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Back to SearchS14 - Ep 5 - World War Z: From Book to Screen
Season 14 Episode 5
Sometimes a movie adaptation is true to the book that inspired it; other times . . . there are compromises. My guest today is Max Brooks, author of "…
3 years, 10 months ago
S14 - Ep 4 - Donnybrook - Production Design
Season 14 Episode 4
2018’s “Donnybrook”, now streaming from multiple sources, is both an engaging action drama and an examination of poverty in the United States. That’s…
3 years, 11 months ago
S14 - Ep 3 - Storytelling in the Age of Climate Change
Season 14 Episode 3
Climate change is real, and how best to respond is an ongoing debate. But other than producing an environmental disaster movie every other year, what…
3 years, 11 months ago
S14 - Ep 2 - Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin - Cinematography
Season 14 Episode 2
A critique of the horror genre that often rings true is its tendency to rely on the “male gaze”, where the film both presumes and caters to the heter…
3 years, 11 months ago
S14 - Ep 1 - Representing Below the Line
Season 14 Episode 1
Everybody knows that actors and directors have professional agents, but what about the crew? Sometimes the people behind the scenes need people of th…
3 years, 11 months ago
S13 - Ep 10 - The Old Man: Production vs Adversity
Season 13 Episode 10
Principal photography for the “The Old Man”, the FX series starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow that ran for seven episodes earlier this year, star…
4 years ago
S13 - Ep 9 - Everything’s Trash - Prod Design and Cinematography
Season 13 Episode 9
Production Designer Joshua Peterson and Cinematographer Adam McDaid talk about collaborating on “Everything’s Trash”, the Brooklyn-based sitcom starr…
4 years ago
S13 - Ep 8 - The Princess - Hair and Makeup
Season 13 Episode 8
“The Princess”, currently streaming on Hulu, is basically an extended fight sequence: Joey King, the titular heroine, can only escape her prison towe…
4 years, 1 month ago
S13 - Ep 7 - Masters of Make-Up Effects: The Book
Season 13 Episode 7
Pair Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Howard Berger with veteran film journalist Marshall Julius, and what's the result? A globe-spanning selectio…
4 years, 1 month ago
S13 - Ep 6 - Elvis - Sound Design
Season 13 Episode 6
Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis”, like all of his films, is an audacious fusion of sight and sound, and Wayne Pashley, the owner/co-founder of Big Bang Sound D…
4 years, 1 month ago