
The Ritz Cinema in Sydney is an art deco jewel. Owner Eddie Tamir is about to make it even shinier.
Jun 30, 2021
24 min

CJ and Jim Flanagan do a post-mortem on the 2021 Academy Awards.
Apr 28, 2021
28 min

Jim Flanagan and CJ get into the weeds around the Oscar nominations 2021-style. Should Collective be nominated for Best International Film? Should My Octopus Teacher be nominated for Best Documentary? And what if Sir Anthony Hopkins passes away before everyone casts their final ballots?
Apr 15, 2021
44 min

Luke Eve's debut feature I MET A GIRL is dropping on Netflix in Australia, on streamers in the US, and in cinemas in Korea and Germany. On the eve of these releases he joins CJ to talk about the film, its trek to screens during the pandemic year, and the Oscar nominations!
Mar 31, 2021
46 min

CJ discusses cinema restoration with Angelica Waite of Cinema Reborn, a restored-cinema film festival in Sydney.
Mar 26, 2021
28 min

Jim Flanagan, cineaste, restauranteur, beer brewer, musician and record label owner brings some of his favourite films from 2020 to the table to chew over with CJ, including BACURAU, THE VAST OF NIGHT, POSSESSOR, RELIC, LES MISERABLES, HONEYLAND and GUNDALA.
Jan 28, 2021
58 min

Kitty Green's debut fiction feature, THE ASSISTANT, is CJ's Best Film of 2020. Kitty talks to CJ about the film from her home in NYC. This episode interrogates specific themes, scenes, moments and motifs in the film: the discussion will be most valuable if you watch THE ASSISTANT first.
Jan 18, 2021
23 min

CJ and podcaster Shahir Daud from THE ONLY PODCAST ABOUT MOVIES discuss THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE in relation to the first two GODFATHER movies, Coppola's re-working of THE GODFATHER PART THREE, and whether it all works.
Jan 15, 2021
54 min

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas joins CJ to discuss six of the best films of 2020, all made by women.
Dec 31, 2020
41 min
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