Film Shapes
Shady and Roly discuss the latest film releases, with rotating guest contributors and occasional interviews.
Episodes
Shady and Roly are joined by Ben and Merv - with Parizad in subspace - to go over their favourite five films of 2023. We also provided our worst - or most disappointing - films from last year. Top fives were as follows:
Ben: 5. Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves; 4. May December; 3. Killers of the Flower Moon; 2. Blackberry; 1. How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Roly: 5. Decadence and Downfall: The World's Most Expensive Party...
Roly and Shady walk to the car from The Luna Cinema in Leederville after a screening of Foe. Fair to say, Shady gets a couple of things wrong in this pod and also reveals a staggeringly unpro lack of knowledge. Roly mostly gets away unscathed:)
Parizad joins Roly and Shady to discuss many things related to Gareth Edwards's new film, The Creator. Stay tuned for a post-outro contribution by Merv.
Merv and Parizad join Roly and Shady for a discussion about the latest Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer. Fair to say, opinions varied.
Shady is joined by Roly, Parizad and Merv to postulate on the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film; as well as the MCU in general; going to the cinema alone; Avatar 2; Ivan Sen's Limbo; cinema volume levels; Barton Fink; and apples (again).
Merv and Shady get stuck in a carpark and then have a chat about November, a film about the days following the terror attacks in Paris in 2015. There's also a mini-wrap of the 2023 French Film Festival.
Roly and Shady wander through noisy Leederville traffic while chewing over the ideas in Aftersun.
Shady and Roly are joined by Ben, Parizad and Merv to run down their favourite five films of 2022 (though not necessarily made in 2022). We also vented about our worst - or most disappointing - films from last year. Top fives were as follows:
Ben: 5. Heist; 4. Nope; 3. Quo Vadis, Aida?; 2. Barry Lyndon; 1. RRR - Roly: 5. The Forgiven; 4. The Third Man; 3. Brian and Charles; 2. The Quiet Girl; 1. Vengeance - Parizad: 5. The Lost Cit...
Merv and Shady chat about Violent Night on the drive back from the cinema. Chuckles and blood.
Tim Mummery, director of Namarali, joins Shady for a chat about his film.
Perth music & arts journo, Bob Gordon joins Roly and Shady to discuss the new David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream.
Rewi joins Roly and Shady to talk about Jordan Peele's Nope. Beware of spoilers for this film, as well as Jaws, Predator and ALF. Also keep an ear open for tips on how to avoid animal attacks.
Merv eviscerates Beast while Shady watches on in trepidation.
Merv joins Shady to run down their five favourites from the 2022 Revelation Film Festival (25th anniversary edition).
Shady had a chat with Dominik Platen, producer of A Life on the Farm, a documentary that screened at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in 2022.
Roly and Shady had their yearly chat with the founder and director of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Richard Sowada. He spoke about the festival being the 25th anniversary of Rev and how it has developed over the years, as well as recommending some of the hot ticket films in this year's programme.
Roly and Shady struggle to understand what was going on in Alex Garland's new film, Men.
Merv and Shady inadequately discuss the Spanish film Maixabel, directed by Iciar Bollain.
Roly and Shady wander away from the Luna cinema and chat about the film After Yang.
More 'Listener' questions!
Popular films we haven't seen. Confusing films. Dream adaptation that ISN'T a book or TV show. Musicians who should score a film. Bonus: Favourite on-screen duo.
Ben, Parizad, Roly and Shady have attempted to answer all these questions.
Please email filmshapes@gmail.com if you have any questions you'd like us to take a stab at next time:)
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