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Mar 6, 2024 • 54min

Behind the scenes on Dune: Part Two

Melbourne born cinematographer Greig Fraser talks about his work on the biggest film on the planet right now, Dune: Part Two. Palestinian filmmaker Lina Soualem on Bye Bye Tiberias, an intimate film about her mother Hiam Abass, a famous actress, and four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation. Plus, producer Nadim Cheikhrouha discusses  inventive Oscar nominated documentary Four Daughters, about a Tunisian woman whose two eldest daughters were radicalised by Islamic extremists. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Isabella TropianoExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Feb 28, 2024 • 54min

Molly Manning Walker on Cannes Un Certain Regard winner How to Have Sex

British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker on her Cannes Un Certain Regard winner How to Have Sex, a sun-drenched coming of age drama about consent and sexual politics. Chilean director Maite Alberdi on her Oscar nominated documentary The Eternal Memory, a profound love story about Augusto and Paulina, one of Chile's most high profile couples, as they navigate Augusto’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and set out to build an archive of memory; and film programmer Kate Jinx with a report from this year's Berlinale.CREDITSPresenter, Jason Di RossoProducer,  Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Emrys Cronin and Dylan PrinsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Feb 21, 2024 • 53min

Ethan Coen on road trip comedy Drive-Away Dolls

Co-directors Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke on Drive-Away Dolls, a comedy starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan about two women in search of a fresh start who embark on an impromptu road trip. In new Quebecois film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, a young female vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with suicidal tendencies, director Ariane Louis-Seize joins us from Montreal. Plus, a discussion with film critic and co-curator Adrian Danks on  Melbourne Cinematheque's season of films from The Taviani Brothers.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Russell StapletonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Feb 14, 2024 • 54min

Dominic Sessa on his breakout role in Alexander Payne's The Holdovers

American actor Dominic Sessa on his breakout role in Alexander Payne's Oscar nominated The Holdovers, a bittersweet drama set in the seventies about an unlikely trio stranded at an elite boarding school over Christmas. Finnish actress Alma Poysti on starring in Aki Kaurismaki's Fallen Leaves, a film that follows two lonely souls in modern day Helsinki; and French director Bertrand Bonello on his latest film The Beast, an unsettling dystopian romance.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ann Marie DebettencorExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Feb 7, 2024 • 54min

20 Days in Mariupol is a raw, unflinching account of the Ukrainian siege

Ukranian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov's 20 Days in Mariupol is a raw, unflinching account of the Ukrainian siege through the courageous reporting of AP journalists. On the back of the film's Oscar nomination for best documentary, Mstyslav joins us.In the Emmy nominated series How To With John Wilson, an anxious New Yorker attempts to give everyday advice while dealing with his own personal issues. Creator and star John Wilson is our guest.Mstyslav Chernov is an online guest at this year's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)John Wilson is a special guest of this year's Antenna Documentary Film FestivalPresenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Russell StapletonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Jan 31, 2024 • 54min

Hollywood director Todd Haynes on his Oscar nominated film May December.

Hollywood director Todd Haynes on his drama May December. Starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, and fresh from an Oscar nom, it unpicks the story of a married couple whose tabloid romance gripped the world twenty years earlier. Plus, as it becomes available to stream on Docplay, Adrian Francis discusses Paper City, his moving feature documentary about the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Russell StapletonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Jan 24, 2024 • 54min

Director Justine Triet on Palme d'Or winner Anatomy of a Fall

Fresh from five Oscar noms, French director Justine Triet on Anatomy of a Fall, which also took home the 2023 Palme d'Or, an electric courtroom drama starring Sandra Hüller, about woman suspected of her husband's murder and the various moral dilemmas that arise. Korean Canadian actor and filmmaker Anthony Shim discusses Riceboy Sleeps, his touching indie drama about a Korean single mother raising her adolescent son in the suburbs of Canada during the 1990s. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Emrys CroninExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Jan 17, 2024 • 54min

Summer highlights: Past Lives + The Innocent

Korean-born American filmmaker Celine Song discusses her first feature, one of the best reviewed films of the year, Past Lives, a love story about migration, connection and fate, and French actor/director Louis Garrel on his quirky mother-son crime caper The Innocent, a very charming film set in Lyon.
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Jan 10, 2024 • 54min

Summer highlights: Barbie + Oppenheimer

U.S. indie director Greta Gerwig discusses her billion dollar blockbuster Barbie, followed by three guest critics who write for ABC Arts give their verdict on both Barbie and the other big box office hit of the year, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
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Jan 3, 2024 • 54min

Summer highlights: Warwick Thornton + the team behind Mission Impossible

Filmmaker Warwick Thornton on The New Boy, his outback fable about an Aboriginal boy who comes under the care of a renegade catholic nun in 1940s Australia and his apprehension at directing Cate Blanchett in the role. Plus, the team behind Mission Impossible movie - director Christopher McQuarrie and some of his cast stop by to discuss the seventh film in the evergreen action franchise.

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