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Join filmmaker Roman Coppola and actor Jason Schwartzman as they discuss their film "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III," a playful comedy of lost love, friendship, and revenge fantasies. Charles (Charlie Sheen) is a successful graphic designer with a seemingly perfect life. But when his true love Ivana ends their relationship, he falls apart and his loyal intimates—Kirby (Schwartzman), Saul (Bill Murray), and his sister (Patricia Arquette)—help him come to terms with a life witho ...
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MAGIC HOUR

VCA Film and Television

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Welcome to Magic Hour: a podcast about Screen Culture. Makers. Doers. Thinkers. Hosted by Academic, Screenwriter and Musician, BEN MICHAEL. Coming at you from the VCA, Australia’s oldest film school. Part of our mission at the Victorian College of the Arts is to share information with the public. The Film and TV school, over its 50-year history, has nurtured Alumni who have gone onto amazing careers. Often we are recording talks with them as well as other film industry professionals who come ...
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Astronomers and astrophysicists are looking for exoplanets, that orbit around stars beyond our solar system in what is known as the Goldilocks Zone — the zone with conditions that might be just right for creating life. A fascinating discussion from the 2023 World Science Festival in Brisbane.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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At Perth Festival's Writers Weekend, Claire Nichols talks mothers & motherhood with Alice Pung author of 100 Days, Larissa Behrendt who's latest book is After Story, and Chloe Hooper who examines parenting in her memoir Bedtime Story.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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At the 2023 Sydney Writers Festival, Kate Evans hosts a discussion featuring: Pulitzer Prize winning writer Colson Whitehead, Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan and acclaimed debut novelist Tracey Lien.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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At the 2023 Melbourne Writers Festival, writers speak about of how travel shapes our identity and gives us a better understanding of other cultures. Features Richard Fidler, Kris Kneen, chef Adam Liaw and artist & researcher Vicky Shukuroglou.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Since 2016 Jane Harper has published five bestselling novels, including The Dry and The Lost Man, and her latest Exiles. We'll hear why she's finishing up with one of her most popular characters in this conversation with Sarah L'Estrange, at the 2023 Melbourne Writers Festival.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sarah L'Estrange speaks to Tracey Lien about her book All That's Left Unsaid, which tells of the aftermath of a shocking murder; and to Nina Wan's - who's novel The Albatross, explores love, duty and belonging.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Associate Professor Nicolette Freeman skillfully delves into the Hollywood career of VCA Alumni, Alethea Jones, unraveling the directing journey behind renowned works like Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Mrs. Davis, and Fun Mom Dinner, offering invaluable insights, tricks, and tips that resonate deeply with aspiring film students.…
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In this episode, five film industry insiders give their perspective on the future of film funding. VCA Alumni, writer/director Goran Stolevski - "Of an Age" (2022) and "You Won't Be Alone" (2022) VCA Alumni Caleb Ribates - Lakad (2022)Producer Emma Roberts - VR project Gondwana (2022) Dr Kirstin Stephens - Lecturer in Arts and Cultural ManagementDr…
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VCA Alumni, Cinematographer Adam Arkapaw is interviewed by Assoc. Prof. Annabelle Murphy. Adam Arkapaw is an Australian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on the television series Top of the Lake and True Detective (Season 1), for which he has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He is also known for his collaborations with director Justi…
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Conversations with Irish Australian queens of crime: bestselling Irish born crime novelist, Dervla McTiernan discusses her move away from the Cormac Reilly series for her new standalone, The Murder Rule. Also, Aoife Clifford discusses her latest When We Fall and the ethics of true crime in fiction.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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'Business as usual' is not an option for governments dealing with an escalating climate crisis. It's now impossible to ignore or deny the grim manifestations, and warnings, that the planet is heating up. So how must governance and democracy change? What are the impediments to overcome if we are to decarbonise the economy, and adapt to a changing cl…
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Too much. Not enough. Too weird. Not weird enough. Sex is enjoyed, explored, exploited, and policed in countless ways. The pleasure and pain of writing about sex … with authors Jennifer Mills (The Airways, Dyschronia), evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks (Artificial Intimacy: Virtual Friends, digital lovers, and algorithmic matchmakers), and Josephin…
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What does rereading mean to you, and why do you do it? At the 2022 Sydney Writers Festival Kate Evans was joined on stage by rereaders memoirist Ruth Wilson (author of the bibliomemoir, The Jane Austen Remedy), and scholar and literary judge Bernadette Brennan (whose literary biographies include Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears …
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How is history made, and who gets left out? History tells us where we came from, what happened along the way, and who we have become – our national identity. But history is the product of the cultural values and beliefs of the time in which it was written. Who gets to shape these shifting narratives? Why has history so often excluded and silenced F…
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The new book Lohrey by literary critic and researcher Julieanne Lamond pays homage to Amanda Lohrey, the fearless writer, novelist and 2021 Miles Franklin winner whose career spans four decades. Sarah L’Estrange catches up with both women at the Melbourne Writers Festival.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Julian Barnes is the author of 13 novels including Flaubert's Parrot, The Noise of Time and the Booker-winning A Sense of an Ending. His latest novel, Elizabeth Finch, is about a life-changing teacher. From the Sydney Writers Festival, he talks to Claire Nichols about the influence of teachers on his life and what he's learned in a career that's sp…
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Conspiracy theories are not a new phenomenon.But the internet and, recently, the pandemic have turbocharged the dissemination of misinformation and disinformation.A disturbing number of people are now getting sucked into online conspiracy cults. One of the most prominent is QAnon, whose believers think a cabal of Satanic-worshipping paedophiles ope…
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What does the Australian country town of Gundagai make you think of? The statue of the "dog on the tuckerbox"? The old folksong, Along the road to Gundagai? Or do you think of the great flood of 1852 – the deadliest in our history - and the remarkable heroism of two Aboriginal men who saved over 60 people, using their bark canoes. Writer, Anita Hei…
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What it is like to be a feminist in the public eye? A discussion from the 2021 Sydney Writers Festival with Laurie Penny author of Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults addresses, Journalist Virginia Trioli, who has published a revised version of her book Generation F: Why We Still Struggle With Sex and Power, and the host is author and femi…
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Opinions trump facts and truth is no longer absolute. Science is under attack in a world where misinformation thrives, fake news can go viral and conspiracy theories are more popular than ever. How have we arrived at this place of mistrust and what can we do to stand up for science? Why should we trust scientists? Or perhaps more tellingly, what do…
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A conversation with the renowned author Ruth Ozeki, speaking to Kate Evans. We hear about some of the characters that inhabit The Book of Form & Emptiness. About the integral role of objects in Ozeki’s latest novel, and the books within books. This talk was for the Wheeler Centres series Postcards from Abroad in 2021.…
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Uluru is a spiritual place for indigenous people and it looms large in the national imagination. Historian Mark McKenna uncovered a hidden truth about an infamous frontier killing at Uluru in the 1930’s. Indigenous campaigner, Thomas Mayor, believes the “Statement from the Heart” could only have come from Uluru. Paul Barclay speaks to Mark and Thom…
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It’s difficult to initiate social change - not only to make people understand that change is needed, but to get them to alter their behaviour and maybe even to get them to give up some things. Two young activists discuss strategies of how to motivate crowds and the power of taking action.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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