Podcast Episodes

POLTERGEIST — The first suburban haunted house

Season 6 Episode 1

Before POLTERGEIST, haunted house movies took place in old, creepy mansions. Regular host Rico Gagliano visits the original suburban house in California to check for ghosts and hands over to guest ho…

Published on 11 months ago

THE SUBSTANCE — Coralie Fargeat rips beauty standards to gory shreds

Writer/Director Coralie Fargeat's Cannes-winning body-horror blitz THE SUBSTANCE features Demi Moore as an aging star who turns to a mystery drug in hopes of becoming a better, younger version of her…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Riz Ahmed channels Yann Mounir Demange in DAMMI

Oscar-winning actor/producer Riz Ahmed (SOUND OF METAL) and acclaimed UK director Yann Mounir Demange (’71, TOP BOY) tell host Rico Gagliano about treading the line between truth and fiction in DAMMI…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

The Flipsides of Cannes — Featuring Wim Wenders and more

With Cannes 2024 underway, host Rico Gagliano takes a tour of the less-known corners of the legendary film festival—avoiding red-carpet glamour to bring you tales of spiritual seekers, aspiring filmm…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

PERFECT DAYS — Wim Wenders cures his post-pandemic blues

Legendary filmmaker Wim Wenders returns to the show to tell host Rico Gagliano about his Cannes-winning, Oscar-nominated PERFECT DAYS—the story of a Tokyo toilet cleaner who finds joy in routine. The…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

HIGH & LOW - JOHN GALLIANO — Kevin Macdonald tackles fashion and forgiveness

Superstar fashion designer John Galliano wrecked his career when he was caught on video in a drunken, antisemitic rant circa 2011. Now, in a new documentary, Oscar-winning documentarian Kevin Macdona…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Sofia Coppola — PRISCILLA, from source to soundtrack

Season 5 Episode 5

In a wide-ranging interview, Sofia Coppola tells host Rico Gagliano all about the making of her new Priscilla Presley biopic—from the Kubrick flick that inspired her opening sequence...to picking the…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Sofia Coppola — from VIRGIN SUICIDES to PRISCILLA

Season 5 Episode 4

There’s maybe no working filmmaker more associated with film fashion than Sofia Coppola. But in this brief history of her super-stylish body of work, we figure out the thematic stitching inside those…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

DO THE RIGHT THING — Spike Lee and Ruth E. Carter find color in the dark

Season 5 Episode 3

Spike Lee’s masterwork DO THE RIGHT THING is an incendiary look at racial tension, an empathetic portrait of a community...and one of the flyest-ever distillations of street style as the ’80s gave wa…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

QUADROPHENIA — The mod, mod world of ’64, ’79 and beyond

Season 5 Episode 2

In 1979, at the tail end of the punk era, Franc Roddam’s QUADROPHENIA helped convince a certain crew of UK kids to favor sharp suits over bondage gear.

Host Rico Gagliano tells the twisty story of th…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago