The Screen Show
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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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Jun 6, 2024 • 55min
Ishana Shyamalan's debut horror features Dakota Fanning
Ishana Shyamalan, daughter of director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) discusses her debut feature, a horror thriller starring Dakota Fanning called The Watchers.Director Jaydon Martin on his award winning docu-fiction film Flathead which screens as part of Sydney Film Festival.Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer, the couple behind cult Australian TV series Colin From Accounts talk about Season 2.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Bella TropianoExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
May 30, 2024 • 54min
Behind the scenes on Baby Reindeer
We go behind the scenes on smash-hit stalker drama Baby Reindeer with cinematographer Krzysztof Trojnar. Academy Award winning director Kevin Macdonald on High & Low - John Galliano, a gripping look at the rise-and-fall story of one of the most influential names in couture fashion.Cult Mexican star Eugenio Derbez talks about his role in Radical, where he plays a frustrated school teacher in a dangerous Mexican border town.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Russell StapletonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
May 23, 2024 • 54min
George Miller on his epic joyride Mad Max: Furiosa
In this conversation with acclaimed director George Miller, known for the Mad Max franchise, and producer Doug Mitchell, they dive into the thrilling prequel 'Furiosa.' They discuss the creative journey of developing young Furiosa's character, the challenges of large-scale production, and Anya Taylor-Joy's transformative performance. Brazilian filmmaker Ana Vaz adds depth with her eco-critical perspective on modernity in her film 'It Is Night in America,' contrasting ecological themes with the blockbuster narrative. A fascinating exploration of storytelling unfolds!
May 16, 2024 • 55min
Legendary Hollywood actor Josh Brolin
Ahead of its second season, American actor Josh Brolin chats with Jason about his role in Outer Range, the sci-fi neo-Western story of a family's encounter with a mysterious black void. British production designer Christopher Oddy on The Zone of Interest, a film which took home multiple Oscars for its portrayal of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to build a dream life for their family living beside the camp. In Australia for the German Film Festival, multi award-winning director Andreas Dresen on his affecting historical drama From Hilde, With Love, which depicts the true story of a young German woman drawn into the anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Tegan NichollsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
May 9, 2024 • 54min
Joel Edgerton stars in new sci-fi series Dark Matter
Joel Edgerton on new sci-fi series Dark Matter, where he stars opposite Jennifer Connelly as a man abducted by an alternate version of himself. Oscar winning Japanese director Kore-eda discusses Monster, a film about a mother who demands answers from her son's teacher when he begins acting strangely. Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski talks about Housekeeping for Beginners, a tender story about an unlikely family.Director Wes Ball speaks about rekindling the Planet of the Apes franchise with a new storyline in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Tegan NichollsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
May 2, 2024 • 54min
Fremont is a delightfully downbeat indie
In Fremont, a former translator for the US military in Afghanistan works in a Chinese fortune cookie factory as she struggles to rebuild her life in San Francisco. Jason speaks to the film's Iranian-British director Babak Jalali, and cult U.S. actor Gregg Turkington. Director Tim Carlier on Adelaide set film Paco, a film about filmmaking, the importance of sound, and the lifestyle of a freelance film creative.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Simon BranthwaiteExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
Apr 25, 2024 • 54min
A 19th Century culinary romance starring Juliette Binoche
Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung on The Taste of Things, a 19th Century culinary romance starring Juliette Binoche. Philip Brophy on his nineties cult classic Body Melt, which screens as part of Cinema Reborn, an annual festival bringing newly restored classics to the big screen, and The Sweet East, a picaresque journey through America by a high school senior who gets her first taste of the wider world.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Dylan PrinsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
Apr 18, 2024 • 54min
The filmmaker duo behind Hollywood rom-com The Fall Guy
We meet director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick, the husband and wife filmmaker duo behind The Fall Guy, a new rom-com about a stunt man set in Sydney, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. An interview with Oscar winning Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who’s latest film Evil Does Not Exist looks at the environmental impact of glamping to explore themes of innocence lost and compassion.You’ll also hear from Sayombhu Mukdeepro, the Thai cinematographer behind Luca Guadagnino’s new film, an erotic tennis melodrama called Challengers starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor. Plus, remembering Eleanor Coppola with an interview from the archives.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Russell StapletonExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
Apr 11, 2024 • 54min
Vietnamese American screen legend Kieu Chinh discusses The Sympathizer
Vietnamese American veteran star Kieu Chinh on her latest role in the TV adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer winning novel The Sympathizer, where she stars alongside Robert Downey Jnr and Sandra Oh. Kieu also reflects on her turbulent career as an Asian superstar who became a refugee after the fall of Saigon in 1975, and rebuilt her career thanks to some good friends in Hollywood.Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher discusses La Chimera, a beguiling fantasy, romantic adventure, spiritual journey and heist movie starring Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini. Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, John JacobsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
Apr 3, 2024 • 54min
Hollywood star Dev Patel on his thrilling directorial debut
Hollywood star Dev Patel on his directorial debut Monkey Man, a thrilling action film set in a fictional Indian city. Director Pablo Berger discusses his Oscar nominated tragi-comedy Robot Dreams, an animation that follows the adventures and misfortunes of a dog and a robot in 1980's New York, and curator Eloise Ross discusses Melbourne Cinematheque's season of films on Ann Hui, one of Hong Kong's most important filmmakers.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Dylan PrinsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
