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Episode 48! Stu and Billy are back at the flicks as they attempt to watch everything on offer at the Sydney Film Festival ! Running from the 7th till the 18th of June, the Sydney Film Festival has over 400 sessions and 288 films on offer. Trying to pick a film can be a little overwhelming, so we have put together a top 20 list of the festival here In this weeks podcast episode we delve into the films we've seen from the first week of the Festival so far. These include: Ana, Mon Amour, The Ornithologist, Waiting for Giraffes, The Nile Hilton Incident, Manifesto, 78/52, Whitney: Can I be Me, Taste of Cherry, My Year with Helen, Happy End, Ingrid Goes West, The Wall, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Ama-San, I Am Not You Negro As well as the films, Stu and I look over the latest in movie news. As always it would make our day if you could take a couple of minutes to rate and reviews us on iTunes or drop us some feedback below! Really keen to have your input in...

It's that time of year. Where Sydney cinephiles maddeningly scratch their heads trying to fit as many movies into a day as possible, and go slightly mad trying. That's right, it's Sydney Film Festival time! The Festival runs from the 7th till the 18th of June and the full list of movies can be found here:  http://www.sff.org.au/ To help you out Billy and Stu have put a list together of the 20 films they are keen to see over the festival. 1. The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola Set during the American Civil War, the film follows a young girl who decides to take an injured soldier into her house after finding him. Once in the house, the dynamic of the house and it's all female residents changes as sexual rivalry and jealousy interjects.The film stars Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst, and Colin Farrell. 2. 78/52 by Alexandre O. Philippe An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the ...