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MovieMaker Magazine

From MovieMaker Magazine, a podcast featuring conversations with great moviemakers about the art and craft of making movies. Tim Molloy talks to moviemakers about screenwriting, directing, acting, and all of the other creative work that goes into moviemaking. Like MovieMaker"s print magazine and moviemaker.com, we"re here for everyone who wants to learn more about how movies are made. Also, check out Actual Facts, our documentary-focused podcast hosted by Eric Steuer. You can listen to it right here

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21:48

Derek DelGaudio and Frank Oz (In & Of Itself)

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2021/01/22

Derek DelGaudio and Frank Oz stop by to talk about In & Of Itself, the film adaptation of their much beloved stage show.Frank Oz is a legendary director, an actor, and the puppeteer who brought to life characters like Yoda, Miss Piggy, and Grover.Derek DelGaudio is a storyteller, performance artist, and illusionist. He wrote In & Of Itself and has performed it onstage more than 700 times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:08

Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI)

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2021/01/20

Veteran editor, director, and producer Sam Pollard joins us to discuss his new documentary, MLK/FBI, which examines the FBI's relentless surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr.FBI director J. Edgar Hoover hoped to discredit MLK by uncovering and revealing details of the civil rights icon's private life. The surveillance campaign became Hoover's obsessive pursuit.The movie utilizes a trove of newly declassified documents, as well as a wealth of archival footage—much of which will be new to most

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48:26

Travon Free (Two Distant Strangers)

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2021/01/18

Travon Free is an acclaimed standup comedian who has won Emmys for The Daily Show and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. But his debut film, Two Distant Strangers, is anything but funny. In a horrific twist on time-loop films like Groundhog Day and Palm Springs, Joey Bada$$ plays a man who keeps being racially profiled and shot by the same police officer. Free wrote the film and co-directs with Martin Desmond Roe.We talk about the impressive lengths Free went to to get hired on The Daily Show, how he

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41:00

Regina King (One Night in Miami)

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2021/01/15

Regina King's One Night in Miami imagines a historic night in 1964 when Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Cassius Clay (who will soon change his name to Muhammad Ali) gather together to celebrate one of Clay's biggest wins. But the gathering doesn't go as everyone expected.King takes us through her incredible career as an Oscar, Golden Globe, and four-time Emmy winner, with stories about watching films with John Singleton, a Tom Cruise prank on the set of Jerry Maguire, and learning how to play a

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23:14

Kornél Mundruczó (Pieces of a Woman)

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2021/01/08

In Pieces of a Woman, Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó and writer KataWéber explore their own tragedy, in the hopes that it will make it easier for other couples to heal. The film stars Vanessa Kirby as a woman who suffers a terrible loss, and includes a 24-minute birth scene astonishing in both its empathy and virtuosity. Mundruczó's explanation of whose point of view we're seeing adds another layer of emotion to a powerful, beautiful film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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30:56

Deon Taylor and Roxanne Avent (Fatale)

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2021/01/07

Deon Taylor and Roxanne Avent are the husband and wife duo behind Hidden Empire Film Group. The “first generation” moviemaker pair have worked together for 15 years and are entirely self-taught in the directing and producing realms. Their latest isFatale, a throwback to the erotic thrillers of the ’80s and ’90s, which stars Hilary Swank as a femme fatale who snares a sports agent played by Michael Ealy in her web. Italian cinematographer Dante Spinotti (Heat,L.A. Confidential) bathes this noir

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36:31

StudioFest Founders Jess Jacklin and Charles Beale

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2021/01/05

A few years ago, filmmakers Charles Beale and Jess Jacklin felt like the film festival circuit wasn't working for them, so they thought about what their perfect festival would look like — and then started it. It's called StudioFest, and it's already released one award-winning film.As you'll gather, Jess and Charles are incredibly transparent about what they're doing — and they get into a lot of specifics, and numbers, in their web series and podcast Demystified, presented by MovieMaker. You can

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22:52

Hannah Olson (Baby God)

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2021/01/01

We talk to Hannah Olson about her new documentary, Baby God, which looks at Dr. Quincy Fortier, a fertility specialist who used his own sperm to impregnate patients without their consent or knowledge. The movie is focused on the effects that discovering this information has had on his many biological children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:42

Scott Barber (The Orange Years)

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2020/12/24

We talk to Scott Barber, co-director of The Orange Years, a great documentary about the rise and enduring influence of Nickelodeon. What started as a local TV project in Columbus, Ohio became an international cultural phenomenon that forever changed the aesthetics and business of kids entertainment. The movie focuses on the story of Geraldine Laybourne, a former teacher who became the key executive and creative visionary behind the network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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26:28

Errol Morris (My Psychedelic Love Story)

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2020/12/22

We talked to the great Errol Morris about his latest documentary, My Psychedelic Love Story. The movie is built around two days' worth of interviews with Joanna Harcourt-Smith, a Swiss woman who dated Timothy Leary in the early '70s and whose life's adventures seemed to include every single interesting person and crazy thing that happened during that era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:16

Tara Miele (Wander Darkly)

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2020/12/18

Writer/director Tara Miele's new movie, Wander Darkly, stars Sienna Miller and Diego Luna as a couple with a new baby and a rocky relationship. A traumatic car accident sets off a story that ruminates on reality, memory, and how love changes over time. We talked to Miele about the events in her her own life that inspired the screenplay and how she's staying creative in challenging times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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37:06

Julie Taymor (The Glorias)

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2020/12/16

The Glorias, the new Gloria Steinem biopic from Julie Taymor, features Alicia Vikander as the feminist hero in early life, and Julianne Moore in later life. We talked with Taymor about leaving home early, seeing (and learning) from people all over the world, and figuring out how to tell a story that spans decades, but remains urgent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:07

Jesse Dylan (Soros)

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2020/12/14

Director Jesse Dylan (whose films include How High and the Will Ferrell kids soccer comedy Kicking and Screaming) sets out in his new film Soros to strip away the conspiracy theories and suspicion surrounding billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Dylan, host of the Jesse's Office podcast, also talks about the hardest parts of interviewing Soros, who doesn't like to sit down for questions, and how he conducts interviews in general. And he and host Eric Steuer discuss the nature of truth at a time

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26:55

Joe Manganiello and Adam Egypt Mortimer (Archenemy)

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2020/12/11

In Archenemy, the new film from Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn't Real), Joe Manganiello plays Max Fist, a homeless alcoholic who may also be a former superhero. When an aspiring reporter names Hamster (Skylan Brooks) seeks out his story, he suddenly becomes invested in our world.We talk about Egypt, addiction, and how Manganiello narrowly losing out on his chance to play Deathstroke in the Ben Affleck Batman movie helped fire him up for Archenemy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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33:42

Legion M Co-Founders Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan

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2020/12/09

Legion M bills itself as the first fan-owned entertainment company, and has invested in beloved filmslikeColossalandMandy, as well as the upcomingArchenemy. But how does Legion M work, exactly?We talk with Legion Mco-foundersPaulScanlan andJeffAnnison about how you can get involved for zero dollars — or go all in – and the company's strategy to make money and return it to investors. Who knows? Maybe Joe Manganiello will drive your car in a movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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25:34

Dana Nachman (Dear Santa)

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2020/12/04

Dear Santa, the new film from Dana Nachman, reveals the secret team of helpers who make children's wishes come true.When a child sends a letter to 123 Elf Road North Pole, 88888 — or pretty much any address that comes close — the US Postal Service swings into action, gathering the letters and sharing them with an army of helpers who make children's wishes come true. You can become a helper here.In this episode, Nachman explains how she went from making films about dangerous chemicals and wrongful

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22:44

Alexander Nanau (Collective)

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2020/12/02

Collective director Alexander Nanau joins us to discuss his incredible new documentary about corruption in the wake of a deadly nightclub fire in Bucharest, Romania. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:34

Michael Shannon and Jacob Alexander (Echo Boomers)

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2020/11/25

Actors Michael Shannon and Jacob Alexander join us to talk about Echo Boomers, a new heist movie about a gang of millennials who lash out at the system by breaking into super rich people's houses and stealing expensive art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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37:37

Dan Brawley and Aaron Hillis (Cucalorus Film Festival)

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2020/11/18

The Cucalorus Film Festival, out of Wilmington, North Carolina (home of David Lynch's Blue Velvet!) is a film festival that loves inclusion — but not competition.In this episode, chief instigating officer Dan Brawley and host and curator Aaron Hillis talk about the origins of the festival, how to get into it, and how to watch some fantastically weird movies from Hillis' secret vault, for free.You can watch Wednesday, Nov. 18's Secret Convulsions screening here.And Sunday, Nov. 22's Secret

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34:48

Alice Wu (The Half of It)

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2020/11/13

The Half of It director Alice Wu says her Netflix hit — imagine an '80s teen comedy with a gay Chinese-American girl as the hero — came from her college relationship with a straight guy."In best friendships, there is kind of a romance in it," she says. Her effort to understand the complicated feelings around that dynamic were the first seeds of the film.Wu, who enrolled in MIT at age 16, talks about growing up in the Bay Area before it was a tech Mecca, red states and blue states, and the years she

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