139: Starstruck with Alexei Toliopoulos (Poodle episode)

Join the Hogg Hive or be a Carol Aird on Patreon to listen ad–free, access extra eps & receive the monthly newsletter – or become a Party Girl just to help!Kate Jinx is joined by Jessica Stanley, an Australian novelist who lives in London – and has just published her new book Consider Yourself Kissed. Jessica talks through her writing patterns, politics, her favourite newsletters, asks would you pose nude for Lucian Freud?, and shares her best spots in London. Sign up for her substack!Jessica's Also Alsos:The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame: 1968-2011 by William FeaverNaked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud by Rose BoytCelia Paul: Works 1975–2025 monograph+ her all–time favourite, The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the Hogg Hive or be a Carol Aird on Patreon to listen ad–free, access extra eps & receive the monthly newsletter – or become a Party Girl just to help!Kate's joined by "girlfriend of the pod", comedian Zoë Coombs Marr who is about to wrap up her latest stand–up show The Splash Zone at MICF to talk White Lotus, Severance, Real Housewives of Sydney and how she also made out with one of the Real Housewives of Melbourne once.Zoë's Also Alsos:Balcony gardeningDexiesLiza Treyger's stand–up special Night Owl on Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the Hogg Hive or be a Carol Aird on Patreon to listen ad–free! Or become a Party Girl supporterKate's joined by forever It Girl Ione Skye to talk about her new must–read memoir Say Everything, her creative life & loves, perceptions of relationships then & now, her real life 90s L Word era and the film she made with Sofia Coppola that's impossible to see.Ione's Also Alsos:A History of Rock Music in 500 songs podcast by Andrew HickeyThe Andy Warhol Diaries Soundtrack by Brad OberhoferThe Brian De Palma documentary 'De Palma' directed by Noah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On BL's last episode as co-host of See Also, she and Jinxy hop in a "borrowed" truck, head to Joshua Tree and destroy one another's lives, one Instagram post at a time. It's the Ingrid Goes West poodle episode!A reminder: we've introduced new Patreon tiers! – The Party Girl– The Hogg Hive– The Carol AirdSign up at Patreon.com/SeeAlso and keep an ear out for a future ep announcing Kate's upcoming guests.These humans discuss the nostalgia era of Instagram and its brand of Venice influencers, "Is Ingrid Goes West queer?", what's your biggest emotional wound?, the genre of obsession movies, just how much money was left in Ingrid's backpack, and this incredible cast of Aubrey Plaza, Billy Magnusson and a bunch of nepo babies/siblings: Elizabeth Olsen, Wyatt Russell and O'Shea Jackson Jr.See Alsos:An Instagram Influencer Reviews Ingrid Goes West‘Ingrid Goes West’: How a First-Time Filmmaker Cracked the Sundance CodeWhen Grown-Ups Have Imaginary FriendsHow Dare Celebrities Cheat?On Joan Didion's 'everywoman.com'Welcome to Me (2014)Tracking Noise – director Matt Spicer's new newsletter all about physical mediaAutograph Hound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the Hogg Hive for this week's bonus Oscar ep & listen ad–free! Or become a Party Girl supporter to help keep See Also going! New prices & tiers at patreon.com/seealsoBrodie's been drinking fancy vinegars in a place (actually) called Cockatoo, Jinx is dropping by a favourite Inner North spot and doing whatever the stern Scottish woman in her ear says to her, and then we have some Big News about See Also ahead of our third anniversary next week.And then it's time to chat The Pitt, Yellowjackets, The Newsreader and will they actually watch The Real Housewives of Sydney??? – yes – before a very special set of Also Alsos.Also AlsosThe NALA Support Wirefree BraletteGeoffrey O'Connor's new album 'I Love What We Do'BRUXA body oil in summer jasmineIone Skye's memoir 'Say Everything'Pep premium black pepper + their Sunny Side Up collab with PiccolinaMike Leigh's film 'Hard Truths' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now is a great time to join the Hogg Hive! Dig into last week's Q&A episode and check in for our Oscars recap next week at Patreon.com/SeeAlsoKate discovered it was not peak hour at the rock, acid casualties trasmuting them girls to the light. Brodie is moving again, went to a music festival and saw Kylie sing a song about a girl being murdered to a little girl. Kylie wine sponsor the pod!! No one would care about Nick Cave in a shopping centre.Will Kate go full Babygirl aka see Romy DJ at Heaps Gay? Stay tuned to find out!Speaking of old gals: Kate's great aunt is in a movie club and Brodie sobbed through the film of the year aka Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.Then it's time to discuss the Traitors (US), and have some spoiler-y chats about Severance (APPROX 33:25 – 47:33) and The White Lotus (APPROX 47:45 – 1:05:45). Because of ad placement, the times are approximate – another reason to go ad–free via the Hogg Hive on Patreon!See AlsosAD's tour of the home from Bridget Jones 831 Stories – Big Fan novelMike White x Southern CharmA Guided Tour of Severance’s Goat RoomProfile of Mike White in the New Yorker Charlotte Le Bon's film Falcon Lake streaming on Stan + Amazon PrimeAlso AlsosOfficine Universelle Buly Huile Antique Mexican Tuberose Dry Body OilEvenings & Weekends by Oisin McKennaE Nolan fly t-shirt Carrol Jerems "Portraits" at National Portrait Gallery – on until 2 March + great piece about it in the latest issue of The Monthly Elizabeth Sankey's film Witches on MubiJulio Torres 'Color Theories' at MICF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A re-release of last year's Poodle episode on Party Girl, after our two sold-out screenings at Thornbury Picture House earlier this week!Join the Hogg Hive (aka our members' only club) at Patreon.com/SeeAlso for ad-free episodes, bonus content and more 😘This week, Kate and Brodie are being so decadent, so silly, so Mary! They're going deep on Daisy Von Scherler Mayer's 1995 cult classic, Party Girl, a movie that follows Parker Posey as Mary, who would like a nice powerful mind-altering substance, preferably something that will make her unborn children grow gills, before learning the Dewey Decimal System. We get into designer vs vintage, Liev Schreiber's British accent (better or worse than Brodie's BE HONEST?!), building main characters from all the side characters in other films, meeting the party girls in our own lives, Sisyphus being totally famous, the truth of the film's cultural insensitivities, where has pashing on screen gone, being daffy, The "Lady" Bunny as Itself, getting sick of all the street fashion in London … all those hats, librarians getting silly on the dancefloor. Am I a freak?!See AlsoFashion in Party Girl25th Anniversary of Party GirlA Little Glam Girl in a Big Bad CityParker Posey on Party Girl in Little White LiesThe Secret History of Party GirlParty Girl is Back in Town200 CigarettesLetterbox reviews: director Daisy von Scherler Mayer and music supervisor Bill Coleman read reviewsParker Posey, queen of indieRich Juzwiak on Party Girl in JezebelPicture me in a library, that's funny! "Am I a freak?"Find us on Instagram @seealsopodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

50 years ago, a 20-something Peter Weir decided to hypnotise us away from the possibility of solutions when he adapted Joan Lindsay's novel into the Australian gothic horror classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock. On Valentine's day in 1900, the students from Miss Appleyard's depart their fortress-like school in rural Victoria for a lazy afternoon at the base of Hanging Rock. The hot wind blows in, the clocks stop, the girls peel off their stockings and, as the ants descend on the remains of the picnic, four girls ascend the rock, along with one of their teachers. Only one of them returns. As people hear of the mysterious disappearances, search parties break out, but only one girl is recovered, missing her corset and her memory of what happened at Hanging Rock. As are we all. Because if you need an ending you're a bit weak in the head.See AlsoThe Secret of Hanging Rock available on eBay or via this PDFJoan Linsday's memoir 'Time Without Clocks' published in 1962Mulberry Hill, Joan's house which is now owned by the National TrustInterview with producer Pat Lovell in Cinema Papers from 1976Scan of the scriptDeleted scene of Mrs Appleyard at the rock NFSA page that includes info about the costumes and deleted scenes and stills, interviews with cast and crewJudith Dorsman's dollsMartin Sharp's Tiny Tim concert film is on Plex and his unfinished doc Street of Dreams is on YouTubeThe BeguiledThe FitsUmbrella's Making of Picnic at Hanging Rock – part 1 and part 2Magic Dirt's She-Riff videoThe Fast Forward sketch Anne Lambert on ABC's just Between UsNew adaptation from Sydney Theatre Company playing 17 February – 5 April 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If Brodie sounds different it's because she's 35 now. That's not a prime number, which is the focus of Kate's new (bad) spy show. Let's call a croquembouche a croquembouche! Sorry for spoiling the fourth Twilight movie for you.Want to send in a Q for us to A on an upcoming Hogg Hive bonus episode? DM us on Instagram @seealsopodcast reply on the callout over on our Patreon. (Sign up while you're at it!) We've got lots of movies to get into, in varying degrees of detail.BABYGIRL from 17:25 – 30:47 (some spoilers!)QUEER from 31mins – 41:26EMILIA PEREZ from 41:27 – 52minsCONCLAVE from 52:30 – 56:28A COMPLETE UNKNOWN from 56:30 through to our Also Alsos this week.Speaking of!!Also AlsosPalace Coffee on Ridgway PlaceMelbourne Cinematheque's 2025 seasonSNL 50 – Beyond Saturday Night on BingeKate Berlant in Sydney & MelbourneChao Ban – Viet Sticky Rice (XÔI XÉO) pop-up Every Weds & Thurs in Feb from 5pm at Henry Sugar – 296 Rathdowne street, Carlton North.The Sundays "Reading Writing Arithmetic" from 1990 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kate Jinx is joined by comedian & film lover/critic/chameleon Alexei Toliopoulos to talk about Gillian Armstrong's 1982 film with that "little something extra" – Starstruck! A musical extravaganza that is So Sydney, complete with a pub under a Harbour Bridge pylon, a talent show at the Sydney Opera House (or is it the Seymour Centre) and a gig at the Lizard Lounge aka the Bondi Pavillion. A breakout role for Jo Kennedy, it's still way too underseen but Jinx and Alexei are on a mission to make everyone watch it as many times as they have.Join the Hogg Hive on Patreon to hear Alexei's Also Alsos coming soon!See Alsos:Alexei’s interview with Gillian Armstrong for the Sunburnt Screens podcastJo Kennedy in Tender Hooks (dir. Mary Callaghan, 1989) on YouTubeThe incredible Starstruck costumes at NFSA:Kate's Rediscovering Starstruck piece by Kate (as seen on Wikipedia!): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/01/rediscovering-starstruck-gillian-armstrongs-80s-rock-musical-extravaganzaThe Coca–Cola Kid (dir. Dušan Makavejev, 1985) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.