Episode 80: The Killer with Andrew Kevin Walker
Stick to the plan. Anticipate, don’t improvise. Trust no one… and listen to one of David Fincher’s longest-standing collaborators as he reveals every secret of their new assassin drama.
Episode 79: Killers of the Flower Moon with Eric Roth
Unravelling a great American tragedy with one of the true great American screenwriters, making his second appearance on the show.
Episode 78: The Royal Hotel with Kitty Green
The acclaimed filmmaker behind The Assistant guides us through her latest thriller – a tale of tension and tequila in the remotest reaches of Australia.
Episode 77: Bottoms with Emma Seligman
The Shiva Baby writer-director breaks down her deliriously unhinged new teen high school comedy.
Episode 76: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem with Jeff Rowe
Cowabunga! The writer-director responsible for this year’s heroes in a half-shell reboot discusses a first draft that involved the iconic villain Shredder.
Storyteller Sessions: Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects)
The best-selling writer reflects on how stories can be arenas for us to examine the most vulnerable and often darkest parts of ourselves.
Storyteller Sessions: Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas)
A two-hour conversation about resisting empire with a writer-director who, with her sister, changed sci-fi cinema forever.
Storyteller Sessions: Adam McKay (Anchorman, Don’t Look Up)
An audience with the man renowned for his box office-obliterating screwball comedies – until the world changed, and so did he.
Episode 75: Elemental with Kat Likkel and John Hoberg
A peak behind the curtain of how Pixar construct their heartwarming stories, courtesy of the husband-wife writer duo behind their latest hit.
Episode 74: I Love My Dad with James Morosini
The writer, director and star behind last year’s excruciatingly tense social media drama breaks down the film’s first draft.
Episode 73: Knocked Up with Judd Apatow
The man who defined an era in American multiplex comedy revisits his remarkably funny 2007 pregnancy romp.
Episode 72: Joy Ride with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao
Discover the secrets behind the screenplay to 2023’s most outrageous comedy. Questionable tattoos not provided.
Episode 71: Erin Brockovich with Susannah Grant
How do you write an environmentally-minded David vs Goliath drama that also exposes American misogyny? This 2000 smash’s writer reveals all.
Episode 70: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One with Christopher McQuarrie
A terrifying new weapon threatens all humanity – and McQ is not talking about the Entity. A discussion about AI and action cinema with the beloved writer-director.
Episode 69: Return To Seoul with Davy Chou
A conversation about how the notion of home shapes us, with the Cambodian-French filmmaker behind one of 2023’s most moving dramas.
Episode 68: The Sopranos with David Chase
An in-depth guide to the greatest TV show of all time, courtesy of its genius creator.
Episode 67: Jurassic Park with David Koepp
Life finds a way in this 30th anniversary conversation with the writer of one of the greatest blockbusters in Hollywood history.
Episode 66: Doctor Sleep with Mike Flanagan
The world’s a hungry place in our latest conversation with the horror auteur, delving into his powerful sequel to The Shining.
Episode 65: Babylon with Damien Chazelle
The La La Land and Whiplash writer-director breaks down his dazzlingly debaucherous account of a 1920s Hollywood descending into cocaine-fuelled chaos.
Episode 64: Something In The Dirt with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
The duo responsible for some of the most innovative independent sci-fi of the last decade dig up the secrets of their latest head-trip.