The Screen Show

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The Screen Show episodes

September 01, 2017 Ali's Wedding, God's Own Country
Set in suburban Melbourne's working class Shia community, Ali's Wedding takes a look at love in a very different setting for an Australian film. Plus, an interview with the Yorkshire based filmmaker Francis Lee, who’s coming of age romance about a young farmer who falls in love with a Romanian worker is a profound Brexit statement.
26 min
August 25, 2017 The Lost City of Z, American Made, Killing Ground
James Gray's The Lost City of Z is a grand, colonial adventure starring Charlie Hunnam as early 20th century British surveyor Percy Fawcett, who made several expeditions into the Amazon. Tom Cruise has reunited with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman in the film American Made, and a new Australian outback thriller about some very unhappy campers.
26 min
August 18, 2017 Top of the Lake: China Girl - a critics' round table discussion
Themes of motherhood, misogyny and surrogacy are ever present in the latest season of Jane Campion's Top of the Lake.
26 min
August 11, 2017 Logan Lucky, Luc Besson and an Iranian TV phenomenon
An interview with French film director Luc Besson about his latest film, a sci-fi thriller starring Cara Delevigne. Plus, Steven Soderbergh has come out of retirement with a heartfelt heist movie, and an Iranian TV hit.
26 min
August 04, 2017 Studio Ghibli celebration, Atomic Blonde, The Trip to Spain
Why do the animated films about aviator pigs, talking sea creatures and flying houses from Japan’s Studio Ghibli manage to cast such a powerful spell? Plus, reviews of The Trip to Spain and Atomic Blonde.
26 min
July 28, 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes, women in focus at MIFF and Kiki, Love to Love
The third instalment of the Planet of the Apes franchise is more of a thoughtful film than you might expect. The artistic director of the Melbourne International Film Festival talks through some of her highlights from this year's program which puts female directors in the spotlight, plus, the Spanish remake of the Australian sex comedy The Little Death.
26 min
July 21, 2017 Dunkirk, Paris Can Wait, George Romero
Eleanor Coppola’s husband Francis is one of the most celebrated directors of his generation, her children Sofia and Roman have also received critical acclaim as filmmakers. What made her, at 80, decide to join them? Hear her discuss her debut narrative feature, Paris Can Wait. Plus a review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, and an interview from the archives with horror master George Romero, who died this week.
26 min
July 14, 2017 The Beguiled, A Ghost Story, The Cremator and Baby Driver
Sofia Coppola's atmospheric remake of The Beguiled is unsurprisingly defined by her attentiveness to the feminine gaze. Director David Lowery discusses his post-horror film A Ghost Story, starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, and a discussion on Juraj Herz's surrealist horror masterpiece from 1969, The Cremator.
26 min
July 07, 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming, Philippe Grandrieux's Unrest, It Comes At Night
Spiderman: Homecoming marks the third reboot of the webbed-crusader franchise so far this century. Why does Sony keep tinkering with the superhero, and does it get it right this time? Meanwhile film critic Greg Hainge discusses his new book on French filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux, "one of cinema's only living true radicals", ahead of a world exclusive screening of the director's video installation Unrest this weekend at GOMA in Brisbane.
26 min
June 30, 2017 Okja and Lady Macbeth
South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho discusses his new film Okja, a rollicking Netflix adventure about corporate greed starring Tilda Swinton. Plus, an interview with Australian cinematographer Ari Wegner who shot Lady Macbeth, the debut feature from British director William Oldroyd, based on the Russian novel Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk.
26 min

About 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.