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Variety's Clayton Davis joins Katey and Chris Rosen to look at a wide range of indie contenders in this year's Oscar race, from Mike Leigh's intimate final film to the billion-dollar Michael Jackson biopic. Then Chris talks to Jake Johnson about his latest collaboration with director Joe Swanberg, The Sun Never Sets, and why he's not actually addicted to work, even if it looks that way. 00:00 Intro 02:13 Fall Preview Finale With Clayton Davis 02:54 Is 'The Odyssey' Still The Frontrunner? 04:43 Anne Hathaway: Lead Or Supporting? 06:31 'Michael' And The Billion-Dollar Biopic 12:39 Lionsgate And 'Sunrise On The Reaping' 13:44 Mubi's Crowded Slate 16:49 The Year Of Sandra Huller 19:59 'Coward' And The December Problem 22:47 Bleecker Street Bets On Mike Leigh 28:18 Bleecker Street Tiff Premieres 29:52 The Four-Hour Elon Musk Doc 30:42 Why Studios Fear Venice 33:23 Telluride's Secret World Premiere 34:26 Magnolia And Olivia Wilde's Big Year 35:48 'Josephine' And A Brand-New Distributor 40:48 Next: Jake Johnson 42:14 Jake Johnson Summer 43:51 Letting Go Of Control 47:17 Rediscovering The Joy Of Acting 49:11 Reuniting With Joe Swanberg 55:08 No Saving You In Post 58:49 Playing Guys He Doesn't Like 01:01:47 Weaponizing Audience Expectations 01:03:40 A Gene Hackman North Star 01:05:09 Sunset Pi And The Columbo Pitch 01:07:50 Considering Awards 01:12:22 Mary Steenburgen And The Dink 01:14:54 Indie Movies Aren't Punk Rock Anymore 01:18:15 Shooting In A Working Restaurant Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Today, I'm joined by Lorne Lucree, founder & CEO of Wizard Wellness. Aspirational allergy support, Wizard Wellness is applying skincare logic to nasal care with its drug- and steroid-free sinus microbiome system. In this episode, we discuss why the allergy aisle is ripe for disruption. We also cover: Missing solutions for a large TAM First clinical testing and vanity metrics in allergy aisle Beauty playbook: microbiome science meets friction reduction Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Website: www.wizardwellness.com Available at Amazon, Walmart, CVS, and Target Store Locator: https://wizardwellness.com/pages/where-to-buy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wizardwellness Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wizardwellness - The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities. Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/ Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/ Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:18) Background and overview (03:15) Drug-free, steroid-free approach (04:30) Prestige beauty connection to allergies (05:45) Microbiome science evolution (07:30) Vanity metrics and clinical testing (09:15) TAM and market opportunity (12:27) Drug-free solutions gaining traction (15:00) Customer acquisition and messaging strategy (19:00) Cleanse, relieve, balance (20:15) Navigating the education path (23:15) Oral care and skincare parallels (27:30) Shelf positioning and brand blocking (29:15) Expansion and messaging (31:48) Where to find Wizard Wellness (32:23) Conclusion
Think you need to be an "alpha" to win? Nick Pell debunks the wolf-pack myth and reveals what actually earns respect here on Skeptical Sunday!Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and a guest break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and debunk common misconceptions. This time around, we're joined by writer and researcher Nick Pell!Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1375On This Week's Skeptical Sunday:An "alpha" is supposedly the dominant top dog — the leader who takes 90% of life's spoils while the lesser "betas" scrap for crumbs. But the whole pecking order traces back to a 1940s study of captive wolves crammed into a pen — the "wolf prison yard," not real pack life.The biologist who made "alpha" famous, L. David Mech, spent decades disavowing his own bestseller. The so-called alpha wolves aren't the toughest fighters who clawed their way up — they're just the parents. The pack defers to them because they bring the food.Humans didn't conquer the planet by bullying — we did it by cooperating. We're "obligate cooperators," self-domesticated apes who arguably bred aggression out of ourselves. Nobody builds a pencil, let alone a moon rocket, alone. Dominance is a liability, not a cheat code.Real influence runs on prestige, not dominance (a distinction from anthropologist Joseph Henrich). Fear makes people hide problems — think D-Day, when nobody dared wake Hitler, or Vietnam-era "fragging." Domineering bosses get avoided; competent ones get followed.Want to actually lead? Drop the dominance act and build competence instead. Lead by example, stay approachable so small problems reach you while they're still small, and treat people as collaborators rather than rivals. Prestige is freely given — and it's what makes people want to follow you.Connect with Jordan on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. If you have something you'd like us to tackle here on Skeptical Sunday, drop Jordan a line at jordan@jordanharbinger.com and let him know!And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here — even one sentence helps! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: Zenni: 15% off your first order: zenni.com/podcast, code PODCAST15Xero: One month of Xero for free: xero.comNOBL: Up to 46% off: nobltravel.com, tell them we sent youCastbox: Find, organize, and subscribe to the world's best podcasts: castbox.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Television's golden age is over, replaced by one that's decidedly more, as they say, “mid.” Audie and Ari weigh in on whether TV really got worse, the industry's post-prestige identity crisis, and the ingredients for making some of your favorite shows with TV's best director, Hiro Murai (Widow's Bay, Atlanta, Station Eleven). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Katie sits down with the Westworld showrunner, Jonah Nolan for a wide ranging conversation about what keeps him coming back to sci-fi storytelling about technology and human nature. After decades of writing about Ai, Nolan explains why Ai may be good for burgeoning filmmakers, but won't replace Hollywood as we know it. Nolan's past work includes Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar and Westworld. This is a summer re-air! We are on a short vacation but back with fresh episodes very soon. Join WIRED's best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian's newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Katey and Chris Rosen are joined by Tyler Coates to look at what's ahead for A24 and Neon this Oscar season, including a slew of Cannes hits and a practically guaranteed best actress frontrunner. Then Katey talks to Noah Wyle, who is nominated for three Emmys for his work on The Pitt and says he relishes having what might feel like way too many jobs for anyone else. 00:00 Intro 01:16 Neon Vs. A24: Fall Preview 03:00 Who's Having The Better Year? 05:09 The Drama And Zendaya's Shot 08:17 The Invite: Olivia Wilde's Play 11:45 Banderas And 'Tony' 13:12 A24's Fall Slate: The Debut 16:01 A24's Misty Green 19:59 Primetime And The Venice Factor 22:38 Can Pattinson Win Best Actor? 28:26 Club Kid's Crowd-Pleaser Ceiling 31:34 Neon's Cannes Pile-Up 32:47 Paper Tiger And James Gray 36:08 Fjord: The Palme Winner 41:16 Artificial: The Movie Nobody Wanted 44:33 Heading To Tiff! 45:12 Next: Noah Wyle 46:45 The Pitt Cast Family Reunion 48:13 A Young Ensemble 50:03 Wearing Many Hats 51:29 Acting As A Vacation 54:30 How He Fell Into Directing 56:33 Directing While Playing The Lead 59:21 What Changed In Season Two 01:01:19 Hunters Vs. Gatherers 01:03:34 The Hardest Show To Write 01:05:27 Why 48 Minutes Is The Rule 01:09:01 The Helmet Decision 01:10:52 Emmy Snubs And Unsung Heroes Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
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This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on tenor saxophonist Azar Lawrence.Lawrence is a veteran of Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner's bands and a leader of his own group, The Azar Lawrence Experience, whose new album, Turn the Music Up, arrives September 25th.We talk about his unique relationship with Pharoah Sanders, dodging McCoy Tyner's broken piano strings, and how the fifty years between the first and latest recordings of his own songs trace his evolution as a musician.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Azar Lawrence's Turn The Music Up)—Dig DeeperArtist and Album:Visit Azar Lawrence at azarlawrence.com and follow on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTubeTurn the Music Up (Trazar Records, September 25, 2026) — artist shopDiscography and video — Lawrence's own catalog page, as leader and sidemanShadow Dancing — the 1985 Riza album, reissued by Light in the AtticBridge into the New Age — the 1974 Prestige debut, with cover art by his brother Vincent CollierThe Cookers:The Cookers — the collective he joined alongside Billy Hart, Cecil McBee, George Cables, and Eddie HendersonAzar Lawrence at The CookersDavid Weiss — trumpeter and the band's organizer, who also sat in with Lawrence's group on the West CoastMentors and Collaborators:McCoy Tyner — five and a half years in the band, and the subject of the acoustic-piano argumentAtlantis — the 1974 Tyner album recorded live at Keystone Korner with Lawrence in the group; TALE's version of the title track opens side two of the new recordElvin Jones — NEA Jazz Master profile of the drummer who gave Lawrence his first major gigDark Magus — Miles Davis, recorded live at Carnegie Hall on March 30, 1974, the night Lawrence was called to the stage without warningWoody Shaw — the trumpeter from the after-hours group with George Cables, Larry Gales, and Candy FinchPharoah Sanders:Pharoah Sanders — NEA Jazz Master profileKarma — the 1969 Impulse! album containing "The Creator Has a Master Plan," which Lawrence covers on Turn the Music Up as a tribute"The Creator Has a Master Plan" — background on the Sanders–Leon Thomas compositionLos Angeles Roots:Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra — Horace Tapscott's ensemble, Lawrence's entry into the L.A. sceneHorace Tapscott — pianist, organizer, and the Arkestra's founderThe Lighthouse Café — the Hermosa Beach club where Lawrence first spent time around SandersConcerts by the Sea — Howard Rumsey's Redondo Beach room, 1971–1985, the other place they would go to hear himSpiritual Study:Alfred and Bernice Ligon — the Aquarian Book Shop and Aquarian Spiritual Center, where Lawrence studiedAlfred Ligon obituary — on the country's oldest Black-owned bookstore, opened in 1941 and destroyed in 1992Venues:Village Vanguard — where the line ran out the door for Tyner's band, and where McCoy sat in with Elvin on his birthdayNN North Sea Jazz Festival — where Cecil McBee joined Lawrence's quintetTeaching:UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Global Jazz Studies — where Lawrence has taught since 2024—Dig into this episode's complete show notes at podcast.thetonearm.com—• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate The Tonearm ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of The Tonearm in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit podcast.thetonearm.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Talk Of The Tonearm email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn. • Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Emmy-nominated actress joins Katey to talk about the journey to getting the FX limited series Love Story just right, which included a lot of hair experiments as well as focusing small details to recreate a woman who was so deeply misunderstood during her life. 00:00 Intro 02:02 Hair Is Everything: Becoming Carolyn 04:21 Broadway Vs Tv 06:25 What It's Like On Set 08:52 Smoking And Fake Smoking 10:12 Advocating For Takes 12:51 Finding Carolyn With The Team 15:45 Shaping The Character 20:27 Imagining Vs Recreating History 23:39 Why Carolyn Still Captivates Us Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Katey talks to the star and co-creator of The Comeback about how she and Michael Patrick King decided to bring back Valerie Cherish and put her up against the thing Hollywood fears most: a TV show written entirely by AI. 00:00 Intro 00:00 Coming Up... 01:31 Racing Ai To Finish The Show 04:37 The Pressure Of Ending A Trilogy 06:56 Balancing Valerie And The Ensemble 08:46 Why Valerie Rejects Humiliation 10:38 Valerie At Sixty 13:15 Is Hollywood Facing Extinction? 15:13 The Value Of Human Storytelling 17:52 Making Peace With Cancellation 19:58 Is This Really The End? Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Kyle Buchanan joins Katey and Chris Rosen to look at what the major streamers have in store for this year's Oscar race, how Amazon MGM is equipped to push a major contender like Project Hail Mary, and why Kyle has been so high on Netfilx's La Bola Negra ever since its Cannes premiere. Then Katey talks to David Harbour about the years he spent trying to get DTF: St. Louis into production, what he learned about the business in the process, and how it felt to dance in his underwear in front of the same Atlanta crew that had seen him fight creatures as the heroic Hopper on Stranger Things. 00:00 Intro 00:19 Coming Up... 02:07 Can Streamers Compete This Year? 03:49 Apple's Thin Two-Film Slate 06:56 Why Best Actress Is Wide Open 09:45 The Ingenue Pendulum Swings Back 12:58 Tenzing And Genden Phuntsok 14:26 Digger Skips Venice 16:10 Project Hail Mary Vs. Dune 3 19:19 Is Anything Stopping The Odyssey? 24:55 Lord And Miller's Director Shot 25:29 Sandra HÜLler's Shot 26:28 Anne Hathaway: Lead Or Supporting? 27:15 Amazon's 'Dudes Rock' Slate 30:13 What A Tiff Premiere Really Means 32:11 Verity And Anne Hathaway's Year 34:19 Netflix And La Bola Negra 36:47 Was Roma Really Divisive? 39:20 Penelope Cruz's Second Oscar? 42:10 Netflix's Number Two Priority 44:20 The Cliff Booth Question Mark 47:10 Possible Love And A Thin Venice 50:45 Next: David Harbour 51:53 The Origin Of Dtf St. Louis 53:30 Making Tv He Actually Wants To Watch 56:24 The Sweetness Beneath The Sadness 58:47 Avoiding The Flyover State Trap 01:02:07 Lessons From First-Time Producing 01:04:47 The Argument He Lost With Steve Conrad 01:07:48 Walking The Tonal Tightrope 01:11:26 Is Dtf Actually Heartwarming? 01:12:40 The Male Loneliness Epidemic 01:13:57 What Harbour Is Building Next Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
On this week's episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with the Substacker who writes under the pseudonym “Yuri Bezmenov” (he'll tell us why) about his reporting on the network of awards, fellowship, teaching gigs and other lucrative and prestigious incentives that reward people who espouse progressive ideas. On the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss a National Review article that details Iran's efforts to take the war to other countries, a ProPublica article about how General Dynamics' failed effort to make artillery shells with robots cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and an article in the Atlantic in which an African-American professor details how his experience with dangerous excesses of wokism pushed him to leave academia. Articles Discussed in This Podcast:| Yuri Bezmenov Substack: Fauci's Georgetown Gig and Other Progressive Rewards National Review: Iran Is Rewiring Its Proxy Network ProPublica: Taxes Funded $533M Artillery Plant That Made Nothing Atlantic: Why This Black Professor Quit the Tenure Track Sign up for the RealClearInvestigations Newsletter. Watch each episode on the RealClearPolitics YouTube ChannelContact us with your thoughts and feedback: jpederzane@realclearinvestigations.com
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Katey talks to the Emmy-nominated breakout star of the year's breakout comedy series Widow's Bay, about how she created Patricia as one of television's most lovable oddballs and how kicking off her screen career with director Mike Leigh — who she'll reunite with for Tender Loving Care this fall — set her up for a remarkable career. 00:00 Intro 01:02 Coming Up... 02:33 The Audition Process 04:20 Naive Confidence After Drama School 05:53 From Glass Menagerie To Patricia 07:13 Patricia's Fragility And Mean Girls 08:29 The Childlike Fear Of Widows Bay 09:52 Keeping Up With The Improv Titans 11:45 Hamish's 200-Year-Old Zombie 13:13 Meeting The Sea Hag 14:49 When The Tone Clicked 16:44 Her Accidental Comedy Career 19:14 Patricia's Exasperation 20:18 The Patricia Fandom Explosion 21:15 Stage Applause Vs. Screen Silence 22:30 Working With Mike Leigh Again 25:33 Season Two And The Island's Secrets Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Movie of the Year: 2006VolverThe Volver Podcast Episode Enters the BracketThe Volver podcast episode brings Pedro Almodóvar's beloved ghost story into the full Movie of the Year 2006 bracket. This week, Greg and Mike hold down the fort while Ryan sits this one out. Fortunately, they have serious backup. New Yorker television critic Inkoo Kang joins the panel to talk grief, ghosts, and the women of La Mancha. Together, they ask whether Almodóvar's warmest film has what it takes to survive the tournament.The conversation covers the film's supernatural heart, its unforgettable women, and its thoroughly rotten men. Additionally, the crew builds a Mount Rushmore of It Girls and runs through The Five. As always, the bracket outcome stays a secret here. Consequently, you will need to listen to find out how Volver fares.About the FilmVolver is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Penélope Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class mother in Madrid whose life unravels after a sudden death at home. Meanwhile, her sister Sole discovers that their late mother Irene, played by Carmen Maura, may have returned from the grave. The film is set partly in La Mancha, the windswept region where Almodóvar grew up.Volver premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay. Notably, its six lead actresses shared the Best Actress prize, an almost unheard-of collective honor. Cruz later earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, a landmark for Spanish-language performances. Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and named it among his four-star movies of 2006. You can find full details on the film's cast and awards at IMDb.The 2006 field is stacked with heavyweights. Volver joins previous entries like The Prestige, Little Miss Sunshine, and Borat in the fight for the crown.Guest Panelist: Inkoo KangInkoo Kang is the television critic at The New Yorker, where she has covered TV since 2022. Before that, she served as a TV critic at The Washington Post and The Hollywood Reporter. Her byline has also appeared at Slate, MTV News, The Village Voice, and TheWrap over a career spanning more than a decade. In practice, that résumé makes her one of the sharpest working critics on storytelling, performance, and cultural memory. Her perspective on Almodóvar's women makes this Volver podcast conversation essential listening.Ghosts and Grief on the Volver PodcastVolver treats death with a shrug and grief with a casserole. The Taste Buds dig into how Almodóvar builds a ghost story without a single scare. Irene's return plays as domestic comedy first and emotional reckoning second. However, the laughs never cheapen the loss underneath them.Inkoo, Greg, and Mike explore how the film's La Mancha setting shapes its view of mortality. The village women tend graves like gardens and speak of the dead like neighbors. As a result, the supernatural feels less like fantasy and more like tradition. The panel asks whether that matter-of-fact approach to death is exactly why the film hits so hard. Ultimately, Volver argues that the dead stay with us because we keep setting a place for them.Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters on the Volver PodcastEvery meaningful relationship in Volver runs between women. Raimunda and her daughter Paula protect each other through the film's darkest turn. Sole and Raimunda circle each other with the friction only sisters manage. Above all, Irene's return forces three generations to confront secrets that shaped them all.The panel unpacks how Almodóvar stages forgiveness as the film's true climax. Specifically, they discuss the confessions between mother and daughter that reframe everything before them. Inkoo brings a critic's eye to Cruz's performance, which anchors the whole ensemble. Moreover, the group considers how the film honors caretaking as heroic labor. Cooking, cleaning, and burying become acts of love here, not background noise.Ugh, Dudes: The Men of VolverThe men of Volver are a rogues' gallery of predators, cheats, and dead weight. Consequently, the Volver podcast panel dedicates a full segment to asking a simple question. Why does Almodóvar write men this way, and what does their awfulness reveal?The panel argues that the film's male characters function as weather, not people. They cause damage, and then the women clean up after the storm. By contrast, the women get every ounce of the film's interiority and warmth. The crew debates whether this imbalance is a flaw or the entire point. Nevertheless, everyone agrees on one thing. The dudes in this movie? Ugh.Rushmore: It GirlsPenélope Cruz became a global It Girl on the strength of this performance. Therefore, the crew carves a Mount Rushmore of It Girls in her honor. Greg, Mike, and Inkoo each argue for the four faces that defined It Girl status across eras. The picks range from obvious icons to deep-cut favorites, and the debate gets appropriately heated. Listen to the episode to hear which four faces make the mountain.The Five on This Week's Volver PodcastThe episode also features The Five, a recurring segment built on movie archetypes. The panel receives five iconic character types and must argue for the 2006 star who best embodies each one. This week's archetypes are a murderers' row: Scout Finch, Batman, Ripley, Robin Hood, and Frankenstein's Monster.Consequently, the debate ranges across the entire 2006 landscape. Who carries Scout's wide-eyed moral clarity? Which star wears Batman's brooding armor? Moreover, who earns Ripley's steel, Robin Hood's roguish charm, or the Monster's tragic misunderstood soul? Greg, Mike, and Inkoo each make their cases, and the picks get delightfully contentious. The answers stay spoiler-free here, so hit play to hear who claims each archetype.Why Volver Still MattersVolver endures because it treats ordinary women's lives as the stuff of grand cinema. Twenty years later, its blend of melodrama, comedy, and ghost story still feels singular. Cruz's Oscar-nominated turn opened doors for Spanish-language performances in Hollywood's biggest categories. Furthermore, the film cemented Almodóvar's late-career run as one of world cinema's great streaks.The Volver podcast conversation makes the case that the film's warmth is its weapon. Plenty of movies mine grief for devastation. By contrast, Volver mines grief for connection, and that choice keeps audiences returning. The title means "to return" in Spanish, after all. Great films do exactly that.Related Episodes from Movie of the Year: 2006Movies of 2006: Intro Part 12006 Bracket Reveal and Sweet 16Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story2006 Mixtape Part I2006 Mixtape Part IIBrickThe Puffy ChairThe Devil Wears PradaLittle Miss SunshineThe PrestigeBoratAll Movie of the Year episodesFAQ: Volver Podcast and FilmWhat is the Volver podcast episode about?In this Volver podcast episode, Greg and Mike from Movie of the Year discuss Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 film with guest critic Inkoo Kang. Topics include ghosts and grief, the film's women, its terrible men, a Mount Rushmore of It Girls, and The Five.What is Volver about?Volver follows Raimunda, a Madrid mother played by Penélope Cruz, as she covers up a death at home. Meanwhile, her late mother apparently returns from the grave to settle unfinished business with her daughters.Who directed Volver?Pedro Almodóvar wrote and directed Volver. The Spanish filmmaker set the story partly in La Mancha, the region where he grew up.What does Volver mean?Volver means "to return" in Spanish. The title comes from a classic tango and...
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A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same. In Derry, the locals are already in a twist about the arrival of Hollywood actress Monica Logue to research her role for a show about the Troubles--and then she goes missing. Everyone has a story to tell--about Monica's possible whereabouts, and about the historic events that brought her here in the first place: the show's screenwriter, desperate for this last shot at success; the grieving mother whose story he's adapting; the ex-IRA member who knows the price of survival; the local psychic who's seen too much ... Prestige Drama (Cardinal, 2026) brings to life a chorus of characters as they locate themselves in Monica's disappearance, and in the truth about their own history. From the author of the acclaimed memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?, Prestige Drama is heartbreaking, hilarious, and profound, an indelible portrait of a community both obsessed with its past, and desperate to forget it. SÉAMAS O'REILLY is a writer and author who has worked as a columnist for the Observer, the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner. He is Features Editor of London satirical magazine, The Fence and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. His memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died topped the Irish Times Bestseller List for seven weeks, and won Best Biography at the 2021 Irish Book Awards. Séamas currently lives in Walthamstow, London with his family. Recommended Books: Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling Susannah Dickey, Into the Wreck Jonathan Wilson, The Power and The Glory: A History of the World Cup Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Canfield joins Katey and Chris Rosen to look at the fall offerings from the studio-based indie labels Focus Features, Sony Pictures Classics, and Searchlight Pictures. Then Katey talks to Charles Melton about how he tapped into his Gen Z side — as well as some very endearing cluelessness — to play his character Austin on the Emmy-nominated Beef. 00:00 Intro 01:24 Fall Preview: The Indie Labels 02:42 Searchlight's Big Bet: Wild Horse Nine 08:06 Behemoth Premieres At New York Film Fest 12:27 Sony Classics' Slate: Bunker And Beyond 13:40 John Turturro's Overdue Moment 18:25 Focus And The Obsession Phenomenon 21:53 Can Werewolf Follow Nosferatu? 25:22 Andrew Scott And Elsinore 31:45 Focus's Unsolved Mysteries 33:46 Women Directors 40:18 Next: Charles Melton 41:24 The Dinner That Launched Beef 43:37 Navigating Award Season Meetings 45:14 Directors As Film School 47:24 The Beef Viewing Diet 49:43 Why It's Funny, But Not Funny To Play 51:27 Austin's Dangerous Sweetness 54:22 Codependency, Books And Identity 55:36 Leaving The Role At Work 57:28 Playing Austin Davis 59:45 That Finale: A Happy Marriage? 01:01:47 What Do You Take From Every Role? Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same. In Derry, the locals are already in a twist about the arrival of Hollywood actress Monica Logue to research her role for a show about the Troubles--and then she goes missing. Everyone has a story to tell--about Monica's possible whereabouts, and about the historic events that brought her here in the first place: the show's screenwriter, desperate for this last shot at success; the grieving mother whose story he's adapting; the ex-IRA member who knows the price of survival; the local psychic who's seen too much ... Prestige Drama (Cardinal, 2026) brings to life a chorus of characters as they locate themselves in Monica's disappearance, and in the truth about their own history. From the author of the acclaimed memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?, Prestige Drama is heartbreaking, hilarious, and profound, an indelible portrait of a community both obsessed with its past, and desperate to forget it. SÉAMAS O'REILLY is a writer and author who has worked as a columnist for the Observer, the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner. He is Features Editor of London satirical magazine, The Fence and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. His memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died topped the Irish Times Bestseller List for seven weeks, and won Best Biography at the 2021 Irish Book Awards. Séamas currently lives in Walthamstow, London with his family. Recommended Books: Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling Susannah Dickey, Into the Wreck Jonathan Wilson, The Power and The Glory: A History of the World Cup Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same. In Derry, the locals are already in a twist about the arrival of Hollywood actress Monica Logue to research her role for a show about the Troubles--and then she goes missing. Everyone has a story to tell--about Monica's possible whereabouts, and about the historic events that brought her here in the first place: the show's screenwriter, desperate for this last shot at success; the grieving mother whose story he's adapting; the ex-IRA member who knows the price of survival; the local psychic who's seen too much ... Prestige Drama (Cardinal, 2026) brings to life a chorus of characters as they locate themselves in Monica's disappearance, and in the truth about their own history. From the author of the acclaimed memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?, Prestige Drama is heartbreaking, hilarious, and profound, an indelible portrait of a community both obsessed with its past, and desperate to forget it. SÉAMAS O'REILLY is a writer and author who has worked as a columnist for the Observer, the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner. He is Features Editor of London satirical magazine, The Fence and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. His memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died topped the Irish Times Bestseller List for seven weeks, and won Best Biography at the 2021 Irish Book Awards. Séamas currently lives in Walthamstow, London with his family. Recommended Books: Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling Susannah Dickey, Into the Wreck Jonathan Wilson, The Power and The Glory: A History of the World Cup Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 8 - INSTANT REACTION - SEASON FINALE- The Treasons at Tumbleton In this episode of The Prestige-ish Media Podcast - Craig Lake and Dan McNair give their INSTANT REACTION to the HBO Max show House of the Dragon Season Three Episode Eight - SEASON FINALE- The Treasons at Tumbleton.In this episode we wrap up another season of television as we discuss the big battle at Tumbleton, Lord Roderick, Helaena, Ulf the White, the “resurrection” of Aegon Targaryen, The Prince that was promised, and more. SPOILER WARNING: House of the Dragon Seasons 1-3. Also any speculation on Season 4. Possible spoilers on Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, or any George R.R. Martin related literature. Please continue to join us next week for our coverage of the HBO MAX show Lanterns. Also join us for Prestige-ish coverage of the Vice documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 and WWE Unreal Season 3 currently ongoing. Please check out our website at http://prestigeish.com, follow our podcasts on all your favorite podcast platforms, and leave us positive reviews if you enjoy our show. X @prestige_ish Instagram @prestigeishmedia TikTok @prestigeish YouTube @prestigeishmedia X/Instagram @realrealbatman @danmcnair1017 http://prestigeish.com
Thorin has been teasing The Prestige on Four Play for over a hundred episodes. It is his favorite film of all time. MonteCristo and Richard Lewis think it is Nolan's best. Twenty years after it came out and quietly underperformed, the critics ranking his catalog after The Odyssey are arriving at the same place. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Katey talks to the Emmy nominee for both the Netflix limited series Death by Lightning and the Apple comedy series Margo's Got Money Troubles, about how he became so in-demand as an actor ("I mind my manners and try to do the best job I can") and some incredible behind the scenes details on how his pro wrestler character on Margo became so believable. 00:00 Intro 01:17 Back To Chicago Theater 02:30 Why They Can't Say No 03:50 Saying Yes To Death By Lightning 06:09 Budapest: Hollywood's Odd Outpost 07:00 History Nerds And The White House 09:51 The Redemption Of Chester Arthur 12:33 Picking Your Own Lane 13:52 Awards, Betty Gilpin And Snubs 15:41 How Margot Got Made 17:31 Why Nobody Else Wanted These Roles 19:42 Becoming Jinx The Wrestler 21:58 Training To Wrestle Nicole Kidman 25:07 Bringing Production Back To L.A. Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Hot off the trails of The Odyssey, Ryan and Dylan finally commit to an analysis of three of Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thrillers: Memento, The Prestige, and Inception.
This week on America on the Road, Jack Nerad is joined by co-host Chris Teague to deliver fresh road tests of the all-new 2027 Kia Telluride X-Line SX Prestige and the expanded 2026 Lexus RZ lineup. Looking at news and comment, they detail the latest on Hennessey's pure-analog hypercar, Genesis's first high-performance EV, and the end of the Land Rover Discovery Sport. Especially for car buyers — and industry observers — they outline the record trade-in equity owners currently enjoy while also explaining the ongoing decline in car leasing and what that means to car buyers. Our special guest Ezra Peterson, vice president of insurance and auto refinance at Way.com, also joins the show.
Dark Side of the Ring - Season 7 Episode 6 - The Ultimate Fantasy: The Fall of Renegade / WWE Unreal Season 3 Episode 3 - Rise & Rumble - INSTANT REACTIONIn this episode of The Prestige-ish Media Podcast - Craig Lake, Tom Chan, Ed Boggess, and Josh Goff give their INSTANT REACTION to the Vice TV Documentary series Dark Side of the Ring Season Seven Episode Six - The Ultimate Fantasy: The Fall of Renegade and the Netflix series WWE Unreal Season Three Episode Three - Rise & RumbleIn this episode we discuss Chelsea Green, Oba Femi, the WWE Royal Rumble, Arn Anderson's name for men's burlesque, The Ultimate Warrior, WCW's Renegade, and more. We also preview the episode coming up next week on Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff. SPOILER WARNING: Anything in the history of wrestling. Please continue to join us weekly for our coverage of the Vice TV documentary series Dark Side of the Ring and Netflix's WWE Unreal over the next several weeks. Also please join us Sunday for our season finale coverage of the HBO MAX show House of the Dragon Season 3.Please check out our website at http://prestigeish.com, follow our podcasts on all your favorite podcast platforms, and leave us positive reviews if you enjoy our show. X @prestige_ish Instagram @prestigeishmedia TikTok @prestigeish YouTube @prestigeishmedia X/Instagram @realrealbatman @bird33wv @blahah @josh_goff http://prestigeish.com
We continue to be divisive in this third week of “Everyone is Stupid Except For Me” with maybe the most polarizing pick yet from Curtis: Scott Derrickson's 2014 procedural exorcism film DELIVER US FROM EVIL. In route to our showdown with cops and devils, we discuss some summertime activities, adding water to Curtis, our SHUDcast Approved process, and Christopher Nolan's historical extravaganza, THE ODYSSEY! Go to patreon.com/SHUDcast where you can sign up for all kinds of extra goodies! 00:00-9:00ish - Intros: Curtis in water, our SHUDcast Approved process. 9:00-34:00ish - The other stuff we watched this time! Cody - Deathstalker II, Evil Dead Burn, Nope, The Odyssey, The Revenant, The Northman Curtis - Evil Dead Burn, The Odyssey, Blackberry, Chain Reactions Lucas - The Odyssey, The Prestige, Gone Girl, Barbie, The Big Short, The Invite 34:00ish-1:14:00ish - DELIVER US FROM EVIL - SHUDdown and discussion! 1:14:00ish-End - The fourth and final pick of “Everyone is Stupid Except For Me” brought to you by Austin!
We said The Prestige is the "most" Christopher Nolan movie, and that Inception is his most autobiographical... but it turns out we were wrong, because both apply to Interstellar. It's a movie where a character literally says, "I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of time." It's a movie about a man who desperately wants to return home to his children, except that he wants even more to go do some cool stuff in outer space. The movie's working title was Flora's Letter, referring to Nolan's real-life 11-year-old daughter Flora, the inspiration for the character of Murph. And it's probably Nolan's best movie. Laci and Matt spend more than three hours celebrating this masterpiece, and talk a lot about whether you should even care if the human race got resurrected via a tube of sperm on another planet hundreds of years in the future. Watch this Interstellar podcast in full on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@1weekrental Get more 1-Week Rental on Patreon: https://patreon.com/1weekrental Next episode (Aug. 14, 2026): Tenet (2020)! The Summer of Nolan is our summer 2026 miniseries covering the movie career of Christopher Nolan through nine movies on the main feed (plus additional episodes on the Patreon!), presented in chronological order, starting with Memento and going through Oppenheimer. And don't be surprised if our old pal Odysseus drops by to tell us about his long journey home to his wife. Time stamps: 00:01:41 — What have we learned about Christopher Nolan so far? And how does it apply to Interstellar? 00:20:00 — History segment: Producer Lynda Obst and physicist Kip Thorne develop Interstellar for Steven Spielberg, with Jonah Nolan as the screenwriter; Spielberg leaves, Christopher Nolan comes aboard; the science of Interstellar is always emphasized during the movie's development; Nolan works with composer Hans Zimmer on the movie's music before shooting begins; casting Matthew McConaughey; release, reception, and legacy of Interstellar 01:24:43 — Movie discussion + Interstellar film analysis 03:10:55 — Star ratings + final review of Interstellar INTERSTELLAR (2014) was directed by Christopher Nolan. Screenplay by Nolan with his brother Jonah. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, Matt Damon, David Gyasi, Bill Irwin, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, Timothée Chalamet, and Michael Caine as Professor Brand. Sources: "Interstellar: How Christopher Nolan's Space Exploration Movie Achieved Lift-Off" by Dan Jolin | Empire (2014) - https://bit.ly/451fLOh "The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan" by Tom Shone (2020) - https://amzn.to/4yiNtw0 Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business by Lynda Obst (2014) - https://amzn.to/4xjbtOa "Wrinkles in Spacetime: The Warped Astrophysics of Interstellar" by Adam Rogers | Wired (2014) - https://bit.ly/4wbvs0r "Writer with real stars in his eyes" by Jay Fernandez | The Los Angeles Times (2007) - https://lat.ms/4pSL4UO "All About Christopher Nolan's 4 Kids, Who All Worked on 'The Odyssey' With Him" by Bailey Bujnosek | InStyle (2026) - https://bit.ly/4bwYeRI "Meet the Woman Behind Dunkirk" by Rebecca Keegan | Vanity Fair (2017) - https://bit.ly/4bvzlps "Christopher Nolan on Dunkirk, Taking His Kids to Phantom Thread" by Christina Radish | Collider (2018) - https://bit.ly/3RP25mf "Steven Spielberg Worked on 'Interstellar' for One Year and Says 'I Became Fascinated With It' Before Dropping Out: 'It Was a Much Better Movie in Nolan's Hands'" by Zack Sharif | Variety (2026) - https://bit.ly/4cmPqht Transcript: https://1weekrentalpod.com/2026/08/interstellar/#transcript Artwork by Laci Roth. Matt has two monthly spin-off podcasts! PodJob: A James Bond Podcast on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4jRL2K1), Spotify (https://bit.ly/4a8jM6E), and YouTube (https://youtube.com/@podjob007). The Sign Post Up Ahead: A Twilight Zone Recap Podcast on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4vtO6jG), Spotify (https://bit.ly/4w1qDat), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@TheSignPostUpAhead). Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC). Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode: "Summer of Nolan" - https://youtube.com/shorts/CAIzthDLrT8 "Winston-Salem" - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM "Snake Drama" - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg "The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet" - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ The "Summer of Nolan" theme song was written by Matt Stokes. Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by TJ Barends. Performed by: TJ Barends - backing vocals Wade Hymel - drums, percussion, and backing vocals Laci Roth - vocals Matt Stokes - vocals, guitar, and bass Follow 1-Week Rental, a movie podcast: Twitter: @1weekrental | @MattStokes9 | @LRothConcepts Facebook: @1weekrental Instagram: @1weekrental TikTok: @1weekrental | @mattstokes9 Letterboxd: @loadbearinglaci | @mattstokes9 Bluesky: @1weekrental.bsky.social 1-Week Rental used to be Load Bearing Beams.
Revisitamos, analizamos y discutimos la película THE PRESTIGE del cineasta Christopher Nolan (2006).Fico CangianoAlexis LeonJose Morales
Leadership is often the deciding factor in whether organizations thrive or falter, but the way we lead matters even more. In the latest episode of Workplace Stories, Dr. Benjamin Granger, Chief Workplace Psychologist at Qualtrics and author of A Leader Worth Following, explores why so many organizations still default to dominance-based leadership, and what it means to build cultures that reward prestige-based approaches instead. Blending insights from evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and years of workplace research, Ben shares his thoughts on how leadership styles shape employee experience and business success. You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...00:00 Discussing Leadership Challenges and Trust06:21 Understanding organizational psychology07:30 Balancing theory and practical application14:50 Playing the power politics game20:00 Discussing organizational power shifts22:36 Operating under dominant leaders35:12 Handling Uncertainty as a Leader37:46 Influence of environment on behavior40:58 The impact of physical environment50:44 Focusing on honest feedbackThe Evolutionary Roots of LeadershipMost social animals, including humans, establish hierarchies where certain individuals rise to the top. In non-human species, this rise is usually based on dominance: the biggest, strongest, or most aggressive become the alphas by imposing their will on others. Humans, however, have developed an alternative: prestige. Prestige-based leaders earn followership by demonstrating genuine competence and contributing to the group's well-being, prompting others to follow willingly rather than out of fear or obligation.Prestige is one of the things that makes us the most evolutionarily distinct. But despite its clear advantages, modern organizations too often favor dominance. Dominance works in the short term, it gets quick results, especially in high-pressure situations, but, like alphas in the animal kingdom, it's always temporary and can be overturned by newer, stronger rivals.Why Organizations Default to DominanceDespite prestige-based leadership delivering better outcomes, structural pressures and cultural inertia mean that organizations still often rely on dominance. Environments that obsess over immediate results—hitting quarterly numbers, quick responses to crises—inevitably reward those who can “get it done now,” even if it means sidelining empathy, trust-building, or transparency.Organizations often pay lip service to soft skills, layering emotional intelligence and empathy expectations over systems fundamentally designed for command-and-control. This is backward, though, every organization exists to meet the needs of other people, and if it doesn't do that, it doesn't exist. Building Prestige-Based CulturesChanging leadership norms starts with both organizational systems and individual behaviors. Audit Your Core Values: Are they truly reflected in observable behaviors and environmental cues—from glass doors symbolizing transparency to real open Q&As in all-hands meetings? Measure What Matters: Don't just reward outcomes; examine how results were achieved, looking for consistency with your stated values.Foster High-Fidelity Communication: In an age of automation and AI, preserve spaces for genuine human dialogue to counteract the erosion of trust and connection.Invest in Leadership Skills: Require training in rhetoric, body language, and executive presence for all leaders—not to polish surface impressions, but to deepen real influence and trust.The Future of Leadership in an AI WorldAI and automation are accelerating every aspect of business, but they also risk stripping away the very things that make organizations human. Rigid digital systems (like micromanaged expense policies) can signal distrust as surely as an angry boss. If organizations lean too heavily on these tools, they may unwittingly degrade the high-trust, collaborative communication on which true prestige-based leadership is built.As Benjamin says, “Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, its greatest failures by not talking. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking”. Leadership for the future is about mastery of self and service to others, pulling people forward by example, not pushing them down by force. Resources & People MentionedDr. Steve Hunt Josh Bersin Edgar ScheinStephen Hawking A Leader Worth Following: How to Master Yourself, Influence Others, and Create Exceptional Experiences by Benjamin GrangerSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariAn Integrative Model of Organizational Trust Connect with Benjamin GrangerBenjamin Granger on LinkedIn Connect With RedThread ResearchWebsite: RedThread ResearchOn LinkedInSubscribe to WORKPLACE STORIES
Entertainment Weekly's Joyce Eng joins Katey and Chris Rosen to kick off our fall preview series, looking at what's in store from the major studios — and whether anything on the horizon can beat The Odyssey. Then Katey talks to Jane Schoenbrun about their new film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which is a love letter to many important things, from sexual liberation to slasher movies to movie theater candy. 00:00 Intro 00:54 Coming Up... 02:32 Kicking Off The Fall Preview Series 02:57 The Studios Are Back 04:12 Warner Brothers' Rough Road 06:24 Can Tom Cruise Win For Digger? 11:06 Why Digger Skipped Venice 15:00 Dune Part Three's Ceiling 18:35 Paramount's Dad Movies And Ebenezer 20:59 Sony And The Social Reckoning 26:05 Disney And The Animation Race 30:12 Avengers Doomsday Vs Dune 34:38 Universal Beyond The Odyssey 38:55 Can The Odyssey Break The Sinners Record? 45:30 Does Oppenheimer Stand In The Way? 48:18 Next: Jane Schoenbrun 49:29 Premiering At Cannes 51:43 How Audiences Are Reacting 54:43 Making A Fun One 57:11 Childhood, Suburbia And Simulation 01:00:31 Lynch, Mulholland Drive And The Primal Scene 01:04:35 Why There's So Much Candy 01:07:46 Merch, Slashers And Capitalism 01:10:48 Telling The Truth About Hollywood 01:13:32 Making Art At The End Of The World 01:16:47 Writing A Book Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Hey everybody! This week we are discussing Christopher Nolan's The Prestige (2006). Listen as we breakdown this incredibly detailed mystery of the dedication and sacrifice that makes the perfect deception. Enjoy!
Listen to the thrilling conclusion of our Who's Next Oscar Draft, a collaboration with our friends Joe Reid and Chris Feil of This Had Oscar Buzz. With categories like "Comeback Oscar" and "Character Actor" we're trying to draft teams of the actors most likely to win their first Oscars in the next 10 years. To watch the full draft, complete with video, visit The Ankler's YouTube page. Subscribe to This Had Oscar Buzz too! 00:00 Intro 00:55 Who's Next Oscar Draft - Part 2 01:21 Round 5 Picks 17:32 Round 6 Picks 31:24 Round 7 Picks 43:36 Round 8 Picks Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
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House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 7 - INSTANT REACTION - The Dragon in Winter In this episode of The Prestige-ish Media Podcast - Craig Lake and Dan McNair give their INSTANT REACTION to the HBO Max show House of the Dragon Season Three Episode Seven - The Dragon in Winter. In this episode we discuss son on mom and girl on girl action, Dragon Summerslam, various dreams and nightmares, Spiced Wine and more. SPOILER WARNING: House of the Dragon Seasons 1-2 and Season 3 Episodes 1-7. Also any speculation on Season 3 or Season 4. Possible spoilers on Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, or any George R.R. Martin related literature. Please continue to join us for our coverage of the HBO MAX show House of the Dragon Season 3. Also join us for Prestige-ish coverage of the Vice documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 and WWE Unreal Season 3 currently ongoing. Please check out our website at http://prestigeish.com, follow our podcasts on all your favorite podcast platforms, and leave us positive reviews if you enjoy our show. X @prestige_ish Instagram @prestigeishmedia TikTok @prestigeish YouTube @prestigeishmedia X/Instagram @realrealbatman @danmcnair1017 http://prestigeish.com
Movie of the Year: 2006The Prestige (feat. Kenny McMillan from the Frame and Reference pod!)The Prestige Podcast: Nolan's Obsession with Magic, Ambition, and DeceptionThe Prestige podcast brings one of Christopher Nolan's most intricate achievements to the center of discussion. Released in 2006, The Prestige stands as a masterclass in misdirection—both thematically and narratively. On this episode of the The Prestige podcast, Ryan, Mike, and Greg explore how the film's structure itself becomes a magic trick, with Kenny McMillan from Frame and Reference offering cinematographic insight into Nolan's visual storytelling. This episode of The Prestige podcast examines why The Prestige has aged into a richer, more rewarding experience than initial audiences may have recognized.About The PrestigeThe Prestige follows two rival magicians, Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), whose competitive obsession spirals into tragedy and revenge. Set in Victorian London, the film weaves illusion, science, and sacrifice into a narrative that demands multiple viewings. Directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer, the film is based on Christopher Priest's 1995 novel. The cast includes Scarlett Johansson as the central illusion Olivia, Michael Caine as the mentor Cutter, and David Bowie in a pivotal role as inventor Nikola Tesla. The film explores the cost of ambition and the blurred line between performance and reality.Nolan and Structure: How The Prestige Podcast Uncovers the Architecture of MisdirectionChristopher Nolan's approach to The Prestige mirrors the film's central conceit: the three-act structure of a magic trick. The exposition sets up the trick, the turning point misdirects the audience, and the prestige reveals the truth. Nolan employs this framework to build narrative tension that rewards attentive viewers. Moreover, the film's editing and pacing function as visual sleight of hand, concealing crucial details in plain sight. The director's command of chronology and revelation transforms structural mechanics into thematic content. Additionally, the cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema reinforces this architecture through framing choices that obscure as much as they reveal. Consequently, viewers who dismiss the film on first viewing often discover entirely new dimensions upon rewatching—a quality that separates The Prestige from conventional period dramas.Magic and Ambition: The Prestige Podcast Explores the Psychology of ObsessionAt its core, The Prestige interrogates the price of ambition through the lens of performance and sacrifice. The Prestige podcast digs into how both Borden and Angier pursue mastery of the transported man illusion, but their methods diverge fundamentally. Borden's sacrifice is existential; Angier's is technological. The film suggests that true magic—or true achievement of any kind—requires a willingness to lose something irreplaceable. Furthermore, the duality that defines both characters extends beyond performance into identity itself. The film examines what performers owe to their craft and what craft demands of performers. In particular, the female perspective through Olivia complicates the male rivalry at the narrative's center. Meanwhile, the film positions Nikola Tesla as the ultimate embodiment of ambition unmoored from morality, a cautionary figure whose genius destabilizes the rules governing the Victorian world.Twins: Doubling, Duality, and DeceptionThe Prestige operates through systematic doubling. Twin magicians, a transported man illusion that exploits identical performers, and the fundamental duality of Christian Bale's Alfred Borden structure the film's central mystery. The screenplay leverages the audience's familiarity with magic mechanics—particularly the "double" as a common trick device—to guide viewers toward false conclusions. Meanwhile, the film treats twinning not merely as plot mechanism but as philosophical premise. Both main characters pursue versions of themselves that are more successful, more admired, or more powerful than their authentic selves. Additionally, the Tesla machine introduces a horrifying literalization of doubling: what happens when your double is not your collaborator but your replacement? The film's treatment of identity as something that can be split, cloned, or discarded raises questions about the self that persist long after the final reveal.Mount Rushmore: Scandals of '96The Taste Buds rank the most shameful, embarrassing, or otherwise scandalous cinematic moments of 1996. Though The Prestige arrived a decade later, the conversation extends naturally to the ethical compromises and moral failings embedded in the film itself. Both Borden and Angier engage in forms of deception that approach criminality. The death of a stage assistant, the exploitation of Olivia, and the casual cruelty with which both men pursue victory constitute a catalog of wrongs that the film neither excuses nor entirely condemns. This section invites listeners to debate the film's moral landscape and the extent to which audience sympathy with these characters implicates us in their misconduct.Shopping Spree: The Best of 2006 CinemaThe Shopping Spree segment celebrates the feast of cinema that 2006 offered. The Prestige competes in a year alongside Little Miss Sunshine, The Devil Wears Prada, Brick, and Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. The conversation weighs Nolan's technical and narrative ambition against the year's other standouts, examining what makes 2006 a genuinely competitive year for the tournament. Furthermore, the panelists consider which films have endured most meaningfully and which have faded in critical esteem over two decades. Notably, The Prestige has sustained and even deepened its reputation as audiences have grown more sophisticated about Nolan's structural innovations.Why The Prestige Podcast Resonates: What Makes This Film EndureTwenty years after its release, The Prestige remains relevant because it articulates anxieties about technology, identity, and performance that have only intensified. The film's treatment of the Tesla machine as a science-fiction intrusion into a historical setting prefigures contemporary concerns about artificial consciousness and the ethics of duplication. Beyond its formal brilliance, the film speaks to the human capacity for self-deception and the stories we tell ourselves to justify our ambitions. Additionally, Nolan's commitment to practical effects and in-camera illusions—a philosophy that runs through his career—makes The Prestige feel increasingly precious in an age of digital manipulation. The film argues, implicitly, that authentic magic resides not in technological wizardry but in the human desire to believe. Ultimately, The Prestige endures because it demands intellectual engagement while delivering emotional and sensory satisfaction—a balance that few contemporary films achieve. This is precisely why the Prestige podcast episode deepens with each listen, revealing new dimensions in both the film and its broader cultural significance.Related Episodes from Movie of the Year: 20062006 Intro Part 1: Bracket RevealTristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull StoryBrick2006 Mixtape Part IThe Puffy ChairThe Devil Wears PradaLittle Miss SunshineAll Movie of the Year EpisodesGuest Panelist: Kenny McMillanKenny McMillan is the host and producer of Frame and Reference, a cinematography podcast featuring long-form, unstructured conversations with working cinematographers about their craft, influences, and current projects. Through Frame and Reference, McMillan has interviewed leading cinematographers working across film and television, exploring how visual storytelling shapes narrative impact. His deep engagement with cinematographic practice brings technical expertise and artistic sensibility to film discussion. McMillan's work on the podcast has established him as a thoughtful voice in cinematography education and criticism, emphasizing the collaborative relationship between director and cinematographer. His perspective on Nolan's visual strategy in The Prestige—particularly Hoyte van Hoytema's contributions to the film's...
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Jordan and Matt break format - and Zeus’s Law? - for an Odyssey-themed episode, including thoughts on the new blockbuster film, favorite Christopher Nolan films, and streaming recommendations inspired by the Homeric epic. And then a game, which Jordan dubs "My Big Fat Greek Filmspotting Game." The Odyssey (00:00:00–00:23:33) #1 Nolans (00:23:34–00:47:08) Rec Seg: Odyssey-inspired recommendations (00:47:09–01:04:23) Game: My Big Fat Greek Filmspotting Game (01:04:24–01:24:05) New to Streaming / Credits (01:24:05–01:31:47) Show Notes Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/ Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/ Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspottingSVU.com Follow Matt on Blue Sky: @mattsinger.bsky.social Follow Jordan on Blue Sky: @jhoffman.bsky.social Follow the Show: https://www.instagram.com/superpulse/ https://www.facebook.com/FilmspottingSvu Follow the Show: https://www.instagram.com/superpulse/ https://www.facebook.com/FilmspottingSvuSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's a crossover event with This Had Oscar Buzz, as Joe Reid and Chris Feil join Katey and Chris Rosen to make their picks for the actors likeliest to win Oscars in the next 10 years — and of course we made a game out of it. Then Katey talks to Tom Pelphrey about his Emmy nominated role in Task, and what he learned when he didn't get the Emmy nomination everyone thought he'd get for Ozark. 00:00 Intro 00:00 Coming Up... 01:37 Who's Next? Oscar Draft 02:40 Rules Of The Game 04:34 The Draft Order 07:49 Round 1 Picks 22:44 Round 2 Picks 41:06 Round 3 Picks 57:12 Round 4 Picks 01:10:34 Next: Tom Pelphrey 01:11:48 The Ozark Snub That Landed On His Birthday 01:15:15 Soap Opera Boot Camp: Fifty Pages A Day 01:17:46 Shooting In The Woods 01:19:37 The Audition He Found On His Phone 01:23:22 East Coast Energy And Sense Of Place 01:25:54 Building Robbie As The Other Half 01:30:24 Why Brad Inglesby Writes From Character 01:32:55 His Secret Screenwriting Education Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Does Christopher Nolan have a pattern when it comes to writing women? In this episode of Middle Row with Coco Mocoe, we analyze Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey through a feminist film lens—examining how his female characters often act as emotional vessels, plot catalysts, and symbols of male regret. Drawing from Sverre Sigfussion's thesis, "Noir Guilt Complex: The Death of Women as a Catalyst for Character Development," we look back at films like Inception, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, and Oppenheimer, and map those character tropes onto The Odyssey's key female figures: Penelope (Anne Hathaway), Circe (Samantha Morton), Calypso, and Athena. Read the thesis herePlus, we break down standout performances and the controversial casting of Travis Scott as the Bard. CHAPTERS: Introduction — 0:00 The 2015 Thesis — 5:03 The Prestige — 5:44The Dark Knight — 6:28 Inception — 6:42 Oppenheimer — 7:44Other male directors portrayal of women in the storyline — 11:40 SPOILERS AHEAD Penelope in the Odyssey — 17:09Circe — 19:16 Calypso — 24:16 Athena — 27:18 The making of the odyssey -- 30:54 If you made it this far, you're already a Coconut — so make it official.
On episode 355 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Josh Parham and Karen Peterson to go back 20 years and take a look at the 79th Academy Awards, covering the films of 2006. The AW team goes back twenty years to take a look back on a time that was a nail biter of a season that resulted in Martin Scorsese coming out on time, winning his long awaited Oscar for the crime, gangster thriller The Departed. Alongside that, it was a fascinating five films in the Best Picture line-up that made up a pretty deep year of films that rank as some of the best of the decade of the 2010s upon retrospective. Films like Notes on a Scandal, Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil Wears Prada, United 93, Little Children, Half Nelson, and more from the nominations are talked about in-depth on this week's episode alongside Maria Antoinette, The Prestige, Miami Vice, Casino Royale, Children of Men, Inside Man, The Holiday get more attention from the group than their original award season run or get more nominations past their original snubs. It's a stacked conversation, and it makes for a fun episode of deliberation amongst the group. In their in-depth discussion, the AW team talked about the film year of 2006, briefly discuss talk about The Departed as a Best Picture winner, and how that speaks to the legacy of their nominates and or wins, do an extensive conversation over the below the line categories and nominees for the year, and then the new version of the AW Shoulda Woulda Coulda game, where instead of individual replacements, they must decide as a group who the nominees and winners should be in the top eight categories. The rules of the game state they can only replace two of the nominees that year from each category, except in Best Picture, where the group could replace up to three films to make up the final set of five nominated films. Like past retrospective episodes, it was a fascinating, fun conversation including spirited debates, alliances, vote swinging, celebrating various movies, performances that aren't normally talked about and more that we all hope you enjoy. You can listen to The AwardsWatch Podcast wherever you stream podcasts, from iTunes, iHeartRadio, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music and more. You can also listen on the AW YouTube page. This podcast runs 2h44m. We will be back in next week to talk about the latest film from the MCU, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and talk about the best films of 2026 so far. Till then, let's get into it. Music: "Modern Fashion" from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), "B-3" from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).
-Rob leans on Victor Davis Hanson to argue America is living through a conservative counter-revolution, celebrating President Trump's agenda while declaring the progressive movement is running out of gas. -Christian Toto of Hollywood in Toto joins Rob to review The Odyssey, debate Elon Musk's idea of funding an unwoke remake, discuss Hollywood's retreat from DEI, recommend The Dink and Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, and break down the latest entertainment industry trends. Today's podcast is sponsored by : RELIEF FACTOR - You don't need to live with aches & pains! Reduce muscle & joint inflammation and live a pain-free life by visiting http://ReliefFactor.com GHOSTBED - I used to think a mattress was just furniture, until I got my GhostBed! GhostBed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the season, plus an extra 10% off. Go to http://GhostBed.com/CARSON and use promo code CARSON BIRCH GOLD - Protect and grow your retirement savings with gold. Text ROB to 98 98 98 for your FREE information kit! To call in and speak with Rob Carson live on the show, dial 1-800-922-6680 between the hours of 12 Noon and 3:00 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday… Musical parodies provided by Jim Gossett (http://patreon.com/JimGossettComedy) You can now WATCH and chat with The Rob Carson Show LIVE on Newsmax's social media channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, Rumble) Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Listen Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at http://NewsmaxPlus.com Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : http://nws.mx/shop Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: -Facebook: http://nws.mx/FB -X/Twitter: http://nws.mx/twitter -Instagram: http://nws.mx/IG -YouTube: https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV -TRUTH Social: https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX -GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/newsmax -Threads: http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX -Telegram: http://t.me/newsmax -BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com -Parler: http://app.parler.com/newsmax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To celebrate the release of The Odyssey, we rank our top 10 Nolan films from worst to best, and argue about which of his classics should come out on top.Check out https://www.agentsoffandom.com for the latest TV and Movie reviews!(00:00:00) Intro(00:05:00) Whatcha Watchin?(00:15:00) Christopher Nolan Movie Rankings Draft(00:17:00) Tenet(00:20:30) Memento (00:27:00) Batman Begins(00:32:00) Oppenheimer(00:36:00) Dark Knight Rises(00:40:00) The Dark Knight(00:48:00) Inception(00:56:00) Interstellar(01:01:00) The Odyssey(01:05:00) The Prestige(01:16:00) Draft Recap and Honorable Mentions
As part of 2020's Christopher Nolan Oeuvre-view, Adam and Josh revisited 2006's The Prestige, which like his new The Odyssey, is among the rare Nolans adapted from existing material. Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting Discord, ad‑free + bonus episodes, and more when you join the Filmspotting Family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Send us Fan MailThe journey begins as the hosts return to the theater to review the biggest cinematic event of the year, The Odyssey. Directed by Christopher Nolan and featuring an all-star cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal, this epic adaptation of Homer's legendary tale delivers a massive theatrical experience filled with breathtaking visuals, great performance and Nolan's signature storytelling. The hosts pair the film with the Odyssey cocktail. So dim the lights, grab your seat, and join the hosts for a review of a journey unlike any other—because some stories aren't just watched, they're experienced.Be sure to listen, subscribe, and follow the show on Instagram and YouTube @the.gentlemenpodcast
Katey and Chris Rosen look at the awards hopes for Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey, including just how hard it is to win best picture with back to back films. Then Katey talks to Carrie Coon about finding a home on the set of The Gilded Age, and why she feels so differently about real life billionaires. 00:00 Intro 01:22 The Odyssey: Second Viewing Verdict 04:29 Box Office Blows Past Expectations 06:37 Nolan's Humanist Warning 12:26 Can It Win Best Picture? 15:27 The Revenant Playbook 19:02 Head Movie Vs Heart Movie 21:48 Matt Damon's Best Actor Case 26:32 Starry Best Actor Showdown 28:09 Anne Hathaway: Lead Or Supporting? 32:01 Can The Odyssey Win The Big Five? 33:36 The Stacked Supporting Actor Race 38:56 Crafts And Below-The-Line 42:37 The Oppo Campaign Ahead 44:13 Next Week's Episode 46:17 Why Carrie Missed The Knicks Celebration 48:31 Joining Gilded Age During The Pandemic 50:48 Why Flying Alone Is Heaven 53:32 Gilded Age Parallels To Today 56:26 Women, Ambition And Influencer Culture 59:03 The Information Void 01:01:24 Finding Her American Roots 01:05:19 Billionaires Then And Now 01:08:48 The Miracle Of Making Tv 01:09:58 New Holocaust Film And Climate On Set 01:12:21 Celebrating The Emmy Nominations Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
Send us Fan MailGood evening and welcome to another episode of Last Call with Three & 1/2 Gentlemen. Just in time for The Odyssey, the hosts count down their Top 6 Christopher Nolan movies of all time, debating the films that have defined one of Hollywood's most visionary directors. From mind-bending thrillers to epic blockbusters, the crew shares their picks, hot takes, and favorite Christopher Nolan movies.Be sure to listen, subscribe, and follow the show on Instagram and YouTube @the.gentlemenpodcast
We're building up to The Odyssey and this week we're talking about another Christopher Nolan literary adaptation with The Prestige. We talk about magic tricks that are essentially the same, the true purpose of Scarlett Johansson, and magicians making fun of comedians. WESTERN CANADA. See host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Victoria, BC, Sept 10 - Vancouver, BC, Sept 15 - Winnipeg, MB, Sept 18