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Concetta Caristo — comedian, host of triple j Breakfast, and Australia’s sweetheart — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about romcoms, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry and The Master of Disguise.

We get into: meeting in a cinema foyer, the romance of Before Sunset, what makes a great romcom, why The Wedding Singer is peak, The Mothman Prophecies, the Mary-Kate and Ashley cinematic universe, Italian representation, dressing like Sex and the City, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry, sharing fear at horror movies, Meet Joe Black, the best film performance by a Seinfeld cast member, 90s Julia Roberts, not relating to Star Wars, Italymaxxing with The Sopranos, remembering 9/11 with Master of Disguise, improv, Chet's Letterboxd reviews, and casting the Vanessa Amorosi biopic.

Music by Gab Strum.

Find Concetta on Instagram and Letterboxd.

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Keli Holiday (Adam Hyde) — ARIA Award-winning musician, one half of Peking Duk, and the solo artist behind ‘Dancing2’ — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about performance, myth-making, and the movies that shape identity — from reclaiming jestermaxxing to Nicolas Cage’s “nouveau shamanism.”

We get into: Jester’s privilege and sacred clowns, Nicolas Cage’s nouveau shamanism, Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly hotness, 2007 cinema supremacy, De Palma bangers, growing up with John Travolta, Two Hands and Sydney memory, Ace Ventura and Jim Carrey’s commitment, movies inspiring songwriting, Adam vs Keli, Jokerman, biopics and myth-making, a Feral TV reboot, Jason Statham’s range, solo moviemaxxing, dapping up Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson x Peking Duk, the genius of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the Australiana that’s not on the postcard, Tokyo Park Hyatt heartbreak, To Live and Die in LA’s eternal coolness.

Music by Gab Strum.

Find Adam and Peking Duk on Instagram.

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Jake Longstreth — painter, musician and co-host of Apple Music radio show Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about how everyday places can feel strangely cinematic, essential California movies, and Bluey’s dad’s alt-rock past.

We get into: Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC, The Australian Dream, thoughts on Russell Crowe, Bob Dylan’s Patreon, Connecticut VHS rotation, Roger Rabbit’s corporate machinations, Bluey’s dad’s alt-rocker past, essential California movies, Gen X collabs, formative Pulp Fiction memories, Alexander Payne’s road trips, the perfect movie, aesthetically pleasing fast food restaurants, the death of video stores, the tasteful palette of 1970s cinema, Den of Tweets 2: Pantera, Rami Malek’s smile, Scorsese’s Dead biopic, Todd Haynes’ best movie, Jake’s Top 5 'spirit movies'.

Music by Gab Strum.

Find Jake on Instagram.

Listen to Time Crisis on Apple Music.

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Jake Longstreth — painter, musician and co-host of Apple Music radio show Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about how everyday places can feel strangely cinematic, essential California movies, and Bluey’s dad’s alt-rock past.

We get into: Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC, The Australian Dream, thoughts on Russell Crowe, Bob Dylan’s Patreon, Connecticut VHS rotation, Roger Rabbit’s corporate machinations, Bluey’s dad’s alt-rocker past, essential California movies, Gen X collabs, formative Pulp Fiction memories, Alexander Payne’s road trips, the perfect movie, aesthetically pleasing fast food restaurants, the death of video stores, the tasteful palette of 1970s cinema, Den of Tweets 2: Pantera, Rami Malek’s smile, Scorsese’s Dead biopic, Todd Haynes’ best movie, Jake’s Top 5 'spirit movies'.

Music by Gab Strum.

Find Jake on Instagram.

Listen to Time Crisis on Apple Music.

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Alister Newstead — author of the new 33⅓ Oceania book on Tame Impala's Currents and Double J’s music & pop culture reporter — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about whether we’re living in a golden age of culture, perfect needle drops, and the work of late Australian animation pioneer Yoram Gross.

We get into: switching into author mode, fandom and accessibility, the “golden age” question, Safdie face, Oscar snubs, Timmy talk, Park Chan-wook, Akira as gateway anime, a Yoram Gross reappraisal, scores vs soundtracks, biopics vs music documentaries, whether any movie tie-in games are actually good, newsroom genre kink, “getting” Fight Club, Quentin Tarantino’s 10-film limit, catching up on Titanic, Mad God makes TOOL look like Disney, the Pringles curve, and whether Hideo Kojima should make a movie.

Music by Gab Strum.

Find Alister on Instagram.

Buy Tame Impala's Currents 33 1/3 Oceania by Alister Newstead.

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