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Our annual panel of pop culture experts Brodie Lancaster, Alison Willmore, Hannah Diviney and Jared Richards gather for a dissection of the zeitgeist.
Baby Reindeer, The Bear and hot rodent men: lt has been a ferocious (and sometimes feral) year for pop culture, and it seems that we’re not slowing down any time soon.
On the occasion of the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival, host Brodie Lancaster is joined by Vulture and New York magazine film critic Alison Willmore, disability advocate and star of the new Australian film Audrey Hannah Diviney, and ABC Entertainment Reporter Jared Richards to discuss the most influential and popular film, TV, podcasts and books of the past 12 months. Expect hot takes served with a dash of frenzy and a healthy dose of reality-check.
Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre and Melbourne International Film Festival as part of MIFF Talks, a program presented by the University of Melbourne.
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Saturday 17 August
2.00PM-3.00PM
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Featuring
Hannah Diviney
Hannah Diviney is a writer, disability advocate, actress, screenwriter, and author. Her disability advocacy has garnered global attention thanks to both a viral petition encouraging Disney to create a disabled Disney Princess ...
Brodie Lancaster
Brodie Lancaster is an author and essayist from Melbourne. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Vogue Australia, the Guardian and New York magazine. Her first book, the pop culture memoir ...
Jared Richards
Jared Richards (he/him) is an Entertainment Reporter at the ABC. Previously, he’s written for The Guardian, The Big Issue, NME and more. He also runs Queeries, a Sydney reading night - most recently held as part of Vivid.
Alison Willmore
Alison Willmore is a film critic at Vulture and New York magazine. In past lives, she has been a culture writer at BuzzFeed News and the TV editor at Indiewire, and with Matt Singer hosted the Filmspotting: SVU podcast. She ...