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Test Pattern is a podcast about movies and our relationship with them, hosted by Angus Truskett. Conversations about the films that shape us — first watches, deep cuts, lifelong obsessions, and the ones we build our personalities around.
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- 1 weeks ago1h 17m
Cameron James
Cameron James is an actor, comedian and podcaster currently starring in the ABC comedy series Bad Company.He joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about small-town dreams, comedy partnerships and the movies that made him funny.We get into: podcast royalty, Netflix activations, forgetting Brett Ratner, second-screen auteurism, McG’s SEO supremacy, Mike Myers in Michael, Bootmen and the Tap Dogs, masking Eugene Levy love, community theatre, Bad Company, Christopher Guestmaxxing, commenting on celebrity Instagram posts, comedy partnerships, the perfect music-to-comedy ratio, The Wedding Singer, Housesitter, being grossed out by Cronenberg, the politics of Deuce Bigalow, Happy Madison’s character-actor ecosystem and Wayne’s World.Music by Gab Strum.See Cameron on tour.Find Cameron on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 11m
Hyun Lee
Hyun Lee is a Sydney-based writer, director and photographer. Her feature debut, French Girls, recently premiered at Sydney Film Festival.She joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about making a movie on a microbudget, what films get wrong about the fashion world, and what comes after French Girls.We get into: QCing your own movie, searching for festival laurels, SBS foreign films, learning to tell stories through a camera, making movies feeling suddenly achievable, noble teenage ambitions, 80s avant-garde Japanese designers, what movies get wrong about fashion, models as people rather than stereotypes, finding Mia, working with non-actors, crying on film, the onion as a dramatic device, train nerds, Young Einstein, Sydney films, skate parks and film sets, the beauty in ordinary faces, and Hyun’s five favourite movies.Music by Gab Strum.Find Hyun on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 24, 202612 min
Close-Up: Adrian Chiarella & Joe Bird
Writer-director Adrian Chiarella and actor Joe Bird join Angus Truskett to discuss Leviticus, a new Australian queer horror film set in a conservative regional community.They talk about combining supernatural horror with queer romance, creating a monster that can only hurt you when you’re alone, Joe’s first leading role and how the filmmakers managed to pull off the film’s Frank Ocean needle drop.This is the first edition of Close-Up, a new series of shorter, focused conversations from Test Pattern with filmmakers about their latest work. Test Pattern is a podcast about movies and our relationship with them: first watches, deep cuts, lifelong obsessions and the films we build our personalities around.Music by Gab Strum.@testpatternpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 2, 20261h 28m
Elfy Scott
Elfy Scott is an award-winning journalist, presenter, producer, author and film fan. Her debut book is The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About.She joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about the movies that shaped her, the unexpected empathy of Jackass, Ken Burns’ documentary magic and Don Bluth’s animated classic Anastasia.We get into: Movie title recall, sophomore slumps, feeling the Ken Burns, Japanese baseball beer girls, Don Bluth’s Anastasia, bushy Sydney, handling horror, Sentimental Value is basically Sex and the City, being the Worst Person in the World, the beautiful empathy of Jackass, The Virgin Suicides was born to the reblogged on Tumblr, accurate portrayals of news rooms in cinema, not liking Barbie, perfect Prefect Days.Music by Gab Strum.Find Elfy on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 19, 20261h 31m
Cody Greenwood
Cody Greenwood is an Australian producer and the founder of Rush Films, the production company behind a distinctive slate of Australian documentaries, shorts, series and features. Her latest film, Zoe Pepper’s Birthright, is in Australian cinemas now.Cody joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about what producers actually do, the films that shaped her, and why making movies might be less of a job than a disease.We get into: Jacob Elordi loving Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the rise of Byronwood, group chat origins, Cairns-not-Cannes, watching Eyes Wide Shut on a plane, growing up in a house full of screens, seeing The Blair Witch Project way too young, becoming a producer, “physical producers,” the origins of Birthright, angering Andrew Bolt, walking out of movies, why we need more westerns, Warren Ellis hating 80s synth music, The Girl Who Was Plugged In, learning to switch off and enjoy movies, IMDbPro-maxxing, Australia ruling at horror, Challengers, and Tom “Mr. Movies” Cruise. Music by Gab Strum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 5, 20261h 41m
Concetta Caristo
Concetta Caristo — comedian, host of triple j Breakfast, and Australia’s sweetheart — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about romcoms, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry and The Master of Disguise.We get into: meeting in a cinema foyer, the romance of Before Sunset, what makes a great romcom, why The Wedding Singer is peak, The Mothman Prophecies, the Mary-Kate and Ashley cinematic universe, Italian representation, dressing like Sex and the City, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry, sharing fear at horror movies, Meet Joe Black, the best film performance by a Seinfeld cast member, 90s Julia Roberts, not relating to Star Wars, Italymaxxing with The Sopranos, remembering 9/11 with Master of Disguise, improv, Chet's Letterboxd reviews, and casting the Vanessa Amorosi biopic.Music by Gab Strum.Find Concetta on Instagram and Letterboxd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 14, 20261h 20m
Keli Holiday
Keli Holiday (Adam Hyde) — ARIA Award-winning musician, one half of Peking Duk, and the solo artist behind ‘Dancing2’ — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about performance, myth-making, and the movies that shape identity — from reclaiming jestermaxxing to Nicolas Cage’s “nouveau shamanism.”We get into: Jester’s privilege and sacred clowns, Nicolas Cage’s nouveau shamanism, Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly hotness, 2007 cinema supremacy, De Palma bangers, growing up with John Travolta, Two Hands and Sydney memory, Ace Ventura and Jim Carrey’s commitment, movies inspiring songwriting, Adam vs Keli, Jokerman, biopics and myth-making, a Feral TV reboot, Jason Statham’s range, solo moviemaxxing, dapping up Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson x Peking Duk, the genius of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the Australiana that’s not on the postcard, Tokyo Park Hyatt heartbreak, To Live and Die in LA’s eternal coolness.Music by Gab Strum.Find Adam and Peking Duk on Instagram.@testpatternpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 8, 20261h 21m
Jake Longstreth
Jake Longstreth — painter, musician and co-host of Apple Music radio show Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about how everyday places can feel strangely cinematic, essential California movies, and Bluey’s dad’s alt-rock past.We get into: Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC, The Australian Dream, thoughts on Russell Crowe, Bob Dylan’s Patreon, Connecticut VHS rotation, Roger Rabbit’s corporate machinations, Bluey’s dad’s alt-rocker past, essential California movies, Gen X collabs, formative Pulp Fiction memories, Alexander Payne’s road trips, the perfect movie, aesthetically pleasing fast food restaurants, the death of video stores, the tasteful palette of 1970s cinema, Den of Tweets 2: Pantera, Rami Malek’s smile, Scorsese’s Dead biopic, Todd Haynes’ best movie, Jake’s Top 5 'spirit movies'.Music by Gab Strum.Find Jake on Instagram.Listen to Time Crisis on Apple Music.@testpatternpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Test Pattern is a podcast about movies and our relationship with them, hosted by Angus Truskett. Conversations about the films that shape us — first watches, deep cuts, lifelong obsessions, and the ones we build our personalities around.
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