Episodes
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
A Separation: SPOILER Episode 11
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
"It got serious"
This week we step into the relatively unexplored and perhaps underappreciated world of Iranian Cinema as we watch Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation", and it's fair to say it's an all-round love-in as the team struggle to fault this powerful and complex drama. Meanwhile, Andy takes a look at the thriving Iranian sub-genre of movies featuring a child's-eye view of the world dubbed The Cinema of Childhood.
This week's scale: No scale
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline: SPOILER Episode 10
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
“Going outside is highly overrated”
This week we're reading Ernest Kline's "nerdgasm" of a book, Ready Player One. As Rachael and Andy get in touch with their inner geek, Paul has been frittering away more of his short time on this earth collating every pop culture reference in the book and putting them into another of his legendary remixes (see video version below…).
Meanwhile, the dystopian setting of Ready Player One leads Rachael to consider the popularity of dystopian settings in teen fiction, and there's an unscheduled interruption from Andy…
This week's rating scale: Tron or Tron: Legacy?
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