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Asghar Farhadi on his Oscar-shortlisted film 'A Hero'
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has won two Oscars and could be up for a third. His new movie “A Hero” is on this year’s shortlist for Best Internati…
4 years ago
Director Maggie Gyllenhaal on ‘The Lost Daughter’
Actress and now director Maggie Gyllenhaal wanted to set her new drama “The Lost Daughter” in Maine, but New Jersey offered a better tax credit. So t…
4 years ago
Megabanter 2021: Streaming wars get real, legacy studios at risk
It's time for the 2021 Megabanter! The streaming wars ramped up. Scarlett Johansson sued Disney. And Netflix was the envy of all with “Squid Game.”
4 years ago
Oscar winner Mahershala Ali on ‘Swan Song’
Mahershala Ali has worked for 20 years, earning Oscars for “Moonlight” and “Green Book.” But the new drama “Swan Song” is his first leading film role…
4 years, 1 month ago
‘Flee’: Using animation to protect an Afghan’s identity
Documentarian Jonas Poher Rasmussen long wanted to tell the story of his friend, who fled Afghanistan as a child and ended up alone in a Danish town.…
4 years, 1 month ago
With Discovery on the way in, what does the future hold for HBO?
KCRW resumes its conversation with James Andrew Miller, author of “Tinderbox,” the new book about HBO. He talks about more recent HBO history, includ…
4 years, 1 month ago
‘Tinderbox’: HBO has drama on and off the screen
For his exhaustive new book on HBO, James Andrew Miller talked to 600 people about the network that brought us “The Sopranos,” “The Wire” and “Veep.”…
4 years, 1 month ago
Netflix’s ‘Procession’ is a therapeutic experiment, using drama to ease past trauma
The new Netflix documentary “Procession” follows Dan Laurine and five other victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, as they use drama to ease th…
4 years, 1 month ago
Kieran Culkin on why his edgy ‘Succession’ persona sometimes follows him off-screen
Kieran Culkin has found a defining role playing Roman Roy, the snarkiest of the siblings on HBO’s “Succession.” Culkin tells KCRW about acting from a…
4 years, 2 months ago
Netflix’s ‘Found’: International adoption, uncovering complicated family histories in China
The Netflix documentary “Found” follows three Chinese cousins, adopted as babies by very different American families. Thanks to DNA, the teen girls f…
4 years, 2 months ago