IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit

34:01

'A Real Pain' Director Jesse Eisenberg

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2024/11/19

For his second feature as Director, Jesse Eisenberg takes us on a hilarious and emotionally complex family road trip to Poland. He sat down with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt to discuss writing the script, why he initially wanted to play the Kieran Culkin part, and what the title of the film actually means.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:02

'Anora' Director Sean Baker

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2024/11/14

One of our favorite Toolkit guests is back to talk about his hilarious, heartfelt, and emotionally challenging new feature. Baker explains how he found the incredible mansion that anchors the film, what was important to get right in the portrayal of sex, and shares stories about working with the incredible multi-lingual ensemble cast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:17

'The Penguin' Executive Producer Matt Reeves

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2024/11/11

The director of The Batman, and its upcoming sequel, joined IndieWire's Chris O'Falt for an extra long deep dive into the spin off series on HBO Max. Reeves explained his role as creative head of this current Batman franchise, how the show is intimately connected to the films, and how he crafted a monster of an origin story for the unrecognizable Colin Farrell to portray.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:02

'Disclaimer' Director Alfonso Cuarón

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2024/11/09

One of the best directors working today has made an incredible series about how form and narrative can manipulate our understanding of events. We dive right into a rich, spoiler-filled discussion of the series, so we recommend watching it all before listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:46

'My Old Ass' Director Megan Park

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2024/11/08

Director Megan Park sat down with IndieWire's Sarah Shachat to discuss her new time-travel coming of age movie. Park discusses the wonderfully quirky Canadian-ness of the movie, and how she found the perfect "Old Ass" late in the process with Aubrey Plaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:06

'No Other Land' Directors Basil Adra & Yuval Abraham

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2024/11/07

IndieWire's Chirs O'Falt sat down with Co-Directors of one of the most urgent and powerful documentaries of the year while they were in town for the New York Film Festival. Basel is a Palestinian activist who had been filming his rural West Bank farming community as it had been destroyed by Israel's occupation. He builds an unlikely alliance with the Israeli journalist Yuval, who had been traveling to the region to report on what was going on in the West Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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37:44

'Conclave' Director Edward Berger

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2024/10/25

The director of 2022’s All Quiet on the Western Front is back with a story of a very different conflict: choosing the next Pope. Berger chatted with IndieWire’s Chris O’Falt about directing the impeccable Ralph Fiennes, making multiple scenes of voting feel dramatic, and how he inserted honest absurdities into the serious proceedings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:00

'Hit Man' Director Richard Linklater

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2024/10/17

Richard Linklater sat down with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt back in June for the premiere of 'Hit Man,' one of the most fun movies of this year. Linklater explains the decision making that went into crafting the film's many twists and turns, and explores his deep collaboration with star Glen Powell.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:36

'Speed' Director & Stars Jan de Bont, Keanu Reeves &...

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2024/10/15

Today on Toolkit, something special: for the 30th anniversary of the action classic "Speed," IndieWire's Jim Hemphill interviewed the director and stars live on stage at the American Cinematheque for their recent Beyond Fest screening of the movie.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:13

'Pachinko' Creator Soo Hugh

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2024/10/11

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64:15

'A Different Man' Director Aaron Schimberg

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2024/10/03

Director Aaron Schimberg takes us under the hood of his fascinating new film, which follows Sebastian Stan as a man with a condition that causes tumors to grow in the skin of his face. The story takes us through black comedy, thriller, and explores the streets of New York in an honest, gritty way we haven't seen since the films of the 70s. And Aaron opened up about his personal relationship to the story and actor Adam Pearson, who has the condition in real life.Around 48:00 we ask Aaron about his

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39:14

'Industry' Creators Konrad Kay and Mickey Down

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2024/09/30

The creators of the hit HBO series join Chris O'Falt on Toolkit to discuss the season finale. They get surprisingly candid about the ways they needed to improve as writers and show runners after the first two seasons, and dive into the many choices that made season three a titanic leap forward.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:05

'Will & Harper' Director Josh Greenbaum

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2024/09/29

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32:23

'Megalopolis' Director Francis Ford Coppola

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2024/09/26

The film that Francis Ford Coppola has been working on for a quarter century, that he spent 120 million of his own fortune to finance, is finally hitting theaters this weekend. Listen to Francis talk about how he rediscovered his craft in the long journey to the screen, and opens up about some of the on-set controversies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:14

'Penelope' Creator Mark Duplass

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2024/09/24

Mark Duplass, the writer and producer of the new Netflix series Penelope, sat down with Chris O'Falt to discuss the maverick way he brought this project to screen. From inspiration he took from conversations with his kids about their mental state, to the potential future he sees for an indie-TV market to rival indie-film, Mark covered a range of fascinating topics in this conversation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:04

'The Babadook' Director Jennifer Kent

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2024/09/19

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49:26

'Look Into My Eyes' Director Lana Wilson

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2024/09/13

Ever been curious about visiting a psychic? Too skeptical to try? Lana Wilson's new documentary might be for you. Hear Wilson share the story of an Election Night 2016 story that sparked her fascination into the psychic community, and why she thinks it's not really about believing, but something more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:58

'Mishima' Director Paul Schrader

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2024/09/09

Paul Schrader returns to Toolkit to discuss the film he is most proud of from his long career, "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters." Schrader walks through the challenges he faced getting the film made, including wearing a knife proof vest on set due to death threats from the right-wing government, and why the story of this Japanese artist has fascinated him for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:48

'The Deliverance' Director Lee Daniels

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2024/08/31

Lee Daniels joins IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill to discuss his new Netflix film “The Deliverance,” which combines elements of spirituality, social realism, melodrama, dark comedy, and horror to create a consistently entertaining and intensely involving viewing experience. Daniels talks about working in the horror genre for the first (and probably last) time, the challenges of making a movie with several younger actors, how he turned Glenn Close into an archetype often seen in life but

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40:23

'Hollywood Black' Director Justin Simien

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2024/08/29

The creator of "Dear White People" sat down with us to talk about his new 4-part docuseries that explores the forgotten influences and power of black film. Listen in to learn about some of the untold stories of black Hollywood, and hear how his peers like Ryan Coogler and Ava DuVernay reacted to watching this cinematic history.- You can watch this entire conversation on IndieWire.com or on the IndieWire Youtube page - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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