Episode 96: The Blair Witch Project with Eduardo Sánchez
A wander into the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland with the co-creator of a horror classic that changed everything.
Stage Apart: The Hills Of California with Jez Butterworth
The writer of the best play of the century so far and movies like Edge Of Tomorrow and Spectre reveals his writing process.
Episode 95: Civil War with Alex Garland
A riveting conversation with the writer-director of modern classics like Ex Machina and Annihilation about his new A24 epic.
Stage Apart: Stranger Things – The First Shadow with Kate Trefry
Take a trip to London’s West End via the Upside Down in our first ever episode about a play.
Script Club: Children of Men with Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties)
The writer behind the jaw-dropping memoir In The Dream House dissects the dystopian 2006 nightmare that’s only grown in relevance since.
Episode 94: Expats with Lulu Wang
The acclaimed writer-director behind The Farewell unravels the secrets of her expansive, emotional Hong Kong abduction drama.
Episode 93: How To Have Sex with Molly Manning Walker
A conversation about the consent and coming-of-age cinema with one of Britain’s brightest emerging filmmakers.
Episode 92: American Fiction with Cord Jefferson
The writer of the publishing industry satire sweeping awards season reveals the secrets of its early drafts and meta ending.
Episode 91: The Holdovers with David Hemingson
Alienation, abandonment and dislocated shoulders... the writer of this Alexander Payne drama explains how these unusual ingredients formed a timeless heartfelt tale.
Episode 90: All Of Us Strangers with Andrew Haigh
The writer-director of a supernatural story like no other explains how his tender, transcendent drama came to be.
Episode 89: Maestro with Josh Singer
The Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Spotlight and First Man explains how to hit all the right notes when writing a music biopic.
Episode 88: Beau Is Afraid with Ari Aster
The world is a waking panic attack in this poignant, punishing odyssey from one of the most visionary new forces in American cinema.
Episode 87: Poor Things with Tony McNamara
The Australian storyteller who penned The Favourite and The Great breaks down his and Yorgos Lanthimos’ fantastical new Frankenstein myth.
Episode 86: Society Of The Snow with J.A. Bayona
The filmmaker behind The Orphanage, The Impossible and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom discusses a survival tale like no other.
Episode 85: Toy Story 3 with Michael Arndt
The screenwriter behind Little Miss Sunshine and Star Wars: The Force Awakens dissects his script for Woody and Buzz’s timeless 2010 three-quel.
Episode 84: A Murder At The End Of The World with Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij
The OA creators celebrate the series finale of their tense, emotional new TV whodunit with a spoiler breakdown of the show and its characters.
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.
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.
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.
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.