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Alejandro Landes Was Carried On A Stretcher Out Of The Jungle Making ‘Monos’ [Podcast]

September 17, 2019 8:47 pm

There have been many films with legendary tales of extreme conditions. Movies that lost their sets to dust storms in the desert or numerous other natural disasters. It's rare, however, that you can feel that v...

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‘The Other Two’s’ Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider Are Gagging For You [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

June 13, 2019 11:12 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts, Television

Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider may not be household names, but you've seen their work for years. They wrote some of the more memorable sketches on "Saturday Night Live" this decade and were co-head writers fo...

Dominque Jackson Turns A ‘Pose’ & Breaks Down The Global Ballroom Scene [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

June 5, 2019 9:27 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

You know you've lived a life when the ballroom community bestows the title of "Iconic" on you. And, trust, Dominque Jackson more than earned that accolade. The model, activist and, now, actress has made a spl...

‘The Hot Zone’ Producers On Julianna Margulies, Adapting Non-Fiction & Those Clunky Suits [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

May 24, 2019 1:17 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts, Television

You may not recognize their names immediately, but if you've been a regular television watcher the past 15 years you've likely seen the work of Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders. They rose from writers to execut...

Timothy Simons Says Goodbye To ‘Veep’ & Jonah Ryan [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

May 8, 2019 2:36 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News, Podcasts, Television

It's tough to say goodbye to something you love, but Timothy Simons has a pretty good perspective on the final season of "Veep." That's one of the takeaways from our conversation about his last go around playi...

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‘Knock Down The House’ Director Chronicles The Incredible Journey Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

May 1, 2019 9:44 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

When Rachel Lears was chronicling the election campaigns of four progressive Democrats trying to upend the status quo she was very aware that all of the primary candidates could lose their races. Amy Vilela was...

Steven Canals On The Long Journey To Strike That ‘Pose’ [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

April 22, 2019 5:04 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts, Television

Sometimes good things come to those who wait. For Steven Canals, an idea that sparked in 2004 while he was a college student at the University of Binghamton came to roost 14 years later. He'd just seen the la...

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Debra Granik On Finding That Right Ending For ‘Leave No Trace’ [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

January 11, 2019 6:41 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

There is still a slim chance, but it doesn't look promising for Debra Granik to earn her first Oscar nomination for Directing. The New York-based filmmaker helmed one of the most critically acclaimed films of ...

‘Dumplin’s’ Anne Fletcher On Dolly Parton, Self-Empowerment & Drag Queens [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

December 11, 2018 8:50 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

When you sit down and chat with director Anne Fletcher you immediately recognize the energy that fueled her first three box office hits, "Step Up," "27 Dresses" and "The Proposal." Her last two films didn't qu...

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Stefano Sollima On The Controversial Opening Of ‘Sicario: Day Of The Soldado’ [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

July 2, 2018 8:19 am

Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

It would be disingenuous to not acknowledge that it's often off putting when you see a movie and your fellow critics don't react with the same enthusiasm. After seeing "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" a few weeks...

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