Alexei Toliopoulos
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Alexei Toliopoulos — film critic, movie lover, podcaster, comedian and video store lifer — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about movie obsession, physical media, and the fine line between critic and creator.
We get into: our origins, a mild Clint Eastwood phase, Greek intermissions, curating movies for planes, Inner West movies, combatting cultural cringe, Margaret and David, third generation physical collecting, Enter the Matrix, DVD menu loops, all-time special features and commentaries, video store shelves, Ciao Magazine’s Favourite Local Character, Film Bro canon, /r/Fancasting, stagnated franchise fandoms, first Letterboxd reviews, Refused Classification, meeting your heroes, critic vs creator, Mario Puzo’s canal metaphor.
Music by Gab Strum.
Find Alexei on Instagram and Letterboxd.
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Buy tickets to Alexei's comedy tour of VHS.
Guy who does cool Star Wars impressions
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