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Bradley Cooper on future of movie business: ‘There is trepidation’
To get a shot at directing his remake of “A Star is Born,” Bradley Cooper passed on an upfront payday in exchange for a piece of the profit. And that…
4 years, 5 months ago
Bradley Cooper on ‘Licorice Pizza’ and ‘Nightmare Alley’
Multi-hyphenate Bradley Cooper is out with two new films. There’s “Licorice Pizza,” in which he plays real-life wild man producer Jon Peters, and “Ni…
4 years, 5 months ago
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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 7 months ago