Cinema Bing Bong

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 not being Pynchonesque after all. Amelia tries to make up a name for Peter Strickland fans. A new A24 movie is pitched.3 Women (1977)20th Century Women (2016)A Different Man (2024)Aftersun (2022)Beau is Afraid (2023)The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)Certain Women (2016)Civil War (2024)Climax (2018)Close (2022)The Disaster Artist (2017)Dream Scenario (2023)Eighth Grade (2018)Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)The Farewell (2019)The Florida Project (2017)Funny Pages (2022)Ghost Story (2017)Gloria Bell (2018)In Fabric (2018)I Saw the TV Glow (2024)Janet Planet (2024)The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)Ladybird (2017)La La Land (2016)The Lighthouse (2019)The Lobster (2015)Love Lies Bleeding (2024)Lucy (2014)Menashe (2017)Midsommar (2019)Moonlight (2016)Past Lives (2023)Pearl (2022)Priscilla (2023)Problemista (2023)Spring Breakers (2012) Stop Making Sense (2023)Swiss Army Man (2016)Talk to Me (2022)Uncut Gems (2019)Under the Silver Lake (2018)Under the Skin (2013)The Whale (2022)White Noise (2022)The Witch (2015)The Zone of Interest (2023)

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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), My Sunshine (2024), Janet Planet (2024), The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), All We Imagined As Light (2024), Problemista (2023), I Saw the TV Glow (2024), Armand (2024), The Teachers' Lounge (2023), Cuckoo (2024), Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)

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 asshole in two situations, the new phrase 'doing my coming to terms with myself', the innovative concept of not seeing movies if you can see the same stuff outside and some recommendations for listeners in loveless marriages.Note: if you are in a hurry with the NZIFF booking page open, skip to ~48'Films mentioned:NZIFFJanet Planet (2023) USProblemista (2023) USI Saw the TV Glow (2024) USHumanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) CanadaA Different Man (2024) USAll We Imagine as Light (2024) IndiaThe Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) IranArmand (2024) NorwayTatami (2024) Georgia *NOTE: On further research, may have an anti-BDS plot which CBB does not support*The Teachers’ Lounge (2023) GermanyCrossing (2024) Sweden/GeorgiaOpus (2023) JapanThe Haka Party Incident (2024) NZNaughty Little Peeptoe (2000) NZThe Substance (2024) USSleep (2023) South KoreaThe Universal Theory (2023) GermanyKneecap (2024) IrelandThe People’s Joker (2022) USNo Other Land (2024) PalestineMy Favourite Cake (2024) IranBrief History of a Family (2024) ChinaThe Village Next to Paradise (2024) SomaliaWild Diamond (2024) FranceThe Monk and the Gun (2023) BhutanExplanation for Everything (2023) HungaryDìdi (2024) USSeeking Mavis Beacon (2024) USThe Sweet East (2023) USGloria (2024) ItalyHead South (2024) NZWe Were Dangerous (2024) NZMIFFThe Cars that Ate Paris (1974) AustraliaMy Sunshine (2024) JapanMegalopolis (2024) USThe Shrouds (2024) CanadaDream Team (2024) USRumours (2024) CanadaOtherTenebre (1982) ItalyLast Year at Marienbad (1961) FranceFlux Gourmet (2022) UKBlack Narcissus (1947) UKIn Bed With Madonna (1991) USWorld on a Wire (1973) GermanyThe Desert Bride (2017) Argentina/ChileLas Herederas (2018) ParaguayAnatolian Leopard (2021) TürkiyeD’Jon Afrika (2018) Portugal/Cape VerdeMid90s (2018) USThe Saddest Music in the World (2003) CanadaDoctor Strange (2016) US / Doctor Sleep (2019) US