Third Row Centre

A film club in your ears, one picture a week

Marama Whitcombe2 episodes2 min of audio124 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2May 20, 20260:5775 plays Preview

Speed, Thirty Years On: Is It Actually a Perfect Film

Marama and critic Ngaire Pohatu defend Jan de Bont's 1994 bus thriller as a model of construction, then test the theory against the elevator opening, the subway ending and the sequel nobody wanted.

S1 · E1Mar 27, 20260:5249 plays Members

Pather Panchali and the Sound of Rain on a Tin Roof

Marama and projectionist Hemi Tāne watch the restored print of Satyajit Ray's 1955 debut and talk about Ravi Shankar's score, the train scene and how a film with almost no plot holds you.

About the show

Third Row Centre is a weekly film club for people who like to argue about a movie on the walk home. Marama Whitcombe programmes a small independent cinema in Wellington, and each week she and a rotating guest, a projectionist, a critic, a friend who has never seen Casablanca, watch one film and talk it through for about 45 minutes. One week it is a restored Satyajit Ray print, the next a 90s action film nobody will admit to loving. The conversation covers what the film is doing, when it was made and why it still lands or no longer does, and ends with a short listener voice-note segment where you can send your own take through the app. Spoilers are flagged with a timestamp so you can watch first. It is for anyone who misses having someone to talk to after the credits roll.

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