The Screen Show

Join Jason and Wenlei as they unpack the twists, turns and surprises in two new series, and reveal whether they're worthy additions to your watchlist.

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-future Brazil.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound, Brendan O'Neill
• Arts editor, Rhianno Brown

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?

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 and eccentric Swedish director who emerged from Ingmar Bergman’s shadow to become one of his country’s most influential filmmakers.

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

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 best friends whose relationship is thrown into chaos when one discovers the other is a secret international assassin.

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 programmer Kate Jinx is in for a preview of this year's festival.

• Presenter, Jason Di Rosso
• Producer, Sarah Corbett
• Sound, Angie Grant
• Arts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

A beloved classic gets the makeover treatment, and a luxury getaway goes spectacularly off the rails. Jason and Wenlei review Little House on the Prairie and The Five Star Weekend.

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.

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?

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 the prestigious Rotterdam Film Festival, The World Came Flooding In uses virtual reality  to transform flood-damaged homes into remarkable memory spaces, connecting the stories of people whose lives have been changed forever by water.

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