The Screen Show
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.
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THE COUCH: From Dalliance to Dark Matter (opens the original)
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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 stars in serial killer thriller Furious + Time and Tide (opens the original)
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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.
THE COUCH: From Derry Girls to How To Get To Heaven From Belfast (opens the original)
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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.
The Dog Stars: Ridley Scott, Josh Brolin + the Future of Film at MIFF (opens the original)
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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
THE COUCH: What's the verdict on The Airport Chaplain and Sterling Point? (opens the original)
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Jason and Wenlei review new SBS drama The Airport Chaplain, and the buzzy coming-of-age series Sterling Point. The Airport Chaplain, starring Hugo Weaving and Shabana Azeez, is a warm, offbeat series set among the travellers, workers, and unexpected encounters at a busy airport; while Sterling Point follows 17-year-old high-achiever Annie Jacobson, who, along with her twin brother Connor, discovers they have inherited a private Canadian island.
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