The Screen Show

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.In Lost and Found, filmmaker Raoul Peck follows Ernest Cole's journey as the first Black freelance photographer in apartheid South Africa.Jason meets the directors of The Count of Monte Cristo in Paris, the new French adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic tale of romance and redemption.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Tim JenkinsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown

A highlights edition looking at some films that dominated the 2025 Oscars...Jesse Eisenberg on A Real Pain, which he directed and stars in alongside Kieran Culkin (who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), in a story that centres around a pair of mismatched cousins travelling through Poland in honour of their Jewish grandmother.American filmmaker Sean Baker discusses his film Anora, which took home five Oscars, including Best Film, for its portrayal of a feisty sex worker's unexpected Cinderella story.A Complete Unknown depicts the story of folk hero Bob Dylan's transition to electric music. Jason meets Edward Norton, who plays Pete Seeger in the film and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.These conversations were recorded before the film's respective Oscar wins and nominations.

Director Jonathan Ogilvie discusses his nostalgic coming-of-age film Head South, where it's the late 1970's and teenager Angus is discovering the underground post-punk music scene in Christchurch. From the archives, David Nichols, historian and lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, on Richard Lowenstein's 1986 film Dogs in Space, a story takes place during the late 70s to the early 80s in the underground music scene in Melbourne and the action that happens in and around a share household in the inner city.In The Cats of Gokugo Shrine, renowned Japanese documentarian Kazuhiro Soda takes us to the coastal town of Ushimado and a shrine where cats have taken up residence.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Matthew CrawfordExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown

Legendary Hollywood director Barry Levinson discusses working with Robert De Niro on gangster movie The Alto Knights.New Zealand filmmaker James Ashcroft on his nursing home set horror The Rule of Jenny Pen.Plus, This Life of Mine, a delicate chronicle of mental illness screening as part of this year's French Film Festival.Presenrer, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MellisExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown

Daniel Henshall, known for films like Snowtown, discusses his role in Bong Joon-ho's satirical sci-fi Mickey 17, exploring cloning and its ramifications. Dichen Lachman, from Severance, delves into the show's emotional depth, particularly themes of work-life separation and grief. Joel Edgerton shares insights on parallel universes in Dark Matter, highlighting his character's struggle with identity. The trio reflects on the filmmaking process and the challenges of portraying multiple identities, all while advocating for more Australian narratives in global media.

Cult British director Mike Leigh reunites with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets and Lies) in Hard Truths,  a challenging yet compassionate exploration of modern family life in London.Meet the filmmakers behind Sugarcane, nominated for Best Documentary Feature at this year's Oscars, it's a powerful portrayal of Native resilience and its exploration of the devastating legacy of Indian residential schools in Canada.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MellisExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown

Oscar nominated for Best International Feature, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a film shot in secret that centres on paranoia and political unrest in Tehran. Jason meets director Mohammad Rasoulof.A conversation with Oscar Best Actress nominee Fernanda Torres about her role in I'm Still Here, a film that follows a mother whose life is shattered during Brazil's military dictatorship in 1971.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Carey DellExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown

Pamela Anderson and Gia Coppola on The Last Showgirl, a film about a seasoned showgirl who must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run.British director Andrea Arnold on Bird, a surprising coming-of-age fable starring Nikiya Adams and Barry Keoghan.Actor Claes Bang discusses William Tell, where a once peaceful hunter leads his people in rebellion in 14th-century Switzerland.  (WILLIAM TELL will be available to rent or buy on all the usual digital platforms from March 10.)Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Brendan O'NeillExecutive Producer, Rhiannon Brown

Superstars Renee Zellweger, Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor discuss Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.Cannes Best Director winner Miguel Gomes on Grand Tour, a dream-like road movie through Asia about romantic obsession and colonial decadence.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Carey DellExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown

The first terrorist attack to be broadcast live around the world happened in 1972, on September the 5th, at the Munich Olympics. A group of Palestinian gunmen took 11 members of the Israeli team hostage, and all of those ended up dead. In this episode, Jason speaks to Swiss-German director Tim Fehlbaum, and cast including an excellent Peter Saarsgard, about September 5, a film that takes us back to those events through the eyes of the sports journalists who brought the news to the world.Plus, a very different film, made by a couple of friends who are a kind of Swedish Hamish and Andy, comedy duo Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson. Their film, The Last Journey, is about Filip's ageing father Lars, a former French high school teacher who has become pessimistic about his life and his frail body. Filip decides his father needs an intervention, and with Fredrik in tow, they hire an old Renault and takes Lars south for a road trip to France, a country his father has always associated with summer holidays, family and freedom.