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Episode title: The Sound of Gus'. Gus enters the studio to unearth the Sydney Underground Film Festival, while spotlighting the unspotlightable film Sound of Freedom. Expect deep truths about propaganda, Gus' appreciation of the holy trinity (Harmony Korine, Yorgos Lanthimos, and André Shannon) and also Gus' first take on the deep fake this is Mel Gibson's movie world.

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Gus and André come into the studio and have their breath stolen from them (a term coined by critic Priya Leigh) to discuss celebrity sightings including Jacob Elordi, Troye Sivan, and Jane Campion. Why are they all so...just like us? The two Buffs then enter a pitching contest between "Gangas" and "Etc Etc Etc..." - two compelling productions set deep inside the Nation's hole. Gus protects his right to not have a favourite Canberra song, while André celebrates Cate Shortland's 35mm screening of Somersault (2004) at the Australian Fyshwick, Telopea, and Roundabout School. Fights break out but the love games win.

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Priya + Enoch introduce a new segment called Pitch Off where they compete for the best Sam Kerr Stan Original, do we love a blood soaked football rehearsal or are we headering in the direction of a bended love story? We wonder who will answer the call to be Lars Von Trier's new girlfriend, and who Florence Pugh gets her legal advice from before picketing.  In Spotlight Gus interviews Al Cossar, the artistic director of MIFF and gets some recs for MIFF Play, the festival's streaming service available now. 

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Talk To Me + The Sweet East 

Enoch and Priya take on two British-core indie adventure films that navigate the cultural cringe of the world's most infamous colonies. Bruce interviews Nick Pinkerton, the uncompromising writer who could have just called his film Sweet East but started it with The, and Jen and André acknowledge some of the people we've loved and lost over the past few weeks. 

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Bruce Koussaba sits down with Nick Pinkerton to talk about The Sweet East, having its Australian premiere at MIFF this weekend. 

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Gus McGrath sits down with Simon Miraudo, author of the new book about Australian censorship: Book of the Banned: devilish movies, dastardly censors and the scenes that made Australia sweat. 

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Priya and Enoch are in the studio, and it's "Barbenheimer Pt 2. - The Grande Finale"! You'll hear everything from  "The School of Rock" being the epicentre of movies & music, news on the newly announced "Polly Pocket Movie", and what Enoch's mum's reaction to the infamous Barbie quote, "We mothers stand still so our daughter can look back to see how far they've come" was. 

PLUS, Gus shares his interview with author Simon Miraudo about his upcoming release "Book of The Banned: Devilish Movies, Dastardly Censors and the Scenes that Made Australia Sweat". Not only does this interview detail the ridiculous history of film censorship in Australia but where we are now and how censorship is getting...worse. 

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Barbie + Oppenheimer

Bruce Koussaba and Jenna Parker declare war on the cultural phenomenon of Barbenheimer. In a spiteful episode of Movies Movies Movies featuring a hateline, a casting call for Bruce's mysterious film project, a capsule review in limerick form, and some Franism (not Drescher but Lebowitz) the two hosts outline why everyone's got it wrong. Then, Bruce asks some insightful questions to Sam Twyford-Moore about his recently published book 'Cast Mates' - it's fantastic!

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Rush + You Hurt My Feelings + What Was I Made For?

Priya and Enoch come for the twinks and the dolls this week as Billie Eilish and Troye Sivan cross the picket lines. Jane Birkin has died and Priya is yet to find the perfect picture to post to her stories and Barbenheimer inspires a trip down memory lame to look at all the other release date clashes. 

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No Hard Feelings + The Stroll, behold Jen and André are hard and have feelings, answering what makes a comedy work (hint: it needs to be funny). And then there’s a Barbie premiere that demands attendance, and André is nowhere to be found because they’re in the bathroom stuck in P town. Also the Tw-hulks chat authentic artificiality, Jacques Demy, Chris Lilley comedy - the two do some shit talking - and land on some beautiful ways to respect a Barbie. Business as usual.

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