Roly and Shady have a chat about Turkish legal drama, Hesitation Wound. But first, there's a bit about the Revelation Perth International Film Festival programme launch for 2024. This edition of the famous Perth festival runs from July 3-14.

Best of 2023

Jan 14th, 2024 1h 7m

Shady and Roly are joined by Ben and Merv - with Parizad in subspace - to go over their favourite five films of 2023. We also provided our worst - or most disappointing - films from last year. Top fives were as follows:Ben: 5. Dungeons and Dra

Foe

Nov 2nd, 2023 15m 44s

Roly and Shady walk to the car from The Luna Cinema in Leederville after a screening of Foe. Fair to say, Shady gets a couple of things wrong in this pod and also reveals a staggeringly unpro lack of knowledge. Roly mostly gets away unscathed:)

The Creator

Oct 22nd, 2023 37m 36s

Parizad joins Roly and Shady to discuss many things related to Gareth Edwards's new film, The Creator. Stay tuned for a post-outro contribution by Merv.

Oppenheimer

Aug 15th, 2023 43m 31s

Merv and Parizad join Roly and Shady for a discussion about the latest Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer. Fair to say, opinions varied.

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

Jun 12th, 2023 40m 16s

Shady is joined by Roly, Parizad and Merv to postulate on the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film; as well as the MCU in general; going to the cinema alone; Avatar 2; Ivan Sen's Limbo; cinema volume levels; Barton Fink; and apples (again).

November (& French Film Festival)

May 11th, 2023 11m 20s

Merv and Shady get stuck in a carpark and then have a chat about November, a film about the days following the terror attacks in Paris in 2015. There's also a mini-wrap of the 2023 French Film Festival.

Aftersun

Feb 20th, 2023 13m 1s

Roly and Shady wander through noisy Leederville traffic while chewing over the ideas in Aftersun.

Best of 2022

Jan 13th, 2023 1h 13m

Shady and Roly are joined by Ben, Parizad and Merv to run down their favourite five films of 2022 (though not necessarily made in 2022). We also vented about our worst - or most disappointing - films from last year. Top fives were as follows:B

Violent Night

Dec 3rd, 2022 14m 51s

Merv and Shady chat about Violent Night on the drive back from the cinema. Chuckles and blood.

Tim Mummery interview - Namarali

Oct 16th, 2022 24m 29s

Tim Mummery, director of Namarali, joins Shady for a chat about his film.

Moonage Daydream

Oct 6th, 2022 33m 4s

Perth music & arts journo, Bob Gordon joins Roly and Shady to discuss the new David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream.

Nope

Sep 3rd, 2022 32m 45s

Rewi joins Roly and Shady to talk about Jordan Peele's Nope. Beware of spoilers for this film, as well as Jaws, Predator and ALF. Also keep an ear open for tips on how to avoid animal attacks.

Beast

Aug 26th, 2022 12m 2s

Merv eviscerates Beast while Shady watches on in trepidation.

Revelation Film Festival 2022 - Wrap up

Jul 23rd, 2022 24m 15s

Merv joins Shady to run down their five favourites from the 2022 Revelation Film Festival (25th anniversary edition).

Dominik Platen interview for A Life on the Farm

Jul 17th, 2022 16m 39s

Shady had a chat with Dominik Platen, producer of A Life on the Farm, a documentary that screened at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in 2022.

Richard Sowada interview for Rev 2022

Jul 1st, 2022 48m 35s

Roly and Shady had their yearly chat with the founder and director of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Richard Sowada. He spoke about the festival being the 25th anniversary of Rev and how it has developed over the years, as we

Men

Jun 13th, 2022 18m 55s

Roly and Shady struggle to understand what was going on in Alex Garland's new film, Men.

Maixabel

Apr 22nd, 2022 13m 17s

Merv and Shady inadequately discuss the Spanish film Maixabel, directed by Iciar Bollain.

After Yang

Apr 9th, 2022 15m 4s

Roly and Shady wander away from the Luna cinema and chat about the film After Yang.

Pod Stable Round Table (Listener questions) - Part 2

Mar 25th, 2022 49m 35s

More 'Listener' questions!Popular films we haven't seen. Confusing films. Dream adaptation that ISN'T a book or TV show. Musicians who should score a film. Bonus: Favourite on-screen duo.Ben, Parizad, Roly and Shady have attempted to answer a

The Batman

Mar 10th, 2022 31m 20s

Merv joins Roly and Shady to run the rule over The Batman. Topics range from the definition of a cowl, to Nirvana vs The Cure, to the workings of spotlight projection - Merv even mentions a special, frankly bollocks, DC villain.

Pod Stable Round Table (Listener questions) - Part 1

Feb 17th, 2022 40m 4s

'Listener' questions special! The films that hooked us on cinema. Best directorial debut. Most often used film quotes. Most annoying/dangerous/strange experience at the cinema. All these questions and more (actually, only these) are

Best of 2021

Dec 29th, 2021 56m 24s

Roly and Shady are joined by Parizad and Merv to talk about their favourite films of 2021. There's a top 5 from each person, as well as a turkey. Fair to say not everyone agreed with each other.