The Pool Room

Alright girls! I christen this podcast Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! Get your frock on and bust out those dance moves because we're here to talk about Australia's most fabulous drag queens. For a film ahead of its time, Priscilla is equal parts hilarious as it is heartwarming. In the absence of Lachlan, we're joined by Jake De Agrela (of Cinema Sideshow Podcast fame) to dissect and discuss this glam-packed Aussie gem...

Join us as we venture into Australia’s red centre for a narrative about runaway lovers who're less villainous than Bonnie & Clyde, and more loving than Kath & Kim. We refer, of course, to Warwick Thornton’s 2009 feature-debut ‘Samson & Delilah’; a film that our hosts are seemingly the only ones not to have studied at high-school. With the exception of our protagonist's names, the film's connection to the eponymous bible story about the hazards of a hair cut is merely titular.

Strap yourselves in and prepare for expiration cradling Middle-Eastern treats, we’re about to dive into Richard Lowenstein’s ‘He Died With a Felafel In His Hand’. If you’re partial to a bit of albino moon-tanning and discussions around what a post-modern sort of guy Lenin was, give this gem of a slacker-film a go. It only besmirches the value of a university attained arts degree a little bit.

ALRIGHT, LET’S GET STRAIGHT TO THE BISCUITS…

In a first for us here at The Pool Room, this episode transgresses our established focus on Australian cinema and enters the rich terrain of Australian television. And so, gifted here for you lovely people is a collection of ramblings on the first series of Dario Russo and David Ashby’s ‘Danger 5’. Gear up for an exercise in 60’s schlock that contains ample nicotine consumption, nefarious nazi plots for world domination, and a man with the head of a bald eagle.

Three episodes deep and it’s time for our foray into the Nick Cave scripted Meat-Pie Western that is ‘The Proposition’; a film with ample dusty black coats and badder motherf@!#$rs than Stagger Lee. Step into an example of what Wikipedia notes to be the Australian equivalent of a Spaghetti-Western, making John Hillcoat our Sergio Leone and Nick Cave & Warren Ellis our Ennio Morricones. Come for the tale of outback revenge, stay for our hosts' discussion about which of The Muppets would be the worst to get killed by.