German-Turkish director Fatih Akin, discusses  Amrum. Playing at the German Film Festival,  after first screening in Cannes’ Premiere section where it earned critical attention, the film is a quietly devastating coming-of-age drama set in the final days of WWII.

We’re joined by Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid and actors Karl Urban, Josh Lawson, and Jessica McNamee, to see what the martial arts fantasy sequel has in store.

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

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...

• The Other Bennet Sister (Binge)
• Man on Fire (Netflix)
• Kevin (Prime Video)

Aussie actor Patrick Brammall is in the studio reflecting on his big Hollywood role as Anne Hathaway's love interest in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Warwick Thornton joins us to talk Wolfram, his haunting new work that digs deep into country, memory and resistance.

And another Aussie acting expat, Ronny Chieng, drops by to unpack his latest work in the new TV series The Miniature Wife.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound, Alysse Symons
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Amy Berg, director of It’s Never Over: Jeff Buckley, on her portrait of an artist who looms large, and the challenge of telling a story shaped as much by absence as by legacy.

Maryam Touzani on Calle Malaga, Morocco's official entry for the Academy Awards, an intimate exploration of place and memory set against the sun-drenched backdrop of Tangier.

Director James Litchfield discusses Alphabet Lane, an atmospheric new Australian film that follows the quirky journey of a couple as they build a new life in the country.

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

Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney — aka The Kates — chat about Season 2 of Deadloch, the much‑loved Australian send‑up of the murder‑mystery genre. Master French filmmaker François Ozon on his interpretation of Albert Camus’ 1942 existential classic The Stranger, and we revisit a conversation with Julia Loktev, director of the acclaimed documentary My Undesirable Friends, about chronicling dissent, friendship and resistance under Putin’s Russia (listen to the whole thing here).

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound, Ariel Gross

Cate Blanchett on the joy of working with Jim Jarmusch again in Father Mother Sister Brother.

Palestinian-American director Cherien Dabis discusses cross generational trauma in her powerful new drama All That's Left Of You.

Mike Figgis invites us behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola's 120 million dollar spectacular flop Megalopolis in his riveting documentary Megadoc.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Tony Norton
• Sound, Tim Symonds
• Arts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli on directing Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in his excellent new black comedy, The Drama.

Hasan Hadi, writer-director of The President's Cake, discusses his acclaimed feature debut, which follows a young girl’s quest to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein’s birthday in 1990s Iraq.

Baby Reindeer's Jessica Gunning is in town to discuss her latest role in the Enid Blyton blockbuster The Magic Faraway Tree.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound, Tim Symonds
• Arts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

On the back of the Oscars, Jason chats with two Hollywood experts about the facts, figures and studio chess game playing out in Hollywood boardrooms — from the state of Netflix and its failed bid to acquire Warner Bros, to WB’s big wins at this year’s ceremony with One Battle After Another and Sinners.

As My Father’s Shadow launches at the Africa Film Festival, followed by screenings at ACMI and on streaming platform MUBI, we revisit a conversation with British‑Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. He reflects on the father he barely knew in this Lagos‑set family drama, unfolding during a tumultuous period in Nigeria’s political history.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Ross Richardson
• Arts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

Jason together with Radio National Arts colleague Sky Kirkham unpack the Oscars, taking a look at the night's biggest wins, snubs, and cultural moments, including the dominance of One Battle After Another, which took out Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, and acting wins for Michael B. Jordan in Sinners and Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, all while asking what this year's Oscars say about the industry right now.

Ahead of this weekend's Academy Awards, an Oscars preview on this edition of The Screen Show, as we revisit conversations with the filmmakers behind some of this year’s stand-out nominees and likely winners — including One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, which features Australia's Rose Byrne in the running for Best Actress. 

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Tim Symonds
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown