General Admissions Podcast

In which Damo, Jarrod and guest Tatjana Clancy, discuss a litany of film and streaming content. General thoughts on Tenet, my reviews of Unhinged, Bill and Ted Face The Music, The Boys Season Two, Raised By Wolves, The New Legends of Monkey and severe filmic digressions, ensue.

Jarrod and Damo discuss: Movie News, Hamilton, The King of Staten Island, Greyhound, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and more.

Damo, Jarrod and Mark discuss what they've been watching, what they've seen but not enjoyed and what they look forward to seeing.

Damo and Jarrod discuss what their go-to ‘social distancing’ viewing comprises of. This leads to discussion of Netflix’s Tiger King, what terrific stuff SBS On-Demand has to offer currently and some recommendations for ‘End of the World’ films that are suitable viewing during the End of The World.

It’s been too long between drinks, as Damo and Jarrod reconvene (after bushfires, famine, flood and COVID-19) for a wide-ranging ramble to pick over the outcomes of the Academy Awards. We chat about other hits from ‘The Bong’ as well as South Korean cinema in general and also whatever new Films and Shows that pop up during the chat.

Damo and Jarrod discuss Adam Sandler's new film, Josh and Benny Safdie's anxiety-inducing 'Uncut Gems'.

Damo and Jarrod discuss Knives Out, Rian Johnson's whodunnit, that has just nabbed him a Oscar nomination for penning its screenplay. Damo also discusses Henri-Georges Clouzot's two masterworks: Les Diaboliques and The Wages of Fear.

Jarrod and Damo wax cynical about the Golden Globes and their dartboard selection process, review the Amazon show 'Treadstone' and they talk about the critical reception to 'Jojo Rabbit' and whether it's OK to make comedy using sensitive topics...

Jarrod and Damo waffle about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in a spoiler-free review followed by a veritable spoiler-apocalypse as we proceed to dissect the film in granular detail. So if you haven’t watched the film yet, be aware there’ll be spoilers aplenty in this part of our chat. But we’ll give you fair warning when we’re about to start. We also review The Witcher, which has recently landed on Netflix.

Damo and Jarrod waffle extensively upon all things Star Wars, Mindhunter, David Fincher’s Chinatown prequel series and Woody Allen - as well as the viability of James Ellroy’s novels for adaptation by streamers. BEWARE: Digressions and rambling…

This week, Jarrod & Damo discuss the career of Alex Proyas, director of The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot, Knowing and the ill-fated Gods of Egypt.

In which Jarrod & Damo discuss their latest film watches - more discussion on The Mandalorian and Star Wars, then Damo reviews Brian Trenchard-Smith’s The Man From Hong Kong and Jarrod talks about Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July.

•The Morning Show (0.55) • The Mandalorian (01.15)• Ludwig Goransson - Composer for The Mandalorian (05.10)• Basil Poledouris – Composer (05.33)• The Ballad of John McTiernan (06.15)• The Lion King 2019, Jon Favreau, Iron Man & Iron Man 2 (10.10)• Iron Man 3 & Musing about Writer/Director, Shane Black (15.15)• Speaking of Shane Black: The Long Kiss Goodnight (16.15)• Renny Harlin also directed his wife in: Cutthroat Island (16.40)• Jarrod’s Favourite Filmmakers: Michael Mann (23.47)• Heat• Thief• Movies that are hard to find (29.08)- Bill Collins- David Stratton- Ivan Hutchinson• Hard to find films: Director Sam Fuller’s Shock Corridor, The Big Red One (32.10)• Availability of old films on new formats (33.53)• Peeping Tom, Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger (39.08)• Damo’s Favourite Filmmakers: Martin Scorsese (40.26)• Kundun (40.30)• Jarrod mentions The Last Temptation of Christ (41.15)• The Departed (45.27)• Scorsese Documentary: My Voyage to Italy (47.55)