The Screen Show
ABC
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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Jan 14, 2026 • 54min
Chloe Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell talk Hamnet + Ed Norton on A Complete Unknown
Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell are in the studio to talk Hamnet, the new film based on O’Farrell’s bestselling novel...a love story meets family drama, about the heartbreak that shaped Shakespeare’s greatest work. Plus, A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, depicts the story of folk hero Bob Dylan's transition to electric music. We re-visit Jason's interview with cult actor Edward Norton, who plays Pete Seeger in the film.
Jan 7, 2026 • 54min
Summer highlights! A panel from Melbourne International Film Festival
A panel discussion of talented international directors with films in competition at the Melbourne International Film Festival discuss their journeys, including American filmmaker Andrew Patterson (The Vast of Night), whose second feature The Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey, premiered at SXSW this year; Chie Hayakawa (Plan 75) from Japan, whose second feature, Renoir, premiered in Competition at Cannes; and James J. Robinson, a Filipino/Australian artist based in Los Angeles whose feature debut, First Light, had its World Premiere at MIFF.
Dec 31, 2025 • 54min
Summer highlights! Sovereign + Pavements
Parks and Rec actor Nick Offerman discusses his role in Sovereign, a crime thriller inspired by real events in which he plays an anti-government extremist; and, Brooklyn-based indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry on Pavements, a hybrid work about one of the most influential bands of the '90s.
Dec 24, 2025 • 54min
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson discuss Song Sung Blue + Sentimental Value + Platonic
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson talk Song Sung Blue, a heartfelt musical drama about love and second chances inspired by the real-life story of a couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute band called Lightning & Thunder.We also speak with Joachim Trier about his latest film, Sentimental Value, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. The Norwegian drama starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning, explores a famed filmmaker's strained relationship with his two adult daughters.Plus, we revisit a conversation with creators Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco of Platonic, the Apple TV comedy starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne that explores midlife friendship.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Harvey O'SullivanArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Dec 17, 2025 • 54min
Summer highlights! One Battle After Another + The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Cult American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson on One Battle After Another, in which Leonardo DiCaprio leads an action thriller about a washed-up radical living off-grid with his spirited young daughter, who goes missing. Plus, Brisbane-born Hollywood star Jacob Elordi fronts Justin Kurzel's TV adaptation of Richard Flanagan's Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Dec 10, 2025 • 54min
Paul Feig on The Housemaid + Kokuho + Aftersun
Hollywood favourite Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) on The Housemaid, a thriller that redefines sex and suspense with his signature wit and precision.Japan's submission for Best International Feature at the 98th Oscars is Lee Sang-il's Kokuho, a kabuki epic that explores ambition, artistry, and rivalry across decades of tradition.Arriving as part of December highlights on Mubi is the acclaimed film Aftersun. We revisit an interview with director Charlotte Wells about her tender and haunting portrait of memory starring Paul Mescal.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Matthew SigleyArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Dec 3, 2025 • 54min
Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor on The History of Sound + My Brother's Band + The Golden Spurtle
Hollywood A-listers Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor on The History of Sound, a sweeping queer romance set against the backdrop of World War I, that explores themes of identity, memory, and cultural preservation.French director Emmanuel Courcol discusses his crowd-pleaser My Brother's Band, a cheerful ode to music and family.Constantine Costi on his gem The Golden Spurtle, a quirky look into the world of competitive porridge-making in the Scottish Highlands.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Nov 26, 2025 • 54min
Russell Crowe stars in Nuremberg + Alex Russell on Lurker
One of Australia’s finest talents, Russell Crowe, discusses playing Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring in Nuremberg, a tense courtroom drama about the trial that redefined international lawAlex Russell, producer of The Bear, makes his directorial debut with Lurker, a razor-sharp satire of ambition and social climbing in the music industry. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Carey DellArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Nov 19, 2025 • 54min
Wicked: For Good + Flathead screens as part of BIFF
Cinematographer Alice Brooks talks about bringing the dazzling world of this week's biggest release - Wicked: For Good - to life on screen.As the film sets to screen as part of the Brisbane Film Festival, we revisit a conversation with Australian director Jaydon Martin on his debut feature Flathead.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Carey DellArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Nov 12, 2025 • 54min
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You/The Last Frontier/Two Prosecutors
Mary Bronstein on If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a black-comedy led by Rose Byrne in a career-defining performance that oozes raw, electric rage.Actors Jason Clarke and Simone Kessell talk The Last Frontier, a gritty action thriller series in which a prison transport plane suspiciously crashes near a rugged Alaskan townSergei Loznitza on Two Prosecutors, which follows a young Soviet prosecutor seeking justice for a prisoner during Stalin's ongoing Great Purge. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Carey DellArts editor, Rhiannon Brown
