Film Buffs Forecast: Recent Episodes
Paul Harris
Film Buffs Forecast is Australia’s longest running film show. For 30 years it aired weekly on Melbourne public radio station 3RRR. Now it begins a new chapter.
Recorded weekly at Cinema 9 Studios at the Sun Theatre in downtown Yarraville, Paul Harris will bring you a collection of in-depth interviews, film reviews, insider gossip (c’mon, we know you love it) and lots of lame puns.
Previous guests have included Martin Scorsese, Melanie Griffith, Jane Campion, Jack Nicholson, Wim Wenders, Tom Cruise, Gillian Armstrong and Kevin Costner.
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Featuring Michael Smith (Sun, Yarraville), David Kilderry (ex-Luna Drive In) and Kristian Connelly (Nova, Carlton), hosted by Paul Harris.
Antoinette Starkewicz (1950 - 2023) : Australia's Forgotten Animation Pioneer and Innovator in conversation.
Michael Smith, David Kilderry and Kristian Connelly with the annual detailed post overview.
Rob Murphy - director of Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey, explores his life journey in a rapidly changing world from celluloid to digital.
Leading Australia producer (Priscilla, Chopper). Clark looks back at his brilliant career.
Mike Molloy, DP Extraordinare (Roeg, Kubrick, Mora) and on that rooftop shooting the Beatles!
Filmmakers Claudio Gonzales and Fran Vandenburg talk about John Farrow : Hollywood's Man In The Shadow, a new feature documentary
Film Buffs returns with panel Members David Kilderry, Michael Smith and Kristian Connelly for annual overview
David Kilderry, Michael Smith and Kristian Connelly talk about exhibition and distribution upheavals.
Hollywood film editor talks Verhoeven, Ratner, Corman, Golan and Globus, Tony Scott and more!
Adrian Tame - Once editor of Australia's most notorious tabloid talks about his career and a Hell's Angels documentary.
He talks about his book on Valley Of The Dolls and much more including Miracle Mile in marathon conversation with Paul Harris.
Kitty talks about her new feature The Assistant : Stephen Vagg on the writer behind Dundee and Walter Hill's ' lost ' western
Director of The Taverna, black comedy - one crazy night in the life of a Melbourne Greek restaurant.
Documentary filmmaker talks about her new feature on the 1960's American draft resistance movement https://judithehrlich.com
Film Buffs return with discussion on streaming picks with Mark Hartley, Stephen Vagg and Justin King
Kathy Charles ("Black List Hollywood" Winner)
Barrie Pattison (William S. Hart/ Pordenone)
Michael Smith, David Kilderry and Kristian Connelly.
Industry summary, netflix and other trends.
Glenys Rowe - (Producer - Dogs In Space)
Barrie Pattison spends a month in Paris getting drunk on film.
Paul and Rob (Bert) Murphy host a cinerama special talking with Hollywood editor Dave Strohmeier
American conservative politics on screen (The Loudest Voice - The Family)
History of Spanish cinema (Barrie Pattison)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - David Del Valle & Mark Hartley
Kriv Stenders - Danger Close - The Battle Of Long Tan (career interview)
Composer, arranger, orchestrator and producer Alan Elliot takes us through Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace project and a wide-ranging discussion on pop-jazz movie music.
Stephen Vagg and Paul look at the prolific career of Hollywood actor - from contract player at Warners to working with Ed Wood.
Melbourne based film collective Dogmilk.
Sean Murphy, producer of Looby - a feature documentary on the controversial Australian artist, Keith Looby.
One of Australia's most prolific jobbing actors with a CV that spans over 50 years of film, TV and stage. Everything from Houseboat Horror to Romper Stomper and Quigley Down Under.
Richard Lowenstein, director of the Michael Hutchence doco 10 years in the making.
Barrie Pattison talks about Hollywood's 1926-27 sound revolution.
Gary and Peter investigate the history of this fashionable movie sub-genre.
Interview with filmmaker Daniel Knight who spent 15 years making his comedy fantasy Troll Bridge with the blessing of author Terry Pratchett.
Actor turned director Barkla talks about his new project The Healing documentary and his days working with Steppenwolf.
A tribute to composer/conductor Andre Previn.
One of Australia's most respected film editors talks about her career in film, TV and documentary.
Dylan is an American expatriate documentary film producer residing in Australia since 2002
Mark Hartley and Stephen Vagg discuss the projects that got away or languished in developmental hell.
Technical Manager at Melbourne International Film Festival since 1986, David talks projection and his adventures in film.
From the archives a rare interview with the Norwegian-born composer who studied at Julillard in New York and has been a major force in mood music and scoring for film and TV as well as producing one of the famous ever Surf instrumentals Bombora by The Atlantics (1963).He talks about how Noah Taylor introduced Libaek's music to director Wes Anderson on The Life Aquatic.
Author of Blue Lake, a fascinating history of Dudley Flats, and if you've never heard of Dudley Flats, all the more reason to tune in.
Australia's forgotten movie star. Her adventures in Hollywood and elsewhere with guest Michael Adams.
Catherine is directing a feature documentary on the history of women's liberation in Australia.
From the archives: a 2005 interview with filmmaker and DVD historian/producer Bill Lustig who also happens to be the nephew of Jake La Motta.
Director of feature documentary Hal, which chronicles the amazing career of Hal Ashby (Shampoo, The Last Detail, Being There, etc.)
Australian filmmaker Jessica Redenbach demystifies the heroines journey and Barrie Pattison looks at contemporary French Cinema.
Melbourne born Snub Pollard was one of the biggest drawcards in the golden era of silent comedy. Playwright Kevin Summers explains why.
Gary Hillberg pays tribute to Hollywood premier schlockmeister William Castle.
Producer Leanne Tonkes speaks about The Second, her latest feature.
Brendan Young talks with cult actor Peter Gonzalez (Viva Max, Fellini's Roma)
Barrie Pattison joins us today to take a look at the Cinematheque model of movie programming. We also discuss the film career of Will Rogers.
"Nobody knows anything".
That was veteran screenwriter William Goldman's mantra. Paul and Stephen Vagg examine his momentous career in detail.
Can celluloid survive in the digital age? Rob Murphy's feature documentary, 7 years in the making, shows how film can survive. With guest David Kilderry discussing the art of projection.
Veteran Australian Director Rod (Thirst) Hardy, has been based in Hollywood for 25 years with an impressive television resume.
Paul Harris hosts a live discussion with Shaun Micallef and Tony Martin, discussing all things Stan & Ollie. Recorded live from the Film Buffs fundraiser event.
Paul speaks with co-curators Dean Keep and Jerome Mavier about landmark Melbourne exhibition on the designer-sculptor.
Panel discussion with David Kilderry (Lunar Drive-In), Krissa Jansson (Sun Theatre, Yarraville) and Kristian Connelly (Nova, Carlton)
Melbourne actor turned director Cameron Nugent.
His first American feature film stars J.K Simmons
Gary Hillberg talks about with Swedish director.
Frank Van Straten AM discusses the history of Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre which opened in 1880 and was once a film studio.
A discussion on the British production company famous for its gritty kitchen-sink cinema.
Julian Costanzo (Producer) and Sara Edwards (Editor) are the team behind Gatwick: Last Chance Hotel
Showbiz veteran Kevin Trask talks about his lifelong love of movies.
Nicholas talks about Lord of the Flies, Sound of Music, Spiderman, Quentin Tarantino's Manson movie and much more.
Justin King looks at the history of the Spitfire plane that changed the course of WWII as seen in the documentary of the same name.
Ben Buckingham and Meg Donaldson discuss their newly inaugurated film festival Paracinema and Barrie Pattison reports on Pordenone, the worlds pre-eminent event devoted entirely to silent cinema.
One of Australia's most respected film editors talks shop.
The Fonda families onetime political firebrand and most versatile of actresses is put under the microscope by the Film Buffs team.
Extended tribute to pioneering ozploitation filmmaker John D. Lamond with interview and comments from Alan Finney, Michael Hirsh and Mark Hartley.
Catherine Scott, director of Backtrack Boys, talks all things doco.
Iconic Aussie actor Steve Bisley played Jim Goose in the original Mad Max and is preparing to direct his debut feature.
Hollywood correspondent David Del Valle talks about the art of the DVD commentary, Orson Welles, Luana Anders, Curtis Harrington and more!
Mark Hartley and Gary Hillberg discuss the movies that focus on war criminal Adolph Eichmann including Operation Finale (Netflix)
Mark and I chat with veteran editor Ralph Strasser about his 40 year career from Swinburne Film School to working with Esben Storm.
Music video maestro Mulcahy discusses his 40 year career which includes Razorback and Highlander.
Greg Dee, former manager of Channel 31, talks about his years at Swinburne film school and his trailblazing short "George and Needles". Plus a letter from Los Angeles with Stephen Vagg.
Conclusion of 3 - part interview with Brendan talking about feature docs and his Michael Pate project.
Panos talks about his new feature 'Mandy'. An instant cult success starring Nicolas Cage.
Ex-paramedic, self-taught filmmaker Gilmour goes undercover in Afghanistan with 'Jirga'.
Brendan talks about working with Alex Proyas, his feature project on film dubbing.
Mark Warner, a Hollywood film editor with a 40 year resume and an Oscar nominee (Driving Miss Daisy) talks about Ladies In Black.
John talks about his epic tome on the history of Australian film societies. Paul and Gary Hillberg pay tribute to legendary Broadway playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon.
Veteran Aussie director Mark (Spotswood) Joffe talks about his new feature documentary Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy, and other career highlights.
In the final instalment of our MIFF specials we talk with Miranda Nation, director of the powerful psychodrama Undertow and Heath Davis, director of the black comedy, Book Week.
Two new Aussie features West of Sunshine and Strange Colours both premiered at Venice Film Festival. We speak with both filmmakers.
Veteran Aussie Director Brian Trenchard-Smith and Mark Hartley talk trailers: BTS directed hundreds and tells all.
Donna McRae discusses her second microbudget feature "Lost Gully Road", a supernatural thriller.
Title fight between Ken Russell and Paddy Chayevsky plus a new Australian sci-fi thriller Occupation.
"Bam Bam" is a documentary on a muslim female fighter directed by Jemma Van Loernen. Barrie looks at the history of foreign films in Australia.
One of Australian cinemas leading cinematographers Stefan Duscio has 10 features including sci-thriller Upgrade to his name.
Gary Hillberg talks about Hedy Lamaar, the screen legend who in her spare time invented Bluetooth and wi-fi.
The unheralded king of MGM musicals, Charles Walters revolutionised the genre. Paul talks with Stephen Vagg about his career - and from the archives a rare 1997 interview with ventriloquist/entertainer Ron Blaskett.
The creator of Kenny talks about his career, side projects, movie politics and his latest feature project with brother Shane.
What makes a film festival tick? How do you construct a pop-up cinema from scratch? What is 'industry development'? and a discussion with a veteran DIY film maker.
Stephen Vagg on the forgotten film star Laurence Harvey.
One of Australia's most prolific and versatile actors (and occasional director) Queensland-born Anthony Hayes first came to prominence in the 1998 ensemble drama The Boys and his diverse CV includes Look Both Ways (2005),The Square (2008),Animal Kingdom (2010),War Machine (2017) and Cargo (2018). He speaks candidly about his career in an extended interview.
Steven J. Tandy and Lauren Broeren are both Swinburne Film School alumni. Stevens short The Story starring Tim rogers premieres at the 2019 St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF)
Broeren directed Mr. Herschell, Australia's forgotten film pioneer.
Brian Kavanagh, veteran director-editor, started his career at Herschells in 1954 and discusses the Australian film industry of the 1950's and beyond.