Show Notes
Off the back of their Top 9 recording Doug & Jacob discuss issues with the current state of art house cinema projection in Auckland and their hopes for its future. Then Jacob surprises Doug with news of media preview screening he caught earlier in the week - Rian Johnson's excellent new time-travel action film LOOPER (due to hit Auckland cinemas 27 Sept 2012). NB: Attempts have been made to avoid spoilers as much as possible but listen at your own risk! Add scotch to taste, and enjoy.
More from Best Worst Podcast
As the Southern hemisphere winter looms we're missing the upcoming thrill of NZIFF season, which has understandably been pushed back to Novemeber due to international COVID impacts. But never fear, our very own Doug Dillaman has thought up a way to fill this winter cinematic hole, with the 'Not The (NZ) International Film Festival' or 'NTIFF' challenge! In this episode we are joined by long time friend, cine-fiend, and NTIFF co-conspirator Steve Austin as we thrash out our personal NTIFF programmes. For more detail about the challenge search 'NTIFF' on letterboxd.com...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.
Doug and Jacob break their 13 month hiatus to do a special memorial episode for the NZIFF legend Bill Gosden who passed away earlier this month. Join us as we indulge our NZIFF nostalgia, share memories of Bill, the festival he worked so hard to develop, and his impact on our lives, cinematic and otherwise...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.
Remember Best Worst Podcast? It's been a long time between drinks, but Doug and Jacob are back from a profusion of European film festivals and a crazy time at work (respectively). They fill us in on their time away, share their picks from the NZIFF's 2019 instalment, and then duke it out over the top directors of the 2010s.
Doug and Jacob go through the 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival programme and chat about their top picks and 'films to watch out for' in each section...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.
Jacob and Doug dig in the the nonfiction cinema that has made an impact on their lives...add scotch to taste, and enjoy. Documentaries covered include: Quick Mentions 00:02:16 THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer & Anonymous, 2012) KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (Robert Greene, 2016) BEST WORST MOVIE (Michael Paul Stephenson, 2009) CITIZENFOUR (Laura Poitras, 2014) I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Raoul Peck, 2016) STORIES WE TELL (Sarah Polley, 2012) Various Chris Marker films CAMERAPERSON (Kirsten Johnson, 2016) QUEST (Jonathan Olshefski, 2017) DINA (Antonio Santini & Dan Sickles, 2017)