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Jason di Rosso interviews the makers of the movies and tv you need to see.

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54:07

Meet the directors of After Yang + Petit Maman

The Screen Show ·

2022/04/28

Two interviews with directors who have made films about families, parenting and memory…...you’ll meet Korean-American writer director and film critic Kogonada, who talks about his mysterious, gentle sci-fi film After Yang, set in a near future society where androids can be bought as companions. Plus, French filmmaker Céline Sciamma , who’s new film is called Petit Maman, and asks the question, what if a child could travel back in time and meet their mother or father at the same

53:57

Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage + Tom Blyth is Billy...

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2022/04/21

Director Tom Gormican on The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and how he convinced Nicolas Cage to play himself in a meta-comedy-thriller about fame, bankruptcy and movies. Plus, British actor Tom Blyth is Billy the Kid in a new streaming series from Vikings creator Michael Hirst. He explains how a kid from Nottingham ended up playing one of the most famous figures of the wild west.

53:57

The Northman + Outer Range + Happening

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2022/04/14

Hollywood director Robert Eggers on his Viking epic The Northman, a revenge thriller that follows a Prince seeking justice for the murder of his father, with an all-star cast including Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman. British actress Imogen Poots on the trippy neo-Western thriller Outer Range, and Audrey Diwan, winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival discusses her intimate film Happening, which follows a bright young student seeking an abortion in 1960's France.

54:06

Michael Bay's Ambulance + a pioneering Australian...

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2022/04/07

One of the world's most successful box office entertainers, Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, Transformers), speaks about his latest blockbuster, the explosive heist thriller Ambulance, in which Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II star as adoptive brothers on a car chase through L.A. in a stolen ambulance. And, the story of an Australian film pioneer comes to life in a new documentary called When the Camera Stopped Rolling, a very personal tale of trailblazing

54:07

Oscar celebrated cinematographers Greig Fraser & Ari...

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2022/03/30

This week the Academy Awards celebrated Australian cinematographers Greig Fraser, who took home an Oscar for his work on Denis Villeneuve's Dune, and Ari Wegner, who was nominated for The Power of The Dog, a film which took home the best director award for Jane Campion. We re-visit conversations with both. Plus, UK based Australian actor Christopher Chung who joins Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott-Thomas in the new spy series Slow Horses.

53:57

Mariama Diallo's campus horror + Uberto Pasolini's...

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2022/03/23

Streaming on Amazon Prime, Master is a gothic horror set on a haunted university campus that examines the ongoing legacy of American racism. We're joined by director Mariama Diallo. Plus, Uberto Pasolini, the producer behind The Full Monty on his new, Belfast-set film Nowhere Special, a tender drama about a father-son relationship where tragedy looms.

57:58

Courtney Barnett on 16mm + Sebastian Stan on dating...

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2022/03/16

Melbourne filmmaker Danny Cohen on Anonymous Club, his 16mm doc about Melbourne musician Courtney Barnett, an introspective, introverted & reluctant world-famous rock-star. Plus, U.S. director Mimi Cave talks about her horror take on the meet-cute/rom-com in Fresh and Hollywood star Sebastian Stan on getting into character for his villainous role.

58:28

Mia Hansen-Løve on Bergman Island + Joanna Hogg's The...

The Screen Show ·

2022/03/09

French writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve on her English language debut Bergman Island, a film that engages with the legacy of Ingmar Bergman as a couple retreat to the pristine Swedish island of Fårö where the filmmaker shot some of his most famous films, looking to find inspiration, and, British director Joanna Hogg on the sequel to The Souvenir, her lauded 2021 film. The Souvenir II continues to follow an ambitious film student in 1980's Britain, this time in the aftermath of the

54:09

Miss Marx + Wash My Soul River's Flow

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2022/03/02

Susanna Nicchiarelli discusses her period biopic Miss Marx, a vibrant take on the life of Karl Marx's youngest daughter Eleanor, who was among the first women to link the themes of feminism and socialism. Plus, filmmaker Philippa Bateman spotlights First Nations singer-songwriters Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter in the new documentary Wash My Soul in the River's Flow, a cinematic interpretation of a legendary concert from 2004 interwoven with archival footage to ultimately present a

54:07

Sundance winner Hive + A Night of Knowing Nothing

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2022/02/23

Filmmaker Blerta Basholli on her Albanian-Kosovan drama Hive, which became the first film in Sundance history to win all three main awards in its World Cinema category – the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award and the Directing Award. It's based on the true story of a widow who becomes an entrepreneur after losing her husband in the Kosovo War. Plus, A Night of Knowing Nothing, a stunning exploration of university life in India as a student writes letters to her estranged lover

54:04

Mike Mills on C'mon C'mon + triple Oscar nominated...

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2022/02/16

Mike Mills on his new film C'mon C'mon, a sweet, stripped back road trip across America about family bonds and connection starring Joaquin Phoenix. Plus, Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen on his triple Oscar nominated documentary animation Flee, and meet the Australians who won the international competition at Clermont-Ferrand.

54:06

Quo Vadis, Aida + Ione Skye + The Lake of Scars

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2022/02/09

Bosnian writer-director Jasmila Žbanić talks about depicting the Srebrenica Massacre in her film Quo Vadis, Aida? Indie American actor Ione Skye reveals her Top Shelf of film, and Bill Code on his debut documentary feature The Lake of Scars, a story of allyship, environment and reconciliation around efforts to preserve Indigenous scar trees and artefacts in the Lake Boort area of northern Victoria.

54:05

Kenneth Branagh & Ciarán Hinds on Belfast + Here Out...

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2022/02/02

Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds discuss the historical coming of age film Belfast, screenwriter Bina Bhattacharya and actor and writer Arka Das talk about Here Out West, a cinematic postcard to Western Sydney. Plus I, Tonya and Cruella director Craig Gillespie on bringing the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape scandal to the small screen.

54:05

Pedro Almodóvar on Parallel Mothers + Pablo Larraín's...

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2022/01/26

Pedro 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.

53:56

Summer highlights #2 - Chloé Zhao on Nomadland + Roy...

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2021/12/29

Oscar 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.

54:07

Summer highlights #1 - Julie Delpy + Domina

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2021/12/22

The legendary and multi-talented French actor Julie Delpy and the Australian cinematographer behind lavish period soap Domina.

54:08

American director Sean Baker and German acting legend...

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2021/12/15

American 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.

58:45

Don't Look Up, The Scary of Sixty-First + The Worst...

The Screen Show ·

2021/12/08

Writer-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 tragedy The Worst Person in

53:52

Denis Villeneuve + Greig Fraser on Dune, Ari Wegner...

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2021/12/01

Dune 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.

54:04

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Stillwater, Hannah...

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2021/11/24

Romanian 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. based Australian actor Hannah

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