SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 40

IN EPISODE 40, WE REMAKE INGMAR BERGMAN’S 1973 PODCAST, SCREEN WATCHING.

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From their rock-solid relationship base, Dan & Simon cast a judgey eye over this week’s water-cooler TV content, Scenes From a Marriage; check out the new issues-based anthology series, The Premise; and go deep into the South American jungle, with Ainbo. Simon speaks with actress/director Mélanie Laurent about her new Amazon Prime feature, The Mad Women’s Ball. And the lads are overcome with ambivalence while guessing this week’s Emmy honorees. Enjoy!

REVIEWS (01:55)
Scenes From a Marriage (US: HBO | AUS: Foxtel/Binge); The Premise (US: FX | AUS: Foxtel/Binge); AINBO: Spirit of The Amazon (in cinemas now).

THE SCREEN WATCHING MIDDLE BIT (21:32)  
MELANIE LAURENT (Dir: The Mad Women's Ball)
Mélanie Laurent has been a superstar actress, acclaimed theatre director and filmmaking force for two decades in Europe, with occasional Hollywood forays for directors Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds, 2009), Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, 2013) and Michael Bay (6 Underground, 2019). Her latest project is as writer, director and co-star of Amazon Prime's adaptation of the Victoria Mas bestseller, THE MAD WOMEN'S BALL. On the eve of her film's World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Mélanie Laurent spoke with Simon about the relevance of her historical narrative in today's world, the bond she shares with her star Lou de Laâge and embracing the spiritual in a place of madness...

THE WEEK AHEAD (31:19)
Amazon Prime’s fresh take on an Australian TV favourite; AppleTV+ launches Season 2 of star-heavy flagship, The Morning Show; and, we dance ‘The Batusi’ in celebration of this week’s birthday boys…

PLUS LOTS MORE!