The Screen Show

Coyote vs. Acme director Dave Green on a Hollywood comeback story, plus, ahead of the new season of Slow Horses, we're revisiting a conversation with Gary Oldman. Coyote vs Acme was a film written off for dead before winning a passionate fan campaign and a second chance on the big screen for its beloved Looney Tunes characters. Gary Oldman discusses playing the gloriously dishevelled spy chief Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses and why the series resonates with audiences.We want to know what you think of The Screen Show. Help us understand what's working, what's not, and how we can make our program even more useful, compelling and unmissable. Please take this quick survey.

We unpack two major dramas: the buzzy new Australian crime series Last Seen,  and the latest season of Slow Horses. In Last Seen, Patrick Brammall, Brendan Cowell and Chloe Jean Lourdes lead a high-stakes mystery of a missing child that exposes a close-knit community; while Slow Horses presents Gary Oldman's unforgettable Jackson Lamb once again, as he heads up his band of sidelined MI5 agents.

Patrick Brammall, Brendan Cowell and Chloe Jean Lourdes take us behind the scenes of Apple TV+'s new crime drama Last Seen, discussing what it took to bring the high-stakes mystery to the screen. Plus, Head of Production and Investment Attraction at VicScreen, Joe Brinkmann, discusses how Victoria secured the location rights to the production, and why it was the right fit.Bonus - capsule review of Runner, a new action comedy thriller starring Owen Wilson, set in Queensland.

A look at the latest season of Dark Matter, starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, alongside the Australian drama Dalliance, featuring a who's who of Australian acting talent including Heather Mitchell, Hugo Weaving, Georgie Parker and David Wenham. One imagines the lives we might have lived in a multiverse of possibilities, while the other centres around a tight knit group of friends in their sixties whose lives are suddenly up-ended. 

Emmy Rossum talks about starring in Disney's acclaimed psychological thriller Furious, playing an undercover FBI agent hunting a female serial killer.Melbourne filmmaker Vee Shi's documentary Time and Tide takes him back to the Chinese town of his childhood, where a family reunion unfolds under deeply challenging circumstances.

Before there was How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, there was Derry Girls, the sharp-eyed comedy that made Lisa McGee one of the most distinctive voices in television. In this special, we trace the arc of McGee's work from the school corridors of 1990s Derry to the tangled friendships, secrets and dark humour of contemporary Belfast, and how she captures the experience of place, memory and friendship with equal measures of wit and tenderness.

Hollywood heavyweights Ridley Scott and Josh Brolin discuss Scott's latest film, The Dog Stars, an epic post-apocalyptic thriller also starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Guy Pearce. Set in a world ravaged by a virus that has wiped out most of humanity, the film follows the survivors left to contend with roaming scavengers and a brutal new reality.Jason speaks with three exciting emerging directors, whose films feature in MIFF's Bright Horizons competition: Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker Sophy Romvari, whose acclaimed debut feature is Blue Heron; New Zealand director Paloma Schneideman, whose Big Girls Don't Cry premiered in competition at Sundance; and award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi, whose debut feature Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep premiered in the Un Certan Regard section at Cannes.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Ahead of the premiere of SBS drama The Airport Chaplain, The Pitt breakout star Shabana Azeez talks about starring alongside Hugo Weaving, while filmmaker Annemarie Jacir on Palestine 36, her drama set at a pivotal historical moment.

Jason Di Rosso and Wenlei Ma are back to tell you what to watch on streaming this week...from Netflix's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' The Shards, a glossy 80's L.A. serial killer thriller, to the latest (very good) offering from the DC Universe, Lanterns.

A new New York set rom-com imagines a world where sex is only legal for one night of the year, and Hlynur Pálmason's acclaimed new film The Love That Remains.

Jason Di Rosso and Wenlei Ma review two of the year's most anticipated TV releases: Netflix's adaptation of Miles Franklin's Australian classic My Brilliant Career, and the latest season of the much-loved football comedy Ted Lasso. 

From a teenage Anthony Bourdain finding his calling to Sybylla Melvyn defying expectations, we meet the stars and creators behind Tony and Netflix's My Brilliant Career.

Join Jason and Wenlei as they unpack the twists, turns and surprises in two new series, and reveal whether they're worthy additions to your watchlist.

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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Brendan O'NeillArts editor, Rhianno Brown

Set in Canada's cottage country, Jason Di Rosso and Wenlei Ma review the buzzy coming-of-age drama Sterling Point and SBS's warm, offbeat airport series The Airport Chaplain, starring Hugo Weaving and Shabana Azeez.

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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Allyse SymonsArts 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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Angie GrantArts 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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Alysse SymonsArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

It's pressure-cooker television this week, from the final season of The Bear to the suburban crime chaos of Ms. X. Jason and Wenlei weigh in.

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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Riley MelissArts 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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Allyse SymonsArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...Alice and Steve and Coldwater.

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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Carey Dell

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...Cape Fear and Not Suitable For Work.

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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Carey DellArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...The Four Seasons Spider-Noir 

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 RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Allyse SymonsArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and The Boroughs.

Rising horror auteur Curry Barker on his impressive twisted love-story Obsession, alongside actor Inde Navarrette.Australian director Zoe Pepper on Birthright, her biting take on the housing crisis and generational resentment.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Allyse SymonsArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...Off Campus (Prime Video)Leonard and Hungry Paul (ABC iview)

French screen icon Isabelle Huppert unpacks obsession, money and power in her latest film The Richest Woman in the World.Remarkably Bright Creatures makes its way to Netflix as a film starring Sally Field. Shelby Van Pelt, author of the bestselling novel behind the film, and director Olivia Newman (Where the Crawdads Sing) discuss.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Allyse SymonsArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming this week...Rivals Season 2 (Disney)Citadel Season 2 (Prime Video)Legends (Netflix)

German-Turkish director Fatih Akin, discusses  Amrum. Playing at the German Film Festival,  after first screening in Cannes' Premiere section where it earned critical attention, the film is a quietly devastating coming-of-age drama set in the final days of WWII.We're joined by Mortal Kombat II director Simon McQuoid and actors Karl Urban, Josh Lawson, and Jessica McNamee, to see what the martial arts fantasy sequel has in store.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

TV critic Wenlei Ma and Jason Di Rosso press play on what's lighting up streaming screens this week...The Other Bennet Sister (Binge)Man on Fire (Netflix)Kevin (Prime Video)

Aussie actor Patrick Brammall is in the studio reflecting on his big Hollywood role as Anne Hathaway's love interest in The Devil Wears Prada 2.Warwick Thornton joins us to talk Wolfram, his haunting new work that digs deep into country, memory and resistance.And another Aussie acting expat, Ronny Chieng, drops by to unpack his latest work in the new TV series The Miniature Wife.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Alysse SymonsArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Amy Berg, director of It's Never Over: Jeff Buckley, on her portrait of an artist who looms large, and the challenge of telling a story shaped as much by absence as by legacy.Maryam Touzani on Calle Malaga, Morocco's official entry for the Academy Awards, an intimate exploration of place and memory set against the sun-drenched backdrop of Tangier.Director James Litchfield discusses Alphabet Lane, an atmospheric new Australian film that follows the quirky journey of a couple as they build a new life in the country.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown