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INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge

GREG LAEMMLE and RAPHAEL SBARGE

The people, films, and ideas keeping independent cinema alive. INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is a weekly film podcast and video series exploring independent film, international cinema, theatrical exhibition, and the creative process behind the movies that stay with us. Hosted by Greg Laemmle, president of Laemmle Theatres, and Emmy Award-winning actor and director Raphael Sbarge, the show goes behind the screen with the filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, distributors, programmers, and theater owners

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41:18

Why Kafka Couldn’t Be Told in a Straight Line | FRANZ...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/08/19

There is no straight line through the life of Franz Kafka.FRANZ director and three-time Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland joins INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE for an extended conversation about Kafka and her bold, unconventional new film, a TIFF 2025 Official Selection. Rather than trying to solve the mystery of Kafka, Holland enters it—moving through dreams, letters, loves, fears and contradictions to find the fragile, funny and fiercely determined man obscured by a century of mythology. Past

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33:04

Maite Alberdi on A CHILD OF MY OWN: A Lie, a Baby,...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/08/12

Why would a woman pretend to be pregnant for nine months — and how do you tell her story without reducing her to either a victim or a villain?Two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi joins INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE to discuss A CHILD OF MY OWN, her provocative new Netflix documentary about Alejandra, a woman whose desperate desire to become a mother leads her to construct an elaborate lie — and ultimately cross an irreversible line. Alberdi takes us inside the film's striking creative

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41:55

Kent Jones on LATE FAME, Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee &...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/08/05

What happens when recognition arrives decades after you’ve stopped waiting for it?Director Kent Jones joins INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE to discuss LATE FAME, starring Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and Edmund Donovan. Dafoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet who abandoned his literary ambitions for a steady job at the post office. When an enthusiastic young admirer appears at his door, Ed is welcomed into a circle of twenty-something artists who proclaim him a rediscovered genius. Suddenly

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40:17

THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS: Rustin Thompson on Saving...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/07/29

Ten states, 10,825 miles, and 123 theaters. Director Rustin Thompson joins Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge to discuss THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS and the people keeping America’s small-town cinemas alive. Independent movie theaters, small-town cinemas, and the fight to preserve theatrical moviegoing are at the heart of THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS, a new documentary from filmmaker Rustin Thompson. Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters. Thompson traveled across the American West searching for what remained

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31:44

Luis Valdez, ZOOT SUIT & LA BAMBA: Inside AMERICAN...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/07/22

Luis Valdez, LA BAMBA, ZOOT SUIT, Chicano cinema, and El Teatro Campesino take center stage in AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ, director David Alvarado's documentary about a groundbreaking American artist.From performing on flatbed trucks for farmworkers with El Teatro Campesino to bringing ZOOT SUIT to Broadway and directing LA BAMBA, Luis Valdez transformed American theater and cinema — creating space for Chicano stories, history, humor, and identity. In this episode of INSIDE THE

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30:05

Inside the Minds of France’s Most Provocative...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/07/13

Celebrate Bastille Day with highlights from four filmmaker conversations featuring Rebecca Zlotowski, François Ozon, Louise Courvoisier, and Laura Piani—and the films A Private Life, The Stranger, Holy Cow, and Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. To mark Bastille Day, we’re revisiting four conversations from the INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE archive—highlights from interviews with the filmmakers behind some of the most compelling contemporary French films. Director Rebecca Zlotowski discusses family, memory,

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37:58

David Wain on Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/07/08

David Wain joins us to talk about his new comedy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — a Sundance 2026 Official Selection starring Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, and John Slattery, from Sony Pictures Classics. The premise is deliberately, gloriously absurd: a Midwestern bride-to-be discovers her fiancé has used his "celebrity pass" to cheat — and sets off for Los Angeles to even the score with her own pass, Jon Hamm. What follows is a full-tilt Hollywood comedy that never apologizes for being exactly

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36:25

5 Films. 1 Independent Spirit. | American Independents!

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/06/30

Documentary filmmaking, indie films, and arthouse movies take center stage in this special Fourth of July episode of Inside the Arthouse — a film podcast dedicated to independent film, indie cinema, and the voices that define American storytelling. While much of the industry turns to reboots, sequels, franchises, and superheroes, we're turning to a different kind of American story — films driven by voice, risk, authenticity, and the courage to see the world differently. In this special edition, we

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39:20

The Secret She Wasn’t Supposed to Find: Carla Simón...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/06/24

Carla Simón’s new film ROMERÍA follows Marina, a young woman who travels to Galicia in search of the truth about the parents she never really knew. What begins as a practical errand becomes something harder to name — an excavation of memory, silence, and the stories families carry across generations. In this conversation, Simón reflects on the autobiographical roots of the film, the challenge of transforming private history into cinema, working with young performers, and the delicate balance

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58:54

Peter Asher: The Man Behind The Beatles, James Taylor...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/06/17

From the directors of Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song comes a new portrait of a man who was somehow at the center of everything — and never quite in the frame.Peter Asher was one half of Peter & Gordon, swept into the British Invasion on songs written by Paul McCartney. He signed and produced James Taylor at Apple Records. He spent the next three decades guiding Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, and many more — quietly shaping some of the most beloved records in American

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41:33

Haifaa Al Mansour on UNIDENTIFIED: The Saudi Murder...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/06/10

Who was she?In this episode of Inside the Arthouse, we sit down with groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour for a conversation about UNIDENTIFIED, a gripping mystery thriller set in modern Saudi Arabia. The film follows Noelle Al Saffan, a recently divorced woman rebuilding her life through a clerical job at a police station. When the body of an unidentified teenage girl is discovered in the desert, Noelle is drawn into a mystery no one seems eager to solve — and a question that becomes

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22:58

Making a Psychological Masterpiece | THE CURRENTS...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/06/03

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE | THE CURRENTS — Director Milagros MumenthalerWhat happens when a woman survives an inexplicable impulse — and tells no one? In this episode, Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge sit down with Argentinian-Swiss filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler to discuss her haunting new psychological drama THE CURRENTS, distributed by Kino Lorber and an Official Selection of TIFF 2025. THE CURRENTS follows Lina, a Buenos Aires fashion designer who, while accepting an award in Switzerland, is

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46:36

Episode 100: Oscar Winners, Nominees, and the...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/05/27

For our 100th episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we return to the belief that started it all: movies matter most when they are shared. Over the course of 100 episodes, this show has become a gathering place for filmmakers, actors, programmers, distributors, theater owners, advocates, and film lovers who believe in the power of cinema on the big screen, in community, and in the places where stories still feel alive. In this special milestone episode, we look back at conversations with Oscar-winning

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43:56

A Letter to the Future: Oscar-Nominated Director Sara...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/05/20

In Time and Water, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sara Dosa turns Iceland’s disappearing glaciers, a family’s archive, and one man’s fading memory into a cinematic letter to the future.Dosa, the director of Fire of Love, joins Inside the Arthouse to discuss her new documentary from National Geographic Documentary Films. The film follows Icelandic writer and poet Andri Snær Magnason as he gathers photographs, home movies, folk songs, and the melting ice of his homeland into a time capsule for what may

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50:13

BERNSTEIN'S WALL — CAN ARTISTS AFFORD SILENCE? With...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/05/13

CAN ARTISTS AFFORD SILENCE? — BERNSTEIN'S WALL With Director Douglas TirolaIn this episode of Inside the Arthouse, we explore Bernstein's Wall with director Douglas Tirola, the powerful documentary examining the life, legacy, and contradictions of Leonard Bernstein. Going beyond Bernstein's extraordinary musical career, the film reveals the personal and political tensions that shaped one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century — in his own words. Together we discuss what artists

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44:21

Becoming Putin | Director Olivier Assayas on The...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/05/06

What does it take to build power—and the people who wield it?In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Carlos) joins hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge to discuss his latest film, The Wizard of the Kremlin — starring Paul Dano and Jude Law as Vladimir Putin. We explore: – Political power and influence on screen – Storytelling and the shaping of public perception – The craft behind building complex, real-world characters – Why films about power

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43:36

Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin | The...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/05/06

What does it take to build power—and the people who wield it?In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Carlos) joins hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge to discuss his latest film, The Wizard of the Kremlin — starring Paul Dano and Jude Law as Vladimir Putin. We explore: – Political power and influence on screen – Storytelling and the shaping of public perception – The craft behind building complex, real-world characters – Why films about power

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43:30

He Remade a Film That Doesn’t Exist | Paul Bunnell on...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/04/29

What does it mean to remake a film no one can see?The 1922 silent horror A Blind Bargain, starring Lon Chaney, is one of cinema’s great lost works—destroyed, surviving only in fragments and memory. And yet, over a century later, director Paul Bunnell set out to bring it back. In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, Bunnell discusses the strange challenge of rebuilding a film from absence—reimagining its story in the 1970s, and confronting themes of obsession, sacrifice, and transformation. With

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47:19

The Making of Mārama | Director Taratoa Stappard on...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/04/22

A haunting Māori Gothic ghost story — director Taratoa Stappard breaks down Mārama and the history, identity, and trauma behind the film.What is Mārama—and why does it feel unlike anything else in cinema right now? In this episode of Inside the Arthouse, hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge sit down with New Zealand filmmaker Taratoa Stappard to explore his haunting new film — a self-described “Māori Gothic ghost story” that blends psychological horror with a powerful historical

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58:58

Amy Goodman on Media Consolidation & Steal This...

INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge ·

2026/04/15

Legendary journalist Amy Goodman joins us to discuss media consolidation, independent journalism, and the new documentary Steal This Story, Please!As corporate ownership reshapes the news landscape, the fight for a free and independent press has never been more urgent. In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we’re joined by Goodman alongside Oscar-nominated filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal to explore the making of Steal This Story, Please! and the rise of Democracy Now! For over three decades,

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