Kris and Rian get inspired (thanks, Jack!) to talk about arthouse and auteur cinema. After some hazy definitions, the duo discuss why these styles of film-making are important, and share some of their favourites.

00:00 Intro

01:56 News

05:52 Read Watch Play

18:28 Intro to arthouse and auteur films

27:11 Why are these films important?

36:29 Our frustrations with mainstream films

40:52 Celebrating arthouse and auteur cinema

48:21 The Lighthouse

55:34 Favourites and noteworthy

1:15:24 Films we want to watch

1:19:10 Wrap-up and links

Books:    

Outline - Rachel Cusk

Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

Level: Ascension - David Dalglish

The War of the Flowers - Tad Williams

Games: 

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Little Sim World

GEX Trilogy

Cyberpunk 2077

Films & TV: 

Baby Driver https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/339403-baby-driver

John Wick https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/245891-john-wick

True Blood https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/10545-true-blood

The Social Network https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/37799-the-social-network

The Bikeriders https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1008409-the-bikeriders

The Wheel of Time https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/71914-the-wheel-of-time

The Lighthouse https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/503919-the-lighthouse

The Substance https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/933260-the-substance

Poor Things https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/792307-poor-things

mother! https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/381283-mother

Queer https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1059128-queer

Kinds of Kindness https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1029955-kinds-of-kindness

El Laberinto del Fauno https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1417-el-laberinto-del-fauno

The Shape of Water https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/399055-the-shape-of-water

Memento https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/77-memento

Everything Everywhere All At Once https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/545611-everything-everywhere-all-at-once

Ex Machina https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/264660-ex-machina

Primerhttps://www.themoviedb.org/movie/14337-primer

Brick https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9270-brick

Moon https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17431-moon

Black Swan https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/44214-black-swan

Donnie Darko https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/141-donnie-darko

The Lobster https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/254320-the-lobster

Requiem for a Dream https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/641-requiem-for-a-dream

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/38-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind

The Whale https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/785084-the-whale

Lost in Translation https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/153-lost-in-translation

Being John Malkovich https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/492-being-john-malkovich

The Blair Witch Project https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2667-the-blair-witch-project

Paranormal Activity https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/23827-paranormal-activity

Don’t Look Up https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/646380-don-t-look-up

Saltburn https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/930564-saltburn

Close to You https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1139467-close-to-you

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