“I feel like I was born for the Internet”
February 11, 2016
Mallory Ortberg, satirist and co-founder of The Toast, talks humour, femslash, and her conflicting soft spot for Ayn Rand ahead of New Zealand Festival Writers Week.
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“Some sort of strange cousin”
September 9, 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal on Everest, family, boxing, and Lou Bloom’s connection with Donnie Darko.
Five Sydney Highlights
July 24, 2015
TV on the Radio, Ruben Guthrie, and Vivid Lights were among Sydney’s cultural highlights in June.
To describe with intense clarity
May 25, 2015
The Auckland Writers Festival refracted through a dialogue with Haruki Murakami interviewer John Freeman.
Jon Stewart Directs
January 26, 2015
The Daily Show host on condescending to young people, leather, absurd comedy, and directing Rosewater.
“The war zone over women’s bodies is something that rages and I’m sure will continue to rage”
December 20, 2014
An encounter with Keira Knightley at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Hot Seven
November 25, 2014
Alan Gilbert, Simon Rattle, and Rokia Traoré were among New York City’s cultural highlights in autumn 2014.
“The Heat”
October 10, 2014
A few stray questions with Jemaine Clement. Plus, a Toronto International Film Festival top five.
Bogart and beyond
August 18, 2014
A catch up with film culture tsar Adrian Wootton, back at the Melbourne International Film Festival to talk Humphrey Bogart, Patricia Highsmith, John le Carré, and Katharine Hepburn.
A little recklessness, a little wildness
August 11, 2014
An interview with Joe Swanberg, down under at the Melbourne International Film Festival for his latest film, Happy Christmas.
The Documentarian: An Interview with Frederick Wiseman
July 23, 2014
Cinema’s preeminent documentary filmmaker on his two latest triumphs, At Berkeley and National Gallery.
My Dinner With Gary
May 31, 2014
Chewing the fat with Gary Shteyngart at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, plus some highlights from Vivid Sydney’s opening week.
Steve James on Life Itself
May 26, 2014
A conversation on gun control in America, perceiving truth as a filmmaker, and the life and legacy of Roger Ebert with esteemed documentarian Steve James.
Kris Kristofferson: The Fighter
April 28, 2014
At 77, the iconic country musician and actor is still struggling for a better America. Plus, a Steve Earle review.
“I would love to gorge on all your country’s meats”
April 15, 2014
A muscular discussion with hilarious writer/satirist Gary Shteyngart.
“The game’s the same, just got more fierce”
April 7, 2014
An interview with legendary rapper The Tuna, aka Chali 2na, aka Jurassic 5’s Charles Stewart.
The Third Man
March 29, 2014
An interview with passionate American actor Denis O’Hare, seen recently on stage in An Iliad, and on screen in Dallas Buyers Club.
Fighter, Lover
February 27, 2014
A dialogue with Neko Case, one of today’s great singer-songwriters.
Finding Robert
February 23, 2014
Marc Labrèche, star of Needles and Opium, on addiction, Miles Davis, Robert Lepage’s humour, and the problem with Paris.
The Coen Brothers
February 7, 2014
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen share thoughts on Inside Llewyn Davis at the 51st New York Film Festival.