We Need to Talk About Oscar
By Áron Czapek
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Episodes: 169
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We Need to Talk About Oscar offers in-depth interviews with filmmakers, actors, and industry professionals. Although inspired by titles you expect to be represented at the Oscars, 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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Elliot Tuttle, Kieron Moore and Reed Birney on vulnerability and vision in 'Blue Film'
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May 05, 2026 |
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Nicole Bazuin on claiming agency through form in 'Modern Whore'
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May 01, 2026 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #31: Alexandra Brodski shapes psychological grip in 'Half Man'
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Madison Young faces her younger selves in 'By the Roots'
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Chandler Levack on distance, exposure, and doubling down in 'Mile End Kicks' and 'Roommates'
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Katarina Zhu and Daisy Zhou on seeing and being seen in ‘Bunnylovr’
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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BriTANicK is turning from sketches to features
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Matthew Shear explores the personal and cultural in 'Fantasy Life'
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Aisha Evelyna lives between roles in 'Seahorse'
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Will Ropp and Matthew Pothier on anxiety, authenticity, and the harder path in 'Brian'
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Brian Tetsuro Ivie on faith, celluloid, and the leap into ‘Anima’
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Emily Robinson on the art of breaking down in 'Ugly Cry'
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Millicent Hailes on what it took to make ‘Perfect’
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #30: ‘Bridgerton’ every step of the way, with Tom Verica and Jeffrey Jur
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Jessica Barr and Sarah Whelden on making a film with no way out in ‘The Plan’
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Lucy Sandler and Mechi Lakatos embrace spontaneity in 'Danny Is My Boyfriend'
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Autumn Best on what ‘Woman of the Hour’ unlocked and what ‘BRB’ called for
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Revenge on Repeat: Kevin & Matthew McManus on grief, obsession, and working with family in ‘Redux Redux’
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Patrick Jones on blurring the line between subject and object in 'By Design'
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #29: Ashley Barron ACS navigates tone and character in 'How to Get to Heaven from Belfast'
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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James Whitaker captures man versus machine in 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die'
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Breathing new life into horror, with 'Whistle' director Corin Hardy
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Sook-Yin Lee revisits a shared past in ‘Paying for It’
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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We Need to Talk About Sundance #5: Georgia Bernstein on caregiving and obsession in 'Night Nurse'
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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We Need to Talk About Sundance #4: Family as canvas, with ‘TheyDream’ director William D. Caballero
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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Nurturing a vision into being, with the director and producers of ‘Blue Sun Palace’
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Mascha Schilinski and Fabian Gamper peer through time in ‘Sound of Falling’
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Albert Birney merges pixels and reality in 'OBEX'
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Not falling too fast, with ‘The Baltimorons’ actress Liz Larsen
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Submerged storytelling, with ‘The Plague’ director Charlie Polinger and DP Steven Breckon
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Julia Jackman and Xenia Patricia build a world of desire in '100 Nights of Hero'
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Filming the divine, with ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ cinematographer William Rexer
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Bringing back the dead, with ‘Influencers’ director Kurtis David Harder
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Finding the man behind the lyrics, with ‘Blue Moon’ writer Robert Kaplow
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Shih-Ching Tsou reclaims the devil's hand in 'Left-Handed Girl'
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Clint Bentley and Adolpho Veloso on collaborating with nature in 'Train Dreams'
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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From secrets to sequels: Simon Cellan Jones on 'The Family Plan 2'
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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‘There Was, There Was Not’ director Emily Mkrtichian in the warzone of erasure
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Seamus McGarvey on reshaping light and vision in 'Die My Love'
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #28: Mike Makowsky on the irony of tragic events in ‘Death by Lightning’
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Cherien Dabis bears witness across generations in 'All That's Left of You'
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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John-Michael Powell sculpts violence in 'Violent Ends'
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Sailing towards compassion, with the co-directors of 'Largo'
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #27: Cooper Raiff is a kid at heart in ‘Hal & Harper’
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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‘Anino’ director M.G. Evangelista on genre and identity
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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We Need to Talk About Emmy #26: Mattias Nyberg on the subjectivity of 'The Girlfriend'
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Mercedes Bryce Morgan & Nick Matthews navigate the twisted waters of 'Bone Lake'
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Alexander Dynan on visualizing sound and time in 'The History of Sound'
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Building bridges in Brooklyn, with ‘All God’s Children’ director Ondi Timoner
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Policing Your Feelings: Carmen Emmi on the emotional depth of ‘Plainclothes’
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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The soundscape of the supernatural, with 'Rabbit Trap' director Bryn Chainey
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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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 director 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 |