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A podcast analyzing international cinema, by two Finns Karri Ojala (a.v. media grad) and Henrik Telkki (a.v. studies), with industry guests.

New episodes biweekly on Saturdays or more frequently.

You can find the show on most podcast players or in the episode feed below.

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May 30, 2019

The lab starts its James Bond run. Every last Thursday of the month will be a 007 week until the release of Bond 25. Each Bond actor will get the spotlight with the Lab's favorites and least favorite films from their run. In this first Bond episode, Karri and Henrik join with their guest Tom Frankland. From Russia...


May 22, 2019

The Lab visits the often beloved and guest-recommended film Dead Poets Society. Robin Williams plays the new teacher in a traditional boarding school, where his unorthodox teaching methods raise concerns. Karri and Henrik reminisce their own times at school and whether their teachers would've allowed walking on...


May 15, 2019

The late Sir Roger Moore has named his performance as Harold Pelham (and his doppelgänger) in The Man Who Haunted Himself as his career-favorite. The Lab commemorates Moore by analysing the film. / (1970). Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Freddie Jones, Olga Georges-Picot.


May 9, 2019

A Screaming Man is a Chadian film about a family being ripped apart from the inside and outside, during a civil war.
What makes you do consciously the wrong choices? The lab investigates. / A Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie) (2010). Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. Starring Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emile Abossolo...


May 2, 2019

A highly detailed sci-fi plot with existential pondering. Possibly the most respected anime film of all time. Yet this time, Karri and Henrik will agree on almost nothing at all. Topics in this episode include the soul and what it means to be human. / Ghost in the Shell (Koukaku Kidoutai) (1995). Directed by...