15 Best Film Studies Podcasts

1. Aca-Media

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Aca-Media is a monthly podcast sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies that presents an academic perspective on media. Hosts Christine Becker and Michael Kackman explore current scholarship, issues in the media industries, questions in pedagogy, professional development, and events in the world of media studies. Questions and comments can be sent to ****@aca-media.org.MORE Hosts Michael Kackman, Christine Becker
Producer/Network The Society for Cinema and Media Studies
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 17Twitter 2.7K Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Since Feb 2013 Video Podcast YouTube
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2. Farrand On Film

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A film education/appreciation podcast from Film Studies teacher Adam Farrand & some very special guests.
Host Adam Farrand
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Reviews 15Instagram 183 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. UMassterclass

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The official, award-winning podcast of the Film Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst! Your go-to show for students, filmmakers, and film faculty getting educated, together, on all things film, television, and screen media. UMassterclass is written and produced by students in the Film Studies program at UMass Amherst. Hosts Rianna Jakson and Kiefer Callewaert. Production crew Gabby Mosher, Ryan Gies, Mariana Carmo, Ved Shankavaram, and Kaliska Wiley.MORE Hosts Rianna Jakson, Kiefer Callewaert
Producer/Network Students in the Film Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Brian Licata
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 1Twitter 3Instagram 130 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. The Film Analysis

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Hi,my name is Wolfgang M. Schmitt. I am an ideology critic and film critic from Germany. On this channel I will analyze a popular film every week in an ideology-critical way. In addition, I will draw on philosophical, political, psychoanalytic and sociological theories. Like the famous German film critic Siegfried Kracauer said: 'Films are a mirror of society'. I would be happy if you would like to look into this mirror with me.MORE Email ****@wolfgangmschmitt.de
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Classroom Critics Film Studies Podcast

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The Classroom Critics Podcast is a free-form film studies podcast by teachers who love talking about the great movies.
Host William Ivers
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 29 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Film Studies Fundamentals

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A podcast series focusing on the analysis and discussion of film at GCSE level and beyond.
Producer/Network Ian Moreno-Melgar
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7. Faculty of Horror

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Tackling all things horror with a slash of analysis and research, horror journalists and occasional academics Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West are your hosts for brain plumping discussions on all things that go bump in the night.Produced independently in Toronto, Ontario The Faculty of Horror is your best source for classic and contemporary horror film discussions that will haunt the libraries of your mind!MORE Hosts Andrea Subissati, Alexandra West
Producer/Network Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 4.9KTwitter 6.9KInstagram 3.4K Avg Length 78 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Writers on Film

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Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on PatreonA proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.ukMORE Host John Bleasdale
Producer/Network Film Stories
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Howard Berger, Marshall Julius
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 56Facebook 133Twitter 11.9KInstagram 529 Avg Length 75 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. The Film Majors

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Three former cinema studies students navigate working in the industry, continuing their cinematic education, and bickering with one another about the movies. Popcorn is their ammunition, the couch is their foxhole, and the cinema is their place of worship. Welcome to the party, pal.MORE Hosts Mick Mugnai, Alexis Avitia, Zack Harris
Producer/Network The Film Majors
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 48Instagram 246 Avg Length 112 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

10. Showbiz: Amateur Adventures in Film Studies

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We've been told these are important movies. Integral movies. The movies that you NEED to see in order to understand what film is all about. We have been told that to know sh*t about film, you need to know these movies. Join Biz and Kirsty, two amateur film enthusiasts, as they watch, critique, and discuss films from The Criterion Collection and BFI Top 250 to decide if, in our humble opinion, these films are hot sh*t or hot garbage . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Hosts Biz, Kirsty
Producer/Network Biz and Kirsty
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 8Instagram 94 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. You Made Me Watch That?!

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'You Made Me Watch That?!' is a podcast where two film studies professors, Colleen Kennedy-Karpat and Wickham Catesby Flannagan, aim to expand each other's cinematic knowledge, one recommendation at a time. Produced by Taylan Akıl at Bilkent COMD studios, in collaboration with Bilkent Cinema Society. Cover Art by Deniz Vadi Töngür. Theme music by Dozi Ozovski.MORE Hosts Wickham Catesby Flannagan, Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
Producer/Network You Made Me Watch That?!
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 8Instagram 592 Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Lonely PhDs

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Two good friends who just happen to also be two professors of film studies discuss new films each episode.
Hosts Jeffrey Hayes, Joey Watson
Producer/Network Jeffrey Hayes
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Masterful Visions: A Series Podcast on Celebrated Film Directors and Their Works

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Join me on this journey as I discuss celebrated film directors and their works. I will be diving into the background of each director and using my film studies knowledge to review each of the director's films. Moving forward, each director will be the focus of a series of episodes.MORE Producer/Network Zebadiah Barrett
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Recent Guest Paul Glover
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14. JHU Film and Media Studies

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Student podcasts and sound art from the Program in Film and Media Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Producer/Network jhufilmandmedia
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Facebook 964Twitter 239.8KInstagram 1.2K Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Since May 2019 Get Email Contact

15. The MediaMag Podcast

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The podcast for students of Film & Media Studies.
Producer/Network Giles Gough
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact