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The Pop Out with White People Won’t Save You podcast Jul 09, 2024

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Welcome to a new format, KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. This week we Pop Out with Jordan & Cameron (White People Won't Save You) to review the 1978 film, The Wiz.

Enjoy A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef). B-side: The Wiz (film review) will be dropping later this week.

Juice - All Eyez on Me Jul 02, 2024

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Welcome to a new format, KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. We kick off with KT’s number one friend and lover, Oti to review the 1992 film, Juice.

A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef). B-side: Juice (film review).

Line reference…

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
We get that you like to put gin in your juice
We get that you think that you Bishop in Juice

- Family Matters (Drake)

Bonus line…

All Eyez on Me, and ima send it up to Pac

- Not Like Us (Kendrick Lamar)

Interview with "The Mountain" Writer/Director, Rachel House Jun 25, 2024

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Rachel House is a filmmaker, actor, writer and beyond that has performed across stage and screen centering humour, heart and mana. The credits speak for themselves, Whalerider, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Moana, Thor series, Heartbreak High to name a few.
Her directorial debut, The Mountain, is colourful drama about three children discovering friendship's healing power through the spirit of adventure.
The Mountain will be in Australian cinemas from Thursday June 27.
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Interview with "Flickering Lights" Directors, Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta Jun 11, 2024

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Filmmakers Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta will be screening two films at Sydney Film Festival this year about nature, people & triumph. Flickering Lights & Nocturnes.

Flickering Lights portrays life before and after electricity in a small village in today’s India. Winner from Amsterdam’s International Documentary Film Festival.
Nocturnes follows a scientist in the high forests of the Eastern Himalayas, who uncovers the secrets of moth life, in this Sundance-selected, immersive documentary.

Check sff.org.au for screening details.

Interview with “All Shall Be Well” writer/Director, Ray Yeung Jun 04, 2024

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Ray Yeung is a Hong Kong filmmaker, renowned for directing Cantonese language queer cinema.
This year’s Berlinale Teddy Award winner and Hong Kong FF opener, All Shall Be Well is an affecting and poignant drama about love, loss and legacy.
Check sff.org.au for screening details.

Interview with "Nuku'alofa Film Festival" Director, Sisi’uno Helu May 28, 2024

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Sisi’uno Helu is a Tongan academic, film producer, and performing artist that co-founded the Nuku’alofa Film Festival.

The Nuku'alofa Film Festival (NFF) is on the 21st to 26th of October. Submissions will open June 1st on Film Freeway.

Further information (including fundraising campaign) and updates will be on NFF Facebook , NFF Instagram and website.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Boy Kills World & Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero May 21, 2024

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In this week’s Reference Max, we review In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Boy Kills World & Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.

FFFA - Mars Express, The Last Stop in Yuma County & Mami Wata May 14, 2024

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In this week’s Reference Max, we review Mars Express, The Last Stop in Yuma County & Mami Wata as a part of Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA).

Perfect Days, Robot Dreams, Late night with the devil and Good One: A Show About Jokes May 07, 2024

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This week we review Perfect Days, Robot Dreams, Late night with the devil (including a layered discussion about the use of AI in the film industry) and Good One: A Show About Jokes.

Interview with “Boy Kills World” Director, Moritz Mohr Apr 30, 2024

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Moritz Mohr is a German writer/director making his feature directorial debut with Boy Kills World.
A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Boy Kills World will be in Australian cinemas May 2.

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