Interview: Hellhouse @ The Sydney Opera House with Stuart Buchanan

🎬 This week on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿 Wednesday 11 November | 7:30 PM | @2ser107.3 This week Lewis and Beth take the reins on all things film and screen culture! 🎥 New Releases: Primetime and I Love Boosters Primetime is the new A24 psychological thriller/dark comedy following a TV crew inspired by To Catch a Predator, as they expose online predators while grappling with the ethical compromises of sensationalist television. Robert Pattinson stars in this exploration of morality, manipulation and reality TV. I Love Boosters - A rebellious crew of fashion-loving shoplifters take on a ruthless fashion mogul after she steals one of their designs. What begins as an ambitious retail heist spirals into a wild, surreal comedy about fashion, capitalism and sticking it to the establishment. Starring Keke Palmer and Demi Moore, directed by Boots Riley. 📺 Stream It or Leave It: two new shows on Netflix! Minimum Wage - A chaotic group of teenagers attempt to keep a local pizza shop running while juggling school, terrible customers and an eccentric boss. A fast-paced workplace comedy about surviving the daily dramas of minimum-wage life. Bass X Machina - A gritty, adult animated Western set in a dark, steampunk version of the Wild West. Bass Reeves, a legendary lawman, must bring justice to a lawless frontier filled with outlaws and mechanical threats, while protecting the people he loves. Tune in tonight 7:30pm @2ser107.3 to hear what Lewis and Beth have to say about all these new film and screen offerings! 🎧 Missed the show? Catch up with Celluloid Dreams and our extended interviews wherever you get your podcasts.

🎬 This week on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿 Wednesday 4 November | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3 🎥 New Releases: Street Fighter, Godzilla Minus Zero and The Devils 🥊 Street Fighter The iconic video game returns to the big screen in a new adaptation filmed in Sydney. Lewis steps into the ring, but can colourful characters and spectacular fights deliver a knockout, or is this another video game adaptation that fails to land a punch? 🦖 Godzilla Minus Zero The King of the Monsters is back! Lewis unleashes his enthusiasm for the sequel to Godzilla Minus One. Bigger in scale and packed with human drama, can this Japanese blockbuster take the franchise to even greater heights? 🔥 The Devils Ken Russell's controversial 1971 masterpiece returns to cinemas in a newly restored, uncut edition. Evan revisits this confronting exploration of religion, politics, repression and power. More than 50 years later, has The Devils lost any of its power to shock? 📺 Stream It or Leave It: Tenzing (Apple TV) The historic conquest of Mount Everest gets a fresh perspective in Jennifer Peedom's Tenzing, starring Tom Hiddleston, Genden Phuntsok, and Willem Dafoe. Evan explores the remarkable story of Tenzing Norgay, head Sherpa on the historic 1953 Everest expedition. Does this beautifully crafted biographical drama reach cinematic heights? 🌟 Remembering Patrick Stewart Evan and Lewis pay tribute to the extraordinary career of Patrick Stewart, from Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek to Professor X in the X-Men films. A performer whose presence, humanity and talent left an indelible mark on generations of audiences. 📻 Radiothon continues! 2SER's Radiothon has been extended, so there's still time to support independent community radio and go into the draw for some fantastic prizes. Visit 2ser.com to become a supporter and help keep Celluloid Dreams on air. 📻 Tune in Wednesday at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3. 🎧 Missed the show? Catch up with Celluloid Dreams and our extended interviews wherever you get your podcasts.

👻 Special Guest: Hellhouse at the Sydney Opera House Halloween is creeping closer, and the Sydney Opera House is getting into the spirit with HELLHOUSE, a program of horror cinema spanning cult classics, contemporary nightmares and gloriously schlocky scares. Film programmer Stuart Buchanan joins us to talk about the films, the program and what makes horror such a lasting cinematic obsession. Running 27 to 31 October, HELLHOUSE has something for horror fans of all persuasions. Just how much terror can the Opera House handle? Explore the program: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/hellhouse

🎬 This week on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿Wednesday | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3 🎥 New Releases: The Social Reckoning and Digger Two very different films hit the big screen. The Social Reckoning takes us back into the world of tech and its consequences, while Digger arrives with box office expectations to contend with. A commercial flop, or a future cult classic? Sometimes a film needs time to find its audience. 📺 Stream It or Leave It: Carrie Mike Flanagan takes on Stephen King's classic Carrie in a new television adaptation. Can Flanagan bring something fresh to this familiar tale of teenage angst, telekinetic terror and a prom night that goes horribly wrong? Or is this one horror story that should stay in the past? 👻 Special Guest: Hellhouse at the Sydney Opera House Halloween is creeping closer, and the Sydney Opera House is getting into the spirit with HELLHOUSE, a program of horror cinema spanning cult classics, contemporary nightmares and gloriously schlocky scares. Film programmer Stuart Buchanan joins us to talk about the films, the program and what makes horror such a lasting cinematic obsession. Running 27 to 31 October, HELLHOUSE has something for horror fans of all persuasions. Just how much terror can the Opera House handle? Explore the program: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/hellhouse 📻 Tune in Wednesday at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for new releases, streaming verdicts and a little Halloween fright.

🎟️ Special Guest: Simon Foster | Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival The Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival returns for its seventh year, and festival director Simon Foster joins us to take us through this year's program. From three Australian feature film world premieres to Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires, Jason X and a 90-year-old Italian comic brought to life on screen, there's plenty for sci-fi, fantasy and horror fans to discover.

🎬 This week on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿 Airs Wednesday | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3 ✨ New Releases Florence Pugh and Mike Faist head back to 19th-century California in East of Eden, Netflix's new adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel. With family secrets, forbidden love and characters struggling against the lives they've been handed, does this latest take on Steinbeck bring something fresh to the story, or is it destined to live in the shadow of the book? We also take a wild ride with Verity, the new adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling thriller starring Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett. It's got dark secrets, shocking revelations and some truly bonkers twists. Is it terrible, terrific, or the kind of film that's so much fun you simply don't care? 📺 Stream It or Leave It Jon Hamm stars in American Hostage, the new series based on the extraordinary true story of a radio broadcaster held hostage live on air. With the clock ticking and the whole situation unfolding through the radio station, is this tense retelling worth tuning in for? 🎟️ Special Guest: Simon Foster | Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival The Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival returns for its seventh year, and festival director Simon Foster joins us to take us through this year's program. From three Australian feature film world premieres to Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires, Jason X and a 90-year-old Italian comic brought to life on screen, there's plenty for sci-fi, fantasy and horror fans to discover. 📻 Tune in at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for new releases, streaming verdicts, festival favourites and all things screen culture. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast, including extended interview clips. #CelluloidDreams #2SER #EastOfEden #Verity #AmericanHostage #SydneyScienceFictionFilmFestival #ScienceFiction #FilmRadio #FilmPodcast

🎟️ Special Guest: Christy Dena Evan sits down with narrative activist and all-round creative Christy Dena to talk about their new article for Next World Narrative, How do I Flourish Despite “Straight-to-Execution” Culture. What happens to creativity when every idea is expected to prove itself immediately? And how do we create space for ideas to develop, take risks and become something we couldn't have predicted at the start?

🎬 This week on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿 Airs Wednesday | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3 ✨ New Release: Resident Evil Lewis and Beth head back into the world of Resident Evil as the gaming favourite gets another big-screen adaptation from Zach Cregger, writer and director of last year's surprise horror hit Weapons. Will this new take scare Lewis off, or is he ready to check into the Resi-dency? 🎟️ Special Guest: Christy Dena Evan sits down with narrative activist and all-round creative Christy Dena to talk about their new article for Next World Narrative, How do I Flourish Despite “Straight-to-Execution” Culture. What happens to creativity when every idea is expected to prove itself immediately? And how do we create space for ideas to develop, take risks and become something we couldn't have predicted at the start? 📺 Stream It or Leave It: The Love HypothesisBeth and Lewis put their best theories to the test with Amazon Prime's new romantic comedy The Love Hypothesis. Will this latest rom-com have them falling in love with the formula, or is the chemistry just not adding up? 📻 Tune in at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for horror, creative conversations, streaming verdicts and all things screen culture. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast. #CelluloidDreams #2SER #ResidentEvil #Weapons #ChristyDena #NextWorldNarrative #TheLoveHypothesis #FilmRadio #FilmPodcast

Airs Wednesday | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3 ✨ New Release: Hope Lewis heads to Korea for Hope, the new monster action spectacular. With a big setup and even bigger expectations, does the payoff deliver the goods, or will Lewis's disappointment be monstrous? 🎟️ Festival Focus: Japanese Film Festival Australia The Japanese Film Festival Australia, celebrating 30 years, is upon us, and festival programmer Manisay Oudomvilay drops in to give us the scoop on this year's program. From contemporary Japanese cinema to discoveries from across the country, we'll find out what's worth putting on your festival calendar.  ☘️ Festival Focus: Irish Film Festival Also joining us is Professor Enda Murray from the Irish Film Festival to give us a preview of what's coming when the festival kicks off its national tour in Sydney this October. What's made the cut, and which films should be on our radar? Learn all about the exciting line up of Irish language films from doco to horror.  📺 Stream It or Leave It: Empathy SBS On Demand takes us inside a psychiatric ward with Empathy, the new Canadian comic drama. Can this series find the funny without losing sight of the people at its centre, or will the humour be hard to diagnose? 📻 Tune in at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for monster movies, festival favourites and streaming verdicts. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast. #CelluloidDreams #2SER #Hope #JapaneseFilmFestival #IrishFilmFestival #Empathy #SBSOnDemand #FilmRadio #FilmPodcast

🎬 This week on Celluloid Dreams! 🍿 Airs Wednesday | 7:30 PM | 2SER 107.3 ✨ New Release: Acme vs Coyote School holidays are here and Wile E. Coyote is back on the big screen. Can this Looney Tunes rehash capture the anarchic spirit of the originals and entertain a whole new generation, or has the joke finally run out of road? 🎟️ Special Guest: Bryn Tilly | Dark Nights Film Festival Dark Nights Film Festival goes micro cinema with a new collection of global horror shorts and the feature The Turkish Coffee Table. Bryn Tilly drops in to give us the lowdown on this year’s Day and Night of Darkness, and the dark delights waiting to be discovered. 📺 Stream It or Leave It: Patrick Brammall heads into mysterious territory with the new Australian thriller Last Seen, now streaming on Apple TV+. Can this homegrown mystery keep us guessing and leave us on the edge of our seats, or will the trail go cold? And we head into the world of Gen Z friendships and questionable life choices with Season 2 of Adults. Does the comedy about five twenty-somethings trying to work out adulthood still have something to say, or are we all just getting too old for this? 📻 Tune in at 7:30 PM on 2SER 107.3 for new releases, festival frights, streaming verdicts and all things screen culture. You can also catch up anytime on the podcast. #CelluloidDreams #2SER #AcmeVsCoyote #LooneyTunes #DarkNightsFilmFestival #TheTurkishCoffeeTable #LastSeen #PatrickBrammall #Adults #FilmRadio #FilmPodcast