Afro Kung Fu BEAT! w/ Cosmo Reindorf

STAR WARS w/ Cosmo Reindorf

To celebrate May (the) 4th (be with you), Cosmo joins me to discuss one of the greatest and most influential cinematic franchises of all time, Star Wars. Over the course of an hour, we cover design, influence, costumes, lore, themes, politics, and feature a secret special guest.

Afro Kung Fu BEAT! w/ Cosmo Reindorf

For this episode, I was joined by Cosmo Anoi Herbert Reindorf, writer, director, and self-titled zero budget filmmaker. He is one of my most charismatic, comedic friends and I had the pleasure of discussing his most recent film Afro Kung Fu Beat! We recorded this quite impromptu in our London studio, and it’s got a slightly different feel to some other Algo episodes. A little more freewheeling, fun, and excitable. We discuss, his inspirations, blaxsploitation cinema, Tarantino, the influence Sydney has had on his work, before moving over to Star Wars and his future projects. Enjoy.  LINK TO FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKBj8CJ5tbU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKBj8CJ5tbU] COSMO'S REFERENCE LIST: https://letterboxd.com/cahr/list/inspirations-references-and-quotations-in/ [https://letterboxd.com/cahr/list/inspirations-references-and-quotations-in/]

Frat Pack Comedies w/ Thomas Underhill

Grab a cold one from the refrigerator as Liliana and guest-host, writer/director Thomas Underhill discuss the American Frat Pack comedies [https://web.archive.org/web/20120803084226/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49433] of the early 2000s. Think Will Ferrell as a 70s News Anchor, or Carell as the world's most beloved 40-year-old virgin. We think very studiously about the man-child archetype of the era, Todd Phillips' insidious politics, and Terrence Malik's favourite film, Zoolander. Please find Thomas' amazing films here https://vimeo.com/thomasunderhill [https://vimeo.com/thomasunderhill]

Indie Sleaze

The Algorhythm discuss Indie Sleaze and the push for its revival [https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/54603/1/wtf-is-indie-sleaze-comeback-tiktok-trend-y2k-chanel-saint-laurent-cobrasnake] we've seen in recent years... looking at its relationship with digitalism, Lizzy Goodman's 'Meet Me In The Bathroom', ⁠Alexa Chung ⁠ [https://www.ft.com/content/a82ae431-f7cf-4bee-9e43-ff58ed77fe96]and Alex Turner's love letters... to name a few topics.

BONUS episode, ROHMER

In this Bonus episode, Liliana discusses her favourite films from French New Wave director Eric Rohmer, and some of the key themes embedded into his work. Touching on Jung's idea of synchronicity, Parisian geography playing a role with chance, age gap relationships, and a little on the pinterestification of his film stills. Enjoy Xx We will still be doing our regular schedule, and going live tomorrow at 8PM.