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An informative exchange with Ned Kelly's mum about her new hat enterprise. An unabashed exhibition and appreciation of the male form. An open declaration of unwillingness to accommodate foul-mouthed ghouls in female identifying spaces. A long overdue discourse about the latest femme fronted remake, Fanny Wonka. Starring Sophie Gordon, Bridie Tanner and Issy Phillips, this very special episode exists in conjunction with International Day for Girls And Females (IDGAF). It follows their exciting exploration of the female experience and representation in the modern world. Playlist: Cardi B - Up Christina Aguilera - Lady Marmalade Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love Ammarae - HELLZ ANGEL The Roches - Older Girls Sophie Gordon - Cancelled Nina Simone - Baltimore Caterina Barbieri - Fantas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on Out of the Box, we're taking a look back at some stories from some much loved FBi alumni - Bridie Tanner, Stu Buchanan, Avani Dias, Osman Faruqi and Serge Negus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marie Antoinette + Madeline + Airplane Graveyard, and the Filmlordes farewell the host of Mornings, Bridie Tanner. After 2 strong years of bare knuckle film talk the Filmlordes say goodbye to Bridie with a review of one of their own films, Airplane Graveyard. Grab the tissues cause Kirsten Dunst doesn't tear jerk, and prepare for a sweet farewell in classic Filmlorde fashion.
Following on form last week's episode, Love In Lockdown, Bridie Tanner & Tanya Koens discuss ways you can maximise your online connection and give you a crash course in phone sex for even an absolute beginner. They also check out the results of our Matchmaking Service and chat to one of our matches to see how it went. This is also Bridie's last Let's Talk About Sex as she is moving onto her next adventure! We'll miss you Bridie! x
The film lordes zoom in with Bridie to talk about Adam Curtis, American fetishisation of kitsch Australian cinema and what Apitchatpong has beein doing in isolation. Desiree Akhavan, who was just on a writers retreat in South Australia spoke with us from a spooky basement apartment in New York to tell us to watch Centre Stage and we review Hypernormalisation and Bottom Text.
Have you ever, ever felt like this? We are back on the waves maybe in person for the last time in a while talking about how Fiona Apple cancelled cocaine and COVID-19 has cancelled Cannes. We spoke to a leading medical advisor about pandemic accuracy in films and what NOT to watch, and make a few suggestions of our own, including everything by Desiree Akhavan. Reach out have with your COVID-19 stories from the inside of the industry, we will be broadcasting every week and we'd love to hear from you
Last week we talked about when to know if it's time to leave a long term relationship. This week, Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens answer the question "Well I'm single, what the hell do I do now?". They talk getting back in the game, remembering how to flirt and reacquainting oneself with being the single version of you
This week Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens ask the big question; how do you know when it's time to call it quits in a long term relationship? Lot's of people struggle with when to know when it's over or when it can be fixed but Tanya give you the tools to assess your relationship and decide.
Bernie Babe Mark Ruffalo stars in Dark Waters, Todd Haynes's (The Buttegieg of cinema) new post-9/11 Erin Brokovich movie, Parasite's success is causing the South Korean government to look into improving the lives of people living in basement apartments and Celine Sciamma (director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire) was part of a walk out from the Cesar Awards when they decided in their wisdom to honour Roman Polanski with an award. We also sat down with Leigh Whannell to talk about his new film The Invisible Man, catch the full interview on the FBi facebook page.
What films make you cry? Honeyland is everything they said it was and For Sama reminds us that it's everyone's responsibility to record and communicate abuses of power. Tilda Swinton is coming to Australia to make movies with Mad Max director George Miller she's also making 'Jean Cocteau's The Human Voice' with Almodóvar and a Parasite TV show and The Matrix 4 has started shooting, although not in Sydney :(
Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens go deep into the topic of image-based abuse. Sending pictures and taking videos can be a fun and intimate thing to do with your partner but lots of us don't consider how these images might be misused. Tanya lets us know the negative impacts this can have on our mental health as well as our personal and professional lives and how we can can keep our nudes (and ourselves) safe.
It's Harley Quinn to you, Birds of Prey opts for its deadname to please Google. Olivia Coleman is going to star in Maggie Gylenhaal's debut feature and Hyperlinks is on this weekend! We stan Assayas! Plus reviews of Maya Newell's new documentary In My Blood It Runs and Zoë Kravitz is there for your February spiral in High Fidelity.
Are open air cinemas even any good? we're giving away double passes anyway because the banks told us to. The independent spirit awards went absolutely off last night, The Safdies and The Farewell cleaning up and British artists are trying to save and preserve icon Derek Jarman's house. We review M.I.A's new platform on Patreon where she's releasing short documentaries and Margot Robbie's first solo superhero film as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey.
The Lighthouse + 73 Questions with Greta Gerwig, Gayby Baby director Maya Newell is on the show to discuss her new film In My Blood It Runs. An Under the Skin TV show is rumoured, Billie Eilish is going to perform at the Oscars and, Tiffany Haddish will star in Paul Schrader's new film.
All our favourite bad roles models are back with a vengeance! Azealia Banks, Gretchen Weiner, and a struggling 20 something in Hot Mess.
Following on from from their conversation about online sex subscriptions, Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens discuss online censorship. Why is nudity acceptable on some platforms and not others and how does the censorship of the media we consume affect how we perceive nudity and sexuality?
Between M. Knight Shyamalan getting sued and Eminem trying to get murdered it's a savage business out there right now. We talk the all-male-violence Oscars with Enoch Mailangi and review Ken Loach's newest kitchen sink drama Sorry We Missed You alongside a Kanopy Classique: The Juniper Tree ft. Baby Bjork.
Greta Thunberg, Harvey Weinstein, Anna Karina, Gaspar Noe, M Knight Shyamalan, Mati Diop, André Shannon and a whole lineup of other polarising figures in film discussed in todays show - Bridie's last for 2019. What did you drag people to? We're in the business of dragging...
Bombshell + When I Get Home (Director's Cut) The Golden Globes suck and everyone's treating it like news, Megyn Kelly's son thought Charlize Theron's prosthetics were so good he genuinely thought she was his mum in the poster for Bombshell + who wants to see Cats and what movies do they like? Was Midsommar the film of the year?
For the last Let's Talk About Sex of the year, Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens are gifting our listeners free advice to what ails them. Live on air, Tanya shares her wisdom to everything from labia size to emergency room mishaps.
Marriage Story + Wrinkles The Clown, William Suen from Half Symbolic Films joins us to talk about Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. The Nightingale has swept the AACTAs but why isn't anyone talking about it? Deb Mailman and The Australian Dream also take away statues and Cate Shortland's Black Widow trailer is out.
It's getting to the end of the year and people are looking back on their year and gearing up to be home for Christmas. Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens talk tips to survive being home with your family and how to deal with relationship pressure during the holiday months.
In part 2 of Nudie November, Bridie Tanner and resident sexologist Tanya Koens tackle the shame surrounding nudity in Australia and talk about how to flaunt your bits ethically and respectfully. Follow Mornings on FBi Radio: facebook.com/fbiradio.mornings Ask us anything: ask.fm/ltas945
The Laundromat + Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil: There is a long shadow of Halloween playing out at the Art Gallery of NSW with another immaculately curated series of films to catch up on. Weinstein isn't in jail and was heckled last week, AACTA nominations are out including friends of the show Sequin in a Blue Room and The Nightingale and Cardi B is set to star in Fast and Furious 9.
Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens deep dive into a letter from a listener who wants to know if access to myriad sexual experiences means you're at a higher risk of unhealthy sexual behaviour and should we even care about what is "too much" sex? They unpack swinging in the city vs the country, being conscious about you intentions when having sex, and what even is normal sex?
Hustlers + Breaking Bad: El Camino, Angelica Waite joins us from the new Film Group Screenings happening in the Jubilee Park aqueduct, there's one this Wednesday. Is Heath dead enough for a Joaquin Joker to exist and can you summon Heath back? America is a strip club, are you dancing or are you throwing the money?
Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens are joined by sex tech guru Georgia Grace to discuss the latest and greatest in sex tech. They look to the future to see how technology will transform ways of experiencing pleasure and intimacy as well as how it can empower us to take control of our bodies.
Mornings radio star, Bridie Tanner, joins Out of the Box for our special Supporter Drive episode. From growing up in regional NSW, travelling around Australia in a protest rave as a young kid and coming to terms with the onset of her Mum’s mental illness at a young age, Bridie has brought a whole lot of life experience to the microphone. | Become an FBi Radio supporter at fbiradio.com/support | Producers: Bre Jones and Nicole De Palo
In a special episode for FBi Radio's 2019 Supporter Drive; Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens go boldly into the Future Of Sex. They discuss the future of sexual conservatism, negotiating online heartbreak and the leaps yet to be made in the realms of gender and sexuality. Orgasmic Yoga - Exploring Breath as an Erotic Pump Presented by Cyd Crossman (Sunday 27th October 2019) https://www.studiokink.com/#/orgasmic-yoga Sexual Comunication Skills - What Could Make This Even Better? Presented by Tanya Koens (Sunday 27th October 2019) https://www.surryhillstherapy.com/sexualcommunicationskills
Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens discuss all the funny, cringey and downright weird things that happen once our clothes come off.
Late Night + The Australian Dream; plus we talk to Jennifer Kent and Baykali Ganambarr about the pressure they feel releasing The Nightingale. Robert De Niro is suing his assistant for 6 million dollars for watching 55 episodes of Friends at work, Oneohtrix Point Never is scoring a new Safdie Brothers film and Lana Wachowski is back to write and direct The Matrix four with Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves (hopefully in Sydney).
The Nightingale + No Time For Quiet. Andj is back! Thank you to Gloria Bose for covering the last three weeks
Having a crush on a boss/housemate/friend can be tempting. This month for Awkward August, Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens discuss if you should act on it or bottle it in. They also look at why the heart often wants what it can't have, and how our childhoods leave us vulnerable to this. Should you confront the people involved? They discuss ways to navigate these often tricky situations.
Midsommar + Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood and Queer Screen Festival Director Lisa Rose joins us to talk about the lineup. Lana Del Rey has given Guillermo Del Toro a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and released a song for his new film. Shia Labeouf is going for an Oscar with Honey Boy and Harvey Weinstein is denied a European visa. Midsommar is Mother!s milk and Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood slides into ur life. Queer screen is showing some Cannes favourites and The Little Mermaid at a community daytime screening and Gloria Bose leaves us after three fun weeks covering for Andj.
The Public + Fast and Furious presents Hobbs and Shaw. We mark the point where straight to cinema means the same as what straight to DVD used to. Kim Kardashian West is making a two hour documentary on the prison industrial complex for a true crime channel, the pioneer of Direct Cinema who paved the way for reality TV D.A. Pennebaker has passed away and Oscar season begins with the release of the Queen and Slim trailer - the Bonnie and Clyde adaptation by Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas. Gillian Armstrong is speaking about Little Women at Palace Verona this week and the Merrily we go to hell, celebrating women in cinema series is still going strong this week with Lynne Ramsay's iconic Morvern Callar.
Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens look at sex with people of all shapes and sizes. They explore what positions work well for who and how to approach pleasure with different bodies.
Last fortnight Bridie Tanner & Tanya Koens talked about how body image affects our relationships and sex lives. For Part 2 this week, guest host Andrew Lowe talks to Tanya about how to be body positive and how to support those that may not fit societal norms. Want more info from our resident relationships counsellor, sexologist and pleasure activist here on Mornings, Tanya Koens? Head to her website: http://www.surryhillstherapy.com/ Links of articles discussed this episode: For Trans and Non Binary folks https://www.minus18.org.au/index.php/articles/item/859-how-to-challenge-other-people-s-crappy-language Concern trolling https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/11-reasons-your-concern-for-fat-peoples-health-isnt-helping-anyone/ How to be a fat ally https://www.abc.net.au/life/being-an-ally-to-your-fat-friends/11182926?fbclid=IwAR31PkZ6tkxb0OZ0inWOS1m1-7XsqBIa2Pp8mL2kHo1Bj4CA3Jhg-gUBx1U https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2017-10-22/the-unintended-harms-of-fat-self-talk/9071462 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sonia-tremblay-fat-people-body-positivity_n_5d275677e4b02a5a5d576697 Genital shaming https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/style/my-vagina-is-terrific-your-opinion-about-it-is-not.html?utm_sq=g1r550i238&mc=aud_dev&mcid=keywee&mccr=dommob&kwp_0=604306&kwp_4=2132669&kwp_1=890896&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F&fbclid=IwAR0Jzh81mmqwsVtW0zFXJ10GDDQN83VZU_tZ4XaB21FE47XP8HBLFtFuIiU Medical discrimination https://www.whimn.com.au/strength/health/we-need-to-stop-blaming-women-for-the-wellness-industry/news-story/4ed013b06abc8a856a71453516117592?utm_source=whimn&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial
When do you feel most confident in your body? Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens are talking body image this week, and how it affects your relationships and sex life. Want more info from our resident relationships counsellor, sexologist and pleasure activist here on Mornings, Tanya Koens? Head to her website: http://www.surryhillstherapy.com/
Booksmart + Parasite - Filmmaker Dylan River skypes in from Alice Springs to tell us all about Robbie Hood, his new series on SBS On Demand. We celebrate David Gulpilil's lifetime achievement award at the NAIDOC Awards on Saturday Night, sad news for White Chicks fans, a new Mulan trailer and Leonardo Di Caprio has had to surrender his Oscar to the justice system. Also GO to Pink Flamingo Cinema this Thursday to celebrate the life and movies of the late DIY Queen Sarah Jacobson.
Pose + Euphoria: Director Victoria Thompson talks about her new warehouse film Don't Forget To Go Home. Ava Duvernay's show about the Central Park Five is taking over the world and local GAY debut feature Sequin in a Blue Room wins the audience award at the Sydney Film Festival... and that's the last time we say Sydney Film Festival for hopefully a very long time.
Last fortnight Bridie Tanner & Tanya Koens talked about modern relationships and the challenges they face, and this week Tanya is back to give practical advice on keeping long-term relationships alive.
Saturday Afternoon + No More Lies, We talk to filmmaker Erica Glynn about She Who Must Be Loved ahead of its Sydney Film Festival debut. Wow, huge episode from Margot Robbie and Quentin Tarantino's best dog award at Cannes to James Charles's slap back. We have a great chat with Erica Glynn about what it's like to make a film about your Mum. We also talk about what it must be like to make a film about a recent tragedy, like Mostafa Sarwar Farooki has just done in Saturday Night, a film from the Bangladeshi New Wave inspired by the Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack in 2016.
3 Faces + Knock Down The House, Nightmare camp trips, High Fantasy and John Singleton in memoriam. The South African Film Festival is opening at Boody J (Bondi Junction) with High Fantasy, a body-swap race relations iPhone movie that looks like an episode of Skins. We pay our respects to John Singleton and talk about whether bedwetting is edgy because there is a musical being made out of Sarah Silverman's memoir.
Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens discuss the role of age in attraction and how this can play out in dating, sex and relationships. Created by the loving hands of Executive Producer Jodie Fisher, Producer Briana Kennedy and our hosts Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens at FBi Radio in Redfern, Australia. Artwork proudly created by Thomas Brudo
Us + The Kindergarten Teacher: Lizzie Kidd costume assistant on Us talks to us about how Jordan Peele is getting Hollywood back on track. We also mourn the loss of the original French New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda and Avant-Garde composer and musician Scott Walker while congratulating Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, Thailand's first transgender MP who also happens to be a radical filmmaker. We also check in with Lizzie Kidd, our friend and superstar taking over Hollywood from the bottom. She worked as a costume assistant in her first ever feature film on Jordan Peele's Us and she tells us what it was like to get THAT Thriller shirt from a creepy guy in Downtown L.A who had a bunch of axes.
Bride Tanner and Tanya Koens are joined by special guest Gala Vanting, President of The Scarlet Alliance, to chat about sex work and the sex industry in Australia. Created by the loving hands of Executive Producer Jodie Fisher, Producer Briana Kennedy and our hosts Bridie Tanner and Tanya Koens at FBi Radio in Redfern, Australia. Artwork proudly created by Thomas Brudo.
Everybody Knows + Now Apocalypse, plus the makers of Once Then Now a love letter to Sydney shot in 24 hours. Kristina Savic, Harison Witsey and Maeve Rose Parker tell us about what it was like to shoot a film in a day around the city and who they bumped into. We agree to disagree on everything. André tries to drag Nicole, but Jack Jen won't have a bar of it. Australia microbudgets represent - Imogen McCluskey is taking her feature to Cinequest and Victoria Thompson is heading to Auckland to INCUBATE. XXXO
Vox Lux + Alita: Battle Angel, Nicholas Wrathall joins us to talk about Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley. André is back and it's like he never left! What is Lars Von Trier turning his films into? Who was the biggest snub from the Oscar nominations? What were the Oscars originally made to distract from? What has Sia been up to??? All this and more before we are joined by Nicholas Wrathall to fill us in on what he found out while he was filming Undermined: Tales From The Kimberley.
Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle + High Flying Bird, Rowan Oliver is LIVE and lets us know about Rainbow Means Kill a DIY anarcho-queer video work playing in her bed at artspace. James Cameron has released his SEX CULT titles, new Gypsy and Chucky remakes w hot, smart women, Maria Callas and Ellen Page calls out Chris Pratt for attending Hillsong which promotes EVIL gay conversion therapy.
Velvet Buzzsaw + Let the Sunshine In, Cinema Girl Lily Bennett also reaches out to Ewan McGregor. Leigh Whannell is writing a new Escape from New York, where to catch Open Captioned screenings in Sydney, Priyanka Chopra is starring as Ma Anand Sheela in a film based on Wild Wild Country and Ewan McGregor will star as old Danny Torrance in The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep. The last Cosmic Futures screenings are this week at the AGNSW and Blue is screening at the Juanita Nielsen centre.