Nicole Holofcener joins us to talk the films of Hal Ashby! Writer, director and Academy Award nominee Nicole Holofcener ( Please Give, Enough Said, The Land of Steady Habits ) joins Hell Is For Hyphenates to dive into the filmography of Hal Ashby. Ashby is one of the most distinctive filmmakers of 1970s New Hollywood cinema, directing stone-cold classic such as Harold and Maude (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Coming Home (1978), and Being There (1979). He was a counter-culture vo...
Oct 30, 2019•41 min
We talk the films of Martin Scorsese! Rochelle and Lee are joined by original co-host Paul Anthony Nelson to talk about some big news regarding the future of the show. They then dive into what is without a doubt the biggest episode of Hyphenates to date, as they look back at the films of the great filmmaker of the American New Wave, Martin Scorsese (08:35). Does Scorsese really lay a claim to the title of Greatest Of All Time? To figure it out, they’re joined by a swathe of alumni from the show’...
Apr 29, 2019•3 hr 42 min
Rhys Graham joins us to talk the films of Krzystof KieÅ›lowski! Australian filmmaker Rhys Graham joins Rochelle and Lee as they look back at some of the key films of this month, including Claire Denis’s science fiction drama High Life (01:10), Jordan Peele’s modern horror Us (06:37), Karyn Kusama’s gritty crime saga Destroyer (11:33), and Tim Burton’s live-action remake Dumbo (19:17). We then check back with our semi-regular mini-Hyphenate segment to look at every single film directed by legenda...
Mar 30, 2019•1 hr 18 min
David Caesar joins us to talk the films of Bruno Dumont! Australian film and television director David Caesar joins Rochelle and Lee for a chat about some of the key new releases from this month, including Steven Soderbergh’s backroom NBA drama High Flying Bird (01:34), Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex (09:50), Dan Gilroy’s high-art horror-drama Velvet Buzzsaw (17:07), and Barry Jenkins’s dramatic James Baldwin adaptation If Beale Street Could Talk (22:36). Off the bac...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Stephen A Russell joins us to talk the films of Xavier Dolan! Critic and journalist Stephen A Russell joins Rochelle and Lee to chat about some of the key films from this month, including Disney’s sequel-to-a-classic Mary Poppins Returns (01:44), Paolo Sorrentino’s fictitious biopic Loro (07:59), M Night Shyamalan’s superheroic trilogy-capping Glass (13:58), and Aussie remake Storm Boy (21:32). With the Academy Awards coming up, and the ceremony appearing to be undergoing a number of significant...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Cassandra Magrath joins us to talk the films of Lars Von Trier! Actor and producer Cassandra Magrath ( Wolf Creek, SeaChange, Wentworth ) joins Rochelle and Lee to talk about some of the key films from the past month, including Alfonso Cuarón’s biographical drama Roma (01:30), Yorgos Lanthimos’s acerbic historical comedy The Favourite (4:21), Susanne Bier’s sensory apocalyptic thriller Bird Box (08:53), and Gaspar Noé’s dance-filled horror Climax (14:50). They then compare their favourite film...
Dec 30, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Briony Kidd joins us to talk the films of Park Chan-wook! Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the new films from this month, including Steve McQueen’s heist drama Widows (0:55), the darkly comic Coen Bros Western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (03:57), Boots Riley’s absurdist comedy Sorry To Bother You (07:38), and the long-lost Orson Welles film The Other Side of the Wind (10:54). They’re then joined by filmmaker, critic, and festival curator Briony Kidd to talk about a recent BBC poll of the h...
Nov 29, 2018•59 min
Scott Derrickson joins us to talk the films of Wim Wenders! Rochelle and Lee catch up on some new releases, including Nicole Holofcener’s drama The Land of Steady Habits (01:14), Bradley Cooper’s update of the Hollywood classic A Star Is Born (04:00), Damien Chazelle’s moon landing retelling First Man (08:56), and the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (13:34). Then, we’re joined by filmmaker Scott Derrickson ( The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sinister, ...
Oct 30, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Greg McLean joins us to talk the films of Ridley Scott! It’s episode 100 of Hell Is For Hyphenates ! After an introduction from former hosts Paul Anthony Nelson and So Mayer, Rochelle and Lee are joined by filmmaker Greg McLean ( Wolf Creek, Jungle, The Belko Experiment ) in front of a live audience at this year’s Melbourne Melbourne International Film Festival. They look at the films of Greg’s filmmaker of the month, the legendary Ridley Scott. From Scott’s debut The Duellists to game-changing ...
Sep 29, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Daina Reid joins us to talk the films of John Hughes! Rochelle and Lee take a break from new releases to attend the Melbourne International Film Festival, and share their thoughts on some of the key films they saw, including Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2:03), Gus Van Sant’s memoir adaptation Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (5:00), Guy Maddin’s latest collaborations with co-director siblings Evan & Galen Johnson The Green Fog and accompanying short film ...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr
Corrie Chen joins us to talk the films of Nora Ephron! Rochelle and Lee look back at some key films from this month, including Haifaa al-Mansour’s gothic biopic Mary Shelley (01:37), the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG (06:01), the Kiwi comedy The Breaker Upperers (10:29), and William Friedkin’s exorcism doco The Devil and Father Amorth (13:29). They then welcome this month’s guest, writer-director Corrie Chen, and ask her about one of Nora Ephron’s favourite phrases: “everything is copy”. I...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr
Alex Ross Perry joins us to talk the films of Alan J Pakula! Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the films of the month, including heist spin-off Ocean’s 8 (00:50), sci-fi action flick Upgrade (03:29), Israeli drama Foxtrot (06:05), and animated superhero sequel Incredibles 2 (08:59). Lee then chats to this month’s guest, writer-director Alex Ross Perry, about how to get your arthouse film in front of audiences in a world of ever-shifting distribution models. What kind of cast do you pursue? C...
Jun 29, 2018•1 hr
Abe Forsythe joins us to talk the films of Bong Joon-ho! Rochelle and Lee look over some of the films they’ve seen this month, including Star Wars prequel Solo (00:40), Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody third collaboration Tully (06:07), serial killer biopic My Friend Dahmer (11:32), and Australian coming-of-age surf movie Breath (15:29). Actor/writer/director Abe Forsythe joins us to talk about the challenges of making a local film for an international audience. After two very local films - the Ned...
May 30, 2018•1 hr
Ming-Zhu Hii joins us to talk the films of Steve McQueen! Rochelle and Lee are joined by this month’s guest, actor and filmmaker Ming-Zhu Hii! Ming-Zhu joins us to chat about some of the key films from this month, including Steven Soderbergh’s feature-film-shot-on-an-iPhone Unsane (01:21), Rungano Nyoni’s dramatic debut I Am Not a Witch (07:40), Sally Potter’s one-act stageplay-esque The Party (14:47), and Wes Anderson’s stop motion animation Isle of Dogs (20:37). They then look at the news that...
Apr 29, 2018•59 min
Noah Segan joins us to talk the films of Dennis Hopper! Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg’s pop culture paean Ready Player One (00:46), Aki Kaurismäki’s wry Finnish comedy-drama The Other Side of Hope (05:49), Ruben Östlund’s wry Swedish comedy-drama The Square (08:08), Armando Iannucci’s wry Russian comedy-satire The Death of Stalin (11:51), and Garth Davis’s non-wry Biblical drama Mary Magdalene (14:32). We’re then joined by this ...
Mar 30, 2018•1 hr
Andrew Kevin Walker joins us to talk the films of William Friedkin! Rochelle and Lee kick off this month by looking back at some of its key releases, including Paul Thomas Anderson’s sartorial melodrama Phantom Thread (00:58), Ryan Coogler’s game-changing superhero film Black Panther (05:19), Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age comedy-drama Lady Bird (11:09), and Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut biopic Molly’s Game (14:41). Lee then welcomes this episode’s guest host, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker! ...
Feb 27, 2018•1 hr
Eloise Ross joins us to talk the films of Robert Wise! For our first show of 2018, we welcome writer and critic Dr Eloise Ross, who joins us as we check out some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg’s paean to press freedoms The Post (01:04), Guillermo Del Toro’s dark romantic fantasy The Shape of Water (05:46), Don Hertzfeldt’s animated science fiction sequel World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (10:23), and Ridley Scott’s Getty dynasty biop...
Jan 30, 2018•59 min
Luca Guadagnino joins us to talk the films of Maurice Pialat! Rochelle and Lee kick off the show by debating some of the key films of this month, including Woody Allen’s period melodrama Wonder Wheel (00:57), Alexander Payne’s shrinking fantasy Downsizing (03:44), Luca Guadagnino’s Italian romance Call Me By Your Name (08:55), and Rian Johnson’s franchise-busting Star Wars - Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (13:05). It’s the last show for the year, and that means it’s time to for everyone to be bold ...
Dec 30, 2017•1 hr
Emma Westwood joins us to talk the films of Roman Polanski! Author, journalist and film historian Emma Westwood is our guest this month, joining Rochelle and Lee to talk about some of the key films of November, including Kathryn Bigelow’s historical thriller Detroit (01:20), Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express (05:26), Yorgos Lanthimos’s modern Greek tragedy The Killing of a Sacred Deer (08:05), and DC superhero team-up Justice League (13:20). Then, in the w...
Nov 29, 2017•1 hr
Adam Elliot joins us to talk the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet! Oscar-winning filmmaker and animator Adam Elliot ( Harvie Krumpet , Mary and Max , Ernie Biscuit ) is our guest this month, and chats to Rochelle and Lee about some of the key films of October 2017, including Denis Villeneuve’s ambitious sequel Blade Runner 2049 (01:12), Taika Waititi’s unconventional superhero sequel Thor: Ragnarok (13:00), Terrence Malick’s wistful love story Song To Song (17:35), and George Clooney’s dark comedy th...
Oct 30, 2017•59 min
Michael Ian Black joins us to talk the films of Sylvester Stallone! We kick off this month by looking back at some of the key new releases, including Darren Aronofsky’s allegorical and grammatically-troubled mother! (00:50), Matthew Vaughan’s action sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (05:49), Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of the Stephen King classic It (09:32), and the popular Australian indie comedy That’s Not Me (13:57). Lee then talks with this month’s guest, actor and writer Michael Ian Black...
Sep 29, 2017•1 hr
Edgar Wright joins us to talk the films of George Miller! It’s an episode of some significance as we welcome Rochelle Siemienowicz on board as the new co-host of Hell Is For Hyphenates . Rochelle and Lee chat about some of the key new releases of this month, including Steven Soderbergh’s hillbilly heist Logan Lucky (02:04), Luc Besson’s sci-fi epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (08:21), Claire Denis’s comedic drama Let Sunshine In (13:39), and Agnès Varda’s rural France road trip ...
Aug 30, 2017•59 min
We open this episode with a fond farewell to Sophie, who is leaving the show after a tremendous two years! Memories are shared, tears are shed, and hugs are skyped. But the show must go on, and we are then joined by this month’s guest: author, editor and film critic Britt Hayes. Britt and Lee look at some of the key films from this month, including Christopher Nolan’s World War II drama Dunkirk , Sofia Coppola’s civil war era remake The Beguiled , the Matt Reeves prequel-sequel War For the Plane...
Jul 30, 2017•1 hr
We are joined this month by screenwriter and author C Robert Cargill ( Sinister , Doctor Strange ) as we look back at some of the biggest films from this month, including Transformers: The Last Knight , The Mummy , and Wonder Woman . Then, noting that all the films we looked at are building blocks for multi-tiered franchises, we look at the future of shared cinematic universes and look at whether this kind of big-budget world-building has a proper formula, or if it’s doomed to failure. Then, Car...
Jun 29, 2017•1 hr
It’s the 7th anniversary of Hell Is For Hyphenates, and to mark the occasion we are joined by a guest who was, just last month, the subject of our filmmaker of the month segment: horror filmmaker Neil Marshall! We kick off this episode with reviews of some of this month’s films, including Jordan Peele’s horror comedy Get Out , Ridley Scott’s sequel-to-a-prequel Alien: Covenant , the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film Dead Men Tell No Tales , and the British comedy film Mindhorn . Then Neil talk...
May 30, 2017•59 min
Our guest this month is critic, film producer and horror aficionado Scott Weinberg. Sophie and Lee look back at some of the key films of this month, including James Gunn’s comic book sequel Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 , Raoul Peck’s James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro , and Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes biopic Rules Don’t Apply . Then Scott joins the show to look at the Netflix model of film distribution: is the streaming service making harder-to-find films more accessible by conven...
Apr 29, 2017•1 hr
Sophie and Lee kick off this month by looking at a pair of very different new release films: James Mangold’s Wolverine send-off Logan , and Sara Taksler’s documentary about Egypt’s legendary satirist Bassem Youssef, Tickling Giants . Then Sophie welcomes this month’s guest, filmmaker Jennifer Reeder, joining her to discuss her filmmaker-of-the-month: US indie auteur Allison Anders. After discussing the influence Anders had on Reeder, Sophie checks back in with Lee and wrap up with their own look...
Mar 30, 2017•1 hr
We are joined this episode by film critic and author Tina Hassannia, as we look back at some of the key films of this month, including Ang Lee’s Billy Flynn’s Long Halftime Walk , Danny Boyle’s T2: Trainspotting , and Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures . Then, on the eve of an Academy Award ceremony that nominated Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has refused to attend in protest of the recent US travel ban, we ask what form awards shows should take during times of social anxiety and oppressive poli...
Feb 27, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Acclaimed producer Rebecca O’Brien ( I Daniel Blake , Oranges and Sunshine , Bean , Friendship’s Death ) joins us for our first episode of 2017. Sophie and Lee look back at some of the key films released in January, including Pablo Lorrain’s Jackie Bouvier Kennedy biopic Jackie , Martin Scorsese’s meditative Catholic drama Silence , and Kirsten Johnson’s unique memoir Cameraperson . Then Rebecca takes us through the films of the renowned British director Ken Loach, many of which Rebecca produced...
Jan 30, 2017•59 min
Documentarian Rohan Spong ( T Is For Teacher , All the Way Through Evening , Winter At Westbeth ) joins us as we wrap up the year that was. We look at a handful of this month’s films, including Star Wars spinoff prequel Rogue One , Jim Jarmusch’s contemplative drama Paterson , science fiction drama Passengers , and Amma Asante’s true story adaptation A United Kingdom . Sophie, Lee and Rohan then compare notes on their absolute favourite films of 2016. Then, Rohan discusses the films and career o...
Dec 30, 2016•1 hr
