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The Spool’s weekly interview podcast, in which editor-in-chief Clint Worthington talks to actors, filmmakers, and more from the world of film and TV.

Phil Rosenthal spreads joy with joyful spreads in “Somebody Feed Phil”

Phil Rosenthal, Somebody Feed Phil
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The acclaimed sitcom writer and food traveler talks about cultivating joy and hunger during challenging times.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Emile Mosseri on crafting the noir-tinged mysteries of “Homecoming”

Emile Mosseri Homecoming
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The composer talks about joining Amazon’s acclaimed mystery series for its second season.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Capturing Dystopias: “Snowpiercer” and “Westworld” cinematographer John Grillo

Snowpiercer Cinematography
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The cinematographer behind much of HBO’s Westworld and TNT’s Snowpiercer talks about the rocky road to filming two disparate sci-fi dystopias.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020

Rosalind Chao on the trailblazing Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold”

Rosalind Chao Thousand Pieces of Gold
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The veteran actress discusses her early turn in Nancy Kelly’s recently-restored feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold, and her career since.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

Andrew Ahn on “Driveways”, Brian Dennehy, and making films about loneliness

Andrew Ahn Driveways
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The director of Driveways talks about crafting his second film, finding grace in human connection, and working with the late, great Brian Dennehy.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 8, 2020May 26, 2020

Michael Abels Returns to his Symphonic Roots for “Bad Education”

Michael Abels Bad Education
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The composer of Get Out and Us discusses a return to his classical roots with Cory Finley’s Bad Education.

Clint Worthington Posted on April 25, 2020April 25, 2020

Mark Isham and Isabella Summers on “Little Fires Everywhere”‘s Music

Mark Isham Isabella Summers Little Fires Everywhere
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The veteran composer and Florence and the Machine producer collaborate on the intrigue and pop covers of Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere.

Clint Worthington Posted on April 22, 2020April 23, 2020

Tzi Ma on “Tigertail” and Fighting Prejudice Amid COVID-19

Tzi Ma Tigertail
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The veteran character actor discusses Netflix’s Tigertail and fighting anti-Asian bigotry in the time of coronavirus.

Clint Worthington Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

Paul Leonard-Morgan Puts the Future to Music in “Tales from the Loop”

Paul Leonard-Morgan Tales from the Loop
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The composer discusses crafting the delicate, otherworldly rhythms of Amazon’s sci-fi anthology series.

Clint Worthington Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Jeff Russo on Crafting the Sounds of “Star Trek: Picard”

Jeff Russo Star Trek Picard
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The Emmy-winning composer talks about carrying the torch of Star Trek’s sixty-year musical history.

Clint Worthington Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Emily Ting on Family, Revisiting Home, and “Go Back to China”

Emily Ting Go Back to China
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The writer/director sits down to talk about indie filmmaking, the importance of Asian-American voices, and putting her life story on film.

Clint Worthington Posted on March 6, 2020March 6, 2020

Sundance 2020: Thomas Buelens on Bringing “Jumbo” to Life

Thomas Buelens Jumbo
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The cinematographer of Sundance favorite Jumbo talks about transforming a tilt-a-whirl into Noémie Merlant’s living, breathing lover.

Clint Worthington Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Levan Akin on the Queer Visibility of “And Then We Danced”

And Then We Danced Levan Akin
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The director of the queer folk-dance drama talks about homophobia in Georgia and the long, protest-filled road to getting the movie released.

Clint Worthington Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

Milan Ray on “Troop Zero”, “Charm City Kings”, and Being In a Food Fight

Milan Ray Troop Zero
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The young star of the Amazon Original Movie talks about working with other kids, staging a food fight, and what she’d tell the universe.

Clint Worthington Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020

Trevor Gureckis on Scoring M. Night Shymalan’s “Servant”

Servant Music Trevor Gureckis
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The composer of M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple TV+ thriller talks about the twists and turns of his unsettling score.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Matt Morton on Using Old-School Tech to Score “Apollo 11”

Apollo 11 Music
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Apollo 11 composer Matt Morton discusses how he used period-appropriate synthesizers to craft a tense score to mankind’s first walk on the moon.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

Behind the Songs of “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch”

Eli Bolin Sack Lunch Bunch Songs
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“Sesame Street” and “Co-op” songwriter Eli Bolin explains how he crafted the catchy, kid-friendly tunes for “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch”.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 27, 2019July 7, 2020

Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts”

Tom Harper Teronauts
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The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019

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