Lars Von Trier's new film The House That Jack Built is a gruelling, explicitly violent portrait of a serial killer starring Matt Dillon.

The best industry advice actor Ewen Leslie has received came from Jane Campion and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Greta is a film that should have been much better, but Neil Jordan really doesn't seem to have a feel for the material, and the film barely clears the lowest bar of thriller expectations.

We invited comedians Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney in to hear about some of their favourite things to watch on the big and small screen.

Viewer numbers were up, the prizes were evenly shared, and the preferential voting system for Best Picture is up for debate.

A new Australian film critical of current government policy on asylum seekers is a surprise package of sublime lyricism and biting critique.

ABC TV's new soapie The Heights follows in the tradition of models used by Home and Away and Neighbours, but has a further aim to revolutionise the genre.

Lauren Carroll Harris speaks to the creators of the ABC's bold new soap opera The Heights, in particular their aim for innovating the genre, and a lookback at the history of Australian soapies with academic Sue Turnbull. Jason Di Rosso speaks to director Gabrielle Brady about her documentary Island of the Hungry Ghosts and comedians Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney join us for our Top Shelf segment.

Lauren Carroll Harris speaks to the creators of the ABC's bold new soap opera The Heights, in particular their aim for innovating the genre, and a lookback at the history of Australian soapies with academic Sue Turnbull. Jason Di Rosso speaks to director Gabrielle Brady about her documentary Island of the Hungry Ghosts and comedians Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney join us for our Top Shelf segment.

The Screen Show's Jason Di Rosso and Lauren Carroll Harris pair up with Stop Everything's Beverley Wang and Benjamin Law with a hot off the press Oscars special podcast. We break down the winners, the losers, the memorable speeches and how the hostless Academy Awards played out.