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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.

German-Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke polarizes. On the one hand, his films are loved and praised by a wide audience — and have won many awards, on the other hand, they also cause controversy. His most famous works include “The White Band”, “Amour” and “The Piano Teacher”. Melbourne Cinématèque is dedicating a retrospective to the now 83-year-old. - Der deutsch-österreichische Filmemacher Michael Haneke polarisiert. Einerseits werden seine Filme von einem breiten Publikum geliebt und gelobt – und preisgekrönt, andererseits rufen sie auch Kontroversen hervor. Seine wohl bekanntesten Werke sind "Das weiße Band", "Amour" und "Die Klavierlehrerin". Jetzt widmet die Melbourne Cinématèque dem heute 83-Jährigen eine Retrospektive.

Incidentally, the theme for Primal Screen this week was volunteer-run organisations that make it possible to watch films on the big screen with an audience, that you otherwise mightn't.The small but mighty teams behind both Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) and the Melbourne Cinémathèque do extraordinary work to bring unique films to the cinema.Our guest host Cerise Howard speaks with Sian Mitchell, Artistic Director of MWFF, about the festival's mission to champion the work of Australian filmmakers and showcase stories about and by women and gender-diverse folk.Cerise and Eloise Ross, both co-curators of the Melbourne Cinémathèque, also discuss the upcoming season “Out of the Past and Into Flares: Neo-Noir in ‘70s America”, which explores how America's fractured psyche was reflected on screen during this vibrant and chaotic period. If you're wondering what the difference between "noir" and "neo-noir" is, you'd best listen back.MWFF runs 20-24 March.“Out of the Past and Into Flares: Neo-Noir in ‘70s America” runs 26 March-9 April.Thanks to Karl Chapman for working the panel this week.

We're celebrating the Melbourne Cinémathèque's 40th anniversary this week, with two of the pre-eminent film society's co-curators in the studio. Primal Screen favourite Cerise Howard and Associate Professor Adrian Danks (making his PS debut!) join Flick Ford to reflect on Melbourne Cinémathèque's vital contribution to cinema and to talk about their upcoming program on Australian documentary filmmaker Tom Zubrycki. A hugely important filmmaker in his own right, but also a key mentor and producer for many other Australian filmmakers that have followed. They also review Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland's latest film Green Border, a brutalising drama rooted in deep research that is so urgently of the moment, its potency is manifold. It tells the story of refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union court in a geopolitical crisis triggered by the Belarusian dictator Lukashenko.Listen back for more on this discussion of how Zubrycki's and Holland's films remain committed to social justice, human rights and the ethics of filmmaking.

Renowned Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin joins Amy to discuss the brilliance of Jean-Luc Godard's cinematic masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang. Filmed in Capri, Italy, LE MÉPRIS depicts the breakdown of a marriage, but it is also about much more than that as you'll hear. It has been newly restored in 4k and is having its Australian premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne on the 6th and 11th March 2024 (Hawthorn and Elsternwick). The screenings are co-presented by Melbourne Cinémathèque. This is the extended full version of the interview. In the original interview that aired, we heard some of the iconic music by Georges Delerue who composed the epic and sweeping soundtrack to LE MÉPRIS, including Générique: https://youtu.be/N_QiBDGJ__4?si=7wNYLiERT0AbaGDp and Camille: https://youtu.be/ZPtQWm2QmXI?si=k5J639911cysfrVY To view Godard's films from home, they can be found at your local library, university library, Picture Search Video & Vinyl in Richmond, on Kanopy (often via your library's subscription: https://www.kanopy.com/video/contempt), and Apple Movies and Google Movies. His films are distributed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and Umbrella Entertainment. Read Adrian Martin's film essays and criticism on his website: https://adrianmartinfilmcritic.com Broadcast on 5 March 2024.

Graham Readfearn, the Guardian Australia's Environment Reporter gives us the latest on local and global environmental news, including a coral bleaching event taking place right now on the Great Barrier Reef. He also tells us about Antarctica's sea ice reaching alarmingly low levels, a mystery paralysis syndrome afflicting lorikeet populations, and his podcast series, Weight of the World – the climate scientists who saw the crisis coming.For International Women's Day, award-winning author and science journalist Angela Saini joins Amy from New York to talk about her latest book, The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule. Angela delves into the origins of "the patriarchy" and gendered oppression and finds that patriarchal societies are a far more recent historical development than we might imagine. She also talks about our fascination with matriarchy and women-led matrilineal societies and reveals that many different types of matrilineal societies exist across the world today. Angela explains how patriarchy is not inevitable and what feminists and people seeking a gender equal world can do to turn the tide. The Patriarchs was shortlisted for the 2023 Orwell Prize. It's published by Harper Collins Australia. This is the extended full version of the interview with Angela Saini. Angela's previous books are, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong, and Superior: The Return of Race Science.Renowned Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin joins Amy to discuss the brilliance of Jean-Luc Godard's cinematic masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang. Filmed in Capri, Italy, LE MÉPRIS depicts the breakdown of a marriage, but it is also about much more than that as you'll hear. It has been newly restored in 4k and is having its Australian premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne on the 6th and 11th March 2024 (Hawthorn and Elsternwick). The screenings are co-presented by Melbourne Cinémathèque.This is the extended full version of the interview with Adrian Martin. In the original interview that aired, we heard some of the iconic music by Georges Delerue who composed the epic and sweeping soundtrack to LE MÉPRIS, including Générique and Camille.To view Godard's films from home, they can be found at your local library, university library, Picture Search Video & Vinyl in Richmond, on Kanopy (often via your library's subscription, here is LE MÉPRIS), and Apple Movies and Google Movies. Godard's films are distributed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and Umbrella Entertainment.

Renowned Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin joins Amy to discuss the brilliance of Jean-Luc Godard's cinematic masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang. Filmed in Capri, Italy, LE MÉPRIS depicts the breakdown of a marriage, but it is also about much more than that as you'll hear. It has been newly restored in 4k and is having its Australian premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne on the 6th and 11th March 2024 (Hawthorn and Elsternwick). The screenings are co-presented by Melbourne Cinémathèque.This is the extended full version of the interview. In the original interview that aired, we heard some of the iconic music by Georges Delerue who composed the epic and sweeping soundtrack to LE MÉPRIS, including Générique and Camille.To view Godard's films from home, they can be found at your local library, university library, Picture Search Video & Vinyl in Richmond, on Kanopy (often via your library's subscription, here is LE MÉPRIS), and Apple Movies and Google Movies. Godard's films are distributed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and Umbrella Entertainment.

Guest presenter Eloise Ross chats to film critic Cerise Howard, who has programmed Melbourne Cinémathèque's new season ‘Masterpieces of Ukrainian Cinema'. Eloise is then joined by guest reviewers Anders Furze and Paul Anthony Nelson to look at the new TV series THE OLD MAN starring Jeff Bridges; and they pay tribute to the late James Caan by revisiting his oscar-nominated performance in THE GODFATHER.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Flick Ford is back in the studio chatting live with Gillian Armstrong, one of Australia's most celebrated filmmakers, who will be the subject of upcoming Melbourne Cinémathèque screenings. Flick and film critic Cerise Howard ask Gillian about her diverse filmography and the changes she has seen in Australian cinema over her extensive career. Film critic Eloise Ross then joins Flick and Cerise to review Armstrong's films STARSTRUCK, her 1982 musical comedy, as well as her 1987 drama HIGH TIDE.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Associate Professor Kevin Tolhurst, an expert in Fire Ecology and Management from the University of Melbourne, joined Amy to discuss bushfire science and behaviour, what we've learned from previous bushfire inquiries and royal commissions and why we don't need another one, as well as how we can better manage the land in future. Elisabetta Ferrari, Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Melbourne comes in to explore the life and work of Italian film director and actor Vittorio De Sica. They discuss mid-twentieth century Italian neorealism and De Sica's films, including Ladri di Bicyclette (BICYCLE THIEVES), which is hailed as one of the greatest movies ever made. An upcoming retrospective of De Sica's work is showing at the Melbourne Cinémathèque. Plus, Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent from New Matilda came in to talk about the latest in federal politics. 

Dr Andrew McGregor and Amy Mullins explore the cinematic brilliance of French New Wave auteur Claude Chabrol, ahead of the Melbourne Cinémathèque's upcoming season, 'The Unblinking Gaze of Claude Chabrol.' They discuss his films, Les Biches (1968) and La Cérémonie (1996), as well as his influential place in the nouvelle vague. Chabrol has been largely overlooked for his better known colleagues, such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Also discussed is Godard's latest film, Le Livre d'Image (2018). Dr McGregor is a Lecturer in French Studies at Melbourne University. Broadcast on 26 March 2019.

This talk celebrated International Women’s Day with local filmmakers telling powerful and revealing stories. Filmmakers Sari Braithwaite, Chloe Brugale and Santilla Chingaipe were in conversation with Eloise Ross about their craft and processes, key collaborations and career pathways. About the speakers Santilla Chingaipe is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. She spent nearly a decade working for SBS World News which saw her report from across Africa and interview some of the continent's most prominent leaders. Her work explores cultural identities, contemporary migration and politics. Last year she presented a one-off documentary for SBS, Date My Race. Santilla is currently directing and writing documentary on the complexities of Australia’s South Sudanese community. Her latest film, Black As Me, is a short documentary exploring the perception of beauty and race in Australia. She writes regularly for The Saturday Paper. Chloe Brugale is a screen practitioner with more than fifteen years' experience working across drama and factual productions, distribution, events and festival programming. As the General Manager of Robert Connolly’s company, Arenamedia, Chloe has contributed to many culturally and artistically innovative features, including The Turning, Spear and the box office hit Paper Planes. She also oversaw the successful release campaign of the documentary Chasing Asylum. Chloe’s producer credits include [CENSORED], an experimental documentary by director Sari Braithwaite, and Black As Me, a short film by director Santilla Chingaipe. Prior to Arenamedia, Chloe held positions at the Melbourne International Film Festival as Next Gen and Short Films programmer, the education department of the Cannes Film Festival and the avant-garde Utopia Cinemas in Avignon, France. Sari Braithwaite is a filmmaker who works across the disciplines of history and film. Her documentary films have played at MIFF, SFF, Adelaide Film Festival, Canberra Film Festival, Antenna Film Festival, and BFI London. She was a recipient of the 2015 AFTRS Creative Fellowship to create an experimental work about Australian censorship. In addition to her own practice, Sari has also worked as a professional researcher on a wide variety of film and television documentaries, and continues to work in universities as a researcher. Eloise Ross (host) is a writer, critic, and lecturer with a range of experience working with Melbourne film culture, both in organisational roles and as a qualified speaker. She has a PhD in cinema studies from La Trobe University and her research specialises in sound studies, Hollywood history, and the phenomenological experience of the cinema. Eloise has been widely published as a film critic, cultural commentator, and academic. She is a co-curator of the Melbourne Cinémathèque, currently teaches in the film department at Swinburne University, is co-host of the Senses of Cinema podcast.

The representation of gender diversity on screen has a complex history, from invisibility to stereotypical representations of otherness, including the sexually mischievous to the homicidal maniac. In this conversation our panel of filmmakers, critics, festival directors and artists to talked about the history and politics of gender diverse representation in films like Funeral Parade of Roses, Tomboy, The Crying Game and Boys Don’t Cry, as well as Orange is the New Black, Transparent and Billions. The panel will explore the problematic casting and stereotyping of gender diverse characters to the more progressive titles that have paved the way for more positive and nuanced gender expression on screen. About The Panel Bobuq Sayed (Host) Bobuq Sayed is a writer, multi-media artist and community organiser of the Afghan diaspora. They co-edit Archer Magazine and they are the co-founder of the Australian QTPoC activist collective, Colour Tongues. They are one-half of the sound art project, SWALLOW, and an active member of performance art vehicle, Embittered Swish. Their work highlights the unresolved and the grotesque; the ugliness of marginality. Amos Gebhardt Gebhardt’s cinematic portraits of humanness invoke multiple art forms including dance, documentary and performance. Drawn to disruptive representations of identity, Gebhardt has created moving image works for gallery exhibitions, cinema and broadcast exhibiting at ACMI, MONA, Gertrude Contemporary, M+, Monash Gallery of Art, SBS and ABC. Gebhardt is a recipient of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, given to select artists who demonstrate outstanding talent and exceptional courage in their practice and is currently working on two video installations to be presented at the Adelaide Biennial 2018. Cerise Howard Cerise Howard is the Artistic Director of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia. A co-founding member of tilde: Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival and a committee member of the Melbourne Cinémathèque, she is also a freelance writer and critic who reports for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival daily newspaper and co-hosts Plato's Cave, broadcast live and podcast weekly by 3RRR. Cerise is also the bassist for punk, performance art, queer rock band Queen Kong and The HOMOsapiens. They will be launching "You Come from a DFO, I Come from a UFO" Thursday February 1st at the Northcote Social Club. Copyright Acknowlegments Title: Eat the Rich Copyright: New Line Cinema Title: Rocky Horror Picture Show Copyright: 20th Century Fox Title: Dallas Buyers Club Copyright: Focus Features Title: Women in Revolt Copyright: Morrissey Title: Funeral Parade of Roses Copyright: Art Theatre Guild Title: The Crying Game Copyright: Palace Pictures / Miramax Title: Orlando Copyright: Sony Pictures Classics Title: Tangerine Copyright: Magnolia Pictures Title: Something Must Break Copyright: Garagefilm International / Fasad Postproduktion Title: There are no others Copyright: Amos Gebhardt

We're talking The Real Housewives of Melbourne, Greta Gerwig's beautiful Lady Bird, a new wave for TV from Scandinavia and take a look at Melbourne Cinémathèque's 2018 program.

We're talking The Real Housewives of Melbourne, Greta Gerwig's beautiful Lady Bird, a new wave for TV from Scandinavia and take a look at Melbourne Cinémathèque's 2018 program.

In this week’s podcast we are joined by Melbourne Cinémathèque Program Manager Eloise Ross to talk Molly, the mini series about Countdown host and Melbourne icon Molly Meldrum. Then we head to the cinema to watch Rebel Wilson in ‘How to Be Single. Finally, we chat about Melbourne Cinémathèque, and why now more than ever we are in need of specialised film programs.

ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT minute by minute. It's the 77th minute (1:16:00-1:17:00) - host Blake Howard joins program coordinator and co-curator at the Melbourne Cinémathèque and co-host of the Cultural Capital Podcast, Eloise Ross. Blake and Eloise discuss the strange Elliott Goldenthal score choice to emphasise Sizemore's "lug" of a character agonising over this crucial decision; Eloise's yearning for uncharacteristic silence in this sequence; the fatalism of noir films; and the chicken wire dead ends connecting CHINATOWN, VERTIGO, L.A CONFIDENTIAL and HEAT.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations

ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 146th minute (2:25:00 -2:26:00) - host Blake Howard joins program coordinator and co-curator at the Melbourne Cinémathèque and co-host of the Cultural Capital Podcast, Eloise Ross. Blake and Eloise discuss adoring inscrutable gangster dialogue, the heartbreaking realisation that Vincent is already certain that he's going to leave and the cold truth of a professional "comfort" embrace.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations