Ahead of this weekend’s Academy Awards, we present conversations with some of the standout nominees.
[REBROADCAST FROM October 25, 2023] Award-winning screenwriter and director Alexander Payne (“Election,” “Sideways,” “The Descendants”) returns with a new comedy set at an elite prep school over the Christmas holidays. It reunites Payne and actor Paul Giamatti, who worked together on “Sideways.” We speak with Payne and screenwriter David Hemingson about “The Holdovers.”
[REBROADCAST FROM January 12, 2024] In the new Yorgos Lanthamos film “Poor Things,” Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is the product of an experiment in which an infant brain has been placed inside an adult woman’s body. As she discovers her sexuality, social expectations placed on women, and explores the world, she begins to challenge the men around her as she forms her own ideas about life. Screenwriter Tony McNamara joins us to discuss writing this unusual character, and we are also joined by Ramy Youssef, who stars in the film as Max, a gentle student who falls in love with Bella.
[REBROADCAST FROM January 9, 2024] Jeffrey Wright stars in Cord Jefferson’s new film, “American Fiction,” as a well-respected but commercially unsuccessful novelist who decides to write a book full of stereotypical tropes. Wright joins to discuss his role, which earned him an Oscar nomination.
[REBROADCAST FROM June 1, 2023] A new film creating Oscar buzz tells the story of two childhood friends from South Korea who reunite for a week in New York City at a turning point in both of their adult lives. Director and writer Celine Song and actor Greta Lee join to discuss “Past Lives.”
[REBROADCAST FROM December 12, 2023] The beloved novel, film and musical “The Color Purple” has now been turned into a movie musical, starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, and Danielle Brooks. We speak with director Blitz Bazawule and Danielle Brooks about the process of bringing the celebrated Broadway musical to…
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