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Things Follow - Leviticus (2026)
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Demons dressed as Matthew and Mitch talk about the recent (at time of recording) release of Leviticus, the new depressing metaphorror. Don't trust your loved ones and don't make out with anyone... they probably wanna kill you.
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Transcript
Greetings and Podcast Introduction
00:00:04
Speaker
I am the night rider. You're terrible Muriel. Talk to me. You gonna do that Pogger Pogger? You've been talking to the cops. Today is a brand new day. No, that's it. It's the vibe.
00:00:17
Speaker
G'day
Themed Months and Release Schedule Planning
00:00:18
Speaker
fellow Aussie film lovers and welcome to another episode of Under Southern Screens, the most wearing the skin of your lover Australian cinema podcast. I'm Mitch. I hate you Mitch. I know I just spent the first couple of minutes saying that I appreciate you and that this lights my week. Why do you do this to me? I'm sorry, you threw the first stone.
00:00:39
Speaker
I actually still owe you one as well so we will be doing another horror film. This is like the substance when they're like back and forth giving each other torment in life. All because I made you watch a musical. Two. Two musicals. You maybe did two. Well, look, you know what? This was interesting. Yeah. Again, we're talking about something that's pretty relevant and kind of... I mean, it'll be, what, like a couple months since this came out once this drops. For us, it's only been out for a couple weeks at this point, I think.
Introduction of 'Leviticus' Film
00:01:10
Speaker
Yeah, it's hot in cinemas. And when you guys see this episode, it'll be hot on Google Play. Famously, we will be striking while the iron is stone cold. Yeah. it'll bounce right off once we get to like season two it's like we'll have to think about how we rework this because it's just funny i mean we mentioned in the um sydney fest film festival one that we were actually recording kind of on time yeah relatively because we made a space for it so maybe maybe we should start considering actually planning our releases and spacing it more than just
Discussion on 'Leviticus' Plot and Themes
00:01:43
Speaker
us being like do you want to do like this kind of themed month and like yeah By the way, another themed month coming up next month, I think for you guys. For us, it's in a couple months. It's in the pipeline. Hey, man, we work hard. We have another themed month coming up, so get excited. I'm really excited for this theme. it's going to be good. It's going to be good. But... let's talk about this movie what are we watching this episode of uss today podcast with no spoilers is actually a podcast with no a podcast with spoilers is dressed up as a podcast
Theater Experience of 'Leviticus'
00:02:14
Speaker
as no spoilers no i was trying do the bit where it's like the demons dressed as a your lover oh right uh you know what screw it leviticus we're doing leviticus spoilers for leviticus um 2026, hot new release. This like, what, the third or second 2026 release film? We're keeping it current. We're keeping it hip for the Gen Zs. Are we counting the dead? Oh, who knows anymore, mate? Who knows anymore? It's so funny listening to that episode. Like, a month later, the controversies died down. No one gives a crap about it. As say... Striking what the iron is called. Famous under-southern screens maneuver. Where the trend are followers, but by about a month. And no film marketing agencies have called that it shows. Yeah.
00:02:57
Speaker
yeah Anyway, but Leviticus. Let's talk about Leviticus because we're not here for We're Exactly. We didn't talk about Leviticus. Interesting watch. Have you got an intro for us, MitchiePoo? I have an intro for us. It's actually been a while. i My last intro was The Furies. Damn, that was like... That was ages ago. i guess also like I went away for a bit as well. So I guess
Social Horror Elements in 'Leviticus'
00:03:18
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that's putting... He was in his holiday era. was in my holiday era. Holly Aria. Holly Aria. Hori Aria. That's the one. Anyway, do your bloody intro, mate.
00:03:29
Speaker
In a small, Aussie country town that appears to have been painted by the Russo brothers and Christopher Nolan, a young man named Name experiences sexy cravings for another boy named... I need to do that a again. Sexy.
00:03:42
Speaker
Sexy cravings. That was so awesome. I love the way he said that. A young man named Name experiences sexy cravings for another boy named Ryan, and they make out. But when he sees the apple of his desire throwing rocks and making out with another man, tattletales to the local church slash cult and condemns the two men to a life of risking it all for a bit of nookie. Ooh. It's all fun and games for name until his mum, an alternative Alice from Alice in Wonderland who didn't learn that everyone's little quirks make them special and interesting, also rats him out because he bats for the other team and he too must learn the lesson I have been living by since 14. Anyone who wants to make out with you is actually in a sting operation
Comparison with Other Films and Australian Landscapes
00:04:19
Speaker
to murder you violently. Oh, no. Leviticus's horror is a mix of it follows and the thing, but what the movie really is here for is the drama, which is a mix of Love, Simon, and I'm sure another piece of literature, but I'm going to real. I'm more read up on my horrors than I am my LGBTQIA plus media. Let's say Heartbreakers or something. I don't know. Also, before anyone comes at me, I'm well aware that a lot of horror is already queer media in its subtext and all that, but you understand what mean. You guys got it. You guys get it. I'm not an ally, apparently. Oh, my God. Exposed. I just know in LA. He's getting them on side early. Being the feature directorial debut for Adrian Chiarella, it premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The movie has seen rave reviews from pretty much everyone. It's getting a worldwide release. And while this movie is good and great and excellent, it still pees me off that the only Aussie films that are doing well on the world stage are depressing metaphors.
Exploration of LGBTQIA+ Issues in Film
00:05:11
Speaker
know. I know, yeah. It's, look, yeah. Not to be around the bush. It's good. Good movie. I think it's good. I think it is good, not great, in my opinion. Yeah, okay. I'm spoiled by the other Causeway films, in my opinion. Just for context, this film, Leviticus, or as I like to call it, Leviticus. What? I don't get this. It's just a little funny. Oh, it's just little funny you're doing. This is a little reference.
00:05:33
Speaker
Leviticus. I only understand referential humor, so I only get it if someone else has done it before and then you're repeating it to me. I'm just being whimsical, bro. Don't worry. I hate it. Leviticus was... I can't stop saying it now. Leviticus was produced by Causeway Films, which is a leader in the Australian film Zeitgeist. They did Talk to Me, Bring Her Back, Babadook, all of these horror extravaganzas. And this seems to be like the next sort of... one in line of that but I don't know like it's good it's not as good as Talk To Me but it's still pretty good and I'd recommend it I don't know that's rough Talk To Me is really good that's a hot act of horror when you set the bar for horror for the next decade know same with Obsession maybe just because we've been getting so many really good horrors this season in general I say this every couple of weeks, I feel, on this podcast, but I just fall behind on my new releases.
Multiple Film Viewing Experience
00:06:27
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So I'll go a day of just two or three movies in one day just kind of be a little bit still in the zeitgeist. So I went and this was in a three-day bender for me. This was the first movie I saw at 10.30 in the morning. That's a mood. 10.30 in the morning.
00:06:39
Speaker
I see this movie. I walk into the cinema. It's one of the palace ones. I'll say that. It's one of the palace ones. Love Palace. I worked there for about two weeks over the Christmas break and they fired me. But anyway, i love Palace. You ate too much popcorn. You were sneaking too much popcorn. Well, that's a story. Anyway, go on.
00:06:55
Speaker
Most of the actual theatres in the cinema plex are kind of small, but there is a couple of really big ones. And this was playing in the really big one. The B. When I booked my ticket, no one had booked a ticket. And i was like, I'm sure someone will book a ticket. I walk in, not a single person besides me watched this movie in this giant... What a shame. But not only a shame, I was spooked.
00:07:17
Speaker
It was spooky. It amplified the experience for you, guess. was really terrifying kept seeing things move in my sideline as well. I was like, no, please. I haven't even been cursed by man, the hairy man. I haven't heard the ghost there bro. I'm not there. You can't do this to me. Oh god. I legit yelled at one point because of one of the jump scares. I love that. Which I've never done before in a cinema. It's not even like this movie is that much more scary. I just, the level of spook was amplified just because I was in this huge dark room by myself watching this movie. What What other films you watch? Oh, what other films? I saw Backrooms about 40 minutes after this. Yeah, right. Backrooms was worse than this, but still decent.
00:07:56
Speaker
Both directorial debuts. So there you go. Anyway, and what was always the third film? The Sheep Detectives, which was the best movie of the day. That's good. Awesome film. um It's a film about don't forget the people who have died because if you do, they don't get to live one through you. Damn.
Complexities of Rating Films with Cultural Messages
00:08:12
Speaker
It's really deep. In Hugh Jackman's Sheep movie. It's insanely deep. That's cool. i have to watch this now. It'll be coming to Amazon Prime at some point, I think, because it's an Amazon movie, which I do hate, but the movie itself is really good. um The sheep are a little uncanny valley, but I got over it pretty quick. That's alright. It kind of was nostalgic. you know Remember when we were talking about Scooby-Doo? Yes. yeah And there was all those other animated animal films? Your mama dukes and stuff like that. Baba Duke. Baba Duke. Mama Duke.
00:08:38
Speaker
See, I think that's the natural segue back to Leviticus. Yeah, if only if I didn't have another point to make after this. Man, we need stop talking about this. But it was like those movies, but if they were good and fun. That's good. Well, I also did a multi-film watch with Leviticus. If I can jump in. Yes, please. No, pop off. Mine might be a little bit more munter than yours because I went from Leviticus straight into Toy Story 5. Oh, that is insane. Why did you do that? I don't know. They were both on at the realest at the same time. Was it good? Was Toy Story 5 good? I have thoughts about Toy Story 5, but anyway, that's what I'm here for that. I don't want to get flamed. And look, there were people in my cinema for Leviticus. There were about five to six people. I would say a couple of couples, a couple of stragglers like me. The cinema I go to is it's in an alternative part of town. going to punch you. Sorry. Sorry, that was that was awful. So you'll just have really like pretentious people coming in to watch whatever. Are they the kind of people who come in with like a wine glass? Yeah, or like they're the type of people that are scrolling Letterboxd before and after the film. That that is No shade, I'm the exact same. No, I do that. I'm one of those people. If you live in Sydney, you probably know which suburb I'm talking about. but anyway. You've talked yourself. That's the thing. I travel like 45 minutes to get there. Really? That's insane thing. Oh man. I love living near a cinema, which is not the same one I went to this time of the day. I'm here for the culture.
00:09:58
Speaker
leviticus in all seriousness though watching this movie while enjoyed it a the horror itself is actually not its weakest element but definitely not strongest i think it's weak sauce as hell damn it's not so much like ah gotcha horror it's more yeah and this is and to be fair i maybe we should i look don't want to like say your sexuality for you but i am a straight man yeah i don't can you relate to this uh in ways in Yeah, this is a film about social horror that a lot gay people, a lot of people with the LGBTQA plus community feel. Anxiety
Critique of Horror Elements in 'Leviticus'
00:10:35
Speaker
and othering and just social panic, I believe. These are points I didn't make. This is something that someone told me about in a conversation about. So I don't want to like, I'm not clever on this one. I feel like a lot of meaning. don't want gentrify the conversation. want to steal this. But someone was explaining to me that a lot of the horror in this, they make you fear each other, like the AIDS scare and stuff like that. and that kind of thing the fear mongering that they surgically implant into each person to make them not want to be around each other so I think and I think the thing part of this movie where you're kind like is that the demon is that not the demon I thought that was pretty tense look could you tell most of the time Yeah, you could, but I still think it works because it's not so much that you can tell. The guy in the film, name, he can probably tell, there's like the slight chance that it is the man that he loves. Yes. And you're like, no, please don't take the chance, but I also understand why you're taking the chance, but also just don't take the chance, please i think it was telling that the audience was sort of getting into it like oh don't talk to him that type of thing like that draws you in but in terms of the actual horror the start the first scare in the pool i understand that it's more supposed to introduce you to the themes of the film and the main supernatural element but as a opening scare it was a bit sort of muted and And there wasn't really anything that reached those highs, unfortunately, but that's not what I came for. And I think I'll sort of get into this when we do our wrap up, but I feel like as someone with my brand of sexuality, which I'm not going to disclose live on That's fair. That's fair. I think that I wouldn't be able to get as much out of this as some other groups and communities of the LGBTQIA plus community.
Praise for Cinematography and Coming-of-Age Drama
00:12:20
Speaker
I feel like it's not made for me. And as a result, maybe my impact isn't the core focus. Maybe it's for these other groups. And I think that's similar to, you know, when an Indigenous film speaks on Indigenous issues, it's like, well, it's awkward to comment on because it's like, I can say, oh, it had no impact, you know. Yeah.
00:12:41
Speaker
But it's like, well, you know, maybe the movie isn't isn't made for someone like me. One of the crowning moments of why I stopped wanting to actually rate media is I once... You guys wouldn't believe it, but this is actually not the first film podcast I've done. Oh my god, going to the law right now. But we in the other film podcast we did, ah my friend and I, we Matt was not part of this one, unfortunately. I was not alive yet. He actually wasn't born yet, it's true. We reviewed the movie I Saw the TV Glow, and that movie bounced off...
00:13:09
Speaker
Both of us. Neither of us were trans. And so in the conversation we had, we discussed a lot about how this movie had a lot of effect on the trans community. those It was huge um at the time. i don't I've not heard of the film before, but like I can imagine. Yeah, it was huge. The number one liked letterbox review at the time, I'd like to think still is, I haven't checked in a while, so I don't know, is from a trans person saying that the movie actually gave them the courage to come out. And that's what it's all about, yeah. Which is beautiful. That's really beautiful. That's a magic of cinema is that it reveals that. But the movie bounced off both of us.
00:13:46
Speaker
And it just wasn't for us, is the thing. And so then when it came to rating it, i was like, I don't like the fact that I'm rating this. Just because I didn't get what I got from it doesn't mean this movie isn't great in what it it was trying to do. it just, what it was trying to do wasn't meant for me. I didn't i didn't push for it, because you were on board pretty much the whole time. I said I didn't really want to rate movies in yeah this podcast. Because if anything like this came up, Leviticus... yeah I didn't want to have to sit there and be like, ignore my rating, but I'm giving a rating. you know It's a bit sort of tone deaf in that regard. And it's like, who are we as well? Who are we to give yeah definitive ratings on anything? If you check my letterbox, I've rated it. Here, we're here to discuss the film. We're not here to tell you to watch it. Well, no, we are here to tell you. We're here to tell you to watch it when we think it's worth watching. I'm crashing and burning. It's hard. This is all hard convo. yeah This podcast, I'm going to try and articulate it just social short and it. This podcast is a discussion of the celebration of Australian cinema, not an objective ranking of Australian films because firstly, that's insane. And secondly, Australia is such a multicultural people with multicultural stories and multicultural experiences. And we are only two men.
00:14:57
Speaker
Yeah, but we're a very small demographic. We do not cover a very large demographic. Exactly. But yeah, look, here's what I loved about Leviticus. Yes, please. Because I came into this kind of negative. i don't know why I did that because i actually kind of, I do think this movie is good. The horror elements you weren't a fan of, but I'm sure there's other elements because that's my thing is I think the horror isn't its strongest point. The drama is way better. I agree. So that's where I think the film really, really shines is the coming of age drama aspects of it. The romance between Naaman Ryan is fantastic. It's
Detailed Analysis of 'Leviticus' Horror Mechanics
00:15:30
Speaker
really beautiful, isn't it? It's really, really beautiful content there. Several scenes where I grew attached to them. And their back and forth and the complexity of who they mean to each other and then also how the outside perceives them. But I think my favourite aspect of this film by far is the fantastic cinematography, the fantastic landscape of the film, the location it's set and the amazing colour grading. That is what I got out of this film. This film is beautifully shot. I love it the expanse of the shots here, the wide open, the POV aspects of it, the industrial country, to such a unique Australian location.
00:16:14
Speaker
And that's something that I've been missing from bunch of the films we've watched recently. A film that personifies place as a character. And the grading helps as well. The colour in this film is beautiful. Beautiful. Yeah. Look, I made fun with my Russo brothers and Christopher Nolan bit just because it is quite grey and dour, but it looks good. It suits it. It's good. That was little joke from me to you. Yeah, it does look very Nolan, but I think just it works so, so well here. Even establishing aspects of the horror but also to personify this dark dour world where the main characters are unwanted yeah it's so oppressive really sad yeah and it's visual sort of iconography so much so because i'm i'm ideating a feature film at the moment but i want my feature to look like this film in terms of its landscapes, in terms of its color, in terms of its energy of a big, big world impeding on these small, small people. You know I mean? Yeah. That's what I really got out of this film, and I want to stress that. That's what increased my enjoyment because every single shot, I was like, oh, look at that. That's good. I love that. Look at that. That's great. Take a look at that. That's great. I was like a dad looking at his holiday photos after a holiday. like, oh, look that. What a beauty. Look at that shot of the big banana. What a beauty. That's what I really got out of it. And I liked the supernatural concept as well. I think that was cool. I mentioned my little intro, the it follows slash the thing type horror. This is so it follows. Yeah. Yeah. In so many. Have you seen it follows? I've not, but seen the thing and I see where you're coming from. Yeah. Yeah, well, it follows as horror.
00:17:47
Speaker
A lot of it's centered around stuff in the background. Yes, yeah. And this movie's horror is stuff in the background. There's one particular scene where Name runs away from the entity, and he turns and watches behind him, and then you see in the unfocused background that the entity walks out and starts walking towards him, and you're turn around.
00:18:05
Speaker
It's like a Dora Explorer episode. You're like, he's behind you! Legit, legit. And that stuff always gets me. um I'm like, please, turn around. You need to turn around. It's aspect of it. It's like, ooh, ooh. And the fact it's not running, it's walking. you're like, you have so much time to turn around, dude. And look, please, please.
00:18:23
Speaker
There's a little shout out, which has not actually mean anything because we're smaller than them in every single way. But there's a podcast called Scary Boys by an Australian podcast network called Sans Pans Radio.
Character Decisions and Performances Critique
00:18:35
Speaker
And their thing is that whenever they watch a horror movie, they go, do the characters act smart? Yes, yeah. That's important in a horror movie. I must say these characters are dumb. They are. These are dumb, dumb characters. They're young and they're in love. To certain point, they're young. I get that. And I buy into the moments that are like that. However, the one part that I just really like, and it was good horror until it became frustrating because didn't like what he was doing. And I like Name. Name's a good character. relatable. He's relatable. He's compelling. performance by Joe Bird brilliant performances by everyone I think Stacey Clausen who plays Ryan is probably the best just because he can yes he did switch between the entity and being actual Ryan quite a lot because we never see any other version of the entity very nuanced yeah so I think he does a really good job of that also surprise Mia was a Kowska who does play Alice in Wonderland in the timber and Alice in Wonderland hence my joke
00:19:30
Speaker
I didn't realize she was Australian. Yeah, man. She's from Canberra. Glad she got to escape. That's good for her. Kind of a muted character, though. Like, it's like you don't really know much about her. That's the thing. I don't mind that. The things I didn't like. So it's the back end, right? It's where things are culminating. First of all, this movie moves really quick. Way quicker than you expect. I think it i think it's 88 minutes long. It could have been a bit longer.
00:19:50
Speaker
But back at the back end, this is where the horror is really coming together and the entity's trying to get into names and... house he notices it's the entity yeah but then there's a moment at the back door but the fly wire and he's talking to it and he's trying to talk to him and we've met a lesbian earlier who was like hey this thing's gonna learn how to pretend to be your lover better and better it's gonna figure out your man it's mannerisms it's gonna out how to talk it warns you that this thing's gonna become a better chameleon as it goes along yeah And yet he still continues to talk- He entertains it. To the very suspicious young man at his back door. He's like, let me understand my like fake BF. It's a little bit silly. Ryan Demon is like, please let me in. it The entity is out here. I need to get in. And names obviously basically like, oh, I don't know. You could be the entity. He's like, no shit.
00:20:37
Speaker
And Ryan's like, Nora, please let me in. And Name's like, oh, my mom will be back soon. And then Ryan's like, well, then she'll see me and it'll prove that I'm real. What? It's like, if you're actually worried about the entity, why are you just gonna stand at the back door and let it come at you? You're not even looking around to check to make sure it's not coming for you right now. Exactly.
00:20:57
Speaker
Oh my goodness gracious me. But Name's still like, oh, I'm going to get closer. And then the entity punches through the fly wire and grabs him by the hair, which that was kind of cool. was cool. How that work? And then though, because it leads on to my next frustration. Name barricades the front door, but not the back, which is also wide open. The front door is way more sturdy than the back door. Curious choice. He ends up having to duke it out with the entity because it gets into his house. They end up in the bathroom. Oh, actually, when the entity was putting its fist into his mouth was pretty grot. I kind of like that. Yeah, it was cool. I like that. was pretty cool. was like, oh my god, they you're kill name that's crazy dude horrible ending but yeah kind of cool and also very thematic as well yeah oh yeah true true true yeah very thematic but um he pulls out the lighter lights the flame and then he's like oh i hate fly fire hate that don't do that to me just keep doing that what happened you have the fire like the fire is obviously powerful you have the sword to slay the beast you now know what to do and he's like freaked he's like no just Get a big torch or something. And to be fair, at the end, he does burn down a building on it. And that was a fun ending. And I liked that there's this moment at that part where Demon Ryan and Name are on two different sides of this grate that at the start of the film, they're on the same side of to prove like there's a division between them now and stuff like that. It's good. It's good stuff. And Name... is walking towards Ryan. He's like, please let me out of this burning building. I hate being in burning buildings. Not because I'm a demon or anything, but because I'm normal guy. You hate being burnt alive. And you're kind like, Name don't believe him. But Name didn't believe him, and he closes the thing and just lets him burn. And that's cool. Very Terminator ending as well, which I thought was a cool sort of climax. And then the movie basically ends from there. don't know. I think maybe I would have just liked to get a bit more context surrounding the cult...
00:22:42
Speaker
family and and the all the background because they're gonna get from that though you know what is the goal of the cult family was is the goal they just them they're anti-gay they for them to expunge the gays or to convert the gays or like because they're still gay that's the thing yeah so yeah it's bad conversion therapy which i guess maybe is a
Personal Resonance and Themes of Belonging
00:23:02
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commentary on real conversion therapy because it doesn't really work does it very very true let's talk about things that we like though because i think we just ragged on the movie quite a bit I really like Joe Bird. Joe Bird's good. Little boy from ah Talk To Me. He's all grown up now. He's all grown up now. And he's having sex. And he's having fun on a bus, which I love. is. Yeah.
00:23:20
Speaker
I think there's this really cool thing that he does with Mia Wesokowska, who plays his mum. Where he just kind of slowly realizes she's not willing to protect him. Or she's just not able to recognize how to protect him. And you can just kind of see the heartbreak in his face. That no one's there for Or she's not going to help him. He finds love with Ryan and he finds companionship with Ryan. But he really plays the heartbreak of realizing your parent isn't there for And it's such a relatable theme as well. That's the thing too. It's so easy to feel othered in those scenarios and that type thing. Even if people are supportive in the end, you will always feel like an outsider in the general community, especially these days, you know what I mean? Where there's so much social division and subconscious othering and gender roles And personally think that was a really compelling part of Name's character was that no one, like he obviously has the love and support of Ryan, but that isn't external support. And it's also like dangerous because that love is being weaponized against him as well. There's no, he has no safe love in his life. All he needs to do is just move to Brunswick. That's all I'll say. Plenty of support there. know Yeah. Maybe that's where they were going at the end of the movie. They were going off to- It makes sense. They could go to the Brunswick Film Festival. Brunswick Underground, shout out. I think some of the kills were kind of cool. Like, you don't really see a lot, but I think the implication of what happens is pretty cool. Unfortunately for me, just that the scares just weren't super scary. I think that the mystery was played out very well when he's like- who are you talking to? You're like, you. And he's like, what? And I was like, everything else about this film, the sort the meta narrative, the undertones, the themes, the cinematography, man, the cinematography was just like, delicioso.
00:25:05
Speaker
I eat that up for days. That's what kept me going through this film. And I think it, as a result, it is good. And I think if you are someone who has experienced some of the things that name has experienced feelings of othering feelings of anxiety around what love is and who really loves you and who is on your side and who you have to support you think you'll really get something out of this film and i'm glad that causeway was able to make a film like this know what i mean
Final Thoughts and Future Film Directions
00:25:31
Speaker
and and the director as well like like first time director directorial debut this is great this is a great start for the guy i'm excited to see what he does next That was like very like the movie show, the Siskel and Eva ending right there. I'm excited to see what this young whippersnapper has. right, I'm going **** off now. Fine. How about that? I bet they wouldn't say that on the movie show, would they?
00:25:52
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I'm going to ****. I'm going to do it on live TV. I have seen Leviticus, Babadook talk to me and bring her back. I do think out of those four, Leviticus is the weakest one. But I think it's a really strong oeuvre of film though. I think all four of them are- I think it's got some harsh competition. The people at Causeway, they're so talented at making great horror, producing great horror, catapulting young filmmakers to the forefront. I just love to see them do coming of age drama or something like that. Something other than this. Some of the really, really strong aspects of Talk To Me, Bring Her Back, Leviticus, have all been- age stuff those moments of downtime those moments of human like the moment in bring it back when they're listening to red food for example or the moment here at the school and that type of thing you'd like doing is you know day-to-day lifestyle stuff that stuff is like really really compelling to me and i'd love to see them just give a genre shift you know what mean
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I'd love to see them give that a go. And I think that would be like, this isn't cross promotion, but I want to work with Causeway. That would be, that would be a cool thing. Let us work with Causeway, please. so Let's work with all the movie people. Please. Let's be and famous, like chicken shop date.
00:27:06
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Hey, Mitch. Yeah. I've got a question for you, man. Oh, please ask me this question. I think I know the answer. I hope You've had week to, know, Bloody hell, bloody What the most Australian thing about levidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidigidig Whoa, whoa. I mean, yes, but whoa. To me, the most Australian thing about Levitigity-gity-gity-gis was the fact that the fly wire door was garbage and couldn't stop the natural fly from getting in. We've got a good one at my house. Yeah, we don't. There's actually straight up just holes in it that you could rip I was looking after a cat at one point, and I opened the doors because it was hot.
00:27:59
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I looked away to do something in my lounge room, looked back, and the cat was like outside. i was like, how'd you do that? And it turned there was just a giant hole in the flywire that I just hadn't seen. Your cat pulled the Leviticus through the flywire. exactly well didn't even have to punch through though it just walked through because I was like what anyway ah did not open that door ever again that is an Australian thing though of just fly wire just garbage fly wire perpetually broken yeah this is just Bunnings Warehouse talk Bunnings Warehouse lowest progress is just the beginning Our fly wire, it's one of those like roller, what is it called? Like a rolling one. You know what mean? You roll in and out. I'm doing a hand motion while I do this, but you roll it in and like it goes. And it's so thin that you can't actually see the actual wire. And so we've had guests over and like. Just walk straight in. older family members and that type of thing just walk into it and we're like i'm sorry don't sue us please you need to have like a metal backbone to it you can't just have the wire itself you gotta have that that uh support like the lattice type thing you can tell i don't go to bunnings that much yeah me well so we tell you what we're doing next week but it's not set in stone yet so what next week's episode is you'll find out then
00:29:09
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Where can
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00:29:10
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we find out more of the podcast, Mitch? On TikTok, Instagram, threads, and YouTube. You can find us at UndersouthernScreensPod. Give us a follow. You can also send us emails at UndersouthernScreensPod at gmail.com. Give us an email. Give us also a lovely review with a five-star rating. It does actually help us. It will get us into other people's It gets us on the ah the charts and then other people can hear our crappy takes and everyone can share the suffering. Suffering shared is suffering harmed, all right? So get us out there. Exactly right. if There's strength in numbers, as they say. exactly And eventually you can send enough emails to us to make me do my promise of ****.
00:29:50
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live podcast. How did we get to that? That's what I want. We're what? 22 episodes in. We're already. I just find it funny. i noted this We'll see if this makes it to the final episode. Yeah. Maybe cut this out.
00:30:05
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And keep an eye on them southern screens. Thanks for listening to another episode of Under Southern Screens. We'll be back next week to talk more films down under. We just want to attribute that our opening title is Heavy Duty by Zoo and our closing title is Heavy Weight by Fell Creek. Thanks so much for listening and Mitch and I will see you in the next episode. See you next time.
00:30:29
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Under Southern Screens would like to acknowledge the stolen lands on which this podcast is recorded and produced and pay tribute to the Wurundjeri and Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nation and Kamaragal people of the Eora Nation.
00:30:42
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Sovereignty was never ceded and we pay respect to all Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.