On this week’s show, Flick Ford is joined by reviewers Will Cox & Silvi Vann-Wall to discuss SUPERGIRL which is the latest entry in the DCU, and Lucile Hadžihalilović’s THE ICE TOWER starring Marion Cotillard.
Disclosure Day & Leviticus + Adrian Chiarella interview
22/06/2026 | 49 mins.
Flick Ford is joined by reviewers Thomas Caldwell and Vyshnavee Wijekumar to discuss DISCLOSURE DAY, Spielberg’s latest sci-fi thriller and the Australian queer horror film LEVITICUS. We also hear Vyshnavee's interview with LEVITICUS writer/director Adrian Chiarella.
The Music of Doctor Who
15/06/2026 | 40 mins.
Guest host Will Cox is joined by fellow Whovians Thomas Caldwell and Lore Burns to share memories and music from the BBC’s iconic time-traveling sci-fi series. They cover the legendary musique concrète wizardry of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the symphonic stylings of Murray Gold which beckoned in New-Who and much more.
Kane Parsons talks Backrooms
01/06/2026 | 40 mins.
Flick Ford is joined by Silvi Vann-Wall & Alice McShane to talk about two fresh horror outings. They review Kane Parson’s debut Backrooms & Kate Dippold’s new horror comedy Widow’s Bay, which is now streaming. Silvi also sat down with Parsons to discuss the process of adapting his viral web series into feature form.
Sparks' Russell Mael + Agnieszka Holland
25/05/2026 | 47 mins.
Cerise Howard chats all things music and film with the art-pop luminary Russell Mael, who makes up one half of Sparks, ahead of the band’s performance at the Palais Theatre. Later, Cerise speaks with Agnieszka Holland about the making of her new film Franz, which brings the life of the multi-faceted Franz Kafka to the screen.
Primal Screen is a show about movies, from the ones on the big screen to the ones you stream. A mix of new release and retrospective film and television reviews and interviews with film and television practitioners on 3RRR 102.7FM in Melbourne Australia.
Presented by Flick Ford with regular guest critics Lisa Kovacevic, Cerise Howard, Will Cox, Emma Westwood and more.
Hosted and produced by Flick Ford.
Podcast editing and social media by Kelsey Pettifer.
The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.
https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion
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