The Screen Show

The Screen Show episodes:

• 04.25.2024

  The Taste of Things, Body Melt, The Sweet East

  Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung on The Taste of Things, a 19th Century culinary romance starring Juliette Binoche; plus a nineties cult classic and a picaresque journey through America.

  
• 04.18.2024

  The Fall Guy, Evil Does Not Exist, Challengers

  We meet the filmmaker duo behind Hollywood rom-com The Fall Guy; the cinematographer of Luca Guadagnino’s new tennis movie, Challengers; Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi; and an interview from the archives with Eleanor Coppola.

  
• 04.11.2024

  Alice Rohrwacher (La Chimera) + Kieu Chinh (The Sympathizer)

  Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher discusses her beguiling fantasy La Chimera, and Vietnamese American star Kieu Chinh reflects on her Hollywood career, and latest role in The Sympathizer.

  
• 04.03.2024

  Dev Patel on Monkey Man + Robot Dreams

  Hollywood star Dev Patel on his directorial debut Monkey Man,  and director Pablo Berger discusses his Oscar nominated animated tragi-comedy Robot Dreams.

  
• 03.27.2024

  IO Capitano + Goodbye Julia

  A shocking Homeric adventure story of modern migration, and a drama from Sudan that featured in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes.

  
• 03.20.2024

  Olivia Colman on Wicked Little Letters

  Academy Award winning actor Olivia Colman on her career and new film Wicked Little Letters.

  
• 03.13.2024

  Love Lies Bleeding + French Film Festival

  Director Rose Glass on Love Lies Bleeding, a violent romantic thriller starring Kristen Stewart, plus, three films screening around the country as part of this year's French Film Festival.

  
• 03.06.2024

  Dune: Part Two + Bye Bye Tiberias + Four Daughters

  Going behind the scenes on the biggest film on the planet, Dune:Part Two, plus, an intimate new Palestinian film and Oscar nominated doc Four Daughters.

  
• 02.28.2024

  How To Have Sex + The Eternal Memory + a Berlinale report

  Chilean director Maite Alberdi on her Oscar nominated documentary The Eternal Memory, plus sun-drenched coming of age drama How To Have Sex.

  
• 02.21.2024

  Drive-Away Dolls + Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person + The Taviani Brothers

  Co-directors Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke on their road trip comedy Drive-Away Dolls, plus, a new vampire movie from Montreal, and Melbourne Cinematheque's tribute to The Taviani Brothers.

  
• 02.14.2024

  The Holdovers + Fallen Leaves + The Beast

  Dominic Sessa on his breakout role in Alexander Payne's Oscar nominated The Holdovers, plus Finnish actor Alma Poysti talks about working with Finnish master Aki Kaurismaki.

  
• 02.07.2024

  20 Days in Mariupol + How To with John Wilson

  Oscar nominated doc 20 Days in Mariupol, a raw, unflinching account of the Ukrainian siege, and New Yorker John Wilson on his Emmy nominated series How To with John Wilson.

  
• 01.31.2024

  May December + Paper City

  Fresh from an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, Todd Haynes talks bout his feature May December.

  
• 01.24.2024

  Riceboy Sleeps + Anatomy of a Fall

  We're back for 2024 with Oscar nominated and Palme d'Or winning film Anatomy of a Fall, and touching Korean-Canadian drama Riceboy Sleeps.

  
• 01.17.2024

  Summer highlights: Past Lives + The Innocent

  Korean-born American filmmaker Celine Song discusses her first feature, one of the best reviewed films of the year, Past Lives, a love story about migration, connection and fate, and French actor/director Louis Garrel on his quirky mother-son crime caper The...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Summer highlights: Barbie + Oppenheimer

  U.S. indie director Greta Gerwig discusses her billion dollar blockbuster Barbie, followed by three guest critics who write for ABC Arts give their verdict on both Barbie and the other big box office hit of the year, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

  
• 01.03.2024

  Summer highlights: Warwick Thornton + the team behind Mission Impossible

  Filmmaker Warwick Thornton on The New Boy, his outback fable about an Aboriginal boy who comes under the care of a renegade catholic nun in 1940s Australia and his apprehension at directing Cate Blanchett in the role. Plus, the team...

  
• 12.27.2023

  Summer highlights: Cousin Greg from Succession + Alena Lodkina + Lesley Manville

  U.S. actor Nicholas Braun AKA Cousin Greg from the hit series Succession talks about his role of a lifetime. Plus, local filmmaker Alena Lodkina's the sophomore feature Petrol, and British acting legend Lesley Manville talks about her role in the...

  
• 12.20.2023

  Summer highlights: Cate Blanchett, Angourie Rice and Toni Colette

  Cate Blanchett discusses her acclaimed film Tar, in which she plays a celebrity orchestra conductor who falls from grace. Plus, two more celebrated Australian actresses, Toni Collette and Angourie Rice, who chat about TV shows they were a part of...

  
• 12.13.2023

  Ferrari + Dream Scenario + All of Us Strangers

  Michael Mann, the director of summer blockbuster Ferrari joins us, plus, a trippy new Nicolas Cage film and Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott play lovers in All of Us Strangers.

  
• 12.06.2023

  David Thewlis in The Artful Dodger + Nicolas Philibert's Golden Bear winner On the Adamant

  Legendary British character actor David Thewlis on his role in The Artful Dodger, and Berlin Golden Bear winner On the Adamant.

  
• 11.29.2023

  Joel Edgerton on Master Gardener + Because We Have Each Other + Boy Swallows Universe

  Joel Edgerton on starring in Paul Schrader's new film; an intimate doc from Sari Braithwaite, and Trent Dalton on the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe.

  
• 11.22.2023

  Cat Person director Susanna Fogel + Ken Loach on The Old Oak

  Susanna Fogel on Cat Person, a sharp examination of the horrors of dating born from a New Yorker story that went viral, and Ken Loach on what may be his final film.

  
• 11.15.2023

  The Royal Hotel + The King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

  Kitty Green on her unnerving backpacker thriller, and a new doc from two Swedish filmmakers that explores our obsession with image.

  
• 11.08.2023

  Killers of the Flower Moon + Housekeeping for Beginners

  Behind the scenes on Martin Scorsese's epic Killers of the Flower Moon with casting director and longtime collaborator of Scorsese, Ellen Lewis. Plus, acclaimed Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski on his new film Housekeeping for Beginners as it screens at MQFF,...

  
• 11.01.2023

  Foe + two producers behind some of the best Asian cinema of the last decade

  Lion  director Garth Davis talks about his new film Foe, a sci-fi starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, plus two producers behind some of the best Asian cinema of the last decade.

  
• 10.25.2023

  Dumb Money + Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

  U.S. based Australian director Craig Gillespie on Dumb Money, a film that follows some serious chaos on Wall Street; and a new doc on Hollywood icon Rock Hudson.

  
• 10.18.2023

  Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker + Isabelle Huppert + an avant-garde film retrospective

  The Screen Show explores the best that both film and television have to offer.

  
• 10.11.2023

  Sick of Myself + The Worst Person in the World

  Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli on Sick of Myself. Set amongst the cultural milieu of Oslo the film is a satire on narcissism and personal branding. Plus, we re-visit another Norwegian film, the hit The Worst Person in the World.

  
• 10.04.2023

  The Exorcist + Wilderness + Totally Killer

  David Gordon Green on horror blockbuster of the week The Exorcist: Believer, plus a glitzy new streaming series and a time-travel slasher.

  
• 09.27.2023

  AI blockbuster The Creator + Australia's Oscar entry Shayda

  British director Gareth Edwards talks about his futurist sci-fi blockbuster The Creator; plus, a moving Australian-Iranian film produced by Cate Blanchett.

  
• 09.20.2023

  Netflix pirate fantasy One Piece + The Eight Mountains

  U.S. cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker on Netflix's newest big hit One Piece, and Belgiandirector Charlotte Vandermeersch on The Eight Mountains, abouta life-defining friendship in the Italian Alps.

  
• 09.13.2023

  Morning Wars + Scrapper

  We meet the director of Sundance winner Scrapper, and the producing partners of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon who also serve as Executive Producers on Morning Wars.

  
• 09.06.2023

  The Nun II + 2nd Chance + Climate Changers

  U.S. director Michael Chaves on gothic horror The Nun II, plus docs on the man who invented the bulletproof vest, and scientist Tim Flannery on a global search to find good climate leadership.

  
• 08.30.2023

  Biosphere + Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story

  Independent film producer Mel Eslyn on directing her first feature Biosphere, and a new doc on rock music impresario & Mushroom Records founder Michael Gudinski.

  
• 08.23.2023

  Two highly acclaimed features: Celine Song's Past Lives + Alena Lodkina's Petrol

  We meet the filmmaker behind Past Lives, labelled one of the best films of the year and a frontrunner for awards seasons, plus, Alena Lodkina on her acclaimed feature Petrol.

  
• 08.16.2023

  Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason on Godland + Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian

  Jason meets Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason, and the artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival.

  
• 08.09.2023

  Cannes Un Certain Regard winner How To Have Sex + Jeni Thornley + The Afterparty

  Cannes Un Certain Regard winner Molly Manning Walker, plus revered Australian filmmaker Jeni Thornley and U.S. actor Zach Woods on The Afterparty.

  
• 08.02.2023

  MIFF special with Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen) + Nick Pinkerton (The Sweet East)

  A Melbourne Film Festival special with Argentine director Laura Citarella and U.S. film critic and screenwriter Nick Pinkerton.

  
• 07.26.2023

  The Philippou Brothers on Sundance stand-out Talk To Me + Berlin best film winner Alcarràs

  Two brothers from Adelaide talk to Jason about how they made one of the stand-out films at Sundance this year, plus the director of Berlin best film winner Alcarràs.

  
• 07.19.2023

  Greta Gerwig and critics discuss Barbie and Oppenheimer

  Greta Gerwig talks about her version of the phenomenon that is Barbie and how Margot Robbie came to her with the idea, plus, a critics' chat on the week's biggest releases Barbie and Oppenheimer.

  
• 07.12.2023

  A modern-day Carmen + Back to Back Theatre and the Dark Emu phenomenon on screen

  One of the world's foremost choreographers Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan) on his first directorial feature Carmen. Plus, new Australian films Shadow and Dark Emu.

  
• 07.05.2023

  Warwick Thornton on The New Boy + Christopher McQuarrie and cast from Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning

  One of Australia's most internationally acclaimed filmmakers Warwick Thornton on his new film, plus the director and stars of the latest Mission Impossible.

  
• 06.28.2023

  Sydney Sweeney stars in Tina Satter's Reality + French rom-com Other People's Children

  Tina Satter on her film Reality which stars Sydney Sweeney as American whistleblower Reality Winner; and French rom-com Other People's Children, the story of a Parisian social worker who discovers she wants children later in life.

  
• 06.21.2023

  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny + a very likeable comedy from NZ

  We meet James Mangold,  director of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; and Damon Fepulea'i, the filmmaker behind Red, White and Brass, a very likeable comedy from NZ.

  
• 06.14.2023

  Léa Seydoux is a stand-out in Mia Hansen-Løve's One Fine Morning + The Plains

  Léa Seydoux is a stand-out in Mia Hansen-Løve's new film One Fine Morning, and Melbourne filmmaker David Easteal discusses his wonderful road movie The Plains.

  
• 06.07.2023

  Sydney Film Festival special!

  Some highlights and stand-outs from this year's Sydney Film Festival with guests Nashen Moodley, Lav Diaz and Amiel Courtin Wilson.

  
• 05.31.2023

  Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher + First Nations films Audrey Napanangka and Sweet As

  Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher talks about starring in new Stephen King horror The Boogeyman, plus we meet the makers of two films from Alice Springs and the Pilbara that deal with parents, children and their carers.

  
• 05.24.2023

  Melissa McCarthy stars in The Little Mermaid + new Nicolas Cage film Renfield

  We meet Melissa McCarthy and Halle Berry, stars of this week's biggest release The Little Mermaid, plus Parks and Rec actor Ben Schwartz talks about starring opposite Nicolas Cage in new film Renfield; and an influential German director.

  
• 05.17.2023

  The Last Thing He Told Me + Simon Baker and Ivan Sen on Limbo

  Rising Australian star Angourie Rice talks about starring opposite Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me, and Simon Baker and Ivan Sen discuss outback mystery Limbo.