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Hosted by Picturehouse’s Sam Clements, The Love Of Cinema podcast goes deep on the best of the week’s new releases, with a little help from some quality film critics and the filmmakers themselves!

Picturehouse Cinemas has confirmed that it currently has “no plans” to screen Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming Ali G: Who Iz I?, placing the British cinema chain at the centre of a fresh debate over satire, race and whether one of the early 2000s’ most recognisable comedy characters still works in 2026. Picturehouse’s statement comes amid an online campaign urging cinemas around the world to reject the film, with critics arguing that Ali G’s humour relies on racial stereotypes while shielding itself behind the language of satire. The character, played by Cohen since the 1990s, is a white, middle-class Brit who adopts exaggerated Jamaican patois, hip-hop fashion and mannerisms associated with Black urban culture.