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Primal Screen – 30 May 2022

Interviews with Thomas Caldwell and Liam Burke plus review of BLUEY

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Primal Screen – 23 May 2022

Reviews this week: THE STAIRCASE and PÉTIT MAMAN plus interview with Franziska Stünkel

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Primal Screen – 16 May 2022

Interviews with Prof. Belinda Smaill and Dr. Simon

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Primal Screen – 9 May 2022

Reviews this week: RUSSIAN DOLL, THE GILDED AGE and GRACE AND FRANKIE plus interview with Claire Jankelson

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Primal Screen – 2 May 2022

Reviews this week: AFTER YANG and THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT plus interview with Alice McShane

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Primal Screen – 25 April 2022

Reviews this week: THE NORTHMAN and MEMORIA plus interview with Dave Jacobs aka. The Encryptor

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Primal Screen – 18 April 2022

Award-winning cinematographer Jane Castle discusses her documentary When The Camera Stopped Rolling plus reviews of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and SEVERANCE

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Primal Screen – 11 April 2022

Films reviewed this week (Gillian Armstrong spotlight): STARSTRUCK and HIGH TIDE plus INTERVIEW WITH GILLIAN ARMSTRONG

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Primal Screen – 4 April 2022

Reviewed this week: CARBON: THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF MALLACOOTA, APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD plus interview with SURROGATE writer-director David Willing

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Primal Screen – 28 March 2022

Films reviewed this week: MASTER and X plus interview with APPARITIONS filmmakers Cinema Viscera

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Primal Screen – 21 March 2022

Films reviewed this week: RIVER and TURNING RED plus interview with THE DUKE producer Nicky Bentham

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Primal Screen – 14 March 2022

Films reviewed this week: BERGMAN ISLAND and KIMI plus interview with ANONYMOUS CLUB director Danny Cohen

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Primal Screen – 7 March 2022

Films featured this week: THE BATMAN, MISS MARX (including an interview with director Susanna Nicchiarelli) and PREPARATIONS FOR BEING TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME

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Primal Screen – 28 February 2022

An episode of Primal Screen on 28 February 2022

Primal Screen – 21 February 2022

An episode of Primal Screen on 21 February 2022

Primal Screen – 14 February 2022

An episode of Primal Screen on 14 February 2022

Primal Screen – 7 February 2022

Europa! Europa Film Festival preview with Artistic Director Thomas Caldwell plus reviews of PARALLEL MOTHERS and THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

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Primal Screen – 31 January 2022

An episode of Primal Screen on 31 January 2022

Primal Screen – 27 December 2021

An episode of Primal Screen on 27 December 2021

Primal Screen – 20 December 2021

An episode of Primal Screen on 20 December 2021

Primal Screen – 13 December 2021

The team share their Top 10 Films of 2021

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Primal Screen – 6 December 2021

Films reviewed this week: DUNE and THE BEATLES: GET BACK

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Primal Screen – 29 November 2021

Reviewed this week: TITANE plus interview with BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN director Radu Jude

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Primal Screen – 22 November 2021

Films reviewed this week: NO TIME TO DIE and THE POWER OF THE DOG plus what to watch at the JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL 2021

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Primal Screen – 15 November 2021

Melbourne Queer Film Festival preview and chat with Program Director Spiro Economopoulos, plus an interview with Tali Polichtuk from queer screen culture digital magazine Sissy Screens

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Primal Screen – 8 November 2021

Films reviewed this week: THE LAST DUEL and NITRAM plus interview with THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS director Robert Machoian

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Primal Screen – 1 November 2021

Films reviewed this week: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and LAMB plus interviews with documentarians Eddie Martin and Jeff Daniels

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Primal Screen – 25 October 2021

Films reviewed this week (Halloween horror special): THE EXORCIST III, HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH and DAY OF THE DEAD

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Primal Screen – 18 October 2021

Reviewed this week (new Australian TV drama special): THE NEWSREADER and FIRES plus interview with NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN director Connie Chen

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Primal Screen – 11 October 2021

Films reviewed this week: ATHANOR: THE ALCHEMICAL FURNACE (CaSFFA spotlight) and ANNETTE plus interview with EFFA Screen Manager Natalie May

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Primal Screen – 4 October 2021

Emerging Melbourne filmmaker special with a spotlight on local students, the Artist Film Workshop and VCA's Film and Television Graduate Season

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Primal Screen – 27 September 2021

Reviewed this week (Women and Power special): BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOUR (plus interview with the showrunners) and I MAY DESTROY YOU

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Primal Screen – 20 September 2021

Reviewed this week (prestige TV special): SUCCESSION and MR INBETWEEN plus interview with media academic Dr Andrew Lynch

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Primal Screen – 13 September 2021

Films reviewed this week (music documentary special): The Magic Voice of a Rebel, Gurrumul and Matangi/Maya/MIA

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Primal Screen – 6 September 2021

Films reviewed this week (Irish Film Festival special): WOLFWALKERS, BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL and DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN

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Primal Screen – 23 August 2021

Films reviewed this week (escapist delights special): PADDINGTON 2, SIDEWAYS and EDGE OF TOMORROW

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Primal Screen – 16 August 2021

Films reviewed this week (MIFF 2021 special): DEAR COMRADES!, THE NIGHT, RIDERS OF JUSTICE and more

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Primal Screen – 9 August 2021

Films reviewed this week (MIFF 2021 special): SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS, NO ORDINARY MAN, THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE: A SONG CYCLE and more

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