Doug and Jacob revisit the films in their lives that have had a significant impact, been a change point, or a developmental marker. From the silly, to the sentimental, to the sublime, these are some of the key films that have shaped them into the cinephiles they are today [Part 1 of 2]...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Trash, exploitation, rubber Japanese monster films, surreal Russian art-cinema, surreal arse-cinema, throwback children's movies, and more Bela Lugosi than you could throw a poorly accented stick at! Jacob and Doug tag-team dream Marathon line-ups in advance of Ant Timpson's 24hr Movie Marathon, 2017, including a liberal serving of picks from a number of other cine-fiend Marathon regulars...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Trash, exploitation, rubber Japanese monster films, surreal Russian art-cinema, surreal arse-cinema, throwback children's movies, and more Bela Lugosi than you could throw a poorly accented stick at! Jacob and Doug tag-team dream Marathon line-ups in advance of Ant Timpson's 24hr Movie Marathon, 2017, including a liberal serving of picks from a number of other cine-fiend Marathon regulars...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Doug and Jacob dive the depths and range wide in cinematic seas of Steven Soderbergh: writer, director, producer, editor, actor, filmmaker, television showrunner, ex-retiree, auteur...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Doug and Jacob dive the depths and range wide in cinematic seas of Steven Soderbergh: writer, director, producer, editor, actor, filmmaker, television showrunner, ex-retiree, auteur...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Jacob and Doug, joined again by cinephile friend David Larsen, give their run down of THE, absolute, no doubt, hands down, definitive 'best of' cinema to hit NZ screens in 2016. In this first part each member of the trio dive into their top five films for the year and outline the reasons they love them so. There is warm-hearted laughter, tears, digressions, and affirmative libatory swilling...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Jacob and Doug, joined again by cinephile friend David Larsen, give their run down of THE, absolute, no doubt, hands down, definitive 'best of' cinema to hit NZ screens in 2016. In this second part the trio run through standouts in a range of categories, including best scene, best performance, most underappreciated and overrated films, best unreleased film and more!...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Doug talks us through his Big Screen Symposium 2016 experience then he and Jacob compare recent viewing, including a #52filmsbywomenin2016 update...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Doug talks us through his Big Screen Symposium 2016 experience then he and Jacob compare recent viewing, including a #52filmsbywomenin2016 update...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.

Part two of our NZIFF 2016 wrap-up sees our obsessive trio arguing the merits of Kirsten Johnson's memoir-cum-interrogation-of-documentary-filmmaking-from-the-off-cuts as well as agreeing—No, disagreeing! No, agreeing!—on the genius of Asghar Farhadi's work including his Cannes lauded latest The Salesman, whilst Jacob gets a small French lesson and David and Doug remark upon the cat-based-scare-skills of Paul Verhoeven as seen in Elle...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.