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📻 Airs Wednesday 06 August | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

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Lewis dives into Together, the new Australian horror starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie — a real-life couple whose onscreen tensions are just as gripping as the horrors that unfold around them. Can their chemistry carry the chills, or will this relationship drama get lost in the dark?

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We’re joined by Benson Wu, CEO of Queer Screen, and Andrew Willkie, Head of Programs, who give us an inside look at this year’s Queer Screen Film Fest — from standout premieres to powerful new voices you won’t want to miss.

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Eric Bana and Sam Neill venture deep into Yosemite National Park in the new Netflix limited series Untamed, but will the story find its way or get lost in the wilderness?

And Evan and Lewis discover the highs, heartbreaks, and hits of Billy Joel in the new two-part HBO Max documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. The singer-songwriter known as The Piano Man gets the retrospective treatment, but is it a compelling encore?

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📻 Airs Wednesday 30 July | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3
This week on Celluloid Dreams, Lewis and Beth chat about the hot new releases across film and television:
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – After four scientists journey to space, they return with strange powers. Years after the event, they are established superheroes who are confronted with their most difficult challenges yet: a messenger in silver, a planet eater, and a newborn baby. Will Marvel’s first family be the big hit of the year, or are the results less than fantastic? 
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In the dark halls of The Institute, we find many secrets, but can our hosts find a compelling narrative? Meanwhile, in the world of Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2, jokes and cameos are abound; we’ll just have to see if our hosts have grown up beyond his humour.
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📻 Airs Wednesday 16 July | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

This week on Celluloid Dreams, Lewis and Beth chat the hot new releases:

🦸Superman –It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s the Superman review. Director James Gunn has rebooted the man of steel with the hopes that it will spawn a whole new universe of DC films. Will the new adventures of Superman and superdog Krypto be the kickoff DC slate needs or will Lex Luthor’s dastardly plans be kryptonite for this new franchise.

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This week Netflix released sequels to two of its largest projects, ⚔️The Old Guard 2 and 🅾️Squid Game Season 3. Beth and Lewis are here to discuss how the Netflix model of success has affected some of their most popular properties.

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📻 Airs Wednesday 23 July | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3
This week on Celluloid Dreams, Lewis and Beth chat about the hot new releases across film and television:
Friendship👬 – Who doesn’t want a pal? Everyman Craig lives an isolated life till he hits it off with his new neighbour Austin and forms a relationship that will test both their limits. Our pal Lewis is here to review the latest comedy/drama/horror film from Tim Robinsion and Paul Rudd.
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We jump across streaming services this week with Lewis sleuthing through the new detective drama Bookish on HBO Max while Beth fights it out with the presidential action flick Heads of State on Prime Video. 
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📻 Airs Wednesday 09 July | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

This week on Celluloid Dreams, Lewis and Beth chat the hot new releases:

🏁🏎️F1 the Movie – Sunny Hayes is a washed-up racer, drifting through life when he gets the opportunity to join an F1 team. The fastest races in the world where if you win, you know you are the best. Can F1 provide the right blockbuster entertainment for the team, or will it spin out of control?

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Beth recommends K-pop Demon Hunters, the new animated film to hit Netflix, about a K-pop trio also responsible for protecting the world from the forces of evil. Let's see if Lewis might be out of his depth this time in the world of K-pop and K-dramas.

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📻 Airs Wednesday 2 July | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

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This week, Evan and Lewis dive into Pixar’s latest school holiday release.

🛸 Elio — A young boy with big dreams of outer space is suddenly abducted by aliens and mistaken for the leader of Earth. Plenty of new friends and foes await young Elio on his cosmic adventure.

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Documentary I’m Your Venus, now streaming on Netflix, follows the coming together of the two very different families of Paris Is Burning star Venus Xtravaganza in the wake of her untimely murder. Back in February, Evan spoke with Director Kimberly Reed and Executive Producers Jonovia Chase and Dominique Jackson about bringing this powerful story to life.

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Season 4 of The Bear 🐻 has finished cooking and it’s time for our critics to taste test. Can the show keep its hot streak going, or has the recipe gone stale?

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📻 Airs Wednesday 25 June | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

This week on Celluloid Dreams, the team dives into a trio of big-screen releases:

🎶 Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert – The legendary composer brings his greatest film scores to life in a spectacular desert concert experience.

🩰 Ballerina – From the world of John Wick, Ana de Armas steps into a vengeful role in this stylish action spin-off.

🕳️ The Shrouds – David Cronenberg returns with a surreal meditation on grief, surveillance, and the body, starring Vincent Cassel.

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We’re joined by Elysia Zeccola, Director of the Scandinavian Film Festival, who gives us the inside scoop on the 2025 program. With tickets now on sale, the festival runs across July and August with a lineup of bold, brilliant Nordic cinema.

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We unpack The Better Sister, the latest in a growing genre of dramas about sexy, wealthy people whose lives unravel in the wake of murder. Should you click play or look the other way?

The Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival returns to cinemas across Australia this July and August, bringing a fresh slate of powerful, provocative, and playful Nordic films to the big screen.

Now in its 2025 edition, the program spans Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland — featuring everything from icy thrillers and dark comedies to historical epics and intimate dramas. At its centre is Sentimental Value, the Cannes Grand Prix winner, supported by standout titles exploring wartime resistance, orchestras in crisis, and the complexities of modern love.

In this extended podcast interview, Festival Director Elysia Zeccola joins Celluloid Dreams to walk us through the highlights and themes behind this year’s curation.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now. For full program details, visit: scandinavianfilmfestival.com

🎬 This Week on Celluloid Dreams: Festival Winners & Flatmates in Crisis

📻 Airs Wednesday 18 June | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3

More cinematic gems from the 2025 Sydney Film Festival, plus a new comedy that asks: what does adulthood even look like?

🏆 SFF Highlights – Part II

Evan and Lewis return with a fresh round of Sydney Film Festival standouts, including:

– It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi’s searing drama, winner of the Sydney Film Prize

– Songs Inside – Shalom Almond’s award-winning documentary on music, incarceration and healing

– Sorry, Baby – A breakout debut from comedian-turned-filmmaker Eva Victor

– The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho (Aquarius) returns with a taut political thriller

– My Father’s Shadow – A lyrical, emotionally rich feature from Akinola Davies

🍿 Stream It or Leave It: Adults

The team breaks down Adults, the new comedy about twenty-somethings navigating life, love, and bad Wi-Fi in Queens. Smart, cynical, sweet — or all of the above?

🎧 Extended reviews and festival interviews available now on our podcast feed — find Celluloid Dreams wherever you get your audio fix.

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Gaby speaks with filmmaker Shalom Almond about Songs Inside, her powerful documentary set in Adelaide Women’s Prison. The film captures the real-time transformation of incarcerated women as they work with singer-songwriter Nancy Bates and prepare for a landmark performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. A raw and compassionate portrait of trauma, trust, and the role of music in recovery and connection. Showing at SFF.