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Welcome to our Reference Degustation where, every February, we explore common and recurring themes of a writer/director's filmography. Month long celebration of rough scrappy familial ties of Lynne Ramsay.

Complete missions with precision but struggle to connect the dots to the bigger picture. Release the files and burn it all to the ground with You Were Never Really Here this week.

If you'd like to watch along, we plan on covering the below...

Ratcatcher (1999)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Die My Love (2025)

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2020 - Hayao Miyazaki
2021 - Taika Waititi
2022 - Quentin Tarantino
2023 - Takashi Miike
2024 - Martin Scorsese
2025 - Spike Lee

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Welcome to our Reference Degustation where, every February, we explore common and recurring themes of a writer/director's filmography. Month long celebration of rough scrappy familial ties of Lynne Ramsay.

Wear the mask created to fool the world and hide from yourself. Shake off the oedipus feelings and find compassion in Soweto with We Need to Talk About Kevin this week.

If you'd like to watch along, we plan on covering the below...

Ratcatcher (1999)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
|You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Die My Love (2025)

Check out more tasty Reference Degustations...

2020 - Hayao Miyazaki
2021 - Taika Waititi
2022 - Quentin Tarantino
2023 - Takashi Miike
2024 - Martin Scorsese
2025 - Spike Lee

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This week we chat to Writer/Director Kalu Oji for the film, Pasa Faho. We discuss how the visual language connects to past, present and future as well as writing from experience and exploring big themes through characters that feel like real people.

Pasa Faho has special event screenings across Australia, with more to be announced. It will also be released on SBS later this year.

• Lido - Feb 5 6:30 PM
• The Sun - Feb 6 6:45 PM TBC
• Mercury - 12 Feb 7:00PM
• Thornbury Picture House - Sat Feb 14 3:50 PM
• Brunswick Picture House - Sat Feb 14 5:00 PM
• Cinemateque @ GOMA - Feb 15 2:30 PM
• ACMI - Feb 19 6:30 PM
• Launceston Film Society - Village Cinemas - Feb 23 6PM, 25 4pm & 6:30PM, 26 Feb 6PM No Q&A
• Luna Leederville - Feb 25 6:30 PM
• NFSA - Feb 28 1:00 PM
• Narooma Kinema - March 5

For info on more screenings head to their website: https://tendays.film/PASAFAHO

As suggested by Kalu, double feature watching of Pasa Faho & Black Orpheus.

Note: this interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our YouTube playlist.

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Welcome to our Reference Degustation where, every February, we explore common and recurring themes of a writer/director's filmography. This year we found our way to Scotland with Lynne Ramsay.

Navigate the garbage filled streets to the canal of struggle and friendship? Hop on the bus with Ratcatcher this week.

If you'd like to watch along, we plan on covering the below...

Ratcatcher (1999)
Morvern Callar (2002)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Die My Love (2025)

Check out more tasty Reference Degustations...

2020 - Hayao Miyazaki
2021 - Taika Waititi
2022 - Quentin Tarantino
2023 - Takashi Miike
2024 - Martin Scorsese
2025 - Spike Lee

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In this week’s Reference Max we review Marty Supreme, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Night Patrol & My Brother's Band. A little Oscars chat but hopefully we’ll record a bonus predictions soon.

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This week we chat to Co-creators Jack Manning Bancroft and Tyson
Yunkaporta for film, Imagine. We explore Indigenous identity being now and always, mosaic storytelling style and being brave and embracing unity.

Imagine is in AUS cinemas January 26.

For info on more screenings head to their website: https://imaginefilm.org

As suggested by Tyson, double feature watching of The Midnight Gospel.

Note: this interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our YouTube playlist. 

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:
https://aboriginalembassy.com/donate

Pay The Rent:
https://paytherent.net.au/

Dhadjowa Foundation:
https://dhadjowa.com.au/pages/donate

Our Islands Our Home:
https://ourislandsourhome.com.au/

First Nations Futures:
https://www.firstnationsfutures.com/co-invest

Common Ground:
https://www.commonground.org.au/donate

Change The Record:
https://www.changetherecord.org.au/donate

Seed Mob:
https://seed-mobs-eoy-giving.raisely.com/

Uprising Of The People:
https://uprisingofthepeople.org/pages/donate-help-us-grow-and-thrive

Indigenous X:
https://indigenousx.com.au/donate/

Magabala Books:
https://magabala.com/pages/support-us

Djirra:
https://www.givenow.com.au/fvpls

Awesome Black Media:
https://awesomeblack.org/awesome-black-media/ab-club/

Mental Health for Mob:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/nj2my-mental-health-for-mob?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

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This week we chat to Director Marcelle Lunam for her debut dramatic feature film, Addition. Marcelle reflects on the journey of film festivals to cinemas, ensuring the portrayal of Grace was 'more than her diagnosis' and acknowledging all the hands that made Addition possible. 

ADDITION is in AUS cinemas January 29.

As suggested by Marcelle, double feature watching of Addition & Worst Person in the World.

Note: this interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our YouTube playlist.

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Welcome to our Ratings special. Our review episodes focus on layered discussion and we leave the numerical ratings to our Christmas/End of year Special and now Rotten Tomatoes. Splooshes to all our friends and lovers for your support. Grab a snack and a beverage! We love yas! 

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Rhys and Danes offer a dynamic push and pull that keeps intrigue throughout. While it meanders in the madness the narrative pulls no punches and every blow is effective.

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Named in this year’s CGA Rising Stars, Roxie Mohebbi talks about her initial career as a nurse and channeling that care into her performances. Roxie has had memorable roles in Shortland Street, Miles from Nowhere and Critical Incident to name a few. Keep an eye out for her first short film making its way through film festival circuits.

Audio and interview out now.

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