
Swiss-German film talk with sharp detours.
The gist
CinéSwiss treats movies, streaming series, festival previews, awards recaps, and odd screen culture as material for a loose table conversation. Alex, Spike, and Hill move quickly from jokes to film craft, letting guests pull the discussion toward theology, survival TV, role-playing worlds, or production details.
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About CinéSwiss
CinéSwiss is a Swiss-German film and series podcast with the energy of friends who know the topic, know each other, and do not mind taking the scenic route to the point. The regular trio of Alex, Spike, and Hill gives the show its shape. The episodes are conversational, fast, and often funny in a dry, teasing way. They can start with a clean premise and then immediately bend toward a correction, a joke, a tangent, or a guest’s stray detail. That looseness is not a lack of focus; it is how the show finds the useful part of a topic. A Passion of the Christ special, for example, is not just a film review. With Daniel Baumgartner in the room, it becomes a conversation about Reformed and Catholic emphasis, religious ideas, beauty, sin, punishment, and how a movie can carry theology whether it means to or not. The Oscars 2026 recap works differently. It has the mood of a group scoring session after a long broadcast, with categories, predictions, confusion, and small bursts of disbelief carrying the rhythm. The BRUGGGORE preview shows the show’s festival side. It moves through premieres, short film blocks, genre cinema, AI-made films, audience logistics, exhaustion, and the work behind a festival that seems bigger than its resources. The Seven vs. Wild Switzerland episode brings in Tauli for a practical, funny look at survival television from inside the experience. The questions are blunt and ordinary in a useful way: how much walking was possible, what the island was like, how filming changed the mood, and what boredom does to people on camera. The Eine Nacht in Tobrien episode goes into another kind of making, with fantasy, tabletop role-playing, tavern design, lighting plans, windows, camera angles, and the community effort needed to build a fan film world. CinéSwiss is for listeners who like film talk with human clutter still attached. It is analytical without acting precious. It is silly without becoming empty. The show’s best moments come when cinema, streaming, festivals, fandom, craft, and personal taste all interrupt each other at once.
Made for: CinéSwiss suits Swiss-German listeners who want film and series conversation that feels informal, quick, and culturally specific. It is especially good for people who enjoy festival previews, awards chatter, guest-led deep dives, and behind-the-scenes production talk.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its flexible interview-table format: a movie topic can become theology, festival programming, survival television, or set construction without losing the film angle. It keeps cinephile detail close to plain, joking conversation.
In their own words
Kino und Streaming „uf Schwizerdütsch“Wöchentlich besprechen Alex, Spike und Hill in ihrem Studio52 die besten (und schlechtesten) Filme und Serien.In verschiedenen Formaten wie Hausaufgaben, Lieblingsfilm mit einem Gast, Filmjahrgängen, überlangen Extravaganza-Folgen zu Filmreihen sowie jede Menge Specials zu Filmschaffenden führen die Drei mit viel Spass durch die Folgen.Für Nachschub ist also gesorgt, reinhören!
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- Swiss-German film talk where Alex, Hill and Spike can score the Oscars without keeping straight faces
- a movie conversation willing to put a pastor beside The Passion of the Christ
Episodes
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#494 Rückblick 136.0: Project Hail Mary, Hoppers, Shelter, Scrubs, Hannah, Barbara, Harry uvm.
·2h 7m - 2
#492 Joorgang 2002
·2h 25m - 3
#490 Audiokommentar: Solo: A Star Wars Story
·2h 18m - 4
#489 Oscar vs. Oscar
·2h 18m - 5
#488 Rückblick 135.0: Scream 7, Sirat, The Beauty, Redux Redux, 3 Body Problems uvm.
·1h 22m - 6
#487 RandoMania 15
·1h 37m - 7
#478 Joorgang 1988
·2h 1m - 8
#485 Rückblick 134.0: Marty Supreme, Ewigi Liebi, Iron Lung, Dschungelcamp uvm.
·2h 19m - 9
#484 Das Grosse Valentinstag-Liebesfilm- und RomCom Quiz mit Phil
·4h 14m - 10
#483 Audiokommentar Stars Wars:Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith
·2h 34m - 11
#482 Rückblick 133.0: The Housemaid, Primate, Send Help, 7 vs Wild Schweiz, Dschungelcamp uvm.
·2h 3m - 12
#481 Hörspiele
·1h 34m - 13
#480 Huusufgobe: Wandering Earth 2, Hard Boiled, Systemsprenger
·1h 24m - 14
#479 Rückblick 132.0: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Rip, A Knight Of Seven Kingdoms uvm.
·1h 44m - 15
#477 Age Of Cage: Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Valley Girl, Rumble Fish
·1h 35m - 16
#476 Rückblick 131.0: The Last Viking, Anaconda (2025), Stranger Things Finale uvm.
·2h 25m - 17
#475 We Will See Science-Fiction Day 2026 Special
·1h 11m - 18
#474 Spezialfolge zu Sylvester: Vorschau 2026: Unser Podcast, eure Fragen
·1h 55m - 19
#473 Best Of 2025
·2h 37m - 20
#471 Weihnachtssufffolge 4: neue Freunde, alte Gesichter
·3h 32m - 21
#470 Bodo's 2025 Quiz
·2h 6m - 22
#469 Rückblick 129.0: Zootopia 2, Stranger Things Season 5 Vol.1, Sean Combs: The Reckoning uvm.
·2h 15m - 23
#468 Actionfiguren
·2h 30m - 24
#467 Regisseur im Fokus: Ridley Scott
·1h 59m - 25
#466 Rückblick 128.0: The Running Man, Wicked 2, Being Eddie, Nero, The Bachelor uvm.
·1h 38m - 26
#465 RandoMania 14
·1h 41m - 27
#464 Time Code Party: Das neue Filmquiz
·1h 14m - 28
#463 Rückblick 127.0: Bugonia, Babo: The Haftbefehl Story, Predator: Badlands, Pluribus, The Bachelor Schweiz uvm.
·2h 13m - 29
#461 Joorgang 2000
·2h 11m - 30
#460 Rückblick 126.0: Black Phone 2, IT: Welcome To Derry, Beast Of War uvm.
·1h 44m - 31
#459 Das Grosse Horrorfilmquiz 2025
·2h 35m - 32
#458 Lieblingsfilm: The Descent
·1h 39m - 33
#457 Rückblick 125.0: The Toxic Avenger, Tron: Ares, Momo, Him, Twinless, Monster: The Ed Gein Story uvm.
·1h 47m - 34
#456 Alien vs. Predator
·1h 21m - 35
#455 Regisseur im Fokus: Eli Roth
·1h 49m - 36
#454 Rückblick 124.0: One Battle After Another, Stans, Wall To Wall, Marvel Zombies uvm.
·1h 31m - 37
#453 Die Grosse Zurück In Die Zukunft Extravaganza
·3h 26m - 38
#452 Lieblingsfilm: The Nice Guys mit Bodo
·1h 47m - 39
#451 Rückblick 123.0: The Conjuring 4, The Long Walk, Aka Charlie Sheen, Nobody 2 uvm.
·1h 47m - 40
#450 Top 50 Filme aller Zeiten (Phil Special Edition)
·2h 46m - 41
#449 Das Grosse 2000-2025 Filmquiz
·3h 37m - 42
#448 Rückblick 122.0: Caught Stealing, The Bad Guys 2, The Pitt, Peacemaker Season 2 uvm.
·1h 38m - 43
#447 RandoMania 13
·1h 44m - 44
#446 Das spontanste Mega-Filmquiz aller Zeiten
·2h 9m - 45
#438 Haifilme mit Michael Wenger (Sharkproject)
·1h 56m - 46
#445 Rückblick 121.0: Weapons, Together, Eddington, Das Kanu des Manitu, Alien: Earth uvm.
·1h 56m - 47
#444 Audiokommentar Star Wars: Episode 2-Attack Of The Clones
·2h 23m - 48
#443 Basel Film Music Festival
·1h 32m - 49
#442 Rückblick 120.0: Superman, Fantastic 4, Jurassic World Rebirth, The life of Chuck, Bring her back uvm.
·1h 44m - 50
#441 Schauspieler im Fokus: Liam Neeson
·3h - 51
#440 Joorgang 2017
·1h 51m - 52
#439 BRUGGGORE Double Feartures Season 5 Vorschau
·1h 28m - 53
#437 Die Grosse Jurassic Park Extravaganza
·2h 9m - 54
#436 Rückblick 119.0: M3GAN 2.0, Elio, 28 Years Later, F1, Bad Thoughts uvm...
·2h 5m - 55
#435 Audiokommentar "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace"
·2h 21m - 56
#434 Joorgang 1990
·2h 24m - 57
#433 Rückblick 118.0: Ballerina, Predator: Killer Of Killers, The Accountant 2, Sirens uvm.
·1h 30m - 58
#432 Interview mit The Ones We Love Geschäftsführer Stephan Talmon-Gros
·1h 17m - 59
#431 Patrick's Crazy Filmquiz
·3h 5m - 60
#416 Das Grosse James Bond Quiz vs. James Bond Club Schweiz
·2h 42m - 61
#430 Rückblick 117.0: Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, Karate Kid: Legends, Clown In A Cornfield uvm.
·2h 10m - 62
#429 Marvel vs. DC
·1h 44m - 63
#428 Regisseur(e) im Fokus: Joel & Ethan Coen
·1h 44m - 64
#427 Rückblick 116.0: Thunderbolts*, Final Destination: Bloodlines, The Legend Of Ochi, Warfare uvm.
·1h 44m - 65
#426 Lieblingsfilm: Lilo & Stitch
·1h 14m - 66
#425 RandoMania 12: Quiz Edition
·1h 50m - 67
#424 Rückblick 115.0: Havoc, Death Of A Unicorn, Screamboat, Highlander uvm.
·1h 39m - 68
#423 Der Grosse BRUGGGORE 2025 Rückblick
·2h 12m - 69
#422 Hassfilm: Forrest Gump
·1h 38m - 70
#421 Rückblick 114.0: Sinners, Dog Man, The Amateur, The Last Of Us, Dying For Sex uvm.
·1h 49m - 71
#420 Schwarzenegger vs. Stallone (feat. Dominik Hug)
·2h 52m - 72
#419 Kino heute mit Stephan Filati und Konrad Schibli
·1h 27m - 73
#418 Rückblick 113.0: A Minecraft Movie, Die Konferenz der Tiere, The Runner, Adolescence uvm.
·2h 8m - 74
#417 Hassfilm: Austin Powers (mit Phil)
·1h 8m - 75
EXTRAFOLGE: BRUGGGORE FILMFESTIVAL 2025 PROGRAMMVORSCHAU
·2h - 76
#415 Rückblick 112.0: Novocaine, Becoming Led Zeppelin, Snow White (Schneewittchen), Heart Eyes, Cobra Kai Finale uvm.
·2h 4m - 77
#414 Lieblingsfilme unserer Fans
·1h 28m - 78
#413 Hassfilm: From Dusk Till Dawn (mit Pedro vom CIC Potcast)
·1h 33m - 79
#412 Rückblick 111.0: Mickey 17, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Daredevil: Born Again uvm.
·1h 44m - 80
#411 Die besten Soundtracks
·1h 54m - 81
#410 Joorgang 2009
·1h 59m - 82
#409 Rückblick 110.0: The Monkey, The Gorge, Companion, The White Lotus, The Last Showgirl uvm.
·2h 2m - 83
#408 RandoMania 11
·1h 40m - 84
#407 Lieblingsfilm: Rear Window (Das Fenster Zum Hof)
·1h 28m - 85
#406 Cinéphile mit Patrick
·1h 6m - 86
#405 Filmtipps für den perfekten Pärchenabend
·1h 40m - 87
#404 Anime: Ein Versuch, drei alte Männer dafür zu begeistern mit Pedro
·1h 44m - 88
#403 Rückblick 109.0: Wolf Man, Die Drei ??? Und Der Karpatenhund, Better Man, We Live In Time, Young Sheldon uvm.
·2h 3m - 89
#402 Schauspieler im Fokus: Jim Carrey
·2h 22m - 90
#401 Joorgang 1980
·1h 39m - 91
#400 Jubiläum!!!
·1h 32m - 92
#399 Die Pyjamaparty: Samstagmorgen in den 90ern
·2h 55m - 93
#398 Huusufgobe 2.0: Westworld (1973), Short Circuit (1986) und The Creator (2003)
·1h 45m - 94
#397 Rückblick 108.0: Heretic, Mufasa, Anora, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Squid Game Season 2 uvm.
·2h 3m - 95
#491 Rückblick Spezial: Oscars 2026
CinéSwiss #491 gathers Hill, Spike, Alex, Patrick, Phil, Simi, Manu, Sarah, and Olli to review the Oscars 2026 ceremony through a live Oscar-bingo scorecard.
·1h 49m·5 clips - 96
#495 BRUGGGORE Vorschau 2026
Hidden gemThe horror film quiz at Odion on Thursday at 5 p.m. has free registration and prizes.
·58m·2 clips - 97
#493 Oster Special: Passion Of The Christ mit Pfarrer und Theologe Daniel Baumgartner
Hidden gemDaniel Baumgartner says biblical films are hard because the Bible is "mythos, legenden, poesie" and highly interpreted.
·1h 43m·2 clips - 98
#472 Rückblick 130.0: Avatar Fire & Ash, Spongebob Movie, Silent Night Deadly Night uvm.
·1h 37m - 99
#462 Das Schwarze Auge: Die Macher hinter "Eine Nacht in Tobrien"
The hosts interview the creators of the fan film 'One Night in Tobrien', set in the Das Schwarze Auge (DSA) role-playing universe.
·1h 26m·5 clips - 100
#486 7 vs. Wild Schweiz Special mit Tauli ( T-Ronimo)
The CinéSwiss podcast hosts a special episode with Tauli, a participant in 7 vs.
·1h 11m·5 clips