The Screen Show

A bumper edition this week as we meet one of the most prolific filmmakers in the world, Steven Soderbergh, plus French actor, writer & director Mélanie Laurent, and NZ born director Jessica Hobbs who took home an Emmy this week for her work on The Crown.

Two twisted love stories this week......a glossy erotic thriller about misplaced obsession starring Sydney Sweeney, and a raw, tender and disturbing portrait of a crumbling marriage. The directors of The Voyeurs and The Killing of Two Lovers join us.

A new film about a couple who fall in love and what happens when one of them starts to transition....a very ambitious film from Australian director David O’Donnell. We also meet Trent O’Donnell, his film Ride the Eagle, is a comedy about grief in which Susan Sarandon stars, and as it lands on SBS on Demand we revisit our interview with Thomas Vinterberg about his Oscar winning film Another Round.

Gracie Otto on her new film which charts the rise and fall of one of the most famous recording studios of the 1980's, founded by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, and NZ director James Ashcroft talks about his stylish horror that greatly impressed at Sundance.

A critics' roundtable discussion on Leos Carax's ambitious new film Annette, a weird and wonderful rock opera starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, and we meet the makers of new horror series Brand New Cherry Flavour, a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, kittens & showbusiness in early 90's L.A.

We meet Australian actor Murray Bartlett, the star of the show everyone's talking about - The White Lotus. Plus, British actor Rebecca Hall on her role in a new horror about grief, and we revisit a wonderful conversation with Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat.

Director Shawn Levy on his new film Free Guy, where Ryan Reynolds plays a computer generated character in a video game with goofy charm. Plus, an update on MIFF and we revisit a conversation on Academy Award nominated doco Collective.

This Podcast Extra edition features the second half of Jason's interview with Australian writer, director and editor James Vaughan, who is behind the exciting debut feature Friends and Strangers, one of only two Australian films selected for the prestigious Rotterdam Film Festival (hear the first part of the discussion in our episode from Thursday August 5th, titled: Friends and Strangers + Vacant Possession.)

This week, two Australian films and their directors, both deal with themes of race, colonisation and land in Sydney. The first, Friends and Strangers, is one of two Australian films selected for Rotterdam this year, a must-see debut feature from James Vaughan. The second is a restored classic from the 90s, Vacant Possession, written and directed by Margot Nash.

Joshua Jackson, star of Dr Death joins us to talk about his role in the ghoulish new TV series, and a panel discussion with three filmmakers who have made documentaries about family, screening here as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.