Movies. Television. Books. Art. The entire internet. An always-timely conversation about how and what we’re consuming, and why.

A roundtable discussion of critics, comedians, filmmakers and writers dedicated to what we’re up to and how we’re up to when it comes to watching, reading, and otherwise consuming film and media since last MIFF. Join Julia Busuttil Nishimura, Michael Sun and Kelli Weston as they hash out their cultural habits. Moderated by Brodie Lancaster.

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Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a Melbourne-based cook and author. She is the author of three bestselling cookbooks, Around the Table, A Year of Simple Family Food and Ostro; and a columnist for Good Weekend Magazine, ABC Everyday and The Design Files. Julia’s cooking is influenced by her Maltese heritage and Japanese family, by the distinctive ebb and flow of Melbourne’s seasons, and by her time spent living in Tuscany, where she learned the joys of the Italian kitchen. Follow Julia @juliaostro.

Michael Sun is a critic and essayist. He works in culture and lifestyle at The Guardian, where he recently hosted the internet culture podcast Saved for Later. His writing on film and music has been published in The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, Sydney Review of Books, ABC Arts, Australian Book Review and many more. He presents a weekly show on FBi Radio, where he lives. Follow Michael @michaelsun.

Dr Kelli Weston is a film critic and programmer based in Brooklyn. She earned her doctorate at Birkbeck College, University of London, and specialises in nonfiction and horror cinema, with a particular emphasis on the visual narratives of Black women filmmakers. Her writing has been published in Sight and Sound, Film Comment, The Current (Criterion) and The Guardian, among other publications. Follow Kelli @kelli_weston.

Brodie Lancaster (moderator) 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 No Way! Okay, Fine, was published by Hachette in 2017. She co-hosts See Also, a weekly podcast, and is working on her first novel. Follow Brodie @brodielancaster.

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