Primal Screen

Flick Ford speaks with director Maryam Touzani about her most recent film The Blue Caftan. Plus, guest critics Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Will Cox join Flick for reviews of Polite Society  and Infinity Pool. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford is joined by filmmaker director, writer and producer Rolf de Heer, lead actor Mwajemi Hussein, and composer Anna Liebzeit to talk about their film The Survival of Kindness . Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford and guest reviewer Cerise Howard dig into Eva Vitija’s  Loving Highsmith  documentary. Plus a meaty conversation about The British Film Institute's list of the greatest films of all time and the No.1 film on that list,  Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Buxelles  before reviewing  Beau is Afraid. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.insta...

Flick Ford chats about the ReelGood Film Festival with festival director Chris Luscri and festival producer Blake Curtis. Then, filmmaker and guest reviewer Andréas Giannopoulos discusses his short film Friends of Mine before guest critic Nadine Whitney joins Flick and Andréas to review The Innocent . Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/prima...

Flick Ford is joined by guest reviewers Will Cox and Silvi Vann-Wall to review THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE and Netflix’s comedy drama BEEF. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford speaks with ACMI’s Director of Experience and Engagement, Dr Britt Romstad about ACMI's upcoming exhibition GODDESS. Then, Flick is joined by guest critics David Heslin and Dr Stuart Richards to review EO (2022) and BROKER (2022). Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick speaks to director Platon Theodoris and co-writer/star Nitin Vengurlekar about their film The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour .  Plus, guest-critic Anthony Carew joins the show to review Of An Hour  and Boston Strangler.

Hosts Stuart Richards and Eloise Ross chat to lecturer in screen and cultural studies Dr Janice Loreck about her forthcoming book ‘Provocation in Women's Filmmaking: Authorship and Art Cinema’. Then, Stuart and Eloise are joined by Frances Barrett to discuss ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (2022), the documentary exploring the life and career of Nan Goldin.

Hosts Paul Anthony Nelson and Emma Westwood talk to lecturers in cinema and screen studies Andrew Lynch and Jessica Balanzategui about ACMI’s Mapping Global Horror conference. Plus, Emma and Paul discuss the films in ACMI’s Focus on the Dead program before talking to filmmaker Natalie Erika James about her Australian psychological horror RELIC. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/...

Flick Ford speaks with actor and festival ambassador for the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, David Wenham. Plus, independent producer of documentary films, Margie Ratliff joins Flick to discuss her role in SUBJECT (2022) and an upcoming panel discussion titled THE DOCUMENTARY PARTICIPANT: AT WHAT COST? Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram...

Host Flick Ford is joined by Dr Radha O’Meara from the University of Melbourne and RMIT PhD candidate Clem Bastow to discuss a recent study into working conditions of disabled people in the Australian screen industry.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Host Flick Ford and guest reviewer Cerise Howard discuss all things Europa Europa Film Festival with the program's Artistic Director Thomas Caldwell; the three also discuss what they've been enjoying watching over summer. Then, Flick interviews filmmaker Clara Law about a retrospective of her films 'Focus on Clara Law' which is currently screening at ACMI. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/prima...

Flick Ford is joined by director Ruben Östlund to talk about his latest film TRIANGLE OF SADNESS. Plus, guest reviewers Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Will Cox join Flick to look at the summer releases they’re most looking forward to. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Guest host Paul Anthony Nelson is joined by Stuey Richards and Eloise Ross for a countdown of the best films and TV shows of 2022, voted by all the Primal Screen reviewers! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford chats to Melbourne based director Sara Kern about her debut feature MOJA VESNA before speaking to guest reviewer Cerise Howard about the upcoming screening series at Melbourne Cinematheque, GENRE NONCONFORMITY AND EAST SIDE STORIES: DECENTRING THE MUSICAL.

Presenter Flick Ford speaks to musician Chiara Kickdrum about her immersive original score for Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1931 horror classic VAMPYR. Flick is then joined by guest critic Vyshnavee Wijekumar to review BONES AND ALL, before interviewing Chiara Pallini and Susan Bui about the 26th Japanese Film Festival, taking place in cinemas across Australia now until Dec 14. Facebook:  https://www.fac...

Flick Ford is joined by festival manager Erin Rosenburg and documentary filmmaker Daniel Hayward for a special documentary spotlight with recommendations on what to watch on the big screen or stream online. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford discusses the SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) with the Festival's co-founder and director Angela Blake, and one of the filmmakers featured in the festival, Tracee Hutchinson. Then, Chris Luscri from Unknown Pleasures joins Flick for a spotlight on Filipino-Australian filmmaker Matthew Victor Pastor. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/p...

Flick Ford is joined by guest critics Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Stuart Richards for reviews of Sebastián Lelio’s THE WONDER and season 2 of Mike White’s THE WHITE LOTUS. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Host Paul Anthony Nelson and reviewers Caitlin Koller and Adam Spellicy discuss what makes a folk horror tale before reviewing three cult classics of the genre: THE DEMON, EYES OF FIRE and ALISON’S BIRTHDAY. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Guest presenter Dr Stuart Richards is joined by Dr Saige Walton for a roundup of the Adelaide Film Festival. Then, guest presenter Will Cox is joined by Monash University Scholar Thao Phan for reviews of THE LOST CITY OF MELBOURNE and BROS. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Guest Host Eloise Ross and reviewer Glenn Dunks chat with Conor Bateman from Static Vision about their upcoming film festival METAMORPHOSES. Plus reviews of Amanda Kramer’s GIVE ME PITY! and David Gordon Green’s HALLOWEEN ENDS. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford is joined by Australian director Thomas M. Wright to discuss his acclaimed 2018 directorial debut ACUTE MISFORTUNE. Then, they take a deep dive into his newest release THE STRANGER starring Jeol Edgerton. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Presenter Flick Ford is joined by Screenwriter and filmmaker Margot Nash to talk about her 1995 debut feature VACANT POSSESSION. Then, Flick chats to film producer Chris Luscri and director and producer Bill Mousoulis from Unknown Pleasures to discuss the screening of the restored HD version of Nash’s film.

Flick Ford is joined by guest reviewer and animator Kelsey Pettifer to review Richard Linklater’s APOLLO 10 1/2: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD (Netflix) and THE BOB’s BURGERS MOVIE on Disney+. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen