PODCAST: ABC 774 – 7th August

This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss the Judd Apatow-directed romantic comedy, Trainwreck, written by and starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, and selected films from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Raiders! and Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon. Plus, talkback on ‘trainwreck characters on film’ […]

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 31st July

In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the latest IMF outing in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson, and preview films from the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Human Highway: Director’s Cut and the David Gulpilil Retrospective, on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC […]

PODCAST: ABC 774 – August 17th

This week on Friday film Raf and I discuss a selection of films from week two of the Melbourne International Film Festival including Michael Haneke’s Amour, Ann Hui’s A Simple Life, Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut Wild Bill, and the French animation, Le Tableau on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – August […]

PODCAST: ABC 774 – August 10th

This week on Friday film Raf and I discuss selected films from week one of the Melbourne International Film Festival including I Wish, Carré Blanc, Alois Nebel, Dark Horse and the Outside the Law program including the Michael Fassbender/Liam Cunningham short, Pitch Black Heist on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 […]

PODCAST: 3RRR MIFF Special – August 9th

In this live-to-air Max Headroom special on 3RRR the I’m joined by fellow film critics Tara Judah and Cerise Howard and producer Claire Fitzgerald to discuss a number of films screened as part of the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival, the influence of digital technologies and the longevity (or imminent demise) of celluloid within the […]

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – July 30th

In this week’s episode of Plato’s Cave the team review In Darkness and Magic Mike pus we preview a number of films from the upcoming 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – 30th July Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – August 2nd

In the second of our live Plato’s Cave Melbourne International Film Festival specials we discuss Surviving Life, The Unjust, Give Up Tomorrow, The Yellow Sea, Guilty of Romance, Outrage, Under the Hawthorn Tree, Oki’s Movie, Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Boxing Gym, Ruhr, Into Eternity, Fire in Babylon, How to Die in Oregon, She Monkey, The […]

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – July 28th

This week’s Plato’s Cave episode is the first of two Melbourne International Film Festival specials recorded live on 3RRR. Some of the films/events the team discusses are the Peter Tscherkassky program, Tomboy, I Am Eleven, Cold Fish, Submarine, Beauty and the Beast, Route Irish, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, The Troubadours, Littlerock, Michael, Sing Your […]

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – July 12th

This week on Plato’s Cave the team review The Illusionist, Hanna and Reign of Assassins (DVD) plus we select some potential highlights from the upcoming 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival program. With Josh Nelson, Thomas Caldwell and Tara Judah. Plato’s Cave – July 12th Episode (.MP3)

FEATURE: MIFFing Out On Festival Fatigue

“19 Days Only”! That’s the slogan for this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. It’s a catchy little phrase, no doubt engineered by some marketing guru hoping to incite panic among cinephiles desperate to savour each and every last frame from the films on show. And yet now, with the program nearing its conclusion, I can’t […]