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Episode 83: Leave The World Behind with Sam Esmail
Al Horner 12/8/23 Al Horner 12/8/23

Episode 83: Leave The World Behind with Sam Esmail

Could a cyber attack really dismantle society? Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail answers that question and more in our breakdown of his chilling thriller.

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Episode 82: Eileen with Ottessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel
Al Horner 12/1/23 Al Horner 12/1/23

Episode 82: Eileen with Ottessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel

The best-selling author and her screenwriting partner take us on a tour of the sinister suburbia behind their new thriller.

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Episode 81: May December with Samy Burch
Al Horner 11/24/23 Al Horner 11/24/23

Episode 81: May December with Samy Burch

The writer behind one of the most riveting dramas in recent times unpicks its problematic relationship and sideswipes at tabloid culture.

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Episode 80: The Killer with Andrew Kevin Walker
Al Horner 11/17/23 Al Horner 11/17/23

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.

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Episode 79: Killers of the Flower Moon with Eric Roth
Al Horner 11/10/23 Al Horner 11/10/23

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.

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Episode 78: The Royal Hotel with Kitty Green
Al Horner 11/5/23 Al Horner 11/5/23

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.

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Episode 77: Bottoms with Emma Seligman
Al Horner 11/3/23 Al Horner 11/3/23

Episode 77: Bottoms with Emma Seligman

The Shiva Baby writer-director breaks down her deliriously unhinged new teen high school comedy.

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Episode 76: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem with Jeff Rowe
Al Horner 10/27/23 Al Horner 10/27/23

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.

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Storyteller Sessions: Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects)
Al Horner 10/22/23 Al Horner 10/22/23

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.

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Storyteller Sessions: Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas)
Al Horner 10/21/23 Al Horner 10/21/23

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.

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Storyteller Sessions: Adam McKay (Anchorman, Don’t Look Up)
Al Horner 10/21/23 Al Horner 10/21/23

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.

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Episode 75: Elemental with Kat Likkel and John Hoberg
Al Horner 9/12/23 Al Horner 9/12/23

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.

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Episode 74: I Love My Dad with James Morosini
Al Horner 9/8/23 Al Horner 9/8/23

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.

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Episode 73: Knocked Up with Judd Apatow
Al Horner 9/1/23 Al Horner 9/1/23

Episode 73: Knocked Up with Judd Apatow

The man who defined an era in American multiplex comedy revisits his remarkably funny 2007 pregnancy romp.

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Episode 72: Joy Ride with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao
Al Horner 8/10/23 Al Horner 8/10/23

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.

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Episode 71: Erin Brockovich with Susannah Grant
Al Horner 8/4/23 Al Horner 8/4/23

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.

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Episode 70: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One with Christopher McQuarrie
Al Horner 7/28/23 Al Horner 7/28/23

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.

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Episode 69: Return To Seoul with Davy Chou
Al Horner 7/20/23 Al Horner 7/20/23

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.

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Episode 68: The Sopranos with David Chase
Al Horner 6/22/23 Al Horner 6/22/23

Episode 68: The Sopranos with David Chase

An in-depth guide to the greatest TV show of all time, courtesy of its genius creator.

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Episode 67: Jurassic Park with David Koepp
Al Horner 6/8/23 Al Horner 6/8/23

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.

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