People go missing in rural Australia, there's backpacker killers and psychotic outback killers lurking all throughout Australian cinema. Blake Howard (One Heat Minute / The Zodiac Chronicle) steps into the co-host chair to talk about The Loved Ones, a horror movie that takes the tropes of rural killers like those you'd find in Wolf Creek and gets them ready for prom.
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The Loved Ones (2009) w. Blake Howard {AUSTRALIAN PSYCHO}

The Betoota Advocate presents a chat show about the films you love. Join the movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos in ‘The Last Video Store’ - located in the outback town of Betoota. Its a special hub of culture and memories with every single movie ever made lining its infinite shelves. Alexei talks with a guest about their most cherished cinematic selections, before he sends them of with a bespoke film recommendation based on their taste.
The rental combo is:
1 x New Release
2 x Weeklies
1 x Staff Pick
 
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WAYNE’S WORLD, FOUR ROOMS, GAS FOOD LODGING and SAY ANYTHING… Ione Skye stars in all films that sat on Alexei’s staff picks shelf back in his days at Mondo Movies. Ione is not just an all-timer great actor, she’s also the co-host one of the best podcasts WEIRDER TOGETHER with Ben Lee (hear it on SPOTIFY and APPLE). 
In the midst of writing her memoir, Ione stopped by the Last Video Store. Ione is one of the best people to talk film with so we cover everything from one of the great modern epics, a hard noir and the film that kicked off 90s American Indie cinema. 
Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s IONE’s combo on Letterboxd.
Catch Alexei hosting the incredible Sunburnt Screens weekend of screenings at The Sydney Opera House on June 27, 28 and 30 HERE
Watch the full episode on YOUTUBE
Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. 
Music & sounds by Rowan Dix
Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 
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Ione Skye, the iconic star of SAY ANYTHING…

If you haven’t seen Aaron Chen’s YouTube special please remedy this ASAP
Beloved comedian and dearest friend Aaron Chen joins Alexei in the Last Video Store to reminisce and pick up a combo of his favourite films. Aaron selects one of the great martial arts comedies, an iconic masterpiece of dystopian speculative fiction and a newly returned New Release title PLUS Alexei slips in an Ozlpoitation staff pick for him.
Watch the full episode on YOUTUBE
Catch Alexei hosting the incredible Sunburnt Screens weekend of screenings at The Sydney Opera House on June 27, 28 and 30 HERE
Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s AARON’s combo on Letterboxd.
Music & sounds by Rowan Dix
Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 
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Aaron Chen, Star of FISK and Award Winning Comedian

Witness me! Celebrating the release of the decade’s most exciting action spectacle FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA. Filmmaker George Miller + stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth have made their way through the wastelands of a post-apocalyptic Australia to find themselves in THE LAST VIDEO STORE. Alexei Toliopoulos sits down with them all to discuss the madness, the Greekness and the fury that goes into making an epic. 
Watch George Miller's interview HERE and Chris & Anya's interview HERE
Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. 
Music & sounds by Rowan Dix
Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 
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George Miller, Anya Taylor-Joy & Chris Hemsworth - FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA {New Release Special}

One of Australia’s greatest storytellers, Troy Cassar-Daley holds the record for most Golden Guitar Awards cementing the proud Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung as one of country music’s greatest icons. Troy’s new album BETWEEN THE FIRES is out now, recorded at his late mother’s home, it is a powerfully moving collection of songs and stories. 
Without hyperbolising, this may be one of the best conversations Alexei has ever recorded. Troy has picked some films that resonate deeply with him and those emotional connections prove to be fertile ground for laughs and some top-tier cinematic celebration. Complete with a staff pick of a western that needs to be crystallised into the canon of cinema’s greats, the TCD visit might be the perfect episode of THE LAST VIDEO STORE.
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Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s TCD’s list up on Letterboxd. 
Music & sounds by Rowan Dix
Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 
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Troy Cassar-Daley, the Country Music Luminary

With his new film HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS arriving in cinemas this week, Goran Stolevski has proven himself to be one of the very best contemporary Australian filmmakers. A modern master of the close-up, each of Goran’s films are distinctly textured cinematic works worthy of your exploration. 
A rental combo that includes a screwball classic, a powerful journey through Seoul and one of the best from Pedro Almodóvar. Without a doubt, Goran Stolevski is far and away the biggest cinephile we’ve had in the Last Video Store so Alexei has to work extra fricking hard to find a staff pick rec off the beaten path.
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Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s Goran’s list up on Letterboxd. 
Music & sounds by Rowan Dix
Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 
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The Loved Ones (2009) w. Blake Howard {AUSTRALIAN PSYCHO}

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