Occasional presenter and reporter-on-assignment Gus McGrath brings us an exclusive interview with King of Transgressive Literature-cum-filmmaker Dennis Cooper and his charming, longterm collaborator Zac Farley ahead of the Australian premiere of ROOM TEMPERATURE, their latest film about a very dysfunctional family turning their home into a haunted house, which is playing at the Central Coast Film Festival on November 7. Hear the kindly moviemaking duo talk about their love of Halloween, disregard for genre, and how Puce Mary made a score for this film without a score, as Gus tries to contain his excitement. VIVE LA INDEPENDENT CINEMA

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Y.A.L.A! We are so excited to bring you an exclusive interview with Oscar-nominated bedroom beat maker Maya Mathangi Arulpragasam aka M.I.A ahead of her Australian tour dates.

A musical artist, documentary filmmaker, and globe trotting record producer, M.I.A generously shares her wisdom. From practical bedroom producing, to data wrangling samples, to creating “with what you’ve got around you…you might not have a house but you got a pot and a can of beans…” 

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When culture vulture Priya Leigh knocks…Movies, Movies, Movies answers. The podcast host loudly visits the set of MMM to closely moderate a debate on Sofia Coppola’s sociopathy, Matilda’s enduring legacy, the quest for articulation, in search of justice. Priya brings unique je sais quoi (French for ‘I know that!’) because nobody understands the machinations of cinema - an art born in machines - better than her. An actress, a director, and an assistant sit before mics while a storm’s coming. Am I the drama?

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Samuel Van Grinsven aka SVG joined Jen and Andj late last year in Adelaide after the world premiere of his new psychological supernatural minimalist second feature Went Up The Hill to find out how he set himself on fire in front of Vicky Krieps. His new film has already sold out the Sydney Opera House this week, and we'd love to know your reads of this ambiguous Aotearoa based ghost story. The FilmLordes try to guess his influences, techniques and plot points and are wrong about every single one of them. 

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Books vs Films, Party Girls vs Kink Kings, two manic festivals go live on the same night  this Thursday and that's culture. Smut Night at the Red Rattler raises money for the important and incomparable f*ck palace Hedon House at exactly the same time Garden Reflexxx presents Party Girl at the State Library of NSW. Smut Night programmer Katie Winten and Hedon House's Gala Vanting join Andj and Jen for a very special self-serving episode of Movies Movies Movies to discuss porn, Anora, invincible grapevines and show off a douche that Apichatpong signed in Bangkok. Sit back, strap on and join us IRL this Thursday at two of the most improbably locations for film screenings available in this city. Peace!

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Archie Moore! Sam Van Grinsven! Emilia Perez! Brady Sorbet! Anora! Selena G! Ariana G! Ali J! and more on this very special urgent update recorded in the FBi Studios after a turbulent Adelaide Film Festival. We ask: Anora Fedora, French Tip Manicura? And find out from Sequin in a Blue Room director how setting himself on fire was a great motivator for Vicky Krieps to improvise. Can Golden Lion winner Archie Moore name a single Pasolini film? Can Andj ever recover from sleeping through the entirety of Maria and is the journey of The Brutalist worth the destination? Where's the Daddy? All this and more on the sky of bright scars: Movies Movies Movies (full length interviews to come).

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"Dustin, what's going on in that little head of yours?"

Movies, Movies, Movies is joined by artist-photographer and star of HBO's Fantasmas Martine, zooming in with performance and film artist Bhenji Ra to celebrate their openings in Vancouver and their favourite boobs. What kind of tail would you have? Is acting easy? Julio Torres or Sebastián Silva? Go Harder.

Fantasmas, s1: Binge (Aus)

ANTI-ICON: APOKALYPSIS: till September 29 (2024) at The Polygon, (VAN)

Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon: till Aug 10 at Western Front (VAN)

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"Lived it, breathed it, bled it". Ok Dr. Anna Broinowski. Filmmaker, satirist, educator, documentarian-cum-influencer and pop-truth sceptic, she's in the studio. We celebrate the release of her memoir 'Datsun Angel' by putting everyone in the hot seat. Sydney, to North Korea, to New York, to Tokyo, back to Sydney University and ultimately to Canberra - we talk subjects as vehicles, driving as site of debate, ugly A*stralian guys, Jen's nerves, vocabulary, delivering film masters on a skateboard, and how creativity is mothering. So many parallel mothers. Taste is vulnerability. One execrable hazing dorm.

Datsun Angel is available in soft back through Hachette described as a Wake In Fright for Chicks. 

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Ain't no valley low; here is part 2 of our interview with Stelly G featuring special guest director/writer Rachel House, talking about the sublime power of filmmaking with family both young and old. Inspiration and motivations going into the prod: we talk about the most impassioned parts of doing the job. It's about costumes and acting and ageing and knowing when the time is right. You can't see but we have wide eyes looking towards Rachel. 

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"Was it a ritual, or were you just sleeping in a park in Canberra?" asks guest Stelly G (artist/director behind Mood Ring). In the lead up to The Mountain dropping in Australian cinemas (June 27th 2024) MMM's tiny desk hosts three big mouths coming down. They've just met Rachel House, the film's director/writer. The three discuss meeting Rachel on a level, then the microphone levels peak as they argue over camping fashion, actors being scarier than models, The Mountain's three child stars, Stelly's process, the KFC in Alice Springs and playing to your strengths. Full conversation, no bleeps, tears were cried, I put this moment here.

Full Rachel House interview dropping next week, The Mountain comes to cinemas Thursday June 27th. 

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