Welcome to the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this very mini episode, I’m joined by Under a Bamboo Sky filmmaker Serge Ou, to discuss his confronting and revealing new documentary which hits Netflix this week after a successful run of Q&A screenings across the country recently. A tale of human connection, hope and resilience in the…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Straight off the bat, I need to say that this interview with Beast director Tyler Atkins is one of my favourites ever. I always appreciate openness and honesty from my guests, and Tyler delivers it in spades here. It’s one of the most real and…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. This episode is a special one for me because I finally had an opportunity to interview Tilda Cobham-Hervey, an actor who I have long-admired, and whose name has been on my interview bucket list for many years. It was also special to interview James Litchfield,…
Welcome to the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by one of my favourite Australian actors, Natalie Abbott, who gives an inspiring performance in The Deb. I think everyone will find something they can relate to with her character Tayla considering the depth and complexities of the character. Also, anyone who’s a fan…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Proclivitas writer and director Miley Tennecliffe is my guest on this episode, which was recorded with a live audience as part of the WA Made Film Festival, where Proclivitas recently celebrated its WA premiere. This was a really fun episode to record, and I’d like…
Welcome to the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by Floodland director Jordan Giusti to discuss this very topical documentary set in flood-prone Lismore, where residents face life-changing decisions after devastating floods. A man copes pragmatically, his friend turns activist, and an Indigenous social worker builds a healing centre. Jordan is an award-winning…
UPDATE (Monday, 1 June 2026): This interview was originally published on January 28, 2026. Addition will screen at the upcoming Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival on Wednesday, 1 July. Details here. Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by actor Teresa Palmer, and director Marcelle Lunam to…
Welcome to the very first episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast for 2026! It’s great to be back. It wasn’t until the back end of 2025 that I realised how few episodes of this Podcast I recorded last year with a focus on more written interviews. I’m going to make it a priority in 2026…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. This episode is a little different from usual, as it features two interviews originally recorded for my radio segment on 2RRR and the Community Radio Network. I thought I’d also publish them here for your listening pleasure. It’s also worth mentioning that I’ve been quite…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by the inspiring Peter Skinner to discuss his debut feature film, Two Ugly People. There’s not much point in me gushing here about how much I love this film, because I do enough of that throughout this interview. But I…
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