Episodes
A24 is a US film production and distribution company named after an Italian motorway and it's time to rank the movies they've produced and distributed. Are they known more for their touching family dramas or their shouty dick movies? When you hear Franco do you think first of the dictator or the disgraced actor James Franco? Are the irony poisoned youth ruining tiered rankings? Is there a movie about an evil phone or did Amelia just make that up? Rebecca recounts a heartbreaking story about n...
Published 11/01/24
TrapMaxxxineLonglegsKinds of KindnessChimeBeetlejuice BeetlejuiceAlien ROMULUS sorry it's Romulus not Resurrection Julio Torresbong, Japanese pharmacy, the fourth dimension, what are the most spiritually evil films
Published 10/10/24
The Film Festivals are over and what have you done? Besides Google 'so this is christmas lyrics'. Amelia and Rebecca have seen some films and have been rewarded with not only depression and influenza, but also an awareness of the latest trends in cinemâ (Canada, interpretive dance and so on). Amelia reports live from a kebab shop. Warning for misophonia: she was still eating the kebab at the time of the report.The Shrouds (2024), Rumours (2024), Kneecap (2024), Megalopolis (2024), M...
Published 09/02/24
Cinema Bing Bong returns a second time this month to go through the programme of the New Zealand International Film Festival, beginning with quite an extended discussion about what in Gosden's name is going on with the festival and finishing up with some motivational brain-drain content about what's showing at Melbourne International Film Festival. Featuring an interactive aspect where you can email in and say if you think Amelia was the a*****e in two situations, the new phrase 'doing my com...
Published 07/19/24
A very special episode! As Cinema Bing Bong takes to the actual cinema and comes to you Live from Event Queen Street and a bench outside Atrium on Elliott. Then it's back to the studio where Amelia's bragging about how many films are screening in Melbourne and Rebecca can't remember the name of anything just which crimes were involved. Featuring a fun new time travel segment: favourite films age 13-16 aka 'teen movie kill amelia segment'.Furiosa (2024), The Beast (2023), Marjorie Prime (2017)...
Published 07/02/24
May's Cinema Bing Bong is a treasure trove of delights: After seven years Amelia has finally listened to Rebecca about the films of Alice Rohrwacher and immediately turned bisexual looking at Josh O'Connor. The tables have turned and Rebecca has overthought how to pronounce Franz Rogowski so much she forgot it has a g in it. A damning report on the cinemagoers of Auckland's North Shore and a NEW game.Films referenced: La Chimera (2023) + Happy as Lazzaro (2018) + The Invisible Life of Euridíc...
Published 05/27/24
A thrilling new episode of Cinema Bing Bong, which includes two new games to play along with!Spooky scary! Amelia's been watching horror movies by herself, in April. Luckily for the listeners who are yet to see Immaculate (2024) or any of the other American Nun Movies, she's bleeped out the spoilers. Rebecca cried all the way through Civil War (2024), but the real thing to cry over is how Amelia takes on average four years to watch any of her recommendations. Discourse topics: is New Zealand ...
Published 05/01/24
Beware the Ides of March—awards season is over and no one in Australasia can agree on how to pronounce Dune. Amelia has become the nation's foremost Frank Herbert fanatic and can't stop filling her boots with geriatric spice. The only Sandra Hüller movie Rebecca saw in 2023 was the unpopular Sisi und Ich. This episode contains a dramatic reading of FRISCO, the script that might seem like it was plagiarised by The Holdovers to people who saw it between two plane seats after being awake for 36...
Published 03/28/24
Amelia and Rebecca are back with a new podcast that's tenfold less niche. It's just about movies!
In this episode, we find out what was good and what was a waste of 25 Australian dollars in 2023. We hear a summary of all the Best Picture nominees but for some reason only what Amelia thinks should win Best Animated Feature. Amelia refers to movies as the picture play. Rebecca says which films of 2023 were autistic. We ask the big questions like, 'What's the most racist film you've ever seen?'...
Published 02/29/24