The Senses of Cinema Podcast

JULIE DELPY & LOIS WEBER

In this episode, regular host Alexia is joined by Monash University lecturer Felicity Chapman to discuss the work of writer, director and actor Julie Delpy. Later, Djoymi talks with Shelley Stamp from the University of California Santa Cruz to celebrate the work of film pioneer Lois Weber. Alexia chats with director Beth Elise Hawk on her documentary film Breaking Bread, and finally Cary McQueen, founder of Art with Impact, sends us a postcard from San Francisco. Listen in and subscribe!

First Cow, News of the World

In this episode, regular hosts Kirsten and Djoymi are joined by and University of Melbourne lecturer Janice Loreck to discuss westerns News of the World, directed by Paul Greengrass, and First Cow, directed by Kelly Reichardt. Later, Kirsten talks with screen historian Stephen Gaunson and Olympia Barron from the AFI Research Collection on the 50th anniversary of Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout and Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright. Djoymi speaks with Adrian Danks, curator of Melbourne Cinematheque, while Senses of Cinema editor Michelle Carey brings us a postcard from Paris. To wrap things up, we'll give our recommendations on what we’ve been watching over the previous month. Listen in and subscribe! 

Feminists on Film

In this first episode for 2021 hosts Alexia, Kirsten and Djoymi take a look at feminists on screen, talking Amy Poehler’s film Moxie, as well as  Johanna Demetrakas’  Feminists: what were they thinking and Catherine Dwyer’s Brazen Hussies. Then, Stuart Richards talks to David O’Donnell about his film Under My Skin, Kirsten speaks with Senses of Cinema editor Michelle Carey and RMIT The Capitol’s Ghita Loebenstein about their retrospective program for Melbourne Design Week – Past Futures. We  have a postcard from Maša Peče from Retrosex  in Ljubljana, and to wrap things up, we share our recommendations on what we’ve been watching. Listen in and subscribe!

AACTA Awards 2019

In this month's end-of-year episode Kirsten and Mark are joined by the wonderful Sian Mitchell to discuss the winners from the recent AACTA Awards ceremony. Then we follow that with a look back at 2019 when we identify the key moments or images from a year on screen culture, as well as identifying those we felt emerged this year, and we eulogise those that we lost. For patrons of the Senses of Cinema podcast, we discuss our recommendations for the best films to watch over the Christmas break. Listen in and subscribe!

The Irishman

In this months Senses of Cinema podcast, Kirsten and Mark are joined by Cesar Albarran Torres, and we talk The Irishman, Netflix and fantasies of de-aging. Then we move onto a new Australian release, Mirrah Foulkes' perspective on panto stalwarts, Judy and Punch. And then we take a look at the AACTA nominations for 2019, and make some choices as to who we think will walk away with the awards. We'll round out as always with our recommendations for November, and for out patrons, we extend our discussion of The Irishman and reflect on the career of Martin Scorsese.

Senses Anniversary Special

Senses of Cinema is 20, and Kirsten and Mark are celebrating 20 years of great writing, insightful criticism and challenging film discourse in this special anniversary episode. We've got dossiers and features, and special correspondents Danny Fairfax and Michelle Carey report on the film festival tradition and it's relationship to our journal. And in our bonus for patrons, Kirsten and I dive into our favourite Great Directors. It's a bumper anniversary episode, so listen and subscribe!

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

In this month's Senses of Cinema Podcast Kirsten's back, and along with Mark we are joined by Irina Herschner and Luke McCarthy, so it's four hosts for the price of one. We start out by tackling Quentin Tarantino's nostalgic look back at the 60s with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and follow that up with a look at all of the great cinema that played out across MIFF 2019. Then we move onto The Australian Dream, the powerful documentary by Daniel Gordon that looks at the extraordinary events that impacted the life and career of indigenous footballer Adam Goodes. We wrap up of course with our recommendations, and for the patrons of Senses of Cinema, Mark and Kisten look back at the life and career of the recently departed Peter Fonda.

Parasite

This month we bring you two guest hosts to join Mark - Tim O'Farrell and Dan Edwards. We discuss Bong Joon-ho's Cannes winning film Parasite, and then discuss the work of guest of MIFF, Peter Strickland. The we take a look at the Melbourne International Festival's program, and suggest a few films that will be worth chasing down. We end of course with our recommendations for the month, and for our patrons, the bonus segment this month features a discussion on Martin Scorsese's new Bob Dylan documentary, Rolling Thunder Revue. Listen and subscribe!

Game of Thrones Finale

In the May episode of the Senses of Cinema podcast, Kirsten and Mark tackle the final season of Game of Thrones and debate who indeed deserved to be seated on the Iron Throne. Then we are joined by our third chair, the wonderful Eloise Ross, who returns to help us discuss the life and career of Doris Day, who died this month at the age of 97. And then we talk the Netflix series Dead to Me where two best friends are drawn together by one dead husband. We finish as always with our recommendations for the month of May, and in our bonus for our patrons, Michelle Carey files a special report from the Cannes Film Festival. It's a great show, so download, subscribe and enjoy.

Burning

In the April 2019 edition of the Senses of Cinema podcast, Kirsten and Mark are joined by producer and academic Liz Burke to talk about Lee Chang-dong's enigmatic festival favourite Burning. Then we discuss the life and career of the sorely missed Agnes Varda, and Liz talks about the time she visited the studio of this incredible filmmaker. And then following on from Sucheta Chakraborty's excellent interview with Elizabeth Sankey in our latest issue, we discuss the strengths and frustrations of the romantic comedy. We conclude as always with our recommendations for April, and for our wonderful patrons Liz, Kirsten and Mark discuss the best films to watch over Easter.