Part one of Primal Screen's Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2020 reviews, with a focus on FIRST COW dir. Kelly Reichardt (2020), WELCOME TO CHECHNYA dir. David France (2020), THE GO-GO'S dir. Alison…
A special focus on music documentaries with reviews of films AUTOLUMINESCENT: ROWLAND S. HOWARD dir. Lynn-Maree Milburn, Richard Lowenstein (2011); BLANK CITY dir. Céline Danhier (2012); and RYUICHI SAKMOTO: CODA dir. Stephen Nomura…
During this Made In Australia special, the team review some big guns of Australian cinema. STRICTLY BALLROOM dir. Baz Luhrmann (1992), THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT dir. Stephan Elliott (1994)…
Richard Morrison, General Manager of IMAX Melbourne, and Christian Kloukinas, Village Cinemas Senior Film Programmer, join the team to talk about the impact of lockdown on cinema. They also contribute reviews to two…
A spotlight on three films from Korea's New Wave cinema movement, with a focus on MOTHER dir. Bong Joon-ho (2009), THE HANDMAIDEN dir. Park Chan-wook (2016) and TRAIN TO BUSAN dir. Yeon Sang-ho…
A spotlight on the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) 2020, and an interview with director Ursula Woods about her MDFF film CLOCKUMENTARY. Plus reviews of MDFF films FORMAN VS. FORMAN dir. Jakub Hejna…
Celebrating Pride Month 2020, the team hone in on Sean Baker's film, TANGERINE (2015), Camille Vidal-Naquet's SAUVAGE (2018) and Desiree Akhavan's APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR (2014). With presenters Paul Anthony Nelson, Flick Ford, and Stuey…
A special on 90s vampire movies including Neil Jordan's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994), Abel Ferrara's THE ADDICTION (1995) and Franicis Ford Coppola's BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992). With presenters Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally…
Interview with Kitty Green, director of THE ASSISTANT (2020) and a review of Spike Lee's DA 5 BLOODS (2020). With presenters Flick Ford, Paul Anthony Nelson, and Sally Christie.
Part 2 of our 'Made in Melbourne' special looks at the films PATRICK (1978) dir. Richard Franklin; MAD MAX (1979) dir. George Miller; and THE CLUB (1980) dir. Bruce Beresford. With presenters Paul…
A director's spotlight with a focus on two films from Warwick Thornton; Samson & Delilah (2009) and Sweet Country (2017). Also includes an interview with Cerise Howard, Amelia Leonard and Jaie McGuiness, from…
Cinema Nova's Kristian Connelly and The Astor Theatre's Zak Hepburn talk about the impact of lockdown on cinemas; and reviews of Cory Finley's BAD EDUCATION (2019) and Michael Winterbottom's THE TRIP TO GREECE…
Spotlighting three films from New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi: Eagle Vs Shark (2007), Boy (2010) and What We Do In The Shadows (2014). With presenters Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally Christie and Flick Ford.
A True Crime documentaries spotlight with a focus on three films; Nicholas Broomfield's Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2004), Bart Layton's The Imposter (2012) and David Gregory's Blood & Flesh:…
A made in Melbourne spotlight with a focus on three films; John Ruane's Death in Brunswick (1990), Stanley Kramer's On the Beach (1959) and Philip Brophy's Body Melt (1993). With presenters Paul Anthony…
A director's spotlight, with a focus on three films from Kathryn Bigelow: Near Dark (1987), Point Break (1991) and Detroit (2017). With presenters Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally Christie and Flick Ford.
A 90s retrospective, with reviews of: Noah Baumbach's feature film debut, Kicking and Screaming (1995), Wes Anderson's comedy film, Bottle Rocket (1996) and Sofia Coppola's teen-drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). With presenters Paul…
Discussed are Carlo Mirabella-Davis' creepy feature film debut, SWALLOW (2019); Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's science-fiction Spanish horror flick, THE PLATFORM (2019) and Ant Timpson's latest effort, the black-comedy COME TO DADDY (2019). With presenters Paul…
We're all about comfort movies this week! Movies that provide solace and warm the cockles of ye heart! Join Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally Christie and Flick Ford as they discuss their favourite comfort…
With cinemas closed, the team discuss Australian films available to view at home via streaming services: Ivan Sen's 2013 neo-Western, MYSTERY ROAD; Stephan Elliott's 1997 cult comedy classic, WELCOME TO WOOP WOOP, and…
Join Paul Anthony Nelson and Flick Ford for this week's episode of PRIMAL SCREEN as they review Jeff Baena's film HORSE GIRL (2020), Flick's retro pick for this week in Pedro Almodóvar's 2011…
Did ya honestly think we'd let a virus get in our way? We're fully equipped with latex gloves this week folks! Join us for a trip to the movies [before they close that…
On this week's episode of PRIMAL SCREEN, Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally Christie and Flick Ford get murky in Todd Haynes' latest effort DARK WATERS (2019). Join them in all their sticky sweetness in…
On this week's episode of PRIMAL SCREEN, Flick Ford, Sally Christie and Emma Westwood are spooked by Leigh Whannell's highly anticipated contemporary retelling of the H.G. Wells' classic, THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020). Also…
Join the lovely Flick Ford and the wonderful Emma Westwood (she's back for this episode folks!) for another weekly round up of cinematic news and new flicks to catch at the movies! Hold…
Primal Screening your way into this week includes a review of the Oscar-nominated documentary, FOR SAMA (2019) Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts; an interview with Kirsten Stevens, deputy director of the Melbourne Women in…
In this episode of PRIMAL SCREEN, Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally Christie and Cerise Howard disuccsed THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019) dir. Robert Eggers, WHAT DID JACK DO? (2019) dir. David Lynch, UNCUT GEMS (2019) dir…
On this episode of Primal Screen, 'Marriage Story' (2019), 'Jojo Rabbit' (2019), 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' (2019), 'Little Women' (2019), '1917' (2019) and 'The True Story of the Kelly Gang' (2020)…
It's the final show of 2019! We look back on the very best films of the decade. With Paul Anthony Nelson, Thomas Caldwell, Felicity Ford and a farewell to longstanding podcast producer…
We look back on our Top Ten Films of 2019, including some festival favourites. With Paul Anthony Nelson, Cerise Howard, Emma Westwood and Felicity Ford.
Joker and Polyester (1981) were discussed. Plus, we tune in to Sally's interview with John Waters. With Paul Anthony Nelson, Emma Westwood and Sally Christie.
Birds of Passage and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) were discussed, along with a breakdown of the many films which recently premiered at TIFF. With Sally Christie, Cerise Howard, Emma Westwood and Alexandra…
