Episode 163: The Smashing Machine with Benny Safdie
When is a sports movie not a sports movie? When it’s about a character who needs to learn to lose rather than win, says the co-director of Uncut Gems.
Episode 162: Urchin with Harris Dickinson
The actor known for Babygirl and Triangle Of Sadness takes us inside his debut feature as a rising writer-director.
Episode 161: The Lost Bus with Brad Ingelsby
The storyteller behind Mare of Easttown and Task tells us about combatting wildfires in his and Paul Greengrass’ thrilling disaster movie.
Episode 160: Hedda with Nia DaCosta
Hedda Gabler isn’t a character. She’s a Rorschach test. The writer-director behind a new take on the aristocratic chaos agent helps us understand the many readings she invites.
Episode 159: Wake Up Dead Man with Rian Johnson
A sermon from the Knives Out mystery-maker about religion, faith and forging murderously gripping crimes for his detective Benoit Blanc to solve.
Episode 158: The Running Man with Edgar Wright
The filmmaker behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead makes his second appearance on Script Apart – and this time, he’s brought the writer of 21 Jump Street along for the ride.
Episode 157: Wicked For Good with Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
A conversation about Elphaba, Glinda and the post-9/11 prejudices this Broadway musical-turned-blockbuster was written as a response to.
Episode 156: Nuremberg with James Vanderbilt
Silence Of The Lambs meets World War II courtroom drama in this film that the Zodiac screenwriter says is as much about today’s America as it is about 1940s Europe.
Episode 155: Sinners with Ryan Coogler
The Black Panther and Creed writer-director on channelling a decade of loss into a period drama-horror about freedom and vampire fangs.
Episode 154 : Ballad Of A Small Player with Edward Berger and Rowan Joffé
The storytelling minds behind this dark night of the soul gambling drama unpack its many mysteries and screenwriting secrets.
Episode 153 : Play Dirty with Shane Black
Another conversation with the legendary screenwriter behind Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Long Kiss Goodnight and too many other action classics to count.
Episode 152: Good Fortune with Aziz Ansari
The Master Of None writer-director breaks down his divine body-swap comedy caper.
Episode 151: The Life Of Chuck with Mike Flanagan
The horror master makes his third appearance on the show, celebrating his emotional new Stephen King adaptation – a humanistic drama, and his biggest departure yet.
Episode 150: All Of You with Brett Goldstein and William Bridges
If a technology existed that matched you with your soul mate – the one true person you’re destined to be with – would you take it?
Episode 149: Alien: Earth with Noah Hawley
Your questions about the sci-fi show’s action-packed season one finale answered.
Episode 148: Sorry, Baby with Eva Victor
Uncover the screenwriting secrets behind the best debut feature of the year so far with the film’s writer, director and star.
Episode 147: Adolescence with Jack Thorne
The show that swept the Emmys and caused sweeping change in Britain, dissected in spoiler detail by its BAFTA-winning co-writer.
Episode 146: Say Nothing with Joshua Zetumer
Silence is a destructive power in this searing TV drama about the Irish Troubles. Its showrunner joins us to discuss show’s thorny moral mazes.
Episode 145: Dying For Sex with Kim Rosenstock
A heartwarming, revealing chat with the co-creator of a show that aimed to change the conversation around death on-screen.
Episode 144: Andor with Dan Gilroy
The Nightcrawler and Velvet Buzzsaw writer-director dissects his Emmy-nominated contributions to a Star Wars story like no other.