Filmsoc Podcast

The age of Cosmo draws to a close with this discussion of Brian De Palma's 1981 masterful tale of a Foley Artist drawn unwittingly into the black heart of a nationwide conspiracy. To unpack this formalist behemoth, we are joined by Filmsoc veteran and filmmaker Jack Needle to talk about about style, spectacle and violence in american film and culture. Our mount rushmore of Brian De Palma films: Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Body Double (1984) Carrie (1976) Carlito's Way (1993)

Sometimes you just gotta burn the motherfucker down. This week we're joined by Filmsoc veterans William and Stanley to discuss Ringo Lam's incindiary takedown of corruption, power and exploitation in 1980s Hong Kong.

we, uh, we may have gone a bit overboard in some places here. George, Julian and Cosmo reunite to talk about 39 different films they saw at Sydney Film Festival's 70th annual edition. TIMESTAMPS FOR THE FILMS DISCUSSED: (0:00) INTRO (4:55) Deewaar (dir. Yash Chopra, India, 1975) (5:37) Amar Akbar Anthony (dir. Manmohan Desai, India, 1977) (8:06) When the Waves are Gone (dir. Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2022) (13:24) The Wrath of Becky (dir. Matt Angel; Suzanne Coote, USA, 2023) (17:47) Scrapper (dir. Charlotte Regan, UK, 2023) (22:00) Asteroid City (dir. Wes Anderson, USA, 2023) (27:36) Late Night With the Devil (dir. Cameron Cairnes; Colin Cairnes, Australia, 2023) (33:05) How to Blow Up a Pipeline (dir. Daniel Goldhaber, USA, 2022) (45:19) Autobiography (dir. Makbul Mubarak, Indonesia, 2022) (47:15) Passages (dir. Ira Sachs, France, 2023) (49:15) A Couple (dir. Frederick Wiseman, France/USA, 2022) (50:45) Music (dir. Angela Schanelec, Germany/Greece, 2023) (52:46) Fallen Leaves (dir. Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, 2023) (57:42) Bad Behaviour (dir. Alice Englert, New Zealand, 2023) (1:08:30) Birdeater (dir. Jack Clark; Jim Weir, Australia, 2023) (1:15:21) Unidentified (dir. Jude Chun, South Korea, 2022) (1:17:31) The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (dir. Park Sye-young, South Korea, 2022) (1:20:23) Perfect Days (dir. Wim Wenders, Germany/Japan, 2023) (1:28:04) Reality (dir. Tina Satter, USA, 2023) (1:34:07) Piaffe (dir. Ann Oren, Germany, 2022) (1:35:28) Afire (dir. Christian Petzold, Germany, 2023) [SPOILERS] (1:43:17) INTERMISSION (1:43:46) The Delinquents (dir. Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina, 2023) (1:49:21) No Bears (dir. Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2022) [SPOILERS] (1:59:38) The Mother of All Lies (dir. Asmae El Moudir, Morocco, 2023) (2:07:08) Art College 1994 (dir. Liu Jian, China, 2023) (2:12:43) Shin Ultraman (dir. Shinji Higuchi, Japan, 2022) [SPOILERS] (2:29:33) Blue Jean (dir. Georgia Oakley, UK, 2022) (2:33:47) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (dir. Pierre Földes, France, 2022) (2:38:15) Joram (dir. Devashish Makhija, India, 2022) (2:42:55) Snow and the Bear (dir. Selcen Ergun, Türkiye, 2022) (2:44:20) A Thousand and One (dir. A.V. Rockwell, USA, 2022) (2:49:33) Monster (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, 2023) (2:56:01) May December (dir. Todd Haynes, USA, 2023) [SPOILERS] (3:17:12) Strange Way of Life (dir. Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2023) (3:17:57) Cobweb (dir. Kim Jee-woon, South Korea, 2023) (3:24:49) Anselm (dir. Wim Wenders, Germany, 2023) (3:30:30) Anatomy of a Fall (dir. Justine Triet, France, 2023) (3:38:51) Sisu (dir. Jalmari Helander, Finland, 2022) (3:39:57) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (dir. James Mangold, USA, 2023) (3:46:35) FINAL MOUNT RUSHMORE

Aksharaa returns to talk about Eega: director S. S. Rajamouli's (RRR, Bahubali) fly-revenge tollywood epic, which closed out our screening lineup for Semester 1 2023.

Filmsoc treasurer and long-time member Tom Martin joins us to talk Werner Herzog's surreal reflection on the thin line between transendence and psychosis. Our Mount Rushmore of Willem Dafoe performances: 1. The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers, USA, 2019) 2. Mr Bean's Holiday (dir. Steve Bendelack, USA, 2007) 3. The Last Temptation of Christ (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1987, USA) 4. Wild at Heart (dir. David Lynch, USA, 1990)

Cosmo, Julian and George run through what they're excited for in Sydney Film Festival's 2023 lineup. Our Mount Rushmore of SFF2023 to-watch films: 1. HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE (Daniel Goldhaber, USA, 2022) 2. SHIN ULTRAMAN (Shinji Higuchi, Japan, 2022) 3. PAST LIVES (Celine Song, USA, 2022) 4. FALLEN LEAVES (Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, 2023)

Maddie rejoins us to talk about James Ivory's Maurice, an adaptation of E.M. Forster's autobiographical portrait of a young queer man searching for acceptence in early 20th century England.

Filmsoc exec Jemma Fenwick joins us for a discussion about Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the Iranian New Wave, the merits of autofiction, the appeal of films about filmmaking, the often contradictary ways different people make sense of their pasts, and much, much more. (sorry for the bad audio on this one. turns out recording your podcast in a house pressing up against the train station isn't the best idea, who would've known. next episode we're back in the studio i promise)

Filmsoc Vice President Maddie Rowell joins Juian and Cosmo to talk Lucky McKee's 2011 horror film The Woman, as well as a broader discussion about the merits of transgressive cinema.

Hosts Julian and Cosmo are joined by Filmsoc exec Aksharaa Agarwal to talk about the outsider cinema of Harmony Korine, celebrity impersonators, skydiving nuns and director cameos.

Welcome to Filmsoc Podcast! This week we are joined by our producer George McMillan @gmcmillan588 to talk WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX? (2010) and CRAZY WORLD (2014), two films from Uganda-based production house Wakaliwood. We also talk about African cinema more in general, and each form a ‘Mount Rushmore’ of our favourite films from the vast continent.