Each week, Evan, Gaby and Lewis bring you reviews, interviews and discussion covering new releases, film festivals and independent content. In our regular segment 'Stream It or Leave It' the team gives the thumbs up or thumbs down to the latest shows and movies on streaming.
Interview: Simon Foster – Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
🎟️ 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.
7 Oct 2026
East of Eden, American Hostage, Verity and The Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival.
🎬 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.
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30 Sept 2026
Interview: Christy Dena – "Straight to Execution" culture
🎟️ 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?
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