We get up to no good this week with Desiree Akhavan, writer-director-star of Appropriate Behavior (now playing MIFF). She discusses coming out to your parents and what it’s like to have the New York Times call up your old teachers. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Appropriate Behaviour plays the Melbourne International Film Festival August 9. We’ll keep you […]
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Talk Hard – Zak Hilditch, These Final Hours
July 31, 2014 
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It’s anarchy in the WA! This week, we review the Perth-based apocalypse movie These Final Hours, now in Australian cinemas, and speak to writer-director Zak Hilditch. Get the party ended! Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Apologies for the audio quality of the interview… and the chatty bystanders. Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Clio Barnard, The Selfish Giant
July 29, 2014 0 Comments
Sit down, kids, as we share the fable of The Selfish Giant. Simon Miraudo reviews this acclaimed English drama, in Australian cinemas July 31, and then interviews its director and writer, Clio Barnard. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Do tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Eric Bana, Deliver Us From Evil
July 22, 2014 0 Comments
What an excellent day for an exorcism! This week we chat with returning guest Eric Bana all about his first venture into horror cinema, Deliver Us From Evil, in Australian cinemas July 24, and New Zealand July 31. A review from Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo follows. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please tell your friends […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Greg Sestero, The Room, All is Lost
July 9, 2014 0 Comments
Oh, hi listener. Wondering what it’s like to star in maybe the worst movie ever made? In this episode, Greg Sestero, aka Mark from The Room, reveals all to Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo. A review of All is Lost, available now in NZ and next week in AU, follows. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please tell […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – The Lego Movie, Jersey Boys
July 1, 2014 0 Comments
Everything is awesome! Well, almost everything. In this episode, Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo reviews The Lego Movie (on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia) as well as Jersey Boys (in cinemas July 3). Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Hossein Amini, The Two Faces of January
June 17, 2014 0 Comments
Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini talks to Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo all about his directorial debut, The Two Faces of January, in cinemas June 19. A review follows! Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – John Michael McDonagh, Calvary
June 10, 2014 0 Comments
Fresh from the Sydney Film Festival, a chat with Calvary and The Guard director John Michael McDonagh. But first: how long has it been since your last confession? Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Lenny Abrahamson, Frank
June 6, 2014 0 Comments
Meet the director responsible for making Michael Fassbender wear a giant fake head throughout Frank (debuting at the Sydney Film Festival and opening in cinemas June 19.) Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo catches up with Lenny Abrahamson and reviews Frank. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – The West Wing, Seasons 1-7
June 3, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critics Simon Miraudo and Andrew Williams (our very own Sam Seaborn and Toby Ziegler) go head to head, Santos and Vinick-style, to discuss the best ever episodes of The West Wing, which is now streaming on Quickflix. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Dexter Fletcher, Sunshine on Leith, Inside Llewyn Davis
May 27, 2014 0 Comments
You’ll be on your way from misery to happiness after listening to our chat with actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher. He talks all about his new Proclaimers musical (!) Sunshine on Leith. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo also reviews another kind of musical: the Coens’ DVD release Inside Llewyn Davis. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Essie Davis, The Babadook, Her
May 20, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo caught up with Miss Fisher herself, Essie Davis, to talk about her new Aussie fright fest The Babadook. Plus, we get tangled up in tech-romance Her, now on DVD and streaming via Quickflix. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Zoe Bell, Godzilla, Short Term 12
May 15, 2014 0 Comments
Strap yourself into – or on top of – the nearest car and listen to our interview with Death Proof and Raze star/stunt-woman extraordinaire Zoe Bell. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo also reviews Godzilla (now in cinemas) and new DVD/streaming release Short Term 12. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Don Hany, Veronica Mars, Saving Mr Banks
May 7, 2014 0 Comments
Offspring star Don Hany talks all about his new Aussie drama Healing and Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo reviews new DVDs Veronica Mars and Saving Mr. Banks (they’re both available to stream on Quickflix too). Tune in! Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Frozen
April 30, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo offers up a podcast to help drown out the endless refrain of ‘Let It Go’ that’s been echoing in your head for the past five months. Let these reviews of DVD/Blu-ray/streaming release Frozen and cinema release The Amazing Spider-Man 2 seep into your ears. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Subscribe to […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – The Grand Budapest Hotel, Drinking Buddies
April 15, 2014 0 Comments
Simon may be away on holiday, but you can still catch up with his reviews of Wes Anderson’s cinema release The Grand Budapest Hotel (the best film of 2014 so far?) and new DVD/streaming title Drinking Buddies. Listen up! Show Notes: Rest assured Talk Hard will be back in a fortnight. Scroll through the archives to make those […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Sam Lloyd and Robert Maschio (Scrubs), Enough Said
April 2, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo dons a hospital gown and catches up with Scrubs stars/Oz Comic-Con guests Sam Lloyd and Robert Maschio. Stay tuned for a review of new release Enough Said, now available from Quickflix. Show Notes: Cheers for tuning in! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Olaf Boggleson, The Boney Instrument, Pelvis Season 4
April 1, 2014 0 Comments
Simon Miraudo and RTRFM host Peter Barr talk up April 1st’s finest releases: Olaf Boggleson’s biopic on the life of Icelandic poet Borg Romulanson; YA sensation Daphne Zuniga and the Boney Instrument, and, of course, Season 4 of Pelvis. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Gareth Evans, The Raid 2, Blackfish
March 25, 2014 0 Comments
“Where would I least like to get hit with a hammer?” The Raid 2 director Gareth Evans reveals his creative process to Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo. The interview is followed by a review, as well as a look at doco Blackfish (now on Quickflix). Show Notes: The Raid 2 opens in AU/NZ cinemas March 28. […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Stuart Beattie, The Counselor, What Richard Did
March 19, 2014 0 Comments
The latest episode of Talk Hard is live. It’s live! Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo chats to I, Frankenstein director Stuart Beattie (ahead of the film’s cinema release on March 20) and then reviews new DVDs The Counselor and What Richard Did. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back with another episode in two […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – True Detective Season 1
March 17, 2014 0 Comments
Grab a can of Lone Star and listen in to Quickflix critics Simon Miraudo and Andrew Williams as they unravel Season 1 of True Detective (as well as pick some potential actors for Season 2). Time is a flat circle… so you may as well start listening now! True Detective S1 is now streaming on […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Nick Frost, Cuban Fury, The Rocket
March 11, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo dances up a storm with Nick Frost, star of the Cornetto trilogy and now Cuban Fury (in cinemas now). Stay tuned for a review of the little Laotian movie that could, The Rocket, arriving on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming this week. Show Notes: Thanks, as always, for listening! Please tell your […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Robyn Davidson, Tracks, Captain Phillips
March 4, 2014 0 Comments
Today we take a stroll with Robyn Davidson, the real-life subject of incredible true story Tracks (in Australian cinemas March 6). Critic Simon Miraudo then declares HE’S the captain now while reviewing another fact-based drama: Captain Phillips, new to Quickflix. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Warwick Thornton, The Darkside, Gravity
February 25, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo swaps ghost stories with Aussie filmmaker Warwick Thornton, director of Samson & Delilah and eerie new experiment, The Darkside. We then venture into the great abyss of space for a review of DVD/Blu-ray/streaming release Gravity. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – John Jarratt, Wolf Creek 2, It’s a Disaster
February 20, 2014 0 Comments
You call that a podcast? THIS is a podcast. We venture down to Wolf Creek and chat to Mick Taylor himself, John Jarratt. That interview is followed by a review of Wolf Creek 2, in Australian cinemas February 20, and a quick look at new DVD release It’s a Disaster. Show Notes: The interviews have […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Dallas Buyers Club, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Don Jon
February 12, 2014 0 Comments
Talk Hard returns! For the first episode of our second season, we review cinema releases Dallas Buyers Club and Blue is the Warmest Colour, as well as new DVD Don Jon. (Don’t panic: the interviews aren’t gone for good! They’ll be back from next ep onwards…) Show Notes: It’s good to be back! Thanks for […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Dr. Strangelove turns 50 (Bonus)
January 31, 2014 1 Comment
Hold onto your precious bodily fluids! We’re celebrating the 50th birthday of Stanley Kubrick’s comic masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. We think you’ll find this episode to be of a highly stimulating nature. Show Notes: February 12! February 12! Write it in your diary. Tattoo it on your forehead. That is the date Talk Hard Season 2 […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – PIAF: Best of the Fest (Bonus)
January 21, 2014 0 Comments
Talk Hard is still on hiatus, but if you just can’t do without the show, listen to Simon Miraudo’s recent reviews of Perth International Arts Festival flicks Much Ado About Nothing, 20 Feet from Stardom, Stories We Tell, 12 Years a Slave, and The Past. Show Notes: Much Ado About Nothing and Stories We Tell […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Adam McKay (Anchorman 2)
December 11, 2013 0 Comments
Pull out the jazz flute and comb your moustaches: we’re chatting to Anchorman 2 director Adam McKay. A review of that long-awaited Will Ferrell comedy follows. It arrives in Australian and New Zealand cinemas December 19, 2013. Show Notes: Well, that was the last episode of Talk Hard for 2013. (Saying that, should another interview […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Father Bob Maguire (In Bob We Trust)
December 9, 2013 0 Comments
We say a little prayer and speak to Father Bob Maguire, rabble-rousing priest and subject of the new documentary In Bob We Trust. It’s now showing in select Australian cinemas. Show Notes: Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. Remember to send all thoughts, comments, feedback, and general well-wishes to talkhard@quickflix.com.au […]
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