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14/03/09 Film Buffs Podcast

Joe Dolce reviews Goya’s 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 [...]

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Returning after the break… Brian McFarlane reviews Becoming Jane, a drama based on the early life of Jane Austen, directed by Julian Jarrold; as well as the books Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British ‘B’ Film, by Steve Chibnall, and European Film Noir, edited by Andrew Spicer Paul interviews Australian filmmaker Jackie Schulz about her career [...]

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Science Fiction fan Gordana Bacic leads a discussion about the representation of science in film Simone Ubaldi reviews The Reaping Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback is screening as part of the Festival of German Films and co-director Dietmar Post chats about the film and the band Direct Link

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Interspersed with quotes from Joe Esterhas‘ book The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!… Frank Bren chats about his stage show A History of Motion Pictures Nick Matteo discusses the SBS/World Movies Channel series 25 Docs You Must See Before You Die Director Haydn Keenan talks about his documentary Golden Sandals - The Art of Reg [...]

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Brian MacFarlane reviews Half Nelson Lisa Dethridge discusses highlights of the 10th Spanish Film Festival, touring nationally Dean McInerney, Curator of Time Capsules, chats about this esoteric collection screening at the ABC Gallery in Collingwood Rose Capp reviews the romantic comedy Because I Said So, starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore Brett Swain talks about his career and [...]

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Simone Ubaldi reviews Lucky You, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore, Så som i himmelen (As It Is In Heaven), a sleeper hit from Sweden directed by Kay Pollak and Breach, co-written and directed by Billy Ray Screenwriter Kris Mrksa chats about his career and The King, the telemovie about Graham [...]

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Director Campbell Maynes chats about his career, relocation to LA and his short film When the Tide Turns, which will be screening in competition at the St Kilda Film Festival To coincide with the release in Australia of The US v John Lennon, co-director David Leaf discusses his motivation for making the documentary, its parallels with [...]

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Veteran character actor Roy Billing is in for a chat about his starring role in Aden Young’s short film, The Rose Of Ba Ziz, which has its world premiere at the St Kilda Film Festival on Tuesday We’re talking to Sally Hussey, the director of the Bayside Film Festival and The Falls Film Festival Philip Sametz is [...]

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A packed programme coming to you from the Industry Open Day at the St Kilda Film Festival… Calmin Borel, Festival Coordinator for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, talks about how he came to be involved and how the Festival has grown since its inception over 30 years ago Director Charlotte George chats about her latest film, [...]

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While Paul is on the road with the St Kilda Film Festival 2007 National Tour, Renae Maxwell presents two interviews that will run over the next two weeks… Part one of an interview about the last 50 years of Australian show business, with former TV Producer Bob Phillips, author of Like No Other Business, and singer/actor [...]

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As Paul continues on his travels with the St Kilda Film Festival 2007 National Tour, Renae Maxwell presents part two of Paul’s interviews with Bob Phillips and Judy Banks, and Sven Liebaek Also, Brian McFarlane reviews Romulus, My Father and Driving Lessons Direct link

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Frank Cox, the founder of the Kino Dendy Cinemas and NewVision Film Distributors, chats about the history of the cinemas in celebration of the 20th anniversary and how the cinematic landscape has changed in that time Paul Martin, the man behind the Melbourne Film Blog is in to talk about the art of blogging and his [...]

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Lots of reviews in today’s show… Brian McFarlane has been to see Lucky Miles, a new Australian movie which opens this week Simone Ubaldi reviews Jesus Camp, a documentary about evangelical Christian children in America, which has been released directly to DVD; and Knocked Up, the new Judd Apatow comedy Nick Matteo is in to give a review [...]

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In celebration of the life of a great and pioneering Australian filmmaker and a great friend of Film Buffs’ Forecast, Richard Franklin, who died suddenly during the week, we’re speaking with Vince Monton, cameraman on Richard’s early films, Mark Hartley, who recently shot Richard’s final on-screen appearance for his documentary, Not Quite Hollywood, and Ross [...]

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Simone Ubaldi casts a critical eye over La Vie En Rose, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s cradle-to-grave portrait of Edith Piaf Ross Campbell presents a rare recording of an interview from 1978 of Richard Franklin, conducted by Ivan Hutchinson on the set of Patrick Brian MacFarlane reviews Evening, the first English language feature of Hungarian cinematographer-turned-director Lajos Koltai [...]

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Jessica Nicholas reviews two films that have screened at MIFF: the Serbian film Gucha - Distant Trumpet (aka Guča!), a Shakespearean, mythic fairytale comedy set against the backdrop of the Guča trumpet festival; and The Monastery, a documentary from Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær, about 82-year-old Jørgen Lauersen Vig’s dream of turning his property [...]

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Lots of guests on the show today… Brian MacFarlane drops by to review Snow Cake, a Canadian drama about the friendship between an autistic mother and an ex-con, starring Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman Lucy Desoto Clement, well-known in the music industry as a keyboard player and blues musician, discusses her feature film about Rose Tattoo - [...]

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It’s Radiothon time! Director David Michôd, winner of this year’s MIFF prize for Best Australian Short with Crossbow, shows his support for the station. Please help keep Film Buffs and all the other great shows on RRR going - phone 03-9388 1027 today and subscribe. Direct link

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We continue to take your subscriptions on 03-9388 1027 in our annual Triple R Radiothon, including a 60 second review of Fracture, starring Anthony Hopkins. If you subscribe and pay up by September 19, you’ll go into the draw for over $100,000 worth of prizes, including special prizes for interstate listeners, pets, artists, bands [...]

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Liam Campbell, one of the directors of the documentary Aboriginal Rules, screening in two parts on ABC and ABC2 as part of the Message Stick series over the next couple of weeks, is on the phone Brian McFarlane reviews Tony Ayres’ semi-autobiographical drama, The Home Song Stories, starring Academy Award winner Joan Chen Peter Kemp gives the [...]

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