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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