Best Paul Rosso Podcasts (2025)

The South Australian first-time filmmakers behind Lesbian Space Princess, an adult animation about an introverted lesbian space princess, which had its world premiere at the 2025 Berlinale. Looking for Alibrandi director Kate Woods returns with Kangaroo, a family comedy about a D-list celebrity who teams up with an Indigenous girl to rescue and reh…

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Splitsville + Went Up the Hill 54:06

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U.S. actor and director Michael Angelo Covino discusses Splitsville, a relationship comedy about divorce, friendship, and an open marriage, in which he stars opposite Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona. New Zealand-born Australian director Samuel van Grinsven returns with his second feature, Went Up the Hill, a ghost story led by Vicky Krieps (Phantom…

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Olivia Colman & Benedict Cumberbatch lead Jay Roach's The Roses + Sorry, Baby + A Conversation with the Sun 54:07

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Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, The Roses re-imagines the 1980s classic The War of the Roses. Jason speaks to director Jay Roach. Eva Victor on her indie Sorry, Baby, which highlights Agnes' journey after a traumatic experience in her life. Jason meets Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who is in Australia to premiere his wor…

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Three of the most exciting filmmakers from MIFF's Bright Horizons Competition 54:03

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A panel discussion of talented international directors with films in competition at the Melbourne International Film Festival discuss their journeys with Jason, including American filmmaker Andrew Patterson (The Vast of Night), whose second feature The Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey, premiered at SXSW this year; Chie Hayakawa (…

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Eddington + The Rainmaker + The Ballad of Wallis Island 54:35

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Ari Aster on Eddington, a satirical neo-Western set during the pandemic, featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in the lead roles. Michael Seitzman, showrunner of The Rainmaker, talks about adapting the classic John Grisham legal thriller for television. Carey Mulligan stars in The Ballad of Wallis Island, a comedy about a lottery winner whose …

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Podcast Extra: Vale David Stratton 15:10

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Legendary Australian film critic, cinephile, film scholar, programmer, and author, David Stratton, sadly passed away this week, aged 85. In 2017, he joined Jason Di Rosso in the studio to discuss David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, Sally Aitken's documentary about his lifelong love of movies.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Tom Hiddleston & Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Life of Chuck/Alien: Earth/April 54:05

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British A-listers Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Life of Chuck, a fantasy drama based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King. Beloved Australian actor Essie Davis discusses her role in the upcoming Disney sci-fi series Alien: Earth. Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili speaks about her haunting abortion drama April, which won …

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Weapons/Platonic/Naomi Watts on The Friend 54:06

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U.S. director Zach Cregger discusses Weapons, his excellent horror about a community left questioning who or what is behind the disappearance of a classroom of children. The showrunners behind Apple TV+ series Platonic, in which Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen star as a charming duo of best friends in L.A. Naomi Watts on The Friend, an adaptation of the …

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Lena Dunham's Too Much with co-creator Luis Felber + Michael Shanks/Together + François Ozon/When Fall is Coming 1:03:21

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British-Peruvian musician Luis Felber (Attawalpa) co-created the buzzy Netflix series Too Much with his wife Lena Dunham, a rom-com full of joy and complexity set in London. Luis gets beneath the surface of it all with Jason. Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks on Together, his sticky body horror that made a mark at Sundance, starring Dave Franco a…

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Helena Bonham Carter on Four Letters of Love + The Stolen Painting + Holy Cow 53:33

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Screen legend Helena Bonham Carter on Four Letters of Love, where she stars opposite Pierce Brosnan in an adaptation of Niall Williams' 1997 novel about a couple pulled together by ghosts, fate and the power of love. Inspired by real events, acclaimed writer/director Pascal Bonitzer’s sharp dramedy The Stolen Painting follows an auctioneer whose pr…

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Highlights! Babygirl + Maria 54:05

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As two Oscar snubbed films with excellent female leads from earlier in the year become available to watch via streaming, a highlights program featuring Dutch writer-director Halina Reijn on Babygirl, a sexual thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a powerful CEO who embarks on an affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickenson; Plus, Ac…

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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office + My Father's Shadow 54:07

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Two stand-outs from the Melbourne International Film Festival: Filmmaker Courtney Stephens on dolphin intelligence, sensory deprivation and the psychedelic experience...her new documentary looks at the strange and often confronting work of twentieth-century utopian neuroscientist John Lilly. British-Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr remembers the…

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My Undesirable Friends + experimental filmmaker Dirk de Bruyn 54:05

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A first glance at the Melbourne International Film Festival...Russian American filmmaker Julia Loktev on her fascinating five and a half hour documentary about journalists in Russia, My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow. One of the luminaries of Australian avant-garde filmmaking Dirk de Bruyn talks about two of his profoundly persona…

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Families Like Ours / Smoke / The Story of Souleymane 54:05

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Acclaimed director Thomas Vinterberg (Festen, Another Round) on his new 7-part series Families Like Ours, which is set in a hypothetical near future where global warming has led to the imminent flooding of Denmark. Director Boris Lojkine and actor Abou Sangaré discuss Cannes Un Certain Regard winner The Story of Souleymane, a deeply empathetic dram…

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28 Years Later + Justin Kurzel's new doco Ellis Park 54:05

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Australian director Justin Kurzel on his documentary Ellis Park, which follows Bad Seed and Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis as he pursues his twin passions: making music and supporting a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra. Filmmakers Danny Boyle and Alex Garland talk political allegory and post-Brexit Britain in their new zombie film 28 Years Later, …

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Materialists + The Survivors 54:05

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Past Lives director Celine Song on her new rom-com Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson as a professional matchmaker who falls into a love triangle with her broke ex and a wealthy finance guy. The Rings of Power actor Charlie Vickers and showrunner Tony Ayres discuss working on the Netflix adaptation of Jane Harper's The Survivors, a story about a…

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Stick + One to One: John & Yoko + White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on The Salt Path 55:00

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U.S. writer-director Jason Keller talks Stick, a new sports comedy starring Owen Wilson as a washed-up former golf pro and Peter Dager as his Gen Z protege. Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald on his doc One to One: John & Yoko... set in 1972 New York, the film explores John Lennon and Yoko Ono's world amid a turbulent era. White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on h…

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Wes Anderson & Benicio Del Toro on The Phoenician Scheme/The Philippou Brothers new A24 horror/Palme d'Or winner 54:04

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Direct from Cannes, where it received a seven-and-a-half-minute standing ovation, Wes Anderson and Benicio Del Toro discuss The Phoenician Scheme. Adelaide’s Phillipou Brothers on their latest South Australian horror for A24, Bring Her Back, the follow-up to their acclaimed feature debut Talk To Me. Artistic director of Sydney Film Festival Nashen …

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Beating Hearts, Universal Language, The Blue Trail 54:05

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French director Gilles Lellouche on Beating Hearts, a genre-spanning romantic epic starring Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Colour) that follows a written-in-the-stars infatuation tested by social boundaries. Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin discusses his multi-award winning Universal Language...in a surreal interzone between Tehran and W…

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Final Destination: Bloodlines/The Surfer/Shayda 54:05

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The newest chapter in the successful Final Destination horror franchise takes audiences back to the beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice. Jason meets directors Adam Stein & Zach Lipovsky. Irish director Lorcan Finnegan on The Surfer, a psychological surf thriller starring Nicolas Cage which takes aim at Australian masculinity and localism …

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Clown in a Cornfield/Monsieur Aznavour/The Wedding Banquet 54:07

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American film director Eli Craig discusses his horror Clown in a Cornfield...as teenagers start to go missing one by one in a Midwestern town, the local legend of Frendo the clown becomes all too real. Director Mehdi Idir on Monsieur Aznavour, a biopic about an iconic singer-songwriter who beat all odds to become one of France’s best-loved entertai…

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A Grand Mockery + How the West Was Lost 54:01

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Screening at the Fantastic Film Festival, A Grand Mockery is an exciting example of independent filmmaking. Shot on luminous Super 8, it follows Josie, a young man leading a life of passive mundanity in Brisbane. Jason meets directors Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon. Director David Noakes discusses How the West Was Lost, a documentary about the 1946 A…

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German Film Festival 2025: Riefenstahl + Hysteria 54:06

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As the German Film Festival rolls out across the country, we meet two directors featured in this year's lineup... Acclaimed director Andres Veiel discusses his documentary Riefenstahl, a captivating insight into the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl and her complex relationship with the Nazi regime. Award-winning director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's…

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Warfare + The Correspondent + Steve Coogan on The Penguin Lessons 54:04

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British actor Will Poulter, who has starred in The Bear, Black Mirror, The Revenant and Midsommar, talks about his latest film role in the gripping war thriller Warfare. Kriv Stenders and Richard Roxburgh on The Correspondent, the story of the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Australian journalist Peter Greste. Beloved actor and comedian Steve Coo…

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Paul Thomas Anderson on One Battle After Another/ Julia Fox and Justin Tipping on Him 54:07

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Lesbian Space Princess/ Kangaroo/ Vale Robert Redford 54:32

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Splitsville + Went Up the Hill 54:06

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Olivia Colman & Benedict Cumberbatch lead Jay Roach's The Roses + Sorry, Baby + A Conversation with the Sun 54:07

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Three of the most exciting filmmakers from MIFF's Bright Horizons Competition 54:03

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Eddington + The Rainmaker + The Ballad of Wallis Island 54:35

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Podcast Extra: Vale David Stratton 15:10

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Tom Hiddleston & Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Life of Chuck/Alien: Earth/April 54:05

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Weapons/Platonic/Naomi Watts on The Friend 54:06

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Lena Dunham's Too Much with co-creator Luis Felber + Michael Shanks/Together + François Ozon/When Fall is Coming 1:03:21

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Helena Bonham Carter on Four Letters of Love + The Stolen Painting + Holy Cow 53:33

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Highlights! Babygirl + Maria 54:05

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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office + My Father's Shadow 54:07

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My Undesirable Friends + experimental filmmaker Dirk de Bruyn 54:05

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Families Like Ours / Smoke / The Story of Souleymane 54:05

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28 Years Later + Justin Kurzel's new doco Ellis Park 54:05

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Materialists + The Survivors 54:05

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Stick + One to One: John & Yoko + White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on The Salt Path 55:00

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Wes Anderson & Benicio Del Toro on The Phoenician Scheme/The Philippou Brothers new A24 horror/Palme d'Or winner 54:04

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Beating Hearts, Universal Language, The Blue Trail 54:05

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Final Destination: Bloodlines/The Surfer/Shayda 54:05

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Clown in a Cornfield/Monsieur Aznavour/The Wedding Banquet 54:07

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A Grand Mockery + How the West Was Lost 54:01

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German Film Festival 2025: Riefenstahl + Hysteria 54:06

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Warfare + The Correspondent + Steve Coogan on The Penguin Lessons 54:04