PODCAST: ABC 774 – March 15th

On this week’s Friday Film segment I chat to Raf about Lee Daniels’ film The Paperboy starring Nicole Kidman, Steven Soderbergh’s final film (?) Side Effects, and take talkback on ‘Film Defining Scenes’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – Match 15th Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – March 11th

In this week’s episode of Plato’s Cave the team review Side Effects and Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (DVD) plus we interview filmmaker Grant Scicluna about his petition for the Australian Classification Board to overturn the ‘refused exemption’ status of the film I Want Your Love. With Josh Nelson, Thomas Caldwell and Tara Judah. […]

ANALYSIS: Reigning Men?: Masculinity in ‘Magic Mike’

You’re not just stripping. You are fulfilling every woman’s wildest fantasies. You are the husband that they never had. You are that dreamboat guy that never came along. You are the one-night stand: that free fling of a fuck that they get to have tonight, with you on stage, and still go home to their […]

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: ABC 774 – July 27th

This week on Friday film Raf and I discuss Channing Tatum, male strippers, commodified masculinity and the global financial crisis in Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – July 27th Episode (.MP3)