The Screen Show
ABC Australia
The Screen Show, hosted by renowned Sydney-based film critic Jason Di Rosso, is your ultimate guide to the world of film, television, and streaming. Each episode explores the latest films, TV shows and streaming originals through reviews, analysis and exclusive conversations with directors, actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, showrunners and production designers, from A-list Hollywood talent to Australian creatives and emerging and established talent from around the world, providing you with VIP access to the minds shaping today's entertainment landscape.
From blockbusters to award season predictions (including the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs and AACTAs) and film festival coverage (including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and all the Australian film festivals), The Screen Show keeps you on top of cinematic trends, award nominees and winners, international favourites, indie darlings, Australian gems, cult classics, retrospectives, and box office hits.
Whether you're interested in cinema or TV streaming, The Screen Show covers it all, celebrating cinematic storytelling in all its forms.
From blockbusters to award season predictions (including the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs and AACTAs) and film festival coverage (including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and all the Australian film festivals), The Screen Show keeps you on top of cinematic trends, award nominees and winners, international favourites, indie darlings, Australian gems, cult classics, retrospectives, and box office hits.
Whether you're interested in cinema or TV streaming, The Screen Show covers it all, celebrating cinematic storytelling in all its forms.
Episodes
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Mar 18, 2026 • 53min
Big pivots in Hollywood + My Father's Shadow
Akinola Davies Jr., British–Nigerian filmmaker behind My Father's Shadow, reflects on his Lagos childhood and a father he barely knew. Nicholas Godfrey, senior lecturer in screen, breaks down awards, studio strategies and production practices. Rory Elkington, screen studies academic, maps consolidation, distribution shifts and streaming’s role in broadening international audiences.
Mar 16, 2026 • 37min
Pod extra: Oscars post-mortem
Sky Kirkham, ABC Radio National arts reviewer, joins to unpack the Oscars night. They trace the evening’s subdued production and memorable cultural moments. Conversations cover genre winners like One Battle After Another and Sinners, standout speeches and surprises, industry deals and what the results say about Hollywood’s big-screen strengths.
Mar 11, 2026 • 54min
Oscars preview: One Battle After Another/Marty Supreme/Hamnet/The Secret Agent/If I Had Legs I'd Kick You/Sentimental Value
Mary Bronstein, writer-director who drew on personal experience to make If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, discusses directing Rose Byrne and a subjective soundscape. Chloé Zhao, Oscar-winning filmmaker, talks Hamnet and her intimate, collaborative methods with Jessie Buckley. Josh Safdie, energetic director, explores Marty Supreme’s physicality, music choices and character invention.
Mar 4, 2026 • 54min
Simon Baker: Scarpetta + Nicole Kidman retrospective
Homegrown star Simon Baker is in the studio to offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into his role in Scarpetta, a new crime thriller based on Patricia Cornwell's iconic forensic-pathology novels, that brings the dark world of Dr. Kay Scarpetta to life.Plus, a chat with Sydney Cinematheque curator Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd about the upcoming retrospective dedicated to the early films of Nicole Kidman.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ariel GrossArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Feb 25, 2026 • 54min
Amanda Seyfried on The Testament of Ann Lee + Sirāt + Vale Frederick Wiseman
This week on The Screen Show, we’re joined by Óliver Laxe, director of Sirāt, the acclaimed Cannes‑lauded drama following a father’s search for his missing daughter across the Moroccan desert, and we also hear from Hollywood star Amanda Seyfried about taking on the role of Ann Lee — the visionary 18th‑century founder of the Shakers — in The Testament of Ann Lee, a performance widely praised as one of the finest of her career, along with director Mona Fastvold. And we revisit an interview with the legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman in light of the sad news of his passing.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MelissArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Feb 18, 2026 • 54min
Sophie Hyde: Jimpa / Jordan Giusti: Floodland
Sophie Hyde, the acclaimed South Australian filmmaker behind queer family drama Jimpa, opens up about shaping the film’s semi‑autobiographical heart. Set against the canals of Amsterdam and starring Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, and Hyde’s own child, Aud Mason‑Hyde, the film traces the complexities of identity, family, and reinvention. Meanwhile, director Jordan Giusti discusses Floodland, his evocative documentary capturing the resilience and vibrancy of the Lismore community as it rebuilds in the wake of devastating floods.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Feb 11, 2026 • 54min
Baz Luhrmann on EPIC + Mr Nobody Against Putin + Afternoons of Solitude
Three documentaries about individuals doing extraordinary things, including the new Elvis documentary EPIC... director Baz Luhrmann is in the studio to discuss. Plus, Mr Nobody Against Putin, the Oscar-nominated film about a dissident Russian high school teacher, and Albert Serra on his stunning San Sebastian winner Afternoons of Solitude, about a contemporary bullfighter.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Angie GrantArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Feb 4, 2026 • 49min
Laura Dern and Will Arnett on Is This Thing On? + We Bury The Dead + Mistress Dispeller
Laura Dern and Will Arnett delve into their divorce rom‑com Is This Thing On? - a film inspired by the true story of a man who finds solace, clarity and creativity at an open‑mic comedy night in the middle of a break‑up.Daisy Ridley reflects on her journey through the Star Wars universe, and discusses her role in We Bury The Dead, a zombie adventure shot against the striking landscapes of Western Australia.Documentarian Elizabeth Lo discusses Mistress Dispeller, her gripping film about a woman in China who hires a professional “mistress dispeller” to salvage a marriage under extraordinary circumstances. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MelissArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 12min
Ethan Hawke! Chris Pratt! Jafar Panahi! Teresa Palmer!
In this star‑studded episode, Ethan Hawke talks Blue Moon, Richard Linklater’s acclaimed biographical drama that premiered at Berlin and earned a Silver Bear for Andrew Scott, plus Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Hawke himself. Chris Pratt and Mercy director Timur Bekmambetov unpack their high‑stakes sci‑fi thriller, where Pratt is in the lead as a detective battling an unforgiving AI justice system. Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi discusses It Was Just an Accident, which took home the Palme d’Or at Cannes and is now an Oscar contender...a politically charged thriller born from his own lived resistance, and Adelaide born Hollywood actor Teresa Palmer in the studio and in conversation about her life, career, and latest role in the Australian film Addition, a charming, numbers‑driven rom-com based on Toni Jordan’s bestseller.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Carey DellArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Jan 21, 2026 • 54min
We're back for 2026 with Golden Globe winners...Marty Supreme + The Secret Agent
Hollywood director Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme, a film that follows a young man, played by Timothée Chalamet (who has already taken home a Golden Globe and Critics' Choice award for the role), who has a dream to be a professional table tennis player, and will do whatever it takes in pursuit of greatness.Kleber Mendonça Filho on his Golden-Globe winner The Secret Agent, a political thriller set in 1970's Brazil that captures the atmosphere of paranoia and the moral decay that shadowed the country under authoritarian rule.Plus, African-Australian film, Pasa Faho, the feature debut from Igbo-Australian filmmaker Kalu Oji. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
