Interviews Phil Rosenthal spreads joy with joyful spreads in “Somebody Feed Phil” The acclaimed sitcom writer and food traveler talks about cultivating joy and hunger during challenging times.
Interviews Emile Mosseri on crafting the noir-tinged mysteries of “Homecoming” The composer talks about joining Amazon's acclaimed mystery series for its second season.
Interviews Capturing Dystopias: “Snowpiercer” and “Westworld” cinematographer John Grillo The cinematographer behind much of HBO's Westworld and TNT's Snowpiercer talks about the rocky road to filming two disparate sci-fi dystopias.
Interviews Rosalind Chao on the trailblazing Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold” The veteran actress discusses her early turn in Nancy Kelly's recently-restored feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold, and her career since.
Interviews Andrew Ahn on “Driveways”, Brian Dennehy, and making films about loneliness The director of Driveways talks about crafting his second film, finding grace in human connection, and working with the late, great Brian Dennehy.
Interviews Michael Abels Returns to his Symphonic Roots for “Bad Education” The composer of Get Out and Us discusses a return to his classical roots with Cory Finley's Bad Education.
Interviews Mark Isham and Isabella Summers on “Little Fires Everywhere”‘s Music The veteran composer and Florence and the Machine producer collaborate on the intrigue and pop covers of Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere.
Interviews Tzi Ma on “Tigertail” and Fighting Prejudice Amid COVID-19 The veteran character actor discusses Netflix's Tigertail and fighting anti-Asian bigotry in the time of coronavirus.
Interviews Paul Leonard-Morgan Puts the Future to Music in “Tales from the Loop” The composer discusses crafting the delicate, otherworldly rhythms of Amazon's sci-fi anthology series.
Interviews Jeff Russo on Crafting the Sounds of “Star Trek: Picard” The Emmy-winning composer talks about carrying the torch of Star Trek's sixty-year musical history.
Interviews Emily Ting on Family, Revisiting Home, and “Go Back to China” The writer/director sits down to talk about indie filmmaking, the importance of Asian-American voices, and putting her life story on film.
Festivals Sundance 2020: Thomas Buelens on Bringing “Jumbo” to Life The cinematographer of Sundance favorite Jumbo talks about transforming a tilt-a-whirl into Noémie Merlant's living, breathing lover.
Interviews Levan Akin on the Queer Visibility of “And Then We Danced” The director of the queer folk-dance drama talks about homophobia in Georgia and the long, protest-filled road to getting the movie released.
Interviews Milan Ray on “Troop Zero”, “Charm City Kings”, and Being In a Food Fight 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.
Interviews Trevor Gureckis on Scoring M. Night Shymalan’s “Servant” The composer of M. Night Shyamalan's Apple TV+ thriller talks about the twists and turns of his unsettling score.
Interviews Matt Morton on Using Old-School Tech to Score “Apollo 11” 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.
Podcasts Behind the Songs of “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch” "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".
Hall of Faces Hall of Faces: Which is the Best Doctor Who Christmas Special? We cross-over with the Debating Doctor Who podcast to figure out which Christmas Special (and their stars) deserves a spot on the Hall of Faces.
CIFF 2019 Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts” The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.
Podcasts Naren Shankar on Bringing “The Expanse” Season 4 to Amazon 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.
CIFF 2019 CIFF 2019: Minhal Baig on “Hala”, “Dune”, and Returning to Chicago The director of the Sundance favorite discusses her coming-of-age tale Hala.