Take a trip from The Wizard of Oz to Reservoir Dogs in the Wonder Cinema of Ireland, the Ritz, Belfast. Join hosts, filmmaker Brian Henry Martin and cinema historian Dr. Sam Manning in a new six-part series exploring the remarkable story of a long lost super cinema.
Brian Henry Martin is a filmmaker and film critic from Belfast, Northern Ireland. His documentary work includes Super 8 Stories, Making The Monkees and The Man Who Shot The Great War. He is also a founder member of the Irish Film and Television Academy and a passionate advocate for the Belfast Film Festival. Brian is also the film critic for Northern Ireland's most popular magazine programme, UTV Life.
Sam Manning is a cinema historian and author living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After completing a PhD at Queen's University Belfast exploring post-war cinema audiences in the United Kingdom, he worked on several university projects exploring the history of cinema attendance across Europe. He is the author of
Mark Kermode is an film critic, musician, radio presenter, television presenter, author and podcaster. He is the co-presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme Screenshot and co-presenter of the film-review podcast Kermode & Mayo's Take, alongside long-time collaborator Simon Mayo . Kermode is a regular contributor to The Observer for which he was chief film critic between September 2013 and September 2023