The Screen Show

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August 07, 2014 Jealousy, Lucy
As the Melbourne International Film Festival unfolds in its first week, artistic director Michelle Carey discusses one of her picks from the line-up - Philippe Garrel's Jealousy. Plus, is Luc Besson's Lucy a wake up call for the male dominated, testosterone fuelled action flick?
16 min
July 31, 2014 These Final Hours, The Selfish Giant, A Most Wanted man
What is the appeal of witnessing our own demise on screen? The Apocalypse is a subject that fascinates filmmakers, and this week doomsday comes to Perth in These Final Hours, a film that has an almost biblical sense of comeuppance for the mining boom capital. Its director Zak Hilditch tells us why he wanted to destroy his hometown.
16 min
July 24, 2014 Deliver Us From Evil, Eric Bana
What happens when genres lose their potency and become empty cliches? This week a new film about exorcism, Deliver Us From Evil, highlights just how difficult it is for filmmakers trying to reinvigorate well worn material. And we meet its star, Australian actor Eric Bana.
15 min
July 17, 2014 Charlie's Country, Emmanuelle Seigner
There’s a lot of goodwill around Rolf de Heer’s new film Charlie’s Country, about an Aboriginal elder who goes bush and battles alcoholism.
15 min
July 10, 2014 Apes, All This Mayhem, The Lunchbox
Can CGI special effects be too realistic? Do blockbuster directors spend too much time designing monsters and explosions at the computer, and not enough time thinking how to make us feel?
15 min
July 03, 2014 Jersey Boys, Calvary
A new film starring Brendan Gleeson as a country priest looks at the frayed relationship between the Irish and the Catholic Church. Plus Clint Eastwood’s story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is unashamedly populist and full of clichés. But it's not necessarily a bad thing.
15 min
June 26, 2014 YSL, The Last Impresario, The Man Whose Mind Exploded
Filmed biographies, fact, fiction and myth. Yves Saint Laurent was both a fashion icon and darling of the French Left, and this year two separate biopics attempt to dramatise his story. Plus a fascinating documentary about a man with severe memory loss which poses the question, how much is a sense of self based on remembered facts, and how much is it the stories we invent about ourselves?
15 min
June 19, 2014 Galore, The Two Faces of January
This week on the Final Cut The Two Faces of January, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith thriller set in the early 1960s about American tourists in Greece who aren’t what they seem starring Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen and Oscar Isaac. Plus, the Australian coming of age film Galore, a story of adolescent love set against the Canberra bushfires of 2003.
15 min
June 12, 2014 The Rover, Good Vibrations, James Benning
What would Australia look like as a third world economy? It’s a question that writer director David Michôd explores in his dystopian road movie The Rover. Plus, a review of Good Vibrations, a biopic about Northern Irish punk impresario Terri Hooley and an interview with legendary American experimental filmmaker James Benning.
32 min
June 05, 2014 Edge of Tomorrow, Grace of Monaco, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre turns 40 this year. Ahead of the restored Sydney Film Festival screening, curator Richard Kuipers discusses why the slasher classic is a must see for film lovers. Plus, ex-husband and wife Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise are both back on screen, Tom’s in the sci fi action film Edge of Tomorrow and Nicole stars in Grace of Monaco – the Grace Kelly biopic the critics panned at Cannes – is it really that bad?
15 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.