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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.

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  • Wednesday · 1 hr 8 min

    The Dog Stars: Ridley Scott, Josh Brolin + the Future of Film at MIFF

    Hollywood heavyweights Ridley Scott and Josh Brolin discuss Scott's latest film, The Dog Stars, an epic post-apocalyptic thriller also starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Guy Pearce. Set in a world ravaged by a virus that has wiped out most of humanity, the film follows the survivors left to contend with roaming scavengers and a brutal new reality. Jason speaks with three exciting emerging directors, whose films feature in MIFF's Bright Horizons competition: Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker

  • Tuesday · 15 min

    THE COUCH: What's the verdict on The Airport Chaplain and Sterling Point?

    Jason and Wenlei review new SBS drama The Airport Chaplain, and the buzzy coming-of-age series Sterling Point. The Airport Chaplain, starring Hugo Weaving and Shabana Azeez, is a warm, offbeat series set among the travellers, workers, and unexpected encounters at a busy airport; while Sterling Point follows 17-year-old high-achiever Annie Jacobson, who, along with her twin brother Connor, discovers they have inherited a private Canadian island.

  • August 18 · 15 min

    THE COUCH: Serial killer thriller The Shards and DC drama Lanterns

    Jason Di Rosso and Wenlei Ma are back to tell you what to watch on streaming this week...from Netflix's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' The Shards, a glossy serial killer thriller set in the eighties in LA, to the latest (very good) offering from the DC Universe, Lanterns.

  • July 29 · 40 min

    Colin From Accounts + Cate Blanchett + acclaimed Brazilian film The Blue Trail

    As beloved Australian series Colin From Accounts prepares to say goodbye, we revisit a conversation with stars and creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer about the making of their hit cringe-com. With Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother newly available to stream, an excerpt of our conversation with Cate Blanchett about her experience of starring in it. Director Gabriel Mascaro on his acclaimed new film The Blue Trail, a striking work of speculative cinema that imagines a near-futur

  • July 28 · 15 min

    THE COUCH: Chris Hammer's Treasure and Dirt comes to TV + it's farewell to Colin From Accounts

    Jason Di Rosso and Wenlei Ma review Treasure and Dirt, the ABC's new outback crime drama, adapted from Chris Hammer's bestseller, where buried secrets, quirky characters and small-town intrigue drive the mystery. They also say goodbye to one of Australia's most beloved comedies, Colin From Accounts, as the series reaches its final season. Does the farewell deliver the charm that made audiences fall in love with it?

  • July 22 · 40 min

    The Wizard of the Kremlin/Being Bo Widerberg: From Putin’s rise to Swedish cinema’s outsider

    From Putin’s rise to Swedish cinema’s great rebel: Olivier Assayas and Mattias Nohrborg on two towering figures who shaped politics and culture... Olivier Assayas, one of France’s most acclaimed filmmakers, joins us to discuss The Wizard of the Kremlin, a political thriller charting Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, with stand-out performances from Jude Law and Paul Dano.  Plus, Mattias Nohrborg, co-director of Being Bo Widerberg (screening at this year's Nordic FF), reflects on the celebrated a

  • July 21 · 15 min

    The Couch: The Hawk + Ride or Die: Which of These New Releases Is Worth Your Time?

    Will Ferrell in a new golf comedy, or Octavia Spencer/Hannah Waddingham as best friends on the run in Ride or Die...which of these new releases deserves your time? Netflix's golf comedy The Hawk brings together comedy heavyweights Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon, alongside rising star Jimmy Tatro, in a sports satire about a faded champion attempting an improbable comeback. New action-comedy Ride or Die pairs Oscar winner Octavia Spencer with Ted Lasso Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham as lifelong b

  • July 15 · 39 min

    The Odyssey reviewed + Sam Neill on his favourite film + Dao

    Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey arrives amid enormous anticipation. Jason considers whether the mythic epic can live up to the hype. A tribute to Sam Neill, who died this week, as we revisit a beautiful highlight from our archives: Neill reflecting on his favourite film - a clue, it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. We speak with filmmaker Alain Gomis ahead of the Melbourne International Film Festival about Dao, his visually striking exploration of memory, history and identity; and MIFF Senior

  • July 8 · 40 min

    James J. Robinson's First Light + diet horror Saccharine

    Filipino-Australian director James J. Robinson discusses First Light, his acclaimed debut feature exploring faith, corruption and moral reckoning. Japanese-Australian filmmaker Natalie Erika James talks Saccharine, her unsettling new horror that turns diet culture into something truly nightmarish.

  • July 7 · 15 min

    THE COUCH: Did Legally Blonde need a prequel? (+ Widow's Bay)

    Nobody asked for a Legally Blonde prequel, but is Elle actually worth watching? TV critics Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso weigh up Prime Video's latest reboot, then head to a cursed New England island for Apple TV+'s horror-comedy Widow's Bay. One unnecessary spin-off, one surprise hit, or something else entirely?

  • July 1 · 40 min

    Olivia Wilde's The Invite + Silent Friend + a VR journey

    Jason reviews The Invite, directed by Olivia Wilde, who also stars alongside Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogen and Edward Norton. The film follows a couple whose dinner invitation to their neighbours takes a wildly unexpected and life-changing turn. Léa Seydoux and Tony Leung Chiu-wai lead Silent Friend, the latest feature from On Body and Soul director Ildikó Enyedi. Spanning three eras, the film weaves together interconnected stories linked by a single tree. Following its international premiere at t

  • June 24 · 40 min

    Harlan Coben and Sam Worthington + a Marion Cotillard fairytale + Supergirl reviewed

    Jason reviews Supergirl, the new blockbuster directed by Sydney filmmaker Craig Gillespie and starring fellow Sydneysider Milly Alcock. What happens when one of the world's bestselling thriller writers teams up with one of Australia's biggest screen stars? Harlan Coben and Sam Worthington discuss Netflix's I Will Find You, a mystery driven by family secrets with Coben's trademark twists front and centre. Acclaimed French filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović discusses The Ice Tower, her dreamlike re

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