In the inaugural edition of The 500 Cast, critics Dave Crewe and Jesse Thompson discuss whether James Gray's highly lauded film 'The Immigrant' lives up to its praise. Jesse chats to Gallery of Modern Art Cinematheque Curator Amanda Slack-Smith about their new programme of Pre-Code Hollywood Cinema. Then we discuss the retroactive devaluation of 'Garden State' and 'Sin City' in light of their new release counterparts 'Wish I Was Here' and 'Sin City: a Dame to Kill For'. They wrap the show up with some recommendations.

The 500 Cast: Crossing Seas and Decades Edition

In this episode of The 500 Cast, Dave and Jesse open by chatting about the creative process in Damien Chazelle's psychological thriller, Whiplash. Then we move onto the Australian cinema theme of the episode with an interview with first time feature writer-director, Stephen Lance, about his upcoming debut, My Mistress. Laurence, Dave and Jesse then discuss the recent influx of opinion pieces about the Australian cinema, before discussing some of their favourites of the year. Lastly, we take a microscopic scrutiny to Chris Nolan's Interstellar with a quiz about bad tweets.

The 500 Cast: Certain Tendencies of Australian Cinema Edition

In this episode of The 500 Cast, we ditch our regular schedule in favour of waxing lyrical about all things David Lynch. Firstly, we have a discussion about what the word 'Lynchian' actually means, and what key moments in the filmmaker's diverse body of work won us over as cinephiles. Next, Senior Cinematheque Programmer at the Gallery of Modern Art, José da Silva, drops by to chat about his experience curating the world's largest retrospective of David Lynch's artistic and musical work for the gallery's upcoming exhibition 'Between Two Worlds'. Lastly, we play a game that pays tribute to the director's innovative use of sound design, before rounding off with our regular recommendations segment.

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