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Primal Screen – 18 October 2021

Reviewed this week (new Australian TV drama special): THE NEWSREADER and FIRES plus interview with NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN director Connie Chen

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Primal Screen – 11 October 2021

Films reviewed this week: ATHANOR: THE ALCHEMICAL FURNACE (CaSFFA spotlight) and ANNETTE plus interview with EFFA Screen Manager Natalie May

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Primal Screen – 4 October 2021

Emerging Melbourne filmmaker special with a spotlight on local students, the Artist Film Workshop and VCA's Film and Television Graduate Season

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Primal Screen – 27 September 2021

Reviewed this week (Women and Power special): BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOUR (plus interview with the showrunners) and I MAY DESTROY YOU

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Primal Screen – 20 September 2021

Reviewed this week (prestige TV special): SUCCESSION and MR INBETWEEN plus interview with media academic Dr Andrew Lynch

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Primal Screen – 13 September 2021

Films reviewed this week (music documentary special): The Magic Voice of a Rebel, Gurrumul and Matangi/Maya/MIA

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Primal Screen – 6 September 2021

Films reviewed this week (Irish Film Festival special): WOLFWALKERS, BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL and DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN

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Primal Screen – 23 August 2021

Films reviewed this week (escapist delights special): PADDINGTON 2, SIDEWAYS and EDGE OF TOMORROW

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Primal Screen – 16 August 2021

Films reviewed this week (MIFF 2021 special): DEAR COMRADES!, THE NIGHT, RIDERS OF JUSTICE and more

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Primal Screen – 9 August 2021

Films reviewed this week (MIFF 2021 special): SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS, NO ORDINARY MAN, THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE: A SONG CYCLE and more

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Primal Screen – 2 August 2021

Films reviewed this week: GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE, BLOOD RED SKY and JOLT

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Primal Screen – 26 July 2021

Films reviewed this week (Olympics special): CHARIOTS OF FIRE, MUNICH and FOXCATCHER

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Primal Screen – 19 July 2021

Films reviewed this week: THE FEAR STREET TRILOGY

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Primal Screen – 12 July 2021

Films reviewed this week (Marvel special): BLACK WIDOW, IRON MAN 3 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

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Primal Screen – 5 July 2021

Films reviewed this week: LITTLE JOE, WEREWOLVES WITHIN and HERSELF

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Primal Screen – 28 June 2021

Films reviewed this week: IN THE HEIGHTS, THE SPARKS BROTHERS and THE HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD

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Primal Screen – 21 June 2021

Films reviewed this week: BO BURNHAM: INSIDE, THE MOLE AGENT and THREE SUMMERS

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Primal Screen – 14 June 2021

Films reviewed this week ("locked in" special): OXYGEN, CUBE and BURIED

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Primal Screen – 7 June 2021

Films reviewed this week (films turning 80 special): THE LADY EVE, THE WOLF MAN and YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH

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Primal Screen – 31 May 2021

Films reviewed this week: A QUIET PLACE PART II, MY NAME IS GULPILIL and FIRST LOVE

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Primal Screen – 24 May 2021

Films reviewed this week: WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, I BLAME SOCIETY and THE GODMOTHER

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Primal Screen – 17 May 2021

Films reviewed this week (female vampires special): CARMILLA, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT and KISS OF THE DAMNED

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Primal Screen – 10 May 2021

Films reviewed this week (films turning 40 special): THE FUNHOUSE, THE HOWLING and ROAD GAMES

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Primal Screen – 3 May 2021

Films reviewed this week: FIRST COW, LAND and WRATH OF MAN

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Primal Screen – 26 April 2021

Melbourne Knowledge Week Special Live Broadcast of Primal Screen: An Evolving Film Industry

Primal Screen – 19 April 2021

Films reviewed this week: COLLECTIVE, SUPERNOVA and GUNDA

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Primal Screen – 12 April 2021

Films reviewed this week (Pixar animation special): TOY STORY, WALL-E and COCO

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Primal Screen – 5 April 2021

Films reviewed this week: THE FATHER, THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF and NOBODY

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Primal Screen – 29 March 2021

Films reviewed this week (Sally's send-off special): BLOW OUT, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and SHALLOW GRAVE

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Primal Screen – 22 March 2021

Films reviewed this week: JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH, FRENCH EXIT and MOXIE

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Primal Screen – 15 March 2021

Films reviewed this week: MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL highlights (including interview with MQFF Artistic Director Spiro Economopoulos) and ABOUT ENDLESSNESS

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Primal Screen – 8 March 2021

Films reviewed this week (International Womens Day special): 3 WOMEN and NOMADLAND

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Primal Screen – 1 March 2021

Films reviewed this week (films turning 50 special): FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE BEGUILED and A NEW LEAF

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Primal Screen – 22 February 2021

Films reviewed this week: HIGH GROUND plus an interview with the film's director Simon Maxwell Johnson and FIRESTARTER: THE STORY OF BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE

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Primal Screen – 15 February 2021

Films reviewed this week: MINARI, ANOTHER ROUND and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

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Primal Screen – 8 February 2021

Films reviewed this week: THE WITCH OF KINGS CROSS plus an interview with the film's director Sonia Bible and THE NEST

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Primal Screen – 1 February 2021

Films reviewed this week (summer releases): PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, THE DRY and ONLY THE ANIMALS

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Primal Screen – 28 December 2020

Summer edition hosted by Flick Ford

Primal Screen – 21 December 2020

Festive special: films to watch this holiday season

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