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Miranda July and the Chicago 7 Oct 22, 2020

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Indie filmmaker Miranda July is our guest this week, talking about her quirky new crime film Kajillionaire, and we look at Aaron Sorkin's latest work for Netflix, a dramatisation of a notorious political trial from the 1960s starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Redmayne.

Activism and documentary with Alex Gibney and Nathan Grossman Oct 15, 2020

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Two documentaries that stare into the flames today, one about the world’s most well known climate activist, Greta Thunberg, and another that looks at the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19.

Visions of America with Channing Godfrey Peoples and Garrett Bradley Oct 08, 2020

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Channing Godfrey Peoples talks about her film Miss Juneteenth, a soulful exploration of Black Texan culture, and Garrett Bradley on her critically acclaimed documentary Time, about a woman's fight to reform the justice system in America. And, Schitt's Creek.

Emmy winner Greig Fraser and a critics' panel on Jean Pierre Melville Oct 01, 2020

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We meet the Australian cinematographer who took out an Emmy award a few weeks ago for his work on the Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian, and a critics panel on minimalist film noir master Jean Pierre Melville ahead of a retrospective on his work.

Conspiracies...mysteries with John Cusack, Gillian Flynn & Sofia Coppola Sep 24, 2020

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We're coming to you this week with three really big interviews......Gillian Flynn and John Cusack talk about their roles as creator and star of new pandemic series Utopia, and Sofia Coppola speaks about her wonderful new film which reunites her with Bill Murray.

Transformation, nostalgia and an Australian icon Sep 17, 2020

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Moroccan writer-director Maryam Touzani talks about her powerfully subtle film based on a real life story. A new podcast looks back at an iconic Australian TV series that was also David Bowie's favourite show, and we meet the makers of a new film about Slim Dusty.

Bill and Ted's bodacious return and a masterful spy story Sep 10, 2020

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After 30 years Bill and Ted are back as middle-aged metalheads. Actor Natasha Wanganeen talks through films meaningful to her for Top Shelf, and we finally get to South Korean director Park Chan-Wook's masterful adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl.

Feminism, family and new wave genre fiction Sep 03, 2020

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A critical discussion on the new film I Am Woman, about the life and career of feminist songstress Helen Reddy. Lulu Wang joins us for Top Shelf, and a look at HBO's Lovecraft Country, a sci-fi depiction of being Black in America that reimagines genre fiction.

Sci-fi, spirits and a politically-charged debut Aug 27, 2020

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A discussion on Christopher Nolan's blockbuster Tenet, a time travel, spy thriller starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki. We meet the creatives behind supernatural series Hungry Ghosts, and the main stars of Cannes Jury Prize winner and Oscar nominee Les Misérables.

Celebrating the centenary year of Federico Fellini Aug 20, 2020

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In this special edition of The Screen Show we celebrate the centenary year of the birth of one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time with a panel of international Fellini scholars, and filmmakers Baz Luhrmann and Guy Maddin.

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