Primal Screen

Weekly film criticism radio show and podcast Mondays 7-8pm on @3RRRFM and with Flick Ford and guests

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Is 28 YEARS LATER (@SonyPictures) the strongest film in the 28 DAYS film series so far? If you didn't catch our review on Monday's show, listen back via link in bio or here: https://t.co/7gPdb8rwOU

In cinemas now!

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THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT (@MadmanFilms) is out in cinemas today! A masterful portrait of the specific and personal pain of climate crisis for a family of Mongolian herders.

Listen back to Flick's chat with director Gabrielle Brady: https://t.co/XxH8Vw97ti

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Listen back to last night's chat with filmmaker Gabrielle Brady on the ideology behind her practice, de-centering the auteur, and the psychological and emotional impact of the climate crisis as shown in THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT. In cinemas Thurs! https://t.co/7oMSxdVYAp

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Tonight 7pm, hear our interview with Gabrielle Brady about THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT (@MadmanFilms). The inventive hybrid docu-fiction follows a Mongolian family that must leave their nomadic desert life after a devastating storm. Hitting cinemas this Thursday.

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Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 YEARS LATER, a terrifying new "auteur horror" set in the world created by 28 DAYS LATER (@SonyPictures). In cinemas now.

We review the highly-anticipated latest installment tomorrow 7pm on @3RRRFM 102.7FM

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Missed Monday's ep? We spoke to director Sean Byrne about his latest film, the delightfully unhinged and more than a little tongue in cheek DANGEROUS ANIMALS (@KismetMovies), which has been dubbed the best-reviewed shark attack movie since JAWS!

Listen: https://t.co/pwSK2t2mEo

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Listen back to last night's reviews of MATERIALISTS and PAST LIVES in our discussion of Celine Song's work: https://t.co/T3Fb0jEzux

Both films focus on a love triangle as the vehicle for Song's profound contemplation and philosophy on life's choices.

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Tonight we revisit Celine Song's breakout feature debut PAST LIVES (@studiocanal) as we reflect on her directing style and approach.

Critically acclaimed, PAST LIVES is about two childhood friends whose lives intertwine again after years apart. Listen at 7pm on @3RRRFM 102.7FM.

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MATERIALISTS (@SonyPictures) follows a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

Tonight, we discuss MATERIALISTS as part of a broader conversation on Song's work. Tune in at 7pm on @3RRRFM 102.7FM.

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Host Flick Ford @flick_ford will be joined by Silvi Vann-Wall and Alice McShane on this week's show.

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On Monday we chat to filmmaker Sean Byrne about his serial killer thriller meets shark movie, DANGEROUS ANIMALS (@KismetMovies), which has just hit cinemas.

Don't miss this convo with one of Australia's foremost horror directors!

Tune into @3RRRFM Monday 7pm.

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When Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by shark-obsessed serial killer Tucker (Jai Courtney) and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

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Flick Ford @flick_ford and Cerise Howard @cerisehoward will be joined by Zac Hepburn, General Manager of The Astor Theatre, who curates the eclectic program and John Rouse, General Manager of the former Valhalla, one of the co-founders at @cinemanova and James Bond know-it-all.

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On tonight's Primal Screen we celebrate Melbourne's vibrant history of arthouse and repertory cinema programming with a special spotlight on The Astor Theatre @astor_theatre and The Valhalla.

Listen in 7pm Mondays on Triple R @3RRRFM 102.7FM

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SCALA!!! screens at @cinemanova as part of What The Fest, a program celebrating of extreme, unusual and unmissable cinema, running from now until 27 May.

Join host @flick_ford with guest @cerisehoward Monday 7pm on Triple R @3RRRFM 102.7FM.

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Tomorrow night we review Ali Catterall and Jane Giles’ SCALA!!! documenting the former UK cinema that homed high art, cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu, and LGBTQIA+ films.
Feat. interviews with collaborators including John Waters, Mary Harron and Peter Strickland.

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Plus Matthew Rankin's award-winning, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (@Wonderfilmanz), an absurdist comedy-drama in the style of the Iranian cinema greats that follows multiple characters' lives intertwining with each other in surprising and mysterious ways. In cinemas this Thursday.

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Last night we reviewed Christopher McQuarrie's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (@ParamountAU), the last installment in the iconic film series where Tom Cruise continues to amaze with his stunts. In cinemas.

Listen back to the episode via the Triple R @3RRRFM website.

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Also on the agenda were Trey Edward Shults's thriller HURRY UP TOMORROW (@RoadshowFilms), about a musician (Abel "the Weeknd" Tesfaye playing himself) who is pulled into a nightmarish odyssey with a stranger (Jenny Ortega). Currently in cinemas.

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Tonight on Primal Screen 🎬
We’re reviewing HURRY UP TOMORROW — a psychological pop thriller starring Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd), Jenna Ortega & Barry Keoghan.
Plus: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING & UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.

Join us tonight from 7pm on @3RRRFM 102.7FM