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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.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 60min
Luca Guadagnino directs Timothée Chalamet in Bones and All + Gary Oldman + Kompromat
Luca Guadagnino talks about his Venice winning romance-horror Bones and All. Gary Oldman on the latest season of Slow Horses, and a new espionage thriller set in Russia.

Nov 23, 2022 • 60min
The Menu + Resurrection + Melissa George on The Mosquito Coast
We meet the director of The Menu, a fine dining scene satire starring Ralph Fiennes and Anya Tayor-Joy. Plus, British actor Rebecca Hall on her new psychological horror and Melissa George chats about The Mosquito Coast.

Nov 16, 2022 • 60min
She Said + Magrete: Queen of the North
Director Maria Schrader on She Said, the story of how two New York Times reporters broke the story around sexual assault in Hollywood, and from acclaimed director Charlotte Sieling (Borgen, The Killing, The Bridge), Margrete — Queen of the North.

Nov 9, 2022 • 60min
Senses of Cinema + The Blue Caftan
Moroccan director Maryam Touzani on her Cannes Un Certain Regard selected drama and Morocco's entry to next year's Academy Awards, and a documentary deep-dive into Melbourne and Sydney's rich history of filmmaking co-ops.

Nov 2, 2022 • 60min
James Gray's Armageddon Time + Amalia Ulman on El Planeta
Hollywood writer-director-producer James Gray on his magnificent and moving new film Armageddon Time, and an offbeat comedy centering on the story of a mother and daughter in post-crisis Spain.

Oct 26, 2022 • 60min
Bros + Mrs Harris Goes to Paris + The Midnight Club
In this episode you'll meet Nicholas Stoller, the director of Bros, a gay rom-com starring Billy Eichner. Plus the Australian screenwriter on Mrs Harris goes to Paris and a haunted new series from Netflix.

Oct 19, 2022 • 0sec
Seth Meyers on Documentary Now + McEnroe
Comedian and late night TV host Seth Meyers on his new spoof series which features a bunch of A-list stars including Cate Blanchett, and a new doc about one of the greatest and most explosive tennis players of all time.

Oct 12, 2022 • 60min
A Taste of Hunger + David Easteal's The Plains
Danish director Christoffer Boe on A Taste of Hunger, a drama set in the gastronomic powerhouse of Copenhagen that blends ambition and Michelin stars with a hurtful betrayal. Plus, The Plains, a remarkable road movie in which a man commutes home at the end of the working day in Melbourne's outer suburbs each evening. Within the microcosm of the car the film becomes a meditation on time, memory, relationships and work. Filmmaker David Easteal joins us.

Oct 5, 2022 • 60min
Thomas M. Wright's The Stranger + The Night of the 12th
Two directors who have made thrillers about police investigating horrendous crimes and the psychological impact it has on them.

Sep 29, 2022 • 60min
The History of Queer Horror + Joel Edgerton stars in a new Australian thriller
One of the most talented actors of his generation, Joel Edgerton, is in to discuss his role in new Australian thriller The Stranger, and one of the most exciting minds working in TV today, Bryan Fuller, on his new doc series.