Doug Wallen

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Freelance Journalist at Broadsheet Australia

Journalist for @thebigissue @australian @Broadsheet_Melb @NME & heaps more. Band booker & host of Waste the Alphabet on @indigofmradio.

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Articles

The Best of the 2025 Spanish Film Festival, According to Curator Benjamin Zeccola

1 week ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

What’s the best part of curating a film festival? Watching the movies, of course. “That’s my favourite part,” says Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola, who led the curatorial team for the 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival. “I spend probably nine months on it. I’m receiving links from producers and sales agents in Spain and Latin America, and queueing them up to watch after the kids go to bed.”Zeccola started with a list of around 400 films before selecting between 150 and 200 to watch.
Volker Haug Wins the Melbourne Design Week Award

2 weeks ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Volker Haug Lit Up Melbourne Design Week and Took Home the Top PrizePhoto: NGV Volker Haug. Photo Nicole ReedGerman designer Volker Haug has been crafting playful, inventive lighting for two decades. His namesake Brunswick East studio just took home the Melbourne Design Week Award, including a $5000 cash prize, for a retrospective exhibition.
MIFF Reveals First 24 Films for 2025 – Including a Live Score

3 weeks ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Cinematic talent from across the world will be showcased at Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) when the event returns from August 7 to 24 this year. The first two dozen titles and events were announced today, with the full program released on July 10 and tickets on sale from July 15.
Netflix, Disney+, Amazon

3 weeks ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Seen on Screen: Local Horror, Share Houses and Wes Anderson’s NewestMichael Cera and Scarlett Johansson in The Phoenician Scheme ·Photo: Courtesy of Universal PicturesWhether at home or in the cinema, we’re positively spoilt for choice in June. It may be the start of winter, but film and television programming doesn’t hibernate.
Five Minutes With Jason Isaacs, Star of The Salt Path

4 weeks ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Five Minutes With Jason Isaacs, Star of The Salt PathPhoto: Courtesy of Transmission FilmsYou know him from Harry Potter and the most recent season of The White Lotus. Now, the British actor has done a dramatic about-face. He’s starring alongside Gillian Anderson in a film based on the true story of a financially ruined couple who chose to walk 1000 kilometres away from their problems. Jason Isaacs is cruising on two hours’ sleep, but he remains as warm and forthcoming as could be.
Play Minigolf Holes Devised by Miranda July, Soda Jerk, Kaylene Whiskey and More at Swingers

1 month ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

It’s been four years since Grace Herbert first pitched Rising the idea of an art exhibition inspired by minigolf. Now the senior curator’s dream is finally becoming a reality, with Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf set to open on June 4 at the legendary Flinders Street Station ballroom. “It’s basically a playable exhibition, or an exhibition masquerading as a minigolf course,” Herbert explains. The idea is to honour minigolf’s little-known feminist origin story.
Netflix, Apple+, Amazon and More

1 month ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Seen on Screen: Cross-Culture Ballet, Aussie Beaches and Natasha LyonneFrom a ballet dramedy to a Nicolas Cage surfing flick set in WA, here’s what to watch now. Looking for something to fill that White Lotus- or Andor-shaped hole in your life? This month has a lot to offer on small screens, from new and returning series to playful anthologies and a tender documentary. And in cinemas, don’t miss Nicolas Cage out-Cageing himself on the sunny shores of Western Australia in The Surfer.
Anthony Puharich’s Tips for Grocery Shopping at The Market Pavilion, Chadstone’s New Produce Hall

1 month ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Fifth-generation butcher Anthony Puharich has always taken his family trade to the next level, opening aesthetically stunning Victor Churchill retail locations in Sydney and Melbourne while maintaining the Vic’s Meat brand as a go-to for Australia’s top chefs. Now he has a Vic’s Meat flagship store at Chadstone’s The Market Pavilion, the new $485 million food and lifestyle hub in the southern hemisphere’s biggest shopping centre.
Seven Things To See at Melbourne Design Week 2025

1 month ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

It’s easy to forget that design means so much more than the curves on an iPhone or the colour of fabric on a chair. Whether the goal is to shock, delight or just blend into the background, the way objects and spaces are designed has a profound impact on the world around us. From architecture and fashion to hospitality and healthcare, design like an invisible hand, gently shaping our experiences.
How To Make the Perfect Aussie Burger, According to Five Experts

1 month ago | broadsheet.com.au | Doug Wallen

Burgers have become big business in Australia. The American-style craze, which saw boutique burger joints like Melbourne’s legendary Rockwell and Sons, and Neil Perry’s Burger Project pop up around the country, peaked somewhere in the mid-2010s. But it left behind a culture of creativity and respect for the form, where even top restaurants like Gimlet and The Gidley, as well as cool newcomers like Bistra and Clam Bar, have their takes.