Director Gavin Hood discusses his film, Official Secrets, with fellow director Phillip Noyce. The film tells the true story of Katharine Gun, a British intelligence specialist who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to collect compromising information on UN members and blackmail them into sanctioning 2003 invasion of I ... Show More
Nov 21
Hedda with Nia DaCosta and Daniel Scheinert (Ep. 581)
<p class="p1">Director Nia DaCosta discusses her new film, Hedda, with fellow Director Daniel Scheinert in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, she discusses her philosophies on adaptations and how that played into making this film, the importance of ... Show More
37m 17s
Nov 18
Peter Hujar’s Day with Ira Sachs and Bette Gordon (Ep. 580)
<p class="p1">Director Ira Sachs discusses his new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, with fellow DirectorBette Gordon in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses discovering the story beats from the original 35-page writing, being inventive with blocking ... Show More
41m 35s
Nov 15
Christy with David Michôd and John Lee Hancock (Ep. 579)
<p class="p1">Director David Michôd discusses his new film, Christy, with fellow Director John Lee Hancock in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses making a sports movie with the shadowing story of an abusive relationship ever present, the ... Show More
32m 31s
Dec 2024
‘The Agency’ Series Premiere: Michael Fassbender Is Back on Our TVs, and We’re Better for It
Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney become CIA agents to recap the two-episode premiere of ‘The Agency,’ the Showtime-produced Paramount+ series starring Michael Fassbender. They start by talking about whom the show is for, the stacked cast, and director Joe Wright’s career as a film ... Show More
45m 39s
Mar 2025
Ep. - 1243 - AMERICAN MANHUNT: OSAMA BIN LADEN
<p>Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, directors of American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden on Netflix. This three-part docuseries provides an in-depth look at how the world mobilized to hunt down bin Laden, founder of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaida, after his orchestration of th ... Show More
35m 18s
Apr 2025
The Summer Movie Preview Game. Plus: David Cronenberg on ‘The Shrouds.’
Sean and Amanda briefly react to some Oscars news, including a rule requiring Academy members to watch the movies and the details surrounding the new Casting and Achievement in Stunt Design award (1:34). Then, for the first time, they play the Summer Movie Preview Game, in which ... Show More
2h 40m