Are Casual Filmgoers Finally Coming Back?
David Herrin of The Quorum—a must-check site for movie-data nerds—joins us live from the corridors of CinemaCon to discuss the mood of theater owners, the vibes of theatergoers, and the state of the i...
28 Apr 202239min
How Hollywood Trade Papers Shaped the Movies You Love
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Eric Hoyt, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about his new book on the rise of the Hollywood trade press and how these papers helped shape the ...
21 Apr 202246min
NATO Head on the Return to Theaters
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by John Fithian, president and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, to talk about post-pandemic moviegoing, the evolution of theatrical dining, th...
14 Apr 202240min
Lloyd Kaufman and a Half-Century of Troma
On this week’s episode, Sonny is very pleased—and a little star struck!—to be joined by Lloyd Kaufman, the mind behind Troma Entertainment, to discuss his latest film, #ShakespearesShitstorm, as well ...
7 Apr 202246min
The Nic Cage Book Every Fan Needs to Own
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Keith Phipps about his new book, Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career. Looking at the trends of Hollywood through the lens of Nic C...
31 Mar 202232min
No One's Seen the Best Picture Frontrunners. Does It Matter?
This week, Sonny talks to the Los Angeles Times’s Ryan Faughnder about a new poll showing that Coda and The Power of the Dog, the frontrunners for the Best Picture Oscar at this weekend’s Academy Awar...
24 Mar 202228min
Why the 'Head of Story' at One of Hollywood's Biggest Agencies Writes His Own
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Adam Novak, head of story at one of the biggest agencies in Hollywood, WME. Adam is also the author of the novel Rat Park, out this week, as well as three other ...
17 Mar 202239min
A Crucial Film to Understand Ukraine's Struggle
Sonny is joined this week by Andrea Chalupa, the screenwriter of Mr. Jones, the true story of Gareth Jones’s efforts to bring the horrifying reality of the Stalin-made famine in Ukraine that killed be...
10 Mar 202244min
