The Screen Show

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The Screen Show episodes

October 02, 2015 Macbeth, The Martian, Putuparri and the Rainmakers
Australian director Justin Kurzel discusses his radical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Filmmaker Nicole Ma discusses Putuparri and the Rainmakers, a documentary about indigenous man Tom ‘Putuparri’ Lawford and his struggle to keep the traditions of Australia's Great Sandy Desert people alive. Plus the verdict on The Martian.
25 min
September 25, 2015 The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Sicario, Cut Snake
Adolescence is complicated at the best of times, let alone when you’re sleeping with your mum’s boyfriend. Guest critic Kate Jinx and Luke Goodsell discuss the warts and all indie movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and reflect on the tradition of coming of age films about raging hormones and romantic misadventure. Plus, Sicario is a chilling portrait of American dirty tricks in the war on the Mexican drug cartels.
25 min
September 18, 2015 M. Night Shyamalan, Rufus Norris, 'Everest'
M. Night Shyamalan discusses The Visit, his thriller about a brother and sister who uncover a house of horrors on a trip to the grandparents, and video the whole thing. Plus British director Rufus Norris discusses his adaptation of the award winning musical about a serial killer, London Road, and the verdict on Everest.
25 min
September 11, 2015 Tangerine, Office, Life
Australian writer Luke Davies discusses how his friendship with Heath Ledger before stardom helped inspire his latest project - a film called Life - about the photographer behind those iconic images of James Dean wearing an overcoat in Times Square. One of American independent cinema’s biggest talents Sean Baker discusses Tangerine, his transgender romantic comedy shot on an iPhone. And the Chinese musical about corporate communism you’ve been waiting for! Office, from master Hong Kong director Johnnie To.
25 min
September 04, 2015 Straight Outta Compton, Gayby Baby, Force of Destiny
Rapper Ice Cube discusses the film about his old band NWA that’s been the biggest hit of the year in the US - Straight Outta Compton, plus filmmaker Maya Newell reflects on what it was like to be the centre of a storm over her documentary about same sex parents, Gayby Baby. And Australian auteur Paul Cox’s film about cancer, love and second chances, Force of Destiny.
25 min
August 28, 2015 Joel Edgerton on The Gift, Crystal Moselle on The Wolfpack
Joel Edgerton discusses his love of psychological thrillers and how a boomerang on a psychologist's wall inspired him to write and direct his first feature film, The Gift. Plus filmmaker Crystal Moselle describes how a chance meeting in a New York street with a brood of home schooled film geeks inspired her stranger-than-fiction documentary The Wolfpack.
25 min
August 21, 2015 Ricki and the Flash, Holding the Man
Actress Mamie Gummer discusses Ricki and the Flash, Jonathan Demme's wonderful new drama in which she plays the daughter of an aging rock star, played by her real-life mum, Meryl Streep. Co-star Rick Springfield also chats about the film. Plus screenwriter Tommy Murphy and director Neil Armfield discuss Holding The Man – a tender, witty portrait of love in the early years of the AIDS crisis.
25 min
August 14, 2015 Girlhood, Umrika, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
French director Celine Sciamma talks race, gender and aesthetics in her coming of age film Girlhood, director Prashant Nair discusses how his upbringing as a diplomat’s son inspired his Indian migration fable Umrika. Plus, the verdict on Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
25 min
August 07, 2015 Last Cab to Darwin, New Argentine Cinema, Trainwreck
Australian actor Michael Caton discusses his new film, a comedy-drama about euthanasia, Last Cab to Darwin, film scholar Tamara Falicov unpacks New Argentine Cinema twenty years on, plus Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck.
25 min
July 31, 2015 Rogue Nation, Caroll Spinney, Music films at MIFF
The verdict on the mix of self parody and hyper masculinity in Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation, plus Caroll Spinney, the master puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Big Bird discusses the doco about his life and programmer Al Cossar picks some favourites from the Melbourne International Film Festival's music strand.
25 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.