Primal Screen

• Cinema Reborn, The Narrow Road to the Deep North & Dying for Sex

  This week on Primal Screen, Flick Ford is joined by Vyshnavee Wijekumar for a jam-packed episode! First up, we preview Cinema Reborn, an annual film festival dedicated to the restoration and celebration of cinema history. Flick chats with festival organisers Grace Boschetti and Digby Houghton about this year’s program and the importance of film preservation. The festival runs May 8–13 at Lido Cinemas. Learn more about the program via the Cinema Reborn website. We also review two compelling new series: The Narrow Road to the Deep North is based on Richard Flanagan’s acclaimed novel, is a new Australian miniseries that follows WWII army surgeon and prisoner of war on the Thai Burmese railways Dorrigo, both sustain and haunted by his past. Directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Jacob Elordi, it’s now streaming on Amazon Prime.Dying for Sex is a bold new comedy-drama on Disney+ and stars Michelle Williams as a woman diagnosed with stage IV cancer who embarks on a journey of sexual discovery, with support from her best friend, played by Jenny Slate.Tune in to Primal Screen live every Monday from 7pm on Triple R 102.7FM Follow us on Instagram: @primal_screen_show

  --------  

  47:00
• The best political satire of the century (and its stage adaptation) plus review of 'Crossing'

  This week we welcome back our beloved host, Flick Ford! Joined by guests Thomas Caldwell and Cerise Howard.We review Levan Akin’s deeply touching film Crossing, about a retired teacher searching for her estranged niece, a trans woman, with the help of a young man as her translator. It raises challenging issues – particularly around people whose identity has meant they have been isolated from family – and yet it is such a warm, inviting film.Then we compare Stanley Kubrick’s frighteningly hilarious Dr. Stranglove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb with its filmed theatrical adaptation from the National Theatre, NT Live: Dr. Strangelove. In the latter, Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece, often described as the best political satire of the century, about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear attack.Triple R's April Amnesty is on now!Subscribe and donate to help keep our beloved community radio station on the airwaves for another year!When you support Triple R, you're supporting Really Real Radio – that means no algorithms, no playlists, no nonsense. Triple R is a champion of local culture and community, and a voice for music and ideas that may not be heard anywhere else.Best of all, when you subscribe during April Amnesty, you'll go into the draw to win a stack of amazing prizes! Subscribe and donate at rrr.org.au.Tune in to Primal Screen each week at 7pm Mondays on Triple R 102.7FM.

  --------  

  44:57
• Boy Week! Reviews of Warfare, Sinners, and The Rehearsal

  It’s Boy Week on Primal Screen, as guest host Alice McShane is joined by Will Cox and Maudie Osborne to take us through discussions and reviews of the boy-heavy releases Warfare, Sinners, and The Rehearsal.Warfare is the latest film from A24, with director Alex Garland (Civil War, Ex Machina) turning his attention to the war genre. Following a squad of soldiers throughout a particularly fraught battle, the film is set in real time and is a masterclass in building tension and terror for the big screen.Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Fruitvale Station), follows two brothers who return to their small Southern town in the 1930s to open a juke joint—hoping to build a sanctuary for their community. But their dream takes a dark turn as the racist townsfolk intervene, unleashing a wave of sinister and supernatural events.The Rehearsal returns for a second season from ‘sinister nerd’ Nathan Fielder, who uses this offbeat ‘documentary’ series to explore a single, surreal question: What if you could rehearse every moment of your life? With a team of actors and meticulously crafted sets that mirror reality down to the smallest detail, Fielder turns hypothetical anxieties into elaborate experiments.Triple R's April Amnesty is on now! Subscribe and donate to help keep our beloved community radio station on the airwaves for another year!When you support Triple R, you're supporting Really Real Radio – that means no algorithms, no playlists, no nonsense. Triple R is a champion of local culture and community, and a voice for music and ideas that may not be heard anywhere else. Best of all, when you subscribe during April Amnesty, you'll go into the draw to win a stack of amazing prizes! Subscribe and donate at rrr.org.au.Tune in to Primal Screen each week at 7pm Mondays on Triple R 102.7FM.

  --------  

  41:55
• Merle Oberon’s lifelong secret, Michael Haneke’s deceptively humanistic cinema and a piercing Magdalene Laundries drama

  Eloise Ross jumped into the host seat this week to interview Australia’s unofficial Merle Oberon expert, Rohan Spong. In light of the recent book, Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star and a new creative project Rohan is working on, they discuss Oberon’s contribution to Hollywood. She was the first person of South Asian decent to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, though she spent her life pretending to be born in Australia and her heritage was only made public after her death.Thomas Caldwell also joined the show to discuss misanthropic critic of contemporary culture, Michael Haneke. The Austrian filmmaker’s body of work is deceptively humanistic and will be celebrated in upcoming seasons from both the Melbourne Cinémathèque and ACMI, starting Wednesday 16 April and Thursday 17 April respectively.They review Tim Mielants's Small Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan's Booker Prize nominated novel. Starring Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy, the absorbing slow burn reveals the uncomfortable horrors lurking just below the surface of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.Tune in to Primal Screen each week at 7pm Mondays on Triple R 102.7FM.Triple R's April Amnesty is on now! Subscribe and donate to help keep our beloved community radio station on the airwaves for another year!When you support Triple R, you're supporting Really Real Radio – that means no algorithms, no playlists, no nonsense. Triple R is a champion of local culture and community, and a voice for music and ideas that may not be heard anywhere else. Best of all, when you subscribe during April Amnesty, you'll go into the draw to win a stack of amazing prizes! Subscribe and donate at rrr.org.au.

  --------  

  49:16
• Holiday makers, studio heads, and unicorns! The White Lotus, The Studio, and Death of a Unicorn in Review.

  This week, we're diving into three titles that, in their own unique ways, critique capitalist systems and corruption through humor and satire. Join Anthony Carew, Alice McShane, and Will Cox for their reviews of THE WHITE LOTUS, THE STUDIO and DEATH OF A UNICORN.THE WHITE LOTUS has just aired its third season finale, and we have a lot to discuss. Set at the fictional high end resort The White Lotus, each season follows a group of wealthy holiday makers in increasingly luxurious locations, with one person going home in a body bag at the end of their stay. THE STUDIO is the most recent prestige tv release from Apple Studios - and follows Seth Rogan's Matt Remick who has recently been promoted to run the fictional Continental Studios. Howver, his goal to produce films that are high in profit and high in artistic value proves a tall order. DEATH OF A UNICORN follows a father and daughter after they accidentally hit and kill a unicorn on their way to a weekend retreat at the home of his millionaire pharmaceutical boss, who sees an opportunity to exploit the creature for profit, leading to a comedy horror that offers a gory, "eat the rich" satire of capitalism and greed.You can tune in to Primal Screen live on Mondays from 7pm on Triple R 102.7 Triple R's April Amnesty is on now! Subscribe and donate to help keep our beloved community radio station on the airwaves for another year!When you support Triple R, you're supporting Really Real Radio – that means no algorithms, no playlists, no nonsense. Triple R is a champion of local culture and community, and a voice for music and ideas that may not be heard anywhere else. Best of all, when you subscribe during April Amnesty, you'll go into the draw to win a stack of amazing prizes! Subscribe and donate at rrr.org.au.

  --------  

  52:09

More TV & Film podcasts

Trending TV & Film podcasts

About Primal Screen

Primal Screen: Podcasts in Family