In this week’s Reference Max, we review Mars Express, The Last Stop in Yuma County & Mami Wata as a part of Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA). Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

This week we review Perfect Days, Robot Dreams, Late night with the devil (including a layered discussion about the use of AI in the film industry) and Good One: A Show About Jokes.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Moritz Mohr is a German writer/director making his feature directorial debut with Boy Kills World.A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Boy Kills World will be in Australian cinemas May 2.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

This week we review Bad Ancestors, Force of Nature: The Dry 2, The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxy, Zone of Interest & How to Have Sex.You can watch Bad Ancestors through Purple Carrot Instagram page. Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Grapple the juicy mangoes of community as we deliver a one two punch of love and justice. Enter the ring with Monkey Man this week. Check out the video version of our Dev Patel interview.Trigger warning: Monkey Man addresses sexual assault, violence of women and this review mentions the Nirbhaya case and domestive violence including the practice known as Bride Burning. Resources below.INDIANational Commission for Women (includes national helpline and shelter info): http://www.ncw.nic.in/helplinesAUS1800 RESPECThttps://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplinesUKhttps://www.thehavens.org.uk/https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/USNational Sexual Assault Hotline:(800) 656-HOPEWWW.RAINN.ORGArticles referenced:https://slate.com/culture/2024/04/monkey-man-movie-dev-patel-india-hindu-nationalism-hindutva-religion-politics.htmlhttps://www.ign.com/articles/monkey-man-reviewJoin us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Melbourne Writer-director duo Colin and Cameron Cairnes continue to bring fresh and exciting stories to film.The nightmarish ode to the talk shows of the 70s is, at its core, a tale about the cult of personality and the price of fame...with plenty of supernatural thrills along the way.LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL is in Australian cinemas April 11.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Pablo Berger is a Spanish award-winning film director and screenwriter with 4 feature films and 25 years in cinema. Robot Dreams has received accolades including being nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards and winning Best Animated Film & Best Adapted Screenplay at the 38th Goya Awards.  ROBOT DREAMS is in Australian cinemas April 11.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Dev Patel makes his directorial debut with the delicious and salacious world of Monkey Man. We talk about the important of telling our own stories, the multidimensional ‘Dev Gaze’ in addressing culture (class , caste etc) women (the rights and lack of rights), ancient cultures having more than two genders as well as religious and political tensions. We talk about how this felt non negotiable.Trigger warning: Monkey Man addresses sexual assault, violence of women and this interview mentions the Nirbhaya case. Resources below.Check out the video version of the interviewMonkey Man will be in Australian cinemas from Thursday April 4th.ResourcesINDIANational Commission for Women (includes national helpline and shelter info): http://www.ncw.nic.in/helplinesAUS1800 RESPECThttps://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplinesUKhttps://www.thehavens.org.uk/https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/USNational Sexual Assault Hotline:(800) 656-HOPEWWW.RAINN.ORGJoin us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Get comfortable and sexy as we celebrate 5 years of the For Your Reference podcast! Love and splooshes to all of you for supporting the podcast since Feb 2019 and big ups to friends and lovers that joined us on the red carpet!Red Carpet Pod Twinnies - Sunni & Brandi (Book of Lies), Em (Verbal Diorama)Mini SplooshiesRed Carpet VIP - Kolby (Kolby Told Me), Ben (FilmBusters), Julio (The Contrarians), Brent (Home Video Hustle podcast)Awards - Firm FoundationRed Carpet Day Ones - AnimeNerd, Jamal (TFC & Jamal the Broker), Dustin (Sandman Stories Presents)Awards - Pardon the PunRed Carpet Day Ones - Nik (LizeeAngel), Tom (HANZ), Aubrey, Joey & Marquee Mark (SoWizard), Arjun (Deep into History)Awards - Reverse Primae NoctisRed Carpet Guests Day Ones - Frank (Geek Freaks), Lia (We are the Watchers), Casey (Case sees movies)Awards - Striking UrethrasRed Carpet Guests Day Ones - Dudi (Dudi Reviews), Kevin (Kevin the Critic), Mike (On My Mind)Awards - DaddywoodRed Carpet Guests- Jason (Woolong Talks), Leigh & Tim (Popcorn Podcast), JCAwards - Sploosh MountainRed Carpet Guests - Junior, Maz & Aladdin (Outtake), Meosha (Creator to Creators), Timprovise (Honest to Who?)Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Through an assured lens, Cinematographer and Director   Molly Manning Walker boasts an impressive body of work centering human stories.With her Cannes-winning debut, "How to Have Sex," she's taken us on an intimate journey into teenage life and friendships.How to have Sex will be out in Australian cinemas nationally on March 7Trigger warning for consent and sexual assault.Watch video interview.Resources:AUS1800 RESPECThttps://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplinesUKhttps://www.thehavens.org.uk/https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/USNational Sexual Assault Hotline:(800) 656-HOPEWWW.RAINN.ORGJoin us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Reach into the bag of tried and tired Hollywood to put Indigenous pain in the periphery to centre and focus on the white people. Pillage and plunder but make it cute with The Killers of the Flower Moon this week.Every February, we kick off our Reference Degustation. A month-long celebration of the sizzling Scorsese cinema for our fifth year of the For Your Reference podcast.TRIGGER WARNING: Sending love to all our Indigenous friends and lovers and note to listen with care especially those from Osage nation. While this is a film and we don't go into graphic detail it is still portraying genocide and we acknowledge the very real and ongoing pain that does not get taught but also is a part of truth telling.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Enter a familiar world with even more familiar faces at pit stops, cigarette breaks and retellings. Charge with a gun, knife you run with The Irishman this week.Every February, we kick off our Reference Degustation. A month-long celebration of the sizzling Scorsese cinema for our fifth year of the For Your Reference podcast.Watch the video podcast on patreon.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Print out the transcripts, learn what pleases a beautiful woman and acquire sustenance through the boob buffet. Open your mouth and have something to say with The Aviator this week.Every February, we kick off our Reference Degustation. A month-long celebration of the sizzling Scorsese cinema for our fifth year of the For Your Reference podcast.Watch the video podcast on patreon.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Narrate the inner workings of made men, schmuck on wheels, pant suits and double knits. Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut with Goodfellas this week.Every February, we kick off our Reference Degustation. A month-long celebration of the sizzling Scorsese cinema for our fifth year of the For Your Reference podcast.Watch the video podcast on Patreon.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Enter through the delulu foyer for an appetiser only treat and broadcasted national apology. Take the awful stuff in your life and make it funny with The King of Comedy this week.Every February, we kick off our Reference Degustation. A month-long celebration of the sizzling Scorsese cinema for our fifth year of the For Your Reference podcast.Watch the video podcast on Patreon.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

For the final interview of our three part series we chat to Jane Harper and Robert Connolly about translating from book to screen and the visual language throughout.In Force of Nature: The Dry 2, when five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents investigate.Force of Nature: The Dry 2 is in cinemas on 8th February 2024.Watch video interviewJoin us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

For our second interview of our three part series we chat to Lucy Ansell, Sisi Stringer and Robin McLeavy about their roles in a female ensemble cast and the importance of trust and safety through filming.In Force of Nature: The Dry 2, when five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents investigate.Force of Nature: The Dry 2 is in cinemas on 8th February 2024.Watch video interview.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

We kick off our three part interview series with the legendary stars on the local and international scene: Eric Bana and Deborra-lee Furness.In Force of Nature: The Dry 2, when five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents investigate.Force of Nature: The Dry 2 is in cinemas on 8th February 2024Watch the video interview.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Runaway to the city for your chance to make it big! Find joy and fall in love through the very real pain in this country’s history. Harmonise with The Sapphires this week.Talk to your workplace about launching a RAP and work with Supply Nation for procurement. Links to orgs and causes you can donate to:Aboriginal EmbassyPay The Rent Dhadjowa Foundation Our Islands Our Home First Nations Futures Common Ground Change The Record Seed Mob Uprising Of The People Indigenous X Magabala Books Djirra Awesome Black Media Mental Health for MobWe also got more great watching recs from our First Nations fam:Ten Canoes (2006)Sweet Country (2017)The Drover’s Wife (2021)Charlie’s Country (2013)My Survival as an Aboriginal (1978)The Last Wave (1977)Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Wendy Mocke is an award winning Papua New Guinean interdisciplinary storyteller and a NIDA Acting graduate, working across live performance and film as an actor, writer and visual artist.Samoan-Maltese-Australian producer Jessica Magro founded Purple Carrot Entertainment, an independent production company committed to telling the untold stories of misrepresented Australia.Bad Ancestors is a satire and black comedy that centres on two best friends: Nora and Charli, millennials who haven’t figured out life and “adulting”. Bad Ancestors will be out on ABC’s YouTube channel worldwide this February.Watch the video interview!0:00 Interview - Jess and Wendy00:16 Introduction to the Guests00:54 The Excitement of the Interview01:26 Discussing Pacific Islanders Identity02:49 The Importance of Representation08:11 The Challenges of Being the Only Pasifika Project11:40 The Creative Process Behind Bad Ancestors16:06 The Power of Collaboration and Community20:17 The Impact of Bad Ancestors28:29 The Power of Delusion and Collective Success29:03 The Role of Ancestors and Community in Personal Success29:21 The Importance of a Good Cast and Crew31:48 The Challenges and Rewards of Being a Producer37:13 The Struggle for Recognition and Validation in the Industry42:12 The Importance of Community Support Over Industry Accolades44:08 The Power of Representation and Shared Experiences47:35 The Importance of Cross-Cultural Relationships51:27 Final Thoughts and RecommendationsJoin us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram