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The Filmlordes interview director Jennifer Kent and actor Baykali Ganambarr on their film The Nightingale. The Nightingale is a critically acclaimed period film set in 19th century Tasmania, following the desperate efforts of an Irish convict girl and an Aboriginal tracker committed to finding the man who has destroyed their lives and families. During the chat the Filmlordes discuss Venice Film Festival, the horrors of colonial Australia, and the fundamental truth telling behind this unflinching film. Content warning: this interview conversation deals with themes of sexual violence.

Amazing Grace + Pose Finale - Angel of Mine director Kim Farrant joins us to talk about shining a light where shame exists. Lucretia Martel ghosts Roman Polanski at the Venice Film Festival, Black Panther gets a release date and Beanie Feldstein is going to be in Richard Linklater's twenty year musical project. We also talk to Kim Farrant (Strangerland and Angel of Mine) about diving deep into characters and how to explore kinks safely to process trauma and shame.

Late Night + The Australian Dream; plus we talk to Jennifer Kent and Baykali Ganambarr about the pressure they feel releasing The Nightingale. Robert De Niro is suing his assistant for 6 million dollars for watching 55 episodes of Friends at work, Oneohtrix Point Never is scoring a new Safdie Brothers film and Lana Wachowski is back to write and direct The Matrix four with Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves (hopefully in Sydney).

The Nightingale + No Time For Quiet. Andj is back! Thank you to Gloria Bose for covering the last three weeks

Midsommar + Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood and Queer Screen Festival Director Lisa Rose joins us to talk about the lineup. Lana Del Rey has given Guillermo Del Toro a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and released a song for his new film. Shia Labeouf is going for an Oscar with Honey Boy and Harvey Weinstein is denied a European visa. Midsommar is Mother!s milk and Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood slides into ur life. Queer screen is showing some Cannes favourites and The Little Mermaid at a community daytime screening and Gloria Bose leaves us after three fun weeks covering for Andj.

The Public + Fast and Furious presents Hobbs and Shaw. We mark the point where straight to cinema means the same as what straight to DVD used to. Kim Kardashian West is making a two hour documentary on the prison industrial complex for a true crime channel, the pioneer of Direct Cinema who paved the way for reality TV D.A. Pennebaker has passed away and Oscar season begins with the release of the Queen and Slim trailer - the Bonnie and Clyde adaptation by Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas. Gillian Armstrong is speaking about Little Women at Palace Verona this week and the Merrily we go to hell, celebrating women in cinema series is still going strong this week with Lynne Ramsay's iconic Morvern Callar.

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut + Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, Prototype hype from Lauren Carrol Harris. NIDA dropout Gloria Bose kicks it with us this week to replace Andj who slept in. Not one but two women are at the Venice Film Festival this year representing huge leaps and bounds after Jennifer Kent was called a whore at last years festival and trailers for the new Transparent feature finale and the Harriet Tubman film. We also talk to Lauren Carrol Harris from the Guardian and Radio National about PROTOTYPE, a new online platform for cutting edge critical local content in the sweet spot between video art and experimental cinema.

Desperately Seeking Susan + The Lion King, and the Filmlordes push for local Sydney film Asian Girls to win an AACTA award. Also in the show; why does Chance the Rapper love the original Lion King so much? The Filmlordes love Lashana Lynch playing the new 007 but first we thought it was Jane Lynch - the mean gym teacher from glee. We also mount a campaign to get Asian Girls an Australian Oscar at the AACTA awards.

Sarah Jacobson Tribute and Desire Lines in studio talking about The Slow (Demo)lition of My Perfect Vision. A new Saw reboot starring Chris Rock where ScarJo is playing a Saw Trap, Jim Carey Deepfakes and Andrea Arnold mistreatment. We counter act all this weird news with two reviews of films by the late Sarah Jacobson who's incredible DIY films have just been restored and played at Pink Flamingo Cinema last week. Then Seb and Maeve join us in the studio and we talk about their alt-art night at the Pitt St Church this coming Saturday.

Booksmart + Parasite - Filmmaker Dylan River skypes in from Alice Springs to tell us all about Robbie Hood, his new series on SBS On Demand. We celebrate David Gulpilil's lifetime achievement award at the NAIDOC Awards on Saturday Night, sad news for White Chicks fans, a new Mulan trailer and Leonardo Di Caprio has had to surrender his Oscar to the justice system. Also GO to Pink Flamingo Cinema this Thursday to celebrate the life and movies of the late DIY Queen Sarah Jacobson.

God Control + Anima, Garden Reflexxx presents Last Minute Challenge July 6 Pink Flamingos Cinema. Ann Dowd gives an inspiring speech about finding success late, SBS World Movies launches today, Charlie's Angels trailer doesn't go there enough and Erica Glynn is doing Dark Emu! We also talk about Garden Reflexxx presents Last Minute Challenge which is Sydney's new essential D.I.Y. film festival, this Saturday Night at Pink Flamingos Cinema in Marrickville.

Pose + Euphoria: Director Victoria Thompson talks about her new warehouse film Don't Forget To Go Home. Ava Duvernay's show about the Central Park Five is taking over the world and local GAY debut feature Sequin in a Blue Room wins the audience award at the Sydney Film Festival... and that's the last time we say Sydney Film Festival for hopefully a very long time.

Becs Arahanga, Matasila Freshwater, Sharon Whippy and Marina Alofagia McCartney talk to us about Vai, a new film from the producers of Waru in 9 vignettes all by Pacific Islander women. Listen in to find out about the unique process of nine filmmakers meeting and collaborating on a film together across waters.

The Filmlordes take a break SIKE; they interview 4 of the 9 female directors of Vai, and call Jack over the phone to chat about why Jack loves Richard E Grant so much. Also, we discuss Nicole Kidman's cat bag situation, and how to stay cool when walking out of Claire Denis' High Life. 

Filmlordes Jack and André interview Sophie Hattch, a producer on Sequin in a Blue Room and Suburban Wildlife, two features premiering at SFF 2019. The two films are debuts - directed by Sam Van Grinsven and Imogen McCluskey - who made the films on shoe-string budgets. We talk about funding, shooting, and creating in Sydney, the question of whether to show really dick on screen, and how to bring a debut feature to life. 

Filmlordes Jack and André interview filmmaker Gillian Armstrong on her film High Tide screening at SFF 2019. The film is presented in the section 'David Stratton Presents' from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. We discuss Greta Gerwig, making films throughout the years, and what its like being a filmmaker in 2019.

Varda by Agnés + Pain & Glory, ANTIFA David Stratton, walkouts at The Nightingale premiere and Chernobyl backlash. A big first weekend of the Sydney film festival sees sell out premieres of Sequin in a Blue Room and Suburban Wildlife. Cutting edge and divisive cinema amidst political turmoil as fascism and authoritarianism tightens it's grip. David Stratton speaks out!!! Plus, we tease something close to our hearts coming soon to a venue near you - Garden Reflexxx presents Last Minute Challenge, a film festival curated by Enoch Mailangi, and us! A collection of local and international resourceful cinema. 

Filmlordes Jack and André interview filmmaker Ana Kokkinos on her film Blessed, screening at SFF 2019 in the 'David Stratton Presents' section from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. We talk about social media being a new queer beat, not making exploitative LGBT films, and how to explore danger in this day and age. 

Chernobyl + Her Smell, and the Filmlordes talk to Canberran producer Sophie Hattch about being young and premiering two debut features at SFF 2019 - we discuss Suburban Wildlife and Sequin in a Blue Room. Also, Sandra Oh should win Best Actress at the Emmy's, and Sacha Baron Cohen is in the news (lol). We also ask listeners to name and shame Canberra for some free tickets to SFF 2019.

Saturday Afternoon + No More Lies, We talk to filmmaker Erica Glynn about She Who Must Be Loved ahead of its Sydney Film Festival debut. Wow, huge episode from Margot Robbie and Quentin Tarantino's best dog award at Cannes to James Charles's slap back. We have a great chat with Erica Glynn about what it's like to make a film about your Mum. We also talk about what it must be like to make a film about a recent tragedy, like Mostafa Sarwar Farooki has just done in Saturday Night, a film from the Bangladeshi New Wave inspired by the Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack in 2016.