The Screen Show
283 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsReviews and in-depth conversations with leading film and TV directors, actors and screenwriters from Australia and around the world.
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Pedro Almodóvar on Parallel Mothers + Pablo Larraín's Spencer
January 26, 2022 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBPedro Almodóvar discusses Parallel Mothers, his intricately woven mystery about two women’s journey into motherhood and the scars of the Spanish Civil War, starring Penelope Cruz and Milena Smit. And Pablo Larraín discusses Spencer, his unconventional Princess Diana biopic set during a Christmas weekend at Sandringham starring Kristen Stewart.
Summer highlights #4 - Nitram
January 12, 2022 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBThe Australian film Nitram dramatises the events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. In a wide ranging discussion, director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant discussed what inspired them to make a film about this real life tragedy, the themes they sought to explore, and the similarities and differences to their earlier films Snowtown and Snowtown and The True History of the Kelly Gang.
Summer highlights #3 - The White Lotus star Murray Bartlett + Rebecca Hall and Shahrbanoo Sadat
January 05, 2022 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBThe White Lotus star Murray Bartlett, plus British actor Rebecca Hall and Afghan writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat.
Summer highlights #2 - Chloé Zhao on Nomadland + Roy Andersson and Nick Pinkerton
December 29, 2021 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBOscar winner Chloé Zhao on Nomadland, plus Swedish writer-director Roy Andersson on his 2021 film About Endlessness, and film scholar Nick Pinkerton on Tsai Ming Liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn.
Summer highlights #1 - Julie Delpy + Domina
December 22, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBThe legendary and multi-talented French actor Julie Delpy and the Australian cinematographer behind lavish period soap Domina.
American director Sean Baker and German acting legend Udo Kier
December 15, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBAmerican director Sean Baker on his sex comedy about a has-been porn star Red Rocket. Plus, German acting legend Udo Kier talks about his latest role as a retired hairdresser who has one last cut and blow dry to perform….for a society funeral.
Don't Look Up, The Scary of Sixty-First + The Worst Person in the World
December 08, 2021 23:05 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBWriter-director Adam McKay on his disaster movie comedy Don't Look Up as a satire of inaction on climate change, plus he reflects on Succession's success as one of that show's directors and executive producer. Fellow American Dasha Nekrasova (Red Scare podcast) talks about her debut feature, The Scary of Sixty-First, a horror movie inspired by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. And Norwegian director Joachim Trier discusses his award-winning romantic comedy...
Denis Villeneuve + Greig Fraser on Dune, Ari Wegner on The Power of the Dog
December 01, 2021 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBDune director Denis Villeneuve discusses casting Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and interpreting the Arabic and Islamic influences in Frank Herbert's original novel. Plus, the film's Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser explains why the desert sky is white, and fellow Aussie Ari Wegner, who shot Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, talks eroticism, landscape and the female gaze.
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Stillwater, Hannah Levien
November 24, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBRomanian filmmaker Radu Jude on his Berlinale Golden Bear winner Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, a black comedy about a middle aged school teacher fighting the moral panic over her appearance in an online sex tape. Plus, director Tom McCarthy on Stillwater, the follow up to his Oscar winner Spotlight starring Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin and Camille Cottin about an American man fighting to overturn his daughter's murder conviction in France, and L.A. b...
Rosamunde Pike, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Palazzo Di Cozzo
November 17, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBAward-winning actor Rosamunde Pike speaks about her new role in a fantasy show that aspires to take the Game of Thrones throne, The Wheel of Time, and rising New Zealand talent Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie discusses her lead role in Last Night in Soho, plus, Director Madeleine Martiniello on her documentary Palazzo Di Cozzo, a portrait of Melbourne's Italian furniture mogul Franco Cozzo who became a household name for his flamboyant TV ads. ...
Rosamund Pike on The Wheel of Time, Last Night in Soho, Palazzo Di Cozzo
November 17, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBAward-winning actor Rosamund Pike speaks about her new role in a fantasy show that aspires to take the Game of Thrones throne, The Wheel of Time, and rising New Zealand talent Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie discusses her lead role in Last Night in Soho, plus, director Madeleine Martiniello on her documentary Palazzo Di Cozzo, a portrait of Melbourne's Italian furniture mogul Franco Cozzo who became a household name for his flamboyant TV ads. ...
No Time To Die + Only Murders in the Building
November 10, 2021 23:05 - 1 hour - 56 MBCary Fukunaga on directing No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s last Bond film. Plus John Hoffman, the showrunner of Hulu's hit show Only Murders in the Building, on making a black comedy about true crime podcasts with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez.
Paul Schrader and Terence Davies
November 03, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBTwo of the most forthright, accomplished and widely admired filmmakers on the show this week......Paul Schrader on his new film The Card Counter, which premiered in competition at Venice and follows on from Schrader’s tormented environmental allegory as a film about an isolated man who struggles when the world comes calling, and Terence Davies, who’s marvellous new film Benediction is screening as part of this year's British Film Festival. ...
El Planeta, David Lynch's Inland Empire, Hal Cumpston
October 27, 2021 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBWe meet the author of a new monograph about David Lynch’s Inland Empire, his strangest and most haunting film. Spanish artist and filmmaker Amalia Ulman talks about casting herself and her mother in a film inspired by two real life scammers which is one of the highlights at this year's Sydney Film Festival, and talented Australian actor Hal Cumpston shares his Top Shelf.
Sydney Film Festival highlight El Planeta, David Lynch's Inland Empire and actor Hal Cumpston
October 27, 2021 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBWe meet the author of a new monograph about David Lynch’s Inland Empire, his strangest and most haunting film. Spanish artist and filmmaker Amalia Ulman talks about casting herself and her mother in a film inspired by two real life scammers which is one of the highlights at this year's Sydney Film Festival, and talented Australian actor Hal Cumpston shares his Top Shelf.
The Sopranos' creator David Chase + Cannes winner To Chiara
October 20, 2021 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThe man behind the phenomenally successful mob series The Sopranos talks about the new prequel. We meet the writer-director of a centrepiece film at this year's Italian Film Festival, and Jason's thoughts on Ridley Scott’s new medieval tragedy which stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer.
Hollywood's Man in the Shadows + new Japanese talent Ryusuke Hamaguchi
October 13, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBToday’s show is a preview of some of the works screening at Sydney Film Festival.....the first is about one of the most accomplished Australian film directors you’ve probably never heard of - John Farrow. He won an Oscar and worked with stars like Robert Mitchum and John Wayne and we meet two men who have finally brought his story to the big screen. Plus, one of Japan's great new talents Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Hollywood's Man in the Shadows + new Japanese talent Ryusuke Hamaguchu
October 13, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBToday’s show is a preview of some of the works screening at Sydney Film Festival.....the first is about one of the most accomplished Australian film directors you’ve probably never heard of - John Farrow. He won an Oscar and worked with stars like Robert Mitchum and John Wayne and we meet two men who have finally brought his story to the big screen. Plus, one of Japan's great new talents Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Nitram: a discussion with director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant
October 06, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBA special edition this week, dedicated to the new Australian film Nitram, which dramatises the long lead up to the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. In a wide ranging discussion, director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant discuss what inspired them to make a film about this real life tragedy, the themes they sought to explore, as well as the similarities and differences to their earlier films Snowtown and The True History of the Kelly Gang. ...
Billy Bob Thornton, Mads Mikkelsen + a lush ballet thriller
September 30, 2021 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBAnother big week as we welcome Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen on to the show......star of the Academy Award winning film Another Round and the TV series Hannibal, plus franchises including James Bond and Star Wars. Mads talks with Jason about his role in a new revenge thriller out this week. Hollywood actor Billy Bob Thornton discusses his role in the unconventional legal drama Goliath, and a new streaming film set in a prestigious Parisian ballet academ...
Steven Soderbergh, Mélanie Laurent + Emmy award winning director of The Crown
September 23, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBA 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.
Steven Soderbergh, Mélanie Laurent + Emmy award winning director of The Crown, Jessica Hobbs
September 23, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBA 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.
Meet the directors - The Voyeurs + The Killing of Two Lovers
September 16, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBTwo 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.
Ride the Eagle, Under my Skin + Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg
September 09, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBA 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.
Ride the Eagle, Under my Skin, Thomas Vinterberg
September 09, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBA 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's Under the Volcano + Coming Home in the Dark
September 02, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBGracie 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.
Under the Volcano + Coming Home in the Dark
September 02, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBGracie 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.
Annette + Brand New Cherry Flavour
August 26, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBA 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.
Corruption in showbusiness in Annette + Brand New Cherry Flavour
August 26, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBA 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.
The White Lotus' Murray Bartlett, Rebecca Hall, Shahrbanoo Sadat
August 18, 2021 17:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWe 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.
The White Lotus star Murray Bartlett + Rebecca Hall and Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat
August 18, 2021 17:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWe 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.
Free Guy director Shawn Levy, a MIFF update + fraud in Romania
August 12, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBDirector 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.
Pod Extra: James Vaughan
August 05, 2021 02:30 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThis 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.)
Friends and Strangers + Vacant Possession
August 05, 2021 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThis 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 on Dr Death + filmmakers shining a light on family
July 29, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBJoshua 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.
Joshua Jackson is Dr Death + filmmakers shining light on family
July 29, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBJoshua 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.
A wedding, a funeral + Yvonne Strahovski
July 22, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBFreshly nominated for an Emmy award, we meet The Handmaid's Tale's Australian star Yvonne Strahovski who stars in a new sci-fi. Director Emma Seligman chats about her indie festival hit Shiva Baby, and Spanish filmmaker Icíar Bollaín on her subverted rom-com Rosa's Wedding.
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything + Black Panther's Winston Duke
July 15, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWe meet Winston Duke, the lead actor in new film Nine Days, who you probably know from Black Panther and the Marvel films more generally, but first up we're going back in time to 1971 and a new documentary series that believes this was the year that music changed everything.
Cate Shortland's Black Widow, Perfumes, Mystery Road
July 08, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBAustralian director Cate Shortland speaks to us about entering the Marvel cinematic universe with Black Widow, and the ally she found in Scarlett Johansson. Plus, director of French box office hit Perfumes, and we revisit a conversation on tropical noir Mystery Road for NAIDOC week.
Directors' Fortnight preview + Phyllida Lloyd's Dublin drama
June 30, 2021 17:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBBritish director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, The Iron Lady) on her new film Herself, a Dublin set drama about a mother escaping a toxic marriage. Phyllida also speak about working with Meryl Streep. Plus, an informative chat about the behind the scenes workings at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jon M. Chu on In the Heights, Three Summers, David Byrne
June 24, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBCrazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu talks about directing In the Heights, the new film based on Lin Manuel Miranda's musical. We meet the maker of a Brazilian film about a housekeeper left to her own devices when her bosses are thrown in jail for corruption, and revisit a conversation with musical superstar David Byrne.
Loki, Martin Eden, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
June 17, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBDirector Pietro Marcello on Martin Eden, one of Jason's favourite films of the past 12 months. Australian director Patrick Hughes on his big name Hollywood action comedy The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, and British director Kate Herron on working with Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson for Marvel TV series Loki.
Julie Delpy + creating ancient Rome for TV
June 10, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBLegendary and multi-talented French actor Julie Delpy discusses her impressive new film about divorce, grief and turning her back on conventional ways of showing women and tragedy on screen. Plus, Australian cinematographer Denson Baker on recreating the sunlight of ancient Rome for TV.
Sci-fi, AI and an android rom-com
June 03, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBThe director of TV hit Unorthodox has a new rom-com about a soulful android screening here as part of the German Film Festival, she speaks to us about the film. Creator of the Al Pacino led series Hunters on his new sci-fi show for Amazon, and the director of Lapsis, a charming indie set in the gig economy in a near future New York.
My Name is Gulpilil and Ten Skies
May 27, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBA conversation about one of Australia’s finest screen actors, David Gulpilil, with the director of a new documentary about his life and work, and film scholar Erika Balsom on her beautifully written new book which examines avant-garde filmmaker James Benning’s 2004 film Ten Skies.
Female anti-heroes in Cruella and I Blame Society
May 20, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWe meet Gillian Wallace Horvat, the protagonist of I Blame Society, a slasher black comedy about a young female filmmaker in Los Angeles driven to kill by the frustrations of a male dominated Hollywood, and Craig Gillespie, the Australian director behind the new punk inspired Cruella starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson also joins us.
Angourie Rice, Pablo Larraín's Ema, Alice Rohrwacher
May 13, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBRising Australian star Angourie Rice talks about starring opposite Kate Winslet in buzzy new cop show Mare of Easttown. A critic's chat on Chilean director Pablo Larraín's new film Ema, and Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher talks about lockdown and making her short film Four Roads.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Chiwetel Ejiofor and France's Oscar entry
May 06, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBOscar nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about his role in lockdown film Locked Down in which he stars opposite Anne Hathaway, director Kari Skogland on how real world events shaped the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the Italian director ofTwo of Us, of a French thriller awarded best debut film at this year’s French Oscars
Jason Statham, Wakefield, Kelly Reichardt
April 29, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWe meet one of the most prolific actors of his generation, action movie star Jason Statham, plus a woman many feel deserved to be among the nominees for the Oscars this year, minimalist American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt. And, the showrunner of a new TV series set in the confines of a mountain top psychiatric hospital.
Eddie Izzard stars in Six Minutes to Midnight & Mortal Kombat hits the big screen
April 22, 2021 00:05 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBAustralia has been attracting some big films to its shores recently and today you’ll hear from the Australian director and American producer of Mortal Kombat, a studio picture shot in Adelaide, plus, the director of a new film starring and co-written by Eddie Izzard.