Hell Is For Hyphenates

Oct 30 2019 109 ep. 62 mins 673

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Special guests join the show to talk about the filmmaker they most love and admire. Writers, directors, producers, actors, film critics, comedians, authors and journalists stop by to look at this month's new releases, debate contentious topical movie news, and talk about the filmmakers who most influenced them.

Hosted by Lee Zachariah. Previously hosted by Paul Anthony Nelson, So Mayer, and Rochelle Siemienowicz.

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Holofcener On Ashby

Oct 30 2019 41 mins

Nicole Holofcener joins us to talk the films of Hal Ashby! Writer, director and Academy Award nominee Nicole Holofcener (Please Give, Enough Said, The Land of Steady Habits) joins Hell Is For Hyphenates to dive into the filmography of Hal Ashby. Ashby is one of the most distinctive filmmakers of 1970s New Hollywood cinema, directing stone-cold classic such as Harold and Maude (1971

Hell Is For Hyphenates – April 2019

Apr 29 2019 221 mins

We talk the films of Martin Scorsese! Rochelle and Lee are joined by original co-host Paul Anthony Nelson to talk about some big news regarding the future of the show. They then dive into what is without a doubt the biggest episode of Hyphenates to date, as they look back at the films of the great filmmaker of the American New Wave, Martin Scorsese (08:35). Does Scorsese really lay

Hell Is For Hyphenates – March 2019

Mar 30 2019 77 mins

Rhys Graham joins us to talk the films of Krzystof KieÅ›lowski! Australian filmmaker Rhys Graham joins Rochelle and Lee as they look back at some of the key films of this month, including Claire Denis’s science fiction drama High Life (01:10), Jordan Peele’s modern horror Us (06:37), Karyn Kusama’s gritty crime saga Destroyer (11:33), and Tim Burton’s liv

Hell Is For Hyphenates – February 2019

Feb 27 2019 69 mins

David Caesar joins us to talk the films of Bruno Dumont! Australian film and television director David Caesar joins Rochelle and Lee for a chat about some of the key new releases from this month, including Steven Soderbergh’s backroom NBA drama High Flying Bird (01:34), Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex (09:50), Dan Gilroy’s high-art horr

Hell Is For Hyphenates – January 2019

Jan 30 2019 68 mins

Stephen A Russell joins us to talk the films of Xavier Dolan! Critic and journalist Stephen A Russell joins Rochelle and Lee to chat about some of the key films from this month, including Disney’s sequel-to-a-classic Mary Poppins Returns (01:44), Paolo Sorrentino’s fictitious biopic Loro (07:59), M Night Shyamalan’s superheroic trilogy-capping Glass (13:58), and A

Hell Is For Hyphenates – December 2018

Dec 30 2018 72 mins

Cassandra Magrath joins us to talk the films of Lars Von Trier! Actor and producer Cassandra Magrath (Wolf Creek, SeaChange, Wentworth) joins Rochelle and Lee to talk about some of the key films from the past month, including Alfonso CuarÃ³n’s biographical drama Roma (01:30), Yorgos Lanthimos’s acerbic historical comedy The Favourite (4:21), Susanne Bier’s senso

Hell Is For Hyphenates – November 2018

Nov 29 2018 59 mins

Briony Kidd joins us to talk the films of Park Chan-wook! Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the new films from this month, including Steve McQueen’s heist drama Widows (0:55), the darkly comic Coen Bros Western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (03:57), Boots Riley’s absurdist comedy Sorry To Bother You (07:38), and the long-lost Orson Welles film The Other Side of the W

Hell Is For Hyphenates – October 2018

Oct 30 2018 72 mins

Scott Derrickson joins us to talk the films of Wim Wenders! Rochelle and Lee catch up on some new releases, including Nicole Holofcener’s drama The Land of Steady Habits (01:14), Bradley Cooper’s update of the Hollywood classic A Star Is Born (04:00), Damien Chazelle’s moon landing retelling First Man (08:56), and the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhap

Hell Is For Hyphenates – September 2018

Sep 29 2018 76 mins

Greg McLean joins us to talk the films of Ridley Scott! It’s episode 100 of Hell Is For Hyphenates! After an introduction from former hosts Paul Anthony Nelson and So Mayer, Rochelle and Lee are joined by filmmaker Greg McLean (Wolf Creek, Jungle, The Belko Experiment) in front of a live audience at this year’s Melbourne Melbourne International Film Festival. They look

Hell Is For Hyphenates – August 2018

Aug 30 2018 59 mins

Daina Reid joins us to talk the films of John Hughes! Rochelle and Lee take a break from new releases to attend the Melbourne International Film Festival, and share their thoughts on some of the key films they saw, including Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2:03), Gus Van Sant’s memoir adaptation Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On F