Comcast and NBC Universal Are Breaking Up: What Does That Mean?
This week I’m joined by CNN’s media analyst Brian Stelter to discuss the big news of the week, Comcast’s decision to spin NBC Universal off into a separate company. What will happen to the broadcast n...
3 Heinä 31min
The Increasing Entanglements of Hollywood and AI
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Ben Fritz of the Wall Street Journal to discuss his exclusive on the partnership between Google and A24 and what it portends for the rest of the studios who are e...
26 Kesä 37min
The Mount Rushmore of TV
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by my first guest, the great Richard Rushfield, to talk all things TV. What’s the deal with Fox buying Roku? What does the post-peak-TV era look like? And, perhaps...
19 Kesä 44min
The Wild West of 1980s Movie Financing
I’m joined by Peter M. Hoffman this week to discuss his new memoir, Karmic Winds, about his time in Hollywood as the tax lawyer who could figure out how to get movies financed and get people paid. Fan...
12 Kesä 40min
Bringing 'Day of the Dead' Back to Life
I’m super-excited about this week’s episode, as I’m getting to talk about one of my favorite zombie movies (Day of the Dead) with one of the creators of that film (John Harrison, the first assistant d...
5 Kesä 58min
Three Movies to Prep For Our Viral Apocalypse
Just as a heads up: This episode was posted on the Takes feed over the weekend, but I wanted to make sure and share it with y’all because a.) it was a lot of fun and b.) I did a weirdly large amount o...
29 Touko 47min
Turning Sex and Dragons Into Streaming Money
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Julia Alexander to discuss her latest piece for Puck on why romantasy—the subgenre of fine literature dedicated to dragons and sex—has had a hard time gaining a...
22 Touko 50min
The Top Ten War Movies
Hey everyone, so: This posted in the Takes feed over the weekend. (You can watch the video on Substack here or YouTube here.) I Just wanted to make sure this episode got into the Bulwark Goes to Holly...
15 Touko 51min
