The Senses of Cinema Podcast

In the Christmas edition of the Senses of Cinema podcast, Eloise and Mark are joined by the marvelous Cesar Albarran Torres to talk about Alfonso Cuaron's incredible new film Roma, which has released in cinemas, and now appears streaming on Netflix. Then we discuss the state of Latin Cinema with the upcoming dossier edited by Cesar that drops with the latest issue of the journal. Then we figure out who impressed us the most this year, as we each identify the film talent that really announced themselves in 2018. We end as always on our recommendations, and for those who have signed up to our Patreon account, we're looking at the people we lost in 2018 whose passing made the film world a little less bright.

In the October podcast we're doing (almost) all things A Star is Born. We are joined by friend of the podcast Craig Martin as we dive into the new Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper version of this classic film. Then we go back in time and look at the previous entries in the A Star is Born canon, and we talk Babs, Judy and Janet and the importance of one last look. Then we change direction and spend some time with the work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and his love for the blending of the past and present, and his obsession with public aerobics. Then we end with our recommendations for the month of October, 2018. And for our patrons, and in honour of Halloween, we talk our favourite scary movies. Listen and subscribe!!

In the Senses of Cinema podcast for September 2018, along with our special guest Jessica Balanzategui, we take a look at Paul Feig's latest film A Simple Favour, and then turn our attention to Carl Dreyer's incredible experimental horror film Vampyr from 1932. And then, leading into a tremendous season at the Melbourne Cinemateque, we talk about the career of Ida Lupino, and discuss some of her greatest films, including The Hitch-Hiker, The Bigamist and Outrage. And for our bonus segment exclusively for patrons of the podcast, we return to the career of Paul Feig and look at his success with actors such as Melissa McCarthy and Rose Byrne.

In the August edition of the Senses of Cinema podcast, Eloise returns from her travels and friend of the pod Stuey Richards returns as our 3rd chair. We talk Spike Lee's provocative BlacKkKlansman, launch into an analysis of a recent survey identifying the 25 best Australian films of the 21st Century, and Eloise fills us in on the Ritrovato Festival in Bologna. And as always, we end with the best that we've seen in the month of August. And for our patrons we extend the discussion of BlacKkKlansman and figure out where it sits within the wider career of Spike Lee. Listen and subscribe!

This month we take a close look at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and Mark is joined by Artistic Director of MIFF, and fellow Senses editor Michelle Carey along with programmer and writer Tim O'Farrell. We talk through the depth of the incredible MIFF program, and cast a spotlight on two key features: Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here, and Isabella Eklof's Holiday. We finish up as always with our recommendations for the month of July, and in our bonus for patrons of the podcast, we talk to Michelle about how she came to lead a major international film festival, and what the future holds for her.

For the June edition of the Senses of Cinema podcast, we're joined by academic and franchise aficionado Tara Lomax. We'll be talking about Oceans 8 and the relationship between the film and its predecessors. And to coincide with its revival through the BFI, we return to GW Pabst's classic Pandora's Box. Then we look at the state of the franchise, and discuss superheroes, hunger games and sparkly vampires. And, as always we'll end on the best things we've seen in the month of June.

On the Senses of Cinema podcast Eloise and Mark are joined once again by our brand new editor Cesar Albarran Torres. We're talking the re-imagining of Peter Weir's classic film with Picnic at Hanging Rock the mini-series and then we talk abattoirs, deer and shared dreams in Ildiko Enyedi's On Body and Soul. Finally we celebrate the career of Anne V Coates and we discuss her incredible editing work on films such as Lawrence of Arabia and The Elephant Man. We end as always with our recommendations for the month of May, and for our patron bonus we discuss the Cinema and the Museum dossier published in the March issue of Senses of Cinema.

In the April episode of the Senses of Cinema podcast, we take on Wes Anderson's latest stop motion feature Isle of Dogs, and with the release of Sally Potter's new film The Party, we discuss it in relation to the rest of Potters career. In conjunction with the latest dossier on Senses of Cinema, we talk about the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at ACMI, and in a bonus for our patrons, we talk the range of film iterations of Lewis Carroll's classic tale.

The March episode of the Senses of Cinema podcast has Mark, Eloise and third chair Craig Martin discussing Alex Garland's latest film Annihilation. Eloise then gets an exclusive interview with Soda_Jerk, who speak with her about their latest film Terror Nullius, and then Eloise, Craig and Mark talk through the debate over Netflix's decision to release selected films on their streaming service rather than favouring global theatrical exhibition. And of course we end this episode with the best things we discovered in the month of March.

This month we are joined by our third chair Stuart Richards to discuss Warwick Thornton's film Sweet Country which won the Special Jury Prize at Venice and our complicated feelings about this year's Oscar race. Then we reflect on the career of cinematographer Roger Deakins, and round out our episode with the things we have loved in February 2018. 

It's time for the World Poll of 2017, Senses of Cinema's huge global film survey. This month on the podcast, Eloise and Mark are joined by Senses editor David Heslin in a bumper World Poll edition where we cover a tonne of movies and lists that caught our eye.

In our December episode, Eloise and Mark are joined by producer and academic Liz Burke in our third chair. We talk about Greta Gerwig's film Lady Bird and discuss with Liz the history of disability activism and her documentary Defiant Lives. We farewell 2017 with our very own Senses of Cinema Profit/Loss Statement, and of course, with our recommendations for the best of the month.

In our November episode, we are joined by writer Joanna Di Mattia in our 3rd chair. We discuss Joao Pedro Rodrigues's festival favourite The Ornithologist, and work our way through the scandals that have recently rocked the American film industry. We finish with a tribute to the films of Gloria Grahame, and of course, our recommendatrions for the best of the month of November 2017.

In our very first episode of the Senses of Cinema podcast, we are joined by Cesar Albarran Torres in our rotating 3rd chair. We're talking Blade Runner 2049, the cinema of Jacques Tourneur, and screen representation of the Mexican narco wars, along with our choices for the best in screen culture for October 2017.

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