Our Next Hyphenate Rebecca Harkins-Cross
Writer, critic and November 2015 Hyphenate Rebecca Harkins-Cross (No, you’re not experiencing deja vu. Or maybe you are, we can’t be certain. But in addition to your deja vu, a version of this post...
View ArticleHi4H’s 2015 Year In Review
We thought 2014 was pretty big. But 2015 made it look like 2013! True story. This year we reached our 5th anniversary; we were joined by guests such as Appropriate Behaviour writer/director/star...
View ArticleOur Next Hyphenate Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons founder and our next Hyphenate, Garth Franklin (left) If you’ve ever wanted to look up some news about a film, be it a piece of casting info or movement on a long-awaited sequel, the odds...
View ArticleThe John Carpenter Cheat Sheet
Want to become an instant expert in our filmmaker of the month without committing yourself to an entire filmography? Then you need the Hell Is For Hyphenates Cheat Sheet: we program you a double that...
View ArticleFranklin On Carpenter
“I like to think that if all the filmmakers of that American New Wave were a giant school class, and Coppola was the captain of the football team, and Spielberg was the good lookin’ rebel in the...
View ArticleOur Next Hyphenate Laura Mulvey
Theorist, professor and February 2016 Hyphenate Laura Mulvey If you’ve ever used the term “the male gaze”, then you have our next guest to thank. Laura Mulvey coined the term in her 1975 essay “Visual...
View ArticleThe Max Ophüls Cheat Sheet
Want to become an instant expert in our filmmaker of the month without committing yourself to an entire filmography? Then you need the Hell Is For Hyphenates Cheat Sheet: we program you a double that...
View ArticleMulvey On Ophüls
We’re used to talking about legends on the show, but it’s pretty cool to have a legend as our guest. Laura Mulvey is one of film theory’s biggest names, probably best known for coining the phrase “the...
View ArticleOur Next Hyphenate Martyn Pedler
Martyn Pedler (left) chats to Paul Thomas Anderson on stage at Melbourne’s Astor Theatre in 2012 We’ve been courting Martyn Pedler to come on the show for a long time, employing all manner of tactics...
View ArticleThe Coen Brothers Cheat Sheet
Want to become an instant expert in our filmmaker of the month without committing yourself to an entire filmography? Then you need the Hell Is For Hyphenates Cheat Sheet: we program you a double that...
View ArticlePedler On Coens
This month, only two of us had seen each of the films we reviewed: Martyn and Sophie had seen Anomalisa, Sophie and Lee had seen The Pearl Button, and Lee and Martyn had seen Batman v. Superman: Dawn...
View ArticleOur Next Hyphenate Kate Hardie
Actor, filmmaker and April 2016 Hyphenate Kate Hardie Kate Hardie has a pretty impressive CV: starring alongside Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine in Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa, with Denzel Washington and...
View ArticleThe Antonia Bird Cheat Sheet
Want to become an instant expert in our filmmaker of the month without committing yourself to an entire filmography? Then you need the Hell Is For Hyphenates Cheat Sheet: we program you a double that...
View ArticleHardie On Bird
There’s always something a bit special when our guest has a personal connection to the filmmaker they’re here to discuss. In the case of our guest Kate Hardie, it was particularly fascinating to hear...
View ArticleOur Next Hyphenate Alice Lowe
Actor, filmmaker and May 2016 Hyphenate Alice Lowe If enjoy great comedy, then you’ll be as excited by our next guest as we are. Except we’re the ones who get to talk film with her for an hour, so...
View ArticleThe Jim Henson Cheat Sheet
Want to become an instant expert in our filmmaker of the month without committing yourself to an entire filmography? Then you need the Hell Is For Hyphenates Cheat Sheet: we program you a double that...
View ArticleLowe On Henson
We know we gush about every guest, and of course that’s by design – why would we invite someone on who wasn’t gush-worthy? – but come on: Alice Lowe. The brilliant comic actress who has featured in...
View ArticleOur Next Hyphenate Maria Lewis
Author, film critic and June 2016 Hyphenate Maria Lewis You may know Maria Lewis from her film critiquing on the film website Graffiti With Punctuation or the podcast Pod Save Our Screen (both...
View ArticleThe Guillermo Del Toro Cheat Sheet
Want to become an instant expert in our filmmaker of the month without committing yourself to an entire filmography? Then you need the Hell Is For Hyphenates Cheat Sheet: we program you a double that...
View ArticleLewis On Del Toro
“I feel like you’re breaking through an invisible wall when you get to go on a podcast that you’re a fan of.” We’re very happy that Maria is a fan of the show, but does that explain why she tries to...
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