Podcasts about Cinematography

Whatever type of music you love, Rick Rubin has probably left his mark on it. Rubin, a founder of Def Jam Recordings and a former co-chairman of Columbia Records, might be the most influential music producer alive. A very partial roll call of the artists he's worked with: Johnny Cash, Jay-Z, Run-DMC, Eminem, Beastie Boys, Slayer, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, Neil Diamond, Brandi Carlile and Adele. We recorded this in 2023, after Rubin released a fascinating, unusual book, “The Creative Act: A Way of Being.” I'd expected stories of late-night sessions with famous musicians, but instead it read like a spiritual tract. Rubin was offering a guide to how to cultivate the mind states that lead to real creativity. And that's what this conversation was about, too: how to open yourself up more to the world, and learn to trust your own taste. Rubin's advice feels more relevant with each passing year, as technology gets ever better at hacking our attention and the world fills with A.I. slop. So I wanted to share this episode again. Mentioned: The Tao Te-Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by Stephen Mitchell “American Recordings” by Johnny Cash “Pulses” by Steve Reich and Erik Hall “Music for Wobbling. Music Versus Gravity.” by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Album recommendations: “Forever Changes” by Love “The Beatles” by The Beatles “Ramones” by Ramones Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on X @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs. This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Marina King. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Jon Caramanica, Dan Charnas, Jack Hamilton, Felix Grimm, Carole Sabouraud and Kristina Samulewski. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A lot of things are on track to get more expensive. The U.S. Treasury market is the bedrock of the global economy. When yields on those Treasuries go up, mortgages, car loans and credit cards get more expensive, and it can hit the stock market, too. And yields have been going up – to levels we haven't seen consistently since before the Great Recession – inspiring some erratic and futile efforts from the Trump administration to push them back down. So why are yields creeping higher? What is the administration trying to do about it? And if this continues, what's in store for the economy? Robin Wigglesworth is the editor of the Financial Times blog Alphaville, a host of the podcast “The Story of Money” and the author of the forthcoming book “A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World.” This conversation was recorded on August 24, 2026. Mentioned: “An Economic D-Day Is Coming for Iran” by Scott Bessent Book Recommendations: Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John HelyarThe Prize by Daniel YerginLords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair and Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Marina King. Video editing by Kristen Williamson, Brandon Belk-Yee and Dani Dillon. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In 2024, Americans spent an average of six full workdays a year filling out government forms, according to the government's own estimates. That's a total of 12 billion hours, or $430 billion of uncompensated labor a year. It's easy to read something like this and say: “Oh, well, government is inefficient. That's the price we pay for nice things.” But no, it's not. Social Security, Medicare and the Postal Service are incredibly complex programs that are easy to use. When government is hard to gain access to, it is often by design. Republicans want paying taxes to be a hellish hassle. Programs for the poor are often designed to humiliate, punish, control or scrutinize. How the government works is always a choice. When it works poorly, we should ask why — and we should demand better.   Annie Lowrey is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the new book “The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time — and How to Fix It.” She is also, I should note, my wife, so this is a book whose ideas I have been living with for years. They have quietly infused more than a few episodes of this show. So it's a thrill to finally get to explore them directly.  This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: The Time Tax by Annie Lowrey Give People Money by Annie Lowrey Why Americans Hate Welfare by Martin Gilens Book Recommendations: My Silent War by Kim Philby To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever by Will Blythe Gender Trouble by Judith Butler Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota, Johnny Simon and Isaac Jones. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Marina King. Video editing by Brandon Belk-Yee, Dani Dillon and Julian Hackney. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brad Setser follows Chinese trade closer than just about anyone else on earth, and he thinks we're in the early days of a China Shock 2.0. The first China Shock was when China came to dominate low-end manufacturing in the 2000s, filling American shelves with cheap clothes, toys and electronics, while devastating American factory towns. This new China Shock could be even more destabilizing. China now dominates advanced manufacturing: electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels. It's outcompeting nearly all high-end manufacturing around the world, and other countries are just starting to feel the pain. And China isn't slowing down. It's moving into software, too. Its frontier A.I. models are neck and neck with American ones. China's success poses a serious threat to the economies and domestic politics of countries around the world. So what should those countries do about it?  Setser is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.He served in top trade and economic roles in the Biden and Obama administrations. And he is widely cited across the field as one of the top analysts of China's economy and trade practices. Book Recommendations: The Party by Richard McGregor The Volatility Machine by Michael Pettis How to Win a Trade War by Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair, Mary Marge Locker and Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Marina King and Kyle Kelley. Video editing by Dani Dillon and Brandon Belk-Yee. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We are living in the world we were warned about. Frontier artificial intelligence models from OpenAI autonomously coordinated with one another, then broke out of their testing environment and hacked into another company, Hugging Face, to steal the answers to a test. A.I. companies don't want their technology to lie, cheat or steal. So why is this happening? Why are the creators of these models apparently unable to control their creations? If A.I. development isn't on a safe path — and it doesn't seem to be — what do we do about it? Toner has been thinking about A.I. safety for a long time, from both inside and outside A.I. companies. She was part of the effort to fire OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman, in 2023, which ultimately failed. Currently, she's the executive director of the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Mentioned: “Pacing the Frontier” open letter “The Future is for Everyone” by Mark Zuckerberg Recommendations: The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll In the Cells of the Eggplant by David Chapman Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast by John Zhu This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu and Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair and Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Marina King and Jonas Zellner. Video editing by Brandon Belk-Yee. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're in a really strange moment in the foreign policy politics of the Democratic Party. People are looking for an alternative vision — an approach to American power in the world that would feel more moral and just, after the failures of President Biden, and the wrecking ball President Trump has taken to international rules and norms. The answer many on the left are coming to is powerfully simple: international law. America could just start following the rules that we helped write. Is that possible? Is that enough? What would that even look like? To talk through these questions, I invited Linda Kinstler on the show. She's a member of the Society of Fellows at Harvard, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, and the author of “Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends.” She's done some incredible writing and reporting on whether what we're watching is the death of international law. In this conversation, we talk about the Biden administration's failures to live up to the principles it set for itself, the Trump administration's campaign to destroy the International Criminal Court and what it would take to reinvigorate international law. Mentioned: “Are we witnessing the death of international law?” by Linda Kinstler “Abdul El-Sayed, U.S. Senate candidate, on AIPAC and Israel” by Detroit Free Press Opinion Staff Book Recommendations: The Divided City by Nicole Loraux Crossing the Red Line by Akbar Shahid Ahmed Under Water by Tara Menon Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Kelsey Lannin, with Michelle Harris. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Marina King. Video editing by Steph Khoury and Arpita Aneja. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, we discuss the 1957 biographical drama, The Spirit of St. Louis, which stands as a unique outlier in Billy Wilder's filmography—the only biopic he ever directed, and his only collaboration with Jimmy Stewart. SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety. If you haven't seen this classic, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Warner Bros. production. Released on April 20, 1957. Directed by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Wendell Mayes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography by Charles Lindbergh. Starring James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, and Patricia Smith. Cinematography by Robert Burks and J. Peverell Marley. Edited by Arthur P. Schmidt. Score by Franz Waxman.

My colleague Ross Douthat is leaving The Times after 17 years to become a correspondent on “60 Minutes.” Before he goes, I'm asking him a few questions. Douthat has had a unique vantage point on the news media and politics over the last few decades. He's typically held the role of explaining the right to more liberal audiences, starting as an undergrad, when he was a conservative columnist for The Harvard Crimson. Douthat has also lived through the seismic changes in the media from the both the inside and the outside: He's made his career at legacy media institutions, but I first got to know him – and spar with him – as an early-2000s blogger (and I have the 20-year-old Bloggingheads.tv clips to prove it). So what does Douthat make of the transformations he's lived through? How did blogging change journalism? How did a Republican Party powered by evangelical Christians become a political party dominated by Catholics and pagans? What has he learned about persuasion from writing for liberal audiences? And with the resources of “60 Minutes” behind him, will he finally crack the U.F.O. story once and for all? Mentioned: Magnifica Humanitas by Pope Leo XIV “Is It Time for a New Sexual Revolution?” with Louise Perry, Interesting Times with Ross Douthat “Christopher Nolan's Finest Trick” by Ezra Klein Grand New Party by Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam Book Recommendations: Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov De Gaulle by Julian Jackson Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs. This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin, Marie Cascione and Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Kate Sinclair, Mary Marge Locker and Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Marina King. Video editing by Arpita Aneja and Julian Hackney. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Jack McCordick, Kristin Lin and Emma Kehlbeck. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Het is de hoogste tijd om de Oscarvoorspellingen te updaten zo vlak voor de najaarsfestivals beginnen en de line-ups van Venice, Telluride & TIFF bekend zijn gemaakt. In deze aflevering gaan we verder met Best Directo en de Screenplay categorieën en tippen we kort de belangrijkste tech's aan in Editing, Cinematography en Score. Enjoy!Redactie: Don Zwaaneveld Bedankt voor het luisteren!Volg @dononfilm op Instagram & Letterboxd en op de Award Expert app voor de meest actuele Oscar voorspellingen. En @blijebes op Letterboxd! 

Tom Duncan and Sara Shea finish their journey through Season 1 of The Good Wife, this time with episodes 22 and 23.Chapters:00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Season Finale03:01 Episode 22: Hebristophilia Overview05:59 Character Dynamics and Impressions09:03 Thematic Elements and Plot Development12:07 Disappointment in Character Arcs14:58 Filler Episodes and Narrative Structure18:10 Character Relationships and Choices21:09 Final Thoughts on Season One29:15 Character Development and Spin-offs31:59 Character Relationships and Emotional Investment34:00 Ethics in Law and Perjury38:04 The Myth of Truth in Courtrooms41:54 Acting and Writing Quality Assessment54:04 Intangibles and Emotional Engagement57:03 Reflecting on The West Wing Rewatch01:00:23 Cinematography and Narrative Structure01:09:52 Character Development and Consistency01:12:53 Editing, Pacing, and Overall Ratings01:17:15 Future Show Options and Season Decisions01:19:08 Introduction to the Conversation01:21:45 Exploring British Comedy and Its Impact01:24:34 Diving into Crime and Investigation Shows01:27:45 The Puzzle Box Concept in Storytelling01:30:35 Anticipating Future Episodes and Spoilers01:32:52 Season Three Wrap-Up01:33:10 Looking Ahead to Dexter Episode OneKeywords:The Good Wife, podcast, season finale, character analysis, plot development, Hebristophilia, narrative structure, TV review, character dynamics, relationship drama The Good Wife, character development, legal ethics, courtroom drama, acting quality, emotional investment, spin-offs, perjury, writing quality, intangibles The West Wing, The Good Wife, TV show analysis, character development, narrative structure, cinematography, editing, pacing, season reviews, television series, British comedy, crime shows, puzzle box storytelling, Dexter, television series, Rowan Atkinson, Black Adder, character development, narrative structure, viewer engagement

The show's executive producer, Claire Gordon, joins me in the studio to ask me your questions. Topics include: whether my views on “woke” issues have changed; the feedback we got on our episode with Chris Rufo; the D.S.A. insurgency; my first singing lesson; and the story that I'm in a “secret society” with Peter Thiel. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions; we read them all and wish we'd been able to get to more of them! Mentioned: “What Has Chris Rufo Wrought?” The Ezra Klein Show “White threat in a browning America” by Ezra Klein Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein ““Yes Means Yes” is a terrible law, and I completely support it” by Ezra Klein Music Recommendations: Four Tet “Wingdings” “Mas Amable” by DJ Python “Reckoning” by Jon Hopkins and Imogen Heap Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs. This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Claire Gordon, Kristin Lin and Emma Kehlbeck. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris and Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Kyle Kelley. Video editing by Dani Dillon and Steph Khoury. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Jack McCordick Rollin Hu and Emma Kehlbeck. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What's big and ugly and has united Republicans and Democrats? A.I. data centers. An overwhelming majority of Americans say they'd oppose a data center being built near where they live. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul just imposed a one-year moratorium on data center construction, and there are over 100 other local or statewide moratorium proposals across the country. A.I.'s explosive momentum over the last few years seems to have finally run into a force that could slow it down: the messy politics of getting things done in the real world. So, is that a good thing, or a bad thing? And how much is the data center backlash about the actual construction of these buildings, and how much is it about A.I. itself? Jasmine Sun has an excellent newsletter covering both the culture inside the A.I. companies and the anger that's been building against them. And she just finished a reporting trip in the Midwest, where she interviewed people on all sides of the data center fight. So I wanted to talk to her about what she saw and what she thinks A.I. companies can learn from the growing movement against them. Mentioned: @jasmine's Substack Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass by Jasmine Sun Sam Bankman-Fried on Arbitrage and Altruism (Ep. 145) Is Your Social Life Missing Something? This Conversation Is for You. With Priya Parker, The Ezra Klein Show Book Recommendations: The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut The Technology Trap by Carl Benedikt Frey The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs. This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Kelsey Lannin. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Kyle Kelley. Video editing by Brandon Belk-Yee, Steph Khoury and Arpita Aneja. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Jack McCordick, Kristin Lin and Emma Kehlbeck. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

'The Odyssey' is the political movie of the decade. Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This column read was produced by Marie Cascione, Claire Gordon and Emma Kehlbeck. Fact-checking by Jack McCordick and Rollin Hu. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. Cinematography by Kyle Kelley. Video editing by Jan Kobal. The show's production team also includes Annie Galvin, Michelle Harris, and Marina King. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The first year of President Trump's second term was a whirlwind of action: on immigration, on trade, on political retribution. But things seem to me to be slowing down quite a bit. Trump is incredibly unpopular, and he's now bogged down in a war with Iran that he doesn't seem capable of ending. He often appears more concerned with his many White House renovations than with whether the Republican Party can hold the House and the Senate in November. So what's going on in this administration? Where is this all going? It's hard to think of a journalist more qualified to answer those questions than Maggie Haberman. As a White House correspondent for The New York Times, she's published some of the hardest-hitting reporting about Trump's second act as president and the group of loyalists that now surrounds him. Haberman, alongside her New York Times colleague Jonathan Swan, just published an extraordinary chronicle of this extraordinary political moment, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.” In this conversation, we discuss how decisions get made in this White House, what Trump has achieved so far and what's really motivating him as we head toward the midterms. This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: “Maggie Haberman on What an Unleashed Trump Might Do” by The Ezra Klein Show “Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First' Means” by Michael Scherer Book Recommendations: Takeover by Charlie Savage Strangers by Belle Burden I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Mary Marge Locker and Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Marina King. Video editing by Dani Dillon, Steph Khoury and Jan Kobal. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin and Emma Kehlbeck. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Transcript editing by Kate Wilkinson and Marlaine Glicksman. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, we turn our attention to Billy Wilder's first collaboration with Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch. It's most famous for the iconic subway-grate skirt blowing image, although, as we discuss, it's a rather small part of the movie.SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety. If you haven't seen this classic, we strongly suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Twentieth Century-Fox production. Released on June 3, 1955. Directed and produced by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and George Axelrod, based on the play by George Axelrod. Starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. Cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. Edited by Hugh S. Fowler. Score by Alfred Newman.

President Trump is very unpopular right now. But polls show the Democratic Party is just as unpopular – if not more so. So what can the party do about it?  But to answer that question, you first have to understand what the Democratic Party is. That is, mechanically, what is it? What powers does it have? When you call the Democratic Party, who picks up the phone? And how can that party, the official party, be reinvented for this era? Ben Wikler has a unique perspective on this question. He transformed the Democratic Party of Wisconsin into a fund-raising, door-knocking powerhouse when he served as chair from 2019 to 2025. And he's shared some of his insights from winning elections in a swing state in his new book, “This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy.” In this conversation, we discuss Wikler's vision for a reinvigorated party, as well as the kinds of changes he thinks Democrats need to embrace if they want to build a bigger tent and a national majority.  Mentioned: “This Is How Democrats Win in Wisconsin” with Ben Wikler on The Ezra Klein Show “GOP midterm strategy: Make it a ‘hate election'” by Marc Caputo Book Recommendations: Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Kyle Kelley. Video editing by Steph Khoury and Arpita Aneja. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Transcript editing by Sarah Murphy and Marlaine Glicksman. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We call on Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite” and discuss: Cinematography, composing for energy; Story & Writing, structure, setups, clear characters; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “What is perfection, anyway? It’s the death of creativity, that’s what I think, while change on the other hand, is the cornerstone of new ideas. God knows […] The post Ep 375: “The Invite” appeared first on The Pestle.

Hello Hello Hello,It's that time of the year when QID does its mid-yearly Bollywood round-up (aka the time when Dhruv and Cris are at their bitchiest). Rather than following our regular format, we've split our episode into 2 parts: the first one, featuring first-time guest & regular writer for The Indian Express, Anas Arif, is (hopefully) the civil one. We discuss two of the more prominent titles of this year—Anubhav Sinha's controversial Assi and Imtiaz Ali's much-revered Main Vaapas Aaunga—extensively to try and understand their appeal (or lack thereof) for a broader audience.The second part of the episode, featuring only Cris and Dhruv, is chaos as usual because we revert to our format of picking notable honorable (or in this case, mostly dishonorable) mentions of the year (so far). We go through these categories by category - discussing performances, direction, writing, music & editing that missed (or, in the rare case, hit) the mark.MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ASSI & MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGAMINOR SPOILERS FOR COCKTAIL 2 & O'ROMEOTIMECODESPART 1 (w/ ANAS) - [00:00 - 01:39:01]Introduction - [00:00 - 03:42]Assi - [03:42 - 51:19]Main Vaapas Aaunga - [51:19 - 01:39:01]PART 2 (w/o ANAS) - [01:39:01 - 02:37:13]Introduction - [01:39:01 - 01:41:26]Honorable/Dishonorable MentionsPerformance - [01:41:26 - 01:47:46]Direction - [01:47:46 - 01:54:28]Writing - [01:54:28 - 02:00:51]Scene - [02:00:51 - 02:07:13]Cinematography - [02:07:13 - 02:14:52]Editing - [02:14:52 - 02:22:16]Music - [02:22:16 - 02:28:39]Film - [02:28:39 - 02:37:13]OUTRO - [02:37:13 - 02:39:07]Do hit 'Follow' on Spotify if you haven't already to help the podcast reach more people!YOU CAN (AND SHOULD!) FOLLOW ANAS ON HIS SOCIALS.TWITTERINSTAGRAMANAS' CRITICAL PIECE ON ASSI & MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA1. "MVA chronicles a country in danger of forgetting itself."2. "The devastatingly affective tragedy of MVA's climax."3. "Assi vs. Mardaani 3: The grammar of rage in the era of hypermasculine cinema.Follow us on Instagram at:Dhruv: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/terminalcinema/⁠Cris: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/prdscris/⁠Follow us on Letterboxd at:Dhruv - ⁠https://letterboxd.com/aterminalcinema/⁠Cris: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/crislim/⁠

Morris Katz helped orchestrate Zohran Mamdani's historic victory and Graham Platner's ultimately disastrous run for Senate. It's quite a résumé  for a political consultant who is still in his 20s. Platner's implosion could prove particularly costly for Democrats. It may mean the difference between winning and losing a Senate majority. But before the rape accusation that ended his campaign, Platner had come out of nowhere to beat Janet Mills, the sitting governor of Maine, who was Chuck Schumer's hand-picked candidate. The lessons to take from that campaign remain angrily contested.  Katz, a senior adviser to Platner, has been central to many of the most attention-grabbing, populist campaigns in recent years: Besides Mamdani's New York mayoral upset, he worked on John Fetterman's 2022 Senate campaign and Dan Osborn's 2024 independent Senate run in Nebraska. He has figured something out about this political moment. Along the way, he has become a controversial figure himself. So what has he gotten right? And what has he learned from what he's gotten wrong?  This episode contains strong language. Ask Me Anything: We're going to be recording an “Ask Me Anything” episode soon. If you would like to submit a question, email ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com with the subject line “AMA.” Mentioned: “Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling' Behavior” by Katie Glueck and Lisa Lerer “How Economic Anxiety Is Driving the Democratic Socialists' Surge” by Emma Goldberg “The search for Carter” by Norman Mailer “The warrior and the priest” by Ronald Brownstein Book Recommendations: Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman The Shame by Makenna Goodman The Fourth Branch by Daniel Squadron Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu, Annie Galvin and Marie Cascione. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair, Mary Marge Locker and Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon and Isaac Jones. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Kyle Kelley. Video editing by Dani Dillon, Julian Hackney and Jan Kobal. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick and Marina King. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Rebecca Shaid. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, we discuss the classic romantic Cinderella/Ugly Duckling story, Sabrina, a film that showcases Billy Wilder's ability to balance sophisticated, witty dialogue with genuine heart and a smidge of social commentary.SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety,. If you haven't seen this classic, we strongly suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Paramount Pictures production. Released on September 22, 1954. Directed and produced by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, and Ernest Lehman, based on the play Sabrina Fair by Samuel A. Taylor. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden. Cinematography by Charles Lang. Edited by Doane Harrison. Score by Frederick Hollander.

Blair Davis, PhD., an award-winning Professor of Media and Popular Culture in the College of Communication at DePaul University, joins John Landecker to talk about the different formats available for movies like The Odyssey and how they affect your viewing of the film.

The annual film series ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema is back in New York, with screenings at BAM and the Jacob Burns Film Center. Hear a preview of the event from programmer and curator Lina Matta discusses the events. Plus, Lebanese writer and director, Cyril Aris talks about his film “A Sad and Beautiful World,” and what the series means to filmmakers like him. "A Sad and Beautiful World," is showing at BAM on July 23rd.  Cinematography by Joe Saade, image courtesy of the production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Non-Spoilers for nearly 75 Mins, we discussed Oscars potential in all categories for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, before we dive into about 20 minutes on the film's final act. This is Part I of our coverage of The Odyssey, followed by Part II with a very special guest in Variety's Jazz Tangcay. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE ODYSSEY: Critical & Audience Reception Numbers & Box Office Projections - 2:40 Exceeded Expectations and the Plot Premise - 7:36 Best Picture & Discussing Producers Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan - 8:12 Is Best Director over? - 11:44 Adapted Screenplay Thoughts & Should AlsoMom come see this - 17:14 Jennifer Lame's Film Editing - 24:31 Matt Damon's Lead Actor Candidacy - 28:34 Anne Hathaway, Casting, Other Supporting Possibilities & Ensemble Awards - 30:46 Sound Design - 42:55 Ludwig Goransson's Original Score - 44:49 Then Original Song: When I'm Home - 50:03 VFX - 51:52 Ellen Mirojnick's Costume Design & The MUAH - 54:20 Hoyt van Hoytema's Cinematography - 1:00:06 Production Design - 1:03:08 The Final Oscar Lens Assessments & Over / Under - 1:07:38 A SHORT SPOILER SECTION ON THE ENDING OF THE ODYSSEY - 1:16:42 OUTRO: Stay tuned for Part II of our coverage of The Odyssey next week when we are joined by a very special guest for a larger spoiler filled discussion. In the meantime, you can read Jazz Tangcay's coverage at Variety here: https://variety.com/author/jazz-tangcay/ We'll also be LIVE on Chaz and AJ in the Morning on Monday 7/20 around 8:20am EST to discuss our reactions to the film. Listen here: https://www.wplr.com/listen-live And finally, you can find links to all our other episodes and social media here: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

This week, we discuss the tense but slyly comedic prisoner-of-war thriller, Stalag 17, a film that balances suspense with Billy Wilder's signature sharp, cynical wit.SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety. If you haven't seen this classic, we strongly suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Paramount Pictures production. Released on July 1, 1953. Directed and produced by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum, based on the play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski. Starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, and Otto Preminger. Cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. Edited by Doane Harrison. Score by Franz Waxman.

What It Takes to Lead Sports Host Broadcasting: Inside ISB with CEO Ursula Romero This week's podcast special guest is Ursula Romero, CEO and Managing Director of International Sports Broadcasting (ISB), a global leader in host broadcasting operations for the world's biggest sporting events. With over two decades of experience shaping modern broadcast standards, Ursula has worked on every Olympic and Paralympic Games since 1996, as well as major global events including the FIFA World Cup and the Invictus Games. An award-winning producer and director, she is also a passionate filmmaker with a Master's in Cinematography from the London Film Academy. Today, she leads ISB into a new era of technological innovation, diversifying global sports coverage and driving the future of live sports production. In this conversation, Ursula opens up about what it really takes to build a career in sports broadcasting from the ground up, how she navigated the transition from producer to CEO, and why storytelling still sits at the heart of great sports coverage—despite all the technological change. What You'll Discover: How Ursula built a 30-year career in global sports broadcasting From summer jobs as a liaison officer and driver at World Cups and World Championships to directing live sport and leading host broadcasting for Global Sporting Events What it actually takes to be a CEO in sports broadcasting Ursula unpacks the shift from head of production to running ISB, taking over during the pandemic, handling bids, clients, pressure, and the emotional reality of stepping into her late father's role. Why storytelling will always beat technology How Ursula thinks about live sport as storytelling, what's changed (and what hasn't) from the 1980s to the age of TikTok, and how to use new platforms without losing narrative quality. The future of live production, social media, and AI in sport Ursula shares how vertical video, second-screen experiences, fan engagement tools, and AI are reshaping coverage—and how to use these tools without diluting the human side of sport. Practical career advice for aspiring sports broadcasters Why work experience beats classroom theory, how to get your foot in the door, the importance of saying "yes" to unglamorous roles, and why exploring non-mainstream sports can be your edge—and much more. Connect with Ursula:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursula-romero-1b938810/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ualecrim/ SBI Website: https://isbtv.es/ SBI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isbc_live

You can't understand China today without understanding its president, Xi Jinping. Since coming to power in 2012, Xi has doubled down on communist ideology and significantly consolidated his own power while transforming China into an industrial juggernaut unrivaled in the world. And Xi's ambitions for China go far beyond that. So what does Xi want for China in the coming years? And how should the United States respond? Kevin Rudd has a unique perspective on these questions. He first met Xi in the 1980s, when Rudd was a China analyst in Australia's foreign service and Xi was a local party official. Decades later, when Rudd was the prime minister of Australia and Xi was China's vice president, the two men got to know each other better. And after leaving office, Rudd decided to really try to understand Xi; his latest book, “On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World,” is built off the doctorate he pursued at Oxford after his time as prime minister. Rudd recently finished a stint as Australia's ambassador to the United States and is now the global president and chief executive of the Asia Society. In this conversation, Rudd explains Xi's ideology and the forces that shaped it, his ambitions for China and strategy for achieving them, and what Xi thinks of the United States and Trump. Mentioned: On Xi Jinping by Kevin Rudd The Avoidable War by Kevin Rudd Book Recommendations The Party's Interests Come First by Joseph Torigian The Souls of China by Ian Johnson Magnifica Humanitas by Pope Leo XIV Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair and Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Marina King. Video editing by Steph Khoury, Dani Dillon and Kristen Williamson. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck and Jack McCordick. Original music by Pat McCusker and Diane Wong. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. And special thanks to Joseph Torigian and Eyck Freymann. Transcript editing by Sarah Murphy and Marlaine Glicksman. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Already this summer, there have been huge wildfires in the Southwest and Great Plains and an extraordinary heat wave in Europe, as the world stares down the barrel of a powerful El Niño. Climate change is accelerating, and yet climate politics right now is in disarray. But something else is happening, too. Advances in clean energy technology mean it is now possible to build a world of energy abundance that was the stuff of dreams just a few years ago. That means a new kind of climate politics is possible — one that doesn't just talk about sacrifice and disaster prevention but also can present decarbonization as a path to somewhere better, where everyone has more, not less. Bill McKibben is one of the best people at articulating that vision. He's a founder of the climate action groups 350.org and Third Act, and he's been at the vanguard of the climate movement for decades. His 1989 book, “The End of Nature,” is considered the first book on global warming written for a general audience. His latest book, published last year, is “Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.” Mentioned: “Global Electricity Review 2026” by Ember The End of Nature by Bill McKibben “The New Right's Very Old Vision of Men,” The Ezra Klein Show with Helen Lewis “We're All Living in the ‘Mirror World' Now,” The Ezra Klein Show with Naomi Klein Book Recommendations: The Glorians by Terry Tempest Williams The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit The Carbon Wave by Leah C. Stokes Brought to You By by Amy Westervelt End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris and Julie Beer. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Kyle Kelley and Marina King. Video editing by Brandon Belk-Yee, Dani Dillon and Julian Hackney. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin and Emma Kehlbeck. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

6 Questions to Ask on a Discovery Call (FREE download)https://the505podcast.beehiiv.com/products/6questions ( https://the505podcast.beehiiv.com/products/6questions )What's up Rock Nation! Today we're joined by Dom, aka Dom The DP, a longtime freelance ...

This week, we discuss Billy Wilder's darkest and most cynical film, Ace in the Hole, a scathing indictment of tabloid journalism and public spectacle. It flopped on its original release but has seen its reputation improve as time catches up to it.SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety. If you haven't seen this film, we strongly suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Paramount Pictures production. Released on June 29, 1951. Directed and produced by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, and Walter Newman. Starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, and Porter Hall. Cinematography by Charles Lang. Edited by Doane Harrison. Score by Hugo Friedhofer.

The old solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict don't seem to fit the present reality. A two-state solution feels increasingly impossible, given the scale of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Palestinian determination for a right of return. And a one-state solution, in which Israelis and Palestinians would live as equal citizens in a single state, is hard to imagine, given how strongly both peoples seek political self-determination. But what if those aren't the only options? A Land for All is an Israeli-Palestinian initiative that is proposing a confederation model: two sovereign states, structured to allow freedom of movement between them. It's a theory of peace based on neither separation nor unification. It holds, first, that both peoples have a relationship to and claim on all the land and, second, that both peoples want to control their own political destinies. I have been — and am — skeptical of solutions to a conflict that is so devoid of the political conditions for a settlement. But even if you're far from your destination, it's worth knowing where it is you hope to go. So could this be an answer for both peoples? How would it handle the problems that have bedeviled previous solutions, from security and violence to religious extremism? Rula Hardal and May Pundak are the executive directors of A Land for All. Hardal is a Palestinian citizen of Israel who received her doctorate in political science from the University of Hannover in Germany, and Pundak is an Israeli lawyer, activist and social entrepreneur. They joined me to explain how A Land for All would work and why they think it might succeed where so much else has failed. Mentioned: A Land for All plan Rula Hardal's Book Recommendations: The Holocaust and the Nakba, edited by Bashir Bashir and Amos Goldberg States of Denial by Stanley Cohen Israel: What Went Wrong? by Omer Bartov May Pundak's Book Recommendations: Tomorrow Is Yesterday by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers The Moomin series by Tove Jansson Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris and Kelsey Lannin. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Johnny Simon. Our recording engineer is Johnny Simon. Cinematography by Marina King and Eric Laplante. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin and Emma Kehlbeck. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser. Transcript editing by Filipa Pajevic and Marlaine Glicksman. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Show NotesWhat does it really mean to film something that can't be seen?In this episode of Filmmaking Conversations, I sit down with award-winning documentary cinematographer Liz Moughon to explore the emotional and technical craft of visual storytelling.Liz has worked with ProPublica, Blue Chalk Media and some of the world's leading documentary filmmakers, creating films that explore grief, illness, identity, hope and resilience. From documenting families affected by stillbirth to investigating one of the largest medical device recalls in history, her work demonstrates how cinematography can reveal emotional truth through observation rather than spectacle.We discuss why perspective matters just as much as composition, how documentary filmmakers earn trust during intimate moments, and the importance of knowing when to keep filming—and when to simply listen.Liz also opens up about living with Type 1 diabetes, explaining how she transformed a deeply personal experience into an artistic project by photographing an entire year's worth of the medical supplies that kept her alive. Rather than seeing them as waste, she began seeing them as evidence of resilience, creativity and survival.This is a thoughtful conversation about empathy, collaboration, vulnerability, emotional landscapes, and why the most powerful stories are often found in the quiet moments people overlook.In this episode we discuss:• How Liz discovered filmmaking through photojournalism• Why documentary cinematography is about perspective rather than simply beautiful images• Capturing grief, hope and emotional truth on camera• Filming intimate moments ethically• The visual language of documentary filmmaking• Working with ProPublica and investigative documentaries• Turning Type 1 diabetes into an artistic project• Why details and visual metaphors create emotional impact• The importance of collaboration in filmmaking• Why curiosity is a filmmaker's greatest strengthMentioned in this episode• Liz Moughon's website https://lizmoughon.com/about• Before a Breath• With Every Breath• Blue Chalk Media• ProPublicaFrom Liz MoughonA to Z music video https://tennmore.com/atoz/Inspired by movement, identity, Baltimore street culture, discipline, and emotional transformation, the film blends intimate visuals with a reimagined performance of Ludovico Einaudi's “Experience.”Filmed across Baltimore with a focus on texture, motion, stillness, and human connection, A to Z represents the beginning of a larger body of work from TennMore Studios – combining documentary sensibilities, cinematic filmmaking, and emotionally grounded storytelling. Team Type 1 https://lizmoughon.com/teamtype1Type 1 Diabetes is full of routines no one sees, especially the supplies that pile up quietly in the background. Most of the time, those supplies get thrown away. What if we turned them into something cool?For one year I saved every pod, sensor, alcohol wipe, etc. that helped keep me alive, and I made a self-portrait surrounded by all of it. I'm inviting you to do the same thing – your way. Save your supplies for a few months, a year or whatever feels right. Then create something: a photo, video, sculpture, collage, anything. This is your invitation. Support Independent FilmmakingPlease check out the links below to support two previous Filmmaking Conversations guests.

We are back this week, with the action-adventure classic, Raiders of the Lost Ark, which brought together Steven Spielberg and George Lucas to introduce audiences to iconic hero Indiana Jones.SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety, including the iconic opening temple run and the supernatural climax. If you haven't seen this classic, we strongly suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Lucasfilm production, released by Paramount Pictures on June 12, 1981. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, and Denholm Elliott. Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe. Edited by Michael Kahn. Music by John Williams.

Mindframes Show Notes Obsession (2026) Directed by: Curry Barker Written by: Curry Barker Starring: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37287335/ Episode Summary In this episode of Mindframes, Michael and Dave dig into Obsession (2026), Curry Barker's micro-budget feature debut that turned into one of the biggest horror phenomenons in years — a $750K film bought for $15 million out of TIFF that went on to gross well over $148 million worldwide, growing at the box office in consecutive weekends rather than declining. The discussion explores the film's monkey's-paw premise, its working-class Gen Z setting, the moral architecture of Bear's wish, and the central question of whether Bear is the film's actual villain — while comparing the film to Weapons, Pearl, Get Out, The Witch, and Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire. Thematic Discussion Obsession explores consent and agency — what happens when desire is granted without consent. The film suggests that Bear doesn't earn or deserve Nikki's love; he eliminates her will and replaces it with his own. As Curry Barker has put it, "love is earned, not demanded," and "any time you wish for something, it's probably going to be selfish." The true engine of the horror isn't the curse twisting the wish — it's that the wish works exactly as asked. On-air verdict — Is Bear the villain? Both hosts landed on no. He's flawed, selfish, and prolongs the harm once he knows better, but he's the story's antagonist rather than its villain — if anyone is the "real" villain, it's the cursed object itself. Michael's framing: not every flawed person is a villain, and the film is more interesting because its characters are layered rather than purely good or evil. On-air verdict — the ending. Dave correctly intuited that Nikki originally killed herself in an earlier draft — that actually was Barker's original Romeo-and-Juliet mutual-suicide ending, before his playwright father pushed him toward the survival cut used in the final film. Michael argued the survival ending is more thematically persuasive: if the theme is one person's coercion of another's agency, the resolution should be Nikki's, not a mutual destruction that treats the harm as shared. Bear's selfishness has to die for Nikki to live. A live reference worth flagging for listeners: Michael cited Naomi Serpell's New Yorker piece "The New Literalism" (March 2025) as a framework for questioning how intentionally — and how literally — modern horror handles its themes of trauma and control. ⏱️ Timestamps Time Segment 00:01 Intro & setup 00:03 Director background — Curry Barker, box office story 00:09 Cinematography & cast discussion 00:30 Reviews & ratings 00:41 ⚠️ Spoiler section begins — "What would you wish for?" 00:44 Thematic discussion: consent and agency 00:45 Is Bear the villain? 01:01 The ending — survival vs. the original Romeo & Juliet cut 01:13 The New Literalism / intentionality debate 01:22 Closing thoughts & next episode

This week on And Now For Something Completely Machinima, Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood and Damien Valentine dive into Michael Is Very Vintage's hilarious Garry's Mod space comedy An Astounding Tale from Outer Space. What begins as a simple spaceship emergency quickly spirals into absurdity when an incompetent captain decides that cloning himself is a better solution than actually fixing the problem.The team explores the film's brilliant use of slapstick comedy, satirical storytelling, inventive sound design, and surprisingly sophisticated filmmaking craft. From Alien and Red Dwarf influences to hidden Easter eggs, classic action-movie tropes, and the unique creative possibilities of Garry's Mod, this episode celebrates one of the most entertaining machinima films of the year.Along the way, the discussion turns to Michael's growing signature style, the role of game-engine accidents in comedy, the future of machinima creators working in platforms like Garry's Mod, iClone and Unreal Engine, and whether works like this have a place beyond YouTube in archives, festivals, and cultural collections.This week's pick is a love letter to inventive machinima, creative chaos, and the enduring power of comedic timing. 01:16 – Damien introduces the film and explains why he picked it04:05 – Tracy's reaction: why this is her favourite film of the month05:00 – Cloning, delegation, bureaucracy and the film's satirical core06:30 – Garry's Mod humour, slapstick physics and six personalities from one character07:45 – Alien, Red Dwarf, Futurama and classic sci-fi influences09:26 – The ending, anti-climax as comedy, and why it works10:00 – Outstanding sound design, voice acting and comic timing12:32 – Phil's review: comparing the film to Ridiculous Ties and other animated comedy machinima13:12 – Why Michael Is Very Vintage is developing a distinctive creative voice14:20 – Hidden Easter eggs, visual gags and blink-and-you-miss-them details15:15 – The film's unique soundscape: cartoon logic, meme culture and deliberate absurdity18:30 – Recognising an auteur style in machinima filmmaking19:14 – Deep dive into the film's references, props, set dressing and visual jokes23:30 – What the Easter eggs reveal about the creator's influences and generation27:55 – Michael's rapid output and growing body of work29:24 – Behind-the-scenes videos and custom set construction in Hammer Editor29:50 – Cinematography highlights and impressive in-engine camera work30:52 – A broader question: what future exists for talented Gary's Mod filmmakers?32:20 – Can skills developed in Gary's Mod transfer to animation, virtual production and film?37:15 – Damien on iClone, animation principles and platform-specific comedy38:35 – Does Gary's Mod itself become part of the joke?39:24 – Happy accidents, bugs and creative inspiration in machinima production44:00 – From software glitches to award-winning films45:04 – Physics engines, experimentation and unexpected outcomes46:44 – Final thoughts and audience feedback invitation47:11 – Closing remarksIf you've ever wondered what would happen if the least competent person on a spaceship cloned themselves five times to avoid doing their job, this episode is for you.Credits -Speakers: Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, Tracy HarwoodProducer/Editor: Phil RiceMusic: Phil Rice & SunoAI

We sneak up on Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” and discuss: Cinematography, blocking cars; Story & Writing, modern vs classic cinema; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “When you’re young, you look at television and think, there’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you […] The post Ep 371: “Disclosure Day” appeared first on The Pestle.

In part 3 of our MMO UFO miniseries, we review Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Coleman Domingo, Colin Firth and Eve Hewson (which we mispronounce as Hewitt for the entire film because ....Jennifer Love Hewitt?) NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Difference in Opinion? - 2:32 Production Profile - Inception - 3:49 Best Spielberg in the last 20 years? - 5:40 Critical Reception vs Audience Scores & Early Box Office - 6:55 Why Obsession is a Best Picture nominee side rant & Back to DD Reception - 12:51 Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 16:22 Does Emily Blunt Get Nominated? - 21:56 Glowing Reviews of the Score, Cinematography, Editing - 26:24 Oscar Lens: Our Over/Under to how many, if any noms it'll get - 33:06 SPOILER WARNING - 37:25 SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Mike 1 on why politics have ruined the ending & message - 38:23 AlsoMike psychoanalyzes Mike 1's belief in aliens - 45:14 Updated Spielbergian Themes & Remaining Generic - 48:37 Abandoning Intriguing Possibilities & Emily Blunt's worst scene - 50:11 Issues with the Sci-Fi - 54:21 Issues with the bad guy - 59:45 Even the beginning didn't get a follow through - 1:02:11 Some Best Scenes & Strong Starts - 1:03:30 Final Grades - 1:06:19 OUTRO: Discussion on how we like to do film festivals after spending some time at Tribeca and hinting at what's next. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

In this compelling episode, host Chris Stafford welcomes German cinematographer Bebe Dierken for an intimate and revealing conversation about the art and emotional power of visual storytelling. Known for Dangerous Truth, Sexy Beast, Midas Man, Bridgerton with her distinctive visual language and ability to translate narrative into striking imagery, Bebe Dierken has built a career behind the camera shaping stories through light, composition, and movement. In this episode, she shares her journey into cinematography, the creative influences that shaped her eye, and the challenges and rewards of working in a field where technical precision meets artistic instinct.Through Chris Stafford's signature unscripted and deeply personal interview style, Bebe opens up about the realities of working on set, collaborating with directors, and finding her voice as a cinematographer in a competitive global industry. The conversation explores how she approaches why cinematography is as much about emotion as it is about technique. Bebe reflects on the evolving role of cinematographers today and the importance of authenticity, perspective, and creative courage in her work.As part of the Women Unscripted podcast network, this episode continues the tradition of elevating the voices of women in the arts through honest, insightful, and deeply human conversations. Chris Stafford's ability to create a trusted space allows guests like Bebe Dierken to share not just their professional journey, but the personal experiences that inform their artistry. Whether you are a filmmaker, artist, or simply fascinated by the power of cinema, this episode offers inspiration, insight, and a deeper appreciation for the visual storytelling that shapes the way we see the world.Bebe's links: https://www.bebedierken.com/https://www.instagram.com/bebedierken/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029068/Favorite female artists: Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent.Dinner party guests: Tom Ford,  Kevin de lay Noy, Madonna, John Kevin Gibb, Neill deGrass Tyson, 

We loved the cinematography of Maul: Shadow Lord so much that it inspired us to go back to our roots and analyze the cinematography of the Star Wars Original Trilogy. We specifically focus on Luke Skywalker in three character-building scenes: the binary sunset from A New Hope, when he meets Yoda in Empire Strikes Back, and when he resists the Emperor in Return of the Jedi. We discuss lighting, costumes, framing, and so much more! We hope you enjoy this deep dive into one of cinema's most iconic characters.Watch our special EXTRA 200th episode for free on our Patreon (it's different from this audio episode): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/posts/its-our-200th-156470434⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon for as little as $3/month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/MostThingsKenobi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠most_things_kenobi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mostthingskenobi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MostThingsKenobi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠most_things_kenobi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MostThingsKenobi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this compelling episode, host Chris Stafford welcomes German cinematographer Bebe Dierken for an intimate and revealing conversation about the art and emotional power of visual storytelling. Known for Dangerous Truth, Sexy Beast, Midas Man, Bridgerton with her distinctive visual language and ability to translate narrative into striking imagery, Bebe Dierken has built a career behind the camera shaping stories through light, composition, and movement. In this episode, she shares her journey into cinematography, the creative influences that shaped her eye, and the challenges and rewards of working in a field where technical precision meets artistic instinct.Through Chris Stafford's signature unscripted and deeply personal interview style, Bebe opens up about the realities of working on set, collaborating with directors, and finding her voice as a cinematographer in a competitive global industry. The conversation explores how she approaches why cinematography is as much about emotion as it is about technique. Bebe reflects on the evolving role of cinematographers today and the importance of authenticity, perspective, and creative courage in her work.As part of the Women Unscripted podcast network, this episode continues the tradition of elevating the voices of women in the arts through honest, insightful, and deeply human conversations. Chris Stafford's ability to create a trusted space allows guests like Bebe Dierken to share not just their professional journey, but the personal experiences that inform their artistry. Whether you are a filmmaker, artist, or simply fascinated by the power of cinema, this episode offers inspiration, insight, and a deeper appreciation for the visual storytelling that shapes the way we see the world.Bebe's links: https://www.bebedierken.com/https://www.instagram.com/bebedierken/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029068/Favorite female artists: Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent.Dinner party guests: Tom Ford,  Kevin de lay Noy, Madonna, John Kevin Gibb, Neill deGrass Tyson, 

⚠️ SPOILER REVIEW: Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu | Geek Buddies Din Djarin and Grogu have finally made the leap to the big screen — and the Geek Buddies have THOUGHTS. John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung sit down for a full spoiler-filled breakdown of Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu. Nothing is off limits — we're diving deep into every moment, every twist, and everything this movie means for the future of Star Wars!

Watch on YOUTUBECinematographer Natasha Braier ASC returns to Drinks and a Movie Podcast to talk about her mentorship platform Deep-Light, the realities of working in cinematography, leadership on film sets, creative problem solving, and her upcoming work with director Boots Riley on I Love Boosters. Known for her stunning work on films like The Neon Demon, Honey Boy and The Rover, Natasha opens up about the side of filmmaking nobody talks about: navigating pressure, collaboration, leadership, imposter syndrome, difficult film sets, and the emotional reality of being a cinematographer.If you're a filmmaker, cinematographer, film student, director, or creative trying to survive the industry while protecting your voice, this conversation is packed with real insight. Visit www.deep-light.com for more information on Natasha's mentorship program.Listen to my first podcast episode with Natasha Here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Welcome back! This week the ladies dive into "The Drama", the uncomfortable, anxiety-inducing A24 film starring  Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. What starts as an awkward romantic drama about an engaged couple heading into their wedding week, quickly spirals into something much darker after a “worst thing you've ever done” conversation goes completely off the rails. Emma reveals a disturbing part of her teenage past, and that one confession detonates the relationship, the "friend"group, and the entire wedding weekend. We break down the film's tense atmosphere, uncomfortable chemistry, and the bigger conversations surrounding alienation, radical honesty, identity, and whether people should be permanently defined by their teenage years. We also discuss how the movie intentionally challenges audience expectations by centering a Black woman in a narrative typically associated with a very different demographic, and whether that changes the level of empathy viewers are willing to extend. If you watched this movie and immediately needed to unpack all of that emotional chaos with somebody, this episode is for you. Cheers!

We thirst for Curry Barker’s “Obsession” and discuss: Cinematography, story-motivated silhouettes; Sound Effects, revealing story through sound; Story & Writing, obsessions; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.“ – W.B. Yeats Notes & References: Supports us on our […] The post Ep 368: “Obsession” appeared first on The Pestle.

Send us Fan MailLegends of The Lens - Episode 3 for 2026The Master of Light & Shadow - Steven Bernstein - 50 Years of CinematographyWhat does it take to sustain five decades at the top of the film industry? In this technical archive session, we sit down with —Steven Bernstein, ASC. With over 50 years of cinematography experience, Steven has shaped the visual language of some of the most culturally significant films in history; Mr. Bernstein is also a director, screenwriter, author and podcast host. From his early days at the BBC and the high-energy era of music videos to winning an Oscar for the raw, haunting aesthetic of Monster (Charlize Theron), Steven deconstructs the craft behind the camera. We go deep into the lighting techniques of global cult classics like The Waterboy, White Chicks, and Half Baked, and discuss the magical realism of Like Water for Chocolate.We also tackle the massive shifts of 2026: The role of AI in filmmaking, the technical evolution of drones in cinema, and why the "cinema experience" remains a vital battleground against the streaming giants. This is more than an interview; it is a technical masterclass and a legacy archive for anyone serious about the craft of filmmaking.Chapters0:00 Intro – 50 Years of Cinematography – Steven Bernstein ASC3:03 The UK Roots – BBC & The Era of Music Videos8:36 Steven's ‘Yes' Moment: Breaking into Hollywood12:37 The Real Role of a Cinematographer (Masterclass)16:34 Steven's First Film – Lessons from the Set18:00 Like Water for Chocolate – Visual Storytelling20:57 Bulletproof – Action & Lighting Techniques26:18 Drones in Cinema + The Impact of AI in 202637:04 Streaming vs. The Cinema Experience45:07 The Water Boy & White Chicks – Lighting Comedy47:23 Scary Movie 2 – Horror Parody Aesthetics50:02 Half Baked – The Stoners Cult Classic51:04 Monster – How to Film Oscar Winning Cinema 59:34 Steven's 2026 Outlook + New Novel: GRQ1:03:06 Steven's Final Advice for Filmmakers1:05:01 Outro & Audible 30-Day Free Trial Follow Steven Bernstein – Social Media + Websites:Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/stevenbernsteindirectorwriter?igsh=dmQwdjhrZ2FoZTNqPodcast – Filmmaker and Fanshttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/filmmaker-and-fans-podcast/id1728761046Directors Guild Of Americawww.dga.org International Cinematographers Guildwww.icg600.com DMR is proud to be part of the Audible Creator Program. Support the channel and grab a 30-day free trial + any audiobook for free (even if you cancel!)  (I earn a commission if you sign up via this link at no extra cost to you. Thanks for the support!) The link isn is the show!#cinema #cinematography #scarymovie #monster #adamsandler #interview #masterclass #whitechicks #halfbakedSupport the showThe audio clips used in this podcast, including excerpts from movie/series/documentary trailers, are used under the principles of fair use and fair dealing for the purpose of criticism, commentary, and review. All rights to the original trailer content & music belong to the respective copyright holders. DMR (Dewey's Movie Reviews) is an independent production and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any film studios or distributors.

It's Part 2 of our 100% Accurate Way Too Early Oscar Predictions, where we discuss the Best Picture, Screenplays, Director and many of the other craft categories. Plus, you get our Nomination Tallies for our overall leaders and Winner Picks! Post Narnia-Move Prediction Changes - 1:54 Original Screenplay - 4:45 Adapted Screenplay - 9:28 Makeup and Hairstyling - 12:55 Costume Design - 17:33 Production Design - 22:24 Cinematography - 25:21 Film Editing - 27:33 Casting - 30:05 Director - 34:10 Going Back To Pick Winners - 39:27 Best Picture + Nomination Tallies - 43:55 OUTRO: Stay tuned to our podcast feed for more Oscar Race Checkpoints covering the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, and many more Oscar Profile Reviews covering the releases of this year. We'll also continue to have special episodes and interviews with great guests. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Watch this episode on YouTubeIn this episode of Drinks and a Movie, I sit down with cinematographer Brandon Cox to talk about his work on the visually striking new film One Spoon of Chocolate, directed by the RZA. We dive into the creative process behind the film's look, how Brandon approached lighting and camera movement, and what it was like collaborating with RZA to bring this story to life.Pour yourself a drink and join us for a laid-back but in-depth discussion on cinematography, storytelling, and the art of making movies.

On April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Sixty-five years later, we celebrated that milestone at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA. We began on the lawn of Griffith Observatory, where host Sarah Al-Ahmed spoke with exhibitors about the tools, dreams, and technology that drive space exploration. Laura Tomlin, CEO of Space for Teachers, shares how microgravity research projects inspire the next generation. Robotics engineer Kalind Carpenter from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) walks us through the machines he’s helping to build to explore the moon and beyond. Software engineer David Hernandez from Blue Origin describes the work happening at Club for the Future to get young people excited about space. Research scientist Robert Green from JPL talks about the invention of imaging spectroscopy and how it’s used to unlock the secrets of distant worlds. And aerospace engineer Andy Sadhwani, who flew to space aboard Virgin Galactic, reflects on seeing Earth from above and what the Artemis II astronauts experienced. We then move inside for Yuri's Night's evening stage show, where the focus shifts to human experience and the overview effect. Cinematographer and polar explorer Jannicke Mikkelsen, Norway's first astronaut, shares her experience as part of the first crew to orbit over both Earth's north and south poles. Space philosopher Frank White, author of "The Overview Effect," leads a panel discussion with actress Nadine Nicole from The Expanse and commercial space explorer Christopher Huie about what happens to humans when we see Earth from space. Finally, NASA astronaut Ron Garan brings it all together with a powerful vision of our planet's fragility, our interconnectedness, and humanity's potential when we work together. The episode closes with Bruce Betts' What's Up segment, revealing a little-known story about what went wrong during Yuri Gagarin's historic first flight. Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2026-yuris-night-2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you shoot a film where time doesn't move forward, but folds in on itself? For Fabian Gamper, the answer was building a visual language that treats every image like a memory — layered, subjective, and deeply tied to place. This week on Below the Line, Skid is joined by Fabian Gamper and co-host David Tuttman to discuss the cinematography behind Sound of Falling, the Cannes Jury Prize-winning film that blends four time periods into a single, interconnected visual experience. From the beginning, Fabian approached the project with a guiding principle: the farmhouse location would dictate the look. Rather than designing separate visual styles for each era, he and director Mascha Schilinski chose to unify the film through a consistent, naturalistic approach — allowing light, texture, and production design to signal shifts in time while maintaining a shared emotional language across generations.  Topics include: Building a “memory structure” visually — and why all time periods were treated with the same cinematic language Using a single farmhouse location as both logistical anchor and creative constraint Designing naturalistic lighting that still carries emotional intent, from candlelight to LED sources Creating a filmic look digitally, including Look-up Table development and 16mm emulation Balancing available light with precise planning — including timing shots to the position of the sun Solving complex practical challenges, from child actor scheduling to in-camera stunt solutions Using long lenses and selective framing to reflect how memory distorts perspective Reinforcing theme through technique — including recurring visual motifs like reflected light What emerges is a conversation about control and surrender — knowing when to shape the image, and when to let the environment lead. Whether working with limited resources or ambitious ideas, Fabian's process shows how a clear visual philosophy can unify even the most complex narrative structures.

Identity fractures and reality starts to slip in this deep dive into The Infinite Husk. Mike sits down with the film's writer-director-composer-etc., Aaron Silverstein, to unpack a mind-bending indie that blurs memory, selfhood, and the fragile boundaries of perception. The conversation cuts straight to process—how the film's layered structure took shape, the challenges of sustaining ambiguity without losing emotional grounding, and the visual language that turns disorientation into design. Expect talk of influences, production hurdles, and the tightrope walk between narrative coherence and existential drift.Find out more at https://www.theinfinitehuskmovie.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

It's Critical Darlings' biggest morning! After a marathon season, we react to this year's Academy Awards: the winners, losers, presenters, performances, and awkward play-offs. One Battle After Another and Sinners nearly split the ballot with One Battle and Paul Thomas Anderson taking the biggest prizes in Best Director and Best Picture, while Sinners took home Best Actor, Score, Adapted Screenplay, and Cinematography. But for as many questions as the ceremony answered, it raised more: Do Sinners and Amy Madigan's wins signal a shift in how the Academy sees horror? What exactly is the Best Casting Oscar tracking? Are we now doomed to see Timmy eat a raw elk in an Iñárritu film? As part of this special episode, we also check in with Critical Darlings fashion correspondent Ben “The Other Ben” Hosley on this year's Oscars fashion, review the best popcorn buckets of the year with Vulture's Rebecca Alter, and reveal the future of Critical Darlings.  ✨Subscribe to our new feed in your podcast player of choice, and join us next week for Project Hail Mary!✨ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-darlings/id1885681327Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60n6Z9BUUMUR81CQoHbE8bPocket Casts: https://pca.st/1beh8dxuAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a3598b5c-6f4a-4819-9457-44082cfea1fc/critical-darlings Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices