Filmmakers Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta will be screening two films at Sydney Film Festival this year about nature, people & triumph. Flickering Lights & Nocturnes.Flickering Lights portrays life before and after electricity in a small village in today’s India. Winner from Amsterdam’s International Documentary Film Festival.Nocturnes follows a scientist in the high forests of the Eastern Himalayas, who uncovers the secrets of moth life, in this Sundance-selected, immersive documentary.Check sff.org.au for screening details.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Ray Yeung is a Hong Kong filmmaker, renowned for directing Cantonese language queer cinema.This year’s Berlinale Teddy Award winner and Hong Kong FF opener, All Shall Be Well is an affecting and poignant drama about love, loss and legacy.Check sff.org.au for screening details.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Sisi’uno Helu is a Tongan academic, film producer, and performing artist that co-founded the Nuku’alofa Film Festival.The Nuku'alofa Film Festival (NFF) is on the 21st to 26th of October. Submissions will open June 1st on Film Freeway.Further information (including fundraising campaign) and updates will be on NFF Facebook , NFF Instagram and website.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

In this week’s Reference Max, we review In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Boy Kills World & Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.Join us on our weekly Patreon zoom chats! (Sundays @ 10PM SYD)Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

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