Primal Screen – 28 September 2020

Films reviewed this week (films turning 50 special): LE CERCLE ROUGE, TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA and PERFORMANCE.

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Primal Screen – 21 September 2020

Films reviewed this week (new releases): THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS and HOST

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Primal Screen – 14 September 2020

Films reviewed this week (Women Make Film special): AMERICAN PSYCHO, THE YEAR OF THE CANNIBALS and TONI ERDMANN

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Primal Screen – 7 September 2020

Films reviewed this week (Made In Australia filmmaker special): ROMEO + JULIET and THE DISH plus INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR JILL BILCOCK

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Primal Screen – 31 August 2020

Films reviewed this week (Alan Parker director spotlight): FAME, SHOOT THE MOON and MISSISSIPPI BURNING

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Primal Screen – 24 August 2020

RADIOTHON 2020 reunion special

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Primal Screen – 17 August 2020

Films reviewed this week (MIFF 2020 special) include: SHE DIES TOMORROW, LA LLORONA and WOMEN MAKE FILM

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Primal Screen – 10 August 2020

Films reviewed this week (MIFF 2020 special) include: WELCOME TO CHECHNYA, THE GO-GO's and DAU. NATASHA

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Primal Screen – 3 August 2020

Films reviewed this week (music documentary lockdown special): AUTOLUMINESCENT: ROWLAND S. HOWARD, BLANK CITY and RYUICHI SAKMOTO: CODA

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Primal Screen – 27 July 2020

Films reviewed this week (Made In Australia lockdown special): STRICTLY BALLROOM, THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT and MURIEL'S WEDDING

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Primal Screen – 20 July 2020

Films reviewed this week (epics lockdown special): THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY and THE KING with IMAX Melbourne GM Richard Morrison and Village Cinemas Senior Film Programmer Christian Kloukinas

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Primal Screen – 13 July 2020

Films reviewed this week (Korean New Wave lockdown special): MOTHER, THE HANDMAIDEN and TRAIN TO BUSAN

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Primal Screen – 6 July 2020

Films reviewed this week (Melbourne Documentary Film Festival special): FORMAN VS. FORMAN, MAN ON THE BUS and SMALL ISLAND BIG SONG

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Primal Screen – 29 June 2020

Films reviewed this week (Pride Month queer cinema special): TANGERINE, SAUVAGE and APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR

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Primal Screen – 22 June 2020

Films reviewed this week (90s vampire special): INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, THE ADDICTION and BRAM STOKER's DRACULA

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Primal Screen – 15 June 2020

Films reviewed this week: THE ASSISTANT plus an interview with the film's director Kitty Green and DA 5 BLOODS

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Primal Screen – 8 June 2020

Films reviewed this week (Made In Melbourne Part 2): PATRICK, MAD MAX and THE CLUB

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Primal Screen – 1 June 2020

Films reviewed this week (Warwick Thornton director spotlight): SAMSON & DELILAH and SWEET COUNTRY + NEW NORMAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL interview

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Primal Screen – 25 May 2020

Films reviewed this week: BAD EDUCATION and THE TRIP TO GREECE + IN CONVERSATION with Cinema Nova CEO Kristian Connelly and Astor Theatre GM Zak Hepburn

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Primal Screen – 18 May 2020

Films reviewed this week (Taika Waititi director spotlight): EAGLE vs SHARK, BOY and WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

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Primal Screen – 11 May 2020

Films reviewed this week (true crime documentary lockdown special): AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER, THE IMPOSTER and BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON

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Primal Screen – 4 May 2020

Films reviewed this week (Made in Melbourne Part 1): DEATH IN BRUNSWICK, ON THE BEACH and BODY MELT

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Primal Screen – 27 April 2020

Films reviewed this week (Kathryn Bigelow director spotlight): NEAR DARK, POINT BREAK and DETROIT

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Primal Screen – 20 April 2020

Films reviewed this week (90s indie icon debuts lockdown special): KICKING AND SCREAMING, BOTTLE ROCKET and THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

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Primal Screen – 13 April 2020

Films reviewed this week (new releases lockdown special): SWALLOW, THE PLATFORM and COME TO DADDY

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Primal Screen – 6 April 2020

Films reviewed this week (favourite comfort films lockdown special): THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, AIRPLANE and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

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Primal Screen – 30 March 2020

Films reviewed this week (Made in Australia lockdown special): MYSTERY ROAD, WELCOME TO WOOP WOOP and CELIA

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Primal Screen – 23 March 2020

Films reviewed this week (streaming lockdown special): HORSE GIRL, THE SKIN I LIVE IN and LOST GIRLS

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Primal Screen – 16 March 2020

Films reviewed this week: IN FABRIC, QUEEN & SLIM and MORVERN CALLAR

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Primal Screen – 9 March 2020

Films reviewed this week: DARK WATERS and HONEYLAND plus an interview with the folks involved with the ReelGood Film Festival

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Primal Screen – 2 March 2020

Films reviewed this week: HONEY BOY and THE INVISIBLE MAN plus an interview with the film's director Leigh Whannell

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Primal Screen – 24 February 2020

Films reviewed this week: THE LODGE, RICHARD JEWELL and IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS

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Primal Screen – 17 February 2020

Films reviewed this week: FOR SAMA and VAI plus an interview with Kirsten Stevens from the 2020 Melbourne Women in Film Festival

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Primal Screen – 10 February 2020

Films reviewed this week: THE LIGHTHOUSE, UNCUT GEMS and COLOR OUT OF SPACE

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Primal Screen – 3 February 2020

Welcome to PRIMAL SCREEN formerly known as PLATO's CAVE! The team look back on this summer's releases.

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Plato's Cave – 23 December 2019

Summer edition, presented by Flick Ford

Plato's Cave – 16 December 2019

Summer edition, presented by Flick Ford

Plato's Cave – 9 December 2019

The team share their top 10 films of the decade

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Plato's Cave – 2 December 2019

The team share their top 10 films of the year

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Plato's Cave – 25 November 2019

Films reviewed this week: JUDY AND PUNCH, SID AND NANCY and SUZI Q

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