Film 101 Podcast

Arnie, Darcy and Tom recap the 92nd Oscars including the winners, snubs, and talking points from the most prestigious night in the Awards calendar.

Arnie, Darcy and Tom look at the finale to the Skywalker saga with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker & they recap the eventful 77th Golden Globe Awards in our fifth post-season podcast. 

Episode 10 of Season 2 saw us look at the follow up to commercially successful Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with Jumanji: The Next Level and we also looked at Greta Gerwig's take on the classic novel Little Women in her film of the same name.  Finally, Arnie, Tom and Darcy discussed their top 10 films of the year (so far) as we near the end of the 2010's

Episode 9 of Season 2 saw us look at the animated entry of the classic film The Addams Family, the peculiar and heartwarming animation by French filmmaker Jérémy Clapin in I Lost My Body, and we looked at the overnight Golden Globes nominees for cinema. Arnie, Darcy and Tom were there to unpack it all.

Episode 8 of Season 2 saw us look at the subversive take on the Christmas story with Sergio Pablos' Klaus, the follow up to the widely successful Frozen in Frozen 2, and we recapped The Week That Was In Cinema.  Arnie, Darcy and Tom were there to unpack it all.

Episode 7 of Season 2 saw us discuss David Michod's The King which scored 13 nominations at the 2019 AACTA Awards, Rian Johnson's latest witty and ever so entertaining whodunnit, Knives Out, and we recapped The Week That Was In Cinema. Arnie, Darcy and Tom were there to unpack it all.

Episode 6 of season 2 saw us look at Elizabeth Banks' Charlie's Angels, the highly anticipated Ford v Ferrari from James Mangold, and the ever so praised and heartwarming Marriage Story from Noah Baumbach.  Arnie, Darcy and Tom were there to unpack it all.

Episode 5 of season 2 saw us look at 3 new Netflix originals as part of our Netflix special. From Soderbergh's The Laundromat staring Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas and Meryl Streep, to a biopic starring Eddie Murphy as the late Rudy Ray Moore who pioneered Blaxploitation cinema in Dolemite Is My Name, right through to Martin Scorsese's star studded The Irishman --- we had it all.  Arnie, Darcy and Tom were there to unpack it all.

Episode 4 of season 2 saw Arnie, Tom and Darcy look at Emu Runner which was screened at TIFF last year and has received and AACTA nomination as well, and we also looked at the recent (and possibly final) instalment in the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate. We also spoke to Emu Runner Director Imogen Thomas about her debut feature and what it was like to make it. 

Episode 3 of season 2 sees Arnie, Tom and returning co-host Darcy look at Ruben Fleischer's long awaited sequel to Zombieland nearly 10 years after its release, Lorene Scafaria's Hustlers which has been spurring early Oscars talk, and we introduce a special new segment looking at The Week That Was In Cinema. 

Film 101 looked at 3 more interesting, yet different films. Nick Conidi's debut feature 'Promised' looks at a story close to the directors heart, Jim Jarmusch's latest entry 'The Dead Don't Die' sees him step into the zombie sub-genre, and Todd Phillip's steps away from his usual comedy-oriented films to something a little more sinister with 'Joker'. Arnie and Tom were there to unpack it all.

Film 101 returns to air with three of the most recent features to grace our screens. From the Brad-Pitt-in-space-epic to a young group of so called 'Good Boys' and finally, Midsommar, a film by one of the most exciting young directors around in one of the most exciting studios around! Arnie and Tom were there to unpack it all!

Film 101 welcomes esteemed Australian film Director Sophie Hyde who spoke to Arnie and Darcy about her recent film Animals (2019) starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat. 

Film 101 welcomes renowned Australian Film Director Kim Farrant to our show. Kim's debut feature was Strangerland in 2015 (starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving), and Arnie and Tom spoke to her about her recent psychological thriller Angel of Mine (starring Noomi Rapace, Yvonne Strahovski and Luke Evans) and directing. 

Darcy, Tom and Arnie look back on the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival and discuss what they saw, the biggest surprises, hits and misses, and the festival as a whole. 

Film 101 welcomes esteemed, award-winning Australian film director, Mr Rolf de Heer to the show to talk about his recent collaboration on the VR experience, The Waiting Room (showing at the 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival).  Join Darcy, Tom and Arnie in this not-to-be-missed segment with one of Australia's most prominent film directors. 

Darcy, Tom and Arnie return in our third post season podcast to unpack a film about a world where The Beatles never existed, a Sandler & Aniston comedic mystery, everyone's favourite on-screen toys, and the webslinger Spider-Man. 

Tom and Arnie return and unpack four new releases in John Wick 3: Parabellum, Aladdin, Detective Pikachu, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Darcy, Tom and Arnie return in what is our first post season podcast. They unpack 3 new releases in Hellboy, Long Shot and the record breaking Endgame. Also, they discuss what the significance of Endgame as a cultural phenomenon means for Disney and the film industry. 

Darcy, Tom and Arnie discuss the Stephen King adaptation 'Pet Sematary', Jonah Hill's directorial debut 'Mid90s' and DC's recent superhero film 'Shazam'. We also recap our season as well as mention the films we're looking forward to. 

Tom and Arnie talk Dumbo, the French New Wave, the Auteur Theory, and pay homage to the late Agnes Varda. 

Darcy, Scott, Tom and Arnie take a look at Jordan Peele's latest film 'Us', compare 'Get Out' with 'Us' nearly two years after its release, and look at the new wave of Horror cinema and where the genre is headed. 

Darcy, Scott and Arnie unpack a diverse mix of films ranging from Australian production 'Hotel Mumbai' to the animated 'The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part' to the Netflix film 'Triple Frontier' right through to Nicole Kidman's stellar performance in 'Destroyer'. 

Ben, Tom and Arnie look at three new releases in 'Greta', 'Polar' and 'Captain Marvel' as well as a special screening of Jacques Audiard's 'The Sister's Brothers' at the 30th French Film Festival in Melbourne. 

Ben, Tom and Arnie look at four interesting and heartfelt films that all share the themes of companionship, love and friendship. 

Ben, Darcy, Tom, and Arnie recap the biggest day in the cinematic calendar, the 91st Academy Awards. They look at every winner, surprise and shock on offer in Film 101's biggest episode yet!

Ben, Tom and Arnie take a look at one of their last 2018 films and three 2019 releases as we slowly pick up pace in the new year of film!

Ben, Darcy and Arnie look at 3 more highly regarded 2018 films and the first of many 2019 releases. 

Film 101 is back in what is an episode that looks at four Oscar nominated 2018 films (Green Book, At Eternity's Gate, Widows, and Bohemian Rhapsody) with Arnie and guest host Tom.

Darcy, Ben and Arnie take a look at 4 of the more overlooked films by the academy from 2018 (and four of our favourites) as well as the final Oscar nominees! 

Tom and Arnie take a look back on the Animations that were nominated for the Golden Globes and the Globes themselves as well as the International AACTA's.

A little intro on what Film 101 is and our look at 5 of the biggest films of 2018 and how they will look (as well as other films) coming into the awards season.