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 episod...
Jacob Elordi and Justin Kurzel on The Narrow Road to the Deep North/The Count of Monte Cristo/Lost and Found
Brisbane-born Hollywood star Jacob Elordi fronts Justin Kurzel's TV adaptation of Richard Flanagan's Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.In Lost and Found, filmmaker Raoul Peck follows Ernest Cole's journey as the first Black freelance photographer in apartheid South Africa.Jason meets the directors of The Count of Monte Cristo in Paris, the new French adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic tale of romance and redemption.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Tim JenkinsExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Oscar highlights: Anora, A Real Pain, A Complete Unknown
A highlights edition looking at some films that dominated the 2025 Oscars...Jesse Eisenberg on A Real Pain, which he directed and stars in alongside Kieran Culkin (who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), in a story that centres around a pair of mismatched cousins travelling through Poland in honour of their Jewish grandmother.American filmmaker Sean Baker discusses his film Anora, which took home five Oscars, including Best Film, for its portrayal of a feisty sex worker's unexpected Cinderella story.A Complete Unknown depicts the story of folk hero Bob Dylan's transition to electric music. Jason meets Edward Norton, who plays Pete Seeger in the film and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.These conversations were recorded before the film's respective Oscar wins and nominations.
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Head South + The Cats of Gokugo Shrine
Director Jonathan Ogilvie discusses his nostalgic coming-of-age film Head South, where it's the late 1970's and teenager Angus is discovering the underground post-punk music scene in Christchurch. From the archives, David Nichols, historian and lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, on Richard Lowenstein's 1986 film Dogs in Space, a story takes place during the late 70s to the early 80s in the underground music scene in Melbourne and the action that happens in and around a share household in the inner city.In The Cats of Gokugo Shrine, renowned Japanese documentarian Kazuhiro Soda takes us to the coastal town of Ushimado and a shrine where cats have taken up residence.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Matthew CrawfordExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Barry Levinson on The Alto Knights + The Rule of Jenny Pen + This Life of Mine
Legendary Hollywood director Barry Levinson discusses working with Robert De Niro on gangster movie The Alto Knights.New Zealand filmmaker James Ashcroft on his nursing home set horror The Rule of Jenny Pen.Plus, This Life of Mine, a delicate chronicle of mental illness screening as part of this year's French Film Festival.Presenrer, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MellisExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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Mickey 17 + Severance
Australian actor Daniel Henshall talks about his latest role, in Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17, where he stars alongside Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Pattinson in a black comedy about the dangers of cloning and colonisation.As the latest season of Severance rolls out, a show about a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives, another Australian actor, Dichen Lachman, joins us from London.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MellisExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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.
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