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Best Worst PodcastBWP no.044: NTIFF 2021 - an alternative 'festival experience'As the Southern hemisphere winter looms we're missing the upcoming thrill of NZIFF season, which has understandably been pushed back to Novemeber due to international COVID impacts. But never fear, our very own Doug Dillaman has thought up a way to fill this winter cinematic hole, with the 'Not The (NZ) International Film Festival' or 'NTIFF' challenge! In this episode we are joined by long time friend, cine-fiend, and NTIFF co-conspirator Steve Austin as we thrash out our personal NTIFF programmes. For more detail about the challenge search 'NTIFF' on letterboxd.com...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2021-06-282h 22Best Worst PodcastBWP no.043: Bill Gosden MemorialDoug and Jacob break their 13 month hiatus to do a special memorial episode for the NZIFF legend Bill Gosden who passed away earlier this month. Join us as we indulge our NZIFF nostalgia, share memories of Bill, the festival he worked so hard to develop, and his impact on our lives, cinematic and otherwise...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2020-11-241h 45Best Worst PodcastBWP no.042: Live And UndeadRemember Best Worst Podcast? It's been a long time between drinks, but Doug and Jacob are back from a profusion of European film festivals and a crazy time at work (respectively). They fill us in on their time away, share their picks from the NZIFF's 2019 instalment, and then duke it out over the top directors of the 2010s.2019-10-1400 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.041: NZIFF 2018 - PreviewDoug and Jacob go through the 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival programme and chat about their top picks and 'films to watch out for' in each section...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2018-07-1800 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.040: Fully DocumentedJacob and Doug dig in the the nonfiction cinema that has made an impact on their lives...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.
Documentaries covered include:
Quick Mentions 00:02:16
THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer & Anonymous, 2012)
KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (Robert Greene, 2016)
BEST WORST MOVIE (Michael Paul Stephenson, 2009)
CITIZENFOUR (Laura Poitras, 2014)
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Raoul Peck, 2016)
STORIES WE TELL (Sarah Polley, 2012)
Various Chris Marker films
CAMERAPERSON (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)
QUEST (Jonathan Olshefski, 2017)
DINA (Antonio Santini & Dan Sickles, 2017)
NZ Documentaries 00:11:49
PATU! (Merata Mita, 1983)
ON AN UNKNOWN BEACH (Adam Luxton & Summer Agnew, 2016)
THE GROUND WE WON (Christopher Pryor, 2015)
Various Florian...2018-02-0200 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.039: Formative Films - Pt2Doug and Jacob revisit the films in their lives that have had a significant impact, been a change point, or a developmental marker. From the silly, to the sentimental, to the sublime, these are some of the key films that have shaped them into the cinephiles they are today [Part 2 of 2]...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2018-01-0900 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.038: Formative Films - Pt1Doug and Jacob revisit the films in their lives that have had a significant impact, been a change point, or a developmental marker. From the silly, to the sentimental, to the sublime, these are some of the key films that have shaped them into the cinephiles they are today [Part 1 of 2]...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2017-12-1000 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.037: 24hr Movie Marathon - 2017 Preview!Trash, exploitation, rubber Japanese monster films, surreal Russian art-cinema, surreal arse-cinema, throwback children's movies, and more Bela Lugosi than you could throw a poorly accented stick at! Jacob and Doug tag-team dream Marathon line-ups in advance of Ant Timpson's 24hr Movie Marathon, 2017, including a liberal serving of picks from a number of other cine-fiend Marathon regulars...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2017-11-1400 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.036: Soderberghing!Doug and Jacob dive the depths and range wide in cinematic seas of Steven Soderbergh: writer, director, producer, editor, actor, filmmaker, television showrunner, ex-retiree, auteur...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2017-05-1600 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.034: The Definitive Best of Cinema in 2016! Pt.1Jacob and Doug, joined again by cinephile friend David Larsen, give their run down of THE, absolute, no doubt, hands down, definitive 'best of' cinema to hit NZ screens in 2016. In this first part each member of the trio dive into their top five films for the year and outline the reasons they love them so. There is warm-hearted laughter, tears, digressions, and affirmative libatory swilling...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2016-12-2600 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.035: The Definitive Best of Cinema in 2016! Pt.2Jacob and Doug, joined again by cinephile friend David Larsen, give their run down of THE, absolute, no doubt, hands down, definitive 'best of' cinema to hit NZ screens in 2016. In this second part the trio run through standouts in a range of categories, including best scene, best performance, most underappreciated and overrated films, best unreleased film and more!...add scotch to taste, and enjoy2016-12-2600 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.033: Big Screen Symposium and Recent ViewingDoug talks us through his Big Screen Symposium 2016 experience then he and Jacob compare recent viewing, including a #52filmsbywomenin2016 update...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2016-10-3100 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.032: The Pantograph Punch NZIFF 2016 Wrap - Pt2Part two of our NZIFF 2016 wrap-up sees our obsessive trio arguing the merits of Kirsten Johnson's memoir-cum-interrogation-of-documentary-filmmaking-from-the-off-cuts as well as agreeing—No, disagreeing! No, agreeing!—on the genius of Asghar Farhadi's work including his Cannes lauded latest The Salesman, whilst Jacob gets a small French lesson and David and Doug remark upon the cat-based-scare-skills of Paul Verhoeven as seen in Elle...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2016-08-2600 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.031: The Pantograph Punch NZIFF 2016 Wrap - Pt1Dive into the collective consciousness of three minds addled by 17 days of deranged cinematic ecstasy as Doug and Jacob are rejoined by friend and current Metro Magazine film writer David Larsen to go head-to-head and wrap-up their NZIFF 2016 experience! This year our NZIFF coverage is sponsored by The Pantograph Punch (http://pantograph-punch.com/) for whom we've also been writing a bunch of festival reviews and essays, so be sure to check them out...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2016-08-2300 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.030: The Pantograph Punch NZIFF 2016 Preview!The best worst team is back with our annual festival preview episode, which calls attention to some of the lesser known films in the 2016 NZIFF programme that might have passed under your radar. This year our NZIFF coverage is sponsored by The Pantograph Punch (http://pantograph-punch.com/) for whom we'll also be writing a bunch of festival reviews and essays, so be sure to check them out...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2016-06-2500 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.029: #52FilmsByWomen In 2016Spurred by the #52FilmsByWomen initiative Doug and Jacob talk about the work of some of their favourite, most inspiring filmmakers, who also happen to be women, and about their plans to watch at least one film per week this year by a female filmmaker. HEar about what we've been seeing already and what we hope to get to in the coming months...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2016-03-2000 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.028: NZIFF 2015 WrapJacob and Doug are joined by friend and current Metro Magazine film writer David Larsen to bring a mammoth wrap-up to their collective NZIFF 2015 experience. You can expect FILMS!, highs, lows, health worries, FILMS!, warm agreement, vigorous decrying, FILMS! etc. And we're not joking about this being a "mammoth" wrap, this thing is longer by far than 'Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III'! So, be sure to...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2015-08-3000 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.027: NZIFF 2015 PreviewDoug and Jacob return from a cinexciting night at the 2015 48hrs Furious Filmmaking finals to talk crazy shorts and some of the lesser known nuggets to be unearthed in the 2015 New Zealand International Film Festival programme...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2015-07-1300 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.026: Cannes 2015!Jacob and Doug delve into the exciting Cannes 2015 programme with hopeful sights set towards NZIFF in July/August. They are joined by special guest and Sunday Star Times reviewer Sarah Watt who walks them through her own 2012 'Cannes experience'and fields film geek questions...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2015-06-0300 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.025: 2015, a Cinematic PreviewDoug has returned from his Wellington sojourn, let the podcasting resume! With freshened drinks and an excitement for the coming year of cinema Doug and Jacob take a look at 10 of their most anticpated films for 2015...
...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2015-02-0600 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.024: NZIFF 2014 PreviewThe morning after the world premiere of Doug's debut feature JAKE the best worst boys switch from scotch to cups of tea as they dig into the 2014 NZIFF programme to (hopefully) discover the plethora of weird and wonderful riches hiding within. But do please feel free to...
...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2014-07-0300 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.023: Reunion Show 2014!Taking advantage of Doug's Easter holiday Auckland visit the Best Worst team catch up on their cinematic comings and goings. After Doug runs through his Wellington Autumn Events experience talk turns to recent viewing then the boys dig into the 2014 Cannes selections alongside the Dalwhinnie 15yr...
...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2014-05-0500 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.022: NZIFF 2013 - Wrap-up Pt.1Back in the comfort of Doug's hidey-hole the Best Worst boys grill each other over the highs and lows of their respective NZIFF 2013 experiences. There's at least one point of agreement: the 2013 programme was incredibly good! If you're lucky there may be a part 2 coming...
...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2013-08-2200 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.021: NZIFF 2013 - mid-Fest Report!Sans scotch and intro music the Best Worst podcast team brings you a fast paced, guerrilla style NZIFF 2013 mid-fest report from a hiddy cubby in Auckland's Sky City Centre. If you have the luxury...
...add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2013-07-3000 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.020: NZIFF 2013 - Preview PtII!The full NZIFF programme is out so, armed with a healthy dram or three of the Talisker 10yr, the Best Worst team goes to town on the remainder of their uncovered fest film faves. Fresh excitement abounds and plenty of recommendations for hungry cinephiles forced to make difficult scheduling choices.
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Add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2013-03-0900 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.015: Alyx Duncan InterviewIn episode 15 Doug and Jacob roll up their sleeves and grill NZ filmmaker Alyx Duncan about her (excellent) first feature film THE RED HOUSE which, after debuting at NZFF 2012, is due for theatrical release in selected cinemas as of 14 March 2013. We talk about the production process, inspirations, and challenges. Alyx also fills us in on her circuitous route into filmmaking (via dance?!) and hopes/plans for what's on the horizon.
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Add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2013-02-0600 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.013: 24hr Movie Marathon Preview - Top Fives!With Ant Timpson's iconic (Fatso) 24hr Movie Marathon around the corner we whip ourselves into a pre-marathon frenzy with some super indulgent 'high-fiving'! Joined by local film obsessive Nigel Ward (erstwhile Big Screen Auckland podder & co-editor of Auckland Cinephile), Doug and Jacob delve into their top five experiences, liberally peppering proceedings with agonised over, if hurriedly prepared, top five lists from a screed of unhinged marathon regulars.
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Add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2012-09-2500 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.010: NZFF 2012 - Top 9sHere you are in a fit of melancholy pique, catching a last fleeting glance of the NZFF2012 disappearing from your rear-view mirror. But wait, what's this?! Doug & Jacob offer you chance to bask once again in the glorious wonder of the NZFF2012 experience as they unpack each of their top 9 films from the 50 or so they marked off the NZFF programme. Jump on in and find out which films left them stunned and marvelling at all that is cinema.
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Fear! [start – 20 min.]
We compare and contrast recent viewings of John Hough’s 1973 feature The Legend of the Hell House (Doug) and Ti West’s more recent (2009) creepy-house horror The House of the Devil (Jacob). Jacob shares an elongated anecdote of nightmares and vampires, and Doug espouses psychological theories about the horror genre and why Jacob should love it.
Shame! [20 – 44 min.]
CONtro-versy! Or is it Con-TROversy? We compare notes on our Sha...2012-03-0500 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.006: Top 5s & Tarkovsky-to-ChristianoDoug & Jacob unleash their unfashionably late ‘top five cinematic experiences of 2011’ lists upon you, the unsuspecting listenership, and engage in discussion upon the spiritual themes of two cinematic greats: Andrei Tarkovsky and Rich Christiano! We know. And if you don’t, by the far away end of this episode you certainly will.
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Add scotch to taste, and enjoy.2011-12-1700 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.004: The Return“Doug’s Fantastic Voyage” [start – 18 min.]: Jacob grills Doug on the pleasures of Fantastic Fest (Sept. 2011 in Austin, Texas) and the New York Film Festival (Oct. 2011 in NYC, New York). FF films discussed:: Beyond The Black Rainbow, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Clown, A Boy and His Samurai, Rabies. NYFF films discussed: Captricious Young Man, A Dangerous Method; plus ‘Views from the Avant-Garde’ Festival.
“Big Screen vs. Small Screen” [18 min. – 29 min.]: Jacob talks Shane Meadows’ This is England ’86 and the transition of the story from film to TV, then we discuss the future of film and television.
“Overdrive” [30 min. – end]: We unpack our shifting...2011-12-1200 minBest Worst PodcastBWP no.003: New Zealand International Film Festival 2011 Coverage Pt2Stayed by the bell! From deep within the bowels of Auckland’s beautiful Civic theatre Doug & Jacob bring a near-the-end NZFF 2011 report. As well as impromptu toilet-traffic directing, we race the bell to reach a BWP middle-ground of 14 films in 13 minutes. Well done us! We also stumble upon possibly the perfect Best Worst Podcast double feature selection to date.
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