Film Shapes

Film Shapes

Film Shapes

English Explicit
Episodes 117
Avg. Duration 25m
Activity Moderate
Since Dec 2017
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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About This Podcast

Shady and Roly discuss the latest film releases, with rotating guest contributors and occasional interviews.

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Best of 2025

Jan 01, 2026 1h 6m

Shady, Roly, Parizad and Merv run down their top 5 films from 2025 (plus one or two turkeys).Top 5s were as follows:Roly: 5. Gaslight; 4. Presence; 3. Boiling Point; 2. Pluribus (TV show!); 1.…

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Aug 24, 2025 11m

Roly and Shady waffle about The Ballad of Wallis Island on the way back from the Luna cinema in Leederville.

Hard Truths

Mar 16, 2025 20m

Shady enlists the psychological skills of Tap to talk him through the new Mike Leigh film Hard Truths.

I'm Still Here

Mar 09, 2025 22m

Shady has a chat with Cibely about the award-winning Brazilian film, I'm Still Here.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Feb 15, 2025 18m

Roly and Shady have a chat about the Perth Festival film, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat.

Best of 2024

Jan 01, 2025 1h 9m

Shady and Roly are joined by Parizad and Merv to go over their favourite five films of 2024. We also named our turkeys from last year. Top fives were as follows: Parizad: 5. Operation Mincemeat; 4.…

Italian Film Festival 2024

Oct 25, 2024 24m

Shady is joined by Nicola to talk about a couple of the films from the recent St. Ali Italian Film Festival.

The Substance

Sep 23, 2024 30m

Merv and Tap join Shady to inject The Substance.

Suzanne Worner interview for Rev 2024

Jun 28, 2024 20m

Roly and Shady have a chat with Suzanne Worner, General Manager of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival.

Hesitation Wound - Rev Launch 2024

May 25, 2024 13m

Roly and Shady have a chat about Turkish legal drama, Hesitation Wound. But first, there's a bit about the Revelation Perth International Film Festival programme launch for 2024. This edition of the…

Best of 2023

Jan 14, 2024 1h 7m

Shady and Roly are joined by Ben and Merv - with Parizad in subspace - to go over their favourite five films of 2023. We also provided our worst - or most disappointing - films from last year. Top…

Foe

Nov 02, 2023 15m

Roly and Shady walk to the car from The Luna Cinema in Leederville after a screening of Foe. Fair to say, Shady gets a couple of things wrong in this pod and also reveals a staggeringly unpro lack of…

The Creator

Oct 22, 2023 37m

Parizad joins Roly and Shady to discuss many things related to Gareth Edwards's new film, The Creator. Stay tuned for a post-outro contribution by Merv.

Oppenheimer

Aug 15, 2023 43m

Merv and Parizad join Roly and Shady for a discussion about the latest Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer. Fair to say, opinions varied.

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

Jun 12, 2023 40m

Shady is joined by Roly, Parizad and Merv to postulate on the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film; as well as the MCU in general; going to the cinema alone; Avatar 2; Ivan Sen's Limbo; cinema volume…

November (& French Film Festival)

May 11, 2023 11m

Merv and Shady get stuck in a carpark and then have a chat about November, a film about the days following the terror attacks in Paris in 2015. There's also a mini-wrap of the 2023 French Film…

Aftersun

Feb 20, 2023 13m

Roly and Shady wander through noisy Leederville traffic while chewing over the ideas in Aftersun.

Best of 2022

Jan 13, 2023 1h 13m

Shady and Roly are joined by Ben, Parizad and Merv to run down their favourite five films of 2022 (though not necessarily made in 2022). We also vented about our worst - or most disappointing - films…

Violent Night

Dec 03, 2022 14m

Merv and Shady chat about Violent Night on the drive back from the cinema. Chuckles and blood.

Tim Mummery interview - Namarali

Oct 16, 2022 24m

Tim Mummery, director of Namarali, joins Shady for a chat about his film.

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How many episodes does Film Shapes have?

Film Shapes has published 117 episodes since December 2017.

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Film Shapes is currently moderate with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 25m.

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