The Screen Show

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November 25, 2016 The Founder, The Fencer, Ruin
John Lee Hancock discusses his film about McDonalds founder Ray Kroc, Klaus Härö speaks about his tribute to Stalinist era Estonian fencer Endel Nelis. Plus, a review of Australian gem Ruin, on a limited release with filmmaker Q&As around the country.
26 min
November 18, 2016 Four films to lure you back to the cinema
Ken Loach discusses his Cannes winner I, Daniel Blake about an unemployed man with a heart condition fighting the welfare bureaucracy supposed to help him, and what it says about a broader malaise in the West. Plus reviews of Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Palestinian music documentary A Magical Substance Flows Into Me and Chinese political satire I Am Not Madam Bovary.
26 min
November 11, 2016 Arrival, Nocturnal Animals, Bruna Papandrea
Hollywood-based Australian producer of Wild and Gone Girl Bruna Papandrea discusses her upcoming HBO series, plus how she set up a production company with Reece Witherspoon to make films by and about women. Plus, Amy Adams stars in the Alien encounter film Arrival and the psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals.
26 min
November 04, 2016 Hacksaw Ridge, The Light Between Oceans
Hacksaw Ridge producer Bill Mechanic discusses working with Mel Gibson again and his time as CEO of Fox in the 1990s. Plus how The Light Between Oceans glows, but only faintly.
26 min
October 28, 2016 Elle, American Honey
Paul Verhoeven's psychological thriller about rape Elle is one of the most fascinating films of the year. Plus director Andrea Arnold discusses her stunning new film about love, America and capitalism - American Honey.
26 min
October 21, 2016 Boys in the Trees, Shin Godzilla
Meet Nicholas Verso, the Australian director behind Boys in the Trees, a coming of age Halloween film set in Adelaide in 1997. Plus Japan cinema expert Philip Brophy reveals how Westerners don’t get Godzilla, and explains the biting political critique at the heart of the new Japanese movie Shin Godzilla.
26 min
October 14, 2016 Julieta, Joe Cinque's Consolation
Director Sotiris Dounoukos discusses the ethics of voyeurism and spectatorship in his adaptation of Helen Garner’s true crime novel Joe Cinque’s Consolation. Plus guest critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas reviews Pedro Almodóvar's Julieta.
26 min
October 07, 2016 The Girl on the Train, Deepwater Horizon, Museum Films
An adaptation of a bestselling thriller and a real life disaster hit screens this week - The Girl On The Train and Deepwater Horizon. Plus guest critic Alex Munt looks at the growing genre of ‘Museum Films’ and the new hybrid doco about the Nazi occupation of the Louvre, Francofonia.
26 min
September 30, 2016 Magnificent 7, Early Winter, Life Animated
The Magnificent Seven ride again! Plus an interview with the Australian born, Mexico based director Michael Rowe about his French Canadian drama Early Winter. And the director of Life, Animated, discusses how a boy with autism learned to communicate via Disney films.
26 min
September 23, 2016 Snowden, Indian Cinema, Robert Mapplethorpe
How did Oliver Stone make the Edward Snowden story so dull? Plus, discussing India’s rich cinematic tradition beyond Bollywood, and a new documentary about controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
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.