A Melbourne Film Festival special with Argentine director Laura Citarella and U.S. film critic and screenwriter Nick Pinkerton.

MIFF special with Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen) + Nick Pinkerton (The Sweet East)

Reviews and in-depth conversations with leading film and TV directors, actors and screenwriters from Australia and around the world.

TV & Film

Film Interviews

In Fremont, a former translator for the US military in Afghanistan struggles to rebuild her life in San Francisco and works in a Chinese fortune cookie factory. Jason speaks to director Babak Jalali and cult U.S. actor Gregg Turkington.

Fremont + Paco

Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung on The Taste of Things, a 19th Century culinary romance starring Juliette Binoche; plus a nineties cult classic and a picaresque journey through America.

The Taste of Things, Body Melt, The Sweet East

We meet the filmmaker duo behind Hollywood rom-com The Fall Guy; the cinematographer of Luca Guadagnino’s new tennis movie, Challengers; Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi; and an interview from the archives with Eleanor Coppola.

The Fall Guy, Evil Does Not Exist, Challengers

Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher discusses her beguiling fantasy La Chimera, and Vietnamese American star Kieu Chinh reflects on her Hollywood career, and latest role in The Sympathizer.

Alice Rohrwacher (La Chimera) + Kieu Chinh (The Sympathizer)

Hollywood star Dev Patel on his directorial debut Monkey Man,  and director Pablo Berger discusses his Oscar nominated animated tragi-comedy Robot Dreams.

MIFF special with Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen) + Nick Pinkerton (The Sweet East)

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