The Last Video Store
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 Follow us on Instagram @lastvideostorebetoota
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June 3, 2026 • 72 mins
3 Star Wars super tragics join forces to talk about all things Grogu and all things The Mandalorian and Grogu. Luke Muller (Triple J) and Angus Truskett (Test Pattern) join Alexei to talk through the latest film from A Galaxy Far Far Away and pick out their favourite Glup Shitto.
See Alexei’s show with Zachary Ruane REFUSED CLASSIFICATION at SFF (https://www.sff.org.au/program/event/refused-classification/)
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May 28, 2026 • 46 mins
At the end of 2024, Alexei was joined at The Last Video Store by podcaster, journalist and commentator Josh Szeps. However, we though we lost it soon after. The video remains a mystery but we recovered the audio, and it was such a great chat we had to release it to the world! Josh is a true film lover, and you can listen to his podcast Uncomfortable Conversations on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Sorry about the wait, ...
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May 20, 2026 • 39 mins
This week a dream guest, Genesis Owusu, joins Alexei in the video store, and he has incredible taste in films! From a Japanese cult classic, to the latest Ari Aster, and even an even an Adam Sandler flick. Plus, he tells us about the surreal time he met Joaquin Phoenix.
Genesis is currently on tour, and his album REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE is out now: https://www.genesisowusu.com/
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May 13, 2026 • 89 mins
Alexei makes a cameo on the new season of the tremendous popular culture investigation podcast GOING ROGUE.
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May 6, 2026 • 44 mins
A tournament of fatalities is how you’d have to describe the new action sequel MORTAL KOMBAT II. It’s a real pleasure to get to sit down with director Simon McQuoid to talk how you even build a film like that. Simon is a true lover of film, a video store kid and someone who may surprise you with what he picks up. MORTAL KOMBAT II is out NOW and it is a ton of ferocious fun.
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April 29, 2026 • 92 mins
We're popping into your feed with a special episode this week; if you haven't heard horror movie podcast Spooko you're in for a treat. Each week Peach and Shag discuss a new horror film, and we're bringing you the episode that Alexei and Emmeline guested on to discuss the bonkers 1995 Tobe Hooper film The Mangler.
Check out Spooko here: https://www.instagram.com/_spooko_/
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April 22, 2026 • 60 mins
The winner of Drag Race Down Under season 4, LAZY SUSAN walks into the Last Video Store. This dream guest gets witchy to celebrate the upcoming release of their genuinely fantastic new series The Witchy Girls.
You can go see the live screenings of The Witchy Girls here (https://www.thewitchygirls.com/)
Pick up tickets to Alexei’s comedy festival tour of his new show VHS in 2026 (https://comedy.com.au/tour/alexei-toliopoulos/)
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He's here! Comedian Josh Thomas joins Alexei in the Last Video Store and bypasses the New Release section altogether to pick up some of his favourite weeklies. He's recently relaunched his classic podcast Josh Thomas and Friends and You and is going on tour all around the world, so check him out in a city near you: https://joshthomas.com.au/
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April 1, 2026 • 50 mins
Finally, it is time for Alex Lee to pick out her favourite films. You know Alex from pods like Dragon Friends and Baby Shoes + the new ABC show TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (and our very own Alexei Toliopoulos appears on one of the episodes). Watch it on ABC iView now!
Listen to Baby Shoes here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3cwDxMz5lTF0dyfTBJHb1u
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Celebrating another year of The Last Video Store with our original first customer and best mate… it’s another return of Cameron James! Cam & Alexei are joining forces for a very special screening of TRUE STORIES the only film directed by TALKING HEADS frontman David Byrne for Saturday Film Club at The Sydney Opera House (https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/vivid-live/saturday-film-club-true-stories). If you’ve never seen it, its a ver...
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March 18, 2026 • 54 mins
Cult comedy hero and dear mate, Greg Larsen enters the video store. Greg kicks off his run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his new show “Unrelenting Ultra-Violence” (https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/greg-larsen-unrelenting-ultra-violence/). Greg is wildly funny, bold and incisive with his comedy and his pick ups on the show reflect exactly that. AND make sure you check out Greg’s outrageous series ...
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March 11, 2026 • 48 mins
Damon Herriman is one of Australia’s most recognisable actors, working in films like TOGETHER, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD to HOUSE OF WAX (one of Producer Em’s favourites). He joins us in the Last Video Store where he picks a stack of great films, including classics GOODFELLAS and THE ELEPHANT MAN, and a surprising new release documentary.
See him in Art The Play, touring now: https://arttheplay.com.au/.
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March 4, 2026 • 50 mins
Geraldine Viswanathan has shared the screen with the likes of John Cena, Margaret Qualley, Florence Pugh and Pedro Pascal, and is fast becoming one of Australia’s most prolific comedy actors. She’s also hilarious and has fantastic taste in films, from Anna Faris’ stoner comedy Smiley Face to the movie that made her turn towards film, Little Miss Sunshine.
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February 25, 2026 • 55 mins
Best known for her provocative comedy ATTENBERG and the unnervingly satirical CHEVALIER, Athina Rachel Tsangari helped define what critics dubbed the “Greek Weird Wave,” alongside longtime collaborator Yorgos Lanthimos. A longtime filmmaking hero of host Alexei, he hailed her latest film, HARVEST, as one of the very best of 2025. HARVEST is a medieval tale of modernity swallowing up tradition, it stars Caleb Landry Jones and is sho...
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February 18, 2026 • 36 mins
SPOILER WARNING - this chat may gently reveal a little bit about the the comedic premise and influence unique to the movie…
This week, The Last Video Store becomes a shrine to comedic chaos, commitment, and Canadian/Australian cinematic relations as we welcome Matt Johnson and Jay McCarroll, the masterminds behind the cult phenomenon Nirvanna the Band the Show - and now - The Movie. With scores from Jay, the feature directorial ef...
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February 11, 2026 • 26 mins
What an immense privilege to chat with true visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann about his new film EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT. Baz's maximalist imagination meets its perfect subject and energizes the mythology of Presley. It’s like a cinematic mosaic that evokes legend. Epic is a truly mesmerizing concert film and an inspired step into factual filmmaking and documentary storytelling - it’s safe to say Alexei, the ever the Elvis tr...
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February 4, 2026 • 59 mins
On our last REWIND episode, we’re taking a look back at probably our most downloaded episode of all time! Pop culture podcast royalty, Nick "Maso" Mason and James "Mr. Sunday Movies" Clement of the Weekly Planet take an esteemed tour of THE LAST VIDEO STORE. A journey through cinema that is less a Caravan of Garbage and more like a Battle for Endorphins because this episode is a pleasurable experience for the brain.
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January 28, 2026 • 47 mins
We’re revisiting our hilarious and insightful chat with filmakers and twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou! Their latest film, BRING HER BACK is an emotionally resonant horror exploration of grief and loss that, in many ways, surpasses their remarkable debut. Starring Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (THE SHAPE OF WATER), Billy Barrat (RESPONSIBLE CHILD), Jonah Wren Phillips (HOW TO MAKE GRAVY) and newcomer Sora Wong, BRING HER BAC...
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January 21, 2026 • 69 mins
Next up in our REWIND series, where we look back at some of our most popular and memorable episodes, it’s film star Jonathan Rhys Meyers! He’s the iconic star of video store favourites BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, VELVET GOLDMINE, MATCH POINT, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III, I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD, THE TUDORS and might be the most passionate and exploratory film lover we’ve had through our doors. And I must admit, I was completely starstruck b...
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January 14, 2026 • 50 mins
With perhaps more films in The Last Video Store than any other performer (all located behind the beaded curtain), what better episode to rewind to than our chat with legendary adult film superstar Angela White. The AVN Hall of Famer was the first to win Female Performer of the Year 3 times in a row earner her the honorary moniker the Meryl Streep of porn.
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