E49. Let's Talk, The Odyssey with Pitu Sultan

For the golden jubilee episode of the podcast, we talk to Melbourne based film maker and content creator Thomas Broadbent. Thomas runs "Melbourne for movie nerds" and creates content on movies, Melbourne cinemas, culture and behind the scenes mechanics of film projectors - he recently did one for IMAX Melbourne, one of the few venues in the world to show The Odyssey as how Nolan intended to! Was a thrill and joy to talk to Thomas, he is young, bright and a well informed voice on all things movies. Do listen and let us know your thoughts.

Chris Nolan's juggernaut The Odyssey has broken all expectations and created many records. The classists and purists are upset, critics and audiences are raptured. I like it but dont love it - I thought it was tedious, visually flat and kinda okay - but then I loved Tenet, Interstellar and Dark Knight rises, critics carped and carped. So I invited my friend Pitu (Filmi Ladies) to deep dive into this movie. Do let us know your thoughts.

This week is the final episode of the three part series on the 25 best Indian movies in the past 25 years (2000 - 2025). 12 podcasters and critics voted to inform this list and here is top 5 best Indian movies of the 21st centaury, To discuss this we have on the show, the producer, co-creator and educator Ridhi Raheja.These 25 movies are the ones we love the most, don't get caught up on the rankings, get high on the love. Let us know your thoughts on this list and your top 25 movies.

This is the second episode of the three part series we're doing on the 25 best Indian movies in the past 25 years.We are discussing the movies from No 6. to No 14 and for an in depth conversation on these movies we've invite Dhruv Goyal and Cris Patrick (Queen is Dead podcast), Beth Watkins (Filmi Ladies) and Amrita Rajan (Khandann podcast).We disagreed, agreed, argued and loved it all. This was such a fun conversation and how a reminder that a good film discourse is healthy for mind, heart and art. We hope you enjoyed this episode and do share your thoughts.

On the Let's Talk, Melbourne podcast a passion project for a while has been to select the 25 best movies of the 21st centaury in Indian Cinema (2000 - 2025).To do this, we invited 12 podcasters and critics from all over the world to rank their favorite movies and build consensus to rank the 25 Best Indian movies across languages from the past 25 years.This episode ranks the best movies from 15 to 25 with an honorary mention. And to do this we've on this episode four of my favorite film friends - Leha, Manish, Silam and Shah.We hope you enjoy this episode and tell us which movies you wanted on the list.

This week on the Let' Talk, Melbourne podcast we've a double bill episode.The first segment is with author Ralph Arida, based in Lebanon who's recent writing on Hollywood movies and representation was published in Rolling Stone magazine. Ralph drops by the pod to discuss responsible viewing, role of Hollywood movies and more. The second segment is with the Croatian based photographer Sanjin Kastelan, a visual stylist, a sensualist and chronicler of mood and moments through his camera. I hope you enjoyed this episode and as always please share your comments and feedback.

Al Cossar - Artist Director Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) joins the podcast this week to talk about the movies featuring in the festival, including critics campus for emerging critics, music events, panel discussions and much more. This festival is a celebration of movies and the city that celebrates movies. I was really excited to discuss the significance of the festival to the city and its culture.Movies as existing as Sirat, Mastermind, It was just an accident to Secret Agent and many more. I hope you enjoyed this podcast. Tell us about the films you are excited to see at MIFF.

It was so much fun to chat to Amrita Rajan - host of the popular Khandaan podcast - on one of the most iconoic genre directors of hindi cinema, Vijay Anand. Amrita is an informed voice and was great to chat to her and I hope you enjoy our conversation.Vijay Anand is one of the greatest Hindi movie directors who made some excellent movies and his contribution to Hindi cinema and his legacy is peerless. With his stylish song picturization, mystery, thriller elements and a critique on India of its time, his movies are truly a joy to watch and a wonder to behold. Teesri Manzil, Guide, Blackmail, Johnny Mera Naam, Jewel thief, Tere mere sapne are each classics in their own right.

This week on the podcast we are counting down the ten best songs of the legendary chorographer Saroj Khan. The late great Khan was a singular, dynamite force for hind cinema songs, from making the career defining songs with stars like Sridevi, Madhuri and Aishwarya. We talk about Khan's legacy and revolutionary song picturization. To do her ten best songs, on the pod, we have the lovely Filmi Ladies Pitu and Beth back on the heat seat.http://www.youtube.com/@filmiladiesinstagram.com/filmiladiesTell us your top ten Saroj Khan songs in the comment section.

As it's Pride Month in Australia, we interviewed the CEO of the Victorian Pride Centre (vpc) Paul Horwell on what the iconic vpc means to the city of Melbourne, State of Victoria and the community at large.I hope you enjoy this episode and as always we welcome your feedback.