Primal Screen

Flick Ford is joined by Melbourne director Goran Stolevski to talk about his films OF AN AGE and YOU WON'T BE ALONE. Then, Flick talks to filmmakers John Allen Simon and Elizabeth Karr about their 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's 1980 drama OUT OF THE BLUE. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com...

Flick Ford speaks with CEO and co-founder of Consent Labs, Angelique Wan about the new #ClassifyConsent campaign. Plus, guest reviewers Dr Andy Lynch and Adam Christou review the Game Of Thrones prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://...

Host Flick Ford and guest presenter Cerise Howard are joined by British director Peter Strickland to discuss his new film FLUX GOURMET. Then, Dr. Stuart Richards joins Flick and Cerise to review the film. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Host Flick Ford chats with Koko Wallace from F*ck Yeah Films and, later, Lee Gambin from Cinemaniacs about curating a program, the importance of community, and their upcoming screenings.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Host Flick Ford is joined by guest reviewer Anthony Carew to discuss the highlights of MIFF so far, and what to look forward to on MIFF Play. Then, Flick chats about RODEO with director/co-writer Lola Quivoron and co-writer/star Antonia Buresi; and skate filmmaker Rick Charnoski discusses his directorial debut WARM BLOOD. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://ww...

Host Flick Ford shines a spotlight on some of the Australian filmmakers featured in this year’s MIFF! She chats to writer, director and visual artist Amiel Courtin-Wilson about his new documentary MAN ON EARTH and to writer/director Alena Lodkina about her film PETROL. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://...

Host Flick Ford is joined by author and journalist Jenny Valentish to talk about her piece ‘Love and Other Catastrophes’ which can be found in the new book ‘Melbourne on Film: Cinema That Defines Our City’, out via Black Inc. Then, guest reviewer Cerise Howard joins Flick to discuss some of the films they’re most excited about at this year's MIFF. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreensh...

Guest host Eloise Ross talks to veteran director Bill Mousoulis about his project 'Unknown Pleasures', a series of screenings featuring classic and contemporary Australian independent cinema. Then, guest critics Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Anders Furze join Eloise to review the new satirical drama OFFICIAL COMPETITION and DREAMING WALLS. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:...

Guest presenter Eloise Ross chats to film critic Cerise Howard, who has programmed Melbourne Cinémathèque’s new season ‘Masterpieces of Ukrainian Cinema’. Eloise is then joined by guest reviewers Anders Furze and Paul Anthony Nelson to look at the new TV series THE OLD MAN starring Jeff Bridges; and they pay tribute to the late James Caan by revisiting his oscar-nominated performance in THE GODFAT...

Host Flick Ford is joined by guest reviewers Dr Andrew Lynch and Dr Tara Lomax for a look at superheroes on screen. They review Ryan Griffen’s 2016 Indigenous superhero story CLEVERMAN and Taiki Waititi’s new release THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

It's a Finnephiles special in celebration of the Scandi Film Festival! Lisa Kovacevic talks to Finnish directors Juho Kuosmanen, about his film COMPARTMENT NO.6, and Mikko Myllylahti about his new release THE WOODCUTTER STORY. Lisa then chats to Australian filmmaker Adrian Francis about his documentary PAPER CITY, which is screening at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Facebook: https://www....

Host Flick Ford is joined by guest reviewers Will Cox and Anthony Carew as they dive into new releases online and in the cinemas. They review Baz Luhrmann’s biopic ELVIS and Netflix's basketball drama HUSTLE starring Adam Sandler. 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 guest critics Emma Westwood and Sally Christie for a horror double. They tuck into Mimi Cave’s dating app horror FRESH and then they journey into Alex Garland’s rural horror MEN.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Presenter Flick Ford speaks with former Director of Film Programs at ACMI (and now Creative Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival) Kristy Matheson, about ACMI’s new retrospective on the works of Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami. Flick is then joined by Melbourne filmmaker Subah Kamal to talk about Asghar Farhadi’s A HERO. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram...

Flick Ford chats to Dr. Andy Lynch and Alexa Scarlata about alternative streaming platforms. They then review Danny Boyle’s new Sex Pistols bio-pic PISTOL and the rural horror series FROM.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford and Lisa Kovacevic talk to Artistic Director Thomas Caldwell about the Children’s International Film Festival and Associate Professor Liam Burke about what parents want from Aussie kids’ TV. Lisa and Flick review the popular kids' TV show BLUEY. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/p...

Host Flick Ford chats to director and writer Franziska Stünkel about her latest film THE LAST EXECUTION which is screening as part of the German Film Festival. And Will Cox and Dr. Stuart Richards drop by to discuss the true-crime HBO mini-series THE STAIRCASE, PETITE MAMAN by Céline Sciamma and more. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/prima...

Host Flick Ford speaks to Monash University Associate Professor Belinda Smaill about the podcast series SEEING GREEN that revisits Aussie film classics through an environmental lens. Flick is then joined by Dr. Simon Troon, Researcher from Environment and Media Research at Monash University, who shares a mix of climate change films, from action to drama to documentaries. Facebook:  https://www.fac...

Host Eloise Ross chats to Claire Jankelson, Director of The South African Film Festival, about how the festival got started and what to check out. Journalist Anders Furze then joins Eloise to review Season 2 of RUSSIAN DOLL, THE GILDED AGE and Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in the television comedy GRACE AND FRANKIE. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram:  https://www.instagr...

Host Will Cox speaks with Alice McShane, Program Manager of the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) about what to expect from HRAFF's 2022 program. Will is then joined by guest reviewer Thao Phan to review Kogonada’s meditative sci-fi AFTER YANG, before heading to Spain and reviewing Nic Cage's new film THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/primalscre...

Flick Ford is joined by guest reviewers Will Cox and Vyshnavee Wijekumar for a chat with Melbourne-based musician Dave Jacob about his reimagined techno punk score of James Cameron’s cult classic ALIEN. Flick, Will and Vyshnavee then review Robert Eggers’ bloodthirsty Viking flick THE NORTHMAN and the enigmatic drama fantasy MEMORIA starring Tilda Swinton. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/prima...

Flick Ford and Will Cox are joined by award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer Jane Castle. They discuss her documentary WHEN THE CAMERA STOPPED ROLLING about her pioneering filmmaker mother, Lilias Fraser. Stuart Richards then joins Flick and Will to review the wild multiverse martial arts movie EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, and whacky sci-fi tv series SEVERANCE. Facebook:  https://www.fa...

Flick Ford is back in the studio chatting live with Gillian Armstrong, one of Australia’s most celebrated filmmakers, who will be the subject of upcoming Melbourne Cinémathèque screenings. Flick and film critic Cerise Howard ask Gillian about her diverse filmography and the changes she has seen in Australian cinema over her extensive career. Film critic Eloise Ross then joins Flick and Cerise to r...

Host Lisa Kovacevic chats with Melbourne director David Willing about his debut feature film SURROGATE and is then joined by reviewers Will Cox and Stuart Richards to discuss the life giving and life destroying element carbon, in the new documentary CARBON: THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY. They also discuss a community divided by the climate catastrophe and their long road to recovery in the ABC's PEOP...

It’s fright night on Primal Screen! Stuart Richards is joined by guest critics Will Cox and Eloise Ross. We hear from Perri Cummings and Paul Anthony Nelson of Cinema Viscera about their new Melbourne-based horror APPARITIONS, peer into the dark side of college campuses in Mariama Diallo’s psychological horror MASTER and discuss Ti West’s new American slasher X. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com...