Episode 20: Kenneth Chapman on his Video Staff Crush, Julia Roberts & other Magnificent Obsessions
Art and life imitate one another in this freely confessional interview with aspiring film-maker Kenneth Chapman who confesses his doomed cru...
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The AroVideo Podcast celebrates the DVD and all forms of physical media, talking to special guests who've 'adopted' films of personal significance in the AroVideo library...
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20 episodesEpisode 19: Jack McGee on Shaun of the Dead, A Ghost Story & his film about AroVideo, "Knowing Tubbs"
Film student Jack McGee talks about his mini-documentary about a prolific user-reviewer on the Arovideo website and challenges some of the c...
Episode 18: A Two-Part 30th Birthday Edition featuring Movie Adopters & the AroVideo Staff
AroVideo celebrates its 30th year as a video store with a special episode featuring personal messages from an array of customers who have ad...
Episode 17: Mary Fawcett on Opening a Bookstore & Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mary Fawcett from the soon-to-be-opened Schrödinger's Books talks about her new business venture in retail, thought experiments, her passion...
Episode 16: Ross Harris on his Career in Music, Composing & Burnt By the Sun
Arts Laureate Ross Harris talks about his many years as a composer, lecturer and performer of music, and his approach to composing his many...
Episode 15: Simon Haxton on Pinball Wizardry & Culture
Pinball collector and entrepreneur Simon Haxton talks all things pinball as well as his career from greenhorn insurance clerk (in the same o...
Episode 14: Peter Hassall on Disaster Films and Bad Movie appreciation
Voracious movie buff and stunt professional Peter Hassall talks up the Disaster Film genre including his adopted movies, When Worlds Collide...
Episode 13: Fiona King on Funeral Directing and Funeral Films
Funeral Director Fiona King talks about her late entry and contemporary approach to running a funeral business and the inspiration behind ad...
Episode 12: Ian Pryor from NZ On Screen on Eric Rohmer, The Motorcycle Diaries & Gremlins II
Film scribe and former AroVideo staff-member Ian Pryor talks about writing his Peter Jackson biography, working for NZ On Screen, bingeing o...
Episode 11: Hugh Macdonald on his career in Film, No Ordinary Sheila & From Beyond the Grave
A conversation with another stalwart of the local film industry, Hugh Macdonald, best known for directing "This is New Zealand" (1970) and “...
Episode 10: Graeme Cowley on his career in Film, Utu Redux & Apocalypse Now
A "feature length" discussion with Graeme Cowley, who talks about his adventures in the New Zealand screen trade that spans six decades, inc...
Episode 9: Chris Hormann on the Wellington Film Society 2019 programme & Catherine Deneuve
Wellington Film Society President Chris Hormann talks about films in the 2019 programme and three films he's adopted at AroVideo starring Ca...
Episode 8: John Horrell on his Martinborough movie cottage & The White Ribbon
John Horrell talks about his rental cottage in Martinborough (which offers guests access to his extensive personal DVD collection) and his a...
Episode 7: Elric Kane on Film Podcasting & Cult Movies
Ex-patriot Kiwi Film Podcaster Elric Kane talks about living in L.A., Danny Peary's influential Cult Movie books and the five films he's ado...
Episode 6: James Partridge on his Terror-Fi Festival & Candyman [+bonus]
Terror-Fi Film Festival director James Partridge talks about the joys and challenges of running his own festival and previews some of the fi...
Episode 5: Leah McFall on Nora Ephron and Bright Lights
Newly-published author, columnist and mother-of-two Leah McFall talks up the enchantment of the Romantic Comedy and three Hollywood women wh...
Episode 4: John Bach on Acting and King & Country
Veteran New Zealand actor John Bach gives us a rare and exclusive interview about his professional career spanning five decades and the Brit...
Episode 3: David Summerfield on The Thing about VHS
Avid film buff David Summerfield talks film fests and formats, The Thing, and the two films he's adopted on VHS (!) before venturing into th...
Episode 2: Nina & Anton from Photonflux talk Alien & Sci-Fi
Nina Human & Anton Sounes talk about their unique retro Sci-Fi themed bar, creative enterprise, and the three feature films they've adopted...
Episode 1: Claire Harris on Lindsay Lohan
Claire Harris has adopted the entire catalogue of films starring Lindsay Lohan in the AroVideo library, and talks to us about her extended a...