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Jane Campion on “The Power of the Dog”
Episode 585
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” opens like a classic Western: cattle are herded across the sweeping plains of Montana, with imposing mountains …
3 years, 10 months ago
Stephen Kotkin: Don’t Blame the West for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Episode 584
It’s impossible to understand the destruction and death that Vladimir Putin is unleashing in Ukraine without understanding his most basic conviction:…
3 years, 10 months ago
Pauline Kael on “The Godfather”
Episode 583
As The New Yorker’s film critic from 1968 to around 1991, the influential Pauline Kael gave voice to her visceral reactions: she wrote as a moviegoer…
3 years, 10 months ago
Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa on the Escalation of Violence in Ukraine
Episode 582
Joshua Yaffa is a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, but he has been travelling throughout the war zone in Ukraine for weeks, reporting on the …
3 years, 10 months ago
Sheryl Lee Ralph on Confronting Hollywood
Episode 581
Sheryl Lee Ralph has been a staple of Black entertainment for decades. She played Deena Jones in the original Broadway production of “Dreamgirls,” an…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Black Creators Are Changing Hollywood
Episode 580
In the past few years, it seems a floodgate has opened, releasing a deluge of tremendously successful media that centers the Black experience. “Get O…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Should President Biden Respond to Putin’s War on Ukraine?
Episode 579
Since last summer, Russian troops have been amassing on the Ukrainian border, and, in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin warned that he intended …
3 years, 10 months ago
Peter Dinklage on “Cyrano”
Episode 578
Joe Wright’s film “Cyrano,” nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, was based on Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage musical of the same name.…
3 years, 10 months ago
Nicholas Britell on the Art of the Film Score
Episode 577
Nicholas Britell has emerged as one of the most in-demand film composers working today, creating original music for projects that hew to no style or …
3 years, 10 months ago
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Path Forward for the Left
Episode 576
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most prominent progressives in Washington. Her political ascent began with her shocking 2018 defeat of a longt…
3 years, 11 months ago