Primal Screen Triple R Podcasts

Joining Flick in the studio are Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Thomas Caldwell, where they'll be reviewing two new releases hot off the metaphorical press. The first film they're be reviewing is THE PROMISED LAND, a Nordic Western set in 18th century Denmark. Director Nikolaj Arcel collaborates once again with Mads Mikkelsen who plays Captain Ludvig Kahlen, an impoverished retired army captain with a dream of cultivating the uninhabitable Jutland moorlands. Next up, Flick, Vysh and Thomas then discuss a Netflix documentary released this month (June 2024), about the history of Black Barbie dolls. The film highlights how children play and relate to their dolls, and examines how race and racism can be navigated through doll play. Follow us on socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Joining Flick in the studio is Thomas Caldwell, Artistic Director of the Children’s International Film Festival (CHIFF) and the wonderful Vyshnavee Wijekumar. They discuss the 2024 program, running from June 8th to July 7th, featuring a diverse selection of animated and live-action films from around the globe. The team reviews "AM I OK?", starring Dakota Johnson as Lucy, a young professional in her early thirties grappling with her sexuality. NPR describes it as a “coming-out movie for adults,” exploring the complexities of female friendship. Vysh then dives into all things "Bridgerton." The highly anticipated second installment of season 3 premiered on Netflix this Thursday. Overflowing with period drama, the series follows the Bridgerton family through each season of courtship, risking social ruin for the prize of love. Follow us on socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

This weeks show is focusing on Melbourne’s film scene. In the first of three interviews, Flick will chat with Director Molly Reynolds to discuss her film A PORTRAIT OF LOVE. For over twenty years, Archibald Prize-winning artist Craig Ruddy and his partner Roberto Meza Mont filmed their life together. Their friend, documentary-maker Molly Reynolds (MY NAME IS GULPILIL) spent months immersed in Roberto’s footage to craft an intimate portrait of their relationship, from over 5000 pieces of footage. We then hear from local director Timothy Despina Marshall about his debut feature IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS, starring Daniel Monks. Having recently premiered at the 2024 Mardi Gras Film Festival earlier this year, this fresh psychological thriller is a claustrophobic story of grief and abandonment set in the close quarters of a hotel room during lockdown. Primal Screen’s third guests are the Naarm/Birrarung Ga/Makassar Sulawesi, Indonesia-based film collective, Dogmilk Films. Local and independently run, @dogmilkfilms produces and makes space for alternative film and sound works. The collective places emphasis on cinema that pushes the boundaries of form and exhibition, which makes them an intersection for creative enquiry and exploration. Flick speaks with Lola Hewison, John Hewison and Sofie McClure about the screening of short-form works Dogmilk is curating for 2024 St. Kilda Film Festival.

KinoTopia’s co-founders Digby Houghton and Andrew Tobacco joined Flick in the studio on Monday to revisit GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI. Listen back to hear a review of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 crime drama GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI starring Forest Whitaker as a hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob. ... Follow @kinotopia_ and subscribe to their Substack to learn everything you need to know about arthouse, repertory, art, short form, and experimental cinema screening in the city of Melbourne. Follow Primal Screen on socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Melanie Ashe (Monash PhD student) joins Flick in studio to discuss the guzzoline-fuelled relentless romp that is FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA. Investigating the significance of place and land in the MAD MAX universe, Flick and Melanie delve into the history behind mining sites and how they're often used as a shooting location for an array of different films, and how these resonate within the mythology of the MAD MAX narrative. “Taylor-Joy pops against the dirt and grime and the ochre desert, against the grotesque Australian masculinity that has long been the series' gleeful stock in trade.” - Luke Goodsell, ABC Follow us on socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

We're lucky enough to be joined by Macedonian-Australian director Goran Stolevski in studio to discuss his newest feature HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS. Having just finished his third film in three years, Stolevski joined Flick in studio where he discussed shooting with first time actors, and delved into some of his cinematic influences, citing the likes of François Truffaut, Lucrecia Martel and the Dardenne Brothers. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen