Film Discussions from the outer reaches. We take on one film a week and get into it and it's cultural relevance. Hosted by Josh Tregenza and Damian Danaher.
Josh Tregenza & Damian Danaher
With the passing of Oscar Winning Director, Jonathan Demme, Damian and Josh take a look at Demme's most famous films, Silence of the Lambs and Philidelphia. Both of these films took on societal issues that are still relevant 23 years on.
Josh debuts a new segment for his preamble allowing him to talk about Dear White People, 13 Reasons Why and Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Josh also brings you information about our next topic for the podcast, The Late, Great Jonathan Demme.
Double Explicit Warning This Episode - we talk about Sexual Assault and yeah there are only so many ways to prepare yourself for it. We talk about a Cure for Wellness. It gets full on, the podcast and the film.
Josh talks about the next film that he and Damian will be discussing. He also talks about the atrocity that is Iron Fist and a bit into the latest from Dave Chappelle.
We talk Oscars, the good, the bad and the elephant in the room of Casey Affleck and thus Manchester by the Sea. We get into a lot this episode as a way to see out the end of this cinematic cycle.
Josh is soloing in this Minisode just give an update. This could be the start of a new bit of minisodes to help keep in touch with you all.
Off the back of a film that people would easily find themselves in, Josh and Damian discuss a film that portrays a life furtherest from their own. Moonlight tells the tale of Chiron throughout his life.
If you enjoyed La La Land, we want to hear from you because we don't get it. Josh and Damian get into the film that has swept the Golden Globes and looks set to take the Academy Awards too.
Note this episode was recorded on Dec 23rd, before the news of Carrie Fisher's passing. A special episode two fold. We are in the same room for this recording and we look at Gareth Edwards as a director over the run of the three films he has made, Monsters, Godzilla and now Rogue One. In talking about Rogue One we tackle the issues of acting and the looks of characters.
Tom Ford took 5-6 years to make his second film and we took our time to bring you the episode about it. This episode got a little long as we unpacked the sexual assault, lingering shots and the masterful techniques he uses in just his second film.
This week, Josh and Damian talk about the world, post US Election and what two white guys can do to help in the days to come. We then take a look into the rust belt, a slice of Americana that time forgot, in David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water.
A film about the modelling industry and vampiric pagan cults? Well let's try and unpack the Neon Demon this week. Josh and Damian talk about Winding Refn's latest film and whether it's even good.
Back from sabbatical, Josh and Damian are back to discuss Snowden, the Oliver Stone biopic about Edward Snowden and the the leanks that occured in 2013. We question whether Stone has become a safe director or is the public more disenfranchised in 2016. We get into a lot of the issues that surround the film and the private citizen privacy.
Busting makes us feel good once again with Paul Feig's Ghostbusters. We get into all the ghostbusters films, where Hollywood is, where it needs to be and calling out the scum of the earth as per usual.
Can a director create a film that caters to his fans and the common cinema goer. Duncan Jones certainly tries to accomplish this with Warcraft. Josh and Damian talk about the film, how video games are a tough thing to import into different mediums and what we would change in the film to tighten it up.
Wow, we made it to 10 episodes, that's certainly a cause for some sort of celebration. What better time to look at the latest film offering from Steven Spielberg, The BFG. An interesting film from the word go, with Spielberg teaming up Disney. We get into this film and wonder who exactly is this film for.
This episode we get emotional about the sum of an artist's work, morality and the finality of one's life work . We talk about Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises.
Lawrence of Arabia is a film that should not have been made, but the stars aligned again and again so that this film could grace us with it's majesty. Damian and Josh talk about the film, it's grandeur and what makes this film so special.
Josh and Damian take a trip to reignite the sun with the crew of the Icarus II with Danny Boyle's Sunshine. This week the podcast touches on theology and the worship of the sun, addictions and the morality of humanity.
Josh and Damian get into the murky world of banking with the Big Short. We unpack a lot in this episode and not just to do with the film itself.
Like a box cutter to a stomach, Josh and Damian talk about Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room.
We talk about Captain America: Civil War, it's looks, it's use of characters, the way the Russos are hitting gold.
The boys are back and are mixing it up just a little with Ryan Coogler's Creed. We talk about the Rocky Franchise, Creed's community involvement and we can't get the stench of the DC movie universe off the podcast.
Damian and Josh finish wrestling with the beast of Warner Brothers , talking about Man of Steel and how it could have been a great film.
For our inaugural episode, Josh & Damian take on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We discuss how this film came to be, the trials and tribulations and try and see things a little clearer.