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06/02/10 Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:18:00 GMT

Production designer Chris Kennedy joins Paul Harris in the studio for an extended interview about working on The Road; Ian Thompson reviews Invictus and the new DVD release Antichrist; Boris Trbic reviews The Road; Nick Matteo and Paul Byrne review the DVD releases Tulpan and I'm Reed Fish; and director Jacob Hickey is on the phone to talk about his documentary, Inside The Firestorm.

30/01/10 Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:31:00 GMT

We return to the regular broadcast of Film Buffs Forecast for 2010... Alan Quirk (with Irving Gribbish) joins Paul Harris to discuss Splodge! Film Society, screening monthly at The Empress Hotel in North Fitzroy; Brian McFarlane reviews Nowhere Boy; Boris Trbic reviews Up In The Air; Gareth Francis, son of the late Oscar-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis (Sons & Lovers, Glory), is on the phone to talk about his father's career; Gary Hilberg reviews Nine; and Michael Koller joins us to give an overview of the program at Melbourne Cinematheque this year.

26/12/09 Boyce & Hart Summer Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:52:00 GMT

The second edition of the Summer Film Buffs podcasts brings you Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, probably best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees.

19/12/09 What's the Score? Summer Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:39:00 GMT

What's the Score? The first of the summer Film Buffs podcasts, over the next five weeks we'll be presenting a series of music specials. This week, Paul Harris is joined by Kevin Jenner. Due to copyright restrictions, we can't bring you the music, but we hope you enjoy the discussion.

12/12/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:16:00 GMT

This week is the Christmas special, discussing the best, worst, most overrated and most underrated films of 2009. Paul Harris is joined by regular contributors and guests Michael Helms, Gary Hilberg, Simone Ubaldi, Nick Matteo, Boris Trbic, Mark Hartley, Justin King, Tony Ginane and Ian Thompson.

Check out the Film Buffs Forecast page on the Triple R website for the full list of films that had a local release in 2009.

05/12/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:40:00 GMT

Simone Ubaldi reviews Where The Wild Things Are, A Serious Man and Antichrist; VCA graduates Jacqui Lothian and James Roberston discuss their short films and the VCA Film & Television Graduate Screenings 2009 at ACMI; Nick Matteo reviews the HBO series Hung (8.30pm Wednesday, Showcase), the new DVD release Gomorrah and the documentary Heart of an Empire; Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review The Hills Run Red; Ian reviews The Open Road; Mark reviews Paranormal Activity; Michael Helms discusses the work of Ted V. Mikels and Jack Hill; and Boris Trbic reviews Wassup Rockers, now available on DVD.

28/11/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:12:00 GMT

Paul Harris is joined by Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, the world's foremost expert on the life and career of director Sergio Leone, to discuss Leoneâs career - with particular reference to Leone's 1968 masterpiece, Once Upon A Time in the West, currently screening at the Astor Theatre until 5 December; Gary Hilberg reviews the DVD releases Age of Consent, The New Centurions and the boxed set Ken Russell at the BBC, a collection of Russell's early documentaries; and Morgan Neville, director of The Cool School, talks about his film's subject matter: an exploration of the contemporary modern art scene in Los Angeles, tracking down forgotten figures and rediscovering great talents.

21/11/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:31:00 GMT

Simone Ubaldi reviews The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Time Traveller's Wife; Brian McFarlane reviews The Boys Are Back; Paul Harris speaks with veteran cinematographer Ian Jones about his work and the upcoming AFTRS course Red Cameras: Post Production Pathways; Ian Thompson and Mark Hartley discuss blu-ray, with a pertinent contribution from Ross Campbell; and Mark reviews 2012.

14/11/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:39:00 GMT

Film Buffs Forecast conducted an outside broadcast from ACMI when it first opened in October 2001. We return to ACMI to coincide with the recent opening of Screen Worlds, the permanent exhibition space documenting all aspects of film, televistion and digital culture, to see first-hand the massive changes and advances that have taken place. Paul Harris speaks with CEO Tony Sweeney, Collections Manager Nick Richardson, Head of Exhibitions Conrad Bodman takes us through the gallery on a guided tour, and Mathieu Orleans, curator from the La CinÃmathÃque FranÃaise, discusses the exhibition Dennis Hopper & The New Hollywood.

07/11/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:19:00 GMT

Writer, director and producer Tom Cowan joins Paul Harris for a discussion about his 1977 film, Journey Among Women, out now on DVD; Brian McFarlane reviews Looking for Eric; Nick Matteo reviews Whatever Works; and Mark Hartley reviews Case 39.

31/10/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:54:00 GMT

A bunch of DVD releases this week.... Simone Ubaldi reviews the television series The Lakes and the movie Sunshine Cleaning; Nick Matteo reviews the Red Rider Trilogy of films; Gary Hilberg reviews Model Shop and Moontide; Tam Holyman is on the phone to talk about Underground Cinema, a secret monthly film screening event held in undisclosed locations throughout Melbourne; Nick reviews the television programs John Safran's Race Relations (9.30pm Wednesday, ABC1 or 9pm Thursday, ABC2) and QI (9.30pm Tuesday, ABC1); Simone reviews It Might Get Loud, currently screening at Cinema Nova, and screen content strategist Simon Britton discusses the live stream on the set of The Reef, currently filming in Queensland.

24/10/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT

Nick Matteo reviews Tangle (8.30pm Thursday, Showcase); Geta Loebenstein is on the phone to talk about Speakeasy Cinema, screening at 1000 Â Bend; director Andrew Scarano speaks about his film Into the Shadows, opening this week at Cinema Nova; Simone Ubaldi reviews An Education; Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review the DVD releases Ã l'intÃrieur (Inside), Crank 2: High Voltage, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Married Life; and Haydn Keenan talks about his program, Persons of Interest, which will be screening on SBS next year.

17/10/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:07:00 GMT

Paul Harris chats with documentary film maker Phil Grabsky about his career and his film In Search of Beethoven; actor Robert Taylor, producer David Lightfoot and writer Rupert Glasson dropped by to talk about their new film, the thriller Coffin Rock; Simone Ubaldi reviews Whip It; Corey OâMeara, Producer of the Hillside Film Festival, spoke to Paul about the 2010 event and put out the final call for entries; Nick Matteo reviews Caterina in the City (11.05pm Wednesday, SBS One/HD), Electric Shadows (11.50pm Tuesday, SBS One/HD) and The Myth (10.05pm Saturday, SBS One/HD); and Paul Byrne reviews Le Plaisir and Madame de..., now available on DVD through Madman.

10/10/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT

Paul Harris and 3AW host Philip Brady speak with Bruce Beresford about Mao's Last Dancer; Paul also speaks with Grant Scicluna, who worked as Bruce Beresford's Personal Assistant for the duration of the film; Gary Hilberg reviews Surrogates; Nick Matteo reviews the new television series Hungry Beast (9.00pm Wednesday, ABC1 and 8.30pm Thursday, ABC2) and Tangle (8.30pm Thursday, Showcase); David Kilderry discusses the publication Hoyts 1909-2009, available from the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society, and the 2009 Australian International Movie Convention; and Paul Byrne reviews Julia & Julia.

03/10/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Chris and Suzi from the SKANC Short Film Festival are in the studio to talk to Paul Harris about the event; Brian McFarlane gives his take on Inglourious Basterds and Mao's Last Dancer, and reviews the book Elia Kazan: The Cinema of an American Outsider; Paul speaks with actor Christopher Pate about the 1977 Australian film The Mango Tree, produced by his father Michael Pate and now available on DVD through Umbrella Entertainment; and Michael Helms reviews Shadows & Light: Journeys with Outlaws in Revolutionary Hollywood, the autobiography of award-winning writer/director/stuntman Gary Kent.

26/09/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Simone Ubaldi reviews Moon; Nick Matteo reviews the television comedy series Head Case (10pm Tuesday, Movie Extra); Cinematographer Ellery Ryan talks about his work on Van Diemen's Land; Paul Byrne reviews the television soap The Royal Today (7.30pm weekdays, ABC2); director Denny Lawrence is on the phone to talk about his film Goodbye Paradise, which screened as part of the ACMI Focus on Australian Noir series; and Ian Thompson reviews The International and the straight-to-DVD release, The Killing of John Lennon.

19/09/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Lisa Dethridge continues her preview of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2009; Paul Harris chats with writer/director Judd Apatow about his latest film, Funny People; Nick Matteo has a bunch of small screen reviews - Costa's Garden Odyssey (8.00pm Thursday, SBS), ADbc (8.30pm Thursday, SBS), Jesters (9.30pm Tuesday, Movie Extra) and :30 Seconds (8.30pm Monday, The Comedy Channel); Paul Byrne reviews (500) Days of Summer; Damien Truella from the AFI talks about the 200 Seconds Film Competition and the AFIâs new initiative, AFI TV; and Mark Hartley and Ian Thompson review the DVD releases Cadillac Records and Race to Witch Mountain.

12/09/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Lisa Dethridge previews the Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2009; Simone Ubaldi reviews the documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor and Funny People; Paul Harris talks with actor Liddy Clark about working with Ray Barrett, who died this week; Nick Matteo reviews the television series Eastbound and Down (Showcase, 8pm Wednesday and various repeats); Daniel Scharf puts out the call for digital Australian feature films for entry in the 2009 DigiSPAA Competition, and leads a discussion about the commercial viability of Australian film; Ian Thompson reviews The Soloist and tells us what's hot with the Chicks and the Flannels; and Mark Hartley reviews Charlie & Boots.

05/09/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Paul Harris speaks with actor Christoph Waltz about his career and role as Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, and follows with a brief discussion with Quentin Tarantino, recorded during his recent visit to Melbourne; Lisa Dethridge reviews Push; Brian McFarlane reviews Blessed; Paul and Gary Hillberg conclude the program with reviews of Inglourious Basterds, District 9 and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.

29/08/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Paul Harris chats with director Ang Lee about Taking Woodstock; Paul Byrne and Nick Matteo preview the AICE Israeli Film Festival 2009; Brian McFarlane reviews Balibo and Beautiful Kate; and director Marc Gracie and writer Christopher Thompson join Paul to talk about their latest feature, The Tumbler.

22/08/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT

The second instalment of our 2009 Radiothon special continues the disco theme, as Paul Harris invites you to dance your RRRs off! Call the station on +613 9388 1027 or subscribe via the website at http://rrr.org.au

15/08/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Paul Harris takes you through some disco history in the first of our Radiothon 2009 specials. Please call the station on +613 9388 1027 or go to the website at http://rrr.org.au to subscribe and help keep us on air for the next 12 months. You were born to be subscribed!

08/08/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Today we pay tribute to writer/director John Hughes, who died suddenly from a heart attack on August 6... Paul Byrne reviews Drag Me to Hell, and the DVD releases The Jerk Theory and the sit-com Cybill; Simone Ubaldi, with Paul Harris and Mark Hartley, leads a discussion regarding the importance of the teen movies of John Hughes; director Joel Anderson joins the team to discuss his first feature, Lake Mungo; Nick Matteo reviews The United States of Tara (ABC1, 9.30pm Wednesday; repeat ABC2, 9.30pm Thursday), and Peter Greenaway's 2007 movie, Nightwatching.

01/08/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Coming to you today from the Forum Theatre, this is our annual outside broadcast as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival... Director Emma Franz talks about her film Intangible Asset Number 82, screening as part of the Homegrown program; Executive Director Richard Moore discusses the effects of the Chinese boycott and MIFF website attacks, as well as his recommendations of the Festival; filmmaker Hugh Marchant talks about his involvement in the Australian Post-Punk program; Sarah Finney discusses the work of the National Film and Sound Archive; director Alexis Dos Santos chats about his film, Unmade Beds; local actor Nick Barkla talks to Paul Harris about his role in Alkinos Tsilimidosâ latest film, Blind Company; and we close the show with producer Robyn Kershaw discussing the world premiere of Bran Nue Dae on the final day of the Festival.

25/07/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

This week we bring you a preview of the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival... Lisa Dethridge reviews Cedar Boys; Michelle Carey, MIFF Senior Programmer, gives us some of her highlights of the Festival; Helena McKenzie, Head of International Production, Film London, is a Guest of the Festival and speaks with Paul Harris about Mum & Dad; Edie Ichioka and David Ichioka join us to talk about their film Murch: Walter Murch on Editing; Jessica Nicholas and Ian Thompson review Bronson, Empty Nest and Celia the Queen; and Feature Guest and subject of a retrospective at the Festival, Anna Karina, joins Paul to talk about her career as an actress, singer and filmmaker.

18/07/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Brian McFarlane reviews State Of Play, Disgrace and Last Ride; Paul Harris speaks with Nick Cowan about the Young Filmmakers Association and a screening of Paul Cox's latest film, Salvation, on Tuesday; Simone Ubaldi, Mark Hartley and Paul review BrÃno; Simone reviews Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince; Mark and Ian Thompson review the DVD releases 100 Feet and The Midnight Meat Train; and Paul chats with John Steiner, Collection Management Officer at the ABC, about the DVD release of Pete Seeger in concert at the Melbourne Town Hall, recorded in 1963 by the ABC.

11/07/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Nick Matteo reviews the television mini-series He Kills Coppers (Foxtel Showcase later this year or DVD); Simone Ubaldi and Paul Harris discuss Winged Creatures and Every Little Step; Paul chats with veteran producer Anthony Buckley about his previous work as the editor on Wake In Fright and the recovery and restoration of the film; and cinematographer Robin Copping pays tribute to close friend and colleague, editor David Bilcock Jr, who passed away on 4 July.

04/07/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Nick Matteo reviews a number of films screening in the Bayside Film Festival and Paul Harris chats with Glendyn Ivin about his latest movie, Last Ride, starring Hugo Weaving and Tom Russell.

27/06/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

We've got a big show for you this week... Lisa Dethridge reviews Bastardy; Nick Matteo reviews the new Australian comedy, Whatever Happened To That Guy? (9.30pm Friday, Comedy Channel); Nick Black presents his interview with director Ken Annakin, who died in April 2009; Film Buffs Forecast legend John Flaus joins Paul Harris to discuss John's recent trip to the US, his thoughts on the current state of cinema and television and Fiona Cochrane's film, Four of a Kind; Mark Hartley reviews The Hangover; and Ian Thompson and Joe Dolce review the DVD releases Splinter, Battle In Seattle and Pride and Glory.

20/06/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Brian MacFarlane reviews Is Anybody There?, My Year Without Sex and the book Now A Major Motion Picture; Lino Caputo and Maria Barbieri are on the phone from Shanghai to give the rundown on the Shanghai International Film Festival, now in its 12th year; Mark Hartley reviews Land Of The Lost; and we close the show with a tribute to David Carradine.

Details of the show and the playlist are available at http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6097/

13/06/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Actor, director and writer Stuart Cooper is in the studio for an excellent extended interview; Brian MacFarlane reviews The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; and Simone Ubaldi reviews Terminator Salvation.

06/06/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Brian MacFarlane reviews the black comedy, A Film With Me In It, starring Dylan Moran; Paul Harris, Mark Hartley and Brian discuss some recent notable deaths in the British film industry; Paul Byrne reviews the straight-to-DVD release, The Guitar; Nick Matteo reviews Castle (9.30pm Sunday, Seven) and House Of Saddam (Showcase); director Fiona Cochran and actor Nina Landis discuss Fiona's latest film, Four Of A Kind; Mark reviews the straight-to-DVD release, My Name Is Bruce, directed by and starring Bruce Campbell; Ian Thompson reviews the DVD releases Special, Columbus Day and Phantom Punch and gives the rundown on what's hot with the Chicks and the Flannels.

30/05/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT

This week we are broadcasting live from the Palace George Cinemas in St Kilda, at the Industry Open Day, part of the 26th St Kilda Film Festival...Assistant producer of the Festival, Amber Harris, gives the rundown on Industry Open Day; Calmin Borel from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival discusses the International program; actor Tony Nikolakopoulos talks about his roles in the play August: Osage County and the short film Bombshell; producer Drew Bailey chats about his extensive career; producer/director Gus Berger talks about his documentary, Duke Vin and the Birth of Ska; Steffi Hofmeier from Interfilm Berlin discusses the selection of films in Confrontations: Films Against Violence and Intolerance; director Polly Staniford talks about her career and her two short films screening in the Festival, Netherland Dwarf and Little Wings; and director Grant Scicluna gives us the background to his film, Neon Skin.

23/05/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 23 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Clayton Jacobson is on the phone to talk about Five Easy Pizzas, tying in with Jason Byrne chatting about Little Deaths; Brian McFarlane reviews A Film With Me In It; Nick Matteo and Paul Burns bring the small screen with Mumbai Calling (ABC, 9.35pm Tuesday) and Dave In The Life (SBS, 8.30pm Tuesday); Paul Burns reviews Angels & Demons; Gianni Marinucci discusses the music of Ennio Morricone; and Malcolm Blaylock discusses the international program coming up at St Kilda Film Festival.

16/05/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 16 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Mal Bryning and Vincent O'Donnell join us on the phone, along with Mark Hartley and Brian McFarlane, to share their memories of Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, who passed away on 15 May; director Anna McGrath joins us in the studio to talk about her career and award-winning short film, Small Change; Mark Hartley and Justin King review JJ Abrams' Star Trek; Justin gives the rundown on the latest trailers and Mark reviews Prey; Jessica Nicholas gives a preview of the music-based films screening as part of the Spanish Film Festival in mainland capital cities during May; and Brian McFarlane reviews Elegy.

09/05/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 9 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT

This week we have a special outside broadcast from Readings in Carlton, to celebrate the long-awaited DVD release of the Australian cult movie, Pure Shit... Paul Harris is joined by the director, Bert Deling, the man responsible for putting the DVD together, Neil Foley, writer/actor John Laurie, actor Gary Waddell and Ken Berryman, from the National Film and Sound Archive. Simone Ubaldi also joins us to review Synecdoche, New York. Director Amiel Courtin-Wilson also speaks about his short film, Cicada, selected for screening at Cannes this year, and his upcoming documentary about Ben Lee.

02/05/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 2 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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.

25/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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.

18/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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 âPunslingerâ Tim Vine is in the studio to talk about his show as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

11/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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

04/04/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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.

28/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Nick Matteo reviews Hollywood Residential (Movie Extra, 10pm Thursday), Lawrence Leungâs 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.

21/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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 OâConnor, 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.

14/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Joe Dolce reviews Goyaâs 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.

07/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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 AstÃrix aux jeux olympiques (Asterix at the Olympic Games) and Des poupÃes et des anges (Dolls and Angels), and Boris Trbic reviews Ulzhan, Comme les autres (Baby Love) and the documentary Câest dur dâÃtre aimÃ par des cons (Itâs Hard Being Loved by Jerks), all screening as part of the Alliance FranÃaise 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.

28/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Over the next three weeks weâll be focussing on the Alliance FranÃaise French Film Festival 2009, touring through most capital cities until early Aprilâ Lisa Dethridge previews Public Enemy - Part One (Lâinstinct de mort) and SÃraphine; Melbourne Cinematheque, in conjunction with ACMI, has a bushfire benefit preview screening of Matteo Garroneâs 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, LÃt den rÃtte 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.

21/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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 whatâs hot with the Chicks and the Flannels.

14/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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.

07/02/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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.

31/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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 whatâs 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 CinÃmathÃque programme.

24/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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

17/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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

10/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Simone Ubaldi reviews Woody Allenâs 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 at ACMI this week; Nick Matteo pays tribute to director Robert Mulligan and reviews Peter Cattaneoâs latest, The Rocker; and we finish on an extended interview with director Philippe Mora.

03/01/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

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.

27/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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

20/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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

13/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Writer/director Philippe Claudel and actor Elsa Zylberstein are in the studio to talk about their film, Il y a longtemps que je tâaime (Iâve 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 new 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.

6/12/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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.

29/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Todayâs theme is AUSTRALIAâ 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 Luhrmannâs epic.

22/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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 whatâs hot with the Chicks and the Flannels; and we finish with a review from Brian McFarlane of Brideshead Revisited.

15/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

This week, it is all about the directorsâ 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.

08/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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.

01/11/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

25/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

18/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 MÃrta MÃszÃros about Imre Nagy, screening Thursday 23 October on SBS.

11/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Paul Byrne reviews Eagle Eye; Michael Helms is in again for more chat about highlights of MUFF; Nick Matteo reviews Brian De Palmaâs 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.

04/10/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 Bixbyâs The Man From Earth and Butterfly on a Wheel, and tells us whatâs 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.

27/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

13/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

06/09/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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.

16/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Director Benjamin Gilmour talks about his film Son Of A Lion, opening 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's 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.

09/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Itâs 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?

02/08/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Coming to you this week from The Forum Theatre, in conjunction with MIFF, weâre joined by Arta Dobrosha, star of Lornaâs 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.

26/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 DâAgnolo Vallan, continues the discussion and also talks about the George A. Romero retrospective screening at the Festival.

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19/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 Bandâs Visit

12/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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

05/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Samuel Johnson is in to talk about actor-director relationships, which will be explored in Open Channelâs workshop on Directing Actors for Screen, running 21-31 July; entertainment lawyer Shaun Miller chats about films and legal matters, in anticipation of the Thereâs 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

28/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 Leighâs 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

Plus, another chance at a giveaway for RRR subscribers - if youâre really quick!

21/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Veteran UK writer/director Mike Leigh is on the phone to discuss his latest film, Happy-Go-Lucky; Brian MacFarlane reviews Helen Huntâs 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 whatâs 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

14/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 Bandâs 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 Shyamalanâs 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)

07/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 ânature gone wildâ 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

Sat, 31 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 Turturroâs 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

24/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 24 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Simone Ubaldi reviews Martin Scorseseâs Rolling Stones documentary, Shine A Light, as well as 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

Sat, 17 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 interviewsâ
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

Sat, 3 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

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

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 break-out

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

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 âThe Language of Documentaryâ short course running at AFTRS Melbourne from 9-11 May

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12/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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

âAll of this interspersed with a game of âShow Business Survivorâ

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05/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Director Brian McKenzie talks about his work on the Loveâs 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 whatâs hot with the Chicks and the Flannels

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29/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Brian McFarlane reviews The Black Balloon and the remake of St Trinianâs

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

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:00:00 GMT

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 Lumetâs Before the Devil Knows Youâre 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

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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 FranÃaise 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

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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 Womenâs Murder Club (8.30pm Tuesday, Ten/Ten HD)

Jessica Nicholas previews the Alliance FranÃaise 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 âEm Up, and reports on whatâs popular with the Chicks and the Flannels

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23/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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 video reviews and reminiscences of Lorenzo Semple Jr and Marcia Nasatir, aka The Reel Geezers

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16/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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 actor 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

Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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 Summer Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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

12/01/08 Summer Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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; 27 Dresses, starring Katherine Heigl; 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 Summer Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:00:00 GMT

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

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:00:00 GMT

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

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:00:00 GMT

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 anglickÃho krÃle (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 FranÃois Ozon's latest work, Angel

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01/12/07 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:00:00 GMT

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 HÃfstrÃm 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

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:00:00 GMT

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

17/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:00:00 GMT

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

10/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:00:00 GMT

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.

3/11/07 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:00:00 GMT

Simone Ubaldi has a review of Ne le dis Ã 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 thisâ true stories from a life in the screen trade

Ian Thompson reviews the thriller Prey

27/10/07 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:00:00 GMT

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

20/10/07 Film Buffs Podcast

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:00:00 GMT

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