When I started out covering Australian cinema and interviewing those behind the films that I love, I had one name at the top of my list as to who I'd love to interview - Warwick Thornton. The director of the highly acclaimed Samson & Delilah, and the cinematographer behind films like Radiance and The Sapphires, Warwick Thornton is one of Australia's most talented filmmakers. With the arrival of his latest, (and arguably one of the great Australian films around), film Sweet Country, I was abl...
Jan 29, 2018•24 min
On this episode of The Last New Wave, Andrew gets a bit of a surfing history lesson with producer Phil Jarratt as he runs down the stories in his documentary Men of Wood & Foam. This is an exciting, interesting documentary that looks at the 'Brookvale Six' - some of the pioneers of surfing in Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 24, 2018•35 min
On this episode of The Last New Wave, Andrew chats with director, writer, author and artist Michael Rubbo. Michael has released a new book - Travels With My Art - continuing his record of being 'man of all talents'. This is a wonderful look at how one mans art changes over the years, and how it's influenced by his life and his other endeavours. You may know Michael's work from the career creating TV series, Race Around the World or from his film The Peanut Butter Solution. Make sure to head over...
Jan 24, 2018•38 min
On this episode, Andrew gets to sit down with writer/director Stephan Elliott and chat about his latest film, Swinging Safari. You may know Elliott's previous work with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Welcome to Woop Woop. His latest film is a dive into seventies culture, and features an all star cast, including Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue and Julian McMahon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 22, 2018•19 min
Alongside the re-introduction to The Last New Wave, we have decided to re-run our first episode – one focused on Ray Lawrence's classic, Lantana. Ray Lawrence's film showcases career best work from Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Barbara Hershey, Vince Colosimo and more. Andrew is joined by Dwight Hurst to discuss the film at length. Dwight's work can be found on www.DwightHurst.com . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jan 19, 2018•1 hr 58 min
On this episode, Andrew catches up with horror director Greg McLean to discuss his latest film Jungle, while also touching on what drives him as a horror director. Jungle is a superb survival horror flick featuring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg, a tourist trying to survive a harsh jungle environment. After the interview, Bernadette and Andrew review the film and discuss what works about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Nov 12, 2017•45 min
Writer, director, author, all round funny guy Ben Elton has made a triumphant return to cinema with his second film, Three Summers. Set in Western Australia, this is a film that celebrates community, life, music and what it means to be Australian. It's a pure joy of a film. Andrew sat down with Ben to discuss what went into making the film, and what inspired the Australian-ness in it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Nov 02, 2017•27 min
George Miller's classic pig flick Babe: Pig in the City gets a thorough discussion with Michael Denniston from Following Films. Babe: Pig in the City is one of the great Australian animal films, and one that certainly pushes your emotional buttons in every way. As the follow up to the Best Picture nominee Babe, Babe: Pig in the City is a film full of intricate characters and themes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 19, 2017•1 hr 21 min
Writer, director, comedian, producer, actor, Craig Anderson joins Andrew to discuss his latest horror film, Red Christmas. Starring Dee Wallace, this horror film is one that pushes a few boundaries - namely, it's a film with a villain that has a controversial origin. While this discussion is mostly light hearted, it is necessary to put a trigger warning in for anybody sensitive to the topic of abortion. Craig's film is bloody, and most importantly for a horror film, fun. The discussion also cove...
Oct 13, 2017•55 min
Umbrella Entertainment have once again come out with an essential Bluray release of a great Australian film. This time, it's Mark Hartley's Not Quite Hollywood. Andrew caught up with Mark to discuss his documentary and find out about the research that went in to making an exhaustive film about a great period of Australian cinema. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 06, 2017•46 min
The classic Australian kids film, Storm Boy, gets a deep dive on this episode with a new guest - Ben Kooyman. Henri Safran's classic is a powerful, important film about a young boy and his relationship with a pelican that he helps raise. In this episode we talk about the history of Storm Boy, where it stands in the the Australian New Wave period and discuss David Gulpilil's career. Ben runs a fantastic website called Down Under Flix which was part of the inspiration for this show. Make sure to h...
Sep 29, 2017•1 hr 24 min
Teenage Kicks is a powerful, impressive feature film debut from writer/director Craig Boreham. Craig cut his teeth on short films and has established himself as one of the great voices of LGBTIQ cinema in Australia. In this interview, Craig talks about the creation of the film as well as the working process with actor Miles Szanto. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 26, 2017•47 min
Continuing on from our interview with Zelos writer Claire J. Harris, we now turn to the director - Jo-Anne Brechin. In this interview, Andrew chats to Jo-Anne about what goes in to the directing side of a film like Zelos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 09, 2017•33 min
It's Zelos week on The Last New Wave as we bring the first of two interviews with the minds behind the film. In the first of the two interviews, Andrew caught up with writer Claire J. Harris to discuss how this independent film about infidelity came about and how the process to getting it made occurred. Keep an eye out for an interview with director Jo-Anne Brechin in the next day or two. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Sep 08, 2017•35 min
On this episode, Andrew interviews director Lorenzo Benitez about his film Six Months to Salvation. Focusing on Lorenzo and six other volunteer English teachers from Australia, Six Months to Salvation looks at the effects of teaching English in a country where it is not the main language. It asks - what does that do to ones culture? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 04, 2017•46 min
Andrew is joined by Killing Ground writer/director Damien Power to discuss his debut film. Starring Harriet Dyer and Aaron Pedersen, Killing Ground is a truly terrifying film that will no doubt have horror film fans getting behind it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 29, 2017•25 min
On this episode Andrew invites director/editor Mike Brook and his sister and producer/narrator Patti Brook in to his home to discuss their documentary, Something Quite Peculiar: The Life and Times of Steve Kilbey. This is fascinating documentary that looks at the iconic voice behind one of Australia's greatest songs - Under the Milky Way. It questions the role of the artist in relation to the art that they create, especially in regards to that art having taken on a life of its own. As this was r...
Aug 23, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Ann Turner's 1989 horror/drama Celia is a film that has almost been lost to time. It's a powerful film that stars Rebecca Smart in the titular role of Celia, a young girl who is questioning her place in the world after the death of her grandmother. Touching on themes of communism, politics and the desire to own a rabbit, Celia is a brilliant film that is crying out for rediscovery. With thanks to guest hosts David Hart from Pop Culture Case Study and Anya Novak from AnyaWrites.com and Daily Grin...
Aug 13, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Project Eden: Volume 1 is an ambitious genre event that was filmed across multiple countries and will - as the title suggests - span across multiple films. Co-written and co-directed by Terrance M. Young and Ashlee Jensen, Project Eden: Volume 1 shifted the ways that films in Australia are released, with pre-release hype built up through various genre festivals around Australia. Andrew was able to talk to Terrance M. Young to discuss the film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 12, 2017•26 min
Ah, it's been one whole year since The Last New Wave started and even though I'm a few days late, I wanted to celebrate that milestone with an interview that I absolutely loved doing. This interview is with the director of the documentary It's Not Just Me Jonathan Messer, a documentary about four transgender men in Perth and their journey transitioning from female to male. It's a fantastic documentary that is making up 50% of Jonathan's PhD. It had a couple of packed screenings at this years Rev...
Aug 03, 2017•55 min
Secrets at Sunrise is a documentary about the critically endangered Western Ground Parrot and the people who work tirelessly to work to conserve the parrot and the bio-diverse environment they live in in the South West of Western Australia. Andrew caught up with director Jennene Riggs to discuss her documentary and the work that went in to gathering the footage for it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 20, 2017•44 min
Round two with some of the team from Watch the Sunset. This short interview with actor, co-writer, producer and co-director Tristan Barr, actor Aaron Walton and cinematographer Damien Lipp was recorded outside Luna SX after I'd had a chance to see the film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 20, 2017•19 min
Watch the Sunset is a film about crime, drugs and rural Australia. It's also a film that was shot in one take. Andrew sat down with co-director, writer, actor Tristan Barr, actor Aaron Walton, cinematographer Damien Lipp, and and Stephanie Mauro who is the graphic designer, Stewart Tyson who is along for the ride, to discuss the film and what the influence was on the production of it. This was recorded right in the middle of Revelation Film Festival, and also right in the middle of Leederville, ...
Jul 12, 2017•39 min
Meal Tickets is one of the best Australian films of the year. Director Mat De Koning spent 10 years collating footage for this story about Perth band Screwtop Detonators and then combining it into a 90 minute feature about hope, dreams and kick ass music. I gave it a huge four and a half out of five in my review (here), and can't recommend checking it out while it screens at Revelation Film Festival (here). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Jul 12, 2017•39 min
Top Knot Detective is a Perth made film by directors Aaron McCaan & Dominic Pearce. It's an homage to SBS films from the nineties – specifically the samurai films screened there. It's insanely fun and it screens at Perth's Revelation Film Festival. Read my review here, and check out when it's screening at Revelation Film Festival here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 08, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Director Mary Zournazi explores her heritage, refugees and canines in the documentary Dogs of Democracy. It's a film that tells fascinating stories about the history of a city through the eyes of dogs, and the roles these dogs play in the ever changing society within Athens. Andrew was able to talk to Mary about her film as well as what inspired her to tell this tale. Dogs of Democracy screens at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on the 16th of July at 9:30am. You can purchase tickets here...
Jun 23, 2017•38 min
China's 3Dreams is a documentary by director Nick Torrens that looks at the history of China, and the 'three dreams' that help shape the country going forward. It's a truly fascinating, eye opening film that I am really glad I was able to watch, and most importantly, was able to discuss with Nick. Thanks to the output of this years Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, I've been exposed to some truly great films that showcase stories from around the world that I never knew existed. China's 3Dream...
Jun 23, 2017•1 hr
Andrew goes solo on this episode as he breaks format to interview Complicit co-director Heather White. This is a documentary which explores the toxic work environments that make up the cheap migrant labour in China - specifically focusing on the work environments that many people who create the latest smart phones and tablet devices work within. It's a truly powerful documentary that needs to be seen by everyone. For Australians, your chance to see Complicit comes with the Melbourne Documentary ...
Jun 19, 2017•33 min
Director Pete Gleeson joins Andrew to discuss his new documentary Hotel Coolgardie. This is fascinating documentary about two barmaids who have taken up employment at the remote bar in Coolgardie. Not only do they get work, but they get a different kind of attention than they expected. Please seek out this great film as it's a fascinating look at an aspect of Australia that isn't usually shown on film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jun 15, 2017•24 min
Oh hey! Gay icon, horror masterwork, AACTA award winning film The Babadook finally gets its due with a maxed out, two hour long episode which discusses Jennifer Kent's film in all the depth it requires. The main discussion was recorded after the internet deemed the top hat wearing figure that is the Babadook was a gay icon, so unfortunately we don't touch on that too much - but, there is still a Ru Paul's Drag Race clip though. As if talking about The Babadook longer than its own running time wa...
Jun 11, 2017•2 hr 1 min
