In conversation with Nia DaCosta | Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Doctor Who, videogames & more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Writer/director Nia DaCosta is the guest on this episode of Film Stories, with her latest film - Hedda - now available on Prime Video. She joins Simon to chat about the movie, and in a far-reaching chat, they also get into videogames, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, her love of genre, a bit of nerding out about Doctor Who, and a touch of The Marvels as well. And lighting! We chat lighting, too. Hedda is on Prime Video now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.7	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to a very special episode of the Film Stories podcast.
0:10.6	Come with me.
0:12.7	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:16.0	And movies. Movies that had stories.
0:18.9	That the story just sucks a man.
0:21.3	This is just the beginning.
0:23.9	We would be honoured if you would join us.
0:30.7	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
0:35.5	I am Simon Brew as always.
0:36.9	That's absolutely everything you need to know
0:38.4	about me. The aim of the podcast is given away by the title. I'm here to talk up the stories of
0:43.2	films and I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, marketing stories,
0:46.9	release stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know and
0:51.5	sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes
0:55.2	love. The films I tend to cover on this podcast lead more towards the mainstream than anything else.
0:59.9	There are films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. I try not to do snark. I try not to
1:05.0	punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation that somehow, somehow
1:10.6	films managed to get made.
1:13.3	Film Stories is also a very, very proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network,
1:17.1	a network of over 50 shows covering films, TV and gaming.
1:20.8	If you just do a search for Film Stories Podcast Network,
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