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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Sep 2, 2021 • 54min
Under the Volcano + Coming Home in the Dark
Gracie Otto on her new film which charts the rise and fall of one of the most famous recording studios of the 1980's, founded by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, and NZ director James Ashcroft talks about his stylish horror that greatly impressed at Sundance.
Aug 26, 2021 • 54min
Annette + Brand New Cherry Flavour
A critics' roundtable discussion on Leos Carax's ambitious new film Annette, a weird and wonderful rock opera starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, and we meet the makers of new horror series Brand New Cherry Flavour, a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, kittens & showbusiness in early 90's L.A.
Aug 18, 2021 • 54min
The White Lotus' Murray Bartlett, Rebecca Hall, Shahrbanoo Sadat
We meet Australian actor Murray Bartlett, the star of the show everyone's talking about - The White Lotus. Plus, British actor Rebecca Hall on her role in a new horror about grief, and we revisit a wonderful conversation with Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat.
Aug 12, 2021 • 54min
Free Guy director Shawn Levy, a MIFF update + fraud in Romania
Director Shawn Levy on his new film Free Guy, where Ryan Reynolds plays a computer generated character in a video game with goofy charm. Plus, an update on MIFF and we revisit a conversation on Academy Award nominated doco Collective.
Aug 5, 2021 • 19min
Pod Extra: James Vaughan
This Podcast Extra edition features the second half of Jason's interview with Australian writer, director and editor James Vaughan, who is behind the exciting debut feature Friends and Strangers, one of only two Australian films selected for the prestigious Rotterdam Film Festival (hear the first part of the discussion in our episode from Thursday August 5th, titled: Friends and Strangers + Vacant Possession.)
Aug 5, 2021 • 54min
Friends and Strangers + Vacant Possession
This week, two Australian films and their directors, both deal with themes of race, colonisation and land in Sydney. The first, Friends and Strangers, is one of two Australian films selected for Rotterdam this year, a must-see debut feature from James Vaughan. The second is a restored classic from the 90s, Vacant Possession, written and directed by Margot Nash.
Jul 29, 2021 • 54min
Joshua Jackson on Dr Death + filmmakers shining a light on family
Joshua Jackson, star of Dr Death joins us to talk about his role in the ghoulish new TV series, and a panel discussion with three filmmakers who have made documentaries about family, screening here as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
