Sophie Hyde, the acclaimed South Australian filmmaker behind queer family drama Jimpa, opens up about shaping the film’s semi‑autobiographical heart. Set against the canals of Amsterdam and starring Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, and Hyde’s own child, Aud Mason‑Hyde, the film traces the complexities of identity, family, and reinvention. Meanwhile, director Jordan Giusti discusses Floodland, his evocative documentary capturing the resilience and vibrancy of the Lismore community as it rebuilds in the wake of devastating floods.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Ross Richardson
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Three documentaries about individuals doing extraordinary things, including the new Elvis documentary EPIC... director Baz Luhrmann is in the studio to discuss. Plus, Mr Nobody Against Putin, the Oscar-nominated film about a dissident Russian high school teacher, and Albert Serra on his stunning San Sebastian winner Afternoons of Solitude, about a contemporary bullfighter.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Angie Grant
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Laura Dern and Will Arnett delve into their divorce rom‑com Is This Thing On? - a film inspired by the true story of a man who finds solace, clarity and creativity at an open‑mic comedy night in the middle of a break‑up.

Daisy Ridley reflects on her journey through the Star Wars universe, and discusses her role in We Bury The Dead, a zombie adventure shot against the striking landscapes of Western Australia.

Documentarian Elizabeth Lo discusses Mistress Dispeller, her gripping film about a woman in China who hires a professional “mistress dispeller” to salvage a marriage under extraordinary circumstances. 

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Riley Meliss
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

In this star‑studded episode, Ethan Hawke talks Blue Moon, Richard Linklater’s acclaimed biographical drama that premiered at Berlin and earned a Silver Bear for Andrew Scott, plus Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Hawke himself. Chris Pratt and Mercy director Timur Bekmambetov unpack their high‑stakes sci‑fi thriller, where Pratt is in the lead as a detective battling an unforgiving AI justice system. Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi discusses It Was Just an Accident, which took home the Palme d’Or at Cannes and is now an Oscar contender...a politically charged thriller born from his own lived resistance, and Adelaide born Hollywood actor Teresa Palmer in the studio and in conversation about her life, career, and latest role in the Australian film Addition, a charming, numbers‑driven rom-com based on Toni Jordan’s bestseller.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Carey Dell
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Hollywood director Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme, a film that follows a young man, played by Timothée Chalamet (who has already taken home a Golden Globe and Critics' Choice award for the role), who has a dream to be a professional table tennis player, and will do whatever it takes in pursuit of greatness.

Kleber Mendonça Filho on his Golden-Globe winner The Secret Agent, a political thriller set in 1970's Brazil that captures the atmosphere of paranoia and the moral decay that shadowed the country under authoritarian rule.

Plus, African-Australian film, Pasa Faho, the feature debut from Igbo-Australian filmmaker Kalu Oji. 

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Ross Richardson
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell are in the studio to talk Hamnet, the new film based on O’Farrell’s bestselling novel...a love story meets family drama, about the heartbreak that shaped Shakespeare’s greatest work. Plus, A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, depicts the story of folk hero Bob Dylan's transition to electric music. We re-visit Jason's interview with cult actor Edward Norton, who plays Pete Seeger in the film. 

A panel discussion of talented international directors with films in competition at the Melbourne International Film Festival discuss their journeys, including American filmmaker Andrew Patterson (The Vast of Night), whose second feature The Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey, premiered at SXSW this year; Chie Hayakawa (Plan 75) from Japan, whose second feature, Renoir, premiered in Competition at Cannes; and James J. Robinson, a Filipino/Australian artist based in Los Angeles whose feature debut, First Light, had its World Premiere at MIFF.

Parks and Rec actor Nick Offerman discusses his role in Sovereign, a crime thriller inspired by real events in which he plays an anti-government extremist; and, Brooklyn-based indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry on Pavements, a hybrid work about one of the most influential bands of the '90s.

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson talk Song Sung Blue, a heartfelt musical drama about love and second chances inspired by the real-life story of a couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute band called Lightning & Thunder.

We also speak with Joachim Trier about his latest film, Sentimental Value, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. The Norwegian drama starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning, explores a famed filmmaker's strained relationship with his two adult daughters.

Plus, we revisit a conversation with creators Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco of Platonic, the Apple  TV comedy starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne that explores midlife friendship.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Harvey O'Sullivan
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Cult American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson on One Battle After Another, in which Leonardo DiCaprio leads an action thriller about a washed-up radical living off-grid with his spirited young daughter, who goes missing. Plus, 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.