This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss the concluding film in the popular YA franchise The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and the latest film from director Terrence Malick, Knight of Cups with Christian Bale. Plus, talkback on ‘anti-establishment heroes’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, October 9, 2015
In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the documentary The Wrecking Crew, and the Robert Zemeckis-directed The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as French high wire artist Philippe Petit. Plus, talkback on ‘musical documentaries’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2015
Recently I served as a member of the judging panel for the 2015 RMIT Film Awards alongside Daniel Binns (RMIT), Kess Broekman-Dattner (Oh Yeah Wow) and Katrina Wilkinson (eOne). As a condition of my participation in the judging process I offered to produce reviews for the winning entries. Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s […]
Continue reading...Friday, September 25, 2015
In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the Australian crime drama Cut Snake, starring Sullivan Stapleton and the Denis Villeneuve-directed Sicario, starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin. Plus, talkback on ‘compelling screen villains’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, September 18, 2015
This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss the based-on-a-true-story film Everest, starring Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal, and the Peter Strickland-directed, The Duke of Burgundy. Plus, talkback on ‘greatest snow films’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, September 11, 2015
In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the new release comedy, People Places Things starring Jemaine Clement, and the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, from director F. Gary Gray. Plus, talkback on ‘teachers on film’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, September 4, 2015
This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss the documentary Best of Enemies, which focuses on the 1968 televised debates between William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, and the Joel Edgerton-helmed psychological thriller, The Gift. Plus, talkback on ‘greatest screen adversaries’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, August 28, 2015
In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the recent documentary The Wolfpack, and the new Australian romantic-drama Holding the Man, starring Ryan Corr and Craig Stott. Plus, talkback on ‘strangest screen families’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2015
This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss the Antoine Fuqua-directed boxing film, Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and the post-apocalyptic drama Maggie, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin. Plus, we ask ‘Which actor would play you in a film of your life?’ on talkback on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Continue reading...Friday, August 14, 2015
In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the Australian road movie Last Cab to Darwin starring Michael Caton, and preview Pasolini from the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Plus, talkback on ‘worst on-screen accents’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.
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Friday, November 20, 2015
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