Podcast appearances and mentions of Dominic Savage

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 117 - Rachel Clark - Cinematographer Cinematographer Rachel Clark (EDGE OF SUMMER, QUEENIE, I AM RUTH) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Hailing from northeast England, Rachel, far-removed from the film industry, nonetheless found her way into the camera department and has since worked her way up the grades to helm the department herself. We discuss the challenges and obstacles in her journey to becoming a cinematographer, and she reflects on the stubbornness that pushed her through them all. We also discuss how her approach to working as a DP has evolved, and she reflects on her experiences shooting I AM RUTH within the bounds of director Dominic Savage's unique vision. Rachel also shares her experience shooting EDGE OF SUMMER with children and her yearning to film as much as possible on location in a nearby tin mine. Plus, we learn about Rachel's fortuitous early-career run-in with cinematographer Robbie Ryan dancing in a field at a music festival. - This episode is sponsored by Aputure

The Canadian actor Elliot Page (Inception, Juno, The Umbrella Academy) and the British director Dominic Savage (I Am…) have come together to make “Close to You,” a powerful new drama about a young trans man who's headed home to see his family for the first time in years. Elliot and Dominic join Tom to talk about the film and why it meant so much to them.

This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is — yes, you guessed it — absolutely jam-packed with amazing guests. Alex Godfrey gets to admire Colman Domingo's trophies, and then talk to the great actor about his new movie Sing Sing, which might just add one or two to his shelf. [14:46 - 32:42 approx] Then Beth Webb has a lovely chat with Elliot Page and director Dominic Savage about their new movie, Close To You. [54:56 - 1:12:53 approx] Finally, we bring you a lovely excerpt from our Alien: Romulus spoiler special interview with director Fede Alvarez, as he spills the beans about all things spoilerific to Chris Hewitt. So be warned: spoilers lurk within! [1:42:57 - the end of the show] Either side of those, Helen O'Hara hosts James Dyer and Amon Warmann in the podbooth as they talk about great movie dogs, discuss the week's movie news, and review Sing Sing, Close To You and The Count Of Monte Cristo. Enjoy.

This week, Megan fills Evan and Dave in on CLOSE TO YOU (1:31), starring Elliot Page (who also co-wrote the story) in Dominic Savage's tender and emotional indie drama as Sam, who journeys home for his father's birthday, his first trip to his hometown since his transition. We follow that up with SKINCARE (9:18), Austin Peters's thriller starring Elizabeth Banks as Hope, an esthetician with a line of products about to hit the marketplace. Unfortunately, another esthetician opens a location directly across from her, and wouldn't you know? Someone steals Hope's identity and messes with her in a way that could tank her product launch. We wish we could say we loved it. (We didn't.) Finally, Megan and Dave talk about ALIEN: ROMULUS (32:23), the Fede Álvarez-directed sci-fi horror interquel starring Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson. It takes the ALIEN series in a different direction, sorta, if not for all the derivative plot conventions and it lifts from just about every other ALIEN film. It has its moments (and it's better than Ridley Scott's last two hack jobs), but it's a mixed bag. Over on Patreon, we talk about the 1989 teen satire HEATHERS, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, in honor of co-star Shannen Doherty.

In the new feature film, "Close To You," actor Elliot Page returns to the big screen as Sam, a trans man who returns to his small hometown for a strained family reunion. Page is joined by co-star Hillary Baack who plays Sam's friend Katherine, and director Dominic Savage to discuss the film, which is out in theaters on August 16.

Ahead of the GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Festival Director Greg Thorpe and Dominic Savage, Director of Close To You, starring co-writer and producer Elliot Page, which closes this year's festival. Close To You Elliot Page gives a delicate but defiantly star turn in his first feature role as a trans man since coming out in 2020. Sam (Page) is facing a nerve-shredding experience familiar to many queer people – returning home to a family occasion after a period of estrangement. What begins as a gentle reunion drama soon unravels, and in his time-out from familial stresses, Sam runs into a former hometown lover, Katherine, played by the brilliant Hillary Baack. The nostalgia of their younger days threatens to sweep them both away, but the world has changed and so have they. Close To You's improvised script and close co-production with the actors and director Dominic Savage is a model of queer film-making that lends the piece an intimate natural realism that is such a deep pleasure to sink into. The GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival runs 1 – 5 August 2025. https://www.gaze.ie/ https://filmireland.net/

James and Dan share a deep conversation with Elliot Page and Dominic Savage, makers of the new film 'Close To You'. Sam (Elliot Page) has a chance encounter with an old friend (Hillary Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried feelings. They explore the creative process behind creating this film and the importance of trans masc representation in cinema. This interview was part of the BFI Flare: London LBTQIA+ Film Festival. You can find more info about the festival and other great art pieces via their website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This year marks the 38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and to celebrate we are coming from you live from the red carpet! We were lucky enough to chat to some of the amazing queer talent being showcased at this year's festival. We spoke to writer and director of opening night film Layla, Amrou Al-Kadhi, as well as cast Bilal Hasna and Louis Greatorex. We also caught up with Elliot Page, star and producer of Close To You, his co-star Hilary Baach and director Dominic Savage.38th BFI FLARE: LONDON LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL 2024 is running now until 24 March at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player.

Oscar winning actor Kate Winslet stars alongside her real life daughter Mia Threapleton in Channel 4's female led drama series ‘I am..'. The feature length episode tells the story of Ruth, a mother, who becomes concerned for her teenage daughter's welfare, after she witnesses her retreating more and more into herself. Freya has become consumed by the pressures of social media and is suffering a mental health crisis. The story was developed and co-authored by Kate and Dominic Savage. Kate talks to Emma about the issues examined in the film and working with her daughter. This year the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures will be given by Professor Dame Sue Black; one of the world's leading forensic investigators. She is currently the President of St Johns College Oxford, but her previous achievements include heading the British Forensic Team in Kosovo, identifying victims from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, and convicting Scotland's largest paedophile ring. In the lectures she will share the real-life scientific detective process that she uses to identify both the dead and the living. She tells Emma Barnett how she will be separating crime fiction from fact using examples from her own casebook. Conservative MP Chloe Smith is one of a number of parliamentarians who have already announced they won't be standing at the next General Election in two years time. Aged only 40 she has served in a range of ministerial positions including her last post when she made it to the cabinet as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions albeit for only seven weeks during Liz Truss's brief tenure as Prime Minister. What have been her main achievements? and what does she plan to do with her life after leaving the commons? The work of the British artist, the late Beryl Cook, has been given a new lease of life in a gallery in New York. The exhibition, entitled, Beryl Cook Takes New York, is the first ever exhibition of her work abroad. Cook's colourful pictures documented ordinary people in their every day surroundings and she was known for her robust women and men, all seemingly having a fantastic time. Celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg and Yoko Ono own her work. Emma speaks to Beryl's daughter in law, Teresa Cook and Rachel Campbell-Johnston about her enduring appeal.

In the second episode of the second series, Broadcast's senior reporter Ellie Kahn speaks to the Bafta-nominated director, writer and actor Dominic Savage about his upcoming Channel 4 drama I am Ruth, starring Kate Winslet and her daughter Mia Threapleton. 

This week my guest is Sheena Patel, an assistant director for Film and TV. Her credits as a 1st AD include Casualty and Dominic Savage's upcoming series I Am Ruth. She has also 3rd Assistant Directed on feature films such as Boxing Day and Pirates, as well as series like I Hate Suzie and Apple Tree House, and she is represented by Sara Putt Associates. Sheena is also an author and a co-founding member of the poetry collective 4 Brown Girls Who Write and part of the reason I invited her on for this season is that she has just published her debut novel, I'm A Fan, of which many people are. It's getting rave reviews and Sheena was listed in The Observer's 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2022. I'm A Fan is published by Rough Trade Books and uses the voice of a single speaker to explore an unfaithful relationship and the power struggle within that, as well as how this connects with the wider world and our cultural obsession with status. Desiree Akhavan has called it hilarious, heartbreaking and sickening and you can get a copy via the Rough Trade website.  When I was preparing to talk to Sheena I figured that the conversation would be divided into two parts, but of course when someone's passions co-exist in the way they do with Sheena, some overlap is to be expected and we sort of oscillate between the two and find some surprising comparisons between being an assistant director and being a writer or performer.  We talk about perseverance and how Sheena came to the television industry relatively late, how she establishes a sense of authority, collaboration and harmony on the floor and bluffing your way through imposter syndrome, as well as how and when she wrote her novel, what the process of finishing it and releasing it has been like and why she just wrote wherever her brain went. It was a really fun and also chill chat. I think Sheena really embodies that sense of harmony and calm that maybe she presents when she's AD'ing and yeah I came away from it thinking what a lovely way to have spent an hour of my Saturday morning. I think we're lucky to have someone like Sheena in our film and TV industry and likewise, lucky to have her as a powerful and critical voice in and of our culture, so I feel very privileged to have had her on the podcast. This is episode 112 of Best Girl Grip.   

Anna Orenstein-Cardona was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She grew up in a multicultural home, where although money was tight, love was plentiful. From a young age she was constantly coming up with inventive ways to raise and save money. Anna received her Bachelor of Science degree in Brain & Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and for the past twenty-two years, she has worked on the trading floors of various large financial institutions, both on Wall Street and in the City of London. A fun fact is that in 2006, she was asked to advise Colin Firth in a trading scene for Born Equal, a television film directed by Dominic Savage for the BBC. Anna is an NFEC certified financial educator (CFEI) and coach who is passionate about closing the gap in Financial Literacy. She recently founded Wear Your Money Crown to empower others with the knowledge and tools to make smarter financial decisions, align their financial behaviors with personal goals, and take actionable steps to rule their finances. Anna is also a Children's writer and her debut picture book, The Tree of Hope, will be out in August 2022 with Beaming Books. She currently lives in London with her two very special rescue cats and her Southern Gentleman husband. Anna's Website: https://wearyourmoneycrown.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ordinarytobadass/message

It's a cruel (it's a cruel) Cruel Summer this week, leaving us here on our own. But don't worry if those Bananarama lyrics meant nothing to you - that just means you're young. Cruel Summer is not, however, a show about the 80s popsters, but rather a teen psychological thriller on Amazon that we get into this week, along with Joseph Gordon Levitt's Mr Corman on Apple, and the second series of Dominic Savage's I Am on Channel 4. Plus Terri and Boyd roundly ignore the ​listener question and instead bang on about who should be the new Doctor.

Show NotesOn this episode, I talk with Anna Orenstein-Cardona. She's a London-based financial coach and an FEC certified financial educator. Anna is on a mission to close the gap in financial literacy. You'll hear about her fascinating journey and why she started her business, Wear Your Money Crown. I hope you enjoy our conversation.Key TakeawaysFor well being, we all need mental, spiritual, physical and financial health.Understand your financial behaviors.Financial freedom means having the choice to say 'no'.  'No' to bad relationships, bad jobs,  bad circumstances.  Financial savviness is a life skill.  Explore your transgenerational money beliefs.  BioANNA ORENSTEIN-CARDONA was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She grew up in a multicultural home, where although money was tight, love was plentiful. From a young age she was constantly coming up with inventive ways to raise and save money.Anna received her Bachelor of Science degree in Brain & Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and for the past twenty-one years, she has worked on the trading floors of various large financial institutions, both on Wall Street and in the City of London. A fun fact is that in 2006, she was asked to advise Colin Firth in a trading scene for Born Equal, a television film directed by Dominic Savage for the BBC.Aside from her day job, Anna is an NFEC certified financial educator (CFEI) and coach who is passionate about closing the gap in Financial Literacy. She recently founded Wear Your Money Crown to empower others with the knowledge and tools to make smarter financial decisions, align their financial behaviors with personal goals, and take actionable steps to rule their finances.Anna is a Board member for the MIT Club of Great Britain and is actively involved in various charities, supporting both children and animal welfare. She currently lives in London with her two very special rescue cats and her Southern Gentleman husband. Website: https://wearyourmoneycrown.com/Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/wearyourmoneycrown/Join Anna's email list & receive a Free PDF Guide (Top Tips for Financial Health) - https://successful-composer-5444.ck.page/ac0d024952Free Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearyourmoneycrown Support the show (http://www.buymeacoffee.com/judyoskam)

Gemma Chan and Dominic Savage stop by the podcast this week to chat about I Am Hannah (26:56 - 49:23), which airs on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, we feast our eyes upon Aisling Bea's new comedy This Way Up, and get in the ring with the final season of GLOW. Plus, we finally come face-to-face with HBO's Euphoria and its vast collection of erect penises. Enjoy!

A moving Q+A with Vicky McClure, Perry Fitzpatrick, Dominic Savage and Krishnendu Majumdar about Channel 4's I Am Nicola, the story of a couple who find themselves stuck in a dysfunctional and coercive relationship. Each film in the I Am series has been developed in partnership with the leading actors.

Karina Canellakis will be launching this year's BBC Proms on Friday, conducting Janáček's monumental Glagolitic Mass. She talks to John Wilson about her approach to this daunting task, why she loves the spiritual drama of the piece and how since early childhood her head has been filled with music. Vicky McClure, Gemma Chan and Samantha Morton star in a series of stand alone television dramas focusing on women under pressure. Created with Dominic Savage, each episode of I am... has been improvised with the themes chosen by the lead actors. These include being in a coercive relationship, a single woman in her thirties facing with pressure to have a child and a single mother struggling to provide for her family. Alison Graham from the Radio Times reviews. In the week that the England men’s cricket team won the World Cup, film director Barney Douglas discusses his new documentary The Edge, about the rise in the rankings for the England team from 2009 to 2013, and the psychological and emotional effect the game had on its players, including Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Andrew Strauss. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Julian May

“Tu vas voir, c’est vraiment que-du-bonheur”. Contrairement à ce que l’on pourrait penser, cet épisode ne va pas évoquer la thématique des vacances d’été, mais bien celle... de la maternité ! Au XXIème siècle, une autre conception de la maternité est-elle envisageable ? Est-elle différente selon les pays ? Peut-on associer maternité, et féminisme ? Et la paternité dans tout cela, on en est où ? Tant de questions auxquelles ont tenté de répondre Clémentine et Pauline dans ce nouvel épisode.Références entendues dans l’épisode : Le livre “L’amour sous algorithme” de Judith Duportail aux éditions de la Goutte d’OrLa journaliste Marie Kirschen qui a été nommée à la tête du web du média, Les Inrockuptibles, après le licenciement de David Doucet suite aux révélations sur l’affaire de “la Ligue du LOL”La réalisatrice française Agnès Varda, décédée le 29 mars 2019 à l’âge de 92 ans Le cinéaste français et suisse, Jean-Luc GodardLe film réalisé par Agnès Varda, “L’une chante, l’autre pas”, sorti en 1977 L’autrice Olivia Gazalé, et son livre,“Le mythe de la virilité”, aux éditions Robert Laffont Le Dr Adolphe Pinard est un obstétricien et homme politique français décédé en 1934, père de la puériculture textes témoignent de la capacité des femmes à mettre au monde leur enfant seule dans la jungle Le mouvement féministe dit de la “deuxième vague” est une période de lutte féministe qui commence à la fin des années 1960, dans le sillage de mai 1968. Le livre intitulé “Maternité esclave” publié par un collectif de féministes en 1975 aux éditions Union Général d'Édition “Le deuxième sexe” de Simone de Beauvoir paru en 1949 aux éditions Gallimard L’universitaire, essayiste, historienne, et féministe française Yvonne Knibiehler La femme de lettres, philosophe féministe, Elisabeth Badinter La journaliste, autrice et chroniqueuse Fiona Schimdt La maternité des Bluets située dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris, pionnière de l’accouchement sans douleur, dans les années 1950Article sur les violences obstétricales L'épisiotomie est un acte chirurgical consistant à ouvrir le périnée au moment de l’accouchement de façon à laisser passer l’enfant. Le résumé du rapport de l’OMS est à lire ici Le médecin militant féministe français Martin Winckler, auteur du livre, “Le Choeur des femmes” aux éditions Folio La maternité de Besançon avec son taux d’épisiotomie très basL’article de Libération sur le taux de mortalité des mères noires américaines Andy Inkster est un père transexuel américain qui enceinte, a porté plainte contre une clinique qui refusait de le suivre, le trouvant “trop masculin” Les “Pères Perchés” désignent le mouvement des pères divorcés privés de leurs enfants, et qui pour le dénoncer, grimpent de manière spontanée sur des grues Le congé paternité en France L’article de Slate sur l’allaitement La Leche League est une association internationale de soutien et d’information à l’allaitement maternel Le livre, “Le Guide Féministe de la Grossesse” écrit par Elisa Rigoulet et Pihla Hintikka aux éditions MaraboutLe livre “Donner naissance” d’Alana Apfel aux éditions Cambourakis Le livre de Renée Greusard, “Enceinte tout est possible” aux éditions JC LattèsLa juriste Marie-Hélène Lahaye, et son livre “Accouchement, les femmes méritent mieux”, aux éditions Michalon Les podcasts, “La matrescence”, “Le nid”, “Histoire de darons”La série “Plan coeur” disponible sur Netflix Le film “En cloque, mode d’emploi” de Judd Apatow sorti en 2007Le film “Tully” de Jason Reitman sorti en 2018 Le film “Une femme heureuse” de Dominic Savage sorti en 2018La série “Catastrophe” de Sharon Horgan La série “Motherland” de Graham LinehanLe film “Rosemary’s baby” de Roman Polanski Les stand-ups d’Ali Wong, “Baby Cobra”, et d’Amy Schumer, “Growing”, tous deux disponibles sur Netflix La websérie “Loulou”, sur ArteLe livre de Chloé Delaume, “Mes bien chères soeurs”, aux éditions Le SeuilLe livre de Virginie Despentes, “King Kong Théorie”, aux éditions Lgf L’artiste japonaise Rokudenashiko, arrêtée pour son “art vulgaire”Le film documentaire de Barbara Miller, “Female Pleasure” Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes, animée par Clémentine Gallot et Pauline Verduzier. Réalisée par Aurore Meyer Mahieu, montée et mixée par Laurie Galligani, coordonnée par Laura Cuissard.

We've made it to a dozen and OH BOY is it a proper good week of cinema! Jamie and Hanna review Ant-Man & The Wasp, The Escape and Sicilian Ghost Story - all very different but equally as noteworthy.Dominic Savage (writer/Director of The Escape) talks to Jamie about dealing with 'horrible kids and the mundanity of life and Screening Room 101 gets even fuller.As ever, we'd really love to know what you think of the podcast - contact us on twitter - @talkradio with the hashtag #talkfilm or speak to Jamie and Hanna directly on @jamieeast and @hannaflint. We live or die based on your ratings, so please review and recommend wherever you get your podcast from! DROP AND GIVE US TWENTY, BITCHES..Ps. There is swearing in this podcast, so don't play to children or boring people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this month's Cinefile, RFI's Rosslyn Hyams meets British actress and producer Gemma Arterton for her new film The Escape, directed by Dominic Savage, and Walid Mattar for his Franco-Tunisian film Vent du Nord (Northern Wind). THE ESCAPE -UNE FEMME HEUREUSE The Escape (Une Femme Heureuse) reads like a short story with train-ride views instead of an illustrated page inserted before each chapter. Editing speeds up the family routine and disrupts the monotony. What is happiness and how do you find it? "It's an honest film. It's not necessarily an easy one to watch. It's quite a taboo subject, talking about a woman who leaves her children..." Tara, played by Gemma Arterton, is married (her husband is played by Dominic Cooper). However, she is pulling away from him even though he beleives he has everthingl he needs to be happy - wife, kids, house, car, and job. Tara flails around from the beginning of the film until she reaches for the cross-Channel train and a pokey hotel room in Paris. Inevitably, she embarks on a romantic interlude in Paris with Jalil Lespert whose footloose character has his own baggage. The film is realistic, but the paring down of the elements packs an emotional  punch and drama. "I think even the happiest of couples may go through difficult times," Arterton says. The audience is left with even more questions than they did at the outset, the most sallient of which is Tara 'Une Femme Heureuse', a happy woman? VENT DU NORD - NORTHERN WIND Walid Mattar's Vent du Nord, Northern Wind blows industry from the north. Mattar's film is constantly moving and offers brief pauses for thought with aerial views of a container ship sailing from the top of the screen to the bottom and vice versa. Throughout the film, Mattar asks about what the people who live in these physically different places have in common. It stars Corinne Masiero as a swimming pool cleaner flogging her husband's fishing catch to colleagues, and Philippe Rebbot as her husband trying to rebound after miserable lay-off pay-off. Kacey Mottet-Klein is their school-leaver son who chooses what ironically appeals as a 'secure' job away from his economically depressed home area. Nineteen-year-old Mottet-Klein has already shown his versatility after playing the 18th century Spanish, Prince Louis role in last year's The Exchange of the Princesses where Lambert Wilson played his father, the mad King Philippe. Mattar's social-realism film bears traces of Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, but is  not as dark. Mattar captures and contrasts the northern sea and sky colours of the region on the English Channel around Calais, with the sunnier southern side of the Mediterranean. "The optimism in the film lies [in the fact] that any 'normal' human being wants to keep going. The question I'm asking is whether in the current system are human beings important," he says. There are two cultures and  two stages of economic development. Mattar manages to find commonalities between the two in his search for humanity. The grass is always greener even when there are pebbles and sand.  

Programme makers understand how important addictive stories are for grabbing and keeping audiences, and how hard it can be to create them. So what happens if you just tear up your script and see what happens next? "Create a playful atmosphere where you try and assess good process through lots of goes, rather like a scientist."– Deborah Frances-White We hear from our experts about techniques that can be used to great effect while directing and to tease naturalistic performances out of actors. Dominic Savage is a BAFTA award winning director who specialises in improvised drama. His most recent work was BBC1’s True Love. Julian Simpson is an established director and writer whose work includes Dr Who, New Tricks and the first ever improvised play for Radio 4, A Time to Dance. Deborah Frances-White is a writer, stand up comedian and co-founder of The Spontaneity Shop where she teaches improvisational techniques.

TV dramatist Jed Mercurio, producer Caryn Mandabach and writer-director, Dominic Savage talk to Anne McElvoy about creating successful dramas including The Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders. Novelist Sarah Waters discusses her play with Christopher Green called The Frozen Scream and latest novel The Paying Guests. And New Generation Thinker Sarah Peverley looks at Christmas customs in Medieval England.

Hazel Marshall discusses the improvisation techniques that can be used to enhance storytelling with Dominic Savage, Julian Simpson and Deborah Frances-White.

With Mark Lawson. Front Row is reporting this week from the four remaining contenders for the Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. Our first visit is to the Hepworth, Wakefield, which recently celebrated its first birthday. Actor Alan Howard is known for his high profile RSC roles including Henry V and Hamlet. His latest project is the stage premiere of a series of monologues by Samuel Beckett. He and director Jonathan Holmes reflect on the challenges of bringing these texts to the stage. In the early 1770s Denmark was rocked by a scandalous love affair between Caroline Mathilda, the English-born Danish queen, and Johan Struensee, doctor to her husband King Christian VII. Now the story has been made into a film, starring Mads Mikkelsen as the doctor. Biographer Kathryn Hughes reviews. BAFTA winning writer-director Dominic Savage returns to TV with a new series exploring five overlapping love stories, all set in Margate - where he grew up. The tales have been created by Savage, but the dialogue is largely improvised by the cast, who include David Tennant, David Morrissey, Billie Piper, Ashley Walters and Jane Horrocks. Rachel Cooke gives her verdict. Producer Stephen Hughes.