James Cameron the last truly bankable director
What happens when YouTubers start making some of the biggest films in the world? This week on Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab dive into the extraordinary success of Backrooms and Obsession, two breakout h
Our final Cannes Film Festival wrap-up is here! In this episode of Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones reports back from the Croisette after a whirlwind fortnight at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, while Kaleem Aftab joins to
The Palme d’Or race at the Cannes Film Festival is becoming more unpredictable by the day as the festival enters its final stages. Emma Jones speaks to Kaleem Aftab from Cannes, to talk about the icy family drama Fjord s
AI children. Korean monsters. Missing Hollywood stars. And Jacob Elordi as Bond? In this Cannes dispatch, Emma Jones reports from the Film Festival as she and Kaleem Aftab break down some of the festival’s biggest premie
Emma Jones joins Kaleem Aftab from the Cannes Film Festival to unpack the films, politics, and glamour (as well as the growing exhaustion) at Cannes 2026. They discuss the strong early reaction to Pavel Pawlikowski’s Fat
Day one at Cannes and already the big question is: what kind of festival is Cannes becoming? Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab break down an opening night dominated by Jane Fonda, nostalgia, political carefulness, and the idea
This week Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab discuss the growing controversy around AI in filmmaking as Kaleem’s produced feature 'Memory of Princess Mumbi', made with generative AI, begins its international release following a
In this episode of Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab use The Devil Wears Prada 2 to ask what’s happened to journalism in the age of clicks, algorithms, and tech power? Arguing the film is often more about j
Critics hate it. Fans seem set to love it. Michael, the biopic of Michael Jackson, has been met with some of the harshest reviews in recent memory, but it could still become one of the biggest musical biopics ever made.
Are cinemas putting audiences off before the film even begins? This week on Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab respond to Sony’s Tom Rothman, who has urged cinemas to shorten the bloated pre-show of ads and
The Cannes Film Festival 2026 line-up is here, and it feels like something is shifting. Fewer Hollywood titles, a surge in war stories, and a Competition shaped by global auteurs, with Japanese and Spanish films featurin
On this week’s Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab explore what audiences really want from cinema — from AI-generated performances to timeless movie magic. They begin with the rise of AI in film, from the fai
A film very few people have seen is already causing outrage. On this week’s Cinema in One Take, Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab dive into the backlash surrounding The Drama after a leaked plot twist set the internet off. Is
Ryan Gosling heads into space (with exceptional knitwear) in Project Hail Mary — a rare original sci-fi that’s already shaping up to be one of 2026’s biggest hits. Film experts Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab ask whether Hol
Emma Jones
palliative care physician and spiritual healer · Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
7 appearances on this show
Demi Moore
ruthless fashion maven
1 appearance on this show
Jane Fonda
2-Time Academy Award Winner
1 appearance on this show
Barry Keoghan
actor
1 appearance on this show
Richard Linklater
Founder & Artistic Director
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Kaleem Aftab
Cannes
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Tom Rothman
Sony
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