The Movie Squad podcast offers your weekly volley of opinions on films ranging from the electrifying to the enigmatic. First up, Tristan Fidler and Breakfast host Pamela Boland review Luca Guadagnino's sensual tennis drama Challengers, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor. Then, Simon Miraudo returns serve with a review of Ryusuke Hamaguchi's ecological tone-poem Evil Does Not Exist, in which a Japanese village contends with corporate intruders. Stay tuned for an extended pod-exclusive conversation about Evil Does Not Exist and the continuing controversy around Alex Garland's Civil W ..read more

It's every man, woman and child for themselves in this episode of the Movie Squad podcast! First up, Tristan Fidler regales Simon Miraudo and Breakfast host Pamela Boland with his take on Alex Garland's contentious new thriller, Civil War. Then, Simon leads a review of the new Aussie horror satire Late Night with the Devil, starring David Dastmalchian as a TV talk show host who attempts an on-air exorcism. Finally, stay tuned for a pod-exclusive review of The First Omen. All three films are now showing in Australian cinemas. Tune into RTRFM 92.1 at 7:30am on Fridays for your regular broadcast ..read more

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo reunite with Breakfast host Pamela Boland for the latest instalment of the Movie Squad podcast! First up, Simon leads a review of Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man, in which Patel plays a revenge-seeker who rises up through the ranks of Mumbai's underworld to avenge his mother's death. Then, Tristan reviews Ava DuVernay's ambitious Origin, based on the non-fiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and the life of its author Isabel Wilkerson (played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor). Keep listening for a pod-exclusive review of Doug Liman and Jake Gyllen ..read more

Tristan Fidler and Cecilia Allen join Breakfast host Pamela Boland to serve up another sparkling edition of movie chat for this episode of the Movie Squad podcast! Tristan starts with the latest entry in the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which brings together members of the original Ghostbusters (Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts) with the newer cast including "the internet's boyfriend" Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Mackenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard and James Acaster. Then Cecilia opens up the swear jar for the new British comedy Wicked Little Letters which stars ..read more

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo have reunited with Breakfast host Pamela Boland for a horror-themed edition of the Movie Squad podcast! (And as they go to great pains to point out, they haven't reviewed a horror movie since last October, so no complaining!) First though, it's a recap of Hollywood's night of nights, as the trio share their thoughts on this year's Oscar ceremony. Then, Tristan reviews the spooky new Blumhouse feature Imaginary, starring DaWanda Wise as a woman whose stepdaughter develops a freaky relationship with a plush teddy bear. Simon also reviews You'll Never Find Me, a s ..read more

Cecilia Allen and Lucy Rutherford step in for the Gemini Men (Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo) on this special International Women's Day edition of Movie Squad! They look at two great new cinema releases, both led by and directed by women, with Breakfast host Pamela Boland. First up, Cecilia covers crime thriller Love Lies Bleeding from director Rose Glass, starring Kristen Stewart as a gym manager and Katy O'Brien as her bodybuilding lover. It arrives in cinemas next week. Then, Lucy reviews the BIFA-winning coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex, starring Mia McKenna-Bruce as a teenager pressu ..read more

The prophecy comes true on this week's edition of the Movie Squad podcast. We are of course referring to the prophecy that Simon Miraudo and Cecilia Allen would review the long-awaited Dune Part 2 for the 'Reverend Mother' of Breakfast, Pamela Boland. After Simon's review of the new Dune (which includes a recounting of Paul Atreides' numerous nicknames), Cecilia takes a look at the Oscar-nominated Tunisian documentary Four Daughters, about a family that saw half of its children defect to Islamic State. Both films are now in Australian cinemas. Keep listening for a pod-exclusive review of the O ..read more

On this week's instalment of the Movie Squad podcast, Tristan Fidler reviews a new Coen brother (singular) film, Simon Miraudo discusses the wickedly talented Mia Wasikowska, and Brekky host Pam Boland reveals herself to be a chaotic presence in cinemas. Queer comedy Drive Away Dollsis the first picture on the docket, from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, with Tristan and Pam bonding over their shared theatrical experience with the pic's silly shenanigans. Then Simon brings everyone back down with Club Zero, a troubling and dangerous drama from Jessica Hausner, in which Mia Wasikowska plays a stra ..read more

Her web connects them all! We are of course referring to Brekky host Pam Boland, who is joined for Movie Squad by Simon Miraudo and Lucy Rutherford while Tristan Fidler is on special assignment in the Amazon researching spiders. First up, Lucy leads a review of Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson as a paramedic who discovers she can see into the future and must use these powers to protect some Spider-adjacent teenagers that, for legal reasons, cannot resemble or be named Peter Parker. Then, Simon doubles up with a second review of Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves, which he previously covered for ..read more

With Simon Miraudo away on special assignment, Tristan Fidler and Breakfast host Pam Boland are joined by reviewer Cecilia Allen for another episode of the Movie Squad podcast! For our first review, Cecilia discusses the new Canadian drama Riceboy Sleeps directed by Anthony Shim and partly based on his own childhood experiences growing up as a Korean immigrant in Vancouver. The film is set in the 1990s and follows a Korean single mother So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon) raising her young son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) in the Canadian suburbs. Out in cinemas now. Then, Tristan visits The Kitchen, a Briti ..read more