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| Julie Klausner: ‘Difficult People’ | 20 Aug 2026 | 00:48:36 | |
The showrunner and star discusses her groundbreaker sitcom in front of a live audience at Televerse.
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| Richard Linklater: ‘Boyhood’ | 28 Jul 2026 | 00:51:34 | |
The season 9 finale sees the director tell Seth how he pulled off one of the most audacious feats in movie history.
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| Nicolas Winding Refn: 'Drive' | 21 Jul 2026 | 00:29:53 | |
The enigmatic director reflects on the breakthrough that turned a getaway driver into a pop culture icon.
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| Guy Maddin: 'My Winnipeg' | 01 Jul 2026 | 00:45:05 | |
The acclaimed filmmaker about memory, mythmaking, hometowns and turning personal history into cinematic gold.
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| Mary Harron: ‘I Shot Andy Warhol’ | 09 Jun 2026 | 00:33:57 | |
The director on her extraordinary docudrama about the near-assassination of an art world superstar.
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| John Badham: 'Saturday Night Fever' | 26 May 2026 | 00:41:25 | |
The director remembers how a TV heartthrob, a light-up dance floor and a white suit ignited the disco era.
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| Tom Courtenay: 'The Dresser’ | 19 May 2026 | 00:35:23 | |
The legendary British actor looks back on the film that earned him an Oscar nomination and a front-row seat to Albert Finney at his most ferocious.
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| Jonathan Lynn: ‘Clue’ | 12 May 2026 | 00:42:31 | |
Seth sits down with the writer-director who turned a board game into one of Hollywood's greatest cult comedies.
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| Ron Howard and Brian Grazer: ‘Splash’ | 22 Apr 2026 | 00:46:59 | |
The Imagine duo relay the David-vs.-Goliath tale of Hollywood’s dueling mermaid movies — minting a superstar out of Tom Hanks in the process.
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| Eric Roberts: ‘Star 80’ | 14 Apr 2026 | 00:38:19 | |
The star of Bob Fosse’s final film unpacks the obsession, ambition and moral rot behind one of Hollywood’s darkest true crimes.
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| Amy Heckerling: ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ | 07 Apr 2026 | 00:48:25 | |
The director reveals how she transformed Cameron Crowe’s undercover reporting into a defining portrait of messy, horny, sun-bleached youth.
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| Andrew McCarthy: ‘Pretty in Pink’ | 31 Mar 2026 | 00:45:18 | |
The reluctant heartthrob from John Hughes’ 1986 teen classic revisits Brat Pack mania and the last-minute ending that changed everything.
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| Henry Thomas: ’E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ | 24 Mar 2026 | 00:43:49 | |
The star of the beloved sci-fi film from 1982 looks back on how a tearful, instinctive audition won him screen immortality and childhood superstardom.
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| Jane Alexander and Lynne Littman: ‘Testament’ | 17 Mar 2026 | 00:41:02 | |
The Oscar-nominated star and director of the 1983 nuclear war drama join Seth as the podcast kicks off a new season.
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| Mira Nair: 'Salaam Bombay!' | 19 Dec 2025 | 00:36:22 | |
The writer-director joins Seth to share tales of the making of this gritty and entrancing tale of life in the slums of India.
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| Larry Smith: 'Eyes Wide Shut' | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:51:49 | |
Cinematographer Larry Smith describes executing Stanley Kubrick’s exacting vision on what would be his final film.
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| William Petersen: 'Manhunter' | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:40:49 | |
The star of Hollywood’s first take on Hannibal Lecter reveals the obsessive lengths gone to by Michael Mann to craft a procedural masterpiece.
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| Adrian Lyne: ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ | 01 Oct 2025 | 00:27:23 | |
The director revisits the making of his nightmarish 1990 vision of life after the battlefield starring Tim Robbins.
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| Patty McCormack: ‘The Bad Seed’ | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:56:56 | |
The star of the 1956 thriller that introduced the “evil child” genre joins Seth to retell the making of a horror classic.
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| Philippe Rousselot: ‘Diva’ | 17 Sep 2025 | 00:41:25 | |
The Oscar-winning cinematographer walks Seth through the making of the gorgeous cult French film from 1981.
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| Rob Reiner: ‘This is Spinal Tap’ | 10 Sep 2025 | 00:43:57 | |
The director of the landmark 1984 mockumentary joins Seth for an unforgettable conversation about the making of a comedy classic.
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| Charlie Kaufman: 'Synecdoche, New York' | 04 Sep 2025 | 01:00:25 | |
The Oscar-winner breaks down the making of his 2008 postmodern mindbender starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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| Kenneth Lonergan: 'You Can Count on Me' | 23 Jul 2025 | 01:11:21 | |
The Oscar-winning writer-director revisits his landmark
first film about the bond between two orphaned siblings.
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| Sean Baker and Darren Dean: 'Prince of Broadway' | 12 May 2025 | 00:50:50 | |
The Oscar-winning Anora director shares memories of creating
his first festival film.
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| David Chase and Alex Gibney: ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ | 07 May 2025 | 00:47:27 | |
The enigmatic ‘Sopranos’ creator and his documentarian join
Seth for a chat about making history-changing TV.
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| Charles Burnett: 'Killer of Sheep' | 22 Apr 2025 | 00:37:11 | |
Indie pioneer Charles Burnett recollects the making of his 1978
masterpiece.
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| Pam Grier: 'Jackie Brown' | 03 Apr 2025 | 01:14:47 | |
Join the first female action star as she retells the
making of Quentin Tarantino’s third film
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| Amy Irving: 'Crossing Delancey' | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:43:08 | |
The star of the ultimate
“Jewish romcom” joins us to reminisce about making the 1988 charmer and shares
memories of her marriage to Steven Spielberg.
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| Patrick Wilson: 'Little Children' | 26 Feb 2025 | 00:41:24 | |
Join “Prom King” Patrick Wilson for an episode all about
laundry room trysts and suburban ennui.
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| Nancy Olson: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ | 06 Feb 2025 | 00:51:18 | |
The star of Billy Wilder’s Hollywood-skewering noir from 1950 regales with
tales of the making of the classic film.
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| Bob Gale: 'Back to the Future' | 14 Dec 2024 | 01:04:36 | |
The screenwriter of 1985’s biggest box-office hit stops by the podcast to regale us with the making of a time-travel classic.
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| Chad Stahelski: 'John Wick' | 16 Nov 2024 | 00:47:19 | |
The fight coordinator turned A-list action director reveals all about the film that launched his career — and a billion-dollar franchise.
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| Kevin Smith: 'Chasing Amy' | 19 Oct 2024 | 01:11:51 | |
The Clerks director stops by for a hilarious episode about the making of his 1997 queer(ish) indie rom-com starring Ben Affleck.
Music Credits: Damian Souder The Supercell
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| John Carpenter: 'They Live' | 09 Oct 2024 | 00:32:25 | |
Cinematic master John Carpenter joins the podcast to unpack the making of the paranoid sci-fi classic from 1988.
Episode Music Credits: Damian Souder The Supercell
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| Jennifer Kent: ‘The Babadook’ | 18 Sep 2024 | 00:43:27 | |
The writer-director of the 2014 indie horror joins the podcast to unpack the making of a cult favorite.
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| Emile Hirsch: ‘Into the Wild’ | 14 Sep 2024 | 00:58:08 | |
The star of Sean Penn’s provocative film about going off-grid describes the physical toll of the production.
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| Penelope Ann Miller: ‘Big Top Pee-wee’ | 04 Sep 2024 | 00:33:52 | |
It’s the greatest podcast on Earth: Pee-wee Herman’s (aka Paul Reubens’) second big-screen outing is the subject of this fun-filled episode.
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| Iain Softley: ‘Hackers’ | 27 Jul 2024 | 00:40:01 | |
The director of the cult 1995 film starring Angelina Jolie and worshipped by early-internet fanatics stops by.
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| Casey Affleck: ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’ | 18 Jul 2024 | 01:15:33 | |
The Oscar winner drops by to unpack the making of a Western epic with Brad Pitt.
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| Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly: ‘Bound’ | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:47:55 | |
The stars of the Wachowskis’ steamy and stylish first feature reunite to retell the making of a cult classic.
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| Tom Tykwer: 'Run Lola Run' | 10 May 2024 | 00:35:47 | |
Director Tom Tykwer joins Seth to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the genre-bending sleeper hit that captivated the world in 1999.
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| Karyn Kusama: 'Girlfight' | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:54:40 | |
The visionary director behind ‘Yellowjackets’ and ‘Jennifer’s Body’ joins Seth to revisit the making of her debut, the 2000 Sundance sensation ‘Girlfight.’
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| Walter Murch: 'Return to Oz' | 03 Apr 2024 | 00:46:53 | |
The Oscar-winning editor of ‘Apocalypse Now’ stops by to recount writing and directing his dark, brilliant tale of Dorothy Gale’s journey back to Oz.
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| Stockard Channing: 'Six Degrees of Separation' | 27 Mar 2024 | 00:46:17 | |
The Oscar-nominated actress relives the making of the 1993 film about a brilliant young con man played by Will Smith.
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| Michael Phillips, Tony Bill and David S. Ward: ‘The Sting’ | 20 Mar 2024 | 01:12:20 | |
Seth is visited by the screenwriter and producers of the Oscars-sweeping classic that turned cons and Ragtime music into box-office gold.
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| Stephen Frears: 'Dangerous Liaisons' | 13 Mar 2024 | 00:41:35 | |
Sex! Deception! Gossip! It’s all there in the delectable ‘Dangerous Liaisons.’ Director Stephen Frears joins the podcast to relive the making of the classic 1988 film and winner of three Oscars.
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| Greg Mottola: 'The Daytrippers' | 06 Mar 2024 | 00:51:23 | |
The ‘Superbad’ director joins the podcast to talk about his first film, ‘The Daytrippers,’ starring Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Parker Posey and Liev Schreiber and made on a $60,000 budget.
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| Stephan Elliott: 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' | 21 Feb 2024 | 00:57:11 | |
Join us for a desert holiday as writer-director Stephan Elliott reveals all the secrets of making his 1994 indie comedy smash from Down Under.
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| Ed Zwick: 'The Last Samurai' | 14 Feb 2024 | 00:49:26 | |
The podcast returns for a fifth season with Ed Zwick, writer-director of 2003’s Tom Cruise war epic, THE LAST SAMURAI.
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| Jerry Zucker: ‘Airplane!’ and ‘Ghost’ | 06 Jul 2023 | 01:04:31 | |
Shirley, we are completely serious. The writer-director stops by for a rare interview about the making of two classics — one, a broad comedy, the other a supernatural romance that made pottery and the afterlife hot.
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