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On this week’s Friday Film segment I chat to Raf about Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt and the DVD release of Genevieve Bailey’s I Am Eleven plus talkback on ‘Treasured Films From Your Childhood’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – May 10th Episode (.MP3)

In this special edition of Plato’s Cave the team review Iron Man 3 and The Hunt, plus we discuss the Hollywood Costume exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Tara also reports from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – May 7th [...]

On this week’s Friday Film segment Raf and I discuss the Robert Redford political thriller The Company You Keep and also No, Chilean director Pablo Larrain’s film about the 1988 Pinochet referendum, plus talkback on ‘Stars Ageing Gracefully’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – May 3rd Episode (.MP3)

On this week’s Friday Film segment Raf and I discuss Iron Man 3, director Shane Black’s contribution to the Marvel franchise, and Antiviral, the debut feature film from Brandon Cronenberg, plus talkback on ‘third installment films’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – April 26th Episode (.MP3)

In this week episode of Plato’s Cave the team discuss the DVD release of The Giants (Les Géants), Brandon Cronenberg’s debut feature film Antiviral, and Pablo Larrain’s No starring Gael Garcia Bernal. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – April 22nd Episode (.MP3)

This week on Friday Film Raf and I chat the Tom Cruise post-apocalyptic SF film Oblivion and the impending apocalyptic climate change documentary Chasing Ice, plus talkback on ‘films that plagiarise’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – April 19th Episode (.MP3)

In this week’s episode of Plato’s Cave the team discuss Joseph Kosinski’s SF feature Oblivion, the competitive ballet documentary First Position and the original 1950 release of Kon-Tiki (DVD). We also discuss how the presence of certain actors influences film spectatorship. With Josh Nelson, Thomas Caldwell and Tara Judah. Plato’s Cave – April 15th Episode [...]

In this week’s Plato’s Cave podcast the team conclude our recent Hammer Horror retrospective with the 1968 film The Devil Rides Out (DVD), and discuss the glacial climate change documentary Chasing Ice and the Norwegian historical drama Kon-Tiki. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – April 8th Episode (.MP3)

In this week’s episode of Plato’s Cave the team discuss Gus Van Sant’s latest film Promised Land, French director Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone and the big screen return of Wolfgang Petersen’s classic film, The NeverEnding Story. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – April 1st Episode (.MP3)

In this week’s episode of Plato’s Cave the team review the 1966 Hammer Horror film, Dracula: Prince of Darkness (DVD), the latest documentary from Alex Gibney, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God and Julia Loktev’s The Loneliest Planet, plus we discuss the divide between critical and popular opinion. With Josh Nelson, Thomas [...]