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Film Buffs Podcast

The Film Buffs' Forecast podcast - based on the long running radio show on 3RRR (102.7 FM) in Melbourne, Australia, Film Buffs' is a show for in-depth information about what's happening in the world of movies. Broadcasting every week on Saturday afternoon - midday - 2pm - we have the latest release information on new films coming to Australian Cinemas, Australian films in development and/or production, video and DVD releases, interviews and reviews.

  • 12/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

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

  • 05/07/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    Samuel Johnson is in to talk about actor-director relationships, which will be explored in Open Channels workshop on Directing Actors for Screen, running 21-31 July; entertainment lawyer Shaun Miller chats about films and legal matters, in anticipation of the Theres No Business Like Screen Business ...

  • 28/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 Leighs latest, Happy-Go-Lucky; actor Daniel Fredrickson is on the phone talking about his new film, T ...

  • 21/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

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

  • 14/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    Brian McFarlane reviews Rats and Cats, a new series of books about screen adaptations from AC 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 Bands Visit; The Melbourne ...

  • 07/06/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 nature gone wild flicks Rogue, Primeval, ...

  • 31/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 Turturros Romance and Cigarettes; Nick Matteo chats about small screen happenin ...

  • 24/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    Simone Ubaldi reviews Martin Scorseses Rolling Stones documentary, Shine A Light, 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 ...

  • 17/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 ...

  • 10/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 interviews 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 wha ...

  • 03/05/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 ...

  • 26/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 fr ...

  • 19/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 interv ...

  • 12/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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, Ni ...

  • 05/04/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    Director Brian McKenzie talks about his work on the Loves 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 Wri ...

  • 29/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    Brian McFarlane reviews The Black Balloon and the remake of St Trinians 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 Direct link

  • 15/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 f ...

  • 08/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 Fran??aise French Film Festival 2008 Brian McFarlane reviews The Jane Austen Book Club Nick Matteo reviews T ...

  • 01/03/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 Rule ...

  • 23/02/08 Film Buffs Podcast

    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 ...