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In We Need to Talk About Oscar you can hear interviews with filmmakers. We are trying to shed some light on a wide range of professions within the industry, so apart from the writers/directors/actors you can also get insights from cinematographers, editors, production designers, composers, and so on. Our aim is to provide an across the board picture on how our favourite films and tv shows come to life.
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After lensing one of last year’s most unexpected yet remarkable double-feature pairings - Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon - Rodrigo Prieto, widely regarded as one of his generation’s finest cinematographers, brings us his feature directorial debut, Pedro Páramo. This time around on the show, we had the privilege of sitting down with Rodrigo a…
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Following the widely successful stage production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Malcolm Washington has chosen the story as his feature directorial debut, with the film produced by his father, Denzel Washington, and Netflix. Three actors reprise their roles from the stage production, bringing their immense talent to the screen: Samuel L. Jacks…
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Without a doubt one of 2024’s biggest cinematic events is The Substance. Coralie Fargeat’s body horror premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to great critical acclaim and has been gathering more and more attention ever since. We managed to sit down with the film’s cinematographer Benjamin Kračun for an interview. If you’ve seen the film, yo…
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Despite Sean Baker’s impressive track record, his seventh feature, Anora, might be what brings him the next level of critical- and, more importantly, commercial- success. Baker, who shoots his projects on film, reteamed with DoP Drew Daniels for the second time after Red Rocket. Drew, whose work you might know from projects such as Waves or It Come…
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If you're wondering what legendary director Sam Raimi is up to these days (besides prepping his next project Send Help, rumored to star Rachel McAdams), he’s busy producing films. His latest project is Don’t Move, directed by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler, and headlined by Kelsey Asbille. In our conversation with Type AB, we touch on the duo's dir…
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Spending too much time within the confines of your home, in front of your computer, might lead some to tell you to “touch some grass”. But what do you do when that’s not an option? You touch others’ hearts in the world of World of Warcraft and make a difference in the digital world that translates into the real one. That’s exactly what Mats 'Ibelin…
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No story is easy to tell, and you can always complicate it for yourself, but that might be beneficial for your purpose. Taking on the conflicting institution of fraternities presented a similar challenge for first-time director Ethan Berger, who remained committed to his vision and wasn’t afraid to make changes to his script as time passed and life…
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A directorial debut is always a significant event, not just for the director, but for everyone involved in the project. And no film can truly succeed without a strong script, which is the case for Woman of the Hour, starring and directed by Anna Kendrick, and written by our next guest, Ian McDonald. In this episode, we explore the film, based on th…
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We all have our 'most anticipated films' that we can't wait to be released, but of course, sometimes filmmakers have to wait for their projects to see the light of day. The incredibly talented director duo, Celine Held and Logan George, shot Caddo Lake three years ago, and now we finally get to see it! In our little conversation with them (0:57), w…
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If you’re wondering where the term “anxiety chic” comes from, It’s What’s Inside! This time around on the show, you can listen to our conversations with the film's writer-director Greg Jardin (0:52), and actor David Thompson (17:32). First up, Greg shares his experience working on trailers, the core idea's journey from script to screen, and creatin…
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Following the release of Sing Sing, another breakout title from last year’s TIFF is finally here, in the form of His Three Daughters! This three-hander, starring Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon, and Elizabeth Olsen, is written and directed by Azazel Jacobs. Harrowingly gorgeous and at times lovingly funny, the film offers a subtle depiction of grief, m…
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Dear Listener, From time to time, we’ll treat you to different themes and formats, like our new series, “Rewind”. This special edition of the show will drop in your feed every month or so. The very first episode of “Rewind” is, needless to say, a special one. We are excited to welcome cinematographer turned director Paul Cameron. The two main title…
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For a few years now, Apple has been consistently building out its streaming platform with the help of great artists and prestigious projects. Their new release, Lady in the Lake is a limited series starring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. Áron had the pleasure of welcoming the show’s cinematographer Lachlan Milne, and production designer JC Molin…
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We had the director-cinematographer duo of Shōgun Episodes 1-2, Jonathan van Tulleken and Chris Ross, on the show back in April. Since then the series received 26 Emmy nominations, including two for cinematography. One of these nominations went to Chris, and now we're joined by the other incredibly talented DOP nominee, Sam McCurdy. Sam has an impr…
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Now that Sing Sing is expanding to new theaters, we’re ramping up our coverage of the film! In our interview with cinematographer Pat Scola, we talked about both A Quiet Place: Day One and Sing Sing. Today we’re pleased to share Áron’s conversation with the editor of A24’s big title contender, Parker Laramie! This interview sheds some light on the …
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Next up on the show, with A Quiet Place: Day One hitting VOD, we are thrilled to welcome Michael Sarnoski, the director behind the movie. (You might also know his debut feature from three years ago, Pig starring Nicolas Cage.) In this captivating episode, Áron had the opportunity to talk with Michael about his journey from indie filmmaking to the w…
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We really hope you watched Hulu’s Under the Bridge (if not, honestly, what are you doing?!), cause this time we have the absolute pleasure of welcoming actress Vritika Gupta (0:37), who plays Reena Virk, and director Kevin Phillips (19:23), who directed episodes 2 and 8, to the show. In their conversation, Áron and our two fantastic guests cover to…
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It's been about a week since the series (or season?) finale of Julio Torres' Fantasmas aired. Whether or not there will be a follow-up to these six episodes, we have another spooky treat for you: our chat with the show's production designer, Tommaso Ortino! In this episode Tommaso and Áron go down the rabbit hole of building sets on a stage, blendi…
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The release of a new project is always special, and if the release of two of your projects is within two weeks, it is, well, one, really special, and two, your name might be Pat Scola! As a part of this interview, Pat tells Áron about the past, present, and future of his collaboration with director Michael Sarnoski, shooting on another scale for A …
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In this episode, Áron sits down with Sam Levy, the cinematographer behind the surrealist comedy series, Fantasmas. Created, directed, and written by the multi-talented Julio Torres, who also stars in it. Fantasmas takes viewers on an extraordinary journey as Torres searches for a golden oyster earring, meeting a number of eccentric characters along…
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Next up on the show, Áron’s joined by Kristi Zea, a production designer whose work we’re sure you’ve come across over the years! Kristi’s previous projects include Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas or The Departed, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs or Philadelphia, and Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road. Her latest is Christy Hall’s feature director…
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This time on the show, Áron speaks with Florian Hoffmeister, the cinematographer of “True Detective: The Night Country”, the fourth season of the beloved HBO anthology series. Florian shared his experiences on the technical and logistical challenges of shooting in the extreme conditions of Iceland. From the complexities of filming both indoors on s…
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In our next episode, Áron interviews four key contributors behind the film “Jazzy”: Andrew Hajek (DoP & co-writer), Morrisa Maltz (Director & co-writer), Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux (Actress & co-writer), and Vanara Taing (Co-editor & co-writer). “Jazzy” explores the transition from childhood to young adulthood. When her best friend moves away, Ja…
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Next up, we welcome James Jones, the director of the documentary “Antidote” on the show. The film tells the courageous stories of whistleblowers and activists who risk everything to expose Putin's authoritarian regime, facing dire consequences for their bravery. Áron talks with James about the parallels between “Antidote” and the 2022 documentary “…
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The second episode of our coverage at this year’s Tribeca is here, as Áron sat down with the director, Daniel Oriahi and the two leads, Uzoamaka Aniunoh and Bucci Franklin, of the genre-bending horror thriller, “The Weekend”. In this interview you can learn about Daniel’s inspirations for the visuals of the movie and how the actors coped with the m…
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The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival kicked off this week and in this episode you can hear Áron talking with director Tolga Karacelik and cinematographer Natalie Kingston to discuss their much-anticipated film, "The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer". The story follows a struggling writer in the midst of a divorce who be…
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In this episode, Szilveszter sits down with the director, Weronika Tofilska (0:55), while Áron speaks with the cinematographer, Krzysztof Trojnar (26:23), of the gripping new show 'Baby Reindeer'. This series, adapted from Richard Gadd's acclaimed one-man stage play, chronicles his harrowing experience with a female stalker and the dark, hidden tra…
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For this episode we got to talk to Steven Knight about his latest limited series, FX’s The Veil, headlined by the one and only Elisabeth Moss. Research, his writing process, generating yet keeping tension under control and homages are among the topics Áron covered with the show's writer, creator, showrunner. Steve has written (and at times directed…
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Creating a score that perfectly matches the atmosphere of a new show is a challenge, but when a series is renewed, the composer faces the additional task of evolving, while maintaining the music’s familiar essence. Our next guest, Marty Beller, found himself in this exact situation transitioning from Season 1 to Season 2 of ‘American Rust’. In this…
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In this episode, Áron interviews Jess Gonchor, the production designer behind the enchanting world of John Krasinski’s ‘IF’. The film follows a young girl navigating a tough time in her life, who begins to see the forgotten imaginary friends of those who have grown up. Jess shares his insights on creating the whimsical and poignant settings that br…
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In this episode, Áron sits down with Sidd Khosla, the talented composer behind the evocative score of 'The Idea of You'. While the boy band August Moon fills the film with infectious hits, it's Sidd's music that truly brings the quieter, more emotional moments to life. Join us as we explore how Sidd crafted a soundtrack that perfectly complements t…
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Today’s guest is no stranger to editing wonderfully constructed, tension-filled episodes or TV shows, since Vikash Patel has worked on projects like Ozark or Five Days at Memorial. This time we cover his work on HBO’s The Sympathizer, where he edited the first two and the fifth episode. Viks told Áron his experience from working shoulder to shoulde…
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The score for Dev Patel’s directorial debut and true passion project, Monkey Man, has an authentic yet undeniably fresh feel to it. If you would like to go behind the scenes of the approach and process that led to the birth of the music playing in the background while Dev Patel’s character, Kid beats the sh*t out of everyone, you’re in the right pl…
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The first three episodes of HBO's The Sympathizer showed us that even everything but rather nothing is as we see it... And then comes the fourth which is almost completely a standalone installment right in the middle of the limited series. However this is no accident, it's entirely deliberate. On today's episode cinematographer Barry Ackroyd joins …
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By now you can stream the final episode of Shōgun and so the amazing FX show in its entirety as well. The whole buildup and evolution of Shōgun is an absolute work of art and in this episode you can listen to Áron’s chat with the first two episodes’ director and cinematographer, Jonathan van Tulleken and Christopher Ross. From the start of their wo…
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Can you guess how many different Italian villas/churches/horse stables it took to create the convent for Immaculate? The film’s production designer, Adam Reamer, has the answer and he shared it with us. Filming locations, favourite sets, and Italy’s seemingly endless religious prop collection were all discussed in Szilveszter’s interview with Adam …
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This time we have a real treat for you, as Áron spoke to some of the creative minds whose work allowed HBO’s brand new mini series to look and feel this lived in, this surreal yet lifelike. In chronological order you can hear the show’s editors Paulo Pandolpho and Peter Lambert (01:08), followed by production designer Kave Quinn (35:32), and last b…
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“Can you hear the music, Robert?” points Bohr the question to Oppenheimer in the latest Best Picture winner. Our next guest can not only hear the music, but also understand it, create (with) it. Jeff Russo has worked on the score of many deservedly admired TV shows, such as Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery and Picard or For All Mankind. This Thursday an…
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The next guest on our podcast is Christian Masini, the editor of Immaculate, who summed up the film the following way: “You show up to it, the movie punches you in the face and then it’s over” Chris and Szilveszter discussed various aspects of editing a horror film, including jump scares, finding the right length for the film, or how acting perform…
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Who would've guessed that Syndey Sweeney's going to be our next scream queen? We could insert the infamous Paul Rudd meme ("Who would've thought? Not me...") here but it might not be that much of a surprise after all. However there are many aspects to Neon's Immaculate, directed by Michael Mohan, that resulted in this very much talked about horror …
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2019’s The Gentlemen film, written and directed by Guy Ritchie, has a whole vibe and style of its own that until now we could’ve only hoped for to be revisited again. Then this year Netflix has brought us an 8 episode series that very well might only be the start of the new chapter for the world of the likes of Mickey Pearson or Eddie Horniman. The…
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Colby Day wrote the screenplay for ‘Spaceman’, the Netflix film premiering earlier this year at Berlinale. Colby was kind enough to feature on our podcast and discuss his background and future, while of course covering many aspects of writing Spaceman. Among other topics, he told Szilveszter about his theatre roots, what kind of writing process he …
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Filmmaking is all about collaboration. No project could ever evolve into an actual film or show without the coordinated work of different departments. Not long after Netflix’s Orion and the Dark (written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Sean Charmatz) was released, Áron spoke to the film’s composers Kevin Lax and Robert Lydecker. Their conversati…
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If you keep track of new releases there is a good probability that you’ve heard the music of Marcelo Zarvos last year. Marcelo contributed to the score of six titles released in 2023, including The Equalizer 3, Cassandro or Flamin’ Hot. While these titles are mentioned in our interview with him, the focus is most definitely on Todd Haynes’ May Dece…
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Without a doubt, one of last year’s greatest writing debuts was that of Samy Burch who wrote the script of May December and co-developed its story with her spouse, Alex Mechanik. They received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and won this year’s Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. On Oscar Day we are publishi…
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Continuing our countdown to this year’s Oscars and behind the scenes look at The Holdovers, we are treating you with a longer episode this time. Áron conducted two interviews regarding Alexander Payne’s heartfelt dramedy focusing on the technicalities that helped the film’s creators achieve its unique, yet authentic ‘70s look. First you can hear Ei…
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The second time we can welcome an editor on the podcast has come, as you can listen to Áron’s interview with two-time Oscar nominee Yorgos Mavropsaridis, editor of Poor Things. Mr. Mavropsaridis is a longtime collaborator of visionary director Yorgos Lanthimos, with whom he has been working since the beginning of the director's career, making comme…
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The next guest on the show is Josh Weston, fresh off a BAFTA win in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category for Poor Things, for which Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and he are also nominated at this year's Academy Awards thanks to their wonderful work. Josh’s filmography includes a number of popular films, as he worked on the makeup and prosthetics o…
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An underrated but incredibly important element of filmmaking is the sound mixing because you would surely recognise it right away if something “sounded off”. If you have seen Maestro, you probably noticed how the sound contributes to both the soft and intimate scenes, as well as to the big and loud parts. Well, it definitely captured our attention,…
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One of 2023’s most heartwarming movies, The Holdovers, scored 5 Oscar nominations, including Best Editing and we are incredibly lucky to kickstart We Need to Talk About Oscar with the film’s editor: two time Academy Award Nominee Kevin Tent. Kevin is not only a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) who won the ACE Eddie Award for The Descenda…
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