Podcasts about we the animals

2023 National Book Award for Fiction winner Justin Torres joins us to discuss his novels We The Animals (2011, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Blackouts (2023, Farrar, Straus and Giroux). We talk about what Torres considers success in his writing, the value of fiction that diverges from the realm of reality, and how he approached his award-winning new work. Inspired in part by the book Sex Variants: A Study in Homosexual Patterns, Blackouts moves between fact and fiction as it explores the life of an unnamed narrator referred to as "nene," his older friend Juan Gay, and historical figure Jan Gay. Torres creates stories from what's missing, challenging readers to confront questions that have no answers. Torres's bestselling debut, We the Animals, won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, was translated into fifteen languages, and was adapted into a feature film. He was named a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35,” a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and a Cullman Center Fellow at the New York Public Library. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta, Tin House, The Washington Post, LA Times Image Magazine, and Best American Essays.  Host: Davin Malasarn The Artist's Statement is brought to you by The Granum Foundation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-artists-statement/message

Debut author Khashayar J. Khabushani, author of I Will Greet The Sun Again.Khash chats about:How coming out as an Artist held almost as many challenges as coming out as QueerThe transformative power of the Columbia University MFAWriting from memories and remembered sensesWriting to make amends to his childhood self and his inner childWriting hope and joy into a story with trauma and challenges imbedded in itGuest Author: Khashayar J. Khabushani Books: I Will Greet The Sun Again by Khashayar J. KhabushaniHost: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This FamilyKhash's recommendations:A book for fans of Khash's work: What The Living Do by Marie Howe, What Work Is by Philip LevineA book Khash has always loved: Another Country by James Baldwin, We The Animals by Justin TorresA book that's been published recently or is coming soon: The Fraud by Zadie SmithOther books mentioned in this episode: Just Kids by Patti SmithNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.Thanks for listening!Kate x

Jonathan Escoffery  navigates identity, belonging and the hollow promise of the American Dream in his mesmerizing debut If I Survive You, a book that has been long-listed for the National Book Award. Escoffery  has said, “I love a compelling narrative voice—a bit of personality, a bit of humor couched in some other emotion. I love a story that teaches me something.” In this episode we find out what Escoffery has learned from the hyper masculine and often violent short stories of Denis Johnson's acclaimed collection, Jesus's Son, and the vignettes in the electric coming-of-age novel, We The Animals by Justin Torres. In between, insights on living through Hurricane Andrew, sleeping in his car, and the joys of ackee.

Born in Kyoto and currently based in New York City, Keiko is an award-winning editor of over 50 feature narrative films and documentary films. Being versed in both fiction and documentary, she brings her sense of narrative structure to documentary films and her creative use of footage to narrative films. Keiko was nominated for an Film Independent Spirit Award for her editing work on We The Animals, and co-edited Ainu Mosir. Other narratives Keiko edited include: Steven Shainberg's Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus, Dina Amer's You Resemble Me, and more recently, Jeremiah Zagar's Hustle starring Adam Sandler. Keiko's documentary credits include: award-winning films such as Jeremiah Zagar's In A Dream, Matt Wolf's Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, Ross Kaufman's Tigerland, and JR's Paper and Glue.

We explain why its been so hard for us to record and produce podcasts over the course of the year. We talk about our lack of sleep and what it has been like to have a baby later in life. We also briefly touch on politics, a movie we recently watched (We the Animals) and a few other random things. Mostly we tried to focus on our hopes for the new year with our lives and this podcast.

Zak Mulligan is an American cinematographer known for his work in film and television. His film We The Animals premiered at Sundance 2018 and was nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards including Best Cinematography. His other work includes the HBO series The Outsider based on a novel by Stephen King starring Jason Bateman and Ben Mendelsohn and the film Obselidia which premiered at Sundance 2010 where he was honored with the Excellence in Cinematography award. Zak’s TV work also includes Ava Duvernay’s CBS TV pilot, For Justice and Netflix’s House of Cards, the Showtime series Seven Deadly Sins and the FX original, The Most Dangerous Animal of All. In 2013 he lensed the Academy Award nominated HBO documentary Open Heart about Rheumatic heart disease in Africa. Zak was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2019. Other feature film work includes the forth coming Benh Zeitlin film, Wendy, the Jessica Biel and Zosia Mamet helmed, Bleeding Heart and Custody directed by James Lapine and starring Viola Davis and Ellen Burstyn which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2016. Mulligan’s commercial client list includes Google, Nike, Reebok, Samsung, and American Express.

Leashes and excretions, hark! This week, we're singing our siren song and blearing our foghorn with "The Lighthouse," a mystical sea yarn by Robert Eggers. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are lighthouse keepers marooned by a storm. Ghosts of the past and a mesmerizing lamp seduce the men into murky waters. We unveil our final decisions on Halloween costumes, and attend an Eckhaus Latta walk-off. Then, a pop culture tête-á-tête. Is the new Star Wars an artistic letdown, or fun, soulless entertainment? Who's watching us watch the Watchmen? Are we team Marvel or team Scorsese? And at long, long last: are we actually dating? Last Bites include the Impossible Burger, Kristen Stewart on Vanity Fair, Friends, Anna Glantz at Foxy Production, and sandbag houses. Also on the table: Billy Elliot, We The Animals, Call Me By Your Name, Spring Breakers, Mad Men, Emily Nussbaum, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Succession, The Simpsons, and more.

The Method Toolbox of Dustin Hoffman Aidan and Mick saddle up and join the posse of the "Midnight Cowboy" to explore the seedy underbelly of late '60s New York. Meanwhile, "The Dogs of War" offers the intriguing proposition of an action movie that isn't an action movie, but how could such a thing be possible? We thought the answer might be found in the bosom of Buddha, but "It Was A Faint Dream". Finally, we wake up with a start to find Graham wrestling with family issues in "We The Animals". Which makes a change from the leopards he normally wrestles. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON (http://www.patreon.com/thegeekshow) - we are in the process of developing some exclusive content. We can do internetting too. Alternatively Give us 5 star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. At that point we'll finally be able to lead a chorus of "one of us, one of us, one of us". #Podcasts #Films #Movies #Reviews #CinemaEclectica #Cinema #Eclectica #Action #TheDogsofWar #DustinHoffman #1960s #NewYork #MidnightCowboy #DirectorsLottery #1980s #Podcast #Buddhism #Japan #ArrowAcademy #WeTheAnimals #SundanceFilmFestival #Indie #TheGeekShow #ItWasAFaintDream #AkioJissoji // http://www.thegeekshow.co.uk

It started as a short story in grad school, but Gabriel Urza kept coming back to what would eventually be his novella THE WHITE DEATH: AN ILLUSION. He talks to James about feeling like a child in the face of magic, having trouble extricating past from present, portraying the ambiguity of the supernatural, working through your problems when writing, and reading that's like eating a bag of chips. Plus, Tyler Glauz-Todrank from Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, VT on fall releases.    - Gabriel Urza: http://gabrielurza.com/ Buy THE WHITE DEATH: AN ILLUSION: http://nouvellabooks.com/the-white-death-by-gabriel-urza/ Gabriel and James discuss:  Charles Dickens  ANGELS & DEMONS by Dan Brown  Kurt Vonnegut  The Ohio State University  "Fantasy for Eleven Fingers" by Ben Fountain  the Magic Castle  "Eisenheim the Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser Jeff Mcbride Mt. Hood  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Annie Hartnett  Hannah Tinti  Loch Ness  Claire Vaye Watkins THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg  PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov  Deena Drewis  - Tyler Glauz-Todrank  Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT: https://www.bearpondbooks.com/ Tyler and James discuss:  BUNNY by Mona Awad: Buy BUNNY Bear Pond Books  Rivendell  James Baldwin  WHO KILLED MY FATHER by Edouard Louis trans. by Lorin Stein: Buy WHO KILLED MY FATHER New Directions Press  LIE WITH ME by Philippe Besson trans. by Molly Ringwald: Buy LIE WITH ME LOT: STORIES by Bryan Washington: Buy LOT  THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS by Abi Andrews: Buy THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS  Two Dollar Radio  HARD MOUTH by Amanda Goldblatt: Buy HARD MOUTH GRAND UNION: STORIES by Zadie Smith: Buy GRAND UNION IN THE DREAMHOUSE: A MEMOIR by Carmen Maria Machado: Buy IN THE DREAM HOUSE Graywolf Press RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson: Buy RED AT THE BONE NOTHING TO SEE HERE by Kevin Wilson: Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE  TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Kevin Wilson: Buy TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH  THE FAMILY FANG by Kevin Wilson: Buy THE FAMILY FANG  AN AMERICAN SUNRISE by Joy Harjo: Buy AN AMERICAN SUNRISE   Ben Lerner  ON SWIFT HORSES by Shannon Pufahl: Buy ON SWIFT HORSES OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT by Petina Gappah: Buy OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT  Scribner  EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS by Jake Skeets: Buy EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS  Richard Avedon  Milkweed Editions  HUNGER MOUNTAIN  HOMIE by Danez Smith: Buy HOMIE  HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES by Saeed Jones: Buy HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES  Simon & Schuster  Maggie Nelson  WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres: Buy WE THE ANIMALS  EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING by Terry Tempest Williams: Buy EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING  MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN: ESSAYS by Leslie Jamison: Buy MAKE IT SCREAM MAKE IT BURN YEAR OF THE MONKEY by Patti Smith: Buy YEAR OF THE MONKEY  CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX by Jordy Rosenberg: Buy CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

On this episode of WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA, we unveil the much anticipated full interview with the wonderful Kat Hess. Kat is primarily known as a second assistant director on set & has worked on various well-known projects such as WE THE ANIMALS (2018). WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA is a proud production of Zima Podcasting Network & can be listened to on platforms such as Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Connect with Kat: Facebook ▶️ https://www.facebook.com/kat.hess IMDB ▶️ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3375114/ Connect with Lauren: Website ▶️ https://www.laurenbarkerfilm.com/?fbclid=IwAR0t0x2xeImDhfkAYTPw1dJmNHhFumijSs6umcUpPBbZOzJlDwLs-0gu-V8 Facebook ▶️ https://www.facebook.com/lauren.barker.330 Twitter ▶️ https://twitter.com/LBarkerFilm Connect with Emily: Facebook ▶️ https://www.facebook.com/emily.swanson.756 Connect with Zima Podcasting: Facebook ▶️ @zimapodcastingnetwork Instagram ▶️ https://www.instagram.com/zimapodcastingnetwork/ Twitter ▶️ @zimapodcasting Email ▶️ zimapodcasting@gmail.com

In occasione dell'uscita al cinema del film "We The Animals - Quando eravamo fratelli", vincitore del "NEXT Innovator Award" al Sundance Film Festival (2018), abbiamo dedicato la puntata proprio a questo festival, kermesse d'eccellenza per il cinema indipendente, fondata dal mitico Robert Redford! Ogni anno vengono presentati i più bei capolavori della settima arte, che molto spesso rimangono sconosciuti al grande pubblico. Scegliere dei film, per raccontare le diverse facce del Sundance, non è stata un'impresa semplice. Abbiamo quindi deciso di esplorare 4 generi partendo da "We The Animals", dramma di formazione, proseguendo con il bellissimo film romantico "Like Crazy", portandovi poi ai brividi più oscuri con l'horror rivelazione "Hereditary", e concludendo infine con le risate della commedia sexy (ma sagace) "The Overnight". Viva il Cinema! Ecco le uscite della settimana da noi consigliate: - IL TRADITORE - TAKARA - LA NOTTE CHE HO NUOTATO - UNA VITA VIOLENTA

Jeremiah Zagar "We The Animals" by Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival

New series of mixtapes specially created for CLOT Magazine. The first instalment comes from Phantom Limb and Dylan Henner: Alternating Microsound with Film Score a mixtape. Both of these categories of music acknowledge environment. In film score, a soundtrack is part of worldbuilding; it is a key part of the film universe, part of its reality. Microsound music does something similar. It follows different rules to pop music, operating only within its own tiny world. Like film score, it is not made to be a filler of empty space, but to be details within it, like the literal case of NASA's audio recording of the sounds made by Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it flies through the outer universe. A Secretive newcomer, Dylan Henner describes his work as “bliss-out ambient” and released his debut EP A Reason for Living through Phantom Limb in February 2019. Tracklist: 1. Akira Rabelais - 1440 Promp. Parv. 518_2 Wawyn, Or Waueryn, Yn A Myry Totyr, Oscillo. 2. Nick Zammuto - Stealing [from We The Animals] 3. Jim Wilson - God's Chorus [edit] 4. Anugama & Sebastiano - African Journey [from Baraka] 5. Mike Shiflett - Sufferers 6. Benedetto Ghiglia - El Suplicio [from El Suplico] 7. 2015 NASA recording of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 8. Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Dawn of Boonmee [from Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives] 9. Aylu - IV 10. Michael Danna - Elena Shoplifts [from Ice Storm] 11. Sugai Ken - Wakihi 12. Edward Williams - Japanese Macaques [from Life on Earth] 13. Masaki Batoh - Kumano Codex 2 14. Genioh Yamashirogumi - Dolls Prophecy [from Akira] 15. Rully Shabara - Lahuwahlahu 16. Hayasaka Fumio - Seven Samurai Suite [from Seven Samurai] 17. Orton Socket - TLT 18. Joe Hisaishi - Hana Bi [from Hana-Bi] 19. Es - Sädekellot 20. Boris - Yesterday Morning [from Mabuta no Ura]

Some Toni! Holy Cannoli!! ***This MMO Weekly is a Non-Spoiler Episode*** What We’re Watching - :51 Bodied, We The Animals, The Price of Everything, Boy Erased & Lizzie. #SixDegreesOfMMO: Round 7: Barry Jenkins to Larry Bird Winners - 11:33 Winner - 15:09 Challenge 8 - 16:44 News of the Week: Kevin Hart, Not the Oscars Host - 19:01 Who We’d Like to See Get The Job - 24:52 Spider-Man: Still Far From YouTube as of this recording - 30:36 Box Office Report - 31:47 Do You Care?: Next Week’s Theatrical Releases - 34:54 Kurt Russell’s Christmas Chronicles - 37:17 Aquaman 2 & The Future of DC - 39:15 Congratulations to Clayton Davis & The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association - 41:26 Oscar Race Update - 42:57 AFI, British Indies, Atlanta, Detroit, DC, LA, Philly, & Chicago! Best Picture - 43:59 Director - 46:51 Lead Actress & Actor - 47:41 Supportings - 49:27 Screenplays, Score, Cinematography, Animated, Foreign, & Doc - 50:27 Outro / What’s Coming Soon to MMO / Social Media / Words of Wisdom - 52:55 MMO Weekly is back & powering you through your holiday season as we react to the Hollywood week that was, discuss the current state of the business, and preview the future yet to come. Essentially, we’re like a Oscars pod version of all three ghosts from A Christmas Carol rolled into one variety show. In our What We’re Watching segment, we review the rap battle Youtube Original movie Bodied, an intense coming of age story now on VOD in We The Animals, a depressing documentary about the excesses of modern art in HBO’s The Price of Everything, a confusing horror film in Lizzie, and then weigh in on the Globe nominated Boy Erased. Then we crown our first 3 time winner of #SixDegreesOfMMO by announcing our winners to the challenge of Barry Jenkins to Larry Bird. We thought we finally stumped you all. We thought wrong. Our News of the Week segment yields a serious discussion on Kevin Hart’s removal as newly signed Oscar Host. Then we give our thoughts on who should get the opportunity. The Box Office numbers looks familiar, and our Do You Care segments hits on next week’s new releases, the DCEU and it’s future film slate, Netflix’s surprise mega-hit The Christmas Chronicles, and we end with a shout-out to a congratulations to Clayton Davis of Awards Circuit for his formation of The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. Finally, we recap all of the recent precursor awards in our Oscar Race Update. Some of our favorite films & performances like that of Toni Collette’s in Hereditary get some much needed momentum after snubs from the Hollywood Foreign Press & the Golden Globes. We also share the AFI’s top 10 films of the year & talk about some Chicago nominees that made friends with much of #FilmTwitter this past week. What do you think of the Oscar Race so far? Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We are @MMandOscar on Twitter, and do send us those #SixDegreesOfMMO round 8 submissions to have some fun. As always, we thank you for listening. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

This week on the InSession Film Podcast: Extra Film segment, we discuss Craig Macneill's latest film in LIZZIE and Jeremiah Zagar's first narrative feature in WE THE ANIMALS!   - Review: Lizzie (5:18)   - Review: We the Animals (27:46)   Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud or TuneIn Radio!   iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/insession-film-podcast/id605634337   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LIi40D5BTFnsRMP57O5nG   Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/It5foal422yoktioaclalk3ykyi   Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/insession-film   Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/insession-film   TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/The-InSession-Film-Podcast-p522717/   Listen Now: http://insessionfilm.com/insession-film-podcasts-listen-now/

In the second installment of this month's We The Animals series, the host happily introduces her second esteemed guest to the podcast! Roxanne Lim (the beautiful New York native who is slowly taking over the world, one project at a time) discusses her experiences regarding Spam, the warped fetishization of queer relationships in mainstream media, and an in depth reflection on her trials and triumphs in an abusive relationship. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/janinebetweenthelines/support

This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: rental nights, false movie listings, Batman and Superman movies, Oscar award switch-ups, how to pronounce Bill Nighy, Dig Dug high scores, dreams of booking a Nic Cage movie, tease a visit from Greg Sestero, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening from September 14th - 20th, 2018: The Bookshop, Eighth Grade, We The Animals, We're Still Together, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!

This episode is all about the profound and emotional film We The Animals, starring the iconic Raul Castillo. Myte and FriedPapita discuss everything from production and casting to scenes from the book that were altered and cut. The extra long introduction features Myte's hot take on Netflix's Atypical, feelings about Mac Miller's passing, Nike, and more. For full show notes and links visit cabronasychingonas.com For additional episodes and to support us check out Patreon.com/cycpodcast Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @CYCpodcast #wetheanimals #atypical #nike

On this episode of Kinovision, we're hitting a bunch a flix: MI:Fallout, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We The Animals, Madeline's Madeline and finally we wrap up with everybody's favorite cringe-fest, Eighth Grade. Which one does Hicks call "a masterpiece"? Listen to find out!

Join Jess and Andrew on their newest adventure to the Cineplex. On this episode, we catch you all up on a few movies that may have fallen through the cracks as Jess begins graduate school. Buybust, The Wife, and We The Animals have all been stuck in our heads since seeing them about a week ago, and we had to let you all know about them before they're gone. We also took in a double feature at theaters across town from each other. We had to see Skate Kitchen in the theater, and are glad we made the journey. Searching was opening, and we wanted to see that before life got in the way. Both were very rewarding, and we think the conversations around them were entertaining, and fun for us at the very least.    AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/ Nothing Left Song for Y'All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0r5JiU00c

His portrayal of “Richie" on the HBO series “Looking” brought Raúl Castillo some serious recognition and started moving him into bigger and better parts. One such role is “Pops” in the astonishing queer coming-of-age film “We The Animals” (in theaters now) directed by Jeremiah Zagar from the Justin Torres best-seller. Castillo talks in depth about his process of bringing this complex character to life, and the importance of owning your space as an actor. Plus we do a deep-dive into the straight man’s approach to same-sex on-camera kissing.

Episode 126 of One Week Only! This is our "Youth in America" episode, with four terrific films centered around teenage life in the United States. Our key film this week is "We The Animals," a stunning coming-of-age drama about three Puerto Rican brothers growing up in upstate New York with and stuggling with their volatile parents. With gorgeous 16mm cinematography, thrilling hand-drawn animation and moving performances, Jeremiah Zagar's film is a breathtaking cinematic vision and one of the best films of the year. (35:10) We also review the experimental performance drama "Madeline's Madeline" starring an incredible Helena Howard, directed by Josephine Decker (9:10), the NYC skater girls drama "Skate Kitchen" directed by Crystal Moselle (18:10), and the coming-of-age skating documentary "Minding the Gap" directed by Bing Liu (27:15). Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

Director/Co-Writer Jeremiah Zagar and Co-Writer Dan Kitrosser speak to Sean Baker (Director - Tangerine, The Florida Project) about their film WE THE ANIMALS. Recorded at the Landmark in Los Angeles on 8/19/18.

We sat down with the director and cast of We The Animals a day ahead of their LA premiere at Outfest. We had an incredible conversation with the first time director Jeremiah Zagar and two cast members, Sheila Vand and Raul Castillo. You can catch the film TONIGHT at 8pm at the DGA in Hollywood or as a part of its nationwide theatrical release on August 17th!

Mark Wyman, of Tonegood Studio, We The Animals and Take Care, joins the guys to talk about the music scene, trying to get the Foo Fighters to record at his studio, and Orie introduces a new segment to the podcast. https://www.facebook.com/tonegoodstudio/ https://www.facebook.com/wetheanimalsmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/takecareband

In this hour, Sheila Vand gifts us with a glimpse into the inner life of an incredibly talented young actor on the verge of harnessing her art and reaching new heights. She first captured our attention in Ana Lily Amirpour's noir vampire western A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, and in the small but pivotal role of Sahar, the Iranian housekeeper, in ARGO. Co-starring stints on NBC's STATE OF AFFAIRS and FOX's 24 LEGACY followed, and by the end of this episode she'll make you anxious to see two of her upcoming projects, Jeremiah Zagar's festival hit WE THE ANIMALS and the TV adaption of SNOWPIERCER. She'll also make you optimistic for the future of the entertainment business, so long as she is in it.

One of James's favorite books of 2018 inspires one of his favorite conversations. Jon Pineda, author of LET'S NO ONE GET HURT, joins the show to talk about being worried for your characters, maintaining a sense of wonder, fooling yourself into writing, inventing the Voltron of fathers, becoming a cobbler (!) and living a life with fewer disclaimers. Plus, Miciah Bay Gault chats about HUNGER MOUNTAIN and the MFA in publishing and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts.  - Jon Pineda: http://www.jonpineda.com/ Jon and James discuss: HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT dir by Kent Jones  HITCHCOCK by Francois Truffaut  NORTH BY NORTHWEST dir by Alfred Hitchcock Voltron  The Incredible Hulk  WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres  Marilynne Robinson  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  GIOVANNI'S ROOM by James Baldwin  IF THE SKY FALLS by Nicholas Montemarano THE LOVER by Marguerite Duras  Amy Hempel  ANGEL HEAD: A MEMOIR by Greg Bottoms  HELL AT THE BREECH by Tom Franklin  -  Miciah Bay Gault: https://vcfa.edu/ http://hungermtn.org/   Miciah and James discuss: Vermont College of Fine Arts Emerson College  Syracuse University  Melissa Febos  Donika Kelly  EPHEMERAL ARTERY  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The Sundance & Slamdance Film Festivals are finally over, and we have so many films to talk about! Listen to our highlights of the best films we saw in Park City this year, including "We The Animals," "Pity" & "Blindspotting" as Sundance, and "Mr. Fish", "Man on Fire" and "Pick of the Litter" at Slamdance. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

"We The Animals" is one of the most visually inventive and breathtaking independent features of the year. All of this was accomplished under the watchful eye of writer/director Jeremiah Zagar. After spending years making documentaries and short films, Zagar's feature narrative debut premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and is now opening in theaters in limited release on August 17th from The Orchard. Jeremiah was kind enough to give us a few minutes of his time to talk about the making of his new film. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-…d1087678387?mt=2 And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture