Popcorn Podcast

Filmmaker Selina Miles joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her new documents Silenced. In Silenced, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson takes audiences inside the courtroom and behind the global headlines, to fight against the weaponisation of defamation laws by alleged perpetrators to silence survivors and journalists. In our chat, Selina shares how she adapted a fairly dense legal text to become her narrative documentary, why Jennifer Robinson is a national treasure, the importance of sitting in the uncomfortable, and the inspiration she feels from Amber Heard and Brittany Higgins.

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She Said: Exposing Weinstein and the origins of the #MeToo Movement
Women Talking: All you need to do is listen
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Popcorn Podcast head into the post-apocalyptic world of The Dog Stars where a virus wipes out humanity - and all whose left is film critic and celebrity interviewer Nick L'Barrow and Tim Iffland. Starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin, Ridley Scott's latest blockbuster has the internet divided from paid creator reviews to fans of the book. So is it any good? Tim and Nick discuss its book to screen adaptation and its major identity crisis, the films endless plane porn, and reveal that Jacob Eloridi's character Hig is in fact dressed by Mugatu's Derelict fashion range. All this and so much more.

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Iconic artist Tina Arena joins Popcorn Podcast to talk her new film, Tina Arena: Unravel Me. Marking 50 years in the spotlight, Tina Arena: Unravel Me is an intimate and cinematic portrait of one of Australia’s most enduring and enigmatic artists. Her music provides the soundtrack to the lives of generations of Australians. In our chat, Tina shares how she wanted to share the beauty and hardship of her celebrated 50 year career, the complexities of being a public figure, and how massive adulation is unnatural and unhealthy for artists, especially for child stars. We got you enjoy this special interview episode.

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Michael: does the Everest of biopics reach the summit?
Mother Mary: big swing cinema and its place in art
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The stars of genre bending erotic body horror Corpus, Brodie Townsend and Lily Cowles, are here to talk about the seduction and terror of their new film. With Corpus making waves on the festival circuit at Fantasia and MIFF, it's exciting to welcome them on the show. In our chat, we talk about the almost contagious feeling of sharing a film with a live audience, finding the pocket with director and co-writer Corrin Evans, the interplay between the spirit and the body in the film, how every character becomes a part of you, and the importance of costume and physicality in bringing characters to life.

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Fun with the Philippou brothers talking Bring Her Back horror and heart
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Entertainment reporter Steven Christie joins Popcorn Podcast to journey to pre-historic 1982, at The End of Oak Street. Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor find themselves fighting against Dinosaurs and discover that their very survival depends on them sticking together as a family. Tim and Steven get hard for science, Dino sex and split-diopter shots. They also discuss whether the film successfully pins down its emotional heart and allegory, and unpack what the cinematic language of dinosaurs entails. NB: this episode contains spoilers.

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Special guest host Nick L'Barrow joins Tim to discuss Jurassic World: Dominion
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