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April 30, 2024 Interview with “Boy Kills World” Director, Moritz Mohr
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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.

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16 min
April 23, 2024 Bad Ancestors, The Dry 2, TSBHITG, Zone of Interest & How To Have Sex
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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.

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36 min
April 16, 2024 Monkey Man - Tuk-yo Drift
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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.

INDIA

National Commission for Women (includes national helpline and shelter info):
http://www.ncw.nic.in/helplines

AUS
1800 RESPECT
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplines

UK
https://www.thehavens.org.uk/
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/

US
National Sexual Assault Hotline:
(800) 656-HOPE
WWW.RAINN.ORG

Articles referenced:

https://slate.com/culture/2024/04/monkey-man-movie-dev-patel-india-hindu-nationalism-hindutva-religion-politics.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/monkey-man-review

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46 min
April 11, 2024 Interview with “Late Night with the Devil” Co-Writers/Co-Directors, Colin & Cameron Cairnes
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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.

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15 min
April 09, 2024 Interview with “Robot Dreams” Writer/Director, Pablo Berger
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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.

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17 min
April 02, 2024 Interview with “Monkey Man” Actor/Producer/Writer/Director, Dev Patel
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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 interview

Monkey Man will be in Australian cinemas from Thursday April 4th.
Resources
INDIA
National Commission for Women (includes national helpline and shelter info):
http://www.ncw.nic.in/helplines

AUS
1800 RESPECT
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplines

UK
https://www.thehavens.org.uk/
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/

US
National Sexual Assault Hotline:
(800) 656-HOPE
WWW.RAINN.ORG

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8 min
March 26, 2024 The Fifth Annual Splooshies Awards
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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 (FilmBusters), Julio (The Contrarians), Brent (Home Video Hustle podcast)
Awards - Firm Foundation
Red Carpet Day Ones - AnimeNerd, Jamal (TFC & Jamal the Broker), Dustin (Sandman Stories Presents)
Awards - Pardon the Pun
Red Carpet Day Ones - Nik (LizeeAngel), Tom (HANZ), Aubrey, Joey & Marquee Mark (SoWizard), Arjun (Deep into History)
Awards - Reverse Primae Noctis
Red Carpet Guests Day Ones - Frank (Geek Freaks), Lia (We are the Watchers), Casey (Case sees movies)
Awards - Striking Urethras
Red Carpet Guests Day Ones - Dudi (Dudi Reviews), Kevin (Kevin the Critic), Mike (On My Mind)
Awards - Daddywood
Red Carpet Guests- Jason (Woolong Talks), Leigh & Tim (Popcorn Podcast), JC
Awards - Sploosh Mountain
Red Carpet Guests - Junior, Maz & Aladdin (Outtake), Meosha (Creator to Creators), Timprovise (Honest to Who?)

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1 hr 8 min
March 04, 2024 Interview with “How to have Sex” Writer/Director Molly Manning Walker
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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 sexual assault.
Watch video interview.

Resources:

AUS
1800 RESPECT
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplines

UK
https://www.thehavens.org.uk/
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/

US
National Sexual Assault Hotline:
(800) 656-HOPE
WWW.RAINN.ORG

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14 min
February 27, 2024 Killers of the Flower Moon - Only Murders in the Colony
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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.

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36 min
February 20, 2024 The Irishman - The Killer and The Sweetheart
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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.

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36 min

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