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. From blockbusters to award season predictions (including the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs and AACTAs) and film festival coverage (including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and all the Australian film festivals), The Screen Show keeps you on top of cinematic trends, award nominees and winners, international favourites, indie darlings, Australian gems, cult classics, retrospectives, and box office hits. Whether you're interested in cinema or TV streaming, The Screen Show covers it all, celebrating cinematic storytelling in all its forms.
As beloved Australian series Colin From Accounts prepares to say goodbye, we revisit a conversation with stars and creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer about the making of their hit cringe-com. With Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother newly available to stream, an excerpt of our conversation with Cate Blanchett about her experience of starring in it. Director Gabriel Mascaro on his acclaimed new film The Blue Trail, a striking work of speculative cinema that imagines a near-future Brazil. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound, Brendan O'Neill Arts editor, Rhianno Brown
Jason Di Rosso and Wenlei Ma review Treasure and Dirt, the ABC's new outback crime drama, adapted from Chris Hammer's bestseller, where buried secrets, quirky characters and small-town intrigue drive the mystery. They also say goodbye to one of Australia's most beloved comedies, Colin From Accounts, as the series reaches its final season. Does the farewell deliver the charm that made audiences fall in love with it?
From Putin’s rise to Swedish cinema’s great rebel: Olivier Assayas and Mattias Nohrborg on two towering figures who shaped politics and culture... Olivier Assayas, one of France’s most acclaimed filmmakers, joins us to discuss The Wizard of the Kremlin , a political thriller charting Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, with stand-out performances from Jude Law and Paul Dano. Plus, Mattias Nohrborg, co-director of Being Bo Widerberg (screening at this year's Nordic FF ), reflects on the celebrated and eccentric Swedish director who emerged from Ingmar Bergman’s shadow to become one of his country’s most influential filmmakers. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Allyse Symons Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Will Ferrell in a new golf comedy, or Octavia Spencer/Hannah Waddingham as best friends on the run in Ride or Die...which of these new releases deserves your time? Netflix's golf comedy The Hawk brings together comedy heavyweights Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon, alongside rising star Jimmy Tatro, in a sports satire about a faded champion attempting an improbable comeback. New action-comedy Ride or Die pairs Oscar winner Octavia Spencer with Ted Lasso Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham as lifelong best friends whose relationship is thrown into chaos when one discovers the other is a secret international assassin.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey arrives amid enormous anticipation. Jason considers whether the mythic epic can live up to the hype. A tribute to Sam Neill, who died this week, as we revisit a beautiful highlight from our archives: Neill reflecting on his favourite film - a clue, it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. We speak with filmmaker Alain Gomis ahead of the Melbourne International Film Festival about Dao , his visually striking exploration of memory, history and identity; and MIFF Senior programmer Kate Jinx is in for a preview of this year's festival. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound, Angie Grant Arts editor, Sarah L'Estrange
A beloved classic gets the makeover treatment, and a luxury getaway goes spectacularly off the rails. Jason and Wenlei review Little House on the Prairie and The Five Star Weekend.
Filipino-Australian director James J. Robinson discusses First Light, his acclaimed debut feature exploring faith, corruption and moral reckoning. Japanese-Australian filmmaker Natalie Erika James talks Saccharine, her unsettling new horror that turns diet culture into something truly nightmarish.
Nobody asked for a Legally Blonde prequel, but is Elle actually worth watching? TV critics Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso weigh up Prime Video's latest reboot, then head to a cursed New England island for Apple TV+'s horror-comedy Widow's Bay. One unnecessary spin-off, one surprise hit, or something else entirely?
Jason reviews The Invite , directed by Olivia Wilde, who also stars alongside Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogen and Edward Norton. The film follows a couple whose dinner invitation to their neighbours takes a wildly unexpected and life-changing turn. Léa Seydoux and Tony Leung Chiu-wai lead Silent Friend , the latest feature from On Body and Soul director Ildikó Enyedi. Spanning three eras, the film weaves together interconnected stories linked by a single tree. Following its international premiere at the prestigious Rotterdam Film Festival, The World Came Flooding In uses virtual reality to transform flood-damaged homes into remarkable memory spaces, connecting the stories of people whose lives have been changed forever by water. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Alysse Symons Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Jason reviews Supergirl , the new blockbuster directed by Sydney filmmaker Craig Gillespie and starring fellow Sydneysider Milly Alcock. What happens when one of the world's bestselling thriller writers teams up with one of Australia's biggest screen stars? Harlan Coben and Sam Worthington discuss Netflix's I Will Find You , a mystery driven by family secrets with Coben's trademark twists front and centre.Acclaimed French filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović discusses The Ice Tower , her dreamlike re-imagining of a Hans Christian Andersen tale, starring Marion Cotillard. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Riley Meliss Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso consider whether Stan's The Killings at Parish Station is what TV needs right now, and a pretty fresh take on the sports drama with The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.
Jason takes a look at Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s return to his sci-fi beginnings. Director Adrian Chiarella and actors Mia Wasikowska and Joe Bird talk about the unsettling new Australian film Leviticus . South Korean horror master Yeon Sang‑ho is back with Colony , a zombie thriller that follows a rapidly mutating virus. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Allyse Symons Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Jemaine Clement returns to television with Alice and Steve, a heartfelt comedy set in London about friendship, middle age and starting over. Our Couch critics found plenty to love in its warmth and offbeat charm. Also on the couch: Coldwater, a dark Scottish mystery that spotlights the crisis of masculinity. Did it live up to expectations? Not quite.
We head to the Sydney Film Festival for a candid discussion with filmmakers on the highs and lows of low-budget production. Featuring voices from across this year's program, including Hyun Lee (French Girls), Anthony Frith (Mockbuster) and Christian Byers (Death of an Undertaker). Presented in partnership with UTS Creative Practice Research Group. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound, Carey Dell
Leo Woodall and Havana Rose Liu talk Tuner , a slick crime thriller also starring Dustin Hoffman, which follows a gifted piano tuner pulled into something darker. Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat on No Good Men , Afghanistan’s (terrific) first rom-com, screening as part of Sydney Film Festival. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound, Carey Dell Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
Twenty year old You Tube star turned A24 filmmaker Kane Parsons discusses Backrooms , his disorienting horror starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze's sublime road movie Dry Leaf is about to screen as part of this year's Sydney Film Festival . Shot on a 2010 flip phone, it follows a father searching across rural Georgia for his missing daughter. Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Allyse Symons Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
