Oct 7
The Brittney Griner Story with Alex Stapleton and Laura Belsey (Ep. 623)
Director Alex Stapleton discusses her new film, The Brittney Griner Story, with fellow Director Laura Belsey in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, she discusses her process of shooting master interviews first to find a foundation for her story, interviewin ... Show More
33m 13s
Sep 30
The Brink of War with Michael Russell Gunn and Rawson Marshall Thurber (Ep. 622)
Director Michael Russell Gunn discusses his new film, The Brink of War, with fellow Director Rawson Marshall Thurber in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses using transcripts from the real event as reference for the film, utilizing the authen ... Show More
31m 55s
Sep 25
Teenage Wasteland with Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss and Alice Gu (Ep. 621)
Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss discuss their new film, Teenage Wasteland, with fellow Director Alice Gu in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss poring through 500 hours of archival footage to find the film’s heart, recreating the sch ... Show More
33m 29s
Mar 2022
Sean Baker, Red Rocket, Turning Red, Wolf, Feast, The Seed, Great Freedom and The Adam Project
Director Sean Baker talks about his new film Red Rocket, about a washed-up adult film actor who returns to his small Texas hometown,Mark will also review Feast, about the infamous 2007 HIV incident in the Dutch city of Groningen, Turning Red, the latest animation from Disney, abo ... Show More
1h 51m
Mar 2022
#505 — Sandra Oh and Rosalie Chiang, Sean Baker
Red is the colour for this week's Empire Podcast. First, Ben Travis has a chat with Sandra Oh and Rosalie Chiang, stars of the new Pixar movie, Turning Red, and then Red Rocket director, Sean Baker, tells Alex Godfrey all about how he pulled off his delightful latest, in which Si ... Show More
1h 52m
Oct 2011
Meet the Filmmaker: Sean Durkin, Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Join filmmaker Sean Durkin, and actors Elizabeth Olsen and John Hawkes as they discuss their drama “Martha Marcy May Marlene”. Written and Directed by Durkin, the story follows “Martha” (Elizabeth Olsen), a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, strugg ... Show More
31m 29s
Feb 2024
Burning For Something with Celine Song & Sofia Coppola
Topics covered include: seeing your first movie at the neighborhood theater, the pressures of live performance, the animal that is the audience, parallels between directing and motherhood, abandoning the miracle, autobiographical filmmaking, feeling like broccoli, the Pacific Oce ... Show More
1h 11m
May 2023
‘Fast X’ and the Desecration of Movies. Plus: Paul Schrader!
What a double feature. Sean and Amanda discuss ‘Fast X’ and the troubles of the franchise (1:00), before making the hard pivot to Paul Schrader’s ‘Master Gardener’ (40:00). Then, Sean is joined by Schrader to discuss the film, his long career as a writer and director, the state o ... Show More
1h 29m
Director Sean Baker discusses his new film, Red Rocket, with fellow director Lizzie Borden in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.
The film follows Mikey, who after failing in his adult film career, comes home to a town that doesn’t want him back and clashes with his estranged wife and her family.
Please note: spoilers are included.
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