For Your Reference
For Your Reference is a TV/Film Review & Interview podcast. Tomatometer-Approved publication and APA Award nominated for Best Arts & Culture podcast. Hosted by your favourite friends and lovers, KT & Oti.
Episodes
With the release of the first part of the epic trilogy of Demon Slayer films, we chat to the delightful Zach Aguilar and legendary Johnny Yong Bosch about Infinity Castle. We reflect on the success of the series, how they express the emotional journey in their performances and have fun building teams across anime.
As suggested by Zach & Johnny, double feature watching of Infinity Castle & Hello Kitty.
We have the delightful opportunity to chat to Jordan Clark, Creator and Writer for the five part comic book series, Ancestral Recall. From his work on well known IP to making a series of his own, we discuss how Jordan works as a collaborator, weaving in Black history as well as a broad layered reflection on AI and the impact of technology on marginalised people.
For more information on Ancestral Recall includ...
This week we chat to Co-Directors Kevin & Vallentine on their film, Nawi: Dear Future Me. We discuss the filmmaking process, balancing commentary and narrative as well as jovial moments on set.
Africa Film Festival will be running from Thursday Sep 4 - Sunday Sep 7. More details on their website: https://africafilmfest.au/
Nawi: Dear Future Me will be screening Sunday 7 September at Riverside Theatres, Par...
Old tensions resurface when former bandmates who were former lovers reunite for a private show at the island home of an eccentric millionaire.
Starring three-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (Maestro), and BAFTA nominees Tom Basden (After Life) and Tim Key (Alan Partridge)
The Ballad of Wallis Island will be available in Australian cinemas from 28 August, 2025
This week, we chat to Direc...
Read between the media lines and tap into liberating occupied lands and sweet smart men growing a conscious. Have the grown love you deserve with James Gunn’s Superman this week.
Check out our coverage for Superman
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This week we review M3GAN 2.0, 28 Years Later, Final Destination Bloodlines, The Story of Souleymane & King of the Hill.
Check out our interview for Final Destination Bloodlines:
Interview with “Final Destination Bloodlines” Directors Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein
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The Cranes Call, a heart pounding documentary about the mission to secure accountability for war crimes in Ukraine, will have its Australian premiere on SBS On Demand on 24 July.
This week we chat to Director Laura Warner about the importance of standing up to injustice, safety on set and updates on ongoing trials.
As suggested by Laura, double feature watching of The Cranes Call & Porcelain War.
Assemble well-meaning down on their luck misfits to their peril at the morally limp crusade that is as one dimensional as the protagonist and his hollow menacing expression. Become the very power you fear with Squid Game this week.
For Your Reference segment (pair as double watch)
Oti: Alice in Borderland
KT: Okja
Check out our review for Season 1
We also referenced our Alice in Bor...
We continue our SFF coverage by covering political commentary films across the Asia Pacific: It Was Just An Accident, Happyend, Slanted, Stranger Eyes & The Haka Party Incident.
Check out interviews we have for these films:
https://fyrpodcast.com/episode/interview-with-slanted-writer-director-amy-wang/
https://fyrpodcast.com/episode/interview-with-the-haka-party-incident-director-katie-w...
In our first episode of SFF coverage we are covering African/Black films: How to Build a Library, The Shadow Scholars, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, My Father's Shadow & BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.
Check out interviews we have for these films:
Interview with “Shadow Scholars” Director, Eloïse King (video & audio)
Interview with “On Becoming A Guinea Fowl” Writer/Director, Rungano Nyoni (audio)
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home. My Father's Shadow will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 11th, 13th & 14th.
As suggested by Akinola, double feature watching of My Father&apos...
A Zambian family comes to terms with hard truths as the funeral of a relative sparks revelations and disputes. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 10th, 11th & 15th.
As suggested by Rungano, double feature watching of On Becoming A Guinea Fowl & Atlantics.
Note: this interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our YouTube playlist.
An Oxford professor investigates the multi-billion-dollar industry of ghost-written university essays, and travels to Kenya to meet the “shadow scholars” who write them. Shadow Scholars will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 13th & 14th.
As suggested by Eloïse, double feature watching of Shadow Scholars & Seeking Mavis Beacon.
Intimacy coordinator Claire Warden guides actors through sex scenes on a film set, negotiating the vision of a director, the physical and psychological needs of the performers, and a documentary crew filming her every move. Make It Look Real will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 12th (sold out) & 14th (sold out) & 15th.
As suggested by Kate, double feature watching of Ma...
A three-minute protest staged in 1979 echoes across the decades as a potent indictment of systemic racism and a lens through which to re-examine Aotearoa’s national identity. The Haka Party Incident will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 10th & 13th (two screenings).
As suggested by Katie, double feature watching of The Haka Party Incident & Patu!
An insecure Chinese-American teenager undergoes experimental surgery to appear white, hoping to secure the prom queen title and peer acceptance. Slanted will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 9th, 13th & 15th.
As suggested by Amy, double feature watching of Slanted & Being There
Check out the video interview.
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With strikingly intimate access, Mistress Dispeller follows this unfolding family drama from all corners of a love triangle. Mistress Dispeller will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 7th, 8th & 13th.
Note: this interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our YouTube playlist.
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Farming the Revolution captures a mass movement in vivid close-up, as 12 million farmers challenge the Indian government, forcing it to retract its unjust farm laws.
Farming the Revolution will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 5th & 7th. This film is also a part of Collection: Focus on Nishta Jain screening The Golden Thread and Gulabi Gang.
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