Director Denis Villeneuve discusses his new film, Dune: Part Two, with fellow Director Steven Spielberg in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses the throes of filming in the desert in comparison with Lawrence of Arabia, the comic and painterly inspirations for his imagery, and adjusting his adaptation to closer fit Fr ... Show More
Jun 22
In the Hand of Dante with Julian Schnabel and Benny Safdie (Ep. 616)
Director Julian Schnabel discuss his new film, In the Hand of Dante, with fellow Director Benny Safdie in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses his spontaneous approach to his directing style, casting Actors in double roles between the film’s two ... Show More
34m 2s
Jun 10
Mortal Kombat II with Simon McQuoid and David Sandberg (Ep. 615)
Director Simon McQuoid discuss his new film, Mortal Kombat II, with fellow Director David Sandberg in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he worked with the stunt team to make the action scenes advance the story, his preference for pract ... Show More
31m 5s
Jun 1
The Sheep Detectives with Kyle Balda and Jonathan Goldstein (Ep. 614)
Director Kyle Balda discuss his new film, The Sheep Detectives, with fellow Director Jonathan Goldstein in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses making the jump from animation directing to live-action directing for the first time, carefully ba ... Show More
26m 27s
Nov 2021
#301: Just Deserts Pt. 2 — Dune (2021)
Denis Villeneuve’s new DUNE (or, more accurately, DUNE PART ONE) begins the process of adapting Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name, which itself drew from the biography of T.E. Lawrence, the inspiration for another film concerned with “desert power” and messiah mythmakin ... Show More
1h 31m
Mar 2024
Culture chat: Dune: Part Two, directed by Denis Villeneuve
This week, we talk about the new film Dune: Part Two. A star-studded epic featuring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and more. It’s the second instalment in the Dune franchise, based on the book by Frank Herbert and directed by Denis Villeneuve. The FT’s global business ... Show More
23m 16s
Jul 2024
ALFONSO CUARÓN - Writer / Director
<p>SEASON 2 - EPISODE 99 - ALFONSO CUARÓN - WRITER / DIRECTOR</p> <p>Writer and director Alfonso Cuarón (ROMA, CHILDREN OF MEN, Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast to talk about his career and about filmmaking. Growing up in Mexico, Alfonso sou ... Show More
1h 22m
Feb 2024
Les enjeux et les surprises de Dune 2 : On debriefe la suite épique de la saga !
<p>À la Dune... à la deux ! Christopher Nolan le compare à L’Empire contre-attaque, d’autres le placent parmi les meilleures suites jamais produites. Et les critiques parlent de film "colossal" et "jamais vu". La Rédac AlloCiné débriefe "Dune : deuxième partie", ses enjeux, ses r ... Show More
58m 40s
Nov 2023
RIAN JOHNSON - Writer / Director
<p>SEASON 2 - EPISODE 63 - RIAN JOHNSON - WRITER / DIRECTOR</p> <p>On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, writer and director Rian Johnson (KNIVES OUT, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, LOOPER) speaks with us about his career, and, in a pleasant change of pace, he even asks us a fe ... Show More
1h 10m