Rnz: Rancho Notorious

Kailey and Dan discuss the week's film news including Baftas and the Berlinale, review Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool and Cate Blanchett in Carol and Dan interviews Sébastien Donnadieu, new director of the Alliance Française French Film Festival which starts a two month tour of New Zealand this week.

A temporarily Kailey-free episode featuring interviews with two of New Zealand's most successful screen producers: Two-time Oscar nominee Finola Dwyer and 2016 Sundance success Carthew Neal.

Dan and Kailey are joined by Colin Peacock from RNZ's Mediawatch to talk about the acclaimed drama Spotlight about the Boston Globe's investigation of child abuse and cover-ups by the Catholic church. Dan and Kailey square off over The Revenant and discuss the recent Academy Award nominations.

The podcast version of the 2nd annual - originally streamed live from the Rancho kitchen - summing up of the year in film, tv and other cool stuff. Around the dinner table are Dan, Kailey, Sarah McMullan, Ben Woodward and Mike Dickison. On the line from Sydney is ABC Radio National's Jason Di Rosso and, via the magic of the movies, the NZ Top Ten box office results are read by a famous British acting knight.

Dan and Kailey are joined by Graeme Beasley from sportsfreak.co.nz to talk about the Lance Armstrong biopic The Program as well as Graeme's favourite sports movies, Jackson Wood is on the line from Chicago where he's on a movie-inspired road trip around the mid-West and our hosts enthuse about the new Paolo Sorrentino film Youth starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel.

Dan and Kailey talk about Bond #24 - Spectre - and Hunger Games #4 - Mockingjay Part 2 - plus the usual mix of box office stats and other news from the world of moving pictures.