Summer Movie Preview!
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Scott Mendelson of The Outside Scoop to preview the summer movie season and address some of the hottest questions in the biz. Why did Netflix push Greta Gerwig’...
8 Touko 53min
The Fan-Driven Distribution Company
Occasionally, someone will ask me if I think they should invest in a movie. My answer is, invariably, the same: you should only invest in movies you really believe in; you should understand that even ...
1 Touko 51min
Lou Diamond Phillips's Riveting New Film
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Lou Diamond Phillips, who you know from … well, tons of stuff. La Bamba, Young Guns, Longmire, and last year’s best new TV show, The Chair Company. He’s on the sh...
24 Huhti 38min
What America Loses if WB and Paramount Merge
Special two-part episode of the podcast this week! The big news in Hollywood this week has been the burgeoning effort by Hollywood creatives to fight the purchase of Warner Bros. by Paramount Skydance...
17 Huhti 1h 4min
'The Christophers': Emotionally Authentic Art
I’m joined on this week’s episode by Ed Solomon, the writer of the new Steven Soderbergh feature, The Christophers, which is in limited release this weekend and going wider next. It’s the story of an ...
10 Huhti 43min
The Cross-Country Making of 'Forrest Gump'
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Steve Starkey to discuss his new book, On the Set of Forrest Gump. Steve won an Oscar for best picture as producer on that film, but he has a career that, as I to...
3 Huhti 54min
How America Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Gambling
On this week’s episode, I’m very pleased to be joined by McKay Coppins, author of April’s cover story in The Atlantic: “Sucker: My Year as a Degenerate Gambler.” We discussed the rise of sports bettin...
27 Maalis 51min
Can Every Movie Make Money?
I’m very pleased to be rejoined by Kevin Goetz, who is the guru of movie testing to discuss his latest book, How to Score in Hollywood. When you spend nine figures on a film and another eight figures ...
23 Maalis 56min
