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The "does this remind anyone else of Twin Peaks Season 3?" edition.As we barrel toward the end of the decade, much hyped films by proficient directors arrive demanding attention. This month we'll take on two of them, Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out', and Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman'. We also open the Cultural Capital Film Diary and tackle one the mo…

The "Like Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier, Julia Stiles owes her career to Shakespeare" edition.With the theatrical release of David Michod's 'The King', starring Timotheé Chalamet and Robert Pattinson, and its imminent arrival on Netflix, your valiant hosts volunteer to review it. We also consider the vibrant true crime tale of sisters doing …

A man in a spaceship has been the set up for some of the most profound (2001: A Space Odyssey) and most ambitious (The Martian)scenes in cinema, so when James Gray's announced that he was sending Brad Pitt to Neptune to reunite with his father, played by Tommy Lee Jones, Cultural Capital were all ears. We also take a look at the Australian film 'Bu…

The "if you Google 'Animals' you don't get the film" edition.With memories of MIFF already beginning to blur into a prismatic fog of scenes, sounds and ads about texting while driving, Cultural Capital wrest the cinematic jewels from the jaws of amnesia. Some, like The Farewell and Animals, are on the verge of general release, others we may never s…

The “We’ll add ten per cent onto the price so we can give a ten per cent discount to members” edition.Before MIFF-fatigue sets in, before the endings get spoiled and while the weather is still wintry, join us in the midst of the bustle of the Capitol Salon, for a rundown of some of the most enthused-about films in the Melbourne International Film F…

The "gobbling up 50 cent VHSes from Vinnys" edition.For this episode we turn our microphones towards this years MIFF Critics Campus - participants in an intensive five-day lab which involves watching films, receiving mentorship from national and international figures in film criticism and writing reviews and essays for the MIFF website. The talk ta…

The “I am Persephone of Melbourne Emporium etc” edition Cultural Capital return for our second voyage into MIFF 2019. We wrestle with Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’, puzzle over ‘Bacurau’ before Anders enthuses about ‘Matthais et Maxime’, Andy falls for ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ and Eloise is enraptured by ‘The Trial’.…

The "Does Anders looks like Quentin Tarantino crossed with Vincent D'Onofrio? Well, does he?" EditionOne the eve of MIFF 2019 your hosts take a close look at two of the most intriguing titles in the sprawling program, the Cannes prize-winning Russian drama Beanpole, and Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang's acclaimed documentary One Child Nation. All of t…

The "crying in The Joy Luck Club" edition.Anders, Eloise and Andy feed the MIFF 2019 program into the CultCapometer and come out with podcasting gold. This episode contains all the recommendations and insights you need to navigate through this year's record-breakingly vast festival program. From the opening night inspiration of Daniel Gordon's Adam…

The "'I'm keen to see the new Tarantino,'...'I'm not.'" edition.With Eloise off in sunny Italy, Cultural Capital go to the gods of podcasting (presumably Sarah Koenig and Ira Glass), ask for the perfect special guest and are granted the amazing Claire White, she of Rough Cut Film and Teen Screen Cinematheque. Claire joins Andy and Anders to talk ab…

Just as Agnes Varda stands on the back of a helpful man to get a shot, sometimes the right view is one you can't see on your own. Let Cultural Capital be your crouching friend. This month, Andy reports on the highs and lows from the Cannes Film Festival with name drops aplenty while Anders and Eloise take a close look at Thomas M Wright's debut fea…

The "Gloria. Gloria, I think they've got your number" Edition.Far from the Avenging endgame of thranos or whatever is capturing the feverish public imagination at the moment, Melbournian cinemas are currently hosting some total gems. On this month's episode we look at a few of them, Sebastian Leilo's 'Gloria Bell', Yan Ten's '1985' and Jim Cummings…

The "I just want to give a shout out to..." edition.After discovering that we could literally just keep giving away double passes to the new Nicole Kidman film, 'Destroyer', on Twitter we turn our attention to that very film. What is it even about? Why does she look so weathered? Should she have been Oscar nominated? Who cares? The Melbourne Queer …

The "Jake Gyllenhaal was bisexual and it wasn't even a big deal" edition.00:45 If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)16:06 The Clock (Christian Marclay)30:08 Cultural Capital Film Diary33:32 Velvet Buzzsaw (Dan Gilroy)Find us:Twitter: TheCultCapPodFacebook: Cultural Capital PodcastInstagram: CulturalCapitalPodcast…

The "we're also very excited about the new Dan Gilroy film Velvet Buzzsaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Toni Collette and RENE RUSSO" edition.With the imminent arrival of the ACMI season Juliette Binoche Forever, Cultural Capital singles out one of its highlights, Abbas Kiarostami's 2010 film, Certified Copy. We also take a look at the international v…

The "I find myself embracing Hollywood manipulation so readily these days" edition.Before we dive into the murky riches of 2019's summer slate, the Cultural Capital team, with some help from the MIFF Critics Campus, count down their favourite films of 2018. While in other parts of the world, this is a pretty straightforward affair, due to the vagar…

The "It's Been a Big Year For Drag Queens Helping Protagonists Self-Actualise" Edition.Our last episode of Cultural Capital for 2018 sees us blend the easy-to-find films of Netflix with trickier to track down overlooked gems. Anders, Eloise and Andy take a look at Alfonso Cuáron's Oscar hopeful, ROMA, the Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Anniston st…

The "Montenegro Spritz" edition.For the November edition of your favourite Melbourne-centric movie podcast we take a look at two new releases, Steve McQueen's dour heist thriller Widows, and Jessica Leski's documentary I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story. We also feature an interview with Jessica Leski herself. To close out, we review the …

The “whoaaahoooahwhaaaoahwhoaaaaaaaaaohh” edition.Any monthly podcast can give you opinions about the biggest film on the planet at the moment, but only Cultural Capital brings the context, and the history and resists the urge to do a Bradley Cooper impersonation. The fourth remake of A Star is Born comes with a huge amount of baggage, and Eloise, …

The "Hedy Lamarr came over the oceans" edition.A wave of film festivals has hit Melbourne and Cultural Capital are surfing its crest, megaphone in one hand, ticket stub in the other, calling it as we see it. Anders and Eloise get the lowdown on the highlights of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival (CASFFA)from its programmer Cerise Howard, including…

The Fonda Fonda Fonda edition...Inspired by a talk she gave in Melbourne last week, the podcast trio turn their attention to the marvel that is Jane Fonda. Taking a look at her filmography, her politics, her workouts, her obsessions and inspiration. This is a one-off special devoted to one of Hollywood's brightest and most enduring stars.00:30 - Ja…

The "LAZZaro!" edition.As MIFF 2018 disappears into the rearview, it’s time to review. Cultural Capital regroup to compare notes, look at the films getting a wider release over the coming months, pick favourites and single out disappointments, and share the Cultural Capital Film Diary. 00:50 Happy as Lazzaro11:23 Zama18:55 Burning26:09 Cultural Cap…

The "I'm excited to going back to watch stuff on my Mac" edition.Cultural Capital invite the participants in this year's MIFF's Critics Campus on the pod to discuss the experience of spending a week as a film critic, share highlights of the festival so far and contemplate the future of film criticism. Meet Ivana Brehas, Sam Harris, Eliza Janssen, V…

The mid-MIFF with a neon midriff edition.01:08 Shoplifters10:06 Wildlife15:56 You Were Never Really Here24:00 The Image Book29:05 Let the Corpses Tan30:42 Fugue36:15 Hard Paint39:24 Full Moon in Paris41:00 What we're looking forward toFind us:Twitter: TheCultCapPodFacebook: Cultural Capital PodcastDoor Cultural Capital

For our final episode before MIFF we review Guy Maddin's Vertigo homage, The Green Fog, and share our impressions of MIFF films we've already seen (including Acute Misfortune, First Reformed, Shoplifters, Burning and Capharnaüm), and those we're most excited to see. Andy includes an interview he did with Genevieve Bailey, the director of MIFF sell-…

Breathless but full of complementary hors d'oeuvres and some house red, Anders, Andy and special guest Jo DiMattia rushed from the MIFF program launch at Melbourne's opulent Forum Theatre to pool their thoughts. Is the slate of Australian films the strongest MIFF has ever had? Did the programmers get the best they could from Cannes? We have a new v…

The “vividly rendered” / Anwen as Jeanne edition.For the fiftieth episode of Cultural Capital we show our utter professionalism by doing what we always do, we talk about films. And briefly talk about ourselves talking about films. We review Sebastian Leilo’s Disobedience, open the Cultural Capital film diary, Anders and Andy walk through Jurassic P…

An episode from the windy rooftop of Terasse des Journalistes at the Cannes Film Festival, recorded just hours before the closing ceremony. Andy takes a look at some festival highlights including reviews of Spike Lee's 'Blackkklansman', Bi Gan's 'Long Days Journey Into Night', David Robert Mitchell's 'Under the Silver Lake', Lars von Trier's 'The H…

The "Is that a noir? I don't know." editionThis episode, Melbournian film podcast reviews Melbournian film noir, when Cultural Capital takes a look at Paul Anthony Nelson's Trench. We share a brief interview with Nelson, the film's writer director, and its co-star Perri Cummings, and count down of our Top 3 favourite film noirs of this century. And…

The “Hugh Grant’s tugged forelock” editionThis week we punt along the Cam in the English summer sun while a young Hugh Grant and Rupert Graves share glances full of longing as we review the reissue of James Ivory’s ‘Maurice’. We also get grubby in 80s Melbourne suburbia with John Ruane’s black comedy Death in Brunswick, and Andy and Anders share Bl…

The "surprisingly short Party" edition00:38 The Party?14:30 Cultural Capital Film Diary?15:55 I Am Not a WitchCultural Capital keep it tight this week, just like Sally Potter's 71 minute 'The Party', and Rungano Nyoni's focus on the experiences of eight-year-old Shula in her remarkable debut feature 'I Am Not a Witch'. Two female directors, two acc…

The “Joan Crawford. Again.” edition.00:43 All About Eve20:05 Film Diary21:00 Terror Nullius23:40 Blockers25:46 Ready Player One28:40 Top 3 Films about Ageing Stars of Stage and ScreenThis episode we look at one of the highlights of the Young at Heart Film Festival, the classic All About Eve. We count down our Top 3 films about ageing stars of the s…

The "Female directors / romantic dramas" edition00:42 Desert Hearts17:42 Cultural Capital Film Diary19:02 Let the Sunshine InMelbourne is a city of many things, and most of these things are arts festivals. This week we take a look at highlights from two festivals running in March. Donna Deitch's Desert Hearts is a 1985 queer classic being showcased…

The "Oh I'm odd. I'm very odd." edition.00:44 - A Fantastic Woman15:00 - Cultural Capital Film Diary17:50 - An interview with Melbourne Women in Film Festival director Sian Mitchell29:25 - Love SerenadeIt's not enough to celebrate the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, we have to talk to its creator and find out why we'll be back again next year. Th…

The "Wakanda movie is this?" edition.Since Eloise is drinking coconut milk on a beach in Thailand, Anders and Andy team up to take on the excitingly Afro-centric Marvel superhero blockbuster Black Panther, Greta Gerwig's award-ridden comedic drama Lady Bird and browse through the Cultural Capital Film Diary before Eloise calls in to review the Yidd…

The "... and sausages" edition.Since Anders is drinking coconut milk on a beach in Thailand, Andy and Eloise are joined by critic and writer Jo Di Mattia to compare look-books for Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-nominated romantic drama Phantom Thread, and search for justice in Warwick Thornton's Indigenous western Sweet Country. We also share our Cul…

The surprisingly pithy edition.For episode 40 we look at two of the most notable films opening in the first two weeks of 2018 (Andy talked about the very impressive Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri last episode). We also commemorate ACMI's Agnes Varda season with a discussion of the octogenarian cinema legend and her new documentary Faces …

The "summer in northern Italy" edition:00:50 Star Wars: The Last Jedi29:25 Cultural Capital Film Diary30:20 Top 5 Films of 2017 (including guests Hayley Inch, Ben Rigby, Jo Di Mattia and Donovan Renn)There were so many films released in 2017 and we barely saw any of them. Still, from the several hundred we did see, we chose our five favourites, for…

The "iconic" edition.We'll be back to our normal programming next week with our Top 5s of the year and lots of other movie chat, but this week we went to the exhibition Edith Head: The Costume Designer. Our visit prompted in depth discussions about costumes, costumers and costuming. We also share our picks from MUBI.00:00 Edith Head: The Costume De…

The HDS signature edition.00:40 Mudbound14:58 Lucky28:10 Cultural Capital Film Diary30:30 MUBIFacebook: Cultural Capital PodcastTwitter: TheCultCapPod(Can you spot which line Andy overdubbed? You probably can.)Door Cultural Capital

The “It’s pronounced ‘Heddy’ not ‘Heidi’ Lamarr” edition.00:50 Bad Genius14:02 South East Asian Cinema25:55 Film Diary28:30 Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool38:20 GiveawaysFacebook: Cultural Capital PodcastTwitter: TheCultCapPodDoor Cultural Capital

The "Nancy Meyers interior decorated" edition01:00 Home Again15:48 The Untamed24:45 Cultural Capital Film Diary27:50 Giveaways28:20 Top 3 Californian Romantic ComediesFacebook: Cultural Capital PodcastTwitter: TheCultCapPodDoor Cultural Capital

The "Andy, your interviews are becoming sound art" edition00:45 Blade Runner19:45 Cultural Capital Film Diary21:25 What if it Works? and an interview with director Romi Trower47:23 Top 3 dystopian futures of cinemaFacebook: Cultural Capital PodcastTwitter: TheCultCapPodDoor Cultural Capital

The "It's impossible to be bored / I was bored" edition:00:00 - Introduction01:00 - …mother! (spoilerchat begins at 11:20)27:33 - Beatriz at Dinner 41:20 - Cultural Capital Film Diary42:35 - MUBI48:21 - Top 3 Films Using One LocationDuring our discussion about Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rope, Anders mentions the essay Anal Rope, a discussion about rep…

The “forgotten women of Hausu” edition00:55 Girls Trip21:33 Cultural Capital Film Diary24:55 MUBI32:14 Top 3 Girl gangs in the moviesDuring her chat about Heathers, Eloise mentions this article “Heathers: An Oral History” which is very interesting: http://ew.com/article/2014/04/04/heathers-oral-history/Facebook: Cultural Capital PodcastTwitter: The…

The “MIFF 2017: Dedicated to those who served” Edition.On the final day of the Melbourne International Film Festival we’re joined by writer, critic, author and theorist Anwen Crawford to share our experiences of week three of MIFF. We also share our favourite films of the festival and spare a thought for those whose commitment to MIFF overtook thei…

The "Birth of the Talkies" editionAuthor and film critic Anwen Crawford joins Andy, Eloise and Anders to talk the highs and lows of week 2 of MIFF. Get a ringside seat as Eloise and Anwen take on Andy over Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck, marvel at the dizzying representations of queer identity on show and slow all the way down take in the full majesty o…

The "Precautious. Precocious." Edition Join us as we check in on Day 4 of the Melbourne International Film Festival as we share our highlights, disappointments and recommendations live from the Festival Hub.01:05 Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guardagnino)08:35 Celia (Ann Turner)11:29 Pop Aye (Kirsten Tan)13:55 Sami Blood (Amanda Kernell)15:42 PattiCak…

The "Yass Kween Smash the Patriarchy" edition:00:50 Daphne12:45 City of Ghosts25:42 Cultural Capital Film Diary26:35 Dunkirk36:58 Chavela Facebook: Cultural Capital PodcastTwitter: TheCultCapPodDoor Cultural Capital