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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.

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”

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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

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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”

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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

Naren Shankar on Bringing “The Expanse” Season 4 to Amazon

Naren Shankar The Expanse Season 4
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The showrunner of Amazon’s sci-fi space opera The Expanse talks about bringing the show from Syfy to its new home, and what’s in store for season 4.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

CIFF 2019: Minhal Baig on “Hala”, “Dune”, and Returning to Chicago

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The director of the Sundance favorite discusses her coming-of-age tale Hala.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 5, 2019December 6, 2019

Ed Skrein and Luke Kleintank on Honoring WWII Heroes in “Midway”

Midway Ed Skrein Luke Kleintank
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The stars of Roland Emmerich’s epic war film sit down to talk about research, gum, and the Greatest Generation.

Clint Worthington Posted on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

CIFF: Thomasin McKenzie on Nazis, Toxicity, and “Jojo Rabbit”

Thomasin McKenzie, Jojo Rabbit
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The star of “Leave No Trace” and “Jojo Rabbit” sits down to talk about her career, her latest role, and finding humanity in inhumane times.

Clint Worthington Posted on November 1, 2019November 4, 2019

David A. Weiner on ’80s Horror and “In Search of Darkness”

In Search of Darkness David A. Weiner
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The director of the extensive ’80s horror doc “In Search of Darkness” sits down to talk about nostalgia, gore, and the appeal of scary movies.

Clint Worthington Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

Fantastic Fest: Christopher Winterbauer on Youth, Grief, and “Wyrm”

Wyrm Christopher Winterbauer
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Wyrm writer/director Christopher Winterbauer sits down at Fantastic Fest to talk about the analog appeal of ’80s kitsch and adapting shorts to features.

Clint Worthington Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019

Reeling Film Fest: Flavio Alves on Trans Rights, Crowdfunding, and “The Garden Left Behind”

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The director of the trans-centric drama sits down to talk about indie filmmaking, the struggles of trans POC, and more.

Clint Worthington Posted on September 27, 2019September 27, 2019

Fantastic Fest: Johannes Nyholm on Gender, Grief, and Puppetry in “Koko-Di Koko-Da”

Johannes Nyholm, Koko-Di Koko-Da
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As Fantastic Fest opens, we talk to Johannes Nyholm, the director of the darkly imaginative Koko-Di Koko-Da, about grief, trauma, and the bizarre.

Clint Worthington Posted on September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

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