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 Gina Cameron and Isabella Radevski.
The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.
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Cherien Dabis on the making of All That's Left of You, plus reviews of Bait and I Swear
52 mins; March 30, 2026
Kinotopia launch 'Katies', plus reviews of Project Hail Mary and The Voice of Hind Rajab
45 mins; March 23, 2026
Opera on Film Special
32 mins; March 16, 2026
Perfect Neighbor, Sirât, The Testament of Ann Lee
41 mins; March 02, 2026
Hear My Eyes reimagines Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie & Fackham Hall
48 mins; February 23, 2026
Undeniable: The Evolution of Melbourne Hip Hop, Wuthering Heights, Pillion
40 mins; February 16, 2026
Interview with Lesbian Space Princess Film Makers, Sorry, Baby Review, Not Only Fred Dagg but Also John Clarke Review
45 mins; September 08, 2025
Interview with Eclipse Cinema Owner and Operator Mark Walker about its opening, Caught Stealing, 4K Restoration of Burden of Dreams
42 mins; September 01, 2025
The Naked Gun, Eddington
45 mins; August 25, 2025
Radiothon 2025 Special
39 mins; August 18, 2025
Conversation with Zoe Pepper on Birthright, Conversation with James Litchfield and Lucinda Reynolds about Alphabet Lane
44 mins; August 11, 2025
Primal Screens Top 20 Films of MIFF 2025
48 mins; August 04, 2025
Interview with Michael Shanks on Together, Fantastic Four: First Steps
47 mins; July 28, 2025
Friendship, Too Much, My Mum Jane
45 mins; July 21, 2025
Conversation with Director Paula Whetu Jones on The Doctors Wife, Review of James Gunn's Superman, Review of A Nice Indian Boy
46 mins; July 14, 2025
Conversation with James Hewison on Paris May 68: The Struggle Continues, The Story of Souleymane
41 mins; July 07, 2025
Interview with Gabrielle Brady on The Wolves Always Come at Night, Discussion of 28 Years Later
56 mins; June 30, 2025
Dangerous Animals with Director Sean Byrne, Celine Song's Materialists and Past Lives
49 mins; June 16, 2025
First Glance at MIFF 2025,Ballerina, Bring Her Back
56 mins; June 02, 2025
Scala!!!, Melbourne's History of Arthouse and Repertory Cinema
60 hours 0 mins; May 26, 2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Universal Language, Hurry Up Tomorrow
48 mins; May 19, 2025
MISCELLANIA's Film Club, The Wedding Banquet Remake and The Assessment
46 mins; May 12, 2025
Cinema Reborn, The Narrow Road to the Deep North & Dying for Sex
47 mins; May 07, 2025
The best political satire of the century (and its stage adaptation) plus review of 'Crossing'
44 mins; April 28, 2025
Boy Week! Reviews of Warfare, Sinners, and The Rehearsal
41 mins; April 25, 2025
Merle Oberon’s lifelong secret, Michael Haneke’s deceptively humanistic cinema and a piercing Magdalene Laundries drama
49 mins; April 14, 2025
Holiday makers, studio heads, and unicorns! The White Lotus, The Studio, and Death of a Unicorn in Review.
52 mins; April 09, 2025
Richard Gere and Paul Schrader reunite; Looney Tunes hits us with nostalgia; and an observational doco for cat lovers
Autopsy on the Musical: Wicked vs The People's Joker
39 mins; November 26, 2024
Are you not entertained? Discussions of Gladiator II and Memory
44 mins; November 18, 2024
Top picks of the program for Melbourne Queer Film Festival
48 mins; November 11, 2024
Getting Spooky with The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Witches & Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
36 mins; November 01, 2024
Memoir of a Snail and 70th Anniversary of Godzilla
30 mins; October 25, 2024
Flathead, The Apprentice & Like My Brother
44 mins; October 16, 2024
Ghostlight, Joker: Folie à Deux & Megalopolis
46 mins; October 07, 2024
The Substance, Your Fat Friend & My Old Ass
54 mins; September 30, 2024
Neo-Intimacies: A Static Vision Festival, and reviews of My Darling in Stirling (2023) & TV series The Perfect Couple
44 mins; September 16, 2024
Lido's Friday the 13th: Ozploitation at the Drive-In, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Last Summer
39 mins; September 09, 2024
Sci-fi horror galactic special with Alien: Romulus (2024), Afraid (2024) & I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
49 mins; September 02, 2024
Food on Film
22 mins; August 26, 2024
RRR In Conversation: Primal Screen Live
25 mins; August 12, 2024
MIFF is Upon Us, and Are You Ready for a Hear My Eyes and Surprise Chef Collaboration?
42 mins; August 05, 2024
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, TOTEM and LONGLEGS with Maudie Osborne, Anthony Carew and Will Cox
44 mins; July 29, 2024
SNOWPIERCER and S/HE IS NOT HER/RE with Cerise Howard and Chris Dite
47 mins; July 22, 2024
Twisters, Emu Wars & Birdeater
40 mins; July 15, 2024
The Bike Riders and Kinds of Kindness.
42 mins; July 08, 2024
Spotlighting Kelly Reichardt (CERTAIN WOMEN, SHOWING UP)
43 mins; July 01, 2024
Reviewing THE PROMISELAND and BLACK BARBIE
43 mins; June 24, 2024
Reviews of AM I OKAY? and BRIDGERTON
40 mins; June 17, 2024
Interview with Molly Reynolds on A PORTRAIT OF LOVE, Timothy Despina Marshall discusses their debut feature IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS and in conversation with film collective Dogmilk Films.
49 mins; June 10, 2024
Reviewing Jim Jarmusch's 1999 classic GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI
44 mins; June 03, 2024
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
47 mins; May 27, 2024
Interview with Goran Stolevski (HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS)
46 mins; May 20, 2024
Spotlight on Nicole Kidman's career (EYES WIDE SHUT, MOULIN ROUGE, DOGVILLE and many more)
48 mins; May 06, 2024
Interview with Nick Pinkerton (THE SWEET EAST) and BABY REINDEER review.
52 mins; April 29, 2024
Reviews of CHALLENGERS and EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
42 mins; April 22, 2024
Reviews of LA CHIMERA, CIVIL WAR and an interview about BACK TO BLACK.
47 mins; April 15, 2024
Reviews of MONKEY MAN and PERFECT DAYS
46 mins; April 08, 2024
Into the Archives: Molly Manning Walker, Ivan Sen, and Simon Baker
45 mins; March 25, 2024
LOVE LIES BLEEDING and interview about Melbourne Women in Film Festival
43 mins; March 18, 2024
Oscars re-cap plus interviews for THE GREAT ESCAPER and TAKE THE STEPS
48 mins; March 11, 2024
Interview with IMAX General Manager Jeremy Fee and a review of DUNE: PART TWO and award-winning Documentary FOUR DAUGHTERS
55 mins; March 04, 2024
Reviews of THE ZONE OF INTEREST, DRIVE AWAY DOLLS and an interview about MARUNGKA TJALATUNU
43 mins; February 26, 2024
In conversation with Hugo Weaving
49 mins; February 19, 2024
Film review of THE HANDOVERS, and a discussion about film screenings SCREAMS ON SCREEN and SEVENTH CINEMA
48 mins; February 12, 2024
MAY DECEMBER and MR AND MRS SMITH
44 mins; February 05, 2024
Reviewing ANATOMY OF A FALL and taking a brief look at the Oscars and what it all means...
45 mins; January 29, 2024
BEST FILMS AND TV OF 2023
50 mins; December 11, 2023
SPARK-TACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA
24 mins; December 04, 2023
Interview with Fred Schepisi (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND) and Jasper Cohen Hunter reviews REBEL WITH A CAUSE and AUDREY NAPANANGKA
41 mins; November 29, 2023
Interview with Kitty Green (THE ROYAL HOTEL) and NAPOLEON review
38 mins; November 27, 2023
SALTBUSH and SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF
42 mins; November 20, 2023
MQFF, ALL OF US STRANGERS, MONSTER, POOR THINGS and ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS
47 mins; November 06, 2023
DEAD OF NIGHT, THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, and TRICK 'R TREAT
47 mins; October 30, 2023
SPARKS OF JOY AMONG OTHER THINGS
36 mins; October 23, 2023
Reviews of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE EXORCIST BELIEVER
44 mins; October 16, 2023
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF MINIMUM WAGE?
50 mins; October 09, 2023
Reviews of SICK OF MYSELF and COBWEB + Overshare Festival
45 mins; October 02, 2023
IT LIVES INSIDE and CASSANDRO
38 mins; September 25, 2023
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS and A HAUNTING IN VENICE
49 mins; September 18, 2023
Interview with Rachel Ward on RACHEL'S FARM and Jack Ralph on THE ROLLER SKATER
46 mins; September 11, 2023
Reviewing TALK TO ME and RMIT Social Science Week Screening Series
48 mins; September 04, 2023
Radiothon Extravaganza 2023
40 mins; August 28, 2023
Reviews of GODLAND, ASTEROID CITY, and SANCTUARY
43 mins; August 21, 2023
MIFF: HOW TO HAVE SEX and MEMORY FILM
47 mins; August 14, 2023
MIFF Special: THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG and COLD WATER
44 mins; August 07, 2023
Books about Movies
49 mins; July 31, 2023
BARBENHEIMER: Reviewing Barbie and Oppenheimer
49 mins; July 24, 2023
Writer's Strike, What's to come at MIFF, Jessie Scott's film Rainbow Video
44 mins; July 17, 2023
Interview with Sophie Linnenbaum & Reviews of Mission: Impossible 7, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, & More
48 mins; July 10, 2023
New Boy film and review of Indiana Jones & Reality
53 mins; July 03, 2023
Gay24 Films and review of All The Beauty And The Bloodshed