Director Tom Gormican discusses his new film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, with fellow director Scott Z. Burns in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation they speak about the letter that convinced Nicolas Cage to do the movie, directing the film from an Ipad in a hotel room, and the importance of music in a film with a c ... Show More
Oct 30
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother with Bassam Tariq and Walter Thompson-Hernandez (Ep. 629)
Director Bassam Tariq discusses his new film, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, with fellow Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses drawing on his own experiences as a father in crisis, shooting the film ... Show More
30m 34s
Oct 26
Fjord with Cristian Mungiu and Ira Sachs (Ep. 628)
Director Cristian Mungiu discusses his new film, Fjord, with fellow Director Ira Sachs in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses drawing inspiration for the plot from real-world events, casting Actors Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan, and deliber ... Show More
38m 1s
Oct 23
Primetime with Lance Oppenheim and Molly Gordon (Ep. 627)
Director Lance Oppenheim discusses his new film, Primetime, with fellow Director Molly Gordon in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses how he slowly enticed Actor Robert Pattinson to get involved and play the lead role, how he studied past episod ... Show More
32m 24s
May 2023
Renfield and The Rise, Fall, & Return Of Nicolas Cage
<p>The Salty Nerds talk about one of the greatest actors of all time - Nicolas Cage, and his storied career while giving a spoiler-filled review of his most recent movie, Renfield.
The Nerds talk about Cage's start as a quirky character actor, his Oscar win, his time as a le ... Show More
52m 51s
May 2022
‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Evil Dead,’ and the Sam Raimi Rankings
This week sees the release of ‘Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,’ which is directed by one of our favorite filmmakers, Sam Raimi. Adam Nayman talks with Sean about Raimi's expansive career and style, before ranking his 15 features (38:00). Then, Sean is joined by Tom Gorm ... Show More
1h 37m
May 2022
Pedro Pascal: A Life of Dreaming
This week we sit with actor Pedro Pascal! We begin with the release of his new film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (5:02), working with childhood idol Nicolas Cage (6:50), why his parents left Chile (11:40), the John Hughes classic his dad wouldn’t let him watch (17:00) ... Show More
52m 12s
Nov 2023
Nicolas Cage is Your Nightmare
This week, Dana and Stephen are joined by Supreme Friend of the Pod, Isaac Butler, who co-hosts Slate’s Working podcast and is the author of The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (which is now available in paperback!). The panel begins by pondering Dream Scenario, ... Show More
55m 1s