Wolf Cub Film Club

Our special guest in this first episode of Season 4 is John Hughes, much respected filmmaker and elder of the Australian independent screen community. In an episode made more pertinent by the Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury directed at Iran, we discuss John’s latest feature documentary: TWILIGHT TIME. It’s the story of the ‘insurgent intellectual’ and defence analyst Prof Des Ball, who first publicised the role of Pine Gap amid concerns about Australia’s military relationship with America.
See https://twilighttimethefilm.com.au/twilight-time/
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Our special guest in this first episode of Season 4 is John Hughes, much respected filmmaker and elder of the Australian independent screen community. In an episode made more pertinent by the Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury directed at Iran, we discuss John’s latest feature documentary: TWILIGHT TIME. It’s the story of the ‘insurgent intellectual’ and defence analyst Prof Des Ball, who first lifted the lid on the role of Pine Gap amid concerns about Australia’s military relationship with America.
See https://twilighttimethefilm.com.au/twilight-time/
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While Wolf is up North in Australia snorkeling with tropical fish and Cub is heading North in Germany to pick potatoes, the two have paused to watch the movie Perfect Days (2023) – recommended by listener Helen Thomas (Snr). The Japanese feature film is directed by Wim Wenders and follows the daily life and routine of Hirayama, a man who lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility, cleaning a unique selection of public toilets in Tokyo. Wolf and Cub explore the aesthetics of Japanese toilet design, the notion of 'wabi-sabi' which embraces imperfection and the encounters in the film that cause Hirayama to reflect on himself. If you have a feature, doco or series you'd like us to explore, please reach out at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More than seven years in the making, Queens of Concrete follows the trials and tribulations of Hayley, Ava and Charlotte - three young skateboarders set on making it to the Olympics. More a 'coming of age' than a sports doco, the feature began as a graduating work from Melbourne's VCA Film School. Director Eliza Cox and producer Gena Riess discuss their own trials and tribulations in making Queens, which also involved fellow grads C J Welsh (producer), Oscar Ascencio (cinematography) and Delaney Murphy (editor). (https://queensofconcrete.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode the Wolf and his special guest, director Adrian Francis, discuss Paper City – a feature documentary on the firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945. As the 80th anniversary of the most destructive air raid in history approaches, Paper City records the stories of a decreasing number of witnesses to the destruction of a quarter of the city and killing of 100,000 civilians by the American airforce (https://papercityfilm.com/). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.