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Mind your P's and Q's when you come round the yard for food! Find out if the juice is worth the squeeze cause we ridin' out IMMEDIATELY with the complete Top Boy series this week.

Themes explored:

• Ranking Top Boy amongst the greats
• Anime rules - storylines dont matter 
  • Lauryn kills Curits
  • Sully kills Jamie
  • What happened to Aaron
  • Shelley catching a body
  • Dushane and his heart
  • Undercover police
• Yard/Gentrification
• Deportation
• Characters 
  • Married to the game (Sully) - "If man fucking buss shots at you and I know about it. It's fucking mad. I'm ridin out immediately"
  • Wanting out of the game (Dushane) - “We ain’t gotta dream no more, man. We got real shit. Real estate we can touch.” (Stringer Bell - The Wire)
  • The new players (Jamie) - "You want it to be one way... But it's the other way" (Marlo - The Wire)
  • Expanding story to distro etc (Lizzie & Co) - "This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business." (Nino Brown - New Jack City)

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Andrew Undi Lee is a queer, Australian-born Korean director, writer, producer and production designer with a portfolio that speaks for itself and weaves storytelling that speaks to the ancestors and experiences of so many others.

Night Bloomers is a horror anthology series exploring multigenerational stories from the unspoken immigration experiences of the Korean-Australian diaspora.

Night Bloomers Premieres Saturday 28 October On SBS Viceland And SBS On Demand

Review for Night Bloomers already released on the podcast feed.

For the video interview with Undi, check out our YouTube video interview playlist.

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Nathan Jurevicius is an Australian award-winning artist who embodies every expression of the word artist from publications, galleries, vinyl toy range, graphics novels, online games and now an animated feature film. Scarygirl is in Australian cinemas from October 26.

Our review for Scarygirl is available on the podcast feed.

For the video interview with Nathan, check out our YouTube video interview playlist.

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In this week’s Reference Max, we review the meta-web of filmmaking in Cobweb, the very real shift from hope to fear in Shayda, immerse ourselves in the world of Scarygirl & praying the night never ends in Night Bloomers.

Cobweb and Shayda are currently in cinemas.

Scarygirl is in Australian cinemas from Oct 26

Night Bloomers will be premiering on SBS VICELAND and SBS ON DEMAND from Oct 28

Resources:

US

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

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
(800) 777-SAFE
WWW.THeHoTline.org

AUS

1800 RESPECT

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

UK

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

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In this week’s Reference Max we review new entry into old man action: Retribution, fusing morality with justice in Saw X, sea waves and fanfare in Our Flag Means Death & what healing can look like in Stylebender. 

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Award-winning writer/director Noora Niasari grounds her work with lived experiences and hopeful joy. Shayda had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the World Audience Award. Announced as the Australian submission for the 2024 Academy Awards.

Shayda is in Australian cinemas now.

This interview is audio only. For other video interviews, check out our YouTube playlist.

Resources:

US

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

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
(800) 777-SAFE
WWW.THeHoTline.org

AUS

1800 RESPECT

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

UK

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

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Building on a body of work spanning nineteen short films, Award winning Director Bishal Dutta makes his feature directorial debut with It Lives Inside. It Lives Inside follows an Indian-American teenager that unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness. It Lives Inside won the Audience Audience at SXSW and is in Australian cinemas now

This interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our youtube playlist. 

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Award winning filmmaker Zoë McIntosh brings to life specific and interesting stories that centre the human experience.

STYLEBENDER is an intimate look at Israel Adesanya, the Nigerian-born, New Zealand-based MMA champion, its global premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023, where it was nominated for Best Documentary and Zoë was nominated for Best New Director.

Stylebender will be in cinemas only from 28 September

You can also watch the video interview: https://youtu.be/tV9xs92i5LU?si=mj0YDiFvci5cgatZ

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In this week’s Reference Max we review Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, Matthew A Cherry’s Young Love and Bishal Dutta’s It Lives Inside.  

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Chanelling raw emotions through music videos, award winning writer/director Charlotte Regan keeps the tempo through the world of cinema.

SCRAPPER follows a grieving kid thrust into adulthood and father in over his head. SCRAPPER is in select Australian cinemas September 14

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https://youtu.be/6WxobSDdzGc

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