A Candid Conversation with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
It’s been a year in Los Angeles. Between the historic wildfires, rapid recovery efforts, and the ICE raids over the summer, Mayor Karen Bass has been tasked with moving at a breakneck speed to meet th...
24 Aug 20251h 8min
The Stories of Actor Josh Brolin (‘Weapons’)
With the arrival of Weapons in theaters, we return to our conversation with actor Josh Brolin. Since the turn of the century, Brolin has had quite a run. From No Country for Old Men and Hail, Caesar! ...
17 Aug 20251h 25min
Actor Julia Garner is Hollywood’s Secret ‘Weapon’
Actor Julia Garner (Ozark) has built a career out of shapeshifting. This summer, the Emmy-winning performer lands on the silver (surfer) screen with two major projects—The Fantastic Four: First Steps ...
10 Aug 202550min
David Mamet Exits Stage Left
David Mamet is one of the most celebrated American playwrights of the last century: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, and Glengarry Glen Ross— which won the Pulitzer Priz...
3 Aug 20251h 19min
Director Celine Song on ‘Materialists’ (Death, Sex & Money)
Long before Celine Song was nominated for an Academy Award for her feature directorial debut, Past Lives, she was a struggling playwright in New York City with an unusual side hustle: matchmaking. In ...
30 Juli 202542min
Actor Patricia Clarkson (‘Sharp Objects’) Goes Her Own Way
After nearly four decades of working in Hollywood, actor Patricia Clarkson (The Station Agent, Pieces of April) says her portrayal of women’s rights activist Lilly Ledbetter is “the greatest privilege...
27 Juli 202556min
Play It Again: Joaquin Phoenix
“I wanted to be good, but I completely burned up the morning,” said Joaquin Phoenix on day 1 of Eddington. “Ari and I stayed on set when everyone left for lunch—and, slowly, something emerged. I don’t...
23 Juli 20251h 3min
Director Ari Aster (‘Eddington’) Has Made an American Western for 2025
“Eddington is a film about a bunch of people who know that something is wrong,” says writer-director Ari Aster. “It’s just that nobody can agree on what that thing is.” Aster joins us this week to unp...
20 Juli 202556min
