We Need to Talk About Oscar
By Áron Czapek
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Episodes: 118
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We Need to Talk About Oscar offers in-depth interviews with filmmakers, actors, and industry professionals. Although inspired by 'Oscar-worthy' titles, our conversations extend to buzzy indie projects and TV shows, exploring both the technical aspects of filmmaking and the personal stories behind them.
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Shaking up the future, with 'Happyend' cinematographer Bill Kirstein
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Anu Valia on the many layers of 'We Strangers’
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Director Oliver Hermanus on how music shapes the story in ‘The History of Sound’
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #25: Alex Disenhof on the art of character-driven action in 'Task'
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Yeo Siew Hua wants you to see through ‘Stranger Eyes’
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Improv Magic: How Sam Davis and Co redefined short film storytelling on 'The Singers'
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #24: Christophe Nuyens on navigating the galaxy in 'Andor'
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #23: Ante Cheng takes us across the seasons and generations of 'Pachinko'
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #22: Kalina Ivanov’s designs bring color to the world of ‘The Penguin’
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Visual storytelling and cultural roots: James J. Robinson on 'First Light'
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Sibling Synergy: Ramon Zürcher takes us inside the making of 'The Sparrow in the Chimney'
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Interpreting the Unfamiliar, with 'Familiar Touch' director Sarah Friedland
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Fawzia Mirza transforms personal truth into 'The Queen of My Dreams'
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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From free flights to creative freedom: The trio behind 'The Travel Companion'
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Back in the Driver’s Seat with Sarah Adler, star of ‘Dead Language’
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Flying High: The Journey of 'Kites' and its director Walter Thompson-Hernández
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Cabin Fever: Nora Kirkpatrick on exploring relationships in 'A Tree Fell in the Woods'
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Scented memories, with 'Fior Di Latte' director Charlotte Ercoli
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Galloping through life, with 'Horsegirls' director Lauren Meyering and star Lillian Carrier
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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A mother-daughter tale of light and dark, with 'Honeyjoon' director Lilian T. Mehrel
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Fighting for Love: Gianna Toboni on families vs government in 'Just Kids'
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Old school rebels and new age challenges, with 'A Bright Future' director Lucía Garibaldi
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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'We Are Pat' director Rowan Haber on how a 90s character mirrors today's gender conversations
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Navigating Love and Miscommunication: The Making of 'I Don't Understand You'
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Out of place but in control: John Maclean and Robbie Ryan on 'Tornado'
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May 30, 2025 |
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Back for More: Julia Max and Ian McDonald talk 'The Surrender'
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May 23, 2025 |
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The Sonic Bridge: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan on Nature, Sound, and Storytelling
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May 16, 2025 |
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Unlocking Verona: Tim Bogart on modernizing Shakespeare's masterpiece
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May 09, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #21: Jo Willems breaks down the visuals of 'Black Mirror S7 - Plaything' from the 90s to 2032
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May 06, 2025 |
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From Stage to Screen - Lovell Holder on the journey of 'Lavender Men'
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May 02, 2025 |
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Rolling with 70 Cameras: Eugene Kotlyarenko and Barton Cortright on the wild metaverse of 'The Code'
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Dea Kulumbegashvili & Arseni Khachaturan on framing the unseen in 'April'
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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From Film Critic to Author: Marya E. Gates on her new book - 'Cinema Her Way'
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #20: ‘No1 Happy Family USA’ Co-Creator Pam Brady on crafting stories that resonate
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #19: 'The Eastern Gate' star Lena Góra on language, emotion, and expectations
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #18: 'Call Me Ted' - A journey through the life of a media icon
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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No rest for the independent, with ‘Gazer’ DP Matheus Bastos
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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'Audrey's Children' director Ami Canaan Mann on the timelessness of the gender gap
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Magic in the Mundane: How 'Some Nights I Feel Like Walking' Captures Queer Intimacy
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Framing fear, with 'Control Freak' cinematographer Scott Siracusano
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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From Paintbrush to Camera: Bebe Dierken's cinematic focus through the ranks
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #17: Peter Craig adapts ‘Dope Thief’
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Julia Max summons Colby Minifie for ‘The Surrender’
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Cam Banfield’s directorial debut makes you question ‘How Was Your Weekend?’
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Exploring family and chaos, with 'Riff Raff' director Dito Montiel
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Brace yourselves for 'Lockjaw'
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Lured into injustice, with the co-director and cinematographer of ‘A Lien’
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Jarin Blaschke brings color to the world of 'Nosferatu'
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Maria Bakalova reconciles with grief in ‘O Horizon’
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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‘Magic Hour’ captures actors Miriam Shor and Josh Stamberg in a different light
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Drew Hancock realizes AI in 'Companion'
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Vera Drew revisits the early days of 'The People's Joker'
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Sundance #3: The unintentional intentions in ’Rains Over Babel’
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Sundance #2: The search for ‘LUZ’
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Sundance #1: One of a kind 'By Design'
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Chris Sullivan visits Soderbergh’s Hollywood in ‘Presence’
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Ed Lachman and a cinematographer’s spatial awareness
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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'September 5' director Tim Fehlbaum on the weight of history
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Shea Whigham breaks out of character
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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How ‘The Brutalist’ cinematographer Lol Crawley moved what's immobile
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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How DoP Jomo Fray’s camera joined the act in ‘Nickel Boys’
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Rina Yang fights the battle of perception in ‘The Fire Inside’
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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The brutal art of indie filmmaking with Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, co-directors of 'Los Frikis'
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Exploring emotions through the lens of cinematographer Cambio in 'Daughters'
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #16: The cinematography of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Inside the Control Room of 'September 5'
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Directing and portraying the cross-generational tragedy of 'Nickel Boys'
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Co-writer Clint Bentley on exploring the reality of ‘Sing Sing’
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Rodrigo Prieto takes the stand in the director’s chair
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Ray Fisher goes from stage to screen in 'The Piano Lesson'
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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DoP Benjamin Kračun on concocting ‘The Substance’
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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When everything falls into its right place, with 'Anora' cinematographer Drew Daniels
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Genre dynamics, with ‘Don’t Move’ co-directors Adam Schindler and Brian Netto
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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A memory to live by, with the Director of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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College life on 'The Line', with director Ethan Berger
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Fiction in truth, with 'Woman of the Hour' writer Ian McDonald
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Timeless timelines, with 'Caddo Lake' co-directors Celine Held & Logan George, plus cinematographer Lowell A. Meyer
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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An out-of-body (swap) experience, with 'It's What's Inside' director Greg Jardin and actor David Thompson
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Familiar grief and familial dynamics, with 'His Three Daughters' writer-director Azazel Jacobs
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Rewind #1: Director (of Photography) Paul Cameron goes back in time
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #15: The fever dream - like tragedy of ‘Lady in the Lake’
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #14: Immersed in the world of 'Shōgun', with DP Sam McCurdy
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Finding freedom within a system, with editor Parker Laramie
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Indie, studio film, and the middle ground, with director Michael Sarnoski
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #13: The timeless tragedy of 'Under the Bridge', with star Vritika Gupta and director Kevin Phillips
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #12: Production designer Tommaso Ortino on how limitations turned into an advantage for 'Fantasmas'
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Capturing humanity on different budgets, with cinematographer Pat Scola
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #11: Cinematographer Sam Levy on becoming the eyes of Julio Torres for 'Fantasmas'
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Setting up a film to be shot solely in a taxi, with 'Daddio' production designer Kristi Zea
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #10: Florian Hoffmeister on the cinematography of 'True Detective: Night Country'
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Unpacking 'Jazzy': Inspiration, emotion and execution
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Is there an 'Antidote' to all this?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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How the night changes over 'The Weekend'
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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The Rich Tale of a Director Who Decided to Give His Film a Long Title
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #9: Weronika Tofilska and Krzysztof Trojnar, the driector and cinematographer of 'Baby Reindeer' Eps. 1-4
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #8: Showrunner Steven Knight on how the lies prevail over the truth in 'The Veil'
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May 29, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #7: Marty Beller on scoring S2 of 'American Rust'
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May 24, 2024 |
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Production designer Jess Gonchor on stepping into John Krasinski’s imagination for 'IF'
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May 20, 2024 |
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The idea of a score with Sidd Koshla, composer of ‘The Idea of You’
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May 17, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #6: Editor Viks Patel on his collaboration with Park Chan-wook for “The Sympathizer”
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May 13, 2024 |
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'Monkey Man' composer Jed Kurzel
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May 09, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #5: Barry Ackroyd BSC on lensing “The Sympathizer” Ep4
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May 06, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #4: ‘Shōgun’ Ep1&2, with director Jonathan van Tulleken and cinematographer Christopher Ross
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Inside the visuals of ‘Immaculate’, with cinematographer Elisha Christian and production designer Adam Reamer
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #3: The craftsmanship behind HBO’s ‘The Regime’
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #2: The music of ‘RIPLEY’ and ‘Fargo’ S5, with composer Jeff Russo
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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‘Immaculate’ editor Christian Masini on creating the horror atmosphere that will punch you in the face
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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How composer Will Bates used an out of tune 19th century piano to heighten the eerie atmosphere of 'Immaculate'
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #1: ‘The Gentlemen’ series through the lens of cinematographer Callan Green
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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‘Spaceman’ screenwriter Colby Day on creating a meaningful relationship drama in a science-fiction setting
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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How music can embody feelings, with the composers of ‘Orion and the Dark’
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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How to honor, yet bring something new to earlier soundtracks, with 'May December' composer Marcelo Zarvos
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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The parallel between gangsters and Julianne Moore's Gracie, with 'May December' screenwriter Samy Burch
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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How ‘The Holdovers’ achieved its ‘70s look both behind and in front of the camera, with Eigil Bryld and Ryan Warren Smith
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Yorgos Mavropsaridis on bringing order into the wonderful chaos of 'Poor Things' through the art of editing
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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How Godwin Baxter's looks were inspired by the Guinea Pig Club, with 'Poor Things' prosthetic makeup artist Josh Weston
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Sound mixer Steve Morrow on 'Maestro'
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Kevin Tent on editing 'The Holdovers'
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Feb 22, 2024 |