In the first ever episode of The Cinema Show, author and researcher Richard Martin discusses the role of visual beauty in some of cinema’s greatest achievements. With a special focus on Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris, we visit the Gulf of Naples with fashion designer Massimo Alba who is one of its best-known residents. And touching down in Hong Kong, photographer Michael Wolf recalls the influence of the city’s labyrinth of alleys on Wong Kar-wai’s classic, In the Mood for Love.

Listen to Episode 1 of The Cinema Show.