Film Buffs Podcast

02/05/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:00:43 +0000

This week we focus on Dennis Lambert, subject of the documentary Of All The Things, directed by his son Jody Lambert and screening as part of First Look at ACMI; Nick Matteo reviews Sons of Anarchy (8.30pm Thursday, Showcase); and producer Daniel Scharf is in the studio for a chat and gives us the rundown on the 2009 DigiSPAA Competition, now accepting entries.

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25/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:00:06 +0000

Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2009 Program Director Sophie Brous joins us to talk about the Jazz On Film program at ACMI; Editor Scott Murray and Festival Reports Editor Michelle Carey are in the studio to tell us all about the online journal Senses of Cinema; Jeremy Kewley joins us to talk about his career and Call Girl The Musical; Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review Stuck and Flashbacks of a Fool.

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18/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:00:27 +0000

Brian MacFarlane reviews Good; Boris Trbic reviews Berlin Calling, Geliebte Clara (Clara), Die Entdeckung der Currywurst (The Invention of the Curried Sausage), and Jerichow, screening as part of the Audi Festival of German Films 2009; veteran Australian actor Wendy Hughes is on the phone to talk about her extensive career and the ACMI Focus On Wendy Hughes; and “Punslinger” Tim Vine is in the studio to talk about his show as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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11/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:00:24 +0000

This week, we have an extended interview with veteran Australian television and film director George “Noddy” Miller.

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04/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:00:37 +0000

Paul Byrne reviews Knowing; Simone Ubaldi reviews The Boat That Rocked; veteran music industry all-rounder and the voice of Woodstock, Chip Monk, is in the studio to talk about his career and tell a few stories; and we finish with a call from Jeff Stilson, who is currently in Australia for the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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28/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:00:51 +0000

Nick Matteo reviews Hollywood Residential (Movie Extra, 10pm Thursday), Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure (ABC, 9.30pm Wednesday) and the straight-to-DVD release Plague Town; writer/director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs join us to talk about Mary and Max; and we finish with producer David Elfick and writer/actor Rai Fazio in the studio to discuss Two Fists, One Heart.

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21/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:00:04 +0000

Brian McFarlane reviews Dean Spanley, Last Chance Harvey and Of Time and the City; Simone Ubaldi reviews Easy Virtue and Blindness; Co-Vice President of WIFT, Melinda O’Connor, is on the phone to tell us about the upcoming forum and demonstration Designing Women; and director Paul Clarke also joins us on the phone to discuss his documentary Bombora: The History of Australian Surfing, screening on ABC TV.

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14/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:00:21 +0000

Joe Dolce reviews Goya’s Ghosts, the documentary Trumbo and Screamers; Ian Thompson reviews Vampyr and Eden Lake; everyone has something to say about Let The Right One In; director John Evagora and actor Steve Mouzakis are in the studio to talk about 296 Smith Street, screening as part of Flickerfest; Nick Matteo reviews Watchmen at VMax; and we finish with filmmaker Rohan Spong discussing his documentary T Is For Teacher, screening as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2009.

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07/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:00:33 +0000

Simon Ford is the director of FedFest short film festival and he joins us in the studio with film directors Yianni Warnock and Ariel Kleiman to tell us all about it; Lisa Dethridge reviews Astérix aux jeux olympiques (Asterix at the Olympic Games) and Des poupées et des anges (Dolls and Angels), and Boris Trbic reviews Ulzhan, Comme les autres (Baby Love) and the documentary C’est dur d’être aimé par des cons (It’s Hard Being Loved by Jerks), all screening as part of the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2009; Ross Thornton from Growling Frogs is on the phone to tell us about an initiative to give high school children funding and resources to create documentaries about their experiences out of the Victoria bushfires; Cath Murfy talks about the Portable Cinema Project, which she is taking into bushfire-affected areas; and Nick Matteo closes the program with a DVD review of Boarding Gate.

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28/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:00:53 +0000

Over the next three weeks we’ll be focussing on the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2009, touring through most capital cities until early April… Lisa Dethridge previews Public Enemy - Part One (L’instinct de mort) and Séraphine; Melbourne Cinematheque, in conjunction with ACMI, has a bushfire benefit preview screening of Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah at ACMI Cinemas on Saturday 7 March at 2pm; Paul Byrne reviews Rachel Getting Married; director Tomas Alfredson is on the phone to talk about his film, Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In); Boris Trbic reviews Huo Yuan Jia (Fearless), the DVD releases The Signal and The Wave, both available through Madman, and an excellent documentary not yet available in Australia, Fog City Mavericks.

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21/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:00:34 +0000

John Flaus pays tribute to Australian character actor Reg Evans, who died in the recent Victorian bushfires; Paul Byrne reviews Ghost Town; Nick Matteo reviews two films screening on SBS this week - The Forced March (11.35pm, Tuesday 24 February) and Babylon Disease (10.00pm, Wednesday 25 February); director David Field and actor Firass Dirani join us to talk about The Combination; Ian Thompson, Mark Hartley and Justin King discuss 3D, and Transporter 3; Justin King reviews current trailers; and Ian Thompson tells us what’s hot with the Chicks and the Flannels.

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14/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Coming to you today from Polyester Books in Fitzroy, in conjunction with International Literature Conspiracy Week, director Mark Hartley co-hosts with Paul Harris to discuss all things Ozploitation with veteran producer Antony I. (Tony) Ginnane, Fangoria correspondent Michael Helms and director Jamie Blanks.

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07/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:00:58 +0000

Nick Matteo reviews True Blood (Foxtel Showcase, 8.30pm Tuesday) and the DVD releases Entertaining The Troops and Donkey Punch; director David Deneen is on the phone to talk about his first feature film release, Restraint; legendary production designer Dante Ferretti is also on the phone to talk about the production design process; Boris Trbic reviews Revolutionary Road; and director Michael James Rowland discusses The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, now available on DVD.

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31/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:00:23 +0000

Paul Harris returns and is joined by Ian Thompson and Mark Hartley for a discussion about movie marketing and reviews of Ghost Town and Gran Torino; Ian Thompson gives the rundown on what’s hot in DVD rentals with the Chicks and the Flannels; Simone Ubaldi provides her take on the Sundance Film Festival; Nick Matteo reviews Starting Out In the Evening; and Michael Kohler previews the 2009 Melbourne Cinémathèque programme.

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24/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:00:14 +0000

Kevin Janner fills in for Paul this week, with director Lawrence Johnston, discussing some of their favourite soundtracks.

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17/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:00:03 +0000

Alicia Sometimes is filling in for Paul this week… John Origlasso reviews The Wrestler; Clare Crawford is on the phone to tell us about the summer outdoor cinema at Montsalvat artists’ colony; program director Al Cossar is in the studio to give all the info on the Portable Film Festival.

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10/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:00:20 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews Woody Allen’s latest feature, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; screenwriter Simon Beaufoy is on the phone to discuss the making of Slumdog Millionaire; writer/actor/director Ari Gold talks about his career so far and his debut feature Adventures of Power, screening ACMI shortly; Nick Matteo pays tribute to director Robert Mulligan and reviews Peter Cattaneo’s latest, The Rocker; and we finish on an extended interview with director Philippe Mora.

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03/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:00:32 +0000

Welcome to another year of Film Buffs. Continuing our summer program of extended interviews, Paul Harris and co-host Mark Hartley kick things off with veteran Australian cinematographer, David Eggby.

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27/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:00:49 +0000

Simone Ubaldi discusses the Twilight phenomenon; and we have an excellent extended interview with production designer Roger Ford.

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20/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:00:55 +0000

This week we present our annual end of year special review, featuring all our regular reviewers and other special guests giving a rundown of the year’s highlights, lowlights and everything in between - as they saw it.

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13/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:00:09 +0000

Writer/director Philippe Claudel and actor Elsa Zylberstein are in the studio to talk about their film, Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long); Nick Matteo reviews Not Quite Hollywood and Untraceable, now available on DVD, Hunger, which is still screening at selected cinemas, the 8-part miniseries The Kill Point (Movie Extra, 9.30pm Sundays) and English series Party Animals (ABC, 8.35pm Tuesdays) ; Ian Thompson reviews the documentary Crazy Love, now available on DVD, and gives us the lowdown on what the Chicks and the Flannels are renting this week.

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6/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:00:28 +0000

Former Hollywood cult star turned cabaret singer Jane Badler is in to talk about her career, prior to her solo show at the Spiegeltent on Thursday 11 December; veteran Australian production designer Roger Ford is in for a chat about production design and the ACMI exhibition Setting the Scene: Film Design from Metropolis to Australia ; Brian MacFarlane reviews Nights in Rodanthe; and Mike Smith, owner-operator of the Sun Theatre in Yarraville, discusses the future of digital cinema with David Kilderry talking about the local film exhibition scene and Trevor Walters coming from the perspective of Melbourne cinema history.

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29/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:00:04 +0000

Today’s theme is AUSTRALIA… VCA graduates Corrie Chen and Kim Munro discuss the VCA Film & TV Grad Show 2008, screening at ACMI from 4-13 December; Alan Finney, in his role as a member of the AFI 50th Anniversary committee, and screenwriter Jan Sardi are in the studio to talk about Australian film production, distribution and exhibition; and Mark Hartley and Justin King close the program with a comprehensive review of Baz Luhrmann’s epic.

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22/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:00:55 +0000

Rhian Skirving is in the studio to talk about her career and first documentary feature, Rock n Roll Nerd; founder and director Brent Barber and producer Pip Carroll give the lowdown on the Bicycle Film Festival; producer Deb Masters talks about the television series The Howard Years (ABC, 8.30pm Monday); Mark Hartley reviews Quantum Of Solace and RocknRolla, Mark and Michael Helms review Dying Breed; Ian Thompson reviews You Kill Me and tells us what’s hot with the Chicks and the Flannels; and we finish with a review from Brian McFarlane of Brideshead Revisited.

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15/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:00:09 +0000

This week, it is all about the directors… interviews with Jeremy Podeswa, director of Fugitive Pieces; Nanette Burstein, director of American Teen; Jonathan Levine, director of The Wackness; and Nick Matteo takes a look at the documentary Billy The Kid.

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08/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:00:14 +0000

Ian Thompson reviews DVD releases Flawless, The Hunting Party and Felon; Michael Helms reviews the books Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide and X-rated: Adventures of an Exploitation Filmmaker, along with 3 Charles Bronson movies now available on DVD; Nick Matteo reviews the Johnnie To retrospective screening at ACMI until 16 November; Boris Trbic previews the 2008 Festival of Jewish Cinema; and we finish with cinematographer Geoff Burton in the studio to discuss his career.

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01/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:00:51 +0000

Boris Trbic previews week two of the Russian Resurrection 2008 festival, with 12, Izgnanie (The Banishment) and Prostye veshchi (Simple Things); Lisa Dethridge reviews the straight-to-DVD releases Monkey Puzzle, Den Brysomme mannen (The Bothersome Man) and The Flock; Nick Matteo reviews the Emmy Award-winning American historical epic series, John Adams (Showcase, Tuesday 8.30pm, repeated Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) and discusses YouTube; Michael Fassbender is on the phone to talk about his role as Bobby Sands in Hunger; local filmmaker Katherine Fry discusses continuity; and Paul Anderson chats about his short film, The Visitor, screening in the Raw Nerve retrospective at Cinema Nova on Wednesday 5 November.

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25/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:00:08 +0000

Paul Byrne reviews Journey to the Center of the Earth and Body Of Lies; Boris Trbic previews Ischeznuvshaya imperiya (Vanished Empire), Tiski (Vice) and Plennyy (Captive), screening as part of the Russian Resurrection 2008 festival; James Ricketson is on the line to talk about his career, including organising and filming the Sydney Harbour Bridge high wire walk by Philippe Petit in 1973; and Andrew Knight is in the studio to talk about the issues facing the Australian film industry, particularly with regard to scriptwriting.

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18/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:00:29 +0000

Lisa Dethridge reviews Man On Wire, a documentary about the daring and illegal highwire routine performed by Philippe Petit between the World Trade Center Twin Towers in 1974; composer and head of Screen Music at AFTRS, Martin Armiger, is in the studio for a discussion about film music; Nick Matteo reviews Beyond Our Ken, out now on DVD through Hopscotch, and the musical comedy TV series Bogan Pride (9pm Monday, SBS); director Alex Gibney is on the phone to discuss his latest documentary, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson; and Boris Trbic reviews A Temetetlen halott, the 2004 film from Márta Mészáros about Imre Nagy, screening Thursday 23 October on SBS.

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11/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:00:52 +0000

Paul Byrne reviews Eagle Eye; Michael Helms is in again for more chat about highlights of MUFF; Nick Matteo reviews Brian De Palma’s latest feature -Redacted - which will be released direct to DVD in Australia shortly, and the television series The Mentalist (Nine/HD, 8.30pm Sunday); producer John Patrick Patti is in the studio to discuss Xaviera Hollander: The Happy Hooker - a portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary, which is also screening at MUFF; Boris Trbic reviews Whatever Happened To Brenda Hean; and we finish this week talking with Stephen Walker about his documentary Young At Heart.

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04/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:00:32 +0000

Paul Byrne reviews WALL-E; Festival director Richard Wolstencroft is on the phone to chat about MUFF, running from 9-19 October, followed by a preview of the program with Michael Helms; Ian Thompson brings DVD reviews of The Walker, Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth and Butterfly on a Wheel, and tells us what’s hot with the Chicks and the Flannels; Brian MacFarlane has reviews of In Bruges and The Duchess; and an excellent interview with writer/director/producer Alan Ball about his career and his latest feature, Towelhead, closes the show.

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27/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:00:47 +0000

Committee member and filmmaker Jaime Snyder is in the studio to give the rundown on the Blue Dandenongs Young Filmmakers Festival; Renae Maxwell gives a short review of a very special screening she attended in Los Angeles of a work-in-progress by Al Pacino; animator Lucy Dyson is on the phone to chat about winning the 2008 Realise Your Dream prize, awarded by the British Council; David Kilderry chats about the partnership of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and the impending arrival of digital cinema; Brian MacFarlane reviews The Visitor; and Mark Savage is on the line to chat about working with David Lynch and the documentary Lynch which recently screened at ACMI.

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20/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:00:08 +0000

Simone Ubaldi and Nick Fyke co-host the show today; Brian MacFarlane reviews Funny Games; we also have reviews of the new Pixar film, Wall-E, the AFI-nominated documentary Beyond Our Ken, the British teen comedy/drama Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, and the latest Will Ferrell / John C. Riley comedy, Stepbrothers; Simone and Nick chat with Rolf de Heer about the companion website to Ten Canoes, Twelve Canoes; and we finish with some movie business news.

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13/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:00:47 +0000

Peter Kemp and Boris Trbic give you a preview of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2008; Brian McFarlane reviews The Bank Job; director Luke Walker and researcher/producer Sofia Stefanovic join us in the studio to talk about the documentary Beyond Our Ken; Simone Ubaldi reviews Sukkar banat (Caramel); Boris Trbic has been to see Waltzing With Bashir; Nick Matteo has a couple of reviews from the small screen; and we finish up with a chat on the phone to Jonathan Dreyfus, about the Gala concert held on Sunday to celebrate George Dreyfus‘ 80th birthday.

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06/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:00:45 +0000

Simone Ubaldi previews the Jim Henson exhibition at ACMI, and gives a review of Sukiyaki Western Django; Brian MacFarlane reviews The Bank Job and The Savages; English writer/director Garth Jennings is on the phone to talk about his new film, Son Of Rambow; and editor/filmmaker/musician Jamie Blanks chats about his work on Not Quite Hollywood and his new project, a remake of the genre pic Long Weekend, starring Claudia Karvan and James Caviezel.

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30/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast - 2008 Radiothon 2

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:00:50 +0000

Paul Harris, Nick Matteo, Peter Kemp and Jessica Nicholas are joined in the studio by Clayton Jacobson and Rohan Timlock, in number 2 of our 2008 Radiothon specials - keep listening for some hidden gems. Please call the station on +613 9388 1027 to subscribe and help keep us going for another 12 months, plus be in the running for some excellent prizes.

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23/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast - 2008 Radiothon 1

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:00:16 +0000

Paul Harris, Simone Ubaldi and Paul Berner discuss the circus in film, in the first of our 2008 Radiothon specials; Jim Schembri drops by to talk about movie marketing; plus we play a snippet of a discussion between Tony Biggs and Germaine Greer from On The Blower.

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16/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:00:08 +0000

Director Benjamin Gilmour talks about his film, Son Of A Lion, which opens on Thurdsay at Cinema Nova; Nick Matteo has a general review of MIFF and some more picks on the small screen from Channel 31; plus listeners Mark and Elizabeth discuss the social experience of going to the cinema. It is our annual Radiothon over the next couple of weeks - we hope you call the station on 03-9388 1027 during this time to subscribe and be in the running for some fantastic prizes. Our listeners really are our lifeblood.

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09/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:00:59 +0000

It’s a big one this week, folks - interviews with Bobby Galinsky, writer/producer of horror flick Prey; Nash Edgerton, director of The Square; Mark Scott Zicree, author of The Twilight Zone Companion; Scott Hicks, director of the documentary Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts; plus a brief review of Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?

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02/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:00:13 +0000

Coming to you this week from The Forum Theatre, in conjunction with MIFF, we’re joined by Arta Dobrosha, star of Lorna’s Silence, the latest film from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; Lizette Atkins, producer of Lionel, the biopic about Lionel Rose; Erin White, director of Four, a short film about free love, friendship, family and fondue; John Hewitt, director of Acolytes, a thriller starring Joel Edgerton, Belinda McClory and Michael Dorman; Sam Pang and John Origlasso, co-directors of Alone, Together, one of the eleven finalists in the Footy Shorts competition, screening at ACMI on Thursday night; and Pene Patrick, director of Playing For Charlie.

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26/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:00:16 +0000

Mark Hartley, stunt co-ordinator Grant Page and director Brian Trenchard-Smith relate some wonderful stories from their careers and discuss movie genre; guest curator at MIFF, Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, continues the discussion of movie genre and also talks about the George A. Romero retrospective screening at the Festival.

Click here to listen to the Max Headroom MIFF special, presented by Paul Harris and Simone Ubaldi.

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19/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:16 +0000

Ian Thompson reviews Hancock; Brian MacFarlane reviews The Riddle, soon to be released on DVD; Ian Thompson and Joe Dolce compare the two versions of the Exorcist prequel by Renny Harlin and Paul Schrader; Mark Woods, manager of 37 South: Bridging the Gap and the MIFF Premiere Fund, is on the phone to talk about these initiatives; Simone Ubaldi reviews Standard Operating Procedure; Paul Byrne reviews The Dark Knight; Nick Matteo reviews more televisual goodness in The Hollowmen (ABC, 9.30pm Wednesday), Conflict Of Interest (Ch31, 10pm Wednesday) and The Arts (Ch31, 10pm Monday); plus a review of The Band’s Visit

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12/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:00:19 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews Mamma Mia, before we spend the rest of the program on an Australian soundtracks special, with Dennis Nicholson and Mark Hartley - there’s so much more to this than just the music.

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05/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:00:32 +0000

Samuel Johnson is in to talk about actor-director relationships, which will be explored in Open Channel’s workshop on Directing Actors for Screen, running 21-31 July; entertainment lawyer Shaun Miller chats about films and legal matters, in anticipation of the There’s No Business Like Screen Business short course, also at Open Channel from 19-20 July; Simone Ubaldi reviews Ten Empty; Boris Trbic reviews Kung Fu Panda; and Brian McFarlane reviews Sex And The City

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28/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:00:39 +0000

Adrian Rosenfeldt tells us about Waxing the Sun - the band and the documentary - screening Friday July 4 at the VCA from 8pm; Ian Thompson reviews the DVD release Awake; Brian McFarlane reviews Mike Leigh’s latest, Happy-Go-Lucky; actor Daniel Fredrickson is on the phone talking about his new film, Ten Empty, directed by Anthony Hayes and starring Geoff Morrell, Brendan Cowell and Jack Thompson; Peter Kemp reviews Prince Caspian and Mongol; Nick Matteo reviews the Channel 31 program A Life Of Crime (8.30pm, Monday); and Mark Hartley discusses the new film version of Get Smart, starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway

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21/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:00:16 +0000

Veteran UK writer/director Mike Leigh is on the phone to discuss his latest film, Happy-Go-Lucky; Brian MacFarlane reviews Helen Hunt’s directorial debut, Then She Found Me; writer/director Peter Duncan joins us on the phone to chat about his latest project, Unfinished Sky; Ian Thompson reviews Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman and The Invasion, both available on DVD, and chats about what’s hot with the Chicks and the Flannels; and Julian Wu, our anime specialist, ends the program with a discussion about Satoshi Kon and a review of the live-action adaptation of the 60s anime series, Speed Racer, from the Wachowski brothers

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14/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:00:29 +0000

Brian McFarlane reviews Rats and Cats, a new series of books about screen adaptations from A&C Black Norton, and the latest edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film; we pay tribute to Australian actor Lloyd Lamble, who died on April 10, aged 94; Simone Ubaldi reviews The Band’s Visit; The Melbourne International Animation Festival runs from 16-22 June at ACMI and we talk to Karl Cohen about San Francisco Bay Area Historical; Simone Ubaldi and Paul Byrne review M. Night Shyamalan’s latest offering, The Happening; Nick Matteo reviews a couple of Channel 31 (Melbourne) programs - The Shtick (Monday, 10.30pm), The Bazura Project (Saturday, 10.30pm) and Marngrook Footy Show (Thursday 8pm)

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07/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:00:37 +0000

Julius Avery, director of Jerrycan - winner of the Jury Prize for Short Films at Cannes 08 - is on the phone from the Falls Creek Film Festival; Melbourne producer Daniel Scharf talks about DigiSPAA; Paul Byrne has a review of Leatherheads; we take a look at “nature gone wild” flicks Rogue, Primeval, Black Water and Attack of the Sabretooth; and Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review The Riddle.

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31/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:00:23 +0000

Director Tony Rogers, writer/actor Adam Zwar and composer Sam Mallet are in to talk about their latest production, Rats & Cats; Mark Hartley reviews The Orphanage;
Nick Matteo and Peter Kemp review the DVD release of John Turturro’s Romance and Cigarettes; Nick Matteo chats about small screen happenings - Paul Haggis‘ The Black Donnellys (Foxtel Showcase Thursday, 8.30pm, with repeat screenings) and the new ABC show about advertising, The Gruen Transfer (ABC1 Wednesday, 9pm / ABC2 Thursday, 8.30pm); and Simone Ubaldi reviews Flight of the Red Balloon

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24/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:00:02 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary, Shine A Light, The Counterfeiters and Un secret; Nick Matteo has a review of the television series Rome (8.30pm Wednesday, Foxtel Showcase); Julian Wu reviews Sakuran; Mark Hartley has been to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and also reviews the HBO series Unscripted; and Ian Thompson reviews Flight Of The Conchords and Cloverfield

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17/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:00:14 +0000

Producer Bridget Callow chats about her film Bitter & Twisted, starring Noni Hazelhurst, Gary Sweet and Matt Newton, which recently had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival

Paul Byrnes reviews Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Brian MacFarlane pays tribute to Hazel Court and reviews Gone Baby Gone

Nick Matteo looks at the small screen with reviews of Flight of the Conchords (Sunday, Ten) and Salam Cafe (Wednesday, SBS)

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10/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:00:28 +0000

Coming to you today from the 10th annual Industry Open Day, part of the 25th St Kilda Film Festival presented by Triple R

Loads of interviews…
Vincent Miller, one of the founders of Red Stitch Actors Theatre, talks about his film Thank You Father; Ross Colebatch from Inside Film magazine explains what the magazine is about and the IF Awards; Chris Jones, director of The Funk; Adam Whitbread, Coordinator of Armed and Dangerous Youth Arts and Media Forum; Calmin Borel, Festival Coordinator for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, with Christian Gesell, Head of Sales & Distribution for interfilm berlin; Rob Taylor chats about his career and role in The Bloody Sweet Hit; Peter Galvin, Head of Screen Studies at Sydney Film School; Kasimir Burgess and Chris Kamen, co-director and producer of Lone Rider; Brian Lien, director of 7.23; and Janine Barnes, producer of Fast Lane

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03/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:00:14 +0000

The St Kilda Film Festival is celebrating its 25th year, presented by Triple R - opening on Tuesday 6 May at the Palais Theatre and continuing at The Palace George Cinemas until Sunday 11 May, including the free Industry Open Day on Saturday 10 May from 12pm-4pm.

Two previews of the Festival this week: Simon Weaving, producer of Ascension, starring Matthew Newton and Bruce Spence; and Michael Kratochvil, director of Dearest Sir, starring Bud Tingwell

Paul Byrne has a review of The Painted Veil, Brian McFarlane gives his review of Brick Lane, Peter Kemp and Gary Hillberg review the definitive version of A Star Is Born, now available on DVD, Simone Ubaldi has been to see Iron Man, and Boris Trbic is in to tell us all about Edge Of Heaven

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26/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:00:57 +0000

Nick Matteo reviews the surf-noir television series John From Cincinnati (Showcase, Monday 8.30pm, with repeat screenings daily)

Leonard Abrahamson, director of Garage, is on the phone for a chat

Melbourne filmmaker and VCA graduate, Adam Bostock, talks about his new film, The Postman, one of the free screenings at the upcoming St Kilda Film Festival

Director Brad Haynes is on the phone to talk about Broken Sun, his latest feature about the Cowra Breakout

Director Jasmine Yuen Carrucan discusses her low-budget two-hander hostage drama set in the Australian outback, Cactus

Writer and director Patrick Herford talks about Hollywood Sign Girls, his short feature based on the life and death of failed actress Peg Entwistle

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19/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:00:43 +0000

Boris Trbic previews the Audi Festival of German Films 2008, presented by the Goethe-Institut Australien in association with Palace Cinemas, taking place from 16-27 April

To coincide with the AFI 50th birthday free screenings of Gallipoli at Federation Square on ANZAC Day, we have an extended interview with actor David Argue

Documentary filmmaker, lecturer, writer and curator Marsha Emerman talks about ‘The Language of Documentary’ short course running at AFTRS Melbourne from 9-11 May

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12/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:00:17 +0000

Paul Byrne reviews The Spiderwick Chronicles

Simone Ubaldi reviews Lars and the Real Girl, followed by an interview with the director, Craig Gillespie

Actor Nicholas Bell is also on the phone for a chat about his career

Nick Matteo reviews the television series The Wire (around midnight Tuesdays, Nine) and pays tribute to Charlton Heston, who died on April 5, aged 83

…All of this interspersed with a game of ‘Show Business Survivor’

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05/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:00:41 +0000

Director Brian McKenzie talks about his work on the Love’s Harvest series of mini-documentaries, screening on SBS at 8pm, commencing Wednesday 9 April

Paul Byrne has a review of 10,000 B.C.

Screenwriter, teacher and father of C.W., Billy Marshall-Stoneking, is on the phone for a chat about drama

Writer/director Rob McAuley is in to talk about his documentary, The Hunt for HMAS Sydney, screening on ABC1 at 8:30pm on Tuesday 15 April

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson are in with reviews of Vantage Point, Gone Baby Gone and 30 Days of Night, plus what’s hot with the Chicks and the Flannels

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29/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:00:21 +0000

Brian McFarlane reviews The Black Balloon and the remake of St Trinian’s

We have an excellent extended interview with Susie Porter, chatting about her role in the new ABC TV drama East Of Everything, the release of Feeling Sexy on DVD and her recent stage work with Phillip Seymour Hoffman

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15/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:00:46 +0000

Paul Andrew Williams, the director of London to Brighton, is on the phone to discuss his career

We speak with producer/director Robert Connolly about the trend within the Australian film industry to move its production centre from Sydney to Melbourne

Simone Ubaldi reviews two new films: the latest from Gillian Armstrong, Death Defying Acts, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce and Timothy Spall; and Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei

Nick Matteo takes a look at the small screen with Dexter and Meadowlands (both screening on Foxtel Showcase from May)

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08/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:00:00 +0000

We have an extended interview with writer Lawrie Zion and producer Yael Bergman about their documentary, The Sounds of (A)us

Lisa Dethridge reviews some of the films coming up in the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2008

Brian McFarlane reviews The Jane Austen Book Club

Nick Matteo reviews The Tudors (9.30pm Wednesday, Foxtel Showcase) and Cashmere Mafia (9.30pm Wednesday, Nine)

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01/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:00:31 +0000

Producer Eva Orner talks about her 2008 Academy Award-winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side

The Bicycle Film Festival 2008 is calling for entries and Melbourne Event Producer Pip Carroll is in the studio to give us the rundown

Nick Matteo reviews two more new television shows - the sit-com Rules of Engagement (7.30pm Wednesday, Ten/Ten HD) and the police procedural Women’s Murder Club (8.30pm Tuesday, Ten/Ten HD)

Jessica Nicholas previews the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2008, screening in Melbourne 6-19 March at Palace Cinemas Como, Westgarth and Balwyn

Ian Thompson reviews We Own The Night and the straight-to-DVD release Shoot ‘Em Up, and reports on what’s popular with the Chicks and the Flannels

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23/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:00:13 +0000

A fistful of reviews this week…

Lisa Dethridge reviews the Seth Gordon documentary The King of Kong, about a high school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul vying for the Guinness World Record on the classic arcade game, Donkey Kong

Gary Hillberg reviews the DVD release of El Cid, starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, which includes some very interesting extras

Peter Kemp reviews Julian Schnabel’s third film, Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and The Butterfly), the true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby and the last 2 years of his life with Locked-In syndrome; and Rupert Everett’s autobiography, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins

Brian McFarlane reviews Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in his Academy Award-winning role as Daniel Plainview, a charismatic and ruthless oil prospector

David Kilderry talks about the purchase of the Dendy Cinema chain by Icon Entertainment

Mark Hartley discusses the end of the HD DVD / Blu-ray battle, reviews Rambo (number 4, not First Blood Part 2) and recommends the YouTube videos of Lorenzo Semple Jr and Marcia Nasatir, aka The Reel Geezers

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16/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:00:52 +0000

Brian McFarlane reviews Alvin and The Chipmunks and the remake of 3:10 To Yuma, directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale

Gary Hillberg and Peter Kemp review Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter

This week’s special guest in the studio is Damien Walshe-Howling, who portrays Andrew “Benji” Veniamin in the Channel Nine television series Underbelly (8.30pm Wednesday, except Victoria)

Nick Matteo reviews some new offerings on the small screen: Dirty Sexy Money (9.30pm Monday, 7); Back To You (8pm Wednesday, Ten/Ten HD); and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (8.30pm Tuesday, Nine)

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09/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:00:42 +0000

Paul Harris returns this week with guests a-plenty…

Colin and Cameron Cairnes are Melbourne-based filmmakers and comedy writers who have been making short films for over a decade. Their latest film - Beggars Belief - is one of the 16 finalists in Sony Tropfest 2008

Producer Aleks Radovic and debut film director Oscar Redding discuss their film The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, a very interesting interpretation of Shakespeare’s play shot over 38 nights in the Melbourne CBD and subways, screening at The Malthouse Theatre later this month

David Kilderry, creator of the Drive-ins Downunder website, discusses a recent documentary on the history of drive-ins, saving The Astor Theatre and the life of Village Roadshow founder, Roc Kirby, who died last month at age 89

Nick Matteo reviews Lawrence Johnson’s film Night, plus a couple of new television shows - Skins (SBS) and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (not scheduled)

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02/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:00:04 +0000

Nikki Fagan and Simone Ubaldi bring you this week’s edition, with guest reviewers Rochelle Siemienowicz from The Big Issue and Pete Koval

Reviews this week include Joy Division, The Jane Austen Book Club and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Another pair of great interviews: producer Rebecca Yeldham discusses the making of The Kite Runner; and Charles Burnett discusses his 1977 masterpiece Killer Of Sheep

We finish off the show, in summer Film Buffs style, with movie business news

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19/01/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:00:37 +0000

Nick Fike and Simone Ubaldi present the final Summer Film Buffs Forecast. Kevin Janner presents a music special next week, before Paul Harris returns the first weekend in February

Reviews this week include Cloverfield, Juno, Charlie Wilson’s War and The Kite Runner

Two excellent interviews: Emma Crimmings, director of the documentary Two Men and Two Babies, about the experiences of an Australian gay male couple raising their two adopted children, screening on SBS later this month; and Constantine Giannaris, director of Omiros (Hostage), a contemporary Greek drama based on real events in 1999 when an Albanian immigrant took a Thessaloniki city bus hostage, currently screening at ACMI as part of the Focus on the Greek Diaspora series

We round off the show with some movie business news

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12/01/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:00:14 +0000

Simone Ubaldi and Nick Fike continue as your hosts for Summer Film Buffs, with guest reviewer Kris Mrksa

Reviews this week include: Se, jie (Lust, Caution) from Ang Lee; American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott; I Am Legend, starring Will Smith; and some recent DVD releases, including the Blade Runner ultimate boxed set

Simone leads a discussion about the Christian influence in Hollywood, focussing on Walden Media

We wrap up this week’s show with some movie business news

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05/01/08 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:00:55 +0000

Welcome to Film Buffs for 2008… Simone Ubaldi and Nick Fike will be your Summer Film Buffs hosts until the end of January.

Reviews aplenty this week - Atonement, The Darjeeling Limited, No Country For Old Men and I’m Not There

Co-directors Rhys Graham and Natasha Gadd are in the studio to discuss their documentary exploring Australian hip hop, Words from the City

The creators of Tinytown - Chris Corbett and Tim Dean - are in the studio to chat about their internet comedy series (”Bugsy Malone meets Blue Murder“), starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Louis Corbett. Check it out on YouTube

We close the show with a bit of movie business news

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15/12/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:00:59 +0000

Finishing the year with our annual round-up, featuring all of our regular contributors - highlights, lowlights, our annual poll and a surprise guest.

This is the last Film Buffs podcast for 2007 - see you again in 2008.

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08/12/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:00:14 +0000

Tony Kaye, probably best known as the director of American History X, is in the studio to talk about his career, latest projects and play a couple of original songs

Lisa Dethridge previews two movies opening on Boxing Day: Todd Haynes‘ rumination on Bob Dylan, I’m Not There; and Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (I Served the King of England), the Czech Republic’s official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards

Brian MacFarlane reviews François Ozon’s latest work, Angel

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01/12/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:00:42 +0000

VCA graduates Jonathan Auf Der Heide and Poppy Shmith are in to talk about their films, Hell’s Gates and Grind Girls

Alex Frayne is on the line to talk about his new psychological thriller, Modern Love, which opens soon for a limited season at Cinema Nova

Director Michael Pattinson chats about his career and the making of Moving Out, which is getting a special “cast reunion” screening as part of the Westgarth Film Festival

Brian McFarlane reviews Lions For Lambs, directed by and co-starring Robert Redford

Director Mikael Håfström is on the phone to discuss his latest work, the horror/thriller 1408, starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson

Nick Matteo has some small screen reviews of The Librarians (ABC) and Chandon Pictures (Movie Extra)

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24/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:42:06 +0000

Three graduates of Swinburne TAFE’s Advanced Diploma of Screen are in the studio to talk about the course and their graduate works

Hope is a feature documentary screening at the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival about Amal Basry, one of the seven survivors of the SIEV-X maritime disaster of 2001 - director Steve Thomas discusses the making of the film

Co-directors/co-writers Andrew O’Keefe and John Studley, along with producer Jim Xyga, are also in to chat about The Independent, their mockumentary about the election campaign of independent candidate Marty Browning

Professor Ian Lang, television documentary producer and Head of VCA Film & Television, is in to discuss the School and the upcoming graduate screenings

Simone Ubaldi reviews Inland Empire, the latest offering from David Lynch

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17/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:16:13 +0000

Saluting Australian actresses…

Simone Ubaldi gives an in-depth review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age, directed by Shekhar Kapur, with Cate Blanchett reprising her role as Elizabeth

Boris Trbic reviews Eastern Promises, the new David Cronenberg film about the Russian Mafia in London, starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts

Alexandra Schepisi chats about her life, career and directorial debut, One Night, currently in production

Val Lehman is on the phone to talk about her career and her role in Lapse, a short film produced as part of Open Channel’s Raw Nerve initiative

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10/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:11:37 +0000

This week, composer David Thrussell co-hosts a special on Italian film music from the ’60s and ’70s, featuring discussion of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, gialli and metaphysical crime thrillers.

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3/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:59:43 +0000

Simone Ubaldi has a review of Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), based on the book by Harlan Coben and directed by Guillaume Canet

Bruce Beresford is on the phone for an extended interview covering a range of topics, including his new book, Josh Hartnett definitely wants to do this… true stories from a life in the screen trade

Ian Thompson reviews the thriller Prey

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27/10/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:33:06 +0000

Boris Trbic reviews the controversial and critically acclaimed 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
(4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), Romania’s official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2008 Academy Awards

Nick Matteo gives a rundown of zombies on screen

Simone Ubaldi has been to see Control, the feature film directorial debut of acclaimed music video director and photographer, Anton Corbijn

Jonathan Biggins is on the phone to chat about his incredibly varied career

Ian Thompson reviews The Death and Life of Bobby Z, directed by John Herzfeld

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20/10/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:10:33 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews Mike White’s first feature film, Year Of The Dog

Adrienne McKibbins, a self-confessed Hindi film fan, gives the rundown on The Indian Film Festival 2007, screening at Cinema Nova until Monday 29 October

Peter Kemp reviews Once, a modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story; directed by John Carney and starring Glen Hansard from The Frames

Mike White is also on the phone for a chat about his career, running the gamut from acting, writing, production and now direction

Ian Thompson reviews two children’s movies on DVD that will also appeal to adults: The Last Mimzy and Bridge to Terabithia

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13/10/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:30:10 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews The Brave One, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Jodie Foster

Veteran Australian actor Terence Donovan is on the phone to discuss Bruce Beresford’s 1978 film, Money Movers

Boris Trbic reviews Pierrepoint, Adrian Shergold’s film starring Timothy Spall, about the life and times of Albert Pierrepoint, Britain’s most prolific hangman

Nick Matteo takes a look at the small screen with Shaun Micallef’s new SBS show, Newstopia

Ian Thompson reviews a couple of straight-to-DVD releases: The Contract, starring Morgan Freeman and Jon Cusack, directed by Bruce Beresford; and Seraphim Falls, starring Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan and Michael Wincott, directed by David Von Ancken

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6/10/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:29:30 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews the political action thriller, The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx

Academy Award-winning co-writer/director/producer of Happy Feet and actor, Warren Coleman, is on the phone to chat about his varied career

Jessica Nicholas reviews the Scandinavian drama Efter brylluppet (After The Wedding)

Veteran make-up artist José Luis Pérez also talks about his extensive career, particularly his work on Bruce Beresford’s 1978 film, Money Movers, which screens at ACMI on Saturday

Director Stuart McDonald, who has worked on The Secret Life Of Us and Summer Heights High, pays tribute to screenwriter Charles (Chuck) B. Griffith, who worked on many Roger Corman films, including the original Little Shop Of Horrors. Chuck passed away on September 28 at age 77

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29/9/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:10:22 +0000

Lisa Dethridge reviews Hairspray and Away From Her; and Simone Ubaldi reviews Air Guitar Nation

Actor and producer John L. Simpson is on the phone to talk about his career, his recent foray into film distribution with Titan View and his most recent production, men’s group

Shane Lawtey chats about the Free Range TV Short Film Festival, which is run in conjunction with Northern Access Television, aiming to get more people actively involved in community television

Fraser Green is in the studio to chat about his blog, It’s All About Films!, a film review site targeted towards teenagers

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22/9/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:08:10 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews Stardust, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, currently screening nationally

Lisa Dethridge reviews some of the films screening in the Lavazza Italian Film Festival through Palace Cinemas

Nick Matteo reviews the new television series, Damages

Jon Hewitt discusses his recently completed horror movie, Acolytes, starring Joel Edgerton; and the retrospective of Donald Cammell he’s curating as part of MUFF

Composer/curator Dave Thrussell is in the studio to discuss a retrospective of Giallo (Yellow) films - Italian pulp thrillers made primarily in the 1970s - screening as part of MUFF

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15/9/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:27:16 +0000

Director Bill Mousoulis and actor Alex Spears are in the studio to talk about Bill’s latest film, A Nocturne, a vampire flick which is screening on opening night at this year’s Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF)

Brian MacFarlane reviews two books by Andrew Moor - Powell and Pressburger: A Cinema of Magic Spaces and The Cinema of Michael Powell

Tasmanian documentary filmmaker Scott Millwood is on the phone to talk about his latest project to discover the story behind the disappearance in 1972 of Tasmanian environmentalist Brenda Hean and pilot Max Price

Richard Wolstencroft, Director of MUFF, gives the lowdown on this year’s Festival, which is running with the theme of Viva The Insurgency! A Benevolent Psychopathology

Veteran Melbourne producer Daniel Scharf talks about this year’s Digi SPAA, a film competition for Australian and New Zealand filmmakers to showcase their digital productions

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8/9/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:03:56 +0000

Sue Marriott from WIFT(Vic) (Women In Film & Television) is on the phone to tell us about the Producers’ Forum coming up on September 12, featuring several guest speakers covering various areas of film and television production

Brian MacFarlane reviews Lady Chatterley, a French adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence classic, directed by Pascale Ferran

Nick Matteo reviews the new television programs Mad Men (Foxtel), Californication (Ten) and Help (ABC)

Orlino Caputo, Research Associate at RMIT University, discusses the influence of the 70s film Straight Time, directed by Ulu Grosbard

Director Matt Saville and composer Bryony Marks are in the studio to talk about their latest project, Crossing Live, a funny and satirical opera for ChamberMade about the world of television, set in a current affairs program television studio

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1/9/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:22:25 +0000

Brian MacFarlane reviews This Is England, the powerful story of a troubled boy growing up in 1983 working class England, based on the experiences of writer/director Shane Meadows; and The Jammed, Dee McLachlan’s thriller about trafficking and the sex slave trade in Melbourne

Nikolai Lebedev, the director of Volkodav iz roda serykh psov (The Wolfhound), screening as part of the Russian Resurrection: 2007 Russian Film Festival touring nationally in September, is on the phone

We discuss the role of the Script Editor with John Loney, Head of Screenwriting in the Drama Department at AFTRS

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25/8/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:08:32 +0000

Liam Campbell, one of the directors of the documentary Aboriginal Rules, screening in two parts on ABC and ABC2 as part of the Message Stick series over the next couple of weeks, is on the phone

Brian McFarlane reviews Tony Ayres’ semi-autobiographical drama, The Home Song Stories, starring Academy Award winner Joan Chen

Peter Kemp gives the rundown on Chak De! India, the latest Bollywood melodrama to be filmed in Australia; Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Sicko; and Little Me, a stage musical satire by Neil Simon

Boris Trbic previews the upcoming Russian Film Festival

We have an extended interview with Dee McLachlan - writer, producer and director of The Jammed, a little film that’s been a big achiever over the last few weeks

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18/8/07 Film Buffs Podcast - 2007 Radiothon 2

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:07:55 +0000

We continue to take your subscriptions on 03-9388 1027 in our annual Triple R Radiothon, including a 60 second review of Fracture, starring Anthony Hopkins. If you subscribe and pay up by September 19, you’ll go into the draw for over $100,000 worth of prizes, including special prizes for interstate listeners, pets, artists, bands and businesses.

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11/8/07 Film Buffs Podcast - 2007 Radiothon 1

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:41:47 +0000

It’s Radiothon time! Director David Michôd, winner of this year’s MIFF prize for Best Australian Short with Crossbow, shows his support for the station. Please help keep Film Buffs and all the other great shows on RRR going - phone 03-9388 1027 today and subscribe.

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4/8/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:52:34 +0000

Lots of guests on the show today…

Brian MacFarlane drops by to review Snow Cake, a Canadian drama about the friendship between an autistic mother and an ex-con, starring Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman

Lucy Desoto Clement, well-known in the music industry as a keyboard player and blues musician, discusses her feature film about Rose Tattoo - Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw

New Zealand director Robert Sarkies talks about his gripping thriller, Out Of The Blue, a drama based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 and 14 November, 1990

Director Craig Brewer chats about his most recent project, Black Snake Moan, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci

Debbie Melnick is in the studio to discuss her work as the co-director of Manufacturing Dissent, a film which questions the modus operandi of documentary filmmaker activist Michael Moore

Ian Thompson reviews Live Free or Die Hard, number 4 in the Die Hard franchise; the psychological thriller Mr Brooks, starring Kevin Costner; and Ian finishes by letting us know what’s hot with the chicks and the flannels

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28/7/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:09:30 +0000

Jessica Nicholas reviews two films that have screened at MIFF: the Serbian film Gucha - Distant Trumpet (aka Guča!), a Shakespearean, mythic fairytale comedy set against the backdrop of the Guča trumpet festival; and The Monastery, a documentary from Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær, about 82-year-old Jørgen Lauersen Vig’s dream of turning his property into a monastery, and Mr Vig’s realisation that the road to fulfilling his dream is very different than what he imagined

Peter Kemp reviews the book, What Would Barbara Do?: How Musicals Changed My Life, written by Emma Brockes

Nick Matteo has been to see a movie that needs no introduction…The Simpsons Movie

Ursula Burton chats about The Happiest Day of His Life, her directorial debut which she also wrote and produced, one of the short film highlights of MIFF

Brian MacFarlane reviews Amazing Grace, Michael Apted’s film about the reformer William Wilberforce and his endeavours to end the British slave trade, starring Ioan Gruffudd

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21/7/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:24:53 +0000

Simone Ubaldi casts a critical eye over La Vie En Rose, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s cradle-to-grave portrait of Edith Piaf

Ross Campbell presents a rare recording of an interview from 1978 of Richard Franklin, conducted by Ivan Hutchinson on the set of Patrick

Brian MacFarlane reviews Evening, the first English language feature of Hungarian cinematographer-turned-director Lajos Koltai - essentially a story of mothers and daughters, with a stellar cast including Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson, Toni Collette and Claire Danes

Gary Hillberg and Peter Kemp review a new Cliff Richard DVD boxed set

Boris Trbic reviews Cashback, a low-budget English romantic comedy directed by Sean Ellis; and the documentary A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash - both currently screening at The Nova

Co-ordinator Mark Woods discusses the establishment of Australia’s first international film forum within a festival environment - 37 South: Bridging The Gap - running from 26-28 July as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, designed to bring together Australian feature film producers with a range of potential international and Australian financing and marketing partners

Ian Thompson chats about a couple of DVD releases: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s latest, Until Death; and We Are Marshall, a docudrama starring Matthew McConaughey, about the Marshall University football team who were wiped out in a plane crash and the university’s efforts to re-build the team. Ian also gives us the rundown on what’s hot with the Flannels and the Chicks

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14/7/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:45:01 +0000

In celebration of the life of a great and pioneering Australian filmmaker and a great friend of Film Buffs’ Forecast, Richard Franklin, who died suddenly during the week, we’re speaking with Vince Monton, cameraman on Richard’s early films, Mark Hartley, who recently shot Richard’s final on-screen appearance for his documentary, Not Quite Hollywood, and Ross Campbell from the Erwin Rado Theatre

Rodney Afif, one of the ensemble cast of Lucky Miles, is in to chat about this surprising funny film, directed by Michael James Rowland and opening nationally this week

Gary Hillberg reviews Colossus Of Rhodes, Sergio Leone’s first film now available on DVD; and Peter Kemp and Boris Trbic review Black Book, the latest film by Paul Verhoeven

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7/7/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:49:13 +0000

Lots of reviews in today’s show…

Brian McFarlane has been to see Lucky Miles, a new Australian movie which opens this week

Simone Ubaldi reviews Jesus Camp, a documentary about evangelical Christian children in America, which has been released directly to DVD; and Knocked Up, the new Judd Apatow comedy

Nick Matteo is in to give a review of Transformers

Seth Rogan, co-star of Knocked Up, will also be a guest on the program via telephone

We’re speaking with Daniel Krige, writer/director of the new low-budget drama, West, about kids in the western suburbs of Sydney, featuring Khan Chittenden and co-starring Nathan Phillips, released exclusively through Palace Cinemas

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30/6/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:49:53 +0000

Frank Cox, the founder of the Kino Dendy Cinemas and NewVision Film Distributors, chats about the history of the cinemas in celebration of the 20th anniversary and how the cinematic landscape has changed in that time

Paul Martin, the man behind the Melbourne Film Blog is in to talk about the art of blogging and his love of film

We’re speaking with Cherie Nolan, the director of Clubland, starring Brenda Blethyn, which is currently screening nationally

Reviewer Jessica Nicholas has been to see The Dead Girl, a very grim, dark drama starring Toni Collette, screening in limited arthouse release

Nick Matteo, our regular television reviewer, is in the studio to tell us about Big Love, which screens Sunday nights on SBS, and the Doctor Who spin-off series, Torchwood, screening Monday nights on Channel Ten

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23/6/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:29:53 +0000

As Paul continues on his travels with the St Kilda Film Festival 2007 National Tour, Renae Maxwell presents part two of Paul’s interviews with Bob Phillips and Judy Banks, and Sven Liebaek

Also, Brian McFarlane reviews Romulus, My Father and Driving Lessons

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16/6/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:15:19 +0000

While Paul is on the road with the St Kilda Film Festival 2007 National Tour, Renae Maxwell presents two interviews that will run over the next two weeks…

Part one of an interview about the last 50 years of Australian show business, with former TV Producer Bob Phillips, author of Like No Other Business, and singer/actor Judy Banks

Inner Space - The Lost Film Music Of Sven Liebaek was recently re-released, and this week Sven Liebaek chats about his life, career and resurgence

Simone Ubaldi reviews the new Will Ferrell comedy, Blades Of Glory

Boris Trbic previews the Melbourne International Animation Festival 2007, running from 19-24 June at ACMI

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9/6/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:00:14 +0000

A packed programme coming to you from the Industry Open Day at the St Kilda Film Festival…

Calmin Borel, Festival Coordinator for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, talks about how he came to be involved and how the Festival has grown since its inception over 30 years ago

Director Charlotte George chats about her latest film, Ingrid Sits Holding A Knife, a tale of two ex-lovers set in a post-apocalyptic Melbourne

Anne Hembury from WIFT (Women In Film and Television) addresses the question, “What makes films by women unique?”

Catherine Leos, Membership and Communications Coordinator at Open Channel Screen Resource Centre, talks about the purpose and aims of the organisation

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Rachael Lucas chats about her career and her latest documentary, Electra: The Music of Penny Ikinger

Gracie Otto drops by to talk about the Sydney Film School and her latest short film, La Meme Nuit

Andrew Coyle chats about how his film, Rodney, came to fruition

Submissions are now open for Australia’s first ever Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (29 November - 2 December) and Evelyn Tadros stops by to talk about the four themes to be covered over the four days of the Festival

Producer Michael Clarkin chats about his career and recent project, The Agreement

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2/6/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:56:06 +0000

Veteran character actor Roy Billing is in for a chat about his starring role in Aden Young’s short film, The Rose Of Ba Ziz, which has its world premiere at the St Kilda Film Festival on Tuesday

We’re talking to Sally Hussey, the director of the Bayside Film Festival and The Falls Film Festival

Philip Sametz is visiting as the co-ordinator of Hollywood Rhapsody, a tribute to Hollywood musicals and classic film scores featuring the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, taking place this week at Hamer Hall at the Arts Centre

Brian McFarlane has a review of The Italian and Simone Ubaldi discusses Zodiac

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26/5/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:23:57 +0000

Director Campbell Maynes chats about his career, relocation to LA and his short film When the Tide Turns, which will be screening in competition at the St Kilda Film Festival

To coincide with the release in Australia of The US v John Lennon, co-director David Leaf discusses his motivation for making the documentary, its parallels with the current US administration, working with Yoko Ono and getting audiences to the cinema for documentaries

Gary Hillberg reviews the 1967 release How I Won The War, starring John Lennon

Troy Beer, director of The Gift, chats about the project, which is also screening at the St Kilda Film Festival

Jessica Nicholas reviews Die Große Stille (Into Great Silence), an examination of life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the reclusive Carthusian Order in France

Adele Flere is in the studio to de-mystify the work of the Art Director

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19/5/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:04:42 +0000

Simone Ubaldi reviews Lucky You, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore, Så som i himmelen (As It Is In Heaven), a sleeper hit from Sweden directed by Kay Pollak and Breach, co-written and directed by Billy Ray

Screenwriter Kris Mrksa chats about his career and The King, the telemovie about Graham Kennedy that he co-wrote with Jamie Brown

Nick Matteo gives an in-depth review of Infamous, the other Truman Capote biopic

Peter Kemp leads a discussion about The History Boys, the adaptation of Alan Bennett’s original play

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12/5/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:02:39 +0000

Brian MacFarlane reviews Half Nelson

Lisa Dethridge discusses highlights of the 10th Spanish Film Festival, touring nationally

Dean McInerney, Curator of Time Capsules, chats about this esoteric collection screening at the ABC Gallery in Collingwood

Rose Capp reviews the romantic comedy Because I Said So, starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore

Brett Swain talks about his career and directorial debut, Opportunity Knocks, screening in competition at the St Kilda Film Festival

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review Spiderman 3 and the straight-to-DVD release The Invincible, followed by a brief overview of season 3 of Doctor Who, DivX and what’s hot with the Chicks and Flannels

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5/5/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:14:46 +0000

Gary Hillberg chats about his film montages screening at ACMI

Luke Elliot discusses becoming and being an actor in Melbourne and his role in Matthew Saville’s new release, Noise

Peter Kemp reviews the action thriller blockbuster The Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg

Simone Ubaldi reviews Michel Gondry’s much-anticipated La Science des rêves (The Science of Sleep)

Nick Matteo talks television… the sketch comedy show Stella, an adaptation of the stage shows of the Stella Comedy Troupe (The Comedy Channel), the mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys (The Comedy Channel) and The Henry Rollins Show (Movie Extra)

Peter Kemp and Rose Capp review Noise, screening nationally, and Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives Of Others), winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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28/4/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:13:16 +0000

Interspersed with quotes from Joe Esterhas‘ book The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!…

Frank Bren chats about his stage show A History of Motion Pictures

Nick Matteo discusses the SBS/World Movies Channel series 25 Docs You Must See Before You Die

Director Haydn Keenan talks about his documentary Golden Sandals - The Art of Reg Mombassa

Paul and Mark Hartley chat with Steve Murray about his experiences as a Runner and Visual Effects Assistant on Charlotte’s Web

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21/4/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:12:46 +0000

Science Fiction fan Gordana Bacic leads a discussion about the representation of science in film

Simone Ubaldi reviews The Reaping

Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback is screening as part of the Festival of German Films and co-director Dietmar Post chats about the film and the band

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14/4/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:12:50 +0000

Returning after the break…

Brian McFarlane reviews Becoming Jane, a drama based on the early life of Jane Austen, directed by Julian Jarrold; as well as the books Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British ‘B’ Film, by Steve Chibnall, and European Film Noir, edited by Andrew Spicer

Paul interviews Australian filmmaker Jackie Schulz about her career in general and her short film Charmed Robbery

Peter Kemp and Rose Capp discuss Paris, je t’aime, a collection of 18 short films set in Paris by 18 directors in one feature

Michael Helms replays an interview he conducted with Gregory Dark in 2004 on the set of See No Evil

Paul and Michael Helms discuss the cinema releases 300 and Zodiac and the DVD releases The Big Picture and The Guardian

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31/3/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sun, 13 May 2007 04:17:15 +0000

Nick Matteo talks about The Colbert Report which airs in Australia on the Comedy Channel on cable

Peter Kemp reviews the showbiz profile by John Lahr, Honky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show People

Oliver Torr talks about his film, the internationally acclaimed drama Burke and Wills, the first feature film by young Australian actors/writers/directors and producers Matt Zeremes and Oliver Torr

Peter Kemp and Nick Matteo talk about the six pack DVD focussing on Doris Day

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson talk about the passing of Gareth Hunt, Andy Sidaris and Peter Sykes, Mark’s travels in Thailand, the remake of The Wicker Man, The Wrong Man (Lucky Number Slevin), Gridiron Gang and what’s hot with the chicks and flannels, before Mark pays tribute to John Inman

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24/3/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 12 May 2007 10:25:22 +0000

Peter Kemp talks about the Australian documentary, Bra Boys

The producer of channel 31’s Popcorn, Nathaniel Oliver, talks about his film review show which airs every Saturday, 8pm on channel 31

Rose Capp reviews the documentary feature, A Hero’s Journey

Peter Kemp and Rose Capp talk about the Australian feature, Razzle Dazzle, starring Kerrie Armstrong

Ben Phelps, the director of Checkpoint, talks about his short film, screening as part of Flickerfest at the Kino

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17/3/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:45:13 +0000

Brian MacFarlane reviews The Illusionist and the book Black Narcissus

Boris Trbic talks about the films coming up on the programme for the French Film Festival

The Big Jesus writer/director, Alistair Reid talks about the performance of his script coming up at Script Alive

Brian MacFarlane covers the latest Woody Allen film, Scoop

Nick Matteo reviews The Notorious Betty Page and talks about some worthy TV offerings

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3/3/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:02:13 +0000

Boris Trbic reviews Clint Eastwood’s film companion to Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima

Natasha Pincus talks about her film, Love’s Labour, screening as one of the finalists at the In the Realm of the Senses film festival at Collingwood Children’s Farm

Peter Kemp talks about Peter O’Toole’s latest film, Venus

Stuart Moulds talks about his film, Stalled, also screening at In the Realm of the Senses

Nick Black pops in to play us something he prepared earlier - an interview with Julie Newmar, who you may know as Catwoman in the Batman TV series, recorded in her home in Brentwood

Simon Ford calls in from on location to report on his film event, In the Realm of the Senses

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24/2/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:04:40 +0000

Peter Kemp takes a look at Music and Lyrics with Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant

Jessica Leskie, director of Songs of Running Away, Edwin McGill, co-writer/co-director of Booth Story, and festival manager, Matt Calessi, talk about something close to all their hearts, the In the Realm of the Senses short film festival

Nick Matteo talks about Footscray Flicks Under the Stars and discusses the latest channel 7 hit, Ugly Betty, and What About Brian

Guinivere Turner, co-writer of The Notorious Betty Page chats about the film

Mark Hartley reviews Rocky Balboa and Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny and Paul Harris reviews Flyboys

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17/2/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:59:44 +0000

Brian MacFarlane reviews Miss Potter

Paul Harris and John Flaus talk to Michael Powell in an interview recorded 20 years ago, on the release of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp at the Astor Theatre at the time. Metropolis is screeing The Thief of Bagdad at the Erwin Rado Theatre

Brian MacFarlane returns to review Notes on a Scandal

Ian Thompson talks about The Sentinel, with Keiffer Sutherland, the battle between Blu Ray and HD DVD formats, Rocky Balboa and The Matador

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3/2/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:57:41 +0000

John Flaus co-hosts the programme for an old-time Film Buffs Forecast

Alan Quirk talks about Splodge

Ross Campbell stops by for a chat about the Erwin Rado Theatre

Michael Kohler from Melbourne Cinemateque talks about the 2007 programme

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27/1/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:14:49 +0000

Nick Matteo reviews the DVD release of The Critic

Paul Harris and Mark Hartley have an extended conversation with one of Australia’s leading stunt coordinators, with credits going back over the last 25 years, Zev Eleftheriou

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson talk about The Pursuit of Happyness, Chaos, Glory Road and what’s moving with the flannels and chicks

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20/1/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:23:38 +0000

It’s a Magic in the Movies special with Australia’s most successful magician, Ian Buckland

Mark Hartley talks briefly on The Prestige and The Illusionist

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6/1/07 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:45:01 +0000

Brian MacFarlane review The Queen and Charlotte’s Web

Peter Kemp and Nick Matteo review the new Pedro Almodovar film, Volver, and take a critical look at TV with The Loop, Till Death, Help Me Help You and Corner Gas

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson talk about Imax with Open Season and A Night at the Museum, what’s around on DVD and reviews of Edison, the 1994 film, DOA, and My Super Ex-girlfriend

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30/12/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:34:23 +0000

Paul Harris and Mark Hartley chat about all things film, including a review of The Holiday

Australian writer/producer/director/cinematographer, David Parker, talks about his career

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23/12/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:50:02 +0000

(NOTE: If you downloaded this show prior to Tuesday, March 13, you’ll have a truncated version of the show. The full version is around 54MB and runs longer than 15 minutes. Sorry about that, Chief.)

It’s the traditional Film Buffs poll for the Best, Worst, Over and Under Rated films of the last 12 months

While taking your votes we get the views from:

Brian MacFarlane
Grace Stewart
Alan Finney
Paul Byrne
Rose Capp
Peter Kemp
Joel Pearlman
Mark Hartley
Ian Thompson
Jessica Nicholas
Boris Trbic
Nick Matteo
Jim Schembri

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16/12/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:55:25 +0000

Australian actor, Simon Linden - who you may remember from Chopper - and director, Steve Jablonski talk about the short film, Warhead, which is screening as part of the VCA Graduate Screenings

Nick Matteo previews the latest TV offering from Mary Louise Parker, Weeds, along with Men in Trees, Life as We Know It and In Justice - all screening in the non-ratings summer period

Dr George Miller talks about his hit film, Happy Feet

Mark Hartley reviews Charlotte’s Web

Jessica Nicholas reports on the latest Lars Von Trier film, Manderlay

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9/12/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:16:11 +0000

The VCA Graduate Screenings are coming up and filmmakers, Jacob Oberman, Anton Blayer and Adrian Francis, director of Soft Words, are in to talk about what’s on offer

Lisa Dethridge reviews the latest Pedro Almodovar film, Volver

Veteran sound designer, Craig Carter, with credits including Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Romeo + Juliet and Japanese Story, and Sharon Peers talk about the summer film school, happening at Melbourne Uni

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2/12/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:22:45 +0000

Boris Trbic reviews the Philip K Dick adaptation, A Scanner Darkly

Paul speaks with producer, Jordan Kerner, about the remake of Charlotte’s Web

Nick Matteo talks about Shortbus

Brett Cropley talks about the Fitz Awards at the Spanish Club in between reporting on the state of rental accommodation around Melbourne

Liz Burke, Shannon Owen and Kim Beamish talk about their documentary following the trial and execution of Van Nguyen, Just Punishment, screening on ABC TV

Rose Capp reviews The Prestige

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25/11/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:48:57 +0000

Peter Kemp reminiscences on the life and career of Robert Altman and takes a look at the career of Sacha Baron Cohen in light of the release of his film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Flags of Our Fathers is in for dissection by Peter Kemp and Boris Trbic

The director of Cuban Wandering, Elise Baillieu, talks about her film and the Celluloid Soup film festival, at which it’s screening

Mark Hartley and Kevin Janner share their memories of Robert Altman

Alec Morgan talks about his film, Hunt Angels

Mark Hartley talks about his experiences at the American Film Market

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review The Descent and The Black Dahlia

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18/11/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:16:08 +0000

Evan and Clare talk about a special screening at ACMI of films from the Swinburne TAFE Advanced diploma of Screen (Digital Film & Television)

Johnno, one of the filmmakers included in Video Lives on ABC2, talks about his film and the project

Peter Kemp reviews Children of Men

Brian MacFarlane talks about the James Chapman book, Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film

Writer/director, Greg Reid, talks about his film, Like Minds

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11/11/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:07:39 +0000

Brian MacFarlane talks about Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Boris Trbic reviews the new Michael Winterbottom film, The Road to Guantanamo

RMIT media students, Eira Joy Aringay and Mithila Gupta talk about the upcoming RMIT media showcase

Peter Kemp discusses sessions and events as part of the Film and History conference

Nick Matteo reviews Wordplay

Director, Patrick Creadon talks about his film, Wordplay

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4/11/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:45:14 +0000

Lisa Dethridge reviews the last Robert Altman film, A Prarie Home Companion

Filmmaker, Cassie Dart talks about her latest project in development and a fundraiser she’s organised to help pay for it

Boris Trbic reviews some of the films from the Italian Film Festival

Documentary filmmaker, Philip Tyndall talks to us from the track in preparation for his documentary on Phar Lap

Peter Kemp reviews Little Miss Sunshine

Actor/director, Scott Marshall has a chat about his latest film, Keeping Up with the Steins

Brian MacFarlane talks about a couple of biographical British film books

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28/10/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:44:49 +0000

Cynthia Mann, from Music & Effects, talks about Vietnam Symphony and a fundraising screening

Boris Trbic reviews some of the films from the Italian Film Festival

RMIT screenwriter, Suzi Taylor pops in to talk about the 2006 edition of The Pool - the annual guide to RMIT’s emerging screenwriters

Peter Kemp and Rose Capp review Sketches of Frank Gehry

Alex Castro discusses the programme and moves of Popcorn Taxi

Nick Black speaks, on location, with veteran Hollywood actor, L.Q. Jones

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21/10/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:57:13 +0000

After conducting an international search, we’ve finally tracked down Joy Dunstan, the star of Chris Löfvén’s 1976 Oz, in the UK. At the time, legendary Australian drummer and Triple R broadcaster, Gary Young was in a band called the Rockin’ Emus who recorded a song called Beautiful Joy about the one and the same. Gary drops by to share his memories of Joy Dunstan, writing schmaltzy country love songs and working on Oz with us

The Red Lobster Poetry Program goes to air on channel 31 every Thursday night at 11pm. Bill Moussoulis is launching Straight from the Tank, a documentary film of some of the finest poetry performances from the first 2 years of Red Lobster recordings on DVD at Bar 303 in High St, Northcote on Thursday night. Local poet, Michael Ward talks about the program, the DVD and all things poetry

Brian MacFarlane reviews The Devil wears Prada

Gordon Napier chats about being one of the finalists in this year’s Project Greenlight

Boris Trbic previews some of the films screening as part of the 2006 Italian Film Festival which runs October 25 - November 12, before visiting with us over the next three weeks with reviews in Italiano

Peter Kemp reviews World Trade Center

Peter Kemp and Rose Capp review the new Mick Molloy film, Boytown

Mark Hartley has a review of the latest Jason Statham film, Crank

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14/10/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:11:26 +0000

Francis Coady, director of the Bondi Short Film Festival talks about the event

Rob McCafferty, director of A Weekend In The Country, the documentary feature about the Meredith Music Festival, has a chat

Cameron Male and Tim K. Ali, directors of the Australian International Film Festival taking place at Hoyts Melbourne Central from October 21

Brian McFarlane tells us all about The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Nick Matteo has a review of Friends With Money and Green Wing on UKTV and available on DVD

Tim Bonython, director of the Australian Surf Film Festival talks about the tour and is joined by musicians Josh Boots and Simon King, performing live in the studio

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson cover Poseidon and Masters of Horror

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7/10/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:16:18 +0000

Local filmmakers, Holly Alexander and Mitchell Forrester, who are working on a new film called Slapping Chrissie, talk about their film plans and a fundraising night with a special screening of the new Martin Scorsese film, The Departed

Jim Stemikakos and Matthew Clayfield talk about the free Electric Shorts film event, screening as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival

Xan Cassavetes talks about her documentary, Z Channel: Magnificent Obsession, as well as the films that featured on Z Channel which are screening at ACMI as part of their Freaky Fridays late night cult film season

Feature film writer/director, music video maker and rockstar, Chris Löfvén chats about the forthcoming book, Tomorrow is Today: Australia in the psychedelic era, 1966-1970 before heading down to the Tote tomorrow night for a Cam-Pact reunion gig - the first in 36 years! - with Even and The Great Apes

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30/9/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:01:05 +0000

Peter Kemp and Rose Capp review Kenny

Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood who played astronauts David Bowman and Dr Frank Poole in Stanley Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey have an extended conversation with Paul Harris and Mark Hartley

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23/9/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:22:45 +0000

The Melbourne manager of AFTRS, Simon Britton talks about the SPAA/AFTRS Pitching Competition

Rose Capp and Peter Kemp review Jeremy Sims‘ Last Train to Freo

Veteran director, Michael Cacoyannis talks about his career, including his film Zorba the Greek which is screening at the Greek Film Festival

Lisa Dethridge reviews Geoffrey Wright’s Macbeth

Barry Barton talks about a new rooftop cinema at Curtain House in Swanston Street

Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood who played astronauts David Bowman and Dr Frank Poole in Stanley Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey drop by for a chat - this is the first part which will be continued next week

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16/9/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:00:20 +0000

Rose Capp reviews Folding Florence

Tony De Bolfo chats about a short season he’s presenting of screenings of Dall’Italia All’ Australia: From Italy to Australia, 1924 as part of Darebin Music Feast 2006

Director Rohan Spong and producer Melanie Wigg talk about their film, When Darkness Falls

Mark Hartley tells us about Stormbreaker

One of the stars of Ken Loach’s new film, The Wind that Shakes the Barley - Cillian Murphy comes on for a chat

Veteran Australian producer, David Hannay talks on the career of another veteran Australian producer, Tom Stacey, on his passing

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9/9/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:25:25 +0000

Jeremy Sims talks about his new film Last Train to Freo

Peter Kemp reviews Breakfast on Pluto, the latest film from Neil Jordan

Nick Matteo joins Peter and Paul to talk about Ricky Gervais‘ latest series, Extras

Peter Kemp discusses Brick

Nick Matteo reviews Thank You for Smoking

Catherine Thompson, the screenwriter of Unfolding Florence talks about her work

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2/9/06 Film Buffs Podcast - Westgarth OB

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:20:55 +0000

The Palace Westgarth Cinema Film Buffs Forecast outside broadcast with:

Ana Kokkinos, talking about her new film The Book of Revelation
Ben Zeccola from Palace Cinemas
Publicist, Michael Wilkie, talking about the launch of the newly renovated cinemas
Mark Hartley with a review of the new Samuel L Jackson film, Snakes on a Plane
Geoffrey Wright’s film version of Macbeth is imminent and he’s in for a chat about that
David Kilderry has the lowdown on the history of the Westgarth Cinema that he’s sharing with us

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26/8/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:58:59 +0000

Mark Hartley fills in for Paul Harris on the show this week

Brian MacFarlane reviews Confetti and The Libertine

Writer/director/producer, Greg Mclean, talks about his early short film, ICQ, screening at Shortcuts at Big Mouth

Writer/director, Andrew Bujalski, talks with Paul about his films Mutual Appreciation and Funny Ha Ha

Tom Coltrane - one of Australia’s leading stunt performers, actor and safety supervisor and consultant - talks with Paul about his career spanning 25 years

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19/8/06 Film Buffs Podcast - 2006 Radiothon 2

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:14:02 +0000

We continue to take your subscriptions on 9388 1027 for our annual Triple R radiothon. If you subscribe and payup by September 20 you’ll go into the draw for almost $100,000 worth of prizes

Joel Pearlman swings by to chat about developments in the Australian film exhibition industry, with particular focus on the conversion of our cinemas to digital projection technologies

Tony Ginnane scratches the surface of his career of 35 years or more

And Jessica Nicholas pre-empts her review of 49 Up

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12/8/06 Film Buffs Podcast - 2006 Radiothon 1

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:26:49 +0000

The annual Radiothon for 2006, calling for your subscriptions to allow us to continue to bring you another year of community radio

While you phone the station on 9388 1027, Paul Harris, Mark Hartley and Brett Cropley spend two hours with Paul Goldman, director of Suburban Mayhem, the closing night film at the Melbourne International Film Festival

And if you subscribe during the radiothon between 12 and 2 on Saturday, we’ll read your name out and you’ll be immortalised in the Film Buffs Podcast

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5/8/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:20:08 +0000

Brian Wise from Triple R’s Off the Record talks about some of the music based films at the Melbourne International Film Festival

Tina Kaufman reports on the Sydney Film Festival, the cancellation of SBS‘ The Movie Show and the re-opening of the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney

Nick Matteo discusses some of his highlights from MIFF and takes a look at TV with How I Met Your Mother, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show Global Edition

Ian Thompson reviews the Dolph Lundgren film, The Mechanic, Chuck Norris‘ The Cutter and Derailed

Jessica Nicholas looks at some films at MIFF, including The Pusher trilogy and Jonestown

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29/7/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:37:07 +0000

The 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival Film Buffs Forecast outside broadcast:

Daniel Dubiek - one of the producers of Thank You for Smoking
Murali K. Thalluri, director of the MIFF opening night film, 2:37
Dan Jones, director of Detour de France
Amy Berg, director of Deliver Us From Evil
David Stratton, co-host of At The Movies
Alkinos Tsilimindos, director of Em 4 Jay

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22/7/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:05:15 +0000

Junebug, Half Light and the book, Acting Irish in Hollywood from Fitzgerald to Farrell, get the Brian McFarlane treatment

Stella Kinsella talks about the Short Poppy Film Festival

Paul chats with Catherine Jarman, producer of the Ray Lawrence directed film, Jindabyne

Mark Hartley reviews the first Project Greenlight film, Solo

Boris Trbic reviews Jindabyne - based on the Raymond Carver short story, So Much Water So Close to Home

Executive director of the Melbourne International Film Festival, James Hewison, previews the MIFF programme

Jessica Nicholas has a few reviews of films screening at MIFF, including the documentary, Darkon

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15/7/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:02:49 +0000

Rose Capp reviews Don’t Come Knocking, the latest film from Wim Wenders, and briefly previews It’s Winter, My Country, My Country, Pusher, Manslaughter, Thank-you for Smoking and This Film is not yet Rated, all coming up at the Melbourne International Film Festival

Screenwriter, Abe Pogos, and director, Aarne Neeme, talk about the next Script Alive event, presenting the screenplay, Sugar Mountain

Brian MacFarlane reviews the Richard E Grant directed, semi-autobiographical film, Wah-Wah

Kevin Janner covers The Searchers and Stagecoach, both directed by John Ford and out now on DVD

Writer/director, Morgan O’Neill talks about his film, Solo - the first film from Project Greenlight

Mark Hartley reports on Superman Returns

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8/7/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:18:58 +0000

Peter Kemp talks about Rolf de Heer’s Ten Canoes and the passing of John Hinde

A call for extras is put out by local director and former Film Buffs regular, Anna Brownfield, for her film The Band

Nick Matteo talks about the TV series, Northern Exposure - available now on DVD

Lloyd Kaufman, CEO and founder of Troma Films talks about his career, including his new film, Poultrygeist

Peter Kemp, Nick Matteo and Rose Capp discuss Michael Winterbottom’s latest film, Tristram Shandy A Cock and Bull Story

Ian Thompson talks about Paradise Lost, now available on DVD

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1/7/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:56:50 +0000

Animator, Tia Kratter talks about her work with Pixar, including their latest film, Cars

One of the stars of Richard E Grant’s Wah-Wah, Nicholas Hoult, has a chat

Nick Matteo with a review of the new show on 7, My Name Is Earl

Richard Woolstencroft, MUFF director, talking about the programme

Brian McFarlane with a review of Colour Me Kubrik

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24/6/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:24:09 +0000

Brian MacFarlane talks about his English adventures and reviews Oliver Twist

John Lewis talks about his films, The Birdhouse and The Boy Who Wanted To Touch The Moon, screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival

Rose Capp and Peter Kemp discuss Factotum, with Matt Dillon, written by Charles Bukowski

Fiona Eagger, producer of The Society Murders, talks about a forthcoming producers’ short course on Financing Your Television Project at AFTRS

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review Stick It and Interns

Jessica Nicholas tells us all about Brasileirinho - screening at Cinema Nova

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17/6/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:45:06 +0000

Paul Byrne reviews Poseidon and The Break Up

Mark La Rosa and Jason Turley talk about a special screening of their films - The Captors and Wooden Heart - at the Erwin Rado Theatre on Thursday night

Melbourne based actor, Syd Brisbane, talks about his film and TV career, along with his latest role as Squizzy Taylor in Barry Dickens‘ play, Squizzy, playing at La Mama - Carlton Courthouse until June 24

Nick Matteo talks about Veronica Mars, screening on channel 10

Lili Taylor stars opposite Matt Dillon in the latest Triple R Subscriber preview, Factotum - based on the writing of Charles Bukowski. She’s on the line for a chat

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10/6/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:44:54 +0000

Peter Kemp reviews the new Antonio Banderas film, Take the Lead

Grace Stewart - Melbourne’s youngest film buff - has been to see the new Pixar animated feature, Cars, and has a review of The Chronicles of Narnia - out now on DVD

Rose Capp and Peter Kemp talk about the new Costa-Gavras film, The Ax (Le Couperet)

Mark Hartley is excited about the remake of The Wicker Man

Rose Capp has a review of The Chumscrubber

Peter Kemp talks about Ballets Russes

Mark Hartley reviews Aeon Flux before Ian Thompson comes in with commentary on the review

Mark and Ian talk about Just Friends, Second in Command and what’s hot with the chicks and flannelettes

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3/6/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:57:27 +0000

Ths St Kilda Film Festival special outside broadcast, live from the Lobby Bar at the George Cinemas in St Kilda. Paul speaks to various guests and filmmakers at the festival’s Industry Open Day:

Russell Edwards, writer/director of The Agreement

Musician and composer, Toby Burke

Alex Stein from Interfilm in Berlin

Damon Herriman, writer/director of The Faking Game

Quentin Turnour from the National Film and Sound Archive

Anthony Lucas, director of the Oscar-nominated animation, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

Tom David - presenter/producer of The Short Film Show on Channel 31

International festival guest, Nikolaj Nitikin, a foreign delegate for Eastern Europe and Russia for the Berlin Film Festival, selection committee member of GoEast and a jury member of countless European festivals

Musician, writer, journalist, broadcaster and presenter/producer on The Screening Room, James Valentine

Oscar-winning animator, Adam Elliott

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27/5/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:52:36 +0000

Peter Kemp reviews the new Australian film, Candy

Jenny Sabine talks on the 40th anniversary of the VCA Film & Television School

Brett Cropley from Fitzroy Shorts is in with two filmmakers, Richard Vette, director of Teen Christian Beach Party, and Aaron Wilson, director of Ten Feet Tall - screening at the St Kilda Film Festival - and curator of the June programme at Fitzroy Shorts - screening at the Spanish Club on Wednesday June 7

Peter Kemp and Paul Byrne discuss the Rodgers and Hammerstein DVD box set

Veteran Hollywood cameraman/writer/director and collaborator with Orson Welles, Gary Graver talks about his career, spanning more than 40 years

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20/5/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:52:35 +0000

Please note: This podcast episode was initially incorrectly linked to the 13/5 show. It is now linked correctly.

Rose Capp reviews the new Atom Egoyan film, Where the Truth Lies

Writer/director, Ray Boseley, talks about his film Tarzan’s South Yarra Adventures, which is screening as part of the VCA Film School Retrospective: 1966 - 2006 programme at the St Kilda Film Festival

Nick Matteo takes a long look at the life and work of Neil Young, with a review of Neil Young: Heart of Gold and an examination of his career as an actor and as a director

Channel 31 station manager, Greg Dee, talks about his film, George and Needles, which is screening as part of the VCA Film School Retrospective: 1966 - 2006 programme at the St Kilda Film Festival

A special report on a number of films about to come out of New Zealand by Michael Helms, who has recently returned from visiting a number of films set over there

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13/5/06 Film Buffs Podcast

filmbuffs@gmail.com (Brett Cropley) — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:38:44 +0000

Peter Kemp and Steve Gaunson talk about TV’s The Shield

Nick Matteo pays tribute to film score composer, Randy Newman

Nigel Buesst talks about a special screening of films from the VCA Film School

Rose Capp reviews Hidden

Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson give us some reviews

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