With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we’re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of art! Art Smitten is a SYN Media Podcast.
South Korea trip, Young British Artists, Charli xcx & Agnès Varda
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) · Sep 12, 2026
RMIT Fine Art Graduates + 2025 reflections (finale for 2025)
Reflections (2025) · Feb 25, 2026
Pepper at NCM + 'Her' (2013) film review
Her (2013) · Jan 3, 2026
Artist Interview - Nur Aishah Kenton + MIFF 2025 Film Reviews
ARTIST (2025) · Oct 21, 2025
AI in art + 'The Man Who Sleeps' film review
The Man Who Sleeps (1974) · Sep 8, 2025
Matthew Lutton - Hour of the Wolf
Hour of the Wolf (1968) · Nov 22, 2023
Magician Josh Staley on Quicker than the Eye
Quicker Than the Eye (1989) · Jul 3, 2023
'Palazzo di Cozzo' Film Director - Madeleine Martiniello
Palazzo Di Cozzo (2021) · Mar 2, 2022
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Interview With Actress Annabelle Tudor
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) · Feb 25, 2022
'Judy & Punch' Review
Judy & Punch (2019) · Dec 5, 2019
'Room on the Broom' interview with Andrew Threlfall
Room on the Broom (2012) · Nov 20, 2019
Arrival interview with Andrew & Gabrielle
Arrival (2016) · Nov 17, 2019
Revolt She Said interview with Louise Lever
Revolt She Said (2021) · Sep 2, 2019
Consistency Is Key interview with Morgan Dooley-Axup
Consistency Is Key (1983) · Aug 28, 2019
'Stan & Ollie' Review
Stan & Ollie (2018) · Feb 24, 2019
'On the Basis of Sex' Discussion
On the Basis of Sex (2018) · Feb 7, 2019
Faces Places Review
Faces Places (2017) · Feb 6, 2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) · Feb 6, 2018
Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) · Dec 12, 2017
Review: Loving Vincent
Loving Vincent (2017) · Nov 20, 2017
Interview: Francis Lee
God's Own Country (2017) · Aug 22, 2017
Review: White Lies
White Lies (1995) · Jul 19, 2017
Review: Baby Driver
Baby Driver (2017) · Jul 19, 2017
Review: My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady (1964) · Jul 2, 2017
Review - Whitney: Can I Be Me
Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) · Jun 26, 2017
Review: 20th Century Women
20th Century Women (2016) · May 29, 2017
Review: David Lynch - The Art Life
David Lynch: The Art Life (2017) · May 2, 2017
Review: Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (2017) · Apr 9, 2017
Review: David Stratton - A Cinematic Life
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017) · Mar 12, 2017
Review: The Dancer
The Dancer (2016) · Mar 7, 2017
Review: The Love Witch
The Love Witch (2016) · Feb 21, 2017
Review: Manchester By the Sea
Manchester by the Sea (2016) · Feb 21, 2017
Review: The Family
The Family Fang (2016) · Feb 19, 2017
Review: Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann (2016) · Feb 7, 2017
Arrival, Nocturnal Animals and A Little Resistance
Arrival (2016) · Jan 11, 2017
Arrival, Nocturnal Animals and A Little Resistance
Nocturnal Animals (2016) · Jan 11, 2017
Review: The Founder
The Founder (2016) · Jan 10, 2017
Review: Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) · Dec 6, 2016
Review: Rust and Bone, La Mama
Rust and Bone (2012) · Dec 6, 2016
Interview: Nakkiah Lui, Blaque Showgirls (Malthouse Theatre)
Showgirls (1995) · Dec 6, 2016
Review: Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals (2016) · Dec 6, 2016
Review: Hard to Believe
Hard to Believe (2016) · Nov 30, 2016
Review: Life Animated
Life, Animated (2016) · Nov 30, 2016
Review: The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans (2016) · Nov 13, 2016
Review: Café Society
Café Society (2016) · Oct 22, 2016
Review: The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon (2016) · Oct 22, 2016
Review: Hot Milk, Deborah Levy
Hot Milk (2005) · Oct 20, 2016
Review: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - Theatre Works
Don't Breathe (2014) · Sep 4, 2016
Review: Yoga Hosers
Yoga Hosers (2016) · Sep 4, 2016
Review: Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic (2016) · Sep 4, 2016
Review: My Scientology Movie, Louis Theroux
My Scientology Movie (2016) · Aug 31, 2016
Review: Cholai - Indian Film Festival Melbourne
Cholai (2016) · Aug 24, 2016
Review: 11 Minutes - MIFF
11 Minutes (2015) · Aug 21, 2016
Review: Extinction - Red Stitch Theatre
Extinction (2015) · Aug 20, 2016
Interview: Rory Kelly, Trevor
Trevor (1994) · Aug 20, 2016
Review: Duets - The Stain Theatre Troupe x La Mama Theatre
Duets (2000) · Aug 20, 2016
Review: Guernica, Melbourne Ballet Company
Gernika (2016) · Jul 27, 2016
Interview: Simon Hoy, Guernica
Gernika (2016) · Jul 27, 2016
Interview: Anthony Weigh, Edward II
Edward II (1991) · Jul 27, 2016
Review: Adama - Australian Centre for the Moving Image x Melbourne International Film Festival
Adama: The World of Wind (2015) · Jul 20, 2016
Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut & Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954) · Jul 11, 2016
Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut & Dial M for Murder
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) · Jul 11, 2016
Review: Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor (2016) · Jul 11, 2016
Review: Picnic At Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) · Jul 9, 2016
Interview: Thomas Caldwell, Next Gen
Next Gen (2018) · Jul 7, 2016
Review: Einstein, Master of the Universe
Master of the Universe (2013) · Jul 4, 2016
Review: The Addams Family, Federation University Ballarat
The Addams Family (1991) · Jul 1, 2016
Review: Trilogy, Arts House
Trilogy (2007) · Jun 28, 2016
Review: Land of Mine
Land of Mine (2015) · Jun 28, 2016
Interview: Cassandra Magrath - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) · Jun 20, 2016
Review: Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert (2015) · Jun 20, 2016
Review: Green Room
Green Room (2016) · May 16, 2016
Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) · May 16, 2016
Review: Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday (1991) · May 9, 2016
Review: Coriolanus
Coriolanus (2011) · May 9, 2016