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Airs Wednesday February 4 | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

✨ New Release: Hamnet

A drama of Shakespearean proportions? Hamnet, from Oscar winning director Chloé Zhao, has hit the big screen. This historical fiction imagines the emotional links between the death of William and Anne Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, and the creative work that would follow. What does our team of film scholars make of this literary adaptation? Is it inspired, indulgent, or somewhere in between?

🎞️ Round Up: Summer Viewing Edition

The team is back from their end of year break armed with fresh opinions and hot takes on what they watched over summer. Listen, laugh, cry, and yell your own counterarguments at anyone willing to listen.

🏆 It’s a Wonderful Night for Oscar:

The Oscar nominations are in. What surprises, snubs, and inevitable debates have the Celluloid Dreams crew buzzing? The team weighs in on what it all means as awards season heats up.

🎟️ Special Guest: Hayden Green from Hear My Eyes

Evan speaks with Hayden Green, Creative Director of Hear My Eyes, about their new live score cinema event celebrating Terminator 2: Judgment Day @35. A conversation about reimagining a sci-fi classic and the creation of a unique live performance experience.

📻 Tune in at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for new releases, summer catch ups, Oscar chat, and live cinema adventures. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast.

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🎬 Tonight on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿
Airs Wednesday 17 December 2025 | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

✨ New Releases:
Lewis is getting ready for awards season with this week’s new releases. He’s been to see the latest in South Korean social commentary, No Other Choice. Will you choose to see it? Lewis will leave you in little doubt.
And will Marty reign supreme in his quest to rule the world of 1950s table tennis? Hear what’s got Lewis and the team excited, and no, it’s not just Timothée Chalamet.

📺 Stream It or Leave It: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The team takes on Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. After its fast track to streaming on Netflix, how will the faith themed third film in the series land with the Celluloid Dreams crew? Are we all enamoured with the mystery, or are there some non believers in the flock?

🎞️ End of Year Round Up:
It’s been a big year at the box office and on streaming, with plenty of hits and misses along the way. The team looks back at some of the highlights that might earn a place on your end of year catch up list.

📻 Tune in at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for reviews, debates, and reflections on the year in film. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast.
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In this extended interview, author and film-maker Peter Galvin, a verified expert on Wake in Fright, speaks about the film, its history and social context.

🎬 Tonight on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿

Airs Wednesday 10 December | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

🎙️ Special Guest: Peter Galvin on Wake in Fright

Writer and filmmaker Peter Galvin speaks with Evan about the new 4K release of the seminal Australian classic Wake in Fright. Peter is widely regarded as the leading experts on the film, having conducted exhaustive interviews with cast and crew of the film. His commentary now sits along side that of director Ted Kotcheff and editor Anthony Buckley. You can also catch an extended version of this conversation in our bonus podcast.

✨ New Releases:

Lewis takes a trip down a Norwegian memory lane with Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value, a portrait of an absent filmmaker. Does his artistic legacy make up for missing out on his daughter’s lives?

Gaby discovers some diamonds in the rough in Song Sung Blue the new film based on a real life Neil Diamond tribute band and their unexpected story.

📺 Stream It or Leave It: Jay Kelly

Noah Baumbach returns to the big screen with Jay Kelly, featuring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Billy Crudup. Is this a self referential Hollywood fluff piece, or will it uncover darker truths about what it means to be human. Perhaps it’s just a glimpse into the ego of an overpaid actor? The team weighs in.

📻 Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for new releases, interviews and streaming verdicts. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast.

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New Zealand music icon Shayne Carter has been at the heart of the Dunedin sound, from Straitjacket Fits to Dimmer. In this episode, Evan speaks with filmmaker Margaret Gordon about her new documentary Life in One Chord, exploring Shayne’s uncompromising relationship with music, the people who shaped him, and the personal history that continues to echo through his work.

🎬 Tonight on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿

Airs Wednesday 3 December | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

🎟️ Special Guest: Margaret Gordon — Life in One Chord

Writer–director Margaret Gordon joins the show to talk about her new documentary Life in One Chord, a deep dive into the life and creative legacy of prolific NZ musician Shayne Carter, front man of the legendary Straight Jacket Fits. From musical brilliance to personal complexity, Margaret takes us behind the strings and into the heart of a true icon.

✨ New Releases:

You won't have to wait forever for Lewis’ take on Eternity — but will this epic live up to its name?

And find out why Lewis is getting over excited about Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man. Will this latest mystery sharpen the series or leave us searching for clues?

And the team step back into the swingin’ sixties with Twiggy, uncovering the rise, reinvention, and cultural impact of a fashion and media icon.

📺 Stream It or Leave It: Stranger Things – Season 5

The Hawkins gang is back for the final chapter. But with a staggered release schedule, will excitement stall — or will a little delayed gratification fit right in with the weird, warped, decade-long saga we’ve come to love?

📻 Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for your weekly hit of new releases, interviews, and streaming verdicts — or catch up anytime on the podcast.

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Japanese Film Festival Programmer Manisay Oudomvilay drops in to chat about the festival's great opening night and program.

🎬 Tonight on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿

Airs Wednesday 29 October | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

✨ New Release: Wicked for Good

Lewis is off to see the wizard once again with Wicked for Good, the second chapter in the Wicked saga. Will this sequel lift the roof off the Emerald City, or will Lewis be wishing he’d clicked his heels and gone home sooner?

🎎 Festival Focus: Japanese Film Festival Australia

The Japanese Film Festival Australia is underway across the country, with Sydney’s opening this Thursday. Festival Programmer Manisay Oudamvilay joins us to walk through this year’s program, including the Oscar-nominated film kicking off opening night.

🚂 Stream It or Leave It: Train Dreams

The team hitch a ride with Train Dreams, now streaming on Netflix. This adaptation of Denis Johnson’s acclaimed novella explores the life of a 20th-century American everyman — but will it live up to the poetic praise or drift quietly into the night like a lone boxcar?

📻 Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for your weekly dose of new releases, festival buzz, and streaming gems — or catch up anytime on the podcast.

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🎬 Tonight on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿

Airs Wednesday 19 November | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

⚡ Now Showing: The Running Man

Lewis has sprinted to the box office to see Glen Powell in the new take on The Running Man. Does this fresh version honour the punch and pace of the 80s original, or will it leave us longing for spandex, synths, and retro grit?

🌿 Also Showing: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Lewis keeps moving with If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Rose Byrne takes an unexpected dramatic turn in this sharp character piece. Does the film land its emotional blows or stumble on its own ambition?

📺 Stream It or Leave It

The team face a double dose of tension with two new thrillers.

All Her Fault stars Sarah Snook in a twist-filled suburban nightmare where a simple school pick-up goes wrong and spirals into something far darker. How much dread can Snook deliver before the team tap out?

The Beast in Me brings Claire Danes back to the screen in a chilly psychological puzzle about a missing teen and the secrets that claw their way to the surface. Does it keep viewers hooked or is this beast better left caged?

Are we getting too many thrills at the expense of anguished parents? And how is weaponised incompetence being turned into the engine of a modern thriller? The team weigh in.

📻 Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for reviews, surprises and streaming picks. Catch up anytime on the podcast.

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🎬 Tonight on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿

Airs Wednesday 12 November | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

🎟️ Special Guest Interview: Edwin Montgomery — Nosferatu, live

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Edwin Montgomery joins us ahead of their one-night encore performance of their original live score for F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Cremorne, Friday 21 November at 8:00 pm. We explore their layered approach to building tension and texture, and talk about life as a contemporary composer working across film, theatre, and other creative projects.

⚡ Now Showing: Predator — Badlands

Lewis returns from the dark reaches to report on Predator: Badlands. Dan Trachtenberg pushes the franchise into bold new territory, centering a young Yautja outcast and an android ally. Big box office, big ambitions, but does it hunt as fiercely as the classics?

📺 Stream It or Leave It

Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited adaptation has landed on Netflix, blending gothic horror and aching humanity in a fresh retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic. Is this the definitive modern take, or one resurrection too many?

PLUR1BUS — Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV+ series finally arrives, with Rhea Seehorn leading a high-concept sci-fi mystery that explores identity, connection, and the boundaries of self. Will the team be of one mind? Tune in to find out.

📻 Tune in Wednesdays at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for reviews, interviews, and streaming picks, or catch up anytime on the podcast.

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