Far From Ideal

.We are very lucky to be joined by Emily Manthei, the writer/director of Berlin Loop, an independent film set in Berlin that sees a young woman take on Berlin’s bike thief mafia using a time loop. Ge…

.This week on Far From Ideal, we delve into Jean-Claude Van Damme’s mind boggling 1996 directorial debut The Quest. This film has it all: pirates, Muay Thai training, Roger Moore selling Van Damme in…

This week we’re asking big questions about the world of documentaries: what is the relationship between observer and subject? what is truth? What’s up with Love is Blind? Yes our in depth conversatio…

Heretic is a film with a deep basement that you’d rather not go into, so join us as we root around down there. Filled with psychological tension, half baked symbolism and Hugh Grant as an actually pr…

This week, we dive headfirst into the world of film and TV openings - not just the flashy first scenes, but the often-skipped opening titles that set the tone, build the world, and occasionally warn …

In this week’s report from the frontlines of cinema, we recap Hannah’s trip to this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Glitz, glamour, Cuba Gooding Jr and surprisingly few opportunities to watch films, Can…

Equal parts Brideshead Revisited, The Talented Mr Ripley and Kind Hearts and Coronets - a dash of 2000s public school aesthetic - two oversaturated white boys - the joy of Rosamund Pike and Richard E…

This week we’re joined by musician and producer James Berkeley to dive deep into the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Not the James Cameron blue people Avatar, though we do immediately get into a…

Making a film entirely in one shot is surely one of the most masochistic exercises a filmmaker can undertake. And yet they persist!

We cover everything from Hitchock’s classic Rope that mimics a sing…

With Kirstie Alley, John Travolta and Bruce Willis as the voice of a baby, Look Who’s Talking was the surprise smash hit of 1989. But does it hold up as a masterpiece of cinema, or is its legacy tarn…

Damien Chazelle makes films about three things: music, filmmaking and toxic people single mindedly achieving their dreams while the rest of their lives crumble around them. Whether it’s an abusive ja…

Tarantino’s most recent film takes him fully into his dude-bro podcast guy era. Featuring: cool cars, movie stars, movie stars driving cool cars and a bizarre revisionist history of the Manson murder…

Fresh off this year’s Berlinale, Hannah takes us behind the scenes of Berlin’s premier film festival. We dive into all the hard hitting topics: the joys and existential horrors of networking, the mys…

In 2024, M. Night Shyamalan lured moviegoers in with the slick and exciting trailer for his latest directorial misfire, Trap. Featuring the pop sensation that is Saleka Shyamalan, Kid Cudi cosplaying…

The rip roaring ride that was the 97th Academy Awards has come and Hannah is hearing about it all for the first time! The sweep for Sean Baker and Anora, the history-making moments for Flow (first La…

In this week’s very special episode we look ahead to the 97th Academy Awards. The highs, the lows, the nominees, the snubs and we answer the two very important questions: who will probably win and wh…

What happens when a celebrated French director makes a Spanish language opera about a Mexican cartel leader’s gender transition journey? You get the cinematic… film that is Emilia Perez, a movie that…

On another thrilling episode of “Far From Ideal colon Sofa Spuds”, we run the gamut from The Muppets all the way through Ricky Gervais and explode out the other end with the recent horror movie offer…

Madame Web has been trashed by pretty much everyone, including some of those involved with making the film. But is all that criticism entirely fair? Are we simply jumping on the bandwagon? Didn’t all…

This week we ask important questions about the core of high art and cinema such as: Is Spy Kids cool? How many Marvel films have we each seen? And was the score of The Butterfly Effect entirely compo…