Test Pattern

Canadian writer-director Sophy Romvari joins Angus Truskett to discuss Blue Heron, her debut feature, which draws on her own childhood and family history.

It’s a conversation about reconstructing memory, turning lived experience into fiction and the movies that stay with us.

We get into: childhood movie memories and films taped off television, capturing how memory feels, The Tree of Life, growing up in front o...

Maddelin McKenna is a Melbourne-based writer and director whose debut feature, Mad Rush, is having its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

She joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about the movies that shaped her, growing up as a theatre kid and making her first feature.

We get into: Birthday movies, The Cranes Are Flying, ignoring subtitles, reassessing old favourites through older eyes,...

Cameron James is an actor, comedian and podcaster currently starring in the ABC comedy series Bad Company.

He joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about small-town dreams, comedy partnerships and the movies that made him funny.

We get into: podcast royalty, Netflix activations, forgetting Brett Ratner, second-screen auteurism, McG’s SEO supremacy, Mike Myers in Michael, Bootmen and the Tap Dogs, m...

Hyun Lee is a Sydney-based writer, director and photographer. Her feature debut, French Girls, recently premiered at Sydney Film Festival.

She joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about making a movie on a microbudget, what films get wrong about the fashion world, and what comes after French Girls.

We get into: QCing your own movie, searching for festival laurels, SBS foreign films, learning to tell stories through a camer...

Writer-director Adrian Chiarella and actor Joe Bird join Angus Truskett to discuss Leviticus, a new Australian queer horror film set in a conservative regional community.

They talk about combining supernatural horror with queer romance, creating a monster that can only hurt you when you’re alone, Joe’s first leading role and how the

filmmakers managed to pull off the film’s Frank Ocean needle drop.

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Elfy Scott is an award-winning journalist, presenter, producer, author and film fan. Her debut book is The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About.

She joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about the movies that shaped her, the unexpected empathy of Jackass, Ken Burns’ documentary magic and Don Bluth’s animated classic Anastasia.

We get into: Movie title recall, sophomore slumps, feeling the Ken ...

Cody Greenwood is an Australian producer and the founder of Rush Films, the production company behind a distinctive slate of Australian documentaries, shorts, series and features. Her latest film, Zoe Pepper’s Birthright, is in Australian cinemas now.

Cody joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about what producers actually do, the films that shaped her, and why making movies might be less of a job than a disease.

Concetta Caristo — comedian, host of triple j Breakfast, and Australia’s sweetheart — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about romcoms, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry and The Master of Disguise.

We get into: meeting in a cinema foyer, the romance of Before Sunset, what makes a great romcom, why The Wedding Singer is peak, The Mothman Prophecies, the Mary-Kate and Ashley cinematic univ...

Keli Holiday (Adam Hyde) — ARIA Award-winning musician, one half of Peking Duk, and the solo artist behind ‘Dancing2’ — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about performance, myth-making, and the movies that shape identity — from reclaiming jestermaxxing to Nicolas Cage’s “nouveau shamanism.”

We get into: Jester’s privilege and sacred clowns, Nicolas Cage’s nouveau ...

Jake Longstreth — painter, musician and co-host of Apple Music radio show Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about how everyday places can feel strangely cinematic, essential California movies, and Bluey’s dad’s alt-rock past.

We get into: Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC, The Australian Dream, thoughts on Russell Crowe, Bob Dylan’s Patreon, Connecticut VHS rot...

Alister Newstead — author of the new 33⅓ Oceania book on Tame Impala's Currents and Double J’s music & pop culture reporter — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about whether we’re living in a golden age of culture, perfect needle drops, and the work of late Australian animation pioneer Yoram Gross.

We get into: switching into author mode, fandom and accessibility, the “golde...

Alexei Toliopoulos — film critic, movie lover, podcaster, comedian and video store lifer — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about movie obsession, physical media, and the fine line between critic and creator.

We get into: our origins, a mild Clint Eastwood phase, Greek intermissions, curating movies for planes, Inner West movies, combatting cultural cringe, Margaret and David, third generation physical collect...

Nina Oyama — Australian comedian, writer and actor known for Utopia, Deadloch and Taskmaster Australia — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about musical shame, when to walk out of a movie, and the films we watch when we want to cry.

We get into: Entourage live shows, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, watching films specifically to cry, becoming desensitised to Max Richter, Emerald Fennell making unsexy movi...

Tansy Gardam — film critic and host of Going Rogue  — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about movie disasters, studio chaos, and why the films that nearly collapsed are the ones we love most.

We get into: Charli as The Moment, Count of Monte Cristo-maxxing, starting a podcast to combat misinformation, the Patron Saint of Photoshop, Duel of the Fates glazing, Rian Johnson’s go...

Test Pattern kicks off with Lawrence Schlossman (Throwing Fits) joining Angus Truskett for a conversation about cinema obsession, personal taste, and the fits that defined film history.

We get into: Australian movie audiences, Timothée Chalamet’s generational run, New Jersey classics, the next James Bond, Zack Braff being a bozo, Indiana Jones’ swag, Maximus’ chinstrap, Tom’s Eyes Wide Shut ...