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Films for Today

Hosted by Jimmy Bernasconi (‘Sacred Cinema’, ABC Radio), ‘Films for Today’ explores how the art of cinema can help us understand the social, cultural and political issues that currently trouble us. Each week, Jimmy selects a seminal film and contemplates its profound insights into the most pressing challenges of our time. For questions or enquiries about the show, you can reach Jimmy at [email protected] or on Instagram by searching ‘filmsfortoday’.

Scary Stalkers II: The Final Girl - 'Scream' (1996), 'It Follows' (2014) & 'X' (2022)

29 mins; April 03, 2022

Modern Relationships - 'The Last Days of Disco' (1998), 'The Virgin Suicides' (1999) & 'Licorice Pizza' (2021)

29 mins; March 27, 2022

Divergent Roads - 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (1997), 'Force Majeure' (2014) & 'The Daytrippers' (1997)

29 mins; March 20, 2022

Sex, Desire and Videotape - 'To Die For' (1995), 'Crash' (1996) & 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' (1989)

29 mins; March 13, 2022

Quarantine Special

12 mins; March 06, 2022

The Dark Side of Fatherhood - 'Dogtooth' (2009), 'Take Shelter' (2011) & 'Distant Voices, Still Lives' (1988)

29 mins; February 27, 2022

The Pains of Motherhood - 'Quo Vadis, Aida?' (2020), 'Secrets & Lies' (1996) & 'Autumn Sonata' (1978)

29 mins; February 20, 2022

Scary Stalkers - 'Halloween' (1978), 'Friday the 13th' (1980) & 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)

29 mins; February 13, 2022

The Deep Blue Sea - 'Deep Blue Sea' (1998), 'The Big Blue' (1988) & 'The Deep Blue Sea' (2011)

29 mins; February 06, 2022

World War II - 'The Thin Red Line' (1998), 'Das Boot' (1981) & 'Schindler's List' (1993)

29 mins; January 30, 2022

The Power of Nature in the Films of Peter Weir - 'The Cars That Ate Paris' (1974), 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (1975), 'The Mosquito Coast' (1986), 'Master and Commander' (2003) & 'The Way Back' (2010)

29 mins; January 23, 2022

Maturity in the Films of Sean Baker - 'Starlet' (2012), 'The Florida Project' (2017) & 'Red Rocket' (2021)

29 mins; January 15, 2022

Modern Variations of Santa Claus - 'Die Hard' (1988), 'Bad Santa' (2003) & 'Krampus' (2015)

29 mins; December 19, 2021

Prostitution - 'Vivre Sa Vie' (1962), 'Tangerine' (2015) & 'Nights of Cabiria' (1957)

29 mins; December 12, 2021

The Ick - 'Contempt' (1963), 'The Fly' (1986) & 'Another Year' (2010)

29 mins; December 05, 2021

The Power of Silence - 'Silence' (2016), 'Good Morning' (1959) & 'Lost in Translation' (2003)

29 mins; November 28, 2021

Cyborgs - 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man' (1989), 'Aliens' (1986) & '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968)

29 mins; November 21, 2021

Bodily Autonomy - 'Alien' (1979), 'Swallow' (2019) & 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1956)

29 mins; November 14, 2021

Breaking Free - 'The Rock' (1996), 'Pickpocket' (1959) & 'Ace in the Hole' (1951)

29 mins; November 07, 2021

Masks - 'Eyes Without a Face' (1960), 'Goodnight Mommy' (2014) & 'The Mask of Zorro' (1920)

29 mins; October 31, 2021

Loving Powerful Women - 'Roman Holiday' (1953), 'Chocolat' (1983) & 'Notting HIll' (1999)

29 mins; October 24, 2021

Young Love - 'Fish Tank' (2009), 'It Felt Like Love' (2013) & 'Pauline at the Beach' (1983)

29 mins; October 17, 2021

Beauties & Beasts - 'Beauty and the Beast' (1946), 'The Beast' (1975) & 'The Babadook' (2014)

29 mins; October 10, 2021

Werewolves - 'The Wolf Man' (1941), 'The Wolfman' (2010) & 'An American Werewolf in London' (1981)

29 mins; October 03, 2021

Manhunting - 'Manhunter' (1986), 'The Fugitive' (1993) & 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' (1920)

29 mins; September 26, 2021

Hollywood - 'Swingers' (1996), 'Under the Silver Lake' (2018) & 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019)

29 mins; September 18, 2021

Creation - 'The Golem' (1920), '8½' (1963) & 'Ed Wood' (1994)

29 mins; September 05, 2021

Men with Gravity - 'Fatal Attraction' (1987), 'Misery' (1990) & 'Cape Fear' (1991)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

The Modern Quest - 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' (1972), 'Stalker' (1979) & 'Old Joy' (2006)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Women with Gravity - 'The Collector' (1967), 'Shiva Baby' (2020) & 'Ema' (2019)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Female Victimhood - 'La Strada' (1954), 'Requiem for a Dream' (2000) & 'Rashomon' (1950)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Mortality - 'The Seventh Seal' (1957), 'The Fountain' (2006) & 'Ikiru' (1952)

28 mins; September 04, 2021

The Duality of Man - 'Apocalypse Now' (1979), 'Persona' (1966) & 'Mulholland Drive' (2001)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Confronting Reality - 'The Truman Show' (1998), 'Come and See' (1985) & 'Blue Velvet' (1986)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Drifters - 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' (1993), 'Five Easy Pieces' (1970) & 'Paris, Texas' (1984)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Male Victimhood - 'Kes' (1969), 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' (1960), 'If....' (1968) & 'Look Back in Anger' (1959)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Freedom and Relationships - 'The Piano' (1993), 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' (2019) & 'Phantom Thread' (2017)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Authority Figures - 'There Will Be Blood' (2007), 'Cabaret' (1972) & 'The Master' (2012)

29 mins; September 04, 2021

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