Articles Tagged road movie

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 7th November

In this week’s Friday Film segment I discuss Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet, and the Keanu Reeves-led hard-boiled hit-man film, John Wick. Plus, talkback on ‘cinematic overachievers’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: ABC 774 – November 15th

This week on Friday Film, I discuss the Johnny Knoxville-led Jackass spinoff, Bad Grandpa, and the Lygon Street-based documentary, Si Parla Italiano. Plus, talkback on ‘guilty pleasure’ films on Drive with Sally Warhaft on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – November 15th Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – July 2nd

In this episode of Plato’s Cave the team discuss the recent Australian release Satellite Boy, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Toshiya Fujita’s classic Lady Snowblood (DVD). With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – July 2nd Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Fanboys

The road movie has long been a staple of American cinema allowing for the exploration of various ideological dilemmas, from political dissonance (Easy Rider) and cultural violence (Bonnie and Clyde, Natural Born Killers), through gender crisis (Thelma & Louise, Sideways) and issues of sexuality (The Doom Generation, Transamerica). While Kyle Newman’s Fanboys is unlikely to […]