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Send us Fan Mail 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. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail 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 . Website | Rotten Toma...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s Reference Max, we review In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Boy Kills World & Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail 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) .  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail 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. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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 .  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail 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. Resourc...

Send us Fan Mail  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. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linkt...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Website | Rotte...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Splooshies Red Carpet VIP - Kolby ( Kolby Told Me ), Ben ( FilmBus...

Send us Fan Mail 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 7 Trigger warning for consent and sexua...

Send us Fan Mail 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. TRIG...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Website | Rotten To...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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. Website...

Send us Fan Mail 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. W...

Send us Fan Mail 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 202...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 2024 Watch the video interv...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Embassy Pay The Rent Dhadjowa Foundation Our Islands Our Home Firs...

Send us Fan Mail 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 An...

Send us Fan Mail In this jam-packed episode, the hosts of the For Your Reference Podcast discuss several exciting topics. The show starts with a deep dive into 'Next Goal Wins', directed by Taika Waititi, critiquing some of the writing and direction choices. The conversation then moves to 'True Detective Night Country', praising its gripping storytelling and representation of I...

Send us Fan Mail Beware the cavity of social commentary staining the joy of childhood. Sugarcoat sour themes with Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Wonka this week.  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram