PODCAST: ABC 774 – 13th February

In this week’s Friday Film segment we discuss the Oscar-nominated film from director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) starring Michael Keaton. Plus, talkback on ‘Story-within-a-Story Films’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 28th November

This week on Friday Film I discuss the latest Y.A. franchise sequel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 starring Jennifer Lawrence, and director David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars starring Julianne Moore. Plus, talkback on ‘Satire on Film’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 4th July

In this week’s Friday Film segment we sat down with legendary Hollywood performer (and my childhood idol) Robert Englund, for a discussion of the iconic Freddy Krueger character, the Nightmare on Elm Street films and horror cinema, on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

FEATURE: Looking Forward to the Past

Ever since George Lucas decided it’d be a good idea to take us back to a ‘longer time ago’ in a galaxy ‘further away’, Hollywood has been increasingly overcome with prequel fever. Yes, barely a moment had passed since our realisation that Darth Vader was an annoying adolescent with poor acting skills that we noticed […]

FEATURE: Home of the Brave?

In case you hadn’t noticed, 2007 is quickly becoming the year of the political drama, and not just at the cinema. It may be more than a year before the next U.S. presidential elections, but you’d hardly know it the way senators Clinton and Obama have already taken to the campaign trail. And theirs is […]