In The Pub with Mike Bradbury

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 16 - A Man Called Bert

Sandwiched perfectly between CinemaCon and Cine Europe, CTCs podcast team have recorded another full length episode!  Host Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis along with special guest Rob Younger from the Parkway Cinema in Barnsley to talk about the renaissance of 35mm and 70mm film, preparing for Avatar: Fire and Ice and server speeds.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 15 - Wake-On Lan

Back together and in-person, CTCs podcast team combined to bring a new episode!  Recorded during the Norwegian Cinema Conference in Lillehammer, host Mike Bradbury is joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis along with special guests Tim Potter (Trigage) and Lillebjörn Gyllfeldt (Cinema Design in Sweden) to talk about whether technology alone can drive movie-goers to the box office, environmental sustainability in exhibition and how cinemas should be preparing for 2025 and beyond from a equipment stand point.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 14 - The Flying Wigs (Live from Lillehammer, Norway)

Recorded in front of a live audience at Den Norske Kinokonferansen (The Norwegian Cinema Conference) in Lillehammer, Norway on 6th November 2024, CTC's acclaimed podcast returns for a special episode.  Host Mike Bradbury is joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis as well as special guest Brian Claypool from Christie to discuss HDR and sound levels in cinema.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 13 - Baseball Batted To Death In The Desert

They're back!  After almost a year CTC's three intrepid cinema heroes Mike Bradbury, Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis finally return to bring a new episode of everyone's favourite cinema technology podcast.

In this edition we find out what the team have been up to over the past year, talk about two recurring topics of aspect ratios (both unusual ones and varying ratios within movies) and KDMs and they discuss some of the technical challenges the industry faces and how education and communication might help create a more seamless ecosystem.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 12 - Billy Bob

CTCs podcast team are on the road at the Norwegian Film Conference recording a brand new episode.  Publican Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis and special guest Orjan Taule (MD of Unique Digital Cinema Norway).  In this episode the team talk about intermissions in the wake of Killers of the Flower Moon, masking, tabs and ambient light and also discuss the concerns around content security and impending critical updates to servers.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 11 - Geek Spot

CTCs podcast team are back for a whole new feature length episode.  Publican Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis and special guest Cinematographer Nic Knowland (best known for his work on movies including Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995), Berberian Sound Studio (2012) and The Duke of Burgundy (2014)).  In this episode the team get insights in to the creative process and why the differences between what the film maker intended and what's shown on screen matters, they discuss HDR and the lack of standards, the magic of cinema, audio description technology and much more.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 10 - Deep Standby

CTCs podcast team are back for a whole new feature length episode.  Publican Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis and special guest Graham Lodge (Sound Associates and CTC Vice President).  In this episode the team talk about projector availability, energy savings, PLFs, intermissions and Kevin gets a red card!

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 9 - The Sexygenarian - Live and Uncut from Trondheim

In this special uncut edition recorded in front of a live audience at the Film and Kino Conference in Trondheim, Norway, award winning host Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis as well as special guests Jana Daberkow (LTI), Ørjan Taule (Unique Digital) and a raucous crowd to discuss laser guarantees, laser speckle and much more.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 8 - Big Monkey & The Metaverse

Recorded during the Film & Kino Conference 2022 in Trondheim, Norway, award winning host Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis as well as special guest Martin Berg (DX) and our very first ever guest Rolv Gjestland (recently retired Cinema Consultant) to discuss KDMs, the Metaverse, Web 3.0 and cinema screen design.

In The Pub With Mike Bradbury - Episode 7 - What’s Your Name?

Recorded during CineEurope 2022 in Barcelona, award winning host Mike Bradbury is once again joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis as well as special guests Alain Chamaillard (NEC) and Cody Polla (Harkness Screens) to discuss embarrassing moments in the booth, screen maintenance, equipment shortages, streaming and much more.