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In this week’s Friday Film I discuss the latest entry in the Marvel cinematic canon, Guardians of the Galaxy, and preview a selection of films from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Plus, talkback on ‘childhood nostalgia cinema’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

In this week’s Thursday Film segment, I discuss Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and the recent sequel, Muppets Most Wanted. Plus, talkback on ‘film cameos’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

In this week’s Plato’s Cave the team review Dallas Buyers Club and A Touch of Sin plus a discussion of the critical response to The Wolf of Wall Street and Twelve Years a Slave. With Josh Nelson, Cerise Howard and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – 17 February Episode (.MP3)

This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss the latest films from directors Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Spike Jonze, Her. Plus, talkback on films characterised by ‘Excess’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – January 31st Episode (.MP3)

It’s been called the city that never sleeps, the Metropolis of America, the Capital of the World or simply, the Big Apple. Whatever names it goes by though, few places on Earth have exerted such a profound influence upon the Western cultural and political imagination as New York City. Beneath the bright lights of its […]

This week the Plato’s Cave team review The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Arrietty and Hugo, plus we discuss issues surrounding language, culture and nationality in cinema. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – January 12th Episode (.MP3)

Thirty-five years after it claimed the Palme d’Or for best feature film at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver remains a landmark work of cinema. An iconic depiction of loneliness, violence and urban alienation, Scorsese’s film stands out within that period of American cinema during the late 1960s and 1970s often referred […]

To commemorate the film’s 35th anniversary restoration release, the Plato’s Cave team take an in-depth look at Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic Taxi Driver. They also cast their eye over Scorsese’s early career, discussing the films on the the recent DVD collection Martin Scorsese’s Short Films (including What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a […]

American cinema revels in the comeback story. From Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) and The Natural (Barry Levinson, 1984) through more recent fare such as Cinderella Man (Ron Howard, 2005), the celluloid history of Hollywood is underscored by a belief that anyone can make it big, fail, and then be resurrected again like a modern-day […]

With the release of RocknRolla, his fifth cinematic feature, director Guy Ritchie seems to have acquired the wisdom of a director firmly committed to the mantra, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. After the relative critical and commercial success of Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), Ritchie’s career subsequently nose-dived […]