Primal Screen
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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
43 mins; March 31, 2025
Melbourne Women in Film Festival highlights & Melbourne Cinémathèque’s upcoming noir season
47 mins; March 17, 2025
Oscars Fever! Plus reviews of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’, ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘Dahomey’
55 mins; March 03, 2025
Bird and the Last Showgirl
61 hours 21 mins; February 26, 2025
Grand Tour, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and more!
46 mins; February 19, 2025
'The Brutalist', 'A Complete Unknown', and 'Babygirl'
43 mins; February 13, 2025
First show of 2025! Reviewing Nosferatu and Anora
47 mins; January 13, 2025
Melbourne Cinémathèque turns 40, Tom Zubrycki's oeuvre, and Agnieszka Holland's Green Border (2023)
48 mins; December 02, 2024
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
48 mins; June 26, 2023
Cormac McCarthy on screen
51 mins; June 19, 2023