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The one where Green Blooded Bastard watches Lady Bird. It's a coming-of-age story about the titular Lady Bird and her coming of age.

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In this episode, Denise and Michael sit down to review the latest Pixar release, Turning Red. A touching and progressive film, Turning Red tells the story of puberty through the experiences of Mei-lin, a 13-year old girl, who keeps turning into a big red panda whenever she gets excited!

The film uses this looming metaphor to explore the discomfort and embarrassment that is so common in those years, and for the most part, achieves its emotionally complex goals. The relationship between Mei-lin and her mother is remarkably deep, and something that many women will be able to relate to in some way.

In our exploration of the film, we touch on some of the other characters and themes, discussing the animation and humor, as well as some comparisons to other Pixar projects.

Ultimately, Turning Red is a success, balancing accessibility for different age groups, and providing space for important dialogue around subjects that can be taboo in many cultures. There are a few spoilers in our chat, so why not watch the film and then join us for this fun episode.

"You think they're going to zig and they zag," says Ami Parkerson about XTC. In this multinational episode, our guest presenter introduces fellow fans Orit Friedland, Ondine PM, Ursula Marie and Leslie Randall to talk about Ladybird, Church of Women, Take This Town, The Last Balloon and The Mayor of Simpleton – not to mention The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.

Elsewhere, Cathy Forster shares a top drinking tip, while young XTC fans Esther and Arthur talk about the wide range of XTC songs they love – with English-language voiceovers by Polly and Hamish, courtesy of Strange Town theatre 

Further reading in The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls and What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from https://www.xtclimelight.com 

If you've enjoyed the XTC Podcast, please show your support at https://www.patreon.com/markfisher

Thanks to the Pink Things, Humble Daisies and Knights in Shining Karma who've done the same.

This week we begin our Rising Female Filmmakers Festival with Greta Gerwig's 2017 coming of age story the wonderful and charming Lady Bird. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

• Brutus - Drive (00:00)
• Introductie van de onderwerpen tijdens deze zesde aflevering (00:13)
• Terugblik op de vorige aflevering toen de organisatie van Complexity Fest te gast was (01:13)
• Begin van het concertverslag van Cult of Luna, Brutus en A.A.Williams in Melkweg Amsterdam (04:07)
• A.A.Williams alleen voor Amsterdammers en mensen met een uitkering (04:49)
• Brutus als onderscheidende belofte uit België (07:35)
• Cult of Luna in topvorm of te karakteristiek? (12:53)
• Te weinig oude nummers in de setlist? (16:35)
• Is A Dawn To Fear het beste album van Cult of Luna of juist compleet overbodig? (21:07)
• Moet een band zich altijd blijven ontwikkelen of is het perfectioneren van het eigen geluid ook prima? (25:13)
• Waarom was de opkomst relatief laag? (32:22)
• Het wat ongebalanceerd afgestelde geluid (35:41)
• Wardruna in TivoliVredenburg Utrecht weergaloos populair en overtuigend (37:56)
• Noordse folkmuziek transcendentaal en steeds serieuzer genomen (44:48)
• Begin van de bespreking van de line-up van Hellfest 2020 (46:48)
• Wat de line-up van Hellfest 2020 ons vertelt over wat we op andere zomerfestivals kunnen verwachten (48:20)
• Twee co-headliners in plaats van één grote headliner (49:37)
• Teert de terugkeer van nu metal met Deftones, System Of A Down, Incubus en Korn op nostalgiegevoelens? (54:26)
• Zijn deze hoofdacts een blauwdruk van de toekomst? (57:14)
• De podia ingedeeld op basis van subgenre in plaats van populariteit (01:00:32)
• Onze favorieten van de line-up (01:03:00)
• Verrassende boekingen/plaatsingen (01:07:36)
• Luistertip: Frail Body - A Brief Memoriam midden in de screamorevival (01:10:27)
• Luistertip: Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q. onluisterbaar vooruitstrevend (01:14:53)
• Concerttip: Mono en Jo Quail kwartet in Doornroosje Nijmegen (01:22:43)
• Concerttip: Humanimaal VII met Pressure Pact en Raw Peace in Ladybird Skatepark Tilburg (01:25:27)
• Shout-outs (01:27:48)

In this episode, Jamie is finally vindicated as Producer Dub falls prey to a door-to-door salesman and we roll through some celeb news including the Oscar nominations and Neil Diamond's retirement from performing. Plus, courtesy of Paula, we finally have a name for the listener-submitted Uglee and Awkward moments. 

Thanks for listening H-Ugs (aka Honorary Ugs) #hinthint

The Golden Globes was fun but we are all waiting on the big 

announcement of the 2018 Academy Awards hilariously titled 

"Golden Boys". The Down In Front Podcast crew join to give you a

slightly different episode where we talk about biggest wins, Oscar

Snubs, the political side of award ceremonies and much more. We 

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It's been a long, strange, sometimes underwhelming trip to the Oscar Nominations but we're here to share our immediate reactions. We give you our thoughts on why certain movies are heading to the red carpet and others got snubbed and we also try to make sense of why the film Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri has become a frontrunner. We celebrate nominations for Get Out, The Big Sick, Logan, Mudbound and Lady Bird and share our gratitude to whomever was genius enough to book Tiffany Haddish to announce the nominations.

Plus Sean makes his case for why Black Panther should have received an Oscar nomination THIS year! He's not joking!

And we end the show with The Big Sell. Sean rates Amita's Big Sell from last time, Kelela's "Frontline," and then Big Sells Amita an article by Alissa Wilkinson (one of his favorite culture critics) on the backlash against Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri. Read it HERE

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This week, we begin to give our picks for bests of the year when we have a hard-drive crash, turning one Screen Fixer into a post-edit creeper that would make George Lucas' Special Editions proud. Then, we bantha on about:

• Best movie of the year
• Best comic book movie
• Best horror movie
• Biggest surprise
• Biggest let down
• and what to look for in 2018!