PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – October 8th

In this week’s episode of Plato’s Cave we examine Livid (DVD), Searching for Sugar Man and I Wish, plus the team discuss concepts related to humanism in cinema. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – October 8th Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: ABC 774 – August 3rd

This week on Friday film Raf and I preview a selection of films from the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival including Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Sapphires, I Wish, Side By Side and the Jean Epstein retrospective on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – August 3rd Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective

There’s a term that film critics often use to describe a work that captures and magnifies some enduring characteristic of our population: the ‘human condition’. It’s an overarching term with various existential connotations, one that’s too often applied as a kind of linguistic ‘get out of jail free’ card when confronted with imagery at once […]