Rereaders

In this week's podcast we take a closer look at Tom Doig's Penguin Special, The Coal Face. Then we discuss Olivier Assayas' new film starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria. And finally, we talk about SBS's controversial new documentary series, Struggle Street.

In this week's podcast we talk about Xavier Dolan's new film Mommy. Then we ask whether the golden age of internet piracy has come to an end. And finally we chat to Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire about their latest Women of Letters anthology.

In this week’s podcast we talk about Laurence Leung’s new sitcom Maximum Choppage. Then we take a listen to the debut album of Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett. And finally we somehow manage to chat the new SpongeBob SquarePants movie.

In this week’s podcast we look at the NBC’s redo of the ABC’s adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap. Then we take at a look at Drown, the new film from Dean Francis playing at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. And finally we say goodbye to summer with a look at the new Australian literary project The Longer Light series from the Chart Collective

In this week's podcast we talk about the inevitable film adaptation of the erotic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey. Then we look at the viral comedy web series The Katering Show. And finally we take a quick trip to Melbourne's new cereal cafe.

In this week's podcast we talk about Citizenfour the documentary by Laura Poitras focusing in on the whistleblower Edward Snowden. Then we look at whether the internet is ruining your brain. And finally we are joined by Sofija Stefanovic to discuss her new book on the sad world of internet scammers, You're Just To Be Good To Be True.

In this week’s podcast we look at Transparent, the debut Amazon series from Jill Solloway. Then we watch Jason Reitman’s latest cinema release Men, Women and Children. And finally we look at the rise of the share economy with the growing popularity of Uber and Airbnb.

In this week's podcast we chat Christopher Nolan's big screen space odyssey Interstellar. Then we take a look at Channel 10's political comedy Party Tricks. And finally we take a stroll through the National Gallery of Victoria with the new blockbuster retrospective of high fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier.

In this week’s podcast we’re coming to you live from the Curtin Hotel, as we watch Australian horror movie hit, The Babadook. Then we chat Simon Hanselman’s Megahex. And finally we take a look at the fourth season of the American Horror Story: Freakshow.

In this week’s podcast we look at the ABC's ambitious new political thriller The Code. Then we chat the retirement of public broadcaster film critic duo, Margaret and David. And finally we sign up to Ello, the new social media platform, which has been hailed as the anti-Facebook.

In this week's podcast we talk about Helen Garner's new book This House of Grief, David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's thriller Gone Girl, and whether hipster porn exists.

In this week's podcast we look at the second season of Josh Thomas's sitcom Please Like Me. Then we talk about the recent Melbourne appearance of RuPaul's Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio. And finally we talk about what to watch on TV when you're sick.

In this week’s podcast we look at Richard Linklater’s twelve years in the making Boyhood. Then we talk Paul Kelly as songwriter, as he launches his latest project, The Merri Soul Sessions. And finally we take some lessons in slang from the new comedy web series ‘How To Talk Australians’. This week's episode was recorded live at the 2014 Melbourne Writers Festival.

In this week's podcast we focus in on the Melbourne International Film Festival, taking in three screenings. We look at The 50 Year Argument, a documentary about the New York Review of Books from Martin Scorsese. Then we watch Devil's Playground, the unusual mini-series sequel to Fred Schepsi's 1970s Australian new wave classic. Finally, we scare the shit out of ourselves with teen horror film It Follows.

In this week's podcast we watch Foxtel's The Recruit, a new reality TV competition whose winner gets a guaranteed position to play with the AFL. Then we look at The Selfish Giant, the sensitive new film from British director Clio Barnard. Finally, we chat about the Crategate controversy, a story of public art plagiarism.