British comedian Chloe Petts talks about her MICF show How You See Me, How You Don’t; journalist Peter Greste chats about his life and how it became the subject of the film The…

This week we reviewed three films that all opened in Australian cinemas last week, but otherwise have little else in common.

Our guest host Thomas Caldwell was joined by Silvi Vann-Wall and Vyshnavee…

The team have a natter about Victorian-era slang; writer and director Tony Wilson scores a cinematic banger with his new football film, Ange and the Boss; Michael Harden gives his fulsome appraisal of…

Incidentally, the theme for Primal Screen this week was volunteer-run organisations that make it possible to watch films on the big screen with an audience, that you otherwise mightn’t.

The small but mighty…

Movie star David Wenham reflects on the revival of his iconic Australian anti-hero, Spit; Besha Rodell shares the special ingredients that go into her restaurant reviews; the team get into the cut…

It’s Oscars fever in the studio this week! Even if you don’t have a medically certifiable diagnosis of fever, perhaps you have some milder symptoms still attributable to the 97th Academy Awards –…

Actor David Wenham AM, joins the Breakfasters crew to chat about new film Spit (2025) directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. David chats about coming back to his role as Johnny Spitieri, which he first…

Culture critic Brodie Lancaster breaks down the cardinal sin of Oscar sabotage; linguist Kate Burridge briefs us on Australia's semantic border security; comedian Tom Ballard goes full steam ahead with his new play …

The team share their happiest car memories; Megan McKeough reviews new horror film Heretic by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods; artist Scotty So talks about his exhibition Maybe She Was There at MARS…

We're celebrating the Melbourne Cinémathèque's 40th anniversary this week, with two of the pre-eminent film society's co-curators in the studio. Primal Screen favourite Cerise Howard and Associate Professor Adrian Danks (making his PS…