Nostalgia Interviews with Chris Deacy

09/06/2026

Cabin FM Tuesday 9 June 2026

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on Tuesday 9 June 2026.

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on Tuesday 9 June 2026.

07/06/2026

Enzo (Robin Campillo, 2025)

‘Enzo’ is a coming-of-age drama with some interesting observations about class, aspiration and the search for identity. It opens on a building site, where a disaffected sixteen-year-old is working alongside a group of Ukrainian labourers. He’s not particularly good at the job, and when the foreman demands to see his parents, we discover the central paradox of the film. Enzo (Eloy Pohu) comes from a wealthy family, lives in a spacious house with a swimming pool, and has opportunities many people would envy....

‘Enzo’ is a coming-of-age drama with some interesting observations about class, aspiration and the search for identity. It opens on a building site, where a disaffected sixteen-year-old is working …

07/06/2026

Cabin at the Movies Saturday 6 June 2026

This week on Cabin at the Movies, I was joined by listener Maximillian for an eclectic and entertaining journey through some of his favourite films. From the mischievous mayhem of Gremlins and the cult chaos of The Toxic Avenger to the poignancy of 84 Charing Cross Road, the suspense of Shallow Grave, the musical magic of Grease, the emotional power of Watership Down and the gentle charm of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, it’s a celebration of cinema in all its variety. Plus, I look back at this week in film history, enjoying some great tunes, and discovering what’s showing at the cinema this week.

04/06/2026

Tuner (Daniel Roher, 2025)

‘Tuner’ is a sharply edited, highly polished crime drama that feels like a throwback to the kind of intelligent adult thrillers Hollywood used to make in the 1970s. What elevates it beyond a straightforward caper film is its social conscience and the way it places disability at the centre of the story. Niki (Leo Woodall), has a rare hearing condition that gives him an extraordinary ability to distinguish individual notes on a piano, even when they are played simultaneously....

‘Tuner’ is a sharply edited, highly polished crime drama that feels like a throwback to the kind of intelligent adult thrillers Hollywood used to make in the 1970s. What elevates it beyond a straig…

02/06/2026

Cabin FM Tuesday 2 June 2026

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on 2 June 2026.

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on 2 June 2026.

01/06/2026

Hook (Steven Spielberg, 1991)

What happens when the boy who never grew up ends up doing exactly that? ‘Hook’ takes the familiar Peter Pan story and asks a surprisingly interesting question: what if Peter has become the very thing he was once trying to escape? Robin Williams plays him as a hard-driving businessman, someone absorbed by work, acquisitions and deadlines, prioritizing career over family life....

What happens when the boy who never grew up ends up doing exactly that? ‘Hook’ takes the familiar Peter Pan story and asks a surprisingly interesting question: what if Peter has become the very thi…

01/06/2026

Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002)

There is something slightly flimsy about ‘Catch Me If You Can’, though I mean that less as a criticism than as a reflection of its breezy, old-fashioned quality. With its caper-style score by John Williams, echoing the jazzy sensibility of Henry Mancini, the film feels like a throwback to the stylish ‘man on the run’ pictures of the 1960s. Here, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank Abagnale Jr., a teenager so shaken by his parents’ divorce that he turns, in a way reminiscent of Matt Damon in ‘The Talented Mr....

There is something slightly flimsy about ‘Catch Me If You Can’, though I mean that less as a criticism than as a reflection of its breezy, old-fashioned quality. With its caper-style score by John …

31/05/2026

Cabin at the Movies Saturday 30 May 2026

This week's guest is Marion Stuart whom I interviewed on Cabin at the Movies in May 2025, and who sadly passed away just over a week ago. Looking back, I suspect Marion may even have been one of the very last people still alive who remembered seeing Bambi when it was first released in the early 1940s. She also told me how she went to see Ben-Hur night after night because she had fallen in love with Charlton Heston!...

This week’s guest is Marion Stuart whom I interviewed on Cabin at the Movies in May 2025, and who sadly passed away just over a week ago. Looking back, I suspect Marion may even have been one…

31/05/2026

Power Ballad (John Carney, 2026)

I thought ‘Power Ballad’ was a magnificent film about a wedding singer who inadvertently comes close to the success he always dreamed of after a song he wrote is effectively stolen during a late-night jam session and transformed into an international number-one hit by somebody else. One slight weakness is that some of the musical sequences are not especially well edited – there are moments when it’s obvious the performers are not actually singing in sync with the vocals....

I thought ‘Power Ballad’ was a magnificent film about a wedding singer who inadvertently comes close to the success he always dreamed of after a song he wrote is effectively stolen during a late-ni…

28/05/2026

Cabin FM Tuesday 26 May 2026

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on 26 May 2026.

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on 26 May 2026.